- World Clinton seeks gas tax vote; Obama calls it 'shell' game
- Motorsport: Edwards takes pole
- Drug smuggler gets death sentence in east China
- China renews Dalai Lama criticism
- Most effluent outlets discharge excess pollutants to sea in N China
- NW China province reports 118 cases of hand-foot-mouth disease
- One Chinese killed, 14 injured in bus crash in Trans-Baikal Territory
- China cracks down on illegal grain exports
- Pork export in China shrinks substantially in 1st 2 months
- China's food exporters strive to meet challenges of higher safety standards
- NATO soldier killed in Afghanistan
- Crime 15-year-old girl found murdered in Aichi field
- National Gov't trying to confirm identity of 5 Japanese killed in car accident in B
- Beijing police launch campaign against scalpers in run-up to Olympics
- China Southern Airlines opens Guiyang-Seoul route
- Sports Matsui hits RBI single; Ichiro has 2 hits, 3 stolen bases
- Crime 5-year-old girl found murdered in Aichi field
- National Gov't tryign to confirm identity of 5 Japanese killed in car accident in B
- Entertainment Commercial screening of documentary 'Yasukuni' starts
- Politics Nakasone concerned about Japan's lack of 'reliable' allies at summit
- Dalai Lama envoys to meet China officials
- Earthquake shakes Indonesia
- U.N. calls for fair Myanmar referendum
- Suspected death case of hand-foot-mouth disease reported in S China
- 7 students dead, 1 missing in NW China flash flood
- Tibet open to Chinese tourists
- History exhibition creates a stir
- Guangdong cracks down on child labor in factories
- GDP could be 2.5 times that of the US by 2030
- Large SOEs told to be ready for tough times
- Mass intestinal virus infection sickens 3,321, kills 22 in east China
- Hubei reports 340 cases of hand-foot-mouth disease
- Chinese newscasters to be fined for erroneous pronunciation
- Legal aid offices help migrant workers pursue rights
- Identities of 72 dead in east China train collision confirmed
- HK grants $3.5 mln for disaster relief overseas in 2007
- HK stocks advance 1.89% after Fed rate cut
- Parliament head of Guinea Bissau to visit China
- Death toll rises from Sydney boat crash
- Commentary A punching bag on the Odakyu line
- Crime Canadian woman busted for carrying 7 kg of drugs at Kansai airport
- World McCain lashes out at '100 years' in Iraq ads
- Picture of the Day Ferry
- Politics Ishihara to attend inauguration of new Taiwan president
- Technology Microsoft raises offer for Yahoo
- World One year on, British child Madeleine McCann still missing
- Sports JFA, J-League: Referee did not say 'die'
- Entertainment Singer DOUBLE to collaborate with Namie Amuro
- World Obama takes on McCain, Clinton over gas tax
- Sports Kishi goes distance to shut door on Lotte
- Crime 17-year-old ordered to medical reformatory following stabbing spree
- Sports Okada to call up European-based players
- World Israel urged to stop West Bank settlements
- World Iraq's Shiite clerics trade barbs over crackdown on militias
- World Zimbabwe opposition chief claims election victory
- Entertainment Actress-singer Ko Shibasaki to perform in 7 concerts
- Entertainment Commercial screening of documentary 'Yasukuni' starts
- National 5 Japanese killed in car accident in Bolivia
- National Abductees' families group member presses U.S. on N Korea's terror status
- Business Fed boosts emergency funding for U.S. banks
- UN calls for fair Burmese ballot
- Tourists killed in Bolivian crash
- Business Mitsui's net profit surges 36% to record high
- Business JAL raises FY 2007 profit forecast on solid int'l travel demand
- Crime Boy ordered to medical reformatory following stabbing spree
- National Restaurant inspected for serving leftover food
- Sports Ishikawa misses cut at Chunichi Crowns
- Business Average gasoline price spikes to Y153.4 per liter
- Sports Ryu grabs lead at Crystal Geyser Ladies
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- Sports Yamamoto wins Asian title
- Thai Tesco 'won't silence me'
- Taiwan manhunt over missing $30m
- Fired Pakistan judges getting jobs back
- Rugby: Wales set Aus date
- Kuchikomi Few authorities know how to deal with rape victims in Japan
- Dalai Lama envoys to go to China
- Japan worker in 780,000 porn hits
- Technology Films to hit iTunes with releases on DVDs
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- World U.S. military blames al-Qaida in Iraq for double suicide bombing
