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2005.11.13

Thousands in ROK protest against APEC (Reuters).

A South Korean policeman with a sniffer dog patrols around BEXCO, the main venue of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in Pusan, about 420km (262 miles) southeast of Seoul November 13, 2005. (APEC Host Photographer - Yonhap/Handout/Reuters)Thousands of South Koreans joined a labor union-organized protest on the streets of the capital today against the coming summit of Pacific Rim leaders including U.S. President George W. Bush.


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Seven Brazilian men were killed today in a multi-vehicle accident on the Meishin Expressway in Shiga Prefecture.


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Japanese probe apparently lost in space (AP).

Japan's hapless space agency has suffered another glitch. This time a can-sized probe has failed to make a scheduled renzezvous with an asteroid.



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Japan's maverick nationalist governor, Shintaro Ishihara, no longer seen as as being on the right-wing fringe.

 


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USA to seek PRC concessions, bird flu action in Asia. (AFP)

Embattled U.S. President George W. Bush leaves for Asia tomorrow, hoping to win economic and human rights concessions from China and use a regional summit in South Korea to rally efforts to fight bird flu.


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Koizumi faces USA smiles, Asian chill this week (Reuters).

Greece's Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis (L) meets Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi at the latter's official residence in Tokyo November 11, 2005. (Yuriko Nakao/Reuters)The light and the dark of Japan's diplomacy will be on display this week when Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi first chats cozily with his close U.S. ally and then confronts a chillier reception at an Asia-Pacific summit.


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Peru's vice president calls for severing diplomatic relations with Japan over the Fujimori affair.


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Expedia hotel pricing error irks some travelers (Reuters)
Online travel agency Expedia says a glitch last week allowed some travelers to book hotel stays in Japan at stunningly low prices.


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Peru's Fujimori Aims to Get Back Into Power (AP).

In this photo released by Fujimori Press service, former President Alberto Fujimori is seen during the flight prior to arrival in Chile's capital of Santiago, looking at a map of Peru on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2005. Fujimori stunned followers and foes alike when he headed back to Latin America to launch a political comeback in the face of an indictment on charges of corruption and human rights abuses. He could have stayed in his ancestral Japan, safe from arrest, but instead he ended up in detention in Chile while Peru seeks his extradition. Fujimori has gotten out of tight corners before, however, and is apparently gambling he can do it again. (AP Photo/Fujimori's Press)Former President Alberto Fujimori stunned followers and foes alike when he landed in neighboring Chile a week ago aboard a private jet, defying an arrest warrant in his zeal to restart his political career in Peru after five years of self-imposed exile in Japan.


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