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Tokyo bans the sale and lease of anime films and manga comics depicting rape, incest and other sex crimes to under-18s.

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A UK-based terror suspect was part of an al-Qaeda plot to launch co-ordinated international bombings, US Justice Department lawyers say.

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The prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) is set to announce the names of several Kenyans he accuses of being behind the violence that followed the disputed 2007 elections.

More than 1,200 people were killed and over half a million displaced.

In the peace deal that followed it was agreed that the perpetrators of the violence would face justice either in Kenya or at the ICC in the Hague.

Without court cases taking off locally, the ICC stepped in.

ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo is focusing on two cases of post-election violence. He will name six suspects.

Each will be served with a court summons, but if they fail to turn up or they hinder the investigation, Mr Ocampo will request arrest warrants.

Senior politicians are expected to be on the list.

In recent days there has been a degree of panic amongst some members of the usually untouchable political elite.

Most Kenyans feel these prosecutions are vital in order to undermine the deeply rooted culture of impunity.

Kenya has had a series of violent elections, but the disputed poll in 2007 saw the country taken to the brink of civil war.

Split along tribal lines, communities turned on each other with crude weapons as they were encouraged and even paid by power-hungry politicians.

The police used excessive force and carried out extra-judicial killings. More than 1,200 people were killed and half a million displaced.

The weapons were only put down after the former United Nations chief, Kofi Annan, brokered a peace deal between incumbent President Mwai Kibaki and his arch-rival, Raila Odinga.

As part of the peace deal, they agreed to ensure that perpetrators of the violence were prosecuted either in Kenya or in the Hague. The politicians thwarted all efforts to hold trials in Kenya and so the ICC stepped in.

In recent months several witnesses have been threatened, and the ICC has moved some out of the country.

The key question now is whether those accused will hand themselves over or be shielded by politicians and evade justice.

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A passenger plane carrying 22 people goes missing after taking off from an airport in eastern Nepal.

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Finance Minister Sammy Wilson says there are no plans for water charges over the next four years, as he delivers his draft budget to MLAs at Stormont.

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Millions of web users are being asked to reset their passwords on major sites such as Yahoo and LinkedIn, following an attack on gossip website Gawker.

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The number of those out of work in Wales has risen for the first time in six months.

The latest official figures show that 125,000 people are unemployed – up 4,000 on the quarter for the three months to October.

It means the unemployment rate in Wales stands at 8.6%, while the UK average is at 7.9%.

However, the number of people claiming jobseekers benefits in November remained unchanged at 71,000.

Despite the latest rise, the number jobless remains below the high point for 2010, which was 133,000 people out of work

The highest rate of benefit claimants in Wales remains in Blaenau Gwent at 6.3%, which is a drop of 1.2% on the month.

Monmouthshire and Ceredigion have the lowest rate, at 1.9%.

The latest figures released by the Office for National Statistics also show how different industry sectors have fared over the last year.

The number of people employed in manufacturing in September 2010 in Wales has dropped by 20,000 posts.

The drop in workplace jobs in the health and social service sector has fallen by 12,000, while in information technology the reduction is 9,000 places.

At the same time, the number of people employed in the retail industries has jumped up by 29,000 since September 2009.

The rise in the food and accommodation sectors is even greater – with 36,000 more people now employed in those areas than a year ago.

Commenting on the labour market figures, Deputy First Minister Ieuan Wyn Jones said: “It is true that these latest figures show two encouraging signs.

“The number of people in work in Wales has gone up over the year, while the claimant count, the most timely measure of how many people are seeking support, has dropped by 12.3% over the year, more than the UK.

“Despite this progress we remain cautious.

“The aftershocks of the recession are still being felt and the data suggests that the rate of improvement in the UK economy has slowed.

“All of us need to continue working together to make sure this slow recovery is properly established and here to stay.”

The assembly’s Conservative spokesperson on the economy, Darren Millar said the statistics showed that the UK government was taking the right approach in cutting the economic deficit.

