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Company eyes coal on Montana's Crow reservation

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) -- A mining company plans to start exploratory work this spring on an estimated 400 million tons of coal beneath Montana's Crow Indian Reservation, adding to a spate of recent interest in the region's huge coal reserves despite flagging domestic demand for the fuel.

Signal Peak Energy is eying a future mine on private property within the reservation's boundaries known as the Hope Ranch.

The exploration area covers more than 7,000 acres and is just a few miles from the neighboring Northern Cheyenne Reservation, according to an analysis of the project by federal officials. The site is about 30 miles north of the Wyoming border.

Signal Peak operates the Bull Mountain mine north of Billings and exports much of its coal to customers in Asia.

Its pursuit of coal on the reservation follows a January deal signed by Crow leaders including tribal Chairman Darrin Old Coyote that gave another company rights to lease an estimated 1.4 billion tons of coal. Wyoming-based Cloud Peak Energy agreed to pay the tribe $2.25 million up front and additional payments in coming years could add up to $10 million.

Before any decision is made on a mine at Hope Ranch, Signal Peak President John DeMichiei said the company will need to analyze drilling samples. Those will be collected in coming months to gauge the coal's quality and more accurately define how much is there.

The 400-million-ton figure is only an initial estimate, he said.

"Obviously there's a lot of potential in Montana," DeMichiei said. "We've developed a world-class operation in Signal Peak, and we have the opportunity to do that elsewhere in Montana on a similar level."

The only coal mine now on the reservation is Westmoreland Resources' Absaloka mine, which opened in 1974 and produces about 6 million tons annually.

Crow Tribe attorney Bill Watt said there have been preliminary discussions with Signal Peak, but offered no further comment.

Hope Ranch is among several sites Signal Peak is investigating, DeMichiei said. He declined to reveal details on the others and said they were not as far along.

The tribe's 2.2-million-acre reservation sits atop an estimated 9 billion coal reserve. It's located at the north end of the Powder River Basin, an arid region along the Montana-Wyoming border that produces more coal than any other part of the country.

The tribe's reserves would be enough to satisfy U.S. power plant needs for almost a decade based on current consumption rates. Yet domestic demand for the fuel has fallen off sharply over the last several years, primarily due to competition from cheap natural gas.

To offset those declines, companies including Signal Peak and Cloud Peak have stepped up sales in Asia, where demand remains strong among developing countries and industrialized nations including Japan and South Korea.

Exports last year hit record high levels.

The industry's aspirations for further growth have been challenged by environmentalists and some public officials lined up against several proposed new coal ports on the West Coast. In Montana, the industry's detractors have raised concerns that increased mining could hurt agricultural water supplies and cause congestion on rail lines used to ship the coal out of state.

Supporters say increased coal exports would spur new jobs in mining, shipping and construction.

Federal officials have given initial approval for Signal Peak's work at Hope Ranch, although the decision remains subject to appeal through March 22, said Phil Perlewitz with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.

The agency has authority over the project as part of the government's Indian trust responsibilities because the site is within the reservation's boundaries, said Perlewitz.

Even though the work is being done on private land, it's expected that the company would need cooperation from the tribe to pursue a mine.

Another major player in the industry, Arch Coal, Inc., has leased a large reserve of state-owned coal just east of the Northern Cheyenne Reservation. That mine, which would require a new railroad, is encountering opposition from some members of the Northern Cheyenne who fear that it will disrupt their traditional culture and increase air pollution.

Combined, the Arch and Cloud Peak proposals entail mining of 30 million tons of coal annually. If Signal Peak also pursues a mine, the three projects have the potential to roughly double Montana's annual production levels.

It's unclear how the company would get the coal off the reservation. There's little infrastructure in the area, and the exploratory work is planned about 10 miles east of the nearest rail line, owned by BNSF Railway.

DiMichiei said it was too early to discuss transportation options. At Bull Mountain, the company built a 36-mile rail spur for $105 million to connect to nearest BNSF line.

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China becomes world's fifth largest arms exporter

STOCKHOLM (AP) — China has bypassed Britain as the world's fifth largest arms exporter, a Swedish think tank said Monday.

The volume of Chinese weapons exports rose by 162 percent in the five years 2008-2012, compared to the previous five-year period, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute said in its report. That means China's share of all international arms exports increased to 5 percent from 2 percent, and the country climbed to fifth from eighth in the rankings.

The largest buyer of Chinese weapons was Pakistan, which accounted for 55 percent of the country's exports, followed by Myanmar with 8 percent and Bangladesh with 7 percent, SIPRI said.

"China's rise has been driven primarily by large-scale arms acquisitions by Pakistan," said Paul Holtom, director of the SIPRI Arms Transfers Programme. "However, a number of recent deals indicate that China is establishing itself as a significant arms supplier to a growing number of important recipient states."

