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A declining Japan loses its once-hopeful champions Oct 28th 2012, 00:06 TOKYO — Jesper Koll, an economist who's lived in Japan for 26 years, says it's not easy for him to keep faith in a country that's shrinking, aging, stuck in protracted economic gloom and losing fast ground to China as the region's dominant power. Read full article >> Accusations against generals cast dark shadow over Army Oct 27th 2012, 23:57 The accusations leveled against three Army generals over the past six months are as varied as they are striking, the highest-profile of a growing number of allegations of wrongdoing by senior military officials. Read full article >> Hezbollah straddles tenuous line between Syria and Lebanon Oct 27th 2012, 17:33 BEIRUT — The Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah has spent months trying to tread a narrow line, balancing its support for the Syrian government with its responsibilities as Lebanon's dominant political force. But increasing tensions inside Lebanon have underscored obstacles to having it both ways. Read full article >> Peter Moore, former hostage in Iraq, talks about life in captivity Oct 27th 2012, 17:00 In 2007, a group of armed men backed by Irans Revolutionary Guardcaptured a computer consultant named Peter Moore in Baghdad, along with four British security guards, and imprisoned them. Moore, from Lincoln in England, was released 31 months later, after the U.S. military agreed to release a Shia cleric, in December 2009, but his four countrymen were killed. Moore later recounted his life in captivity, which consisted of near-daily beatings, mock executions and having to spend years not being able clearly because his captors confiscated his glasses. Read full article >> Iran hopes to resist sanctions by boosting production Oct 27th 2012, 15:46 With an economy struggling through some of the most punishing economic sanctions in history, Iran is looking inward to meet its basic needs while attempting to change the consumption habits of a society accustomed to enjoying a range of foreign products. Read full article >> Russian opposition protest leaders held in Moscow Oct 27th 2012, 15:35 MOSCOW — Police detained three leaders of the opposition Saturday, including one who had been charged Friday with plotting mass disorder, as they walked near the headquarters of the security police to protest repression and torture. Read full article >> Report: One day in, Syrian forces already breaking cease-fire Oct 27th 2012, 15:18 Rebel and government forces in Syria began a four-day cease-fire on Friday to observe the holiday Eid al-Adha. But, according to a report from activists that the Associated Press says is consistent with their reporting, the Syrian military only made it part way through two Day Two before violating the truce. Read full article >>

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