Earthquake Exposes Gaps in Indonesia’s Tsunami On These Wednesday, ‎2 ‎March, ‎2016

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JAKARTA—A large earthquake off the west coast of Indonesia has exposed major flaws in the multimillion-dollar warning system installed after the deadly 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, raising questions about whether the country would be able to prevent a similar disaster.

None of the country’s 22 warning buoys were working at the time of the earthquake, Indonesia’s disaster agency said Thursday. An official separately blamed the malfunctions on vandalism by fishermen and inadequate maintenance.
Indonesia straddles the Indian and Pacific oceans in one of the world’s most seismically active areas. On Wednesday evening, a shallow 7.8-magnitude quake struck about 500 miles from Padang in West Sumatra province, stirring panic and sending residents scurrying for higher ground. No killer wave materialized and no damage or deaths were reported.
Authorities issued a tsunami warning, but struggled to acquire the data needed to rescind it quickly, waiting nearly three hours until it was clear that massive waves hadn’t formed.

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A police officer stands on the roof of a tsunami evacuation center in Indonesia. PHOTO: REUTERS

Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, a spokesman for the National Disaster Management Agency, said all of the 22 buoys in the area operated by Indonesia needed to be replaced. Five other buoys operated by India, Thailand, the U.S. and Australia were working, he said. However, those are much further from the Sumatra coastline than the Indonesian-operated buoys.

After the 2004 earthquake and tsunami, which killed an estimated 228,000 around the Indian Ocean, regional tsunami-warning centers were set up in Indonesia, India and Australia. These centers use a series of seismic sensors that sit on the seafloor and floating buoys that relay information to land using satellites.

Knowing how big a wave is and being able to estimate when it will arrive onshore is crucial to determining how much flooding will result and creating more targeted evacuations, said Costas Synolakis, director the Tsunami Research Center at the University of Southern California.
“This is not a trivial matter,’’ Mr. Synolakis said. “False warnings diminish the credibility of the system, people become cynical and complacent.”
Djoko Hartoyo, a spokesman for the Coordinating Ministry of Maritime Affairs who worked as a project manager on the buoy warning system from 2007 to 2011, blamed the malfunctioning on ``vandalism,’’ saying that fishermen have tampered with the buoys by removing their antennas, preventing them from sending data to the main tsunami warning center in Jakarta.

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An interactive map provided by the U.S. Geological Survey shows the location of Wednesday’s quake off Sumatra. PHOTO: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

Another major concern is lack of maintenance. Mr. Hartoyo said Indonesia has tried to fix damaged buoys but doesn’t have the budget to do so. Mr. Nugroho estimated that Indonesia would need around 30 billion rupiah ($2.2 million) a year to maintain its 22 buoys.
Officials responsible for budgeting weren’t immediately available to comment on the matter.
Parts of Indonesia’s warning system did work on Wednesday. The temblor struck just before 8 p.m., and Indonesia’s meteorological agency quickly issued a tsunami warning based on a system of projections made after an earthquake occurs. Alarms sounded and people moved to higher ground.
But officials say public preparedness remains limited. Some people still head to the coast to check the sea level rather than heed evacuation warnings. Others try to leave cities and towns by car or motorcycle, causing traffic jams—something that happened Wednesday and during a similar earthquake in 2012.
Public confidence in evacuation buildings—tall structures built after 2004 as safe places for residents in low-lying areas—is also very weak. People often try to go to distant higher ground rather than the shelters closer at hand, Mr. Nugroho said, adding that local governments need to conduct drills more frequently to increase preparedness.

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Apple v. FBI: How to Do Your Part

“This is not a case about one isolated iPhone,” says Apple in the introduction to Apple Inc.’s Motion to Vacate Order Compelling Apple Inc. to Assist Agents in Search, and Opposition to Government’s Motion to Compel Assistance. I’ve just read and reread it. You should do the same.

