2005.01.27

Japan-DPRK (VOA) Rhetoric heating up again between Tokyo and Pyongyang. 2005.01.27

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Tsunami Bringing Long List of Profiteers (AP). For those looking to make a buck, Indonesian entrepreneur Sigip Samsu has some advice: head to tsunami-wrecked Sumatra. He rushed there after the disaster and hasn't stopped reaping the benefits of a land in need of plenty. 2005.01.27

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Brazil-Sumo Some in Brazil now seem to prefer sumo to samba. 2005.01.27

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Animal welfare group vows to pursue lawsuit against Japanase whalers (AFP). An international animal welfare group vows to pursue a lawsuit accusing Japanese whalers of killing hundreds of whales within an Australian sanctuary despite Canberra's own reluctance. 2005.01.27

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Pacific-SOS (Anchorage Daily News) Wave cripples ship en route to Japan, with hundreds of students onboard. 2005.01.27

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Korean-American Missionary Missing. [Radio Free Asia] A Korean-American missionary has gone missing under what a colleague describes as suspicious circumstances as he tried to shepherd a group of North Koreans to safety. 2005.01.27

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USA-Japan (Kyodo) President Bush sees unchanged policy in Japan, stresses cooperation with Japan. 2005.01.27

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Search for Missing in Tsunami Presses On (AP). The power of the sea had twisted the iron fence into crooked angles and plastered it with debris. All was sun-bleached except for a tiny splash of light blue — the corner of a small, laminated card mostly obscured by a jacket of coarse sand and the dried fingers of palm fronds. 2005.01.27

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