Japan's Mori wins troubled Miss Universe contest
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A raven-haired Miss Japan, Riyo Mori, was crowned Miss Universe 2007 on Monday in a contest marked by protests, a banned dress and the withdrawal of one beauty queen on the ground the pageant degrades women.
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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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Japan won a two-year term on the UN Security Council Friday and hopes to prove that it deserves a permanent seat on the powerful body as the issue of UN reform takes center stage next year.
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Shinzo Abe ends troubled year-old government after string of damaging scandals and electoral defeat.
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Motorsport.com. Petter Solberg claimed a comfortable victory on Rally Japan, keeping his WRC championship hopes alive, and giving a home-soil victory to the Subaru team.
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Japanese blind runner Yuichi Takahashi won the Paralympic marathon Sunday, unsure of his victory until well after he finished his race along the ancient course.
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hinzo Abe, the nationalist politician who has pledged to revise JapanÂs pacifist Constitution, won the leadership of the governing party today.
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A 22-year-old student who has had cosmetic surgery on her eyelids and cheeks was crowned the winner Saturday of China's first pageant for such "manmade beauties."
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Seon Hwa Lee spoiled Ai Miyazato's latest bid for her first LPGA Tour title, beating the Japanese star, 2 and 1, yesterday in the final of the HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship in New Rochelle, N.Y.
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This year's Miss Universe pageant is missing one of its most noted contestants: Miss Sweden, a statuesque blonde whose country is one of the few to win the crown three times.
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OBIHIRO - Norwegian Petter Solberg on Sunday won the inaugural Rally of Japan, a race he dominated from start to finish. Solberg in a Citroen Xsara finished well clear of Sebastien Loeb (Citroen Xsara) of
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Parliament elected Yasuo Fukuda to be Japan's prime minister Tuesday, thrusting the moderate political insider into the job of taking on a resurgent opposition and rebuilding the scandal-scarred ruling party.
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KUALA LUMPUR: Indiaâs Jyoti Randhawa won the Masters of Asia title Sunday after beating Australian Terry Pilkadaris in a play-off, while Thai star Thongchai Jaideeâs fifth-placed finish secured him the Asian Tour Order of Merit crown.
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SAITAMA, Japan  - Sharp-shooting Spain blew away   Greece 70-47 to capture an emotional first world basketball   championship gold medal on Sunday.
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TOKYO, Sept. 20 -- Shinzo Abe, the nationalist who has pledged to make his country a more robust force on the world stage, won the contest to become leader of Japan's ruling party Wednesday, all but clinching election as prime minister next week.
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Miss USA Rachel Smith made the top 10 Monday night in her bid to reign as Miss Universe 2007. Smith was vying to become the first American winner since Brook Lee in 1997. From Tennessee, the journalism graduate carried a guitar and wore a white, Elvis-style suit during the opening parade of nations.
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ATHENS--Once the confusion had abated and the Greek police had calmed down her father, Kyoko Hamaguchi was the lone Japanese wrestler to be left out of the Olympic finals.