| 30 Nov 08 |
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Calmer tack with Russia Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is pushing a proposal for a Euro-Atlantic security pact. This has apparently been prompted by the NATO expansion into Eastern Europe, formerly Russia's sphere of influence; the U.S. plan to use sites in the Czech Republic... |
| 30 Nov 08 |
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International team wins Lexus Cup SINGAPORE (AP) Christina Kim gave Annika Sorenstam a big victory in her second-to-last event before retiring, birdieing the par-5 18th Sunday for a halve and the deciding half-point for the International team in the Lexus Cup. Kim's halve with Namika... |
| 30 Nov 08 |
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Lessons for India after three days of terror WATERLOO, Ontario — Mumbai is remarkably resilient in bouncing back to a semblance of normalcy within days. We've been here before — in 1993 and again in 2006 — when terrorists killed more than 200 people each time. Each time the government exp... |
| 30 Nov 08 |
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All Blacks wrap up slam TWICKENHAM, England (AP) New Zealand beat England on Saturday to wrap up its most commanding grand slam of wins over the home unions while Wales denied Australia a sweep of its own with a shock victory over the tourists. While the All Blacks withstood... |
| 30 Nov 08 |
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Gebrselassie wins Down Under MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Ethiopian great Haile Gebrselassie won the inaugural 15-km Great Australian Run in 42 minutes, 40 seconds on Sunday. Beijing Olympic marathon silver-medalist and former world champion Catherine Ndereba of Kenya won the women's... |
| 30 Nov 08 |
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Oda wins to cap return Nobunari Oda capped a successful return to competitive skating on Sunday with a victory at the NHK Trophy. Oda, who was in first place after Friday's short program, overcame several mistakes in his free skate to finish with 236.18 points, ahead of... |
| 30 Nov 08 |
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Aso reveals more than wealth gap with kanji-reading blunders So now we know. Aso the "manga" man cannot read Japanese. At least not when it is written in kanji. The newspapers have been full of revelations these past few weeks about Prime Minister Taro Aso's slipups in the art of kanji deciphering. Mind you,... |
| 30 Nov 08 |
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50% of eligible citizens will be called as potential lay judges Under the lay judge system to be introduced in May, roughly half the people nationwide registered on the list of candidates will likely be summoned by district courts for interviews as possible candidates, according to an estimate released Sunday. The... |
| 30 Nov 08 |
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Look at the brighter side of the financial crisis BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — One good way to counter depression (of the emotional and of the otherwise kind) is to emphasize the positive (of the imagined or otherwise kind). What I have been doing sometimes these days for therapy and equanimity is recalli... |
| 30 Nov 08 |
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Harmison not ready to decide on India return  LONDON (AP) England is making contingency plans for its test series in India after Steve Harmison said Sunday that returning to the subcontinent in the wake of the terrorist attacks in Mumbai would be the most important decision of his life. "The... |
| 30 Nov 08 |
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Mitsui applies for Fed CP aid Trading house Mitsui & Co. has applied to the U.S. Federal Reserve's commercial paper-buying program to raise dollar-denominated funds for its operations in that country, banking industry sources said Sunday. The Fed appears to have already purchased... |
| 30 Nov 08 |
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N.Y. has franchise night  NEW YORK (AP) Knicks coach Mike D'Antoni glanced at the best stat line of David Lee's career and somehow managed to sound disappointed. "He should've had 50," D'Antoni said. "He should've had 50 and 28." Read the full story |
| 30 Nov 08 |
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Poster-boy Crosby lives up to top billing as Pens halt Devils' streak PITTSBURGH (AP) The rest of the NHL had better take notice. Sidney Crosby is living up to his superstar image. Crosby had his first career hat trick at Mellon Arena and added an assist, and the Pittsburgh Penguins snapped the New Jersey Devils'... |
| 30 Nov 08 |
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New York's Burress shoots self in thigh  NEW YORK (AP) Super Bowl hero Plaxico Burress accidentally shot himself in the right thigh and spent the night in the hospital, another dramatic turn in a tumultuous season in which the star New York Giants receiver has been fined and suspended. The... |
| 30 Nov 08 |
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Help the world to feed itself PARIS — The world has been shaken by unprecedented spikes in food prices, by hunger riots, and by social tensions that demonstrate that food supplies have returned as a source of insecurity — to which global warming and declining natural resources... |
| 30 Nov 08 |
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U.S. could ignite growth in six months  The global financial crisis that erupted in the United States this fall appears to be largely under control, but how long the recession in the world's largest economy will last depends on the actions of the administration of Barack Obama, the editor of... |
| 30 Nov 08 |
