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Special Report: Help wanted in Fukushima: Low pay, high risks and gangsters
IWAKI, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Tetsuya Hayashi went to Fukushima to take a job at ground zero of the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl. He lasted less than two weeks..
North Korea repatriates South Korean citizens at DMZ
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea repatriated six South Korean citizens at a heavily defended border crossing on Friday, South Korea's Ministry of Unification said, in a rare humanitarian gesture amid persistent tensions between Pyongyang and Seoul..
Dollar near lows against euro, shares cling to weekly gains
LONDON (Reuters) - The dollar was slumped near a two-year low against the euro on Friday as clear expectations of continued U.S. bond purchase left it facing its sixth weekly fall in seven and world shares close to five-year highs..
Asterix steps unwittingly into Scottish referendum debate
PARIS (Reuters) - Malt whisky, bagpipes and the Loch Ness Monster take center stage in the newest Asterix comic, as the yellow-mustached Gaul and his portly buddy Obelix travel to ancient Scotland to drive back the Romans..
Vettel leads Red Bull one-two in India practice
GREATER NOIDA, India (Reuters) - Sebastian Vettel led a Red Bull one-two in Friday's first free practice for an Indian Grand Prix that looks sure to secure the German a fourth successive Formula One title..
Icahn raises stake in Apple, criticized by PIMCO's Gross
(Reuters) - "Bond King" Bill Gross, co-chief investment officer of PIMCO, butted heads on Thursday with billionaire investor Carl Icahn, telling Icahn to leave Apple Inc alone after he again urged the iPhone maker to initiate a tender offer to buy back $150 billion of its shares..
New China H7N9 strain gives kick to mutant bird flu research
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (Reuters) - Dutch scientists hidden away in a top-security laboratory are seeking to create mutant flu viruses, dangerous work designed to prepare the world for a lethal pandemic by beating nature to it..
Syrian man in Tom Hanks-like limbo at Dubai airport
DUBAI (Reuters) - A Syrian man has been stranded at Dubai airport for 16 days in a case with echoes of the Tom Hanks film "The Terminal"..
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