2005.10.27

Plan to Relocate Okinawa Base Opposed (AP). A U.S.-Japan agreement to build a heliport at an American military base on Okinawa runsn into opposition from the island's residents and Japan's defense chief predicts Tokyo will struggle to get their approval for the plan. 2005.10.27

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Utah mill processing Japanese uranium into nuclear fuel (AP). Trucks carrying 500 tons of crushed uranium ore from Japan are starting to arrive at a Utah mill for processing into nuclear fuel. 2005.10.27

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Diabetes trumps bird flu, AIDS as Asia's greatest health risk (AFP). Experts say diabetes is a greater health problem in Asia than bird flu and AIDS combined and has become a destructive "global diabetes tsunami." 2005.10.27

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Japan-Accident (Kyodo) Driver says he swerved to avoid cat and instead rams into several dozen nursery school children. 2005.10.27

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Japan-ROK (Kyodo) Japan, South Korea foreign ministers to meet amid strained ties. 2005.10.27

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