The prime minister's remark bolsters the central bank's independence - granted in 1998 - and clears the way for the bank to start mopping up liquidity as early as March or April.

首相的言论支持了1998年授予日本央行的独立性，并为央行着手削减流动资金扫清了道路。央行最早可能在3月或4月采取行动。

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Bangladesh,then known as East Pakistan, declared independence on March 26 1971.

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Bhagat Singh dedicated his life to revolutionary actions out of love for his motherland and these acts were part of the march towards independence from British rule.

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Today's document, as charted elsewhere, envisages that independence day for Scotland would be in March 2016, with elections to an independent Scottish Parliament following closely thereon, in May the same year.

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Cambodia's fledgling judiciary is not famous for its independence, so no one was surprised when the trial on March 4th of the country's exiled senior prime minister, Prince Norodom Ranariddh, accused of illegally importing arms, ended in his conviction.

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