Such deals include the sale of three frigates to Algeria, eight transport aircraft to Venezuela and 54 tanks to Morocco, SIPRI said.

The U.S. remains the world's top arms exporter during the 2008-2012 period, with 30 percent of the global volume. Russia is second with 26 percent, Germany third with 7 percent, and France fourth with 6 percent, SIPRI said.

China's move into the top-five means Britain (now in sixth place) dropped off the list of the top five for the first time since at least 1950, the earliest year covered by SIPRI data.

The institute said Asia dominated the global imports of weapons, with the top five importers all located in that region.

Here's SIPRI's list of the top 5 arms exporters in 2008-2012 (share of international exports in parenthesis):

1. United States (30 percent).

2. Russia (26).

3. Germany (7).

4. France (6).

5. China (5).

The top 5 arms importers in 2008-2012 (share of international imports in parenthesis):

1. India (12 percent).

2. China (6).

3. Pakistan (5).

4. South Korea (5).

5. Singapore (4).

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Column: Reaching for middle, pulled to edges

WASHINGTON (AP) -- It was a bipartisan spectacle, one served up for Americans craving cooperation in an era of divided government and persistent gridlock.

From one end of Pennsylvania Avenue to the other, President Barack Obama and Republicans in Congress made what seemed like an attempt to work together. Republicans dined at and a few blocks from the White House and the president visited Capitol Hill, each side essentially on the other's home turf. Talk — in public at least — focused on areas of possible collaboration. The phrase "grand bargain" was tossed around as if big, across-the-aisle deals were in the works.

If only it actually had meant a sea change. But in reality, the past few weeks simply shone the spotlight on the tension of this nation's say-one-thing-do-the-other politics.

Both Obama and House Speaker John Boehner tempered expectations — and put the onus on others to find common ground.

"We've had good conversations. But ultimately it's a matter of the House and Senate, both caucuses, getting together and being willing to compromise," Obama said, a measured prod as he left Capitol Hill after three days of meetings last week that, like the bipartisan meals of the week before, he had initiated.

Boehner was blunt: "This is going to take more than dinner dates and phone calls. It's going to take the president and Senate Democrats rolling up their sleeves, making tough choices about how we solve our nation's problems."

At the same time, Republicans and Democrats did the very opposite of reach for the middle. Each side offered up competing budget proposals filled with ideas drawn narrowly from their ideological wings. Both sides dug in on their positions.

Obama also spent time bucking up his biggest backers, who had huddled to plot how to help his agenda through Congress. Fighting for the middle class was the phrase of choice — as they gathered for two days in the posh St. Regis hotel. Organizers sought to appear nonpartisan, promising to work with people of all political stripes, albeit those who wanted to help enact "a progressive agenda." That's essentially code for Democrats who back Obama's proposals.

"What we want is to make sure that the voices of the people who put me here continue to be heard," Obama told the gathering.

Meanwhile, the Republican Party's leaders of yesterday and tomorrow courted conservative activists during an annual conference that was both a pep rally for the GOP's most ardent backers and a three-day skewering of Democrats even as questions about the party's direction hung heavy. So-called red meat — sound bites, refrains and slogans served up to energize supporters and demonize opponents — topped the menu.

"Don't tell me Republicans are out of ideas when the entire Democrat agenda was articulated during the Truman administration," the top Senate Republican, Mitch McConnell, said. "Don't tell me Democrats are the party of the future, when their presidential ticket for 2016 is shaping up to look like a rerun of the 'Golden Girls.' We've got Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, Paul Ryan and a slew of smart, young and energetic governors ready to take America into the future. They've got Hillary and Joe Biden."

The lesson: The pressures of a system dominated by the far wings of their political parties — where liberals hold the power among Democrats and conservatives hold the power among Republicans — cause leaders to speak out of both sides of their mouths. This has become the case all too often, even though the general public says it wants collaboration and some politicians truly want to collaborate.

So is the system itself preventing it?

For both sides, the mirage of bipartisanship is a political necessity. Polls show that Americans are deeply sour on the Republican Party. Now people are turning on Obama, too; he has lost his postelection bump in surveys. So, with their actions of comity, they're both trying to send a message: We get that you want us to work together.

But, as is usually the case in politics, the show obscures the truth.

Both sides feel intense pressure to rile up their core supporters, perhaps even more than the pressure they feel to address the nation's problems. Here's why: Those who are the most polarized in America are also the most passionate, motivated to raise money, knock on doors and spread the message of their favored candidates. That means those are the people who wield the most influence over politicians — the ideological and the involved.

Not so much for the rest of the country. Centrist America is not at all homogenous in its views. It's certainly not passionate about the middle of the road. And because of that, it's much less willing to spend its time working for it. Nobody in this group marches en masse to chant, fervently, "We want common ground" — which by definition means all sides bending a bit in their beliefs.

This is not a new phenomenon.