It reads more like a press release than a motion attempting to vacate a specific judicial order. This may be because we simply don’t have contemporary laws designed to deal with the issue. It is also interesting that the document seems to conflate legal arguments with policy arguments. This is easy to explain, as (1) most of the law is on the government’s side and (2) passions are high:

“If Tim Cook’s kid was kidnapped, you know the data from that iPhone would be at the FBI in five minutes flat!” 
— Popular rhetorical statement paraphrased from numerous social media sites

“In short, the government wants to compel Apple to create a crippled and insecure product. Once the process is created, it provides an avenue for criminals and foreign agents to access millions of iPhones. And once developed for our government, it is only a matter of time before foreign governments demand the same tool.” 
— From Apple, Inc.’s Motion to Vacate

Apple is surely right about one thing: “This is not a case about one isolated iPhone.” The opinion of every lawyer I’ve asked is that Apple v. FBI is headed for the Supreme Court. The problem is, I don’t want the Supreme Court (or any court) empowered to make policy – that’s a job for the Legislative branch. Regardless of what you think of Congress, this is their job and they’d better get this one right. What it means to be a digital citizen and identifying the border between security and privacy are two of the most important issues of our time.

Can This iPhone Be Hacked?

Let’s stop talking about whether or not Apple can or cannot hack the phone. It is within the capabilities of several organizations (including Apple) to retrieve the data from this specific iPhone 5c. As my good friend Col. John Fenzel (Ret.) told me, “The NSA most certainly has the expertise to decrypt Farook’s iPhone, and if they don’t, that represents not only a technical security gap, but a virtual chasm of expertise at Fort Meade that needs to be addressed now.” In other words, Apple can do it, the NSA can do it, and so can John McAfee (just ask him).

The Balance Between Security and Privacy

Taking into consideration that the entirety of our digital lives – the 150-plus times each day that we check our smartphones, the amount of information we store in the cloud (remember, there is no cloud; it’s just someone else’s computer), the fact that everything about us, our tax ID numbers, social security numbers, credit card numbers, contact information, financial data, medical history, entertainment preferences, our computer software, the content we own, everything we are – is digitally described and stored somewhere, the right question to ask is: “What is the proper balance between security and privacy?”

The Value of Information

According to Cornell University Law School’s Legal Information Institute, “The Fourth Amendment originally enforced the notion that ‘each man’s home is his castle’, secure from unreasonable searches and seizures of property by the government. It protects against arbitrary arrests, and is the basis of the law regarding search warrants, stop-and-frisk, safety inspections, wiretaps, and other forms of surveillance, as well as being central to many other criminal law topics and to privacy law.” So, in practice, the Constitution says that even if Apple is compelled to create a piece of software that compromises the security of iOS, it will only be used lawfully. Our Fourth Amendment rights are sacred, and there is nothing about Apple’s motion that suggests otherwise.

I asked my friend Jane Rhodes-Wolfe, FBI Section Chief of the Exploitation Threat Section/Counterterrorism Division, to tell me why the FBI is choosing this particular phone at this particular time to fight this particular battle. She could not comment on the pending litigation, but she did say, “The evidence obtained from communication (telephonic and electronic) records is key to law enforcement and intelligence matters. The evidence obtained may identify key members of an organized group or contacts of a lone actor. That information leads investigations in locating witnesses, co-conspirators, facilitators and influencers. Communication is key to understanding the crime or terrorist attack and bringing those responsible to justice or to thwart further nefarious acts.”

Eavesdropping on communication is good for catching bad guys. I get it. But why limit our thoughts to getting info about a terrorist off of an iPhone? What about all of the other data in Metamerica – the digital description of each and every one of us? What about the remarkably large digital infrastructure that is completely invisible to us but enables almost every facet of our modern, connected lives?

The Danger of Compelling Apple to Comply

There is another side to this story, and it foretells a dark, evil place where no one – not Tim Cook, not the FBI, not the Judge, not you, not I – knows enough to snap to judgment. What would the world look like if only nation-states and bad guys had access to your most personal information? Jane pushed back and said, “How would that make the future different than today?” There’s a pretty profound difference. Today, only Apple, the NSA and a few virtuoso hackers have the ability to hack our phones. If Apple is forced to create a backdoor, the code will get out into the wild and no one knows what would happen at scale. Don’t pretend you can imagine it – you can’t!

The horror show won’t happen all at once. One scenario has nation-states and law enforcement chipping away at our digital liberties (however we will ultimately define them) until the law of unintended consequences rules. In that scenario, average citizens will be 100 percent at risk 100 percent of the time and “bad guys” (however we ultimately define them) will go so far underground, they will cease to be findable.  Don't limit your imagination to human "bad guys," the bad actors are likely to be machine learning algorithms.