- China accused of religious persecution
- Technology Canon to build U.S. factory to make replacement toner cartridges
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- Sports Olympic torch relay kicks off in HK amid protests
- National U.S. report hints at delay in relocation of Marines in Okinawa to Guam
- Politics NZ premier to visit Japan May 13-16
- Politics Fukuda willing to attend Olympic opening ceremony
- Business China's food exports to Japan decline sharply
- Fiji deports Australian publisher
- Thailand proposes rice cartel
- S. Korea imports biotech corn
- Sports Ichiro gets 3 hits; now 2nd on all-time hit list for Japanese players
- Book Reviews Booklet on wartime sex slavery published
- National Civil servant demoted for accessing porn sites 780,000 times during office
- Sports Sydney Olympic gold medalist Inoue retires
- National Unlicensed Japanese staff reportedly take X-rays at Yokota base
- National Kyoto Univ's Yamanaka, pop artist Murakami on Time's top 100 list
- Politics Foreign Minister Komura leaves for Pakistan
- China virus 'hits 3,000 children'
- Thailand calls for a rice cartel
- Entertainment Life's a lottery for Nishida, Ito and company
- Major quake shakes Aleutian Islands
- Beijing reports more "blue sky" days in first four months
- Exhibition testimony to progress in Tibet
- Japanese PM hopes to attend Beijing Olympics opening ceremony
- PM: Nepal sticks to one-China policy
- China imports more motor vehicles in first two months
- 2010 World Expo planners see big benefits
- Trade between Chinese mainland, Taiwan grows more rapidly
- China's food exports to Japan down drastically in Jan.-Feb. period
- Hong Kong cheers Olympic torch
- Thailand pitches for creation of rice cartel
- Crime U.S. serviceman held on suspicion of molesting Japanese woman in Aomori
- China: Food exports to Japan drop
- 'Big Dry' hits Australian farmers
- Hong Kong hosts torch relay
- National Panda's body donated to museum for scientific study
- China sets up first space station for spacecraft data relay
- China limits pollutant emissions from fertilizer producers
- Shanghai World Expo Center launch marks countdown
- Beijing imposes broader smoking ban ahead of Olympics
- China strengthens supervision on traffic safety after train crash
- Mass intestinal virus infection in east China up to 2,477, kills 20
- Highway collision kills 7 in northeast China
- World's longest sea bridge opens in east China
- Crime Man arrested for murder announcement in Ibaraki
- Crime Man arrested for convenience-store robbery in Yokohama
- 17 dead as bus overturns in Hong Kong
- Japanese PM meets Chinese students, conveys friendly message
- Japan's culture exchange chief welcomes President Hu's visit
- Chinese banks report lowest ever NPL ratio in 2007
- Expert: China economic boom to last until at least 2020
- Hong Kong stocks close for May Day holiday
- Chinese premier talks with workers on Labor Day
- Judges and lawyers: Rioters in Lhasa unrest receive fair trial
- Beijing subway to clear mobile telecom blind spots
- USOC names Chef de Mission for Beijing Olympics
- World Two suicide bombings kill 35 in Iraq
- World Defection of longtime superdelegate jolts Clinton
- World May Day rallies focus on food prices
- Business TCI complains against J-Power dividend proposal
- World 'DC Madam' hangs herself
- Picture of the Day Koinobori
- Sports Woods, Kawakami help Chunichi win 1-run game
- Business Japan running short of butter
- Crime Woman gets 10 years for killing boyfriend who forced her to work in sex indus
- National Foreign residents proficient in Japanese to be allowed to stay longer
- National Checklist compiled to prevent recurrence of child abuse
- Politics Fukuda considers attending Olympic opening ceremony
- Business Asahi Breweries to sell premium milk in China
- World Tour bus crash in HK kills 18
- Business Tax revenues slip 2.2% in March on year
- Sports Nishikori to play in Japan Open
- Crime Psychiatrist pleads not guilty over leaking info to journalist
- Business Goodwill refuses tie-up with United Technology
- Business Millea's securities appraisal losses grow to Y38 bil
- Entertainment Kimura, Isetani to attend Cannes film festival
- Sports Miyazato, Takahashi set pace at Chunichi Crowns
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- Business New auto sales up 6.9% in April
- Sports CAS hearings on Ganaha case ends
