★ COVER
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- What now for the ’Hermit Kingdom’?


★ FOCUS
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- 2011: the year in pictures


WORLD IN BRIEF
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- More election violence rocks Cairo (EGYPT) ※
- International monitors to be allowed in (SYRIA) ※
- Chirac convicted of corruption (FRANCE)
- U.N., U.S. lift sanctions (LIBYA)
- ’The Protester’ named ’Person of Year’ (UNITED STATES)
- Toxic liquor kills 170 (INDIA)

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WORLD
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- Unrest challenging China before leadership change (CHINA)
中国政府が恐れる国民の抗議運動
- Czechs, world leaders mourn Vaclav Havel (CZECH)
チェコのハベル前大統領が死去
- Canada’s exit not fatal for climate talks drive (CANADA)
カナダが京都議定書脱退、影響わずか
- Possible Tsai victory in Taiwan’s presidential race concerns China (TAIWAN)
台湾総統選、蔡主席当選なるか、中国は懸念
- Divisive memories of ’Arab Spring’s’ key actors (TUNISIA)
チュニジアの焼身自殺事件から1年
- Newt Gingrich: Republican maverick on a mission (UNITED STATES)
共和党のダークホース、ギングリッチ


JAPAN IN BRIEF
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- Officials: Cold shutdown has been achieved ※
- DPJ mulls Diet members cut
- Lee pressures Noda on ’comfort women’
- Citigroup, UBS penalized
- Osaka Mayor Hashimoto takes office ※
- Olympus may seek tie-ups for capital
- Son named best corporate president

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NATIONAL
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- Bourses seek comeback amid global competition
東証と大証が経営統合へ
- Futenma base relocation has little hope left as U.S. cuts budget
米議会、沖縄の海兵隊のグアム移転費を凍結
- Israeli charity offers Tohoku PTSD therapy
イスラエルから震災後の心のケア学ぶ
- ’Smart’ apps lifestyle game changer
スマートフォンのアプリで暮らしが変わる


OPINION
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- Fighting to control the big threats we cannot see
- Is the idea of having a girlfriend or boyfriend on the way to? ※

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OTHER CONTENTS
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- BUSINESS > High-tech tycoons join new private space race 他
- SCIENCE > Scientists homing in on ’God particle’ 他
- CLOSE-UP > Sick miners go after giant Anglo American
- SPOTLIGHT > Leandro named J.League Player of Year 他
- LIFESTYLE > Strictry unusual: offbeat stories from 2011 他
- VIEWPOINT > Vladimir Putin　他
- COMMENTARY > Iraq war withdrawal an Obama promise kept
- EASY READING > Santa finds kids giving shorter lists in recession
- TOPIC > Century-old Afro-Brazilian faith under threat