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Hedge funds troll for Japan's wealthiest  The city of Ashiya, Hyogo Prefecture, has been home to the nation's industrial titans since samurai ruled the land more than a century ago. Now it is a feeding ground for hedge funds tapping the wealth of new multimillionaires like Kunihisa Sagami. ... |
| 30 Nov 08 |
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Grampus wins to maintain pressure on Antlers NAGOYA (Kyodo) Nagoya Grampus stayed in the hunt for its first J. League title after a 3-1 win over already relegated Consadole Sapporo on Sunday kept the pressure on Kashima Antlers heading into next weekend's final round of matches. Yoshizumi Ogawa... |
| 30 Nov 08 |
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Major automakers slashing production Twelve major Japanese automakers have cut their global output for fiscal 2008 by a total of 1.9 million units from their initial plans and slashed more than 14,000 factory jobs in Japan due to sluggish sales in major markets such as the U.S. The reduced... |
| 30 Nov 08 |
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Koga defends title as Fudo blows it again  MIYAZAKI (Kyodo) Miho Koga benefited from another late meltdown by Yuri Fudo to successfully defend the season-ending Japan LPGA Tour Championship on Sunday, clinching the money rankings title in the process. Koga overturned a five-shot deficit to beat... |
| 30 Nov 08 |
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Defending champ Impulse crushes Oaks to advance to Japan X Bowl YOKOHAMA — The reigning X League champion Panasonic Electric Works Impulse came through at both sides of the ball as it crushed the Onward Oaks 44-17 in the second round of the Final 6 playoffs in front of a crowd of 4,267 fans at Yokohama Stadium ... |
| 30 Nov 08 |
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Last regular run for classic train  OKAYAMA (Kyodo) One of the first types of bullet trains ran Sunday from Okayama to Hakata Station in Fukuoka on its final regular run, 44 years after its debut. About 2,000 train aficionados packed JR Okayama Station to see off the round-nose 0 Series... |
| 30 Nov 08 |
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Screen Hero takes center stage with Japan Cup victory  Screen Hero, a horse that had barely been in the picture before the race, managed to grab top billing Sunday with a half length win of the Japan Cup at Tokyo. Coming in second in the JC 28th running was race favorite Deep Sky, with second pick Vodka in... |
| 30 Nov 08 |
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Trusting in the fiscal pump "Learn from Japan," they said as the U.S., British and EU economies headed for their current downturns. Well, they may have learned something. But until very recently that something clearly was not enough. One thing they do seem to have learned early on... |
| 30 Nov 08 |
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School hit for student smoking NAGOYA (Kyodo) Police have searched dormitories at a private high school for dropouts in Shinshiro, Aichi Prefecture, on suspicion students were allowed to smoke in violation of the prefecture's ordinance on juvenile protection, sources said Sunday. The... |
| 30 Nov 08 |
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Japan golfers third at World Cup SHENZHEN, China (Kyodo) Toru Taniguchi and Ryuji Imada gave Japan its best result in six years in the World Cup of Golf on Sunday, finishing tied for third with Australia behind Sweden and Spain. Taniguchi and Imada shot a 68 in alternate-shot play to... |
| 30 Nov 08 |
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Apache sweep Golden Kings to send out warning to bj-league rivals Facing two Western Conference powerhouses in the past two weeks, the Tokyo Apache had an opportunity to make a bold statement in that span: to send a message to the rest of the bj-league that they are a force to be reckoned with this season. That... |
| 29 Nov 08 |
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Only alternative to Congo's war without end HARARE — Some time ago, the head of the United Nations refugee agency, Antonio Guterres, said of the Democratic Republic of Congo: "Nobody in the outside world feels threatened, and so the international community is not really paying attention." N... |
| 29 Nov 08 |
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Iwamasa's injury-time tally keeps Antlers on track for league glory  KASHIMA, Ibaraki Pref. — An injury-time header from Daiki Iwamasa gave Kashima Antlers one hand on the J. League title with a 1-0 win over Jubilo Iwata on Saturday. Defending champions Antlers can now clinch their sixth championship on the final d... |
| 29 Nov 08 |
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More horror in Mumbai Terrorists launched a multipronged siege of the Indian city of Mumbai last week, which left at least 195 people dead and more than 300 wounded. The attacks are an offense against all civilized people and must be roundly condemned. But words alone are not... |
| 29 Nov 08 |
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Suzuki to cut 1,200 jobs in Hungary Suzuki Motor Corp. will shrink the workforce at its Hungarian factory to around 4,400 from 5,600 by the end of February, company officials said Saturday. Suzuki plans to cut production there to adjust for falling vehicle demand in Europe resulting from... |
| 29 Nov 08 |
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Government should fear the people Regarding Darryl McGarry's Nov. 23 letter, "Anachronistic arms 'freedom'": I certainly respect McGarry's right to his opinion, especially since I strongly believe in freedom of speech. In the United States, this particular right is guaranteed by the First... |
| 29 Nov 08 |
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Crosby: I'm happy in Pittsburgh NEW YORK (AP) If LeBron James follows the big bucks to Broadway when he becomes an NBA free agent in 2010, don't expect NHL counterpart Sidney Crosby to follow him. Crosby really has no burning desire to head to hockey hotbeds Montreal or Toronto,... |
