2005.12.16

CNMI-Casinos (Saipan Tribune) A U.S. presidential appointee is among those wanting to build the second casino on Tinian. 2005.12.16

====================

Japan-Animal Cruelty (Kyodo) Updated Some 30 severed dog heads found in stream near Tokyo Detention Center. 2005.12.16

====================

Japan-PM Segway (Reuters) Prime Minister Koizumi "segways" to work on scooter President Bush gave him. 2005.12.16

====================

ROK-Cloning (Yonhap) South Korean cloning pioneer denies faking research. 2005.12.16

====================

Japan-US Beef (VOA) Updated First shipment of American beef in nearly two years into Japan lands at Narita. 2005.12.16

====================

Asia-Jellyfish (Kyodo) Japanese scholars point to China as the source of giant jellyfish clogging fishermens' nets off the coast of Japan. 2005.12.16

====================

Japan-Currency (Reuters). Yen shines as Japanese investors cash in gold. 2005.12.16

====================

ROK Cloning Success 'Faked'. [BBC] South Korean's Dr. Hwang Woo-suk is quoted by a colleague as saying that he had faked at least nine of eleven stem-cell colonies. 2005.12.16

====================

© Copyright 2006 The Taisho Cable & Wireless Company.