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Are you ready for the toilet of the future?
| — While most bathrooms in the United States are business as usual, toilets in Japan and in some parts of Europe are high-tech wonders, overflowing with luxurious amenities such as heated seats... (photo: WN / RTayco)

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Papaya leaf extract used to treat certain cancers
| A brewed pot of papaya leaf extract tea may be just what the doctor may order AP Photo/US Consumer Product Safety Commission If you like this ... African American women twice as likely to die from b... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
In this photo taken on Aug. 29, 2009, Yukio Hatoyama, leader of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, waves during a last minute speech to the public in downtown Tokyo, Japan, during the last day for Parliament's lower house election campaign. Japan voted Sunday Aug. 30, 2009, in parliamentary elections expected to end the ruling conservative party's nearly 54 years in power and give a largely untested opposition a chance to make good on its promises to revive the ailing economy and turn around record-high unemployment.  Breitbart 
REFILING: 2ND LD: DPJ agrees to New Komeito request to expand child-allowance scope+
allowance scope+ (AP) - TOKYO, March 10 (Kyodo)—(EDS: CORRECTING DAY OF THE WEEK IN 2ND GRAF) | Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's ruling Democratic Party of Japan decided Wednesday to expand the sc... (photo: AP / Itsuo Inouye)
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Dollar - Currency  Breitbart 
Dollar firms around 90 yen line amid lack of trading cues+
TOKYO, March 10 (AP) - (Kyodo)—The U.S. dollar held steady around the 90 yen line in subdued Tokyo trading Wednesday as market participants largely sat on the sidelines in the absence of fresh tr... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
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 KLdy1 - currency - usd - dollar - us dollar - u.s dollar - united states dollar. (dy1) Inquirer
Dollar subdued in Asia
| TOKYO – The dollar was steady in Asia Wednesday as traders took to the sidelines ahead of US and Chinese economic reports due this week. | The euro was almost flat at $... (photo: WN)
China   Dollar   Economy   Euro   Photos  
Canon Store for Cameras China Daily
Canon says China may become top camera market in 2015
| Canon Inc expects China's camera market to become the world's largest as early as 2015, overtaking the US, its head of the business said. | Canon, the world's biggest c... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
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A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Feb. 23, 2009. Investors unable to extinguish their worries about a recession that has no end in sight dumped stocks again Monday. The Dow Jones industrial average tumbled 251 points to its lowest close since Oct. 28, 1997, while the Standard & Poor's 500 index logged its lowest finish since April 11, 1 The New York Times
Wall Street Shares Move Within a Narrow Range
| Shares traded within a tight range Tuesday, a year after major market indexes hit 12-year lows. | With little in the way of economic reports or earnings to help drive s... (photo: AP / Richard Drew)
Economy   Investment   Market   Photos   US  
The aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) enters Yokosuka, Japan The New York Times
Japan Drops Denial of Cold War 'Treaties'
| TOKYO — Japan ended decades of denials on Tuesday by confirming the existence of secret cold-war-era agreements with Washington that, among other things, had allo... (photo: U.S. Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kyle D. Gahlau )
Defence   Japan   Nuclear   Photos   US  
Kangaroo in Motion taken in South West Rocks in Australia in February 2007, Nina May The Daily Telegraph Australia
Mystery kangaroo in Japanese mountains
| PEOPLE in a Japanese mountain region reported a number of kangaroo sightings, leading journalists to attempt to stalk the marsupials, AFP reports. | The descriptions gi... (photo: Creative Commons / Nina98097024)
Animal   Environment   Japan   Photos   Wildlife  
Business Entertainment
- China's Exports Rise 46%
- Novel Idea for Japan: Airport for Budget Travel
- Beijing seeks a shift in geopolitics
- Pakistan risks IMF's $1.2bn
A cargo ship loaded with containers disembarks from the Tianjin Port in China, March 4, 2009. China says the decline in its exports accelerated in February as a slump in global demand worsened, adding to pressure on China to pump up its economy with a massive stimulu
China's Exports Rise 46%
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- PlayStation 3 goes wild with high-def movies
- 3-D TVs coming this week to U.S.
- Oscars 2010: the year Hollywood ate itself
- Put humans first and police these bad dogs
Mallika Sherawat, Bollywood, Mumbai, India .
Mallika Sherawat opens up on her Hissss-story
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Crime Health
- Jihad Jane: An unsavory wartime tradition continues
- Sega comments about Yakuza 4's localization
- US stocks gain on financial firms
- Behemoth Frontman Charged With Insulting Catholics After Rip
Dogs - Pets - Animals
Owners will be forced to microchip dogs in new curbs on 'weapon' pets
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- Are you ready for the toilet of the future?
- Papaya leaf extract used to treat certain cancers
- Papaya Slows Growth of Cancerous Tumors
- Gold firms as euro zone fiscal concerns linger
Are you ready for the toilet of the future?
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Trading Politics
- Shanghai Rally Halted; Tokyo Little Changed
- Japan stocks flat; Toyota falls on mounting woes
- Japanese stocks were flat ahead of release of key data (Roun
- JGB futures up, curve flatter in auction afterglow
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Feb. 23, 2009. Investors unable to extinguish their worries about a recession that has no end in sight dumped stocks again Monday. The Dow Jones industrial average tumbled 251 points to its lowest close since Oct. 28, 1997, while the Standard & Poor's 500 index logged its lowest finish since April 11, 1
Wall Street Shares Move Within a Narrow Range
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-  Massa admits to tickling male staffer
- Canada's foreign aid record is nothing to brag about
- BCTF selects new president, faces battle with former leader
- Gabon's President Meets Clinton, Calls Corruption Africa
US Navy  Iraqi citizens come out in masses to vote for the first ever Free Elections in Iraq.
Insurgents kill 24 in Iraq election day attacks
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