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The suspected murder of a former vice health minister and the stabbing of the wife of another, both with careers tied to Japan's ailing pension system, prompted the increased security.
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TOKYO, Nov. 19 -- Bureaucrats here have infuriated the Japanese public by losing millions of government pension records. This week, someone with a knife and a willingness to kill appears to be hunting them down.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The National Security Agency said on Thursday it was investigating allegations that intelligence officials listened to personal phone calls from military officers, journalists and other Americans living outside the United States.
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The investment in Morgan Stanley by Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group could be a crucial step in the strategy for revitalizing the American financial system.
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MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraq's government pledged on Tuesday to send senior officials to northern Iraq to tackle violence against Christians which has led thousands to flee their homes fearing for their lives.
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The Japanese Defense Ministry has punished several top officials over an essay written by an air force chief who was fired for claiming that the country was not an aggressor in World War II.
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The Paris prosecutor says he will investigate nine people suspected of sabotaging French railways.
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TOKYO, Nov. 19 -- Bureaucrats here have infuriated the Japanese public by losing millions of government pension records. This week, someone with a knife and a willingness to kill appears to be hunting them down.
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EVANSVILLE, Ind./TOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. Federal Reserve and Bank of Japan officials said they were on alert for signs of deflation and grappling with how the central banks would keep it at bay as interest rates approach zero.
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NEW DELHI, Dec. 1 -- More top Indian officials resigned Monday in the wake of last week's terror attacks in Mumbai, while the U.S. and Indian governments stepped up pressure on Pakistan to cooperate in investigating responsibility for a siege that left 174 dead.
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The tally of civilians killed by U.S.-led air strikes on an Afghan village in August has more than quadrupled, according to the commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East.
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Stéphane Dion says the Conservative party's distortions of him in attack ads gave him an advantage during last week's two televised leaders' debates.
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Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, alarmed by an escalating global financial crisis, called for more action Thursday to bolster the country's faltering economy.
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Microsoft Corp. will be releasing games developed by top Japanese designers for its Xbox 360 console, a senior executive said Thursday, the latest effort by the U.S. software maker to make inroads in a market where it has long struggled.
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Layoffs and cuts to education and public safety prepared in an early sign of the economic slowdown's impact on government services.
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Detectives charge sixth and seventh boy with the murder of an 18-year-old who was stabbed to death at a party in Sheffield.
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Uefa president Michel Platini launches a scathing attack on the influx of foreign owners in the Premier League.
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The top of Mount Fuji is rarely visible in October but it briefly prodded its nose through the clouds yesterday and it wasn't the only summit in sight.
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The Bank of Japan said it ploughed another ?2.0 trillion ($30.27 billion) into money markets today.
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Japan’s professional baseball teams have agreed to introduce a ban on players who return to Japan after opting out of the amateur draft in order to play for overseas pro teams.
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Officials in Missouri, a hard-fought jewel in the presidential race, are sifting through possibly hundreds of questionable or duplicate voter-registration forms submitted by an advocacy group that has been accused of election fraud in other states.
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The two-time world champion made the most of a Ferrari blunder and the saftey car being deployed on the Singapore street circuit last month to win the race after starting 15th on the grid. The breakthrough was unexpected for a
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Daniel Amos, visiting chairman and chief executive officer of American Family Life Assurance Co., said Tuesday that the company intends to consider acquiring three Japanese life insurance businesses that American International Group Inc. has decided to sell. "We plan on
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Japan Energy Corp. will review its wholesale gasoline prices every week, starting Nov. 1, company officials said Wednesday. The unit of Nippon Mining Holdings Inc. will base its wholesale prices on weekly market moves instead of the current practice of
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Japanese mobile phone shipments slumped 48.6 pct in August from a year before to 2,166,000 units, falling for the second straight month, an industry group said Wednesday. The drop reflects the lack of handsets with new functions to stimulate demand.
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Japanese shares rebounded Thursday at midday, a day after world stocks took a historical plunge despite several central banks' decision to cut interest rates.The Bank of Japan pumped another 20 billion dollars to guarantee vital cash flaw.
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Despite the Xbox 360's limited success, corporate VP and Xbox Live chief says sales are increasing in the "very important" market.
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Speaking with ABC’s Charlie Gibson in Indianapolis, the Land of Lincolner denounces the attacks on his ties with William Ayers, says personal attacks have become “the centerpiece of the discussion.” Adds that he’s surprised McCain “wasn’t willing to say it to my face” during Tuesday’s debate. Also says resolving the financial crisis is “not going to be [...]
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Hurricane Norbert has weakened to a Category 3 storm as it makes its way toward Mexico's coast.
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NEW YORK (AP) -- A newspaper report Thursday said tens of thousands of eligible voters have been removed from rolls or blocked from registering in at least six swing states, but election officials quickly lined up to defend their registration procedures and said they had done nothing wrong....
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An ordinary house in an ordinary street was how the Crown Prosecutor described the house at 6 Neuk Crescent, Houston, that was actually a bomb factory.
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Immunization could lower rates of cervical cancer, according to experts, but many parents remain skeptical.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso sought new ways to stimulate the economy on Thursday, as a 14.5 percent dive in machinery orders provided further evidence the global financial crisis is pushing Japan into recession.
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Two cats needed £4,000 worth of medical treatment after they were shot with airguns in West Lothian.
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Japan has rejected a North Korean proposal on nuclear verification, in a major blow to US efforts to reach a deal with Pyongyang towards removing nuclear weapons from the Korean peninsula
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Japan has rejected a North Korean proposal on nuclear verification, in a major blow to US efforts to reach a deal with Pyongyang towards removing nuclear weapons from the Korean peninsula
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Oct. 9: TODAY’s Meredith Vieira talks to McCain adviser Nicolle Wallace and Obama adviser Robert Gibbs about the latest attacks coming from both campaigns. (Today Show)
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Oct. 9: Cindy McCain, wife of Republican presidential candidate John McCain, takes aim at Democratic hopeful Barack Obama as the campaign rhetoric heats up. NBC’s Andrea Mitchell reports. (Today Show)
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Japan’s Nikkei index fell more than 10 percent in early trading following massive losses on Wall Street.
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Election officials defended their registration procedures after a newspaper reported tens of thousands of eligible voters were removed from rolls or blocked from registering in at least six states.
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A car bomb ripped through police headquarters in Islamabad wounding at least seven people while a roadside bomb hit a police prison van and a school bus, killing 10, in northwest Pakistan.
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