2005.02.18

Japan-Knives (GNS) American chefs looking to Japan to sharpen their skills. 2005.02.18

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Six fishermen found alive off Samoa two days after cyclone strike (AFP). A US Coast Guard aircraft found six people safe on board their missing fishing boat off American Samoa 48 hours after radio contact with them ended when the vessel was crippled by Cyclone Olaf. 2005.02.18

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Japan-Commotio Cordis (Mainichi Shimbun) Unprecedented award in Japanese court to parents of child who died after getting hit in the chest by a baseball. 2005.02.18

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USA  Diplomat Says DPRK Nuclear Path 'Dead End' (Reuters). The newly appointed lead U.S. negotiator to North Korean nuclear disarmament talks calls Pyongyang's pursuit of atomic weapons a dead end and urges the reclusive state to return to the bargaining table. 2005.02.18

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Nine missing off Samoa in wake of Cyclone Olaf (AFP). Fears for the fate of nine fishermen missing at sea off Samoa and American Samoa two days after Super Cyclone Olaf swept through the region. 2005.02.18

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Japan, USA to Supply Tsunami Warnings (AP). The United States and Japan will start providing tsunami warnings to countries around the Indian Ocean as early as next month as a stopgap measure until the region establishes its own alert system. 2005.02.18

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