MyClipping: April 2005

Top News Article | Reuters.co.uk: "Scientist's bright idea to fight global warming
CAMBRDIGE (Reuters) - Professor Colin Humphreys is a man who works on a very small scale but has some big, bright ideas."

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Top News Article | Reuters.co.uk: "Japan rail firm warned by government before crash
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Japanese transport ministry in March issued a 'severe warning' to the operator of the train line where Japan's worst crash in over 40 years took place, a Japanese newspaper reported on Sunday."

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Top News Article | Reuters.co.uk: "Japan foreign minster hails Japan-China summit
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura on Sunday hailed the ice-breaking talks in Jakarta between the leaders of China and Japan, but he warned Beijing against more anti-Japan demonstrations."

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Yahoo! News - China's Hu leaves for summit and face-off with Koizumi: "China's Hu leaves for summit and face-off with Koizumi
BEIJING, (AFP) - Chinese President Hu Jintao left for the Asia-Africa summit and a showdown with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi as top officials again urged Tokyo to deal with its history."

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Top News Article | Reuters.co.uk: "Radcliffe triumphs again in London
LONDON (Reuters) - World marathon record holder Paula Radcliffe put her Olympic Games trauma behind her on Sunday with a virtuoso display of solo running to win the London marathon for the third time in as many attempts."

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CNN.com - Beijing rejects Tokyo demand for apology - Apr 17, 2005: "Thousands march in Chinese demonstrations against Japan
BEIJING, China (AP) -- China on Sunday rebuffed Japanese demands for an apology after stone-throwing protesters damaged the Japanese Embassy and a consulate in demonstrations over Tokyo's wartime history and campaign for a permanent U.N. Security Council seat."

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CNN.com - Japan demands apology from China - Apr 16, 2005: "TOKYO, Japan (AP) -- The Japanese government strongly protested on Saturday a new wave of anti-Japan demonstrations in China, saying Beijing should have prevented the violence."

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BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Thousands join anti-Japan protest: "Thousands of people have taken to the streets of the Chinese city of Shanghai in the latest in a series of anti-Japanese demonstrations."

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Top News Article | Reuters.co.uk: "Thousands protest Japan in eastern China
SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - With some shouting 'Japanese invaders must die', thousands protested against Japan's wartime past in eastern China on Saturday, hurling projectiles at Tokyo's consulate and burning Japanese flags in Shanghai."

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The New York Times > International > International Special > Line of Pilgrims to View Pope Is Closed Because of Huge Crowds: "VATICAN CITY, April 6 - The streets around St. Peter's Basilica swelled Wednesday with an estimated one million pilgrims, nearly double the barely manageable number of the day before. The surge was so great that late on Wednesday night Italian officials closed down the line to view the body of Pope John Paul II."

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BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | Bird flu claims 50th Asian victim: "A 10-year-old Vietnamese girl is reported to have died from avian flu, local health officials say."

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BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | Japan attacks China 'patriotism': "Japan has called on China to control anti-Japanese protests, in the wake of a row over new Japanese school books."

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Yahoo! News - Group for Chinese Stores Wants Boycott: "Group for Chinese Stores Wants Boycott
BEIJING - A trade group for Chinese chain stores is calling on its members to stop selling Japanese beer, coffee and other products to protest Japanese textbooks that critics say misrepresent Tokyo's role in World War II."

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BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | Japan history texts anger E Asia: "Japan has approved a set of new school history text books whose version of past events has already sparked complaints from South Korea and China."

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Yahoo! News - Royal Wedding to Go Ahead Despite Pope: "Royal Wedding to Go Ahead Despite Pope
LONDON - Prince Charles' wedding to Camilla Parker Bowles will go ahead Friday as planned, even if it clashes with the funeral of Pope John Paul II, the prince's office said Sunday."

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Top News Article | Reuters.co.uk: "Pope John Paul II dies
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope John Paul II, whose 26-year papacy helped defeat Communism in Europe but left a Roman Catholic Church divided over his rigorous orthodoxy, died on Saturday after a prolonged struggle with ill health."

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The New York Times > International > Europe > At St. Peter's Square, Tens of Thousand Pray for the Pope: "At St. Peter's Square, Tens of Thousand Pray for the Pope
ROME, April 1 - Tens of thousands of worshipers gathered on a cool spring evening in St. Peter's Square tonight to pray for Pope John Paul II in his dying hours."

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BBC NEWS | World | Americas | Anger growing over Schiavo death: "A political row has broken out in the US after the death of Terri Schiavo, the brain-damaged woman at the heart of a long-running legal dispute."

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