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Celibacy syndrome strikes hard in Japanese bedrooms

​Jun Terada is a healthy 28-year-old, who has a decent job in a nationally-recognized law firm after graduating from a prestigious university, and nice to talk to, being mild mannered, intelligent and well-versed in a number of topics from politics to sport, to social issues here in Japan.

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Ryanair sets sights on becoming top ranked airline in British market

​Low-cost airline Dublin-based Ryanair is celebrating its 30th founding anniversary with a target to become top ranked airline within 24 months in Britain.

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"Overwhelming" response needed to curb Ebola in West Africa: CDC director

The head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned Tuesday that the window of opportunity for curbing the Ebola outbreak in West Africa is closing rapidly and called for "an overwhelming response " to bring the unprecedented epidemic under control.

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Obama urges "full" acknowledgement of massacre of Armenians

U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday once again called for "a full, frank and just acknowledgement of the facts" relating to the massacre of 1.5 million Armenians at the hands of Ottoman Turks starting in 1915.

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Bitcoin exchage suspends RMB recharges

In the latest blow to the Bitcoin market in China, BTC China, the country's main Bitcoin trading platform, has suspended recharge services using the Chinese currency.

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Obama, Abbas pledge support for Middle East peace process

Both U.S. President Barack Obama and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas reaffirmed their commitments to supporting the peace process in the Middle East as they met on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly Tuesday.

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Hollande summons Egyptian ambassador to France over demonstration killings

French President Francois Hollande summoned Thursday morning the Egyptian ambassador to France to the Elysee Palace to protest against demonstration killings in Cairo.

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Australian Labor Party's primary vote slumps in latest poll

Australian Labor Party's primary vote stands at just 30 percent, down 5 points since December, the latest Herald/Nielsen poll published in Fairfax newspapers showed on Monday.