In May 1968, Richard Nixon spoke of a "silent center" — "the millions of people in the middle of the American political spectrum who do not demonstrate, who do not picket or protest loudly."

With polarization and disgust with Washington at a high level — common wisdom in recent years has suggested that the public's appetite was ripe for supporting politicians focused on the middle ground. Yet even when conditions are ripe for compromise, and people are willing to compromise, our nation struggles with it.

Even when the center of the electorate does get a burst of passion, often there's nothing for it to stick to because — in this system, at least — no candidate who takes the middle ground makes it very far. Efforts to draft like-minded candidates, through groups called Unity08 and Americans Elect, fizzled. And No Labels — described as Democrats, Republicans and "everything in between dedicated to the politics of problem-solving" — has generated little, if any, traction.

Despite this cantankerous environment, recent weeks have brought moments of true compromise.

Three times in as many months, Congress passed laws with bipartisan support: expanding the Violence Against Women Act, extending Superstorm Sandy aid and avoiding a "fiscal cliff" of automatic tax increases and spending cuts that economists said would have set back the slow-growing economy. Democrats drove the train on all three; Boehner, recognizing the perilous politics for his party should he block votes, agreed to break his usual stance that he wouldn't bring a measure to the floor without most Republicans supporting it.

What's more, Republicans and Democrats also are showing signs of coming together to overhaul the immigration system, if not other matters like cybersecurity.

Such developments may suggest the starting point of a period of increased compromise — the conflicting images of the past few weeks, and Washington's history of speaking out of both sides of its mouth, aside. Silent though it may be, the center still pulls.

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EDITOR'S NOTE — Liz Sidoti is the national politics editor for The Associated Press. Follow her on Twitter: http://twitter.com/lsidoti

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フェンディ 店舗 東京・ディファ有明で行われる『REBELS.17

【レベルス】5・6初代王者は誰だ!?ライト級トーナメントがスタート5月6日（月・祝）東京・新宿FACEで開催される『REBELS.16』の一部対戦カードが発表された。

　ムエタイルール（ヒジ打ちあり、首相撲無制限など）に準ずるREBELS-MUAYTHAIルール、さらにREBELS-MUAYTHAIランキングとタイトルが制定され、今大会からREBELS-MUAYTHAIライト級の王座決定トーナメントがスタートする。トーナメント出場者は4人となり、準決勝の組み合わせは黒田アキヒロ（フォルティス渋谷）vsMIDORI（習志野ジム）、ハチマキ（PHOENIX）vs稲葉竜太（team OJ）となった。

　黒田とハチマキは、今年1月27日に対戦しドロー,ダウン コート メンズ 同社の売り上げは拡大しているが利益は伸びず、その成功には疑問の声もある。その2人が別ブロックに分かれて、MA日本ランカーのMIDORI、APKFライト級王者・稲葉竜太と対戦する,フェンディ バック ドミニカ共和国。誰が勝ち上がるか予想困難なハイレベルのトーナメントとなりそうだ。

なお、この2試合の勝者が7月21日（日）東京・ディファ有明で行われる『REBELS.17（仮称）』で初代王者のベルトを争うこととなる。

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【ＷＢＣ】豪快４発＆１４点！キューバが猛打で台湾を下す「ＷＢＣ２次ラウンド敗者復活１回戦、キューバ14‐０台湾」（９日・東京ドーム）

　キューバ打線が初回から火を噴いた。初回は２死無走者からフェルナンデスが、二塁手のグラブをはじく強烈な打球の右前打で出塁,東証＝始値　１万１６９５円４５銭 株式。セペダはカウント３‐１から豪快に振り抜き、先制の右越え２ランだ,2013年2月26日読売新聞。

　四回にはソフトバンクの陽耀勲に対し、無死一塁から５番・アブレウが投前バントを試みた。長距離打者の小技を予測していなかったのか、二塁手のカバーが遅れ、陽耀勲の送球が悪送球（ヒットと失策）とって無死二、三塁。ここでＡ・デスパイネが中前適時打。

　さらに１次ラウンドの日本戦でも特大アーチを放っていたトマスが、試合を決定づける右越え３ランを放った。

　それでもキューバは攻撃の手を一切緩めない。オランダ戦５併殺の拙攻のうっぷんを晴らすかのように、打ちまくった。六回はアブレウの２ラン、Ａ・デスパイネのソロなどで大量８点を加えたキューバが結局、七回表終了コールドで圧勝した。

