2005.08.16

Japan party to pull Iraq troops. [BBC News] Japan's major opposition party says it will pull troops from Iraq and slash spending if it wins next month's election. 2005.08.16

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Japan-Quake (VOA) UPDATED No fatalities reported after 7.2 magnitude quake shakes a wide area of Japan. 2005.08.16

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Japan's biometric security firms see demand booming (Reuters). Firms providing the latest in biometric security, using systems that can identify an individual's face, hand or fingerprint, are enjoying a boom in Japan amid an increase in forgery and cybercrime. 2005.08.16

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Japan-Quake (Kyodo) Magnitude 7.2 quake shakes the Tohoku region but injuries, damage relatively light. 2005.08.16

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