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A currency trader takes in calls from clients for orders at a money brokerage in Tokyo as the U.S. dollar was trading at 117 yen level, down from 118.41 yen late Friday in New York Monday, Aug 6, 2007.
Dollar   Economy   Photos   Tokyo stocks   Wikipedia: Japanese yen   Yen  
 The Japan News 
Dollar weak around ¥101.50 in Tokyo trading
Jiji Press The dollar was weaker around ¥101.50 in Tokyo trading on Friday, weighed down by sluggish Tokyo stocks. | At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥101.56-58, down from ¥102.02-02 at the same time... (photo: AP / Junji Kurokawa)
A man walks by an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014.
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 Xinhua 
Nikkei tumbles 1.41 pct on yen's rise, tepid U.S., European economic data
TOKYO, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Japan's Nikkei stock index tumbled 1. 41 percent Friday as the yen's appreciation against the U.S. dollar and disappointing economic data from the U.S. and Europe contrived t... (photo: AP / Koji Sasahara)
File - Operators aboard the Australian navy vessel ADF Ocean Shield in the Indian Ocean move U.S. Navy's Bluefin-21 into position for deployment. Using side scan sonar, Bluefin will descend to a depth of between 4,000 and 4,500 meters, approximately 35 meters above the ocean floor to spend up to 16 hours at this depth collecting data, 14 April, 2014.  BBC News 
Malaysia flight MH370: Defective drone delays search
The search for a missing Malaysia Airlines plane has been delayed after the discovery of a technical issue with the underwater drone used in the hunt. | The communications equipment on the Bluefin-21,... (photo: US Navy / MCS1 Peter D. Blair)
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Passersby walk by an electronic market board showing Japan's stock prices in Tokyo, Tuesday, July 22, 2008.  Xinhua 
Nikkei falls 0.75 pct as U.S. shares lose ground, yen rises
TOKYO, May 15 (Xinhua) -- Japan's Nikkei stock index fell 0.75 percent Thursday as Wall Street's drop overnight and the yen's appreciation against the U.S. dollar overshadowed data showing Japan's eco... (photo: AP / Koji Sasahara)
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Two killed at Thai protest as anger mounts over premier Khaleej Times
Two killed at Thai protest as anger mounts over premier
The army has a long record of intervening in politics but military chiefs have stayed aloof from this crisis, insisting that politicians must sort out the dispute. | Unid... (photo: AP / Vincent Thian)
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Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, center right, and wife Therese Rein, center left, are greeted by well wishers after casting their votes in Brisbane, Australia Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013. The Australian
Gagging silences witness Kevin Rudd
NEVER had Kevin Rudd faced a more expectant audience than when he finally stepped into the witness box at the royal commission into his Labor government’s failed Ho... (photo: AP / John Pryke)
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Firefighters stand across from the main entrance of Tan Than Industries as the Taiwanese bicycle factory burns, in Di An Town, Binh Duong province, Vietnam, Wednesday, May 14, 2014. Philadelphia Daily News
Factories burned in anti-China protest in Vietnam
Gallery: Factories burned in anti-China protest in Vietnam | Travel Deals | $499 -- Bermuda: Celebrity Cruise from N.J. w/$488 in Extras |   | See all travel deals &... (photo: AP / Jeff Nesmith)
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Protesters stand on the corner of a street in Quan Doan 4, Binh Duong province, near Song Than 2 Industrial Park in Vietnam, Wednesday, May 14, 2014. Business Insider
Vietnam Mobs Set Fire To Foreign Factories Over China's New Oil Rig In The South China Sea
Protesters hold anti-China placards while marching in an anti-China protest on a street in Hanoi May 11, 2014. | HANOI/MANILA (Reuters) - Thousands of Vietnamese set fire... (photo: AP / Jeff Nesmith)
Anti-China protest in China   Photos   South China Sea dispute   Vietnam - China relations   Wikipedia: Territorial disputes in the South China Sea  