Now, bring together every nightmare scenario you can imagine from every Orwellian-style writing you’ve ever seen, and you will start to understand the remarkable number of bad things that might happen in a digital world where there are no metaphorical door locks, and not even bathrooms are private.

Your Future, You Decide

Which brings me to the most critical, time-sensitive thing about Apple v. FBI: your personal role in our collective future. This is not a hypothetical case; it is real and it is happening now. What you need to do is decide how you want Congress to act. What kind of law do you want to see passed? What does it mean to be a digital citizen of the United States of America?

If you’ve read this far, you are probably wondering how to frame the debate, with whom to have it, and what to do when you’re sure you have an answer. My suggestion is to speak to everyone you know. This is not a technical debate. Don’t worry about who can or cannot hack any particular device. Just keep discussing the real issue: “What is the proper balance between security and privacy?” It is truly one of the most important questions of our time, and we owe it to our posterity to have a civil, Socratic debate about it.

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Queensland Catholic school strike: teachers say it's not just about pay

Queensland Catholic school teachers say their employers are behaving like "naughty students" in a long-running wage dispute they insist isn't just about money.

More than 8500 Independent Education Union of Australia staff at 242 schools have been authorised to stop work on Thursday – the eighth and largest action in the 10-month dispute.

Central to the ongoing argument is the $6700 disparity between what experienced Queensland teachers earn each year compared to their New South Wales counterparts.

The union is pushing for a 3.25 per cent pay rise, but the Queensland Catholic Education Commission is offering a 2.5 per cent rise.

IEUA branch secretary Terry Burke said under the lower offer, the pay gap would only be reduced to $4300 a year.

"It's making it harder to remain committed to the work that you're doing," he said on Thursday.

Union members were ready to resolve the situation, Mr Burke said, and there was still room to do so before the next meeting in March.

"We're ready to talk ... but we don't see that there's anything on the table from the employers that's actually going to resolve it," he said.

Striking Queensland Catholic school teachers protesting at South Bank. Photo: Robert Shakespeare

The QCEC said the comparisons were irrelevant because teachers in NSW work different hours and term dates.

"The offer is fair in the current Queensland marketplace and it comes with full back pay," QCEC executive director Lee-Anne Perry said.

Police watch on as the teachers rally. Photo: Robert Shakespeare

IEUA Queensland and Northern Territory president Andrew Elphinstone said there was a lot of parental support for the teachers.

"They understand the pressures that we have as teachers – it's not just about money, it's also about workload and supporting us to provide quality education for their students," he said.

Brisbane's All Hallow's school is one of 242 Catholic schools affected by Thursday's strike action. Photo: Michelle Smith

Mr Elphinstone told a spirited meeting at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre their employers were "slow learners".

"They are like the naughty students you send to the 'responsible thinking' room," he said.

"When they come back, they refuse to negotiate."

Mr Elphinstone added: "We might need toV remind them we are not going to continue to be undervalued and disrespected."

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GIRLS’ GENERATION MEMBER TAEYEON OPENS UP ABOUT HER FIRST DEBUT EXPERIENCE AS SOLO ARTIST

“When I was getting trained (for my debut), I didn’t know I’d be a member of a girl group like Girls’ Generation,” the K-Pop star Taeyeon said to host Yoo Hee Yeol, during the talk show, reported OSEN.“But it wasn’t like I only wanted to debut as a solo artist, added the singer.The Girls’ Generation member also shared her experience of releasing her first solo album to the host Yeol who is also K-pop boy band WINNER & singer.It seemed that she was extremely nervous while making her first solo album. According to her, it was rather a nerve-racking and devastating experience as everyone was looking at her, reported Soompi.“I don’t know why I’m this way either, but if there’s a camera I just get nervous and forget what I was going to say and can’t think,” said the Girls’ Generation member.The South Korean singer & actress admitted that she is scared of cameras when questioned whether she had stage fear. Indeed, it seemed that she was absolutely out of control during her first solo performance, despite of performing in the Girls’ Generation group.After the discussion, the Girls’ Generation member performed her solo songs “I,” “Gemini,” and “Rain.” Indeed, “I” gives reason to cheer to Girls’ Generation Taeyeon. The song “I” is so special for her as she wrote the song’s lyrics in which she has expressed freedom and what she is.Well, the South Korean singer & actress Taeyeon (Kim Tae-yeon) has performed for the South Korean girl group Girls’ Generation and its subgroup TTS (TaeTiSeo), as well as for SM the Ballad. However, her experience during her first solo album is quite unforgettable for her, as per her statements during the music talk show “Yoo Hee Yeol’s Sketchbook.”

