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Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (pictured on March 4) ...

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Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:10:04 +0100
(AFP/Jiji Press/File) - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (pictured on March 4) on Friday made a rare call for "firm steps" to stem the strength of the yen after the currency's recent advances hit exporters' earnings.(AFP/Jiji Press/File)

In this 2006 picture captain Pete Bethune is pictured standing ...

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Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:50:04 +0100
(AFP/File) - In this 2006 picture captain Pete Bethune is pictured standing next to the alternative-fueled high-speed powerboat Earthrace, later to be renamed the Ady Gil, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Bethune was arrested in Japan on Friday after a harpoon ship he boarded in Antarctic waters last month docked in Tokyo, greeted by police and nationalist protesters.(AFP/File/Robert Sullivan)

Wang Ching-feng (right), Taiwan's Justice Minister, is pictured ...

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Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:30:02 +0100
(AFP/File) - Wang Ching-feng (right), Taiwan's Justice Minister, is pictured with then prosecutor general Chen Tsung-ming, in Taipei, in 2009. Wang resigned late on Thursday after attracting a storm of criticism over a vow not to order any executions during her term, according to an official.(AFP/File/Patrick Lin)

The logo of HSBC Private Bank is pictured in Geneva in 2006. ...

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Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:20:14 +0100
(AFP/File) - The logo of HSBC Private Bank is pictured in Geneva in 2006. Some 24,000 customers may have been affected by the theft of data from a Swiss branch of banking giant HSBC three years ago, Alexandre Zeller, chief executive of HSBC Private Bank, has said.(AFP/File/Fabrice Coffrini)

Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani is pictured in 2008. ...

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Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:40:13 +0100
(AFP/File) - Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani is pictured in 2008. According to the Forbes rich list, he is Asia's richest man, climbing to number four in the world rankings with a net worth of 29 billion dollars.(AFP/File/Prakash Singh)