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Being the current suicide aide du jour taking Japan by storm, it seems it’s now being touted as an offensive weapon.
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The NY Times has a straight-up report of the visit of Hu Jintao to Japan. Interesting points from the article:
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Officials Ohama Park in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture are asking visitors to refrain from feeding the monkeys there because, as can be seen below, overfeeding by tourists have made them grossly overweight.
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