★ COVER
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- Ma has concerns closer to home


★ FOCUS
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- What Scott taught us in Antarctica


WORLD IN BRIEF
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- Myanmar frees many political prisoners (MYANMAR) ※
- Ratings of nine European nations cut (UNITED STATES) ※
- Prime minister ruled in contempt (PAKISTAN)
- Strike ends with troops on streets (NIGERIA)
- Scotland to get independence vote (BRITAIN)
- Religious compensation law OK’d (CZECH REPUBLIC)

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WORLD
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- Cruise captain ’committed’ errors,’ says ship’s owners (ITALY)
　 豪華客船の座礁は『船長のミス』
- Syria’s first lady falls from grace (SYRIA)
シリアのアサド夫人に失望の声
- Iranian nuclear scientist killed in bomb attack (IRAN)
イランの核科学者暗殺、犯人は不明
- Singh calls malnutrition India’s ’national shame’ (INDIA)
子供の栄養失調深刻、印首相『国家の恥』
- Sarkozy, far-right’s Le Pen battle over ’Maid of Orleans’ (FRANCE)
仏大統領選に利用されるジャンヌ・ダルク
- Symbolic Doomsday Clock one tick closer to midnight
『終末時計』の針が1分進む


JAPAN IN BRIEF
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- Entrance exam system faces review ※
- 11 people live in no-entry zone
- Tanaka criticized as amateur ※
- Escaped convict caught in Hiroshima
- METI bigwig nabbed for insider trading
- Co-op checking meals for cesium
- Former JR West chief acquitted

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NATIONAL
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- New Noda Cabinet on tax push
野田改造内閣が発足
- Japan to reduce Iran oil imports
日本、イランからの原油輸入量削減の意向
- Skyscraper boom in China, India may herald downturn
超高層ビル建築ブームは不況の前触れ？
- Automakers lure youth with gadgets and sleek designs
機能とデザインで若者市場を自動車産業


BUSINESS
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- Skyscraper boom in China, India may herald downturn
超高層ビル建築ブームは不況の前触れ？
- Automakers lure youth with gadgets and sleek designs
機能とデザインで若者市場を狙う自動車産業


OPINION
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- Pension reductions coming ※
- Thinner and thinner

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