★ COVER
- Fragile Lebanon undermined by Syria

★ FOCUS
- Seeing the world through polka dots


■ WORLD IN BRIEF
- Gu Kailai gets suspended death sentence (CHINA) ※
- Gadhafi’s son to go on trial (LIBYA) ※
- ’Locked-in’ men lose right-to-die cases (BRITAIN)
- Punks jailed for anti-Putin prayer (RUSSIA)
- War crimes suspect allowed to stay (AUSTRALIA)
- Girl arrested, jailed for blasphemy (PAKISTAN)

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■ WORLD
- South African miners vow to fight to the death (SOUTH AFRICA)
　南アの鉱山ストが流血の事態に
-WikiLeaks Assange gets asylum, but going nowhere (ECUADOR)
　エクアドル、アサンジ容疑者の亡命認める
- Vatican’s transparency not enough: critics say (VATICAN)
　ローマ法王側近を起訴、機密文書流出
- Australian court OKs ”world’s toughest’ cigarette logo ban (AUSTRALIA)
　豪最高裁、たばこの箱のロゴ禁止を支持
- Roma trapped in misery in France (FRANCE)
　フランス当局がロマ人を強制退去
- Fears of war grow in Israel (ISRAEL)
　イスラエルのイラン攻撃への懸念高まる


■ JAPAN IN BRIEF
- China’s complaint over tit-fot-tat landing nixed ※
- Budget to target new energy
- U.S., China, S. Korea get new envoys
- Sharp mulls cutting 20% of workforce
- DPJ defectors to join Nagoya force
- Quasi-legal herbs get more scrutiny ※
- Talks with N. Korea to be resumed

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■ NATIONAL
- Rekindled territorial disputes a blow for DPJ
　領土問題再燃で民主党に打撃
- Possible election clouds outlook for TPP, energy policy revision
　近く解散総選挙、重要課題の先行き不透明に
- Auto-linked firms launch ’superdiscount’ rentals
　格安レンタカー会社が続々と登場
- Search for work makes tattoos taboo
　タトゥー除去に走る若者が増加


□ BUSINESS
- N.Y. Times hires BBC exec as next chief executive
　BBCのトップがNYタイムズへ
- Britain’s longest-running comic book The Dandy nearing its final chapter
　漫画雑誌「ザ・ダンディー」が廃刊、ウェブへ移行


□ OPINION
- I’m just waiting for the perfect ’storm’
- Japanese athletes achieved remarkable performances in Olympics ※
- War-renouncing Article 9 of the Constitution must stand firm ※
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