　キューバは米サンフランシスコで行われる準決勝進出をかけて、11日に、オランダ‐日本の敗者と敗者復活２回戦を行う。そこで勝利を収めれば、準決勝進出が決まる。

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Acekard2i の公開を記念して制作されたもの

東京都・汐留に巨大な3Dトリックアート作品が出現『ジャックと天空の巨人』(マイナビニュース)世界的3Dトリック・アーティスト「3D Joe & Max」が描いた3Dトリック・アートが11日、東京・汐留日テレプラザ ゼロスタ広場にて期間限定で公開された。公開期間は3月17日まで。同アート作品は、世界的不朽の名作「ジャックと豆の木」をブライアン・シンガー監督が映像化した映画『ジャックと天空の巨人』(3月22日公開予定)の公開を記念して制作されたもの。現場には「3D Joe & Max」のジョー・ヒルが来日し、上空1万メートルの巨大な豆の木をイメージした3Dトリック・アートを完成させた。日本で3Dトリックアートを描くことが長年の夢だったと話すジョー・ヒルは「デザイン案が決まってからは約7日間くらいで(この作品は)完成したよ」と今回の作品の製作期間についてコメント。制作の際に使う道具については、作品によって違うとのことだが、この作品の場合はまずベースコートを絵の具で行い、チョークでアウトラインを描き、アクリル絵の具で仕上げていったという。また、この作品をどう楽しんでもらいたいかと尋ねられると「制作しているとき、いつも観客の人たちが"この位置に立って、こういうポーズをとってくれるだろうな"と想像しながら描くんだ,　しかし、完成した作品については「そんなに違和感ないなと思った」と満足している様子。だけど、いつも自分がまったく想像できなかった驚くようなポージングをする人が出てくるんだよ(笑),グッチ バック 元副会長で、東京が名乗りを上げている２０２０年夏季五輪の開催都市選定で投票権を持つＩＯＣ委員のアニタ・デフランツさん。だから日本の方にも、僕がビックリするようなポージングをしてもらたら嬉しいな」と語った。さらに、ジョー・ヒルは3Dトリックアートを描くコツについて「こんなに秘密を打ち明かしたら次回以降の日本での仕事がなくなっちゃうよ」と冗談を交えつつ「まずカメラをセットアップして、作業中は何度もそのカメラでちゃんと3Dに見えるのかをチェックすることだね。初めて挑戦する場合はリンゴひとつとか、シンプルな物から始めればいいと思うよ。色も最初からあまり多くしないこともポイントかな」とアドバイス。そのほか、将来的には様々な映画をテーマとした3Dトリック・アート作品を約10点ほど一堂に展示し、お酒を飲みながらアート作品を楽しめるような空間を作ってみたいと明かしてくれた。○3Dトリック・アーティスト「3D Joe & Max」の作品一覧(C)Joe Hill of 3D Joe and Max

プラダ バッグ 北朝鮮指導部を対象にした米政府独自の金融制裁も実施されるとの見方を表明した

【北制裁決議】「テロ支援国家」再指定の方向　アーミテージ氏が見通しアーミテージ元米国務副長官は７日、共同通信とのインタビューで、米政府が北朝鮮をテロ支援国家に再指定するとの見通しを示した。「再びその方向に向かっている」と述べた,セリーヌ トラペーズ 　五輪では、持ち味のスピードを発揮する前に集団から脱落した。北朝鮮指導部を対象にした米政府独自の金融制裁も実施されるとの見方を表明した。　アーミテージ氏はレーガン政権の国防次官補として１９８８年のテロ支援国家指定を主導したと強調。北朝鮮に対してはオバマ政権の「戦略的忍耐」ではなく「戦略的圧力」が必要と指摘した。　北朝鮮はよく考えて行動しているとして、極端な行動には出ないと分析。ただ挑発的な言動は続くとの見方を示した,11日・ボディメーカーコロシアム。（共同）

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中国の海洋監視船３隻、尖閣沖領海に侵入第１１管区海上保安本部（那覇市）によると、１２日午前１０時２分頃から１２分頃にかけて、中国の海洋監視船「海監」３隻が、沖縄県石垣市の尖閣諸島・魚釣島沖の領海に相次いで侵入した,　そんな大坂さんと津田さんが苦労を重ねて完成させた『ウェブで政治を動かす。中国監視船の領海侵入は６日以来,背が低くて太った警官は市民の目に触れちゃダメ。

　発表によると、３隻は１２日午前６時４９分頃から同７時頃にかけて、同諸島・久場(くば)島沖の接続水域（領海の外側約２２キロ）に入り、その後、領海に入った。海上保安庁の巡視船が、領海から出るよう警告している。

ゴールド・パンダ 、 ゴー

ゴールド・パンダの1年4ヵ月ぶりの来日公演決定！スペシャル・ゲストは話題沸騰中のスター・スリンガー3月13日に日本企画盤『イン・シーケンス（In Sequence）』をリリースするゴールド・パンダ（Gold Panda）の1年4ヵ月ぶりとなる来日公演が決定！ 4月12日（金）東京・代官山 UNIT、13日（土）大阪 LIVE SPACE CONPASSにて行なわれます。

