★ COVER
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- TOLL TOPS 9,000 IN SYRIAN UNREST
Assad survives year of bloodletting


★ FOCUS
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- USS Enterprise takes its final voyage


WORLD IN BRIEF
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- N. Korea plans to launch long-range rocket (N. KOREA) ※
- Two executed for subway bombing (BELARUS) ※
- Ian Thorpe’s Olympic bid torpedoed (AUSTRALIA)
- Rape escape clause attacked (MOROCCO)
- Le Pen enters presidential race (FRANCE)
- Disgraced governor begins jail term (UNITED STATES)

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WORLD
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- World Santorum nod hand Obama second term? (UNITED STATES)
　 共和党サントラム候補なら負けは確実？
- Russia signals end to protest ’tolerance’ (RUSSIA)
プーチン当選で凍りついた「ロシアの春」
- Water crisis could reach boiling point soon: U.N. (U.N.)
国連、世界水発展報告書を発表
- China’s Wen calls for political reforms (CHINA)
中国温家宝首相、緊急の政治改革を求める
- Jury still out on war crimes court after a decade (ICC)
発足から10年、国際刑事裁判所で初の判決
- Negotiation is the ’only way out’ for West in Afghanistan, experts say (AFGHANISTAN)
問題山積のアフガン情勢、出口はどこに


JAPAN IN BRIEF
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- Tanigaki cool to grand coalition with DPJ
- Aichi to build quake debris incinerator
- Oe featured at Paris Book Fair
- New iPad tablet computer debuts
- Station renamed after Sky Tree
- Uniqlo opens top flagship in Ginza ※
- Ichihashi fights life sentence in appeal ※

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NATIONAL
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- Atomic power forges ahead across globe
福島原発事故後も勢い増す原子力産業
- AIJ fiasco points to wider abuses
AIJ企業年金消失問題、広がる不安
- An uphill struggle for food exporters
苦戦続く日本の食品輸出
- ’Invisible enemy’ stalks Fukushima
放射能による健康被害への不安は消えず


BUSINESS
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- Exiting exec blasts Goldman’s ’muppet manifesto’
ゴールドマン・サックス幹部が批判手記
- Volkswagen targets revenue rise in 2012
フォルクスワーゲンの純利益が過去最高


OPINION
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- Peace of mind is worth the price I have to pay
- Smooth, prompt reconstruction efforts needed for the rebirth of Japan　 ※
円滑で迅速な復興に向けて

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