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(Photo: AP / Vahid Salemi)Two key candidates barred from Iran election
Head of the Iran's Experts Assembly Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, delivers his speech, during a meeting of the assembly, a powerful clerical panel charged with choosing or dismissing Iran's supreme leader, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010....Full Story

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A Palestinian man exchanges currency, in the in city of Rafah the southern Gaza Strip, the U.S. dollar and shekel in black markets in the Gaza Strip on Sep. 20, 2011. Significant increase to the U.S. dollar $1000 against Israel 3.63. shekel in the Palestinian territories, the first time in five years, gets high for the dollar a due to protests in Israel, analysts said economy Palestinian. ( Photo by Ahmed Deeb/WN)...Full Story

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Committed to civil nuclear cooperation with India, Japan says
NEW DELHI: Ahead of PM Manmohan Singh's visit next week, Japan has announced that it remains committed to civil nuclear cooperation with India despite its concerns over nuclear safety. The negotiations between the 2 countries have remained stalled since the disaster in ...Full Story
North Korean envoy visits Beijing for talks
A group of North Korean political and military leaders has arrived in Beijing for diplomatic talks. China is under pressure from the US to keep North Korea's nuclear ambitions from getting out of control. | Choe Ryong Hae, a top official from North Korea's Workers' Part...Full Story
Japan approves child abduction treaty
Japan has approved an international treaty on child abductions following decades of international pressure. | Photo: Alamy | 8:41AM BST 22 May 2013 | Politicians voted unanimously for Japan to join The Hague Convention, which requires the prompt return of kidnapped chil...Full Story
Japan says committed to civil nuclear cooperation with India ahead of Manmohan visit
NEW DELHI: Ahead of PM Manmohan Singh's visit next week, Japan has announced that it remains committed to civil nuclear cooperation with India despite its concerns over nuclear safety. The negotiations between the 2 countries have remained stalled since the disaster in ...Full Story
Japan's central bank says economy picking up
Comment () Tweet | By ELAINE KURTENBACH, Associated Press | TOKYO (AP) — Japan's central bank says the world's third-biggest economy is "picking up" as demand recovers in other countries and remains resilient at home, though the trade deficit widened in April, for...Full Story
North Korea sends top official, Kim confidant to China in highest profile visit of year
High-ranking North Korean party and military official Choe Ryong Hae, second left, prepares to depart for China as a special envoy of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, at Pyongyang airport, North Korea Wednesday, May 22, 2013. The trip by Choe, a vice marshal who is dire...Full Story
North Korea sends leader's special envoy to China
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un dispatched a high-profile official and close confidant to China on Wednesday as Beijing faces pressure to rein in its belligerent neighbor. | Choe Ryong Hae, a top Workers' Party official and a vice marshal tasked with supervising the Nor...Full Story
North Korea sends leader's special envoy to China
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un dispatched a high-profile official and close confidant to China on Wednesday as Beijing faces pressure to rein in its belligerent neighbor. | Choe Ryong Hae, a top Workers' Party official and a vice marshal tasked with supervising the Nor...Full Story
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North Korea sends leader's special envoy to China
Dayton Daily News North Korean leader Kim Jong Un dispatched a high-profile official and close confidant to China on Wednesday as Beijing faces pressure to rein in its belligerent neighbor. | Choe Ryong Hae, a top Workers' Party official and a vice marshal tasked with...
North Korea Sends Leader's Special Envoy to China
The New York Times PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un dispatched a high-profile official and close confidant to China on Wednesday as Beijing faces pressure to rein in its belligerent neighbor. | Connect With Us on Twitter | Follow @nytimesworld...
North Korea sends top Kim Jong-un aide to Beijing
The Star SEOUL/BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea sent one of its top military officials as a "special envoy" from its leader Kim Jong-un to Beijing on Wednesday, accompanied by a high-powered delegation in what appeared to be a bid to mend frayed rela...
North Korea sends leader's special envoy to China
Austin American Statesman North Korean leader Kim Jong Un dispatched a high-profile official and close confidant to China on Wednesday as Beijing faces pressure to rein in its belligerent neighbor. | Choe Ryong Hae, a top Workers' Party official and a vice marshal tasked with...
Bank of Japan maintains policy, cheers Abenomics
CNN By Charles Riley @CRrileyCNN May 22, 2013: 12:39 AM ET | Bank of Japan chief Haruhiko Kuroda has helped institute an aggressive quantitative easing plan. | HONG KONG (CNNMoney) | Japan's central bank pledged Wednesday to maintain its ambitious quanti...
Japan parliament approves child abduction treaty
South China Morning Post Japan’s parliament on Wednesday approved an international treaty on child abductions after decades of pressure from the United States and other Western nations. | Japan is the only member of the Group of Eight major industrialised nations that has ...
Osaka Mayor Weighs into Sex Slaves Debate Again
Chosunilbo Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto has again found himself with his foot in his mouth after claiming that armies including South Korea's have habitually used women to solve "the problem of sex on the battlefield." | At an event on Monday involving the rightw...
Japan parliament approves child abduction treaty
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Bank of Japan Accounts (May 20) (Bank of Japan) ###
noodls (Source: Bank of Japan) | May 22, 2013 | Bank of Japan thousand yen Assets Liabilities and Net Assets Gold 441,253,409 Cash1 303,506,655 Japanese government securities 135,607,717,098 Commercial paper2 1,443,265,745 Corporate bonds3 3,035,794,963 Pec...
The rising sun
The Irish Times Japan is breaking out off two decades of lethargy and passivity. Economic as well as political. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, barely five months into the job, has shaken up the country’s central bank, promising to pump money into the financial system,...
Bridges to visit Japan and Australia
Scoop Wednesday, 22 May 2013, 11:43 am | Press Release: New Zealand Government | Hon Simon Bridges | Minister of Labour | Minister of Energy and Resources | 22 May 2013 | Bridges to visit Japan and Australia | Energy and Resources and Labour Minister Simon...
Li visit ‘strong boost’ to ties, says China
The Hindu China on Tuesday said Premier Li Keqiang’s visit to New Delhi and Mumbai had given “a strong boost” to ties with India. The State media here hailed the three-day trip, saying it has sent “a positive signal” despite diffe...
Resurgence of nationalistic sentiment
China Daily Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto is said to have a big mouth comparable to Shintaro Ishihara, co-leader of the Japan Restoration Party. Hashimoto's critics have named the rabble-rouser's style "Hashism", a combination of "Hashimoto" and "fascism". | Even a...
Premier pays tribute to doctor
China Daily Man who treated Chinese soldiers in war against Japan honored | Premier Li Keqiang met Dr Dwarkanath Kotnis' relatives in Mumbai on Tuesday, remembering the doctor as a real friend to China. | Dr Kotnis treated injured Chinese soldiers during the War...
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