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 The Miami Herald Thu 26 Aug 2010
Nobelists call for Obama to visit Hiroshima
TOKYO -- Five Nobel peace laureates are calling on President Barack Obama to visit Hiroshima later this year to re-energize his call for a world without nuclear arms, strengthening a drive by the site... (photo: USAF file)
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 The New York Times Mon 23 Aug 2010
Pressed to Act, Bank of Japan Sees Few Ways to Lift Demand
TOKYO — The economist Milton Friedman once famously proposed scattering money from a helicopter to get consumers to spend their way out of deflation — the debilitating decline in prices... (photo: AP / Shizuo Kambayashi)
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 The New York Times Thu 2 Sep 2010
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... (photo: AP / Kai-Uwe Knoth, File)
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 The New York Times Thu 2 Sep 2010
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... (photo: AP / Koji Sasahara)
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 The Australian Thu 2 Sep 2010
Rivals avoid rorts in Japanese debate
JAPANESE Prime Minister Naoto Kan and his leadership challenger Ichiro Ozawa both attacked the power of Japan's bureaucracy and pledged to reclaim power for elected... (photo: AP / Junji Kurokawa)
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 CNN Thu 2 Sep 2010
Stocks pause after a big rally
September 2, 2010: 9:54 AM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Stocks held near the breakeven point at the start of trading on Thursday, following a major rally in the previous... (photo: AP / David Karp)
Nasdaq Photos Trading WallStreet Wikipedia: New York Stock Exchange |
 Gulf News Thu 2 Sep 2010
Key to limitless energy
It is one of mankind's most daring experiments — a quest to produce virtually limitless clean energy that, if successful, would revolutionise life on Earth by... (photo: AP / Claude Paris)
Energy Environment Nuclear Photos Wikipedia: Nuclear fusion |
![The Second Thai–Lao Friendship Bridge over the Mekong connects Mukdahan Province in Thailand with Savannakhet in Laos. The bridge is 1600 meters long and 12 meters wide, with two traffic lanes.[1] Traffic on the bridge drives on the right, as in Laos, while traffic in Thailand drives on the left; the change-over is on the Thai side.](http://cdn5.wn.com/vp/i/ea/2f97448c36241c.jpg "The Second Thai–Lao Friendship Bridge over the Mekong connects Mukdahan Province in Thailand with Savannakhet in Laos. The bridge is 1600 meters long and 12 meters wide, with two traffic lanes.[1] Traffic on the bridge drives on the right, as in Laos, while traffic in Thailand drives on the left; the change-over is on the Thai side.")
