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Japan Economy
Itsuo Inouye
In this April 1, 2008, file photo, automobiles for export park at a Yokohama port, south of Tokyo, Japan. Japan's economy grew at a healthy, better-than-expected 3.3 percent annual pace in the first quarter, racking up its third straight quarter of growth, according to the Cabinet Office data released Friday May 16, 2008.
    UN says world economy will only grow by 1.8 percent The U.N. says the world economy is "teetering on the brink" of a severe downturn and will grow by only 1.8 percent in 2008.

That's down from a global growth rate of 3.8 percent in 2007.

08:01:55 PM Thursday, May 15, 2008


Security Council wants UN peacekeepers in SomaliaThe Security Council unanimously approved a resolution on Thursday calling for a U.N. political presence in conflict-wracked Somalia for the first time in years and setting conditions for the deployment of U.N. peacekeepers.
By EDITH M. LEDERER
06:07:07 PM Thursday, May 15, 2008

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,078As of Thursday, May 15, 2008, at least 4,078 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
06:02:04 PM Thursday, May 15, 2008

French workers strike in protest of job cutsTeachers, postal workers and other public servants staged a one-day strike and tens of thousands marched through French cities Thursday, a widespread protest against President Nicolas Sarkozy's planned job cuts.
By JEAN-MARIE GODARD
04:56:56 PM Thursday, May 15, 2008

Leader to apologize to Canadian IndiansPrime Minister Stephen Harper will deliver a public apology for a decades-long government policy requiring Canadian Indians to attend state-funded church schools - often scenes of physical and sexual abuse.
By ROB GILLIES
04:37:30 PM Thursday, May 15, 2008

Failed Haiti PM nominee lashes outAn international banker whose nomination for Haiti's No. 2 political post was rejected by the lower house of Parliament said Thursday he was hamstrung by corrupt legislators.
By EVENS SANON
04:27:00 PM Thursday, May 15, 2008

Web site: Bin Laden to release Israel messageOsama bin Laden, who has threatened to extend al-Qaida's terror to Israel, will release a new Internet message dealing with Israelis and Palestinians, a terrorism monitoring group said Thursday.
07:56:50 PM Thursday, May 15, 2008

Moroccan court broadens terrorism investigationsA Moroccan court broadened investigations Thursday into two alleged terrorism cells, one accused of supporting insurgents in Iraq and the other of plotting suicide bombings in Casablanca last year.
By ALFRED de MONTESQUIOU
04:12:29 PM Thursday, May 15, 2008

Feuding Lebanese factions agree to begin dialogueThe Hezbollah-led opposition and U.S.-backed government reached a deal Thursday to end Lebanon's worst violence since the 1975-90 civil war, now that the Cabinet has reversed measures aimed at reining in the Iranian-backed militants.
By KATARINA KRATOVAC
04:07:30 PM Thursday, May 15, 2008

Canada eyes OTC sale of Plan B `morning-after' pillCanada's national pharmacy regulation body is recommending that "morning-after" contraceptive pills be sold over the counter.
By CHARMAINE NORONHA
04:07:29 PM Thursday, May 15, 2008

Clashes lead UN to pull staff from Sudan oil area
Chavez: Interpol report 'ridiculous'
Russia, Georgia joust over talk on Abkhazia base
Italy arrests nearly 400 in security crackdown
China OKs 4 foreign rescue teams for quake zone

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