The political parties had been working out the new election deal for the last several days, and they reached a formal agreement Wednesday night.

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Speaking before the two-day G7 gathering started with a formal dinner on Friday night, Japanese Finance Minister Koji Omi said the yen's current low value simply reflected the country's ongoing economic recovery.

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So, instead of spending three hours in a single restaurant, I continue to roam, nibbling at glimpses of the moon between the pachinko parlours, the click-clack of high-heels down an alleyway towards Kiyamachi, the way the couples still sit at decorous intervals along the riverbank, formal as courtiers, even if talking of that wild night in Waikiki.

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For example, did you know that the founder of Instagram has no formal engineering training, but rather was a marketer who taught himself to program and code at night?

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Two weeks ago, a new chief executive, Mike Darcey, arrived at News International and in a statement issued on Friday night, he said that Mr Witherow would take over at the Times "effective immediately, subject to formal approval as editor by the independent directors" of Times Newspapers Ltd.

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