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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The New Zealand Embassy  in Tokyo debuts a traditional Maori entryway Wednesday in a ceremony marking 50 years of bilateral relations attended by (from left) Paratene Te Huia, New Zealand Ambassador Phillip Gibson, Justice Minister Mayumi Moriyama and Chansuda Gibson.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Dan Quayle]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Freelance journalist Satoshi Kamata secludes himself  in a hotel in Tokyo to finish his work on Japan's social ills.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Violinist Akiko Yamada became the youngest violinist ever to win the Premier Grand Prix in the International Marguerite Long and Jacques Thibaud Competition in Paris.]]></image:caption>
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