Army challenges Dokubo * Obasanjo gets nod to crush MASSOB, others
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By John Ighodaro, Hector Igbikiowubo, Charles Ozoemena with agency reports. P-HARCOURTâ THE Armed Forces, yesterday, dared an insurgent groupâ Niger Delta Peopleâs Volunteers Forceâ led by Mujahid Dokubo
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Shinzo Abe, the front-runner in the race to be Japan's next leader, is due to announce his bid for the job.
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The Japanese government today published a new defence plan, which prepares the way for a transition from the country&#39;s longstanding passive defence of its own territory
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Japan&#39;s players got yet another verbal volley from coach Ivica Osim at the Asian Cup on Tuesday with their ears still ringing from the last one.
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TOKYO The biggest takeover battle in Japanese history got even bigger on Tuesday, as Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group sought to disrupt a rival&#39;s expansion plans with a $29 billion hostile bid for UFJ Holdings.
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This time it wasn't his stomach that left Daisuke Matsuzaka feeling queasy. It was the Cleveland Indians' offense. During his last start in Texas, the Japanese sensation was seen dry-heaving in the dugout runway. No need for the Pepto-Bismol this time, just better command.
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Japan&#39;s ruling party is considering constitutional revisions for setting up a self-defense military force and also making the emperor the head of the state.
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Japan is blurring the line between defensive and offensive military power in spite of its pacifist Constitution, rattling nerves in northeast Asia.
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The beheading of a Japanese hostage in Iraq renewed pressure on Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to withdraw his country&#39;s troops, as the opposition blamed his pro-US policy for the slaying.
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Fighting an opponent doesn&#39;t always mean opposing his force. When faced with overwhelming power, good fighters often use their attacker&#39;s force to their advantage, as in judo, for example.
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Japan&#39;s navy went on alert yesterday when an unidentified submarine made a brief incursion into the country&#39;s southern waters near Okinawa, and Tokyo was trying to determine where the vessel came from.
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Newspapers and TV are giving a daily count-down, and Japanese from salarymen to politicians are holding their breath as Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki challenges
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SUHARTO-ERA army general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was on the way to a landslide victory last night in Indonesia&#39;s first direct presidential election, as he prepared to take the mantle of leadership from incumbent Megawati Sukarnoputri and steer the nation
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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe began the toughest battle of his political life in a parliament session that opened on Monday after staking his job on extending Japan's naval mission in support of U.S.-led operations in Afghanistan.
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ATHENS-In one of the biggest shocks in Olympic judo history, defending champion Kosei Inoue was defeated by Dutchman Elco van der Geest in the men&#39;s 100-kilogram category Thursday.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has suffered another plunge in his popularity, a poll showed Tuesday, as the opposition refused to back down in a row over support for US-led troops in Afghanistan.
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Japanâs main opposition party pressed for a general election after Prime Minister Shinzo Abeâs government became embroiled in a fresh round of scandals.