★ COVER
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- TALL ORDERS
Tokyo Skytree opens, aims high


★ FOCUS
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- The timeless glamour of ’Vieux Nice’


WORLD IN BRIEF
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- Chen starts new life in U.S. ; China silent (UNITED STATES - CHINA)
- NATO allies on course to end war (AFGHANISTAN) ※
- Nationalist wins presidential runoff (SERBIA) ※
- 96 soldiers killed in suicide bombing (YEMEN)
- Bee Gees Robin Gibb dies (BRITAIN)
- First transgender contestant misses cut (CANADA)

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WORLD
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- Convicted Lockerbie bomber takes answer to his grave
　 パンナム機爆破事件の犯人が死去
- Mladic masterminded ethnic cleansing, Hague court told (BOSNIA)
ボスニア紛争の戦犯の裁判始まる
- Hollande proposes ’new pact’ for Europe (FRANCE)
新仏大統領、新たな財政協約を提案
- Palestinian prisoners to end mass hunger strike (ISRAEL)
イスラエルのパレスチナ囚人、ハンスト終結
- Vatican mystery deepens after bones found in tomb (VATICAN)
バチカン巻き込む人骨ミステリー
- Money talks: Same-sex marriage issue shows importance of gay fundraisers (UNITED STATES)
オバマ同姓婚発言の影にLGBT支援者の力


JAPAN IN BRIEF
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- G-8 spotlight falls on Noda, but holding stage a challenge
- Tone River water said normal
- Mayor orders staff to cut boozing
- H-IIA successfully launched
- Japanese woman oldest atop Everest
- Nuclear declaration delayed: Kaieda
- Osaka’s tattoo policy in the limelight ※

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NATIONAL
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- Okinawa still struggling 40 years after
本土復帰から40年、課題の多い沖縄
- Electricity-saving plan for summer announced
政府、この夏の電力需給対策を決定
- Low income leads to surge of never-married men
なぜ男性は結婚しないままなのか
- ’Suicide forest’ helps skew Yamanashi’s statistics
山梨県が自殺者数全国1位、理由は樹海？


BUSINESS
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- Indian wheat rots in open after a bumper harvest
倉庫不足でインドの穀物が無駄に
- Facebook IPO falls flat
フェイスブックのIPOは期待はずれ？


OPINION
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- Love it or hate it, but you can’t miss Skytrree
- Government should help further facilitate Okinawa’s development

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