| 29 Nov 08 |
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| 29 Nov 08 |
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Alteration of pension records said rampant An investigative committee that reports directly to the labor minister acknowledged in a report Friday that local social insurance officials systematically fabricate pension records. The panel, however, said that while the Health, Labor and Welfare... |
| 29 Nov 08 |
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Honda lifts Venlo over Sittard VENLO, Netherlands (Kyodo) Midfielder Keisuke Honda scored both goals as high-flying VVV Venlo beat Fortuna Sittard 2-0 in the Dutch League's second division on Friday. With scouts from first-division leaders AZ Alkmaar watching from the stands, Honda... |
| 29 Nov 08 |
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Noxious fumes from ashtrays In recent years here, smoking while walking on public streets has been outlawed in many places and smoking outside of designated smoking zones is becoming less and less acceptable. As a nonsmoker, I appreciate these efforts, but one unfortunate result of... |
| 29 Nov 08 |
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Disgruntled Marbury suspended for one game  GREENBURGH, N.Y. (AP) The New York Knicks suspended Stephon Marbury for one game and docked him nearly $400,000 in salary Friday after claiming he refused. The disgruntled guard insists he never told coach Mike D'Antoni "no" and plans to appeal. Read... |
| 29 Nov 08 |
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Drawing new life out of an old story Here's a rough synopsis of the plot of Seiichi Hayashi's "Red Colored Elegy": A young couple, committed to their art, struggle to keep themselves, their art, and their love alive. This will strike no one as wildly original. What is surprising, however, is... |
| 29 Nov 08 |
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Every Japanese is party to their state's 'barbaric' legal murders The death penalty brutalizes everyone connected with it: Judges and juries who pass it down, politicians who turn an evil or a blind eye to it, jailers, executioners, and more than anyone, the person whose life is extinguished by it. Although capital... |
| 29 Nov 08 |
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Rangers strike late in win  SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) The New York Rangers overcame another late tying goal to complete a Florida sweep. Markus Naslund and Nikolai Zherdev scored in the shootout to give the Rangers a 4-3 victory over the Florida Panthers on Friday night. Read the full... |
| 29 Nov 08 |
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Shades of the BBC in NHK's own 'The Office' Two months ago I heard about a comedy sketch that appeared last May on the American show "Saturday Night Live." Actor Steve Carrell was the host and he and the cast of regulars did a parody of his own show, "The Office," an American version of the famous... |
| 29 Nov 08 |
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Very last option against pirates Regarding Ramesh Thakur's Nov. 25 article,"Pirates feel the sting of India's naval muscle": This analysis is founded in part on a gross inaccuracy because, as it turned out, the Indian Navy did not sink a pirate "mother ship." Unfortunately it sank a... |
| 29 Nov 08 |
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Tsurube and Nakai's travels, Detective Takemura, and a famous cross-dressing spy It's impossible to turn on the television now without seeing SMAP leader Masahiro Nakai, who is working overtime to promote his new movie, "Watashi wa Kai ni Naritai" ("I Want to Become a Seashell"). And since he was just chosen for the fifth time to... |
| 29 Nov 08 |
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Prince Akishino fetes birthday Prince Akishino, on the occasion of his 43rd birthday, expressed joy in seeing his 2-year-old son, Prince Hisahito, growing up healthy, noting that the little prince has learned to talk little by little. "It seems the scope of Hisahito's interest and... |
| 29 Nov 08 |
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England rugby squad aims for redemption LONDON (AP) Chasing a Grand Slam of victories on a European tour, New Zealand believes England will he hurting from last weekend's record loss at home to world champion South Africa and could be more dangerous than the score suggests. England's... |
| 29 Nov 08 |
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Building a curative response to sea banditry KUALA LUMPUR — Although the conditions for piracy and terrorism to thrive are similar, their objectives are different. The motivation for piracy is old-fashioned greed while terrorists are predominantly driven by political and religious ideolog... |
| 29 Nov 08 |
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Kobe, Lakers sink Mavs  LOS ANGELES (AP) With every game the Los Angeles Lakers play, one nagging question keeps cropping up: How did they lose to the Detroit Pistons — at home? Kobe Bryant scored a season-high 35 points, and the Lakers used a 17-0 run in the second ha... |
| 29 Nov 08 |
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Extend the lives of unwanted pets I was surprised, as I'm sure many people were, to read that public health centers dispose of unwanted and lost animals so quickly. According to the Nov. 26 article "Was wrong bureaucracy targeted?," a pet owner can bring a pet to a public health center... |
| 29 Nov 08 |
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Whale meat imports resume LONDON (Kyodo) The government approved the purchase of whale meat from Iceland in September in what would be the first purchase of the controversial fare since 1991, relevant authorities said Saturday. Some of the meat is already on the Japanese... |
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