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Financial Times (December 17)

2012/ 12/ 17 by jd in Global News

“Shinzo Abe has been given a second chance. He should count himself lucky. Nothing in his first, truncated term merits another spell at the helm of the world’s third-biggest economy.” By focusing on the economy and acting to end deflation, Mr. Abe can “seize what looks like a rare opportunity.”“Shinzo Abe has been given a second chance. He should count himself lucky. Nothing in his first, truncated term merits another spell at the helm of the world’s third-biggest economy.” By focusing on the economy and acting to end deflation, Mr. Abe can “seize what looks like a rare opportunity.”

 

The Economist (December 15)

2012/ 12/ 17 by jd in Global News

“Thankfully, North Korea is still a long way from putting nuclear warheads on a missile. It has between six and 12 nuclear devices, but they may not be small enough to put on a rocket. The technology relies on liquid fuel, which makes preparations for a launch both more hazardous and easier to spot than solid fuel. Above all, shooting a rocket up is one thing; mastering the re-entry technology that a military ballistic missile requires is quite another.”

 

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