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U.S. Marine detained on suspicion of trespassing in Okinawa freed

Prosecutors have released a 21-year-old U.S. Marine who was arrested Feb 18 on suspicion of trespassing into a private residence in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, Okinawa police chief Hachiro Tokutsu told the Okinawa prefectural assembly Tuesday. The Naha... ...full story at Japan Today

from Japan Today on Tue, Feb 26 2008

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