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WashingtonPost World, 30.11.08 04:00 UTC

Silver-Haired Shoplifters On the Rise In Japan

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Telegraph, 27.11.08 15:33 UTC

Japanese zoo attempts to mate two female polar bears

Confused Japanese zookeepers have solved a six-month mystery surrounding the lack of interest in mating shown by two polar bears both are female.

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Telegraph, 24.11.08 13:36 UTC

Japan and Russia pledge to resolve Second World War dispute

Japan and Russia have taken a step closer to signing a Second World War peace treaty after they pledged to resolve a 60-year territorial dispute.

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Telegraph, 24.11.08 02:30 UTC

Japan and Russia finally end Second World War dispute

Japan and Russia have taken a step closer to signing a Second World War peace treaty after they pledged to resolve a 60-year territorial dispute.

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Telegraph, 21.10.08 06:32 UTC

Stockpiled snow used to cool Japanese airport in summer

Winter snow is to be stockpiled in order to cool a major airport during the summer months in Japan, as part of a new drive to save carbon emissions.

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The Independent, 11.09.08 08:35 UTC

Earthquake causes alarm in Indonesia

A powerful earthquake rattled northeastern Indonesia today, briefly triggering a tsunami alert and sending residents fleeing from homes and buildings. The quake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 and ...

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BBC World News, 11.09.08 06:00 UTC

Powerful earthquakes strike Asia

Two powerful earthquakes have struck the north-eastern Indonesian Moluccas islands and Japan's northern island of Hokkaido, triggering tsunami alerts.

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BBC World News, 11.09.08 01:00 UTC

Powerful quakes strike Asia

Two powerful earthquakes have struck the north-eastern Indonesian Moluccas islands and Japan's northern island of Hokkaido, triggering tsunami alerts.

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BBC World News, 09.09.08 09:30 UTC

Russia flashpoints

By Steven Eke BBC Russian affairs analyst The Russia-Georgia conflict has focused attention on other potential flashpoints that have their origin in the Soviet era, which ended in the collapse of ...

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guardian.co.uk, 27.08.08 11:02 UTC

Vanishing voices

. On the way out ... Khomani bushmen visit ancestral burial grounds in South Africa. Photograph: Obed Zilwa/AP Peter K Austin has published 11 books on minority and endangered languages, including 12 ...