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 TAEYEON WORKED HARD TO FIND THE PERFECT CONCEPT FOR ALBUM: ‘I’ CLAIMED NO.1 SPOT ON BILLBOARD WORLD ALBUM CHART!

 GIRLS GENERATION’S TAEYEON WILL NOT MAKE A COMEBACK AS SOLO ARTIST, SAYS SM ENTERTAINMENT

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HOT!!! Girls' Generation member Tiffany wants to get into the film industry?

Tiffany Hwang revealed her love for acting in an interview with In Style Magazine, Korea.Instagram/Stephanie Young Hwang

Girls' Generation member Tiffany Hwang has established herself as one of the luminaries in the K-pop scene and in the fashion world. However, the singer seems to have other interests as well. This was revealed in a recent interview with In Style Magazine.
The latest news to emerge from SM Entertainment's girl band, Girls Generation, includes Tiffany's ambition to become an actress and the fashionista said that she has been taking acting classes. She's dedicated herself to the theory and has been studying it, an Allkpop article reported.
Tiffany, 26, added, "For the past 2 years I have been auditioning for various overseas opportunities, and I was even selected for a role, but unfortunately could not pursue due my schedule."
The "Lion Heart" singer, who has graced the cover of several magazines, also imparted some valuable tips on fashion and make up. The SNSD member said that the secret to glowing skin lies in exfoliating it with a powder peel once a week and visiting a dermatologist every 10 days.
Her radiance shone in the photos from the cover shoot for In Style Magazine. The make-up was soft and enhanced her features. She even posted a picture of the shoot on her Instagram account.

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Beauty blogger takes the internet by storm after being hailed the best Kylie Jenner lookalike EVER (even though she's seven years older and 'can't see the resemblance')

Nina Vee, who hosts a video channel on YouTube with over 60,000 subscribers has taken the Internet by storm after fans pointed out how much she looks like the reality star.Nina, 25, who splits her time between London and Dubai, shares some of the Kylie's signature features including full lips, contoured features and dark sleek bob.

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BERITA JOHOR BAHRU: Warkah Sayu Permaisuri Johor Mengenang Tunku Jalil ( 1 VIDEO )

JOHOR BAHRU: Permaisuri Johor, Raja Zarith Sofia Sultan Idris Shah meluahkan rindu baginda terhadap anakandanya, almarhum Tunku Laksamana Johor, Tunku Abdul Jalil yang mangkat pada Sabtu lalu melalui coretan warkah yang di muatkan di Facebook.
“Warkah buat anakku, Jalil :Mama tahu, satu satunya sebab Lil pergi kehospital adalah kerana Lil menanggung kesakitan yang amat sangat. Lil sebenarnya hendak kekal tinggal di rumah: Lil telah terlalu kerap ke hospital.Namun Allah S.W.T., Yang Maha Mengetahui, menempatkan Lil disana agar kami, keluarga Lil, dapat meluangkan sebanyak masa bersama Lil.Mama menyimpan seribu satu kenangan tentang Lil ketika Lil menghabiskan hari hari terakhir Lil di dunia ini.Mama terkenang satu ketika sewaktu Lil memejam mata dan air mata menitis di pipi Lil, semasa Lil cuba melawan kesakitan yang ditanggung. Mama memegang tangan kiri Lil dan menangis. Mama mencuba sedaya upaya untuk menahan sedu sedan Mama dari kedengaran.Mama fikir, Lil tidak nampak Mama menangis kerana mata Lil pejam. Tapi Lil tahu. Lil meletak tangan kanan Lil diatas tangan Mama dan menepuk nepuk dengan perlahan, seolah berkata “Jangan menangis, Lil tidak apa apa.”Mama ingat semua mesej pesanan ringkas yang Lil hantar kepada Mama. Bila Mama mengatakan bahawa Mama telah berdoa untuk Lil, Lil membalas dengan mengatakan bahawa Lil juga telah berdoa dan memohon kepada Allah S.W.T. biarlah Lil yang menanggung semua kebimbangan Mama.Bila mama melihat makam Lil, hati mama dipenuhi keperitan. Mama masih terbayangkan detik ketika Babah, abang dan adik Lil memenuhkan kubur dengan tanah sementara Boo dan Inah berdiri disisi Mama. Mama memandang kearah abang dan adik Lil, dan membilang hanya tiga anak lelaki. Boo disisi Mama.Anak lelaki Mama lima orang. Dimana anak mama yang lagi seorang? Dan Mama baru tersedar bahawa Lil yang tiada. Lil kini berada dibawah timbunan tanah itu. Dan pada ketika itu, Mama menadah kedua tangan mama dan berbisik, “Sesungguhnya dariMu kami datang, dan kepadaMu jua kami kembali. Daku memulangkan kepadaMu, Ya Allah, anakku.”

