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Job seekers check and gather information at a job fair in Shanghai, China, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2009.
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 Daily Yomiuri 
Govt to help students find employment
| The government will create a five-year program to help university and postgraduate students find work amid the extremely tight labor market, it has been learned. | The Education, Culture, Sports, Sc... (photo: AP / Eugene Hoshiko)
Passengers crowd the check-in counter at Ibaraki Airport near Mito, northeast of Tokyo, on Thursday March 11, 2010.
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 Daily Yomiuri 
Rose-tinted projections mean airports in the red
| A new airport opened Thursday in Ibaraki Prefecture without any regular domestic flights to kick off its operations. It seems Ibaraki Airport faces a rocky road ahead. | The airport is the 98th in J... (photo: AP / Kyodo News)
Tuna - Fish  Denver Post 
Bluefin tuna battle complicates U.N. summit on species
Backers of a ban say the fish is being decimated, but Japan says it'll ignore prohibitions. | Fishmongers cut bluefin tuna at a Tokyo fish market. It's estimated that 80 percent of the fish's prized r... (photo: WN / Dominic Canoy)
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China - Buildings - Economy  China Daily 
China faces most complicated year
| BEIJING - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said on Sunday that China is facing the "most complicated" economic conditions this year, and it will be "very cautious and flexible" in choosing the timing of t... (photo: WN / Farida Azzawi)
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Kashmiri  muslim take a look at a newly arrived  much awaited cheapest car  tata nano, at a car show room in srinagar on 06, April, 2009, indian administrated kashmir. The Himalayan
Tata Nano likely to lose much-hyped price tag
| MUMBAI: India's Tata Nano was launched with great fanfare as a 100,000-rupee (2,200-dollar) vehicle -- a round number that neatly encapsulated its status as the world's... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
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 American Money - dollar $ - dollar bills - counting money - accounting - budget - computing  (rt1)  Taipei Times
Dollar, yen drop as appetite for riskier assets increases
| The US dollar and yen fell versus all of their major counterparts as concern eased about a Greek default and European and US reports signaled the economic recovery is a... (photo: WN)
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A man looks at the electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, Jan. 23, 2009. Japan's Nikkei Average fell 2.8 percent from Thursday during morning tr Gulf News
Asian stocks rise as Greek fears ease, US jobs grow
| Hong Kong: Asian stocks rose, driving the MSCI Asia Pacific Index higher for a third week, as better-than-estimated US jobs data and easing concern over Greece's debt s... (photo: AP / Junji Kurokawa)
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A worker walks past rolls of steel on a construction site in Beijing, China, Tuesday Nov. 1, 2005. China Daily
China steelmakers want govt in ore talks
| SHANGHAI/BEIJING - The vice president of the China Iron & Steel Association (CISA) and the heads of more than 10 Chinese steelmakers wrote a joint letter to Pr... (photo: AP / Greg Baker)
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Wines Newsvine
US wine exports fall 15 percent in 2009
| SAN FRANCISCO — People worldwide are still buying U.S. wine in a tight economy, although exports were down in 2009 from 2008's record-setting year. | U.S. wine ex... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
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An Egyptian walks in front of a giant poster for the U.S  dollar at an exchange office in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010. USA Today
U.S. dollar is still the world's most trusted currency
Updated  | Comment  | Recommend | | | By John Waggoner, USA TODAY The U.S. will spend about $1.8 trillion more than it gets in revenue this year. Next... (photo: AP / Amr Nabil)
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Video: 'Hachi' is worth a look, if you're in the mood for a good cry
| The Richard Gere film "Hachiko: A Dog's Tale," which was filmed in Rhode Island in the winter and summer of 2008, bypasses theaters for a straight-to-DVD release with a... (photo: AP / Amel Emric)
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Labor woes The Saigon Times
Labor woes
Labor strikes do not seem to be a good option for workers these days as the go-slow action to demand pay rises in the country – especially rife in the southern focal ec... (photo: AP Photo / Martin Mejia)
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