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THIS WEEK’S RECOMMEND - 英語で読んでみたい記事
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Osaka victor’s next target: Lower House
大阪維新の会圧勝、次に狙うは国会か

Bhutan royal couple’s trip masks rights issues
国王夫妻来日のブータンに潜む難民問題

Is technology a friend or foe to Santa Claus?
親はサンタのイメージを守るのに苦戦



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COVER
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IN FOR THE LONG HAUL IN AFGHANISTAN

Kabul to need aid through 2024


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WORLD IN BRIEF
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■RUSSIA
Putin’s hold on parliament weakens ※

■EGYPT
Runoff exposes Islamist tensions ※

■UNITED STATES
Cain halts presidential bid

■BRITAIN
All Iranian diplomats expelled

■FINLAND
Raikkonen to return to Formula 1

■NORWAY
Mass killer declared insane


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WORLD
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■MYANMAR
Clinton bids for new era of democracy in Myanmar
クリントン国務長官がミャンマー訪問

■VENEZUELA
Chavez launches new regional bloc sans U.S.
中南米共同体がアメリカ抜きで発足

■U.N.
Local strategies replacing Kyoto global agreement
温暖化対策、頼りとなるは地域戦略

■MOROCCO
Morocco Islamists top vote
モロッコ下院選、穏健派イスラム政党が勝利

■LIBERIA
Liberian women still stalked by threat of rape
リベリア女性の試練は終わらない

■BELGIUM
Belgium’s next PM must learn to lead in Dutch, too
ベルギー新首相を待ち受ける言語の壁


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JAPAN IN BRIEF
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Noda rejects calls to dismiss Ichikawa ※

Fukushima plant springs water leak ※

Ex-lawmaker Suzuki released on parole

Toyota, BMW tie up on green technologies

’Nadeshiko Japan’ buzzword of year

Aum victim Kono hired by cult spinoff

Political donations hit all-time low in 2010


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http://weekly.japantimes.co.jp/


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NATIONAL
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Osaka victor’s next target: Lower House
大阪維新の会圧勝、次に狙うは国会か

Bhutan royal couple’s trip masks rights issues
国王夫妻来日のブータンに潜む難民問題

K-pop followers turn to promising new faces
K-POPスターを「青田買い」

Cookouts along Tama drawing heat
多摩川河川敷のバーベキューにNO


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BUSINESS
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Probe finds elaborate cover-up at Olympus
オリンパス第三者委員会が調査結果を発表

American Airlines files for bankruptcy protection
アメリカン航空が経営破綻


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FOCUS
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World AIDS Day: research moves toward HIV vaccine


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SCIENCE
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Coins change Western Wall theories
銅貨の発掘によりエルサレムの「嘆きの壁」に新事実？

Robot guards designed to patrol South Korean prisons
ロボットが刑務所の夜間巡察に

Viking seafarers’ ’sunstone’ more than a myth
曇りでも太陽の位置を把握していた？古代バイキング


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CLOSE-UP
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Taiwan losing stomach for China fight
志願者減少、悲感的ムード―若者を中心に対中軍事意識が薄らぎつつある台湾


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SPOTLIGHT
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Kisenosato promoted to OZEKI status

Kitajima can’t keep pace with Hansen

Taiwan candidate claims ’magnetic’ attack

’Germany’s dumbest bank robber’ jailed

’Perfect Storm’ relic ends 20-year drift

Bearded Old Man is a Rembrandt, say experts


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LIFESTYLE
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Is technology a friend or foe to Santa Claus?

｜子どもでも、インターネットで検索すればサンタの正体を知り得て
｜しまう時代。小さな子どもを持つ親は、サンタのイメージを守るのに
｜苦戦している。


’Afghan Elvis’ gets Kabul women all shook up

｜「アフガンのエルビス」ことFarhad Daryaは、世界で最も保守的な国
｜アフガニスタンの女性を魅了している。ロールモデルとされている彼は、
｜「ミュージシャンは平和と女性の地位向上に貢献できる」と語る。


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VIEWPOINT
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U.K.- Iran relations

Authoritarian rulers

Spanish elections

Pakistan’s border outrage


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COMMENTARY
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Don’t forget the good old combustion engine

｜自動車業界では、長期的には電気自動車や燃料電池などの代替
｜エネルギー技術が必要になるが、短期的には、熱効率を向上させるなど
｜燃焼エンジンの技術改善こそ最も費用対効果の高い方法である。


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OPINION
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Better watch out, Sinterklaas is coming to town

Economic recovery urgent as welfare recipients hit record high ※


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EASY READING
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Tokyo Motor Show opens amid challenges


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TOPIC
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Brazil’s artists make mark at Miami’s Art Basel