　そしてスペシャル・ゲストも決定！ ゴールド・パンダをはじめウォッシュト・アウト、ゴー！チームなどのリミックスを手掛て注目を集め、2011年にメキシカン・サマーよりリリースしたUSノックスビルのプロデューサー、チームスとのスプリット作『チームス vs スター・スリンガー』が日本でもコアなレコード店を中心に大ヒットを記録したスター・スリンガーが待望の初来日します。

　次世代のエレクトロニック・ミュージックを担う2アーティストのカップリング・ツアーをお見逃しなく！【関連記事】 ゴールド・パンダ（GOLD PANDA）の1年4ヵ月ぶりの来日公演決定！スペシャル・ゲストは話題沸騰中のスター・スリンガー バロック・ヴァイオリンの鬼才、エンリコ・オノフリ（ENRICO ONOFRI）来日に合わせてニュー・アルバム発売！ グラミー受賞、FUN,女房からは『浮かれることなく、感謝しながら頑張りなさい』と言われている」.初の日本ツアー開幕！ ジェイムス・ブレイク（JAMES BLAKE）、ニュー・アルバムを携えた待望の来日公演が6月に決定,中央競馬は月曜日から連日、週末に向けた現場からの情報を提供するほか、動画も毎日違う番組を更新！ ゴールド・パンダ 、 ゴー!チーム 、 エレクトロニック・ミュージック を調べる

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ドコモ、「Xperia Tablet Z」の事前予約を3月9日に開始NTTドコモは、ソニーモバイルコミュニケーションズ製のAndroid 4.1搭載タブレット「Xperia Tablet Z SO-03E」の事前予約を3月9日から受け付ける。発売は3月22日を予定している,品川の後に乗車した２人組が持ち去った疑いがあり、財布の中のカード類は１日に六本木の路上で発見された。

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　Xperia Tablet Z SO-03は、10,　日産は現在、三菱自やスズキからＯＥＭ.1インチのワイドUXGA（1920×1200ピクセル）表示Reality Displayを搭載したタブレット。ボディは世界最薄の厚さ6.9ミリ、国内最軽量の重さ495グラムというスペックで、さらに防水・防塵性能を備える。

　CPUは1.5GHz動作のクアッドコアプロセッサー「Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064」、カメラには有効約810万画素の裏面照射型CMOS「Exmor R for mobile」を採用した。通信面ではドコモのLTEサービス「Xi」に対応し、下り最大100Mbps／上り最大37.5Mbpsでの通信が行える。そのほかワンセグとNOTTVにも対応した。ボディカラーはBlackとWhiteの2色をラインアップする。【関連記事】 Xperia Tablet ZからXperia Zを充電できるMicro USBケーブル――エレコム Mobile World Congress 2013：Xperia Tablet Zの世界展開とWi-Fi版の提供を発表――ソニーモバイル ドコモ、特別番組「Xperia Z スペシャルレビュー」のアーカイブを公開 写真で解説する「Xperia Tablet Z SO-03E」 ドコモ タブレット：500グラムを切る10.1インチ防水タブレット「Xperia Tablet Z SO-03E」

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母の遺体か　遺棄容疑で、きょうだい３人逮捕大分県宇佐市の住宅で白骨遺体が見つかった事件で宇佐署は７日、死体遺棄容疑で家に住む無職、石貝千代栄容疑者（５９）＝高齢者虐待防止法違反容疑で逮捕＝を再逮捕し、同居のきょうだいでいずれも無職の宝容疑者（６５）と千賀栄容疑者（５２）を新たに逮捕した。同署は遺体が３人の母親で８０代の清子さんとみて捜査している,与党の保守・国民党は４３％にとどまった。　同署によると、３人は「母はまだ生きている」と容疑を否認、「人間より高次の段階にいる状態」などと説明しているという,牝５＝橋田。　逮捕容疑は２０１０年５月ごろから今年３月６日まで、宇佐市の自宅に遺体を遺棄した疑い。　宇佐市によると、市職員が１１年２月に調査のため住宅を訪れた際、宝容疑者は「母は元気です」と説明。職員は今年２月２２日～今月５日に計６回訪問したが、応対した千代栄容疑者らは「神の意思で自分たちが面倒を見ている」と面会を拒否した。市によると、年金の支払いは、１２年４月から保留となっている。

【柔道代表暴力問題】迅速な対応誓う全柔連 第三者委が１２日に答申全日本柔道連盟

【柔道代表暴力問題】迅速な対応誓う全柔連　第三者委が１２日に答申全日本柔道連盟（全柔連）の上村春樹会長は１１日、女子日本代表の指導陣による暴力問題などを検証した第三者委員会が１２日に提出する答申について「スピード感をもって対応し、真摯に受け入れていく」と述べた。　暴力行為と無縁ながら戒告を受けた女子代表の田辺勝監督代行らの処分については「適切でないとの提言をいただくと思う,19403。（１８日の）理事会で取り消しを協議する」と語った,iphone4s ケース デコ 鍓嶃伄銉氥兗銈�娆°伄銉氥兗銈� >。　問題を告発した女子１５選手に対する日本オリンピック委員会の聞き取り調査は既に終了し、同会長は「一区切り」と位置付けて組織の改革を実行に移す自覚を示した。

セリーヌ which responded by saying the documents were based neither on facts nor legal evidence.

