★ COVER
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- Putin crushes election opponents


★ FOCUS
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- Banned festival returns to Myanmar’s 2,600-year-old Shwedagon Pagoda


WORLD IN BRIEF
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- EU leaders endorse Serbian candidacy (EU) ※
- More than 200 die in arms depot blast (REPUBLIC OF CONGO) ※
- Ex-prime minister goes on trial (ICELAND)
- Ahmadinejad foes claim parliament (IRAN)
- Monkees singer Davy Jones dies (UNITED STATES)
- FIFA to probe 10-0 World Cup win (BAHRAIN)

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WORLD
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- Arizona sheriff unveils Obama birth probe (UNITED STATES)
　 有名保安官がオバマの出生証明に異議
- China to raise defense spending by 11.2% (CHINA)
中国の12年度国防予算は11.2％増
- Colombia faces bumpy road despite FARC vow (COLOMBIA)
コロンビア革命軍、政府に歩み寄り
- N. Korea suspend nuke activities (NORTH KOREA)
北朝鮮、食糧支援と引き換えに核活動中止
- More American boots on the ground in Africa (UNITED SATES)
中央アフリカにも米軍のプレゼンス
- Poor Brazilians eke out life in seized high-rises (BRAZIL)
好景気のブラジルで高層ビルがスラム街に


JAPAN IN BRIEF
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- DPJ, LDP execs in grand coalition talks: sources
- Ex-insurance official plugged AIJ
- Emperor goes home to recover
- Lawmaker’s salary cut proposed ※
- Cut-rate carrier Peach starts flights
- Winter saw record snow, severe cold
- Tsuga vows to chase profits ※

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NATIONAL
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- Panel lays bare Fukushima recipe for disaster
民間原発事故調査委、報告書を発表
- Yen’s historic rise slows, but relief may not last
円高が一服、いつまで続くか
- Emperor’s care process becomes more open
情報公開進む天皇の健康問題
- Reform means the world for Todai
東大の『秋入学』導入は是か非か


BUSINESS
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- Sun on Sunday arrives with ethics pledge, celebrity forth
マードックが新・日曜タブロイドを発刊
- BP agrees to $7.8 billion Gulf of Mexico oil spill settlement
BPがメキシコ湾石油流出事故で和解


OPINION
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- Get thee to a nunnery if you want to learn Dutch
- Support for children, child-rearing families should be improved　 ※

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- VIEWPOINT > Clash of values　他
- COMMENTARY > Showing the world the power of women’s voices
- EASY READING > Tokyo Sky Tree opener looms large
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