Moga Lil ditempatkan bersama mereka yang soleh.”
Luahan isi hati Raja Zarith Sofia menerusi laman sosial itu cukup menggambarkan kesedihan dan ketabahan seorang ibu menanggung rasa kesedihan melihat seorang anak yang dikasihinya telah kembali ke rahmatullah.
Allahyarham Tunku Abdul Jalil yang mangkat di Hospital Sultanah Aminah (HSA), jam 7.11 malam kelmarin telah selamat dimakamkan di Makam Diraja Mahmoodiah, Johor Bahru semalam.

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Gaya Dato Siti Nurhaliza Cover Babybumpnya Di Tegur Peminat.

[FOTO] Gaya Dato Siti Nurhaliza ‘Cover Babybumpnya’ Di Tegur Peminat.

Ramai peminat yang turut teruja apabila mendengar berita tentang kehamilan Dato Siti.
Setelah hampir sedekad mendirikan rumahtangga, akhirnya pasangan bahagia ini bakal mendapat cahayamata apabila Dato Siti di sahkan hamil.Jika peminat sudah teruja apatah lagi empunya diri,pasti lebih teruja kan.

Tapi Dato Siti mengharapkan peminat sentiasa mendoakan terbaik buatnya kerana pada usia awal kandungan macam-macam boleh berlaku.Mungkin atas sebab itu Dato Siti sepertinya tidak mahu memperbesarkan perkara ini.

Peminat yang teruja perasan sesuatu apabila Dato Siti bergambar dimana kelihatan seperti Dato Siti cuba cover babybumpnya.Bak kata bidalan,benda baik jangan di sorok..

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HOT!!! Chinese Government Furious Over Uniqlo Dressing room Sex Tape ( 3 Gambar )

On Tuesday, a sex tape of a couple going at it in a Beijing location of Japanese clothing retailer Uniqlo went viral on social media. The footage spread across social networking sites like WeChat and Weibo, China’s version of Twitter, with censors scrambling to keep images under wraps. However, even the most staunch moralists have to admit that once something gets out on the internet, it’s pretty much impossible to contain, let alone squash entirely.

Although the couple pulled off a hell of a coup when it comes to exhibitionism and dressing room sex, neither the brass at Uniqlo not the Chinese government are thrilled.

“The vulgar video had spread like a virus online and clashed with socialist core values,” Xu Feng, a director at the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), said in a quote from the Global Times newspaper, as relayed by The Guardian.

Feng also vowed that the government would “continue to crack own on vulgar materials online and safeguard the cyber environment.” Yeah, good luck cleaning up the vast cesspool that is the internet. That’s totally a winnable war.

The incident also put Uniqlo in a position of having to defend itself from claims that it masterminded the sex tape as a viral marketing maneuver, which would have been a hell of a misguided ad given that the chick is wearing no clothing whatsoever.

“We would like to remind the public to uphold social morality and use our fitting rooms in a correct and proper way,” a rep for the retailer said viaShanghai Daily. “We also firmly deny some online allegations saying the video is our publicity stunt.”

As for the couple, the government is investigating who they are and is on the hunt to arrest them. One time a public jumbotron operator endured 15 days in the slammer and a $400 fine for accidentally broadcasting porn on a big screen in a city square. So, we imagine people making the porn in public won’t fare much better. Even in the states Kendra Sunderland is facing hefty legal charges for filming a solo sex tape on her campus library. However, I sincerely hope the couple manages to evade the long arm of the law.

