★ COVER
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- Syria sits at center of powder keg


★ FOCUS
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- Visiting the wild Holy Land


WORLD IN BRIEF
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- Alleged Bali bomber goes on trial (INDONESIA) ※
- Prime minister charged with contempt (PAKISTAN) ※
- Whitney Houston dies aged 48 (UNITED STATES)
- Sudans ink non-aggression pact (SUDAN)
- Famous human rights judge convicted (SPAIN)
- Government finally approved (BOSNIA)

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WORLD
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- Argentine nuclear claim raises tensions with U.K. (ARGENTINA)
　 フォークランド諸島をめぐり再び対立
- Greece passes new austerity deal amid widespread rioting (GREECE)
ギリシャで緊縮財政案が国会を通過
- Romney’s losses show conservative woes (UNITED STATES)
ロムニー氏苦戦、保守派の行方に暗雲
- Violence spreads across Maldives after ’coup’ (MALDIVES)
モルディブで暴動、大統領辞任はクーデターか
- Building toppled by NZ quake was substandard, report says (NEW ZEALAND)
NZ地震で倒壊したビルは『欠陥ビル』
- Another England soccer soap opera as manager Capello quits (ENGLAND)
サッカーのイングランド代表監督が電撃辞任


JAPAN IN BRIEF
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- Quarterly GDP skidded by faster-than-expected 2.3%
- Reactor 2 heat spike reading said error
- Sakima elected mayor of Ginowan ※
- Reconstruction Agency makes debut ※
- Emperor to undergo heart operation
- Tepco to get additional ￥689.4 billion
- U.N. honors ’Forest Hero’ fisherman

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NATIONAL
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- New U.S. deal worries Okinawans
日米両政府、米軍再編計画を修正
- Outline approved for Hague treaty child custody bills
ハーグ条約加盟へ向け、国内法の要網を決定
- Contamination of ocean fish minimal so far
魚の放射能汚染はどこまで続く
- Search for corpses of 3,000 missing since March 11 continues in Tohoku
行方不明者を探す海の男たち


BUSINESS
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- Sanctions-hit Iran turns more to Asia for trade
制裁でイランとアジアの関係を強化
- Eastwood’s Chrysler Super Bowl ad might have made Obama’s day
クライスラーがCMでオバマ支援？


OPINION
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- Nation’s bullet train blues　 ※
- Imperial family talking point　 ※

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