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Japanese citizenship looms for
Japan-born kids of foreign moms
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TOKYO: A ruling by Japan’s Supreme Court on Wednesday could lead
to citizenship for thousands of illegitimate children in the
country, including those born to Filipino mothers.
It ended years of court battles.
The court said it was unconstitutional to deny
nationality to children born out of wedlock to foreign mothers,
saying it was discriminatory to consider the parents’ marital
status. Japan is home to many foreign entertainers from the
Philippines and elsewhere.
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Freedom, democracy for China sought
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TAIPEI: Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou on Wednesday called on rival
China to give freedom and democracy to its people on the 19th
anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre.
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Clinton down but not out after losing the
nomination; future still in question
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NEW YORK: Hillary Clinton came home to New York to praise her White
House campaign, not to bury it, to flex the muscles of her 18
million supporters even if her vaulting ambition has been thwarted
for now.
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HIV spread to be reduced
through topical estrogen
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CANBERRA: The topical estrogen could help prevent HIV infection by
blocking entry of the virus into the human penis, Australian medical
researchers learned Wednesday.
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WORLDINBRIEF
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WASHINGON: The crew of the International Space Station will try to fix a faulty toilet on Wednesday, but its one American astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts will not have to evacuate the outpost if the repair fails, NASA said Tuesday.
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