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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Mar 2013 15:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gwen Muranaka</dc:creator>
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		<dc:creator>Roger Dahl</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Mar 2013 15:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Dahl</dc:creator>
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		<title>Circle of life in the neighborhood</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Mar 2013 15:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a general hospital and a public high school within easy walking distance of my central Tokyo home. Every morning when I walk to the local subway station to begin my daily commute, I pass a stream of handsome teenagers heading toward the maw of the local school where their sports coaches are apt [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japan doing well by its elderly</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Mar 2013 15:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Feb. 27 Bloomberg article &#8220;Seniors forced to go it alone as ranks swell, housing eludes&#8221; highlights some important issues, but overstates them. And by omission, it leaves the misleading impression that Japan is somehow behind other countries in providing for frail elderly people. For example, it is true that there are long waiting lists [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More women for Seoul politics</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Mar 2013 15:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Regarding the Feb. 26 AP article &#8220;South&#8217;s Park slow to pick women for top positions&#8221;: As a Korean, I can say that it is true that discrimination against women in the workplace is a big issue in South Korea. And I&#8217;m looking forward to seeing changes in this area just as we welcomed the election [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The days may be numbered for English as a universal second language</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Mar 2013 15:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Pulvers</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[How long will English last as a major world language? The answer must be: a very long time. How long will English remain dominant worldwide as a second language in schools and universities? I believe it will be for one more generation &#8212; max. These two answers may appear to present a paradoxical muddling of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Improving relations with Russia</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Mar 2013 15:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Russian President Vladimir Putin and former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori have set the stage for talks over the sovereignty of the Northern Territories.]]></description>
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		<title>Pope Benedict XVI bows out</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Mar 2013 15:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Big problems &#8212; from child sex-abuse cases to Vatican politics &#8212; probably proved too much for an aging academic theologian like the outgoing pope.]]></description>
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		<title>Skip the reference to James Bond</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Mar 2013 15:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Feb. 28 Kyodo/AFP article &#8220;125,000 lethal doses of sodium cyanide leaked in Iwate&#8221; mentions writer Ian Fleming&#8217;s fictional secret agents who were issued cyanide capsules to kill themselves if they were captured. Referring to James Bond in an incident that endangered the lives of thousands of people is cynical at best. Only three questions [...]]]></description>
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