2005.02.14

Japan-DPRK (Kyodo) Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi continues to drag his feet on imposing sanctions against declared nuclear power North Korea. 2005.02.14

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Japan-School Attack (Kyodo) In the latest in a string of attacks at Japanese schools or on schoolchidren, a teacher dies after being stabbed by a knife-wielding teen on a rampage at an elementary school in Osaka. 2005.02.14

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Samsung makes world's first notebook PCs for DMB services (AFP). A South Korean company says it has developed the world's first notebook computers capable of receiving land-based digital television broadcast signals while moving. 2005.02.14

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Japan-University Scandal (Mainichi Shimbun) Even before it opens its classrooms, Japan's newest graduate school (called Digital Hollywood) is embroiled in scandal -- falsely claiming to list UCLA and USC as partners. 2005.02.14

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Japan-Allergies (VOA) Seasonal allergies nothing to sneeze at in Japan as the pollen will cast a cloud this spring over the country's GDP. 2005.02.14

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USA committed to defense of ROK: Foreign Minister Ki-Moon Ban (AFP). South Korea remains convinced that the United States is prepared to come to its defense in the event of an attack by the North, despite ongoing US military commitments in Iraq. 2005.02.14

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