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Japan: New Cabinet unveiled / Turkey: 17 girls die in dorm fire / Brazil: Man confesses to teen's killing / Germany: Farmer gets two-arm transplant / Canada: Suspect in bus beheading appears in court ... ...full story at LA Times

from LA Times on Sat, Aug 02 2008

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06 Mar 08 visit World Cup 2002: Germany 0 X 2 Brazil  »  YouTube videoWatching the game Brazil x Germany during the World Cup 2002 in Japan at the big screen of the Café in Hamburg. In spite of the score Brazil 2 x 0, Brazilian & Germans soccer fans celebrated the victory of Brazil in the same euphoric spirit o...
01 Aug 08 visit World › Canadia bus attack suspect appears in court  »  Japan Today A 40-year-old man who witnesses said stabbed and beheaded his seat mate on a Greyhound bus in Canada made his first court appearance Friday, while…
01 Aug 08 visit World › World's first transplant of two full arms performed in Germany  »  Japan Today A German medical team said Friday it had performed what it called the world's first transplant of two full arms, on a farmer who had…
21 Oct 08 visit World › Indonesian court rejects Bali bombers' request for beheading  »  Japan Today An Indonesian court rejected Tuesday a request by three convicted Bali bombers to be executed by traditional Islamic-style beheading instead of by firing squad. The…
09 Oct 08 visit World › German doing well after double arm transplant  »  Japan Today A German farmer who received the world's first complete double arm transplant said Wednesday that incredulity gave way to joy when he woke from surgery…
01 Aug 08 visit World › 17 students dead in Turkey dorm collapse  »  Japan Today Rescue workers searched for survivors late into Friday night in the rubble of a three-story dormitory housing female students in central Turkey that collapsed after…

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