Japanese joy and British tears
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IT WAS the night of the longest race and the shortest, a night of distress for Britain&#39;s Paula Radcliffe and delight for America&#39;s Justin Gatlin.
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Sifting through the best that Japan has to offer.
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Britain is ready to help those hit by the Asian earthquake in any way it can, Tony Blair has said. The &quot;world is united in sorrow&quot;, he said, for those affected by the devastating tidal wave which has killed about 68,000 people in 12 countries.
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Raising kids, cooking meals and chatting  to ordinary people -- Empress Michiko&#39;s sweeping changes to  Japan&#39;s ultra-conservative imperial family has made her an  endearing figure to the masses.
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Japanese audiences get the chance to see shows such as Blackadder and Fawlty Towers with the launch of BBC Japan.
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[World News]: London, Nov 2 : Japanese men no longer have to go searching for that perfect line to make women go weak in the knees.
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The tears of Darren Clarke gave way to exhaustive relief for Colin Montgomerie. American red shifted to European blue on the scoreboard. A day that began in brilliant sunshine ended in gray skies and showers.
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Japan's diminutive Mizuki Noguchi put on  an extraordinary display of front-running to win the Olympic  women's marathon title on Sunday as Paula Radcliffe's challenge  ended in bitter tears.
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A TWO-year-old boy who was miraculously rescued from a crushed car after a major earthquake in Japan has recounted his ordeal and is asking about his mother - who died in the debris.
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Many Japanese fans - including the prime minister - are proud to see Daisuke Matsuzaka don a Red Sox uniform.
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How Paxil arrived in Tokyo and redefined the way the Japanese think about melancholy.
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Fans of Japan's distinctive style of  full-length animated films gave a standing ovation at this  year's Venice Film Festival to the latest movie from Japan's  famed Studio Ghibli.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair has congratulated Shinzo Abe on his nomination as Japan's prime minister in waiting, saying he hoped they could continue strong bilateral ties.
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Survivors of the Hatfield train crash give tearful accounts of the moment the train derailed at 115mph.
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The 87th celebration of Finnish independence once again tugged at the heartstrings of Finns around the country.
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Reliving its glory days as a gymnastics power, Japan captured the men&#39;s team gold medal at the Athens Olympics on Monday.
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Media & professional: In a summer of floods and terrorism, the release of the BBC's Alan Johnston was a rare piece of good news. John Simpson and Rageh Omaar celebrate.