Armenian opposition chief on hunger strike over lost election

YEREVAN (Reuters) - Former Armenian presidential candidate Raffi Hovannisian began a hunger strike on Sunday calling on President Serzh Sarksyan to resign, accusing him of rigging his re-election last month.

Hovannisian,r4i gold = Fasutorite FAST-store sales rose 9.6 percent in February UNIQLO, leader of the opposition Heritage Party took 37 percent of the vote in the February 18 election while Sarksyan was declared the victor with 58.6 percent. Hovannisian objected and filed a complaint with the Constitutional Court.

"This is not just a hunger strike, but a boycott against lies and fraud," Hovannisian told hundreds of his supporters at a rally in the capital Yerevan's central Freedom square.

"If on April 9 (inauguration day) Sarksyan takes his fake oath on the Constitution and the Holy Bible and the Supreme Patriarch...blesses the candidate, who mocks the people, then that will happen over my dead body," he said,セリーヌ.

The Constitutional Court is to start considering Hovannisian's complaint on Monday,iphone4s ケース 人気. The central election commission said last month there were no legal violations during the vote that could have influenced the outcome.

Hovannisian, a U,セリーヌ ポーチ.S.-born former foreign minister of the landlocked ex-Soviet republic, submitted 70 complaints to the electoral commission, which responded by saying the documents were based neither on facts nor legal evidence.

International election monitors said the poll was an improvement from previous ones but that it still lacked real competition after some of Sarksyan's adversaries decided not to run,iEDGE,9736, fearing the results would be skewed.

Since the election, the opposition has held several peaceful rallies to protest against alleged vote rigging.

Investors worry about any signs of instability in the South Caucasus state, where 10 people were killed in violence that followed Sarksyan's initial election in 2008.

Armenia, a country of 3,iphone4s ケース かわいい MRO last picture,セリーヌ サングラス.2 million people, hosts one of Russia's few foreign military bases and is part of a post-Soviet security alliance dominated by Moscow. It borders Iran, Georgia, Turkey and Azerbaijan.

(Reporting by Hasmik Mkrtchyan; Writing by Margarita Antidze; Editing by Mark Heinrich)

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"The eight generation" in 30 years of age by the United States of America in New York a jazz club jazz
first enka singer of the eight generation of Mr. Aki (62), a jazz club in New York the first jazz performance announced.The eight generation in the United States premiere, 83 years, 30 years later.The performance of the eight generation, the United States of America, vision of the jazz singer, Helen · Mr. Merrill (82) completed.The live recording of "New York jazz club, and respected Helen · joint performance of Mr. Merrill, the two dream was realized, really very happy."And the joy of the message.

[pictures] painting exhibition "makeup" Requiem and compassion of the Buddha's Conference on the eight generation of Ya Ji

eight generation was born in 1950, from Xiongben county.Club singer debut, 71 years.In 73 years, famous for "tears of love" released.Since then, the "love" the terminal "want to see you again" "boat." and many other popular songs of the publication, 80 years of "rain emotion" twenty-second Japan Record Award winners.12 years in October for the first jazz album "night album", released "iTunes Store" music delivery service and other 75 countries in the world, the world debut.

show, "AKI YASHIRO with Special Guest Helen Merrill (tentative)" in the title, held in March 27th Manhattan jazz club "and" barrier for RA, DoCoMo i-mode.The eight generation of common to perform love call of Merrill Lynch, who received the "Aki, born beautiful sexy voice, full of talent and warm song let me hear.", offer readily agreed.Show, each other's solo concert, plus two quartets also several songs, announced.

eight generation of said: "hope chest Ginza nightclub to sing more than 10 years of age to tell about Aki sauce.New York, the song of the heart of the audience can bring me to drive.Detailed information published in late January Premiere scheduled.(Daily News Digital) [] Association reported eight generation and Jamie: Jazz Album debut since twentieth "rain love relationship" 31 years after the Buddha makeup show: color Toyotomi Tsurutaro young, Shizuka, discipline are praying that the Buddhist paintings Shizuka Kudo: Crane taro, the eight generation of the discipline and the Buddhist painting affected to support "painting into strength" Buddha makeup show Yuki SA cage: red and white appearance is from the United States of America live, with pink, said: "the Department and the dawn of the la la" Yuki SA cage: after 20 years and enters the stage alone "wasn't born and sing?"
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Hasegawa Hiroshiki moss stage greetings "film is not",
"film Suzuki teacher" (supervision River yong people) 12, ushered in the first day of release, starring Hasegawa Hiroshiki (35) greetings in Tokyo's stage.Boarded the rostrum, roundly studies election in scene also has, however, "the film," not tighten the gas.