Anyway, here’s the footage that pissed off the Chinese government. I shouldn’t have to stress that you should not watch this in your cube, unless your cube is in the Pornhub office.

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China’s Top Admiral Says Minor Incident in South China Sea Could Spark a War

China’s naval commander told his U.S. counterpart that a minor incident could spark war in the South China Sea

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BEIJING – Chinese Admiral Wu Shengli told his U.S. counter part Admiral John Richardson that a minor incident could spark war in the South China Sea if the United States did not stop its “Provocative Acts” in the disputed waterway, the Chinese navy said on Friday.

Admiral Wu Shengli made the comments to U.S. chief of naval operations Admiral John Richardson during a video teleconference on Thursday, according to a Chinese naval statement.

The two officers held talks after a U.S. warship sailed within 12 nautical miles of one of Beijing’s man-made islands in the contested Spratly archipelago on Tuesday.

China has rebuked Washington over the patrol, the most significant U.S. challenge yet to territorial limits China effectively claims around its seven artificial islands in one of the world’s busiest sea lanes.

US chief of naval operations John Richardson and Chinese Admiral Wu Shengli spoke yesterday

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“If the United States continues with these kinds of dangerous, provocative acts, there could well be a seriously pressing situation between front-line forces from both sides on the sea and in the air, or even a minor incident that sparks war,” the statement paraphrased Wu as saying.

“(I) hope the U.S. side cherishes the good situation between the Chinese and U.S. navies that has not come easily and avoids these kinds of incidents from happening again,” Wu said.

Speaking earlier, a U.S. official said the naval chiefs agreed to maintain dialogue and follow protocols to avoid clashes.

Scheduled port visits by U.S. and Chinese ships and planned visits to China by senior U.S. Navy officers remained on track, the official said.

“None of that is in jeopardy. Nothing has been canceled,” said the official.

Unplanned Encounters

Both officers agreed on the need to stick to protocols established under the Code for Unplanned Encounters at Sea, or CUES.

“They agreed that it’s very important that both sides continue to use the protocols under the CUES agreement when they’re operating close to keep the chances for misunderstanding and any kind of provocation from occurring,” the U.S. official said.

USS Lassen (DDG 82) (R) transits in formation with ROKS Sokcho (PCC 778) during exercise Foal Eagle 2015, in waters east of the Korean Peninsula

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Indeed, Wu said he believed the Chinese and U.S. navies had plenty of scope for cooperation and should both “play a positive role in maintaining peace and stability in the South China Sea.”

A U.S. Navy spokesman stressed Washington’s position that U.S. freedom of navigation operations were meant to “protect the rights, freedoms, and lawful uses of the sea and airspace guaranteed to all nations under international law.”

Chinese warships followed the USS Lassen, a guided-missile destroyer, as it moved through the Spratlys on Tuesday. The U.S. Navy is operating in a maritime domain bristling with Chinese ships.

While the U.S. Navy is expected to keep its technological edge in Asia for decades, China’s potential trump card is sheer weight of numbers, with dozens of naval and coastguard vessels routinely deployed in the South China Sea, security experts say.

China has overlapping claims with Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Taiwan and Brunei in the South China Sea, through which $5 trillion in ship-borne trade passes every year.

Next week, Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Vietnam and Singapore, while Chinese Defence Minister Chang Wanquan will attend a meeting of Southeast Asian defense ministers in Malaysia that U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter is also due to attend.

Meanwhile,  In a legal setback for Beijing, an arbitration court in the Netherlands ruled on Thursday that it has jurisdiction to hear some territorial claims the Philippines has filed against China over disputed areas in the South China Sea.

Manila filed the case in 2013 to seek a ruling on its right to exploit the South China Sea waters in its 200-nautical mile exclusive economic zone (EEZ) as allowed under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

The Hague-based Permanent Court of Arbitration rejected Beijing’s claim that the disputes were about territorial sovereignty and said additional hearings would be held to decide the merits of the Philippines’ arguments.

China has boycotted the proceedings and rejects the court’s authority in the case. Beijing claims sovereignty over almost the entire South China Sea, dismissing claims to parts of it from Vietnam, the Philippines, Taiwan, Malaysia and Brunei.

