★ COVER
- Assad’s peace road map to nowhere
Syrian leader ’detached from reality’

★ FOCUS
- Ceausescu still draws stars, presidents

★ TOPIC
- ’Baltic gold’ veins run through Poland


■ WORLD IN BRIEF
- Berlusconi teams up with northern League (ITALY) ※
- New nuclear plant started (CHINA) ※
ほか　全6本

■ WORLD
- Military stays on sidelines in Venezuela crisis (チャベス大統領の不在に軍はどう動くか)
- Mexico’s ’Grand Warlock’ makes 2013 predictions (メキシコの大魔術師が語る「今年の予言」)
ほか　6本

■ JAPAN IN BRIEF
- Abe’s U.S. visit this month unlikely ※
- Kada to quit Nippon Mirai helm ※
ほか　全6本

■ NATIONAL
- July election to keep hawk Abe in cage (安倍首相、参院選を視野に慎重な姿勢)
- DPJ test ends as Noda’s team quietly bows out (野田内閣が総辞職、民主党政権に幕)
ほか　全4本

■ BUSINESS
- Political brinkmanship still threatens U.S. economy (米国、「財政の崖」をなんとか回避)
- China launches world’s longest bullet train service (中国に世界最長の高速鉄道路線が開通)

■ OTHER CONTENTS
- SCIENCE
- CLOSE-UP
- SPOTLIGHT
- LIFESTYLE
- VIEWPOINTS
- COMMENTARY
- EASY READING

■ OPINION
- New government should improve level of happiness in Japan (日本国民の幸福度) ※※


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