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Greek state TV: Senior judge Panagiotis Pikramenos named caretaker PM, new election on June 17.

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Greek state TV: Senior judge Panagiotis Pikramenos named caretaker PM, new election on June 17.

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North Korea space agency says no information on rocket: South Korea media

SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea’s space committee was cited as saying by South Korean TV networks on Friday that it had no information on the country’s long-range rocket launch. That followed remarks from South Korea and Japan that the launch of Pyongyang’s rocket, which the North said was carrying a satellite, ended in failure. (Reporting by David Chance; Editing by Jonathan Hopfner)

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US gives exemption on Iran sanctions to 11 nations

The United States is granting an exemption to 10 European Union countries and Japan from enforcing economic sanctions because the countries have significantly reduced their purchases of petroleum from Iran.

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Pictures capture Japan’s heartbreak after tsunami (AP)

AP – It has been nearly one year since a monstrous earthquake triggered a tsunami that roared across Japan’s coast on March 11, 2011, transforming once-pristine and thriving towns into waterlogged wastelands and sparking the world’s worst nuclear crisis in a quarter-century.

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Olympus fixes crooked accounts; takeover talk (Reuters)

Reuters – Japan’s disgraced Olympus Corp ironed out its crooked accounts on Wednesday, unwinding a 13-year fraud to reveal a $655 million dent in its balance sheet and igniting speculation it would need to merge or sell assets to repair its finances.

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Japan: not aware of IMF $600 billion euro zone aid plan (Reuters)

Reuters – A Japanese government official said on Thursday he had not heard of a reported $600 billion IMF lending facility to help the euro zone, although Japan would consider providing bilateral loans to the Fund if warranted by developments in Europe.

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Olympus ex-CEO lands in Tokyo for showdown (Reuters)

Reuters – Former Olympus Corp CEO turned whistle-blower Michael Woodford touched down back in Tokyo on Wednesday for a meeting with investigators probing one of Japan’s biggest accounting scandals and a showdown with the board that threw him out.

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Cooling system restored at Tepco’s No.5 plant (Reuters)

Reuters – Tokyo Electric Power has restored the cooling system of the nuclear reactor and fuel pool at the No. 5 unit of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi power plant in northeastern Japan, an official of the plant operator said on Sunday.

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Tepco chief quits after $15 billion loss on nuclear crisis (Reuters)

Reuters – Tokyo Electric Power Co reported a $15 billion net loss on Friday to account for the disaster at its Fukushima nuclear plant, marking the biggest loss in Japan by a non-financial company and prompting the firm to warn its future was uncertain.

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