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- Azeris clear Iran nuclear cargo
- Azeris clear Iran nuclear cargo
- Pakistan coalition makes deal over judges
- Villagers throw babies from temple roof
- World World's longest sea bridge opens in China
- Japan residents flee suicide gas
- Cricket: Langer hails Flintoff
- Spate of 'detergent suicides' hits Japan
- Burmese urged to support charter
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- National Hundreds flee homes in Otaru after man kills himself by inhaling deadly ga
- Report: Taliban strengthens in Afghanistan
- Growth of exports in steady decline
- U.S. terror report cites Iran, Afghanistan
- At least 15 killed in Hong Kong bus crash
- Pakistani religious group office attacked
- Crime British man cleared of cannabis smuggling
- Sports Matsuzaka throws 7 shutout innings, gets no-decision
- New Products Barcoded greetings
- Lifestyle New generation of artisans breathe life into Japans traditional crafts
- Business Gas stations hike prices by roughly 30 yen
- New anti-French rallies in China
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- Entertainment Leah Dizon unveils Softbank handsets
- China launches child slavery probe
- Crime Father arrested for abusing 11-year-old daughter in Kobe
- World Protests erupt at Carrefour stores in four Chinese cities
- World's longest sea bridge to open in east China
- Demonstrations erupt in Carrefour's China outlets
- China securities regulator says to curb over-speculation in IPO sales
- Exporters confront rising environmental costs
- 17 killed in Hong Kong bus smash
- Crime Father arrested for abusing 12-year-old daughter in Kobe
- Shukan Post More bull over U.S. beef
- World Boats collide in Sydney Harbor, killing 5
- National 90 dogs, cats, birds die in pet shop fire in Saitama
- Crime 83-year-old woman found strangled in Hamamatsu home
- Fifteen killed in Hong Kong crash
- National Participants at May Day rallies call for wiping out poverty, economic disp
- Crime 6 nabbed over 'Hinaijidori' brand-chicken labeling fraud
- National Swans, geese, ducks tested for bird flu virus in Akita, Aomori, Hokkaido
- Politics New Japan-U.S. host nation support accord comes into effect
- Business Citigroup Japan, Nikko Cordial merge to create Nikko Citi Holdings
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- National Tama Zoo celebrates 50th anniversary
- Business No. of full-time workers up 2.3% in March
- More Macau competition weighs on Sands
- CIA director: China not 'inevitable enemy'
- Eisenhower overruled nuke attack on China
- China urges strict local-level control of grain, fertilizer exports
- Tai Miao wears red, thousands celebrate 100-day countdown to Beijing Olympics
- More than 1,000 mourn for policeman killed by riot leader in NW China
- Senior Egyptian media official: China will host successful Olympic Games
- China agriculture official: Developing world not behind grain crisis
- Chinese ambassador briefs Cypriot media on Beijing Olympics
- Festivities overseas as Beijing starts 100-day Olympic countdown
- Exhibition on Tibet's past, present held in Beijing
- Sydney Harbor boat accident kills 5
- Japanese parliament leader hails Chinese president's upcoming visit
- China issues new information rules to promote gov't transparency
- Red Cross China launches new aid program for migrant children
- China to see greater uncertainties in its trade expansion
- China promises "best possible" treatment to French nationals injured in train crash
- Beijingers ready to host Olympic family
- Cabinet meeting: China to further intensify efforts to ensure work safety
- Death toll from east China train collision rises to 71
- Massive avalanche strands 260 travellers in SE Tibet
- Funeral ceremony for Tibetan police officer held in NW China
- Hong Kong stocks weaken 0.61% in downwards correction
- Senior official urges to evaluate implementation of Party's new doctrine
- China holds grand gathering to mobilize public to ensure successful Olympics
- National M4.5 quake hits Chiba, vicinity
- Five die in Sydney harbour crash
- Sports Murata's clutch hit in 7th lifts Yokohama over Chunichi
- Commentary DPJ closer to taking over gov't, but political power in question
- Sports Ref denies telling player to 'die' in J-League match
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- World DNA tests confirm IDs of czar's children
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