Its advocates claim that putting Jewish restitution on the table is not only aquestion of justice, but could help solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by leading to mutual recognition of the plight of each side's refugees.
But the Archbishop said at the time that the Church in Wales had not been consulted over the question of a ban, and wanted the freedom to make its own decision.
The struggling electronics chain also said Friday that it did not receive a buyout bid from its co-founder Richard Schulze by the deadline Thursday, ending one question mark that had been hovering over the Minneapolis company.
The March 2011 earthquake unleashed a devastating tsunami, and Japan is still coming to terms with its impact - not least the question of restarting its nuclear energy programme after the closure of the crippled Fukushima plant.