He added: “More needs to be done at an assembly level to help stimulate job creation, which is why Welsh Conservatives would abolish business rates for the majority of Wales’ small businesses and encourage entrepreneurship in our schools.”

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Chinese PM Wen Jiabao is due to begin a three-day official visit to India aimed at boosting trade ties between the two countries.

China is India’s largest trading partner – two-way trade volumes are set to hit $60bn (£38bn) this fiscal year.

The two nations fought a brief border war in 1962, but ties have improved.

Tensions remain, however, between the rising powers over their shared 3,500-km (2,170-mile) border, decades on from the conflict, which China won.

During his visit Mr Wen will hold talks with his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh, External Affairs Minister SM Krishna and the ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi.

In October he told Mr Singh on the sidelines of a regional meeting in Vietnam that there was “enough space” in the world for both countries to develop.

Mr Wen – the first Chinese premier to visit India in four years – is expected to be accompanied by 400 businessmen.

“Economic ties constitute literally the bedrock of our relations. Both sides are keen to further enhance mutually beneficial trade and are looking at new initiatives,” an Indian foreign ministry spokesman was quoted as saying by Reuters news agency.

Though bilateral trade is booming, analysts say the relationship is not flattering for India.

“India faces a ballooning trade deficit with China and the dumping of Chinese goods that is systematically killing local manufacturing. Mr Wen comes with a huge trade delegation to fortify this asymmetrical relationship,” said Indian strategic affairs analyst Brahma Chellany.

Ties between the two countries were strained in August when India cancelled defence exchanges after China refused a visa to a Kashmir-based general.

Last year, India protested against the Chinese practice of issuing visas to Kashmiris on separate pieces of paper, unlike the standard visas it offered to other Indians. China gave no explanation for the move.

China is also strongly critical of India for granting residence to the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama.

It is also close to India’s traditional foe, Pakistan, with whom it is co-operating on military and missile development, cross-border infrastructure, and a deep-water port.

“Relations are very fragile, very easy to be damaged and very difficult to repair. Therefore they need special care in the information age.” China’s envoy to India, Zhang Yan, told reporters ahead of Mr Wen’s visit.

Mr Wen will travel to India’s nuclear-armed neighbour, Pakistan, for a two-day official visit after completing his India trip.

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Unemployment in the UK increased by 35,000 in the three months to October to 2.5 million, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has said.

It was first time that the jobless measure has risen for six months.

The increase pushed the unemployment rate up to 7.9%, a higher rate than analysts had expected.

However, the number of people claiming the Jobseeker’s Allowance in November fell fractionally, by 1,200 to 1.46 million, the ONS said.

The pound dropped half a cent on the news, to $1.573.

The data could also heighten the policy dilemma for the Bank of England, coming only a day after figures showed consumer price inflation had risen to 3.3%, well above the Bank’s 2% target.

In recent meetings, the UK Bank’s monetary policy committee has been split three ways, with one member voting in favour of gradual interest rate rises to head off inflation, while another has voted to increase the Bank’s purchases of government bonds in order to boost the recovery.

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Weir Group is fined £3m for breaching UN sanctions by doing business with Saddam Hussein’s regime.

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A man has appeared in court charged with murdering his former partner and her son at the home they shared.

Sally Cox, 43, and Martin Faulkner, 22, were attacked with an axe at the house in Banbury, Oxfordshire. They were found on Monday.

Michael Kelly, 45, of Hatch Road, Swindon, appeared before Banbury magistrates and was remanded in custody.

In addition to the two murder charges, Mr Kelly also faces an assault charge.

He was arrested in Swindon a few hours after the bodies were found in Mold Crescent.

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Police clash with protesters in the Greek capital Athens as unions stage a general strike against government austerity measures.

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The European Parliament approves a revised EU budget for 2011 which includes a 2.9% increase in spending.

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Too many teenagers are left confused by the process of applying to university, the exams regulator says.

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