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• [NATIONAL NEWS]
  Hatoyama's plan to move marines to Tokunoshima gets icy reception
  
  By ALEX MARTIN and JUN HONGO, Staff writers
  Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama reveals his plan to move as many as 1,000 U.S. Marines based at the Futenma air station in Okinawa to Tokunoshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, but an influential former lawmaker from Tokunoshima shoots it down.
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• [NATIONAL NEWS]
  Father of abducted kids sues judge
  U.S. man claims negligence over lifting of Japanese wife's travel ban
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) A U.S. man who was arrested in Fukuoka when he tried to take his children back from his ex-wife is suing the local judge and an attorney who handled the divorce.
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• [NATIONAL NEWS]
  Cost-cutters seek to kill 36 programs
  Kyodo News
  The Government Revitalization Unit on Wednesday called for scrapping 36 programs as it ended its four-day screening process aimed at eliminating wasteful spend
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• [NATIONAL NEWS]
  Hatoyama stands behind Ozawa
  Kyodo News
  Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama suggested Wednesday he is willing to keep Ichiro Ozawa as secretary general of the Democratic Party of Japan despite the decision the previous day by an inquest panel that he merits indictment over alleged false reporting by his fund management body.
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• [NATIONAL NEWS]
  Bad memories of U.S. bases linger
  Nearby residents can't forget accidents, crimes by personnel
  NAHA, Okinawa Pref. (Kyodo) Painful memories of accidents and crimes involving U.S. military personnel have haunted residents near bases for decades.
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• [OPINION]
  Media vultures circle P.M.
  By GREGORY CLARK
  In Brazil they tell the story of the small-town TV crime reporter who gained fame and scoops by arranging crimes himself. He could then rush out and interview the victims well before rivals. But eventually his scoops caught up with him and he ended up in jail.
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