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to find common ground on how to deal with the worsening situation. to support an >> annan did not say if believed to have continue u.n. security council. a completely different kind of conflict is from

>> trs hard to involves the bank of england.institutions. bank of england governor mervyn king said he role fined last month for interbank offered rate. b.o.b.ouse of commons committee. >> when i learned of any alleged wrongdoing is when the all it. bank.

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looking ahead, intel says sales growth for the entire year will likely be limited to 3% to 5% and that is changing demand among end users, intel has built a new plant to make thin a check on the on tuesday. are reacting. we're going to go toramin mellegard for that at the tokyo before

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prime minister yolk reconfirme po flights and maintenance. the plane is to be october.

the ministers agreed that japan should confirm the ospreys' safety in response to growing crashes ineam of experts to officers suppressed findings that mechanical problems may have cry air general, donald harvel chaired a committee investigating the crash of an osprey in 2010 in he spoke

with nhk about the o th t he to reinvestigate. >> been funded it's flowing,ults. >> harvel's committee wound up ary clon co the mess in

process. the march 2011 tsunami chewed up huge chunks of the farmland. restoring those fields is proving to be one of the most difficult jobs. farmers are having a areworld around

the coastal took worse, it ruined little savings i >> rep 21,000 hectares of farm soccer fields. take a drive around and you'll see how bad things you can see. crews have removed most of the rubble, but if dig splintered wood

and pieces of metal. the government plans to restore all the in northeast japan by more than 60% of the fields. he couldn't waitration isn't a one-person job. land. i planted pitching in. restore rero cours j past year reroots

has helped more than 70 farmers get farming again. >> translator: local people are trying to physically demanding through the dirt. they have to hethey also clear dirt away from up nets to protect crops from wind.ow

cleaned a t it's and more.he recovering this far. steps forward. mont piles of rubble back then andard to think tha at ity.

so we want to keep helping until their lives get back to normal. >> reporter: a tsunami all but ripped away. nhk world, sendai. in business, a bookseller in local institution. so much so that peoplerld reports. >> reporter: sunda people stop by. >> translator: are >> reporter: they've come to

lookost every week to take photos.nsorry, having bad d better. a new sign written and illustrated by hand by owner. sakamoto is 89. he's run secondhandbook shop for nearly. lylyars, but hens to my entire life.

>> reporter: sakamoto every day of the year, but it got harder after years he also has health problems so heimself one day off a week of an apology to his customers, he decided to write a small message each time.them. >> translator: it's tooy." i want to send a message t

customers. so i write whatever comes is a sign hely sky over he >> reporter: he

>> reporter: now sakamoto's illustrated messages are attracting people to his shop even when it's closed on reason why people are interested in my posters i share the same sentiments about life. >> reporter: in all, made over 200 th exhibition. torrenterne and more in her world weather forecast. right, catherine. we have a tropical storm,

here in western tracking to the west of japan, heading up making overnight. that's going to be local time. the strong winds are going to be it's not likely to become a typhoon. storm landfalls okinawa and also western japan, going affecting thete 24 hours. thealso, this system

is pulling in an awful lot of moisture i japan. that's what's going to be creatingbsolut falling on saturated land flo going on a dochina. bangal bangladesh, nor near

the 40 degree mark y. we're still into the low 30s here. 32 also for beijing and getting up to 35 degrees down in the tropics in bangkok. all right. suffering, in there was back. better for you. if you're up in the uppu relief.

it stays reportsunstable here. temperatures not too bad for you in chicago today. degrees going to be a straight cut between north andd coolerpressure. it's not going anywhere.

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