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Reuters World News Highlights 1800 GMT April 22
ReutersTOP STORIES ----------- BOSTON - Federal prosecutors charged badly wounded Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in his hospital bed on Monday, but details of the charges were sealed, a U.S. court official said. - - - - ROME - Italy's...Tags: Bashar Assad, Human Rights Watch, Nuclear Power, Tehran (Iran), Slovenia
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Nikkei surges to nearly 5-year high as yen sags after G20
ReutersTOKYO (Reuters) - The Nikkei share average climbed 2.1 percent to a near five-year high on Monday, with exporters taking the lead as the yen weakened after the Group of 20 economies stopped short of criticizing Japan's sweeping monetary expansionary...Tags: Honda Motor Co., Technology, Exports, Japan, Politics
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Sth Korean minister cancels Japan visit over war shrine - Yonhap
ReutersSEOUL, April 22 (Reuters) - South Korea's foreign minister has cancelled a trip to Japan after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made an offering to a shrine seen as a symbol of Japan's former militarism, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported on...Tags: South Korea, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Japan, News Agency
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Japan PM Abe and "Abenomics" enjoy strong voter support - polls
ReutersTOKYO, April 22 (Reuters) - Japanese voters maintain strong support for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as his "Abenomics" economic policy helps weaken the yen and boost share prices, but have little interest in his plan to revise the pacifist constitution,...Tags: Government, South Korea, Yoshihiko Noda, Money and Monetary Policy, Polls
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Reuters World News Highlights at 1000 GMT, April 22
ReutersTOP STORIES ----------- BOSTON - The ethnic Chechen college student accused with his deceased older brother of the Boston Marathon bombing faced federal charges as early as Monday as he lay hospitalized under armed guard, severely wounded and unable...Tags: Bashar Assad, United Nations, Human Rights Watch, China Earthquake (2010), Culture
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S.Korea's Abenomics anxiety attack proves to be short-lived
ReutersBy Choonsik Yoo SEOUL, April 22 (Reuters) - South Korea's top economic policymakers, once anxious over the potential damage to their export-reliant economy from Japan's massive monetary expansion and the competitive challenge raised by a cheap yen,...Tags: South Korea, ING Group, Credit Ratings, Money and Monetary Policy, Economic Policy
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INTERVIEW-SMBC Nikko bets on 'Abenomics', plans first new branches in 5 years
Reuters* To expand domestic branch network more than 20 pct in 3 years * Hasn't opened a Japan branch in 5 years; lags Nomura, Daiwa * 'Abenomics' stirring foreign, retail interest in Japan shares * SMBC Nikko head says Nikkei average can rally 20 pct more by...Tags: Nikkei, Stock Market, Prices, Finance, Citigroup Incorporated
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Japan wins approval from member countries to join Trans-Pacific trade talks
Reuters* Eleven nations endorse Japan's participation in talks * Invitation follows last week deal with US * Tough talks ahead for Japan to uphold tariffs on farm By Kaori Kaneko TOKYO, April 20 (Reuters) - Japan won approval from participating countries...Tags: Asia, Lobbying, U.S. Congress, Japan, New Zealand
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Japan readies defenses for possible missile test by North Korea
Japan readied its missile defense systems Tuesday against a possible North Korean weapons test, saying it would shoot down any missiles or debris if Japanese territory was threatened. Patriot anti-missile batteries were deployed on the grounds of the...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, United Nations, Oceans, Bodies of Water, Pyongyang (North Korea)
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U.S. and Japan unveil plan for returning Okinawa land
The U.S. and Japan unveiled plans Friday for gradually returning some land on Okinawa now used by the American military, but still intend to relocate a U.S. Marine base elsewhere on the island, an idea fervently opposed by Okinawans. The island hosts...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Military, China, North Korea
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Bank of Japan unveils bold plan to lift economy, combat deflation
Japan's central bank took a massive bet to reset its economy and pull out of nearly two decades of deflation. The Bank of Japan announced an aggressive and ambitious plan Thursday to expand its purchase of long-term bonds and double the amount of...
Tags: Sales, General Motors Corp., Electronics, Global Expansion, Inflation and Deflation
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Japan seeks to join Asia-Pacific trade pact
WASHINGTON -- Japan intends to join the talks for an ambitious free-trade pact with the U.S. and 10 other countries, raising the economic stakes of the negotiations but also potentially delaying agreement as American and Japanese interests tangle over...
Tags: Government, Barack Obama, Asia, White House, Prices
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