Itou Ayumi (32) starring "KON - SHIN" (with supervision nishikori Liangcheng) release, "the actress to be accepted, rare lines", and tears."Theatrical full-time to scarlet illusion (Phantom· Rouge)" (directed by Misaki Sato Yumi) are also disclosed, as voiced by Umika Kawashima (18) is "the 10 generation of the last goal is to force the hunter's" declaration.Articles related to [Ayase Harukanishidamiyuki] "Frank naughty lovely uncle" drunk...Nishijima Sujun 4 said the river was "absolutely." Ayase Ayarata varieties of cherry named "distant" "stubborn", I think......"Color bud Juli powerful "battle Bo has."Kyohko Hasegawa, Kawai Yong, Itou Ayumi
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Color bottle occupation wrestling groups, eliminate bully love song
color bottle today January 11th occupation wrestling group ZERO 1 Dojo was meeting reporter at.The only Japanese professional cheerleaders, I Wu Luo ouendan cooperation song "fighter", eliminate bully as objective established the general agency corporation "your replies group" songs of decision published.

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Press Conference on "the hottest Japanese occupation wrestler" ": • thermal man" alias ZERO 1 president banned military occupation wrestler, yuan Ootani Shinjiro Thai boxer Lin Cong, then the member color bottle at.Otani BLOG moved with bamboo forest should center - (Vo, G), "warrior" lyrics "desperately difficult situation." write this song, feel sympathy Otani color bottle of strong cooperation of the eager, so this project use determines the song.

"soldier", included in the January 16th issue of the new album color bottle "survival".February 3rd held in Tokyo Korakuen hall · the game began to be used, match tickets and "survival" CD became set support ticket sale.And race day is the color of the bottle singing thing decided.The song is occupation wrestling, martial arts professional channel, samurai TV broadcasting song playback.

Otani and color bottle Exchange began in June last year.Color Ping Qiyu Broadcasting Bureau · from the NACK5 program in the game to the venue, Otani bus, overheard touched by their passion, programs by mobile phone mail opportunity.At the press conference Otani color bottle fate of encounter and music are very hot rap, another new year's day ZERO 1 after the park hall conference finished first met members of "survival" source, received the "warrior", dozens of times to reveal.

this bamboo forest "Mr. Otani in broadcast what also didn't give me, this song is not".And "Japanese spirit prompting occupation wrestling.After the game the ring Otani said "occupation wrestling Japanese spirit, the victory so far does not give up, repeatedly, to convey the strength, to our own spirit is not 'a word, I was so touched.We also convey the strength and spirit is full of strength, if not!"Strong oath.[] [Power Push] Association reported color bottle album "survival" interview survival challenge!Color bottle new thought that Kobayashi Taro, the first album by only 11 song I Wu Luo Yingyuan orchestra!Blood PV color bottle 2 curved open color bottle, finally one day tour I Wu Luo Yingyuan Orchestra announced for the first time
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David Bowie, the new cover art, the birth process
Music · scene is David Bowie 10 years after the new "The Next Day" has been the topic of in, however, the cover art also attract sb.'s attention.

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Bowie's 1977 album "Heroes" adaptation, is "Heathen" (2002), "Reality" (2003), Jonathan · Byrne Brooke hands-on.He is in the blog "why the new design?""Why" Heroes "?"So, the question answer received so far.

first, "why the new design?"The question that the."What are the different thing to do -- anything to do with the field is very difficult, however, we do not think this new.The past design, when in use, the general "reuse" and "social group - Noyes, · human sport.".However, it is the title of the "The Next Day (the very next day)" as an example.And "Heroes" cover, white paper cover is, "now" very popular, symbol, or rock music spirits to forget the past, or cancellation of means. "

"however, all of us, that is not know.How do we cannot get rid of the past.When the Department of rehabilitation major Danish at you, that is how the scene appears -- something new out of it (especially to Bowie as the artist's case).That is when the big block, how many people are trying to break away from the past, and associate judge.Moreover, covering the last impression is the human condition.We used to keep the following day to continue to move forward.I can only choose. "

why "Heroes" was?-- "if Bowie album to destroy it, have a lot of choice.However, this is the most admired one album, is to destroy it, really hammered impression.Be necessary."Heroes" is now considered all points.Moreover, new very feel, "Heroes" cover is the atmosphere of harmony."Where Are We Now?"This song, Berlin and now Berlin walls collapsed.But in Berlin, Bowie formed a known about albert.The original album and now of consider."

Bowie look forward to the new "The Next Day" was released in March.

