| Marijuana Arrests on the Rise in Japan
March 3, 2009 at 10:38 pm
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| | Marijuana arrests are soaring in Japan, causing a public sensation in a nation where illegal-drug use is relatively rare. |
| Kremlin Rebuffs Calls to Loosen Grip
March 3, 2009 at 10:37 pm
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| | A Russian official rejected calls to ease tight control over politics, moving to squelch speculation that the economic crisis could lead the Kremlin to loosen its grip. |
| Japan Opposition Leader's Aide Arrested
March 3, 2009 at 9:12 pm
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| | A close aide of Ichiro Ozawa, Japan's opposition leader and a leading candidate to become Japan's next prime minister, was arrested in a fund-raising scandal. |
| Chinese Hail Art Bidder as Patriot
March 3, 2009 at 9:06 pm
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| | China has an unlikely national hero in the buyer who shocked the art world by refusing to pay the $40 million he bid for two bronze sculptures at Christie's. |
| Obama, Brown Reaffirm Relations
March 3, 2009 at 9:01 pm
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| | President Obama and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown hailed the "special relationship" between their countries during a meeting at the White House. |
| Venezuela to Cut Oil Contracts
March 3, 2009 at 8:28 pm
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| | Venezuela is looking to renegotiate oil-service contracts and force more production of basic foodstuffs. |
| Fidel Castro Backs Ousters by Raul
March 3, 2009 at 7:22 pm
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| | Fidel Castro says he was consulted on the sweeping leadership changes by his brother Raul's government and he says two of the ousted officials had been seduced by "the honey of power." |
| IMF: Poor Nations Need $25 Billion
March 3, 2009 at 7:17 pm
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| | The IMF urged world leaders to step up assistance to low-income countries, warning that the rapidly spreading global-economic crisis will create an additional financing need of at least $25 billion this year |
| EU Pledges Help for States in Need
March 3, 2009 at 7:04 pm
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| | The European Union would act to help a government in the 16-member euro zone if it ran into financing trouble, an EU official said. |
| Argentina, Farmers Reach Agreements
March 3, 2009 at 6:48 pm
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| | Farmers and negotiators narrowed their differences in a meeting Tuesday, but the government reiterated that it wouldn't accede to farmers' key demand for a tax deduction. |
| U.S. Reconsiders Missile-Defense Plan
March 3, 2009 at 6:32 pm
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| | The Obama administration is suggesting to Russia that it might be willing to roll back U.S. missile-defense plans in Europe, in what senior U.S. officials called one plank of a strategy to isolate Iran. | | | 
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