★ COVER
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- On the opposition front line in Syria


★ FOCUS
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- The Artist finds its voice at Academy Awards and takes home five Oscars


WORLD IN BRIEF
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- Gillard survives leadership challenge (AUSTRALIA)
- Plot to kill Putin foiled (RUSSIA) ※
- Berlusconi bribery case thrown out (ITALY) ※
- Warship’s sunken treasure goes home (SPAIN)
- Leader quits; paralysis looms (HAITI)
- Christchurch remembers 2011 quake (NEW ZEALAND)

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WORLD
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- Mexican prison massacre part of escape plot (MEXICO)
　 メキシコの刑務所で暴動・脱獄事件
- It’s not easy for presidents to say ’sorry’ (UNITED STATES)
「ごめんなさい」が許されない米大統領の事情
- Nuclear talks failure heightens Iran tensions (IRAN)
イラン、IAEAの核施設査察を拒否
- Chavez surgery throws Venezuela into uncertainty (VENEZUELA)
ベネズエラのチャベス大統領、再手術へ
- 15,000 people die each year in India’s railway ’massacre’ (INDIA)
インド鉄道事故の深刻さに警鐘
- Bomb plot reveals alarming gaps in Thailand’s security, experts say (THAILAND)
連続爆発事件に見るタイのテロ対策の遅れ


JAPAN IN BRIEF
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- Noda, Nakajima apart over base relocation
- Elpida seeks bankruptcy protection
- Olympus to promote Sasa as new head
- AIJ rerouted pension assets via Caymans
- Yamaguchi-gumi on U.S. sanction list
- Civil servant pay cuts clear Lower House ※
- Naruhito wants to cut Emperor’s duties

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NATIONAL
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- Hopes fade for ’dream reactor’
実現遠のく「夢の原子炉」
- Nagoya mayor won’t budge on Nanjing remark
河村市長、南京事件発言「撤回はしない」
- Job slog grinds down students, companies
時代の変化について行けない就活
- Industrial revival claims ring hollow as manufactures flee Japan
懸念される日本の製造業の空洞化


BUSINESS
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- First Chinese automaker opens EU plant in Bulgaria
中国自動車メーカーが初の欧州生産
- The money men shaping the U.S. election campaign
米大統領選を動かす超富裕層とPAC
※PAC･･･political action committees 政治活動委員会： 特定の候補者や政策を支援するための政治献金を集める組織


OPINION
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- Rethink national ID plan　 ※
共通番号制度、さらなる議論を
- Expensive education　 ※
学費は高く援助は少ない国

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