The tribunal found it had authority to hear seven of Manila’s submissions under UNCLOS and China’s decision not to participate did “not deprive the tribunal of jurisdiction”.

The Chinese government, facing international legal scrutiny for the first time over its assertiveness in the South China Sea, would neither participate in nor accept the case, Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin told reporters.

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She has a peerless beauty, but had sold fruit poverty, she did not expect to actually married into the royal family at the age of 19!

Born in Gorky, Soviet Union (now Nizhny Novgorod, Russia), Vodianova grew up in a poor district of the city (Avtozavod) with her mother, and two half sisters Kristina and Oksana, one of whom has cerebral palsy. As a teenager, Vodianova helped her mother sell fruit on the street and later set up her own fruit stand with a friend to help her family out of poverty.

Glamorous fashion circles never missing Pretty Woman story, but like Natalia Vodianova such legendary life, absolutely no one can copy!

Whether it is a brilliant supermodel career, or married into the royal family, with three children or is it still reentry giants
Natalie Vodianova took 15 years, from the legendary life of Cinderella counter-attack!

Young girl from the fruit stand to the international supermodel, she took only three months!

Natalie see such nobility, you can imagine her sister had just fruit stand it?
In fact, Natalie is not not buckle poor second. She was born in a village in Russia, 2-year-old was abandoned by his father, and mother, suffering from cerebral palsy sister had each other.
From the age of 11, she was in her mother's fruit shop to help. But who told people look beautiful! 14 years old that year, Natalie small fruit stand in front of their own, scouts discover!
But if you think she looks alone the United States, you will be able to when supermodel would be wrong!
Scout told her: you go to Paris, but you must learn English in three months!
3 months, do not work hard to learn English, either you then the United States also can not help anyone!
Perhaps the body flow with the "ethnic fighting" Russian blood, this 14-year-old girl did not admit defeat, actually three months to learn!
Three months later, she flew to Paris and started supermodel career.
Since then, LOUIS VUITTON, MarcJacobs and many other international big names have her figure, the young Natalie became the darling of the fashion industry!
Whether it is a brilliant supermodel career, or married into the royal family, with three children or is it still reentry giants
Natalie Vodianova took 15 years, from the legendary life of Cinderella counter-attack!

19 years old, Natalie wearing Tom Ford designed specifically for her wedding, married British royal descendant Justin Portman.
They held a grand fairy-tale wedding in St. Petersburg, Peter the Great's palace whole, shining Natalie happy smile.
19-year-old Natalie, relying on their own efforts to become a real princess!

Justin is "high society diamond bachelor", he told a dinner for Natalie at first sight.
But attracting more than Justin Natalie beauty, and her efforts and dedication.
He said: "She cares about the work they are engaged, threw himself into it, the intention of performing."

After marriage, they had three children.
But even married into the royal family, Natalie also still work!
The first six weeks 19-year-old, after she gave birth to son Lucas, on back on stage!
Her self-confidence and firm, and she told us: "powerful and beautiful without conflict, and even the United States is the source."

And beautiful and effort, big love to not love her! She and Calvin Klein eighth season in the history of the longest stretches endorsement record, so far no one can break!
Natalie and Justin's marriage lasted nine years, Natalie announced their divorce in 2011.
In everyone's eyes, Natalie led the three into a single mother a drag.

Natalie have their own careers, have their own children, she is a sufficient independent woman.
So even though divorce is a difficult decision, but she did not anxiety, she already has so much.

And beautiful and effort, even with three children, she is still charming!
Divorce less than three months, with three children Natalie, and wealthy Taizi Anthony Arnott began romance.

Arnault is the son of Anthony, president of LVMH Fashion Group, the luxury goods empire of the prince! After two people in love, go where all the pair's show of affection！

Last year, Natalie and Anthony welcomed their first child.
Today, sweet love, happy family, she had a brilliant career!
She has an angel face, a more persistent efforts and hard work of heart! Young girl from the fruit stand up to today, she completed a Cinderella on their own counter-attack!

This year, the 33-year-old Natalie, has already done his legendary life.
It really is the most beautiful woman seriously! With her own efforts step by step, before they get the results of ah! Like this article, then share it on the point of a praise it!

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