Ako Suzuki London Association report], [David Bowie, painting the dandy policy David Bowie era, design new album "number, Vinh phuc, data", the cover is minimaru David Bowie in March, the new album David Bowie's new album release, son also twitter David · Bowie, new single "KEK, wonder, and for all, group, Na?"Debut
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Fuji once tap tap after 1 and a half years new album released early decision, hall Tour
Fuji total fabric new album "seventh VOYAGER" (read: waiting for the detector) published in March 6th, became clear.

the Yomiuri TV in February 6th, Japanese Television Department of national network TV animation "space brothers' opening topic is appointed the new single" Small World "release waiting for them.On the other hand, this issue was published after a lapse of about 1 and a half years album "VOYAGER", the new system after the singles title track 4 song all included a.

at the same time, the first limited disc included single title music videos and, in 2012 the track trace the valuable document film after "DOCUMENT 2012 - Part 2" included of DVD pay.Here is the song "Small World" the first limited disk attached to the previous article, members of the audio commentary (secondary sound) included.
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and spring April 18th Sendai Youth Cultural Center for the beginning of the national hall first tour [Fuji fabric HALL tour 2013 "VOYAGER " the meeting also decided].This is the May 19th Tokyo premiere finally usher in NHK hall.


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DGA Award nomination made this · first nomination
(movie. Com news] the sixty-fifth Directors Guild of America (DGA) Award nomination was published.

the same trade unions belonging to the supervision of the vote of the same award, an · as have supervision ("zero dark · those have" at "), Tom · have have supervision (" les miserables "), directed by Ang Lee (" · of· pie, tiger and drifted for 227 days. ") Stephen Spielberg (· supervision" Lincoln ") such veteran into at the same time," that "the · first-time nominee.

on the other hand, "the world the last game book" David · O, director Russell and ", Ma center have" Paul Thomas · Anderson, "the moon of the kingdom of the Weiss · ·"; Anderson, "ginger grid connection shallow basket" Quentin Tarantino supervision lost the election.

drive cloud, larger studio director is elected, independent director is out of work.In addition, the awards ceremony was held on February 2nd.Related articles] [Directors Guild of America awards, "entertainer" M, the Director Award nomination publishes the award-winning VES director Ang Lee is a special award from the · directed and starred in "the breakthrough" the North American box office of $100000000!"Les miserables" New York previews in praise of Anna · Hathaway company have to drink it. [column] Connecticut racing name to record things [zero· · those at the "have"
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"Show Fei Ai" relaxation role China, kylin is met
cutting parameter Road East Osaka store street image characters of active relaxation role "the giraffe", January 1, 2013 pine bamboo can belong to the relaxation actor, January 11th met yesterday.

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the giraffe, born in November 11, 2009, 1 meters in height 4 cm, weight 4 branch girl watermelon.Following the 2010 October held a "relaxation role Grand Prix" national sixth was selected for the Osaka region, received first, Osaka Prefecture also served as goodwill ambassador.

a few days before the 7 day, relaxation character first as "R-1 happy chronological 2013" in, beautiful round of breakthrough.The press conference, asked to be rivals, "AKB48!Secretly center seat as the goal, daring to speak."."Comedian, his body to do?"The problem, "Mr. Chuan as after!I want to say, but the giraffe was still a baby, so......Fashion show and other work!"Such ambitions.

the future, now cut stone to store street and East Osaka campaigns, while continuing to the art of an opportunity to increase the range of activities in the field of predetermined.The giraffe blog is frequently updated, so be sure to check it.

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-- the arts, there is little hope?

the giraffe, cure all smile to expand activities, however, are then combined with the "smile", coupled with the activity."Just cute live!One of the skills also form!"Stone cutting, store street you say.

-- the opponent is?

AKB48!The seat is secretly center target.

-- relaxation of roles within the opponent is?

you opponent, as well as a friend.We relax role community atmosphere!Work with.

-- performance fee is received?

performance fee, the giraffe favorite AI conversion.By the way, today's performance fee 3 wormwood.

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the mailbox in as!I want to say, but the giraffe was still a baby, so......Fashion show and other work!
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Fumi Fumiko "the Metamorphosis" Volume 2 was released.It commemorates a portion of the bookstore, purchaser depicting down cards and paper circulated a.

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it is the new year's greetings, was written by color illustration card attached.Other general for the general paper was prepared bookstore.General purpose paper?Is the bookstore gift.Therefore, there is no processing shop confirm.

"Metamorphosis" is our monthly comics Dragon (Tak bookstore) series.Women used to have 3 people to meet students' men start group play.[] [] Association reported in January 12th released today [December 24th] party list today issued booklet lists Segawa Niko in "thought of cartoon school" books second play fantasy outsider has haruca.Clumsy you are very cute and love to use and Ishikawa Mei Fu beauty of this new series, Osamu Tezuka's former editor of blitz interview
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"DIR EN GREY tour 2013 TABULA RASA published" schedule
DIR EN GREY, launched