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Japanese morning newspaper headlines  
The following are the headlines of top stories carried by major Japanese newspapers in their Sunday morning editions: -- 'Overseas Japanese' start businesses, careers in bustling Shanghai (Asahi) ...

 

Japan’s new political crisis  
If Ichiro Ozawa wins the top job in the Democratic Party of Japan, he will become the country’s third prime minister in just over a year, reflecting deep-seated political instability fuelled by econom...

 

Japanese editorial excerpts -3-+  
(Kyodo) _ Selected editorial excerpts from the Japanese press: NUCLEAR PACT WITH INDIA (IHT/Asahi as translated from the Japanese- language Asahi Shimbun's editorial published Sept. 3)

 

Russian flood relief to Moldova  
Russia has delivered a planeload of emergency flood relief to Moldova. The cargo consists of food, medicines, household necessities and mobile generators. Moldova's floods destroyed more t...

 

Israelis guard praying Ramadan Muslims  
JERUSALEM, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- About 2,000 Israeli troops guarded tens of thousands of Muslims pouring into Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque area for final Friday Ramadan prayers, observers say. ...

 

Classic American Summer  
From JFK and Jackie during their engagement and The Beatles' 1964 tour to a young Reagan and a 5-year-old Shirley Temple, view photos of beachgoers frolicking through the '30s, '40s, '50s, and '60s. G...

 

43 killed in Pakistan suicide bombing  
In yet another sectarian assault, a suicide bomber targeted a rally of Shia Muslim minority in Pakistan’s volatile south-western city of Quetta, killing 49 people and injured dozens of others. (2 Related)

 

5 killed in Mexico plane crash  
OAXACA (Mexico) - TWO Mexican federal lawmakers and at least three others died when their small plane crashed in southern Mexico on Friday, police and political officials said. First police reports ...

 

Russia suffers new fire outbreak  
At least four people have died and hundreds of homes have been destroyed in a new outbreak of wildfires in Russia.

 

Russia, Azerbaijan strengthen energy partnership  
A visit by President Medvedev to Baku has produced an agreement for Russia's Gazprom to buy unlimited amounts of Azerbaijan's natural gas. Within the coming two years, the ann...