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JapanHerald.com Sunday 5th July 2009 Issue 1900
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Nikkei: 60.08 9816.07 0.61%
DJI: 223.32 8280.74 2.63%
NAS: 49.20 1796.52 2.67%
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"Our beloved son, brother and father of three children has gone so unexpectedly, in such a tragic way and much too soon. It leaves us, his family, speechless and devastated to a point, where communication with the outside world seems almost impossible at times."
Joseph Jackson
The father of Michael Jackson and the family patriarch was speaking after the sudden death of his son.

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$£€ United States, Dollar Euro Japan, Yen China, Yuan Renminbi Hong Kong, Dollar
United States, Dollar - 0.714 96.15 6.833 7.750
Euro 1.398 - 134.5 9.559 10.84
Japan, Yen 0.010 0.007 - 0.071 0.080
China, Yuan Renminbi 0.146 0.104 14.07 - 1.134
Hong Kong, Dollar 0.129 0.092 12.40 0.881 -

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Japanese jewelers losing glitter in recession+
Japanese baseball linescores+
Japan lodges protest with N. Korea over missile launches+
Colombian Navy training ship arrives at Yokohama port+
Large-scale antibody test on new flu planned in Osaka+

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Industries being reinvented in Pearl River Delta
North Korea cements military ties with Myanmar
Fashion piracy causing concern in Hong Kong
UN secretary-general 'deeply disappointed' in Myanmar
26 killed in Thai bus, car pile-up

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150,000 evacuated as storms batter southern China
North Korea tests seventh missile, says South Korea
North Korea fires two more missiles
Ashes 2009, a series too close to call, says Roebuck
Warne says the side that uses the new ball well will be the Ashes winner

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Breaking News
Sony Walkman named top music invention of last 50yrs
London, July 4 : The Walkman used to be the perfect companion for whole generation of music lovers, and now the clunky portable cassette player by Sony has been named the best musical invention of the last 50 years, by a leading...

Toyota employs the Japanese hybrid solar powered vehicle carrier ship ''Auriga Leader''
. Auriga Leader has 328 solar panels to provide 40 kilowatts, about 10% of the ship's power while sitting idling in dock. This amount of energy is the equivalent to the power used by ten average...

N. Korea fires 7 missiles into Sea of Japan: S. Korea+
SEOUL, July 5 (AP) - (Kyodo)—(EDS: UPDATING WITH QUOTES FROM U.S. OFFICIAL) North Korea fired seven ballistic missiles, all believed to be short- or intermediate-range types, toward the Sea of...

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World
Swiss banks cutting U.S. clients loose
Swiss banks are shunning business from the U.S. amid concerns over legal issues and prospects for tighter...

Damning report slams Israel, Hamas over civilian deaths, destruction
Israeli forces killed hundreds of unarmed Palestinian civilians and destroyed thousands of homes in Gaza in attacks which breached the laws of war, Amnesty International concluded in a new report published this week....

North Korea Independence Day missile launches described as provocative
South Korea's Defense Ministry says North Korea launched five missiles off its eastern coast...

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657 billion cigarettes a year sold on black market
The global tobacco industry is under attack from pirates that are ripping the heart out of cigarette...

Obama still popular despite weakening economy, employment
The U.S. jobless rate rose to 9.5 percent last month -- the highest figure in 26 years. In the short term, the jobs report is a political setback for President Barack Obama and his economic policies. But the latest opinion polls suggest the president continues to hold public support despite the weak...

European equities mixed, U.S. markets closed
Some markets in Europe closed higher Friday, while others...

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    Govt justifies fuel price hike
    Maruti Suzuki launches new Grand Vitara
    EPFO decides 8.5pc interest rate on provident fund
    North Korea Fires 7 Missiles Off East Coast
    For Australian Winemakers, More Turns Out to Be Less

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    Bacteria-killer proteins may yield new medicines
    New Zealand reports first swine flu deaths
    Jacko had breezed through rigorous medical test, say O2 concert bosses
    Specialty Hospitals of America Accepts First Patients in New Long Term Critical Care Hospital Located in South East Washington
    Europe's free, state-run health care has drawbacks

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    Now the June 30 deadline has arrived and US troops have evacuated Iraqi cities and towns, what do you think will be the outcome?


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    New York Marriott Financial Center Hotel
    New York Marriott Financial Center Hotel

    I arrived by taxi to the hotel which is just a block from the former World Trade Center site. The hotel rises high into the sky...


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    S. M Krishna inaugurates new Indian chancery building in Tokyo
    The iPhone is No. 1 in Japan
    Poet Yoon Dong-joo Remembered in Japan
    Japan beats China to claim girl's basketball title
    Tokyo Tower lit up in 5 colors in hopes to host Olympics+