In this Jan. 13, 2010 photo, a TV cameraman films an electric stock board indicating the benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average lost 144.11 points, or 1.3 percent, to 10,735.03 while passersby check the share prices in Tokyo, Japan. Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, says in Tokyo, Monday, Jan. 18, 2010, that China and other developing Asian economies are leading a global recovery that is faster and stronger than expected, but warned that money rushing into emerging markets could lead to asset bubbles. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi) Xinhua
Nikkei down 0.14% as investors opt for profits
TOKYO, May 14 (Xinhua) -- Japan's Nikkei stock index closed 0. 14 percent lower Wednesday as investors opted to lock in profits following the market's recent gains, but l... (photo: AP / Shizuo Kambayashi)
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Jokowi attend "Halal Bi Halal" at Borobudur street,22 ,Jakarta ,Indonesia Jakarta Post
Jokowi to be inactive governor as of June 1
Joko “Jokowi” Widodo will be declared officially inactive as Jakarta governor as of June 1. On the same day, he will be replaced by his deputy, Basuki “Ahok” Tjah... (photo: Creative Commons / Hariadhi)
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World's oldest giant sperm found in Australia Newstrack India
World's oldest giant sperm found in Australia
Tweet | null | Sydney, May 14 (IANS) In an extraordinary find, scientists have discovered ancient giant sperm - thought to have been longer than the crustacean male's ent... (photo: Creative Commons / Bobjgalindo)
Australia   Fossil   Photos   Sperm   Wikipedia: Spermatozoon  
shows Blair Roberts, a 22-year-old sales associate at Colorado E-Smokes as he holds an electronic cigarette and the filter end that holds the liquid nicotine solution at an E-Smokes store in Aurora, Colo. Theres no legal age minimum for e-cigarettes in Colorado, and growing health concern that so-called vaping of nicotine is growing among kids has made Colorado the latest state to consider age requirements for the nicotine devices popping up at mall kiosks and convenience stores Detroit news
Editorial: E-cigs aren't cigarettes, and need their own regulations
Since electronic cigarettes resemble other pharmaceuticals on the market, they should be monitored in a similar fashion | Comments | Unnecessary restrictions on e-cigs wi... (photo: AP / Ed Andrieski)
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A woman holds an anti-war placard and a sign as Buddhist monks beat drums and chant sutras during a rally against Japan's plan to reform constitution in Tokyo Thursday, May 15, 2014.
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President Barack Obama waves as he walks down the West Wing Colonnade of the White House in Washington
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A currency trader takes in calls from clients for orders at a money brokerage in Tokyo as the U.S. dollar was trading at 117 yen level, down from 118.41 yen late Friday in New York Monday, Aug 6, 2007.
Dollar weak around ¥101.50 in Tokyo trading
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A currency trader takes in calls from clients for orders at a money brokerage in Tokyo as the U.S. dollar was trading at 117 yen level, down from 118.41 yen late Friday in New York Monday, Aug 6, 2007.
Dollar weak around ¥101.50 in Tokyo trading
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South Korean navy's frogmen search passengers of the sunken ferry Sewol off the southern coast near Jindo, south of Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, April 19, 2014.
South Korea ferry captain charged with manslaughter
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Protesters stand on the corner of a street in Quan Doan 4, Binh Duong province, near Song Than 2 Industrial Park in Vietnam, Wednesday, May 14, 2014.
Vietnam Mobs Set Fire To Foreign Factories Over China's New Oil Rig In The South China Sea
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- Pacific and Caribbean voices echo at global research forum
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World's oldest giant sperm found in Australia
World's oldest giant sperm found in Australia
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An investor reacts as he looks at the stock price monitor at a private securities company Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009 in Shanghai, China. Chinese shares fell Tuesday on unease about a bleak outlook for corporate profits and declines on Wall Street and elsewhere in Asia. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index dropped 1.95 percent, or 36.98 points, to close at 1863.37. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Asian shares step back from highs
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