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Containers are handled at the container terminal of the harbour in Hamburg, northern Germany, in this Jan. 16, 2006 file picture. German exports increased by 9.3 percent in May 2007 compared with the same month last year, and the country's trade surplus increased more strongly than expected, according to data released Monday, July 9, 2007.
Currency   Export   Germany   Photos   Wikipedia: Economy of Germany		  The New York Times 
Strong Yen Helps to Fuel Germany's Export Boom
FRANKFURT — There was a touch of schadenfreude in the most recent earnings report issued by Kuka, a company based in the Bavarian city of Augsburg whose orange industrial robots are a common... (photo: AP / Kai-Uwe Knoth, File)
FILE - In this Jan. 8, 2010 file photo, Toyota Motor Corp.'s Prius is on display at the automaker's showroom in Tokyo. Toyota said on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010 it has received 77 complaints in Japan over brake problems with its popular hybrid.
Automaker   Currency   Markets   Photos   Wikipedia: Toyota		  The New York Times 
Toyota Feels Exchange-Rate Pinch as Rivals Gain
TOKYO — For all the turmoil over Toyota’s wave of recalls, the company, the world’s largest automaker, may face a bigger problem: the surging yen. With the yen at 15-year highs... (photo: AP / Koji Sasahara)
Kondo Shigeru's home 1  The Daily Telegraph 
Japanese man calculates Pi to 5 trillion digits on homemade computer
A Japanese man has broken the world record for calculating the value of Pi, reaching 5 trillion digits on a computer that he built himself. Professor Shigeru Kondo worked out Pi to 5 trillian digits... (photo: Public Domain / Kyoww)
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A man walks out of the Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo Friday, Oct. 31, 2008. Japan's central bank voted Friday to cut its key interest rate for the first time in seven years, finally joining central banks around the world in lowering borrowing costs to mitigate the impact of the global financial c  The New York Times 
Japan Offers a Plan to Kick-Start Its Economy
TOKYO — Japan promised a host of measures on Monday in a bid to kick-start its faltering economy and temper a punishingly strong yen. Prime Minister Naoto Kan proposed new stimulus steps, while... (photo: AP / Katsumi Kasahar)
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A broker is seen under the curve of the German stock index DAX at the stock market in Frankfurt, central Germany, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008. Europe's stock markets rose modestly Thursday after Wall Street recovered most of its earlier losses, but investors remained cautious after big interest rate cuts in Europe and ahead of Friday's crucial U.S. jobs report for Novem The New York Times
European Indexes Slip After Asian Shares End Higher
European indexes were lower on Monday as markets cautiously began a week that culminates Friday with Washington’s report on the August job market. Shares in Asia... (photo: AP / Michael Probst)
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Benigno Aquino Jr. monument for his commemoration as national hero of the country, it is located at the intersection of two major roads, Quezon and Timog Avenues, and surrounded by commercial establishments , Philippines , February 6, 2010. Inquirer
What's wrong with the Philippines?
(Editors note: The following essay, written by the assassinated father of President Aquino, appeared in the Solidarity quarterly journal in 1985. The President's father... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo)
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A trader watches computer screens at NYSE Euronext stock exchange in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Friday, Oct. 10, 2008. European stock markets slumped further on Friday following massive losses on Wall Street and Asia on mounting fears that this week's efforts by central banks and governments to break the logjam in credit markets have failed to ease lending rates between banks. At midday London time, the FTSE 100 index of leading British shares was down 328.03, or 7.6 percent, at 3,985.77, below the 4,000 mark earlier for the first time in five years. Germany's DAX was 399.92, or 8.2 percent, at 4,487.08, and France's CAC-40 was 254.03, or 7.4 percent lower at 3,1 The New York Times
European Shares Start to Wander
European and Asian equity markets mostly traded in a narrow range Thursday with little new data on the way to spur investors. Japanese stocks were the exception, enjoying... (photo: AP / Peter Dejon)
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The Nintendo of America headquarters The Columbus Dispatch
Video-Game Review: Latest mission liberates player
  In some ways, Nintendo's hand-held DS game console represents the last vestige of the old identity of video games as playthings for children. Adults don't seem to... (photo: Creative Commons / WhisperToMe)
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In this architectural rendering released on Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008, by San Francisco-based Gensler Architecture, Design and Planning Worldwide via Color China Photo, shown is the Shanghai Tower. On Saturday, Shanghai officially begins work on its next tallest skyscraper, a 632-meter (2,073- foot) tower in the city's Lujiazui financial center that will tower over the current highest building, the recently completed 492-meter (1,614-foot) Shanghai World Financial The New York Times
China Passes Japan as Second-Largest Economy
SHANGHAI — After three decades of spectacular growth, China passed Japan in the second quarter to become the world’s second-largest economy behind the United... (photo: AP / Gensler Architecture, Design and Planning Worldwide via Color China Photo)
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Smoking rate falls 15th straight year
The rate of smoking among Japanese adults in 2010 fell 1 percentage point from the previous year to a record low 23.9 percent, according to a survey by Japan Tobacco Inc.... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
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Young chimpanzees from Jane Goodall sanctuary Lincoln Park Zoo: insights into origin of human cognition The Examiner
A masked woman looks away while crossing a street in the city center shrouded in fog, caused by air pollution, in Beijing Monday, Dec. 7, 2009. Negotiators in Copenhagen are trying to set targets for controlling emissions of carbon dioxide and other global warming cases, including by the leading contributors, China and the United States. Why failure of climate summit would herald global catastrophe: 3.5° The Independent
In this Feb. 25, 2008 file photo the tower of a church is seen between the smoke billowing chimneys of the brown coal power plant Frimmersdorf near Duesseldorf, Germany. Leading industrial nations on Tuesday, July 8, 2008, endorsed halving world emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050, Japan's prime minister said, edging forward in the battle against global warming but stopping short of tough, nearer-term tar Cap-And-Trade Is Beginning to Raise Some Concerns The New York Times
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Hitoya Yaguchi, who heads a support group for victims of poison gas produced by Japanese Imperial Army during World War II, shows photos of the latest poison gas victims in the northeastern Chinese city of Qiqihar after drums of mustard gas dumped by Imperial Japanese soldiers decade ago were dug up last week, sickened at least 34 people, during a news conference in Tokyo Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2003. Hiroshima's poisonous past Asia Times
INDIA-WAR-HIROSHIMA DAY-MARCH RM awardee dreams of peace fest in Hiroshima Inquirer
An aerial view of Japan's Monju prototype fast breeder nuclear reactor at Tsuruga, central Japan, in this August 31, 2004 photo. The Burden of Nuclear Waste The New York Times
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Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama addressing at the 50th Anniversary of the Tibetan Democracy day held in Bylakuppe, South India on 2nd September 2010. Dalai Lama to open IARF congress The Hindu
Somali displaced people Somalia: Situation Critical For Thousands Displace Scoop
Glass of Water - Drinking Water No Safe Drinking Water Leads To Health Problems Scoop
Kashmiri men is stopped by an Indian policeman at a temporary check point during curfew in Srinagar, India, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010. Authorities re-imposed a curfew Saturday in Indian Kashmir to thwart a rally called by separatist leaders. Peace in Kashmir Scoop
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Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan smiles during a press conference to promote his new film "'Shinjuku Incident" in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tuesday, March 31, 2009. Beware Jackie Chan's seal of approval Star Tribune
Pedestrians wait to cross a street in front of an electric board in Tokyo as Japan's key stock index plunged a stunning 9.6 percent Friday, Oct. 10, 2008 to close out its worst week in history. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index tumbled 881.06 points to 8,276.43, its lowest since May 2003. It was its biggest one-day percentage loss since the stock market crash of October GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks, dollar rise on signs recovery on track The Guardian
Pedestrians are reflected on an electric market board in Tokyo, Monday, Oct. 20, 2008. Asian stock markets advanced Monday, with South Korean shares gaining for the first time in four days as the government moved to shore up the country's banking system amid the global credit crisis. Japan's Nikkei 225 stock average rose almost 3.6 percent to 9,005.59. In Tokyo, shares rose amid hopes for better-than-expected corporate earnin What's crimping Japan? Money Week
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Tibetan kids playing car mirror, Lithang, eastern Tibet Monster traffic jam in China, 10,000 trucks stuck Zeenews
South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan speaks at a lunchen meeting with a group of European diplomats and business officials in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, May 19, 2010. Yu said Wednesday it was "obvious" that North Korea sank one of the South's warships in March, killing 46 sailors. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Baek Sung-ryul) **KOREA OUT** South Korea minister resigns after nepotism row The Star
Milk - Dairy Tainted milk woes boil over The Star
Tiger - Animal - Wildlife China to work with India on curbing tiger poaching The Hindu
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