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A pedestrian passes by the electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009.
Business   Economy   Japan   Market   Photos		  Breitbart 
Tokyo stocks rebound on hopes for Japan, global economy, weaker yen+
Thu 11 Mar 2010
TOKYO, March 11 (AP) - (Kyodo)—(EDS: TO BE LED) Tokyo stocks rebounded Thursday morning on growing optimism about the economic recovery in Japan and elsewhere in the world, while exporters on the... (photo: AP / Katsumi Kasahara)
Wide-view of the Security Council meeting considering the report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Sudan, at UN Headquarters in New York. cg1
Iran   Japan   Nuclear   Photos   UN		  Daily Yomiuri 
Will Japan preside over Iran sanctions at UNSC?
Wed 10 Mar 2010
As Japan prepares to assume the president of the U.N. Security Council in April, debate is already under way in various arenas regarding sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program. Against this... (photo: UN/Eskinder Debebe)
New Slovenian euro coins are seen in Ljubljana, in this, Dec. 15, 2006 photo. The euro will be Slovenia's currency as of Jan. 1, 2007. The tiny alpine country is becoming the 13th nation using the single European currency, a switch Prime Minister Janez Jansa called the "biggest national achievement" since this former Yugoslav country joined the European Union in 2004.  Gulf News  Wed 10 Mar 2010
Euro, pound slip on debt worries
London: Concerns over Europe's fiscal problems hit the euro and sterling Wednesday, while world stocks hovered near their recent six-week highs, though they were still up 66 per cent from a low hit... (photo: AP / Denis Sarkic)
Currency   Europe   Financial Crisis   Photos   UK
papaya - Fruit  redOrbit  Wed 10 Mar 2010
Papaya Extract Thwarts Cancer Cell Growth
Posted on: Wednesday, 10 March 2010, 08:27 CST The humble papaya is gaining credibility in Western medicine for anticancer powers that folk cultures have recognized for generations. University of... (photo: WN / Dominic Canoy)
Cancer   Credibility   Growth   Papaya   Photos
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Newsvine Wed 10 Mar 2010
Are you ready for the toilet of the future?
— While most bathrooms in the United States are business as usual, toilets in Japan and in some parts of Europe are high-tech wonders, overflowing with luxurious... (photo: WN / RTayco)
Health   Photos   Technology   Travel
The Examiner Wed 10 Mar 2010
Papaya leaf extract used to treat certain cancers
A brewed pot of papaya leaf extract tea may be just what the doctor may order AP Photo/US Consumer Product Safety Commission If you like this ... African American women... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
Food   Health   Nutrition   Photos   Science
In this combo made from file photos, the IBM logo is seen in front of the company's manufacturing plant in Essex Junction, Vt., left, and the Sun Microsystems logo is seen at the company's offices in Menlo Park, Calif Canada Dot Com Wed 10 Mar 2010
IBM, universities target easy-to-use cellphones
HELSINKI (Reuters) - IBM has started a two-year research program that aims to make cellphones easier to use for groups including the elderly and the illiterate. As growth... (photo: AP)
Cellphones   IBM   Photos   Research   Universities
In this photo taken on Aug. 29, 2009, Yukio Hatoyama, leader of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, waves during a last minute speech to the public in downtown Tokyo, Japan, during the last day for Parliament's lower house election campaign. Japan voted Sunday Aug. 30, 2009, in parliamentary elections expected to end the ruling conservative party's nearly 54 years in power and give a largely untested opposition a chance to make good on its promises to revive the ailing economy and turn around record-high unemployment. Breitbart Wed 10 Mar 2010
REFILING: 2ND LD: DPJ agrees to New Komeito request to expand child-allowance scope+
allowance scope+ (AP) - TOKYO, March 10 (Kyodo)—(EDS: CORRECTING DAY OF THE WEEK IN 2ND GRAF) Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's ruling Democratic Party of Japan... (photo: AP / Itsuo Inouye)
Health   Japan   Kids   Photos   Tokyo
Dollar - Currency Breitbart Wed 10 Mar 2010
Dollar firms around 90 yen line amid lack of trading cues+
TOKYO, March 10 (AP) - (Kyodo)—The U.S. dollar held steady around the 90 yen line in subdued Tokyo trading Wednesday as market participants largely sat on the... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
Currency   Dollar   Market   Photos   Trading
Nakajima after retiring from the 2009 Australuan Grand Prix The Guardian Wed 10 Mar 2010
Nakajima upbeat after F1 career stalls
TOKYO, March 10 (Reuters) - Japan's Kazuki Nakajima has vowed to find a way back into Formula One after his final hope of securing a drive in the 2010 season was dashed.... (photo: Creative Commons / Cobra bubbles)
Formula   Japan   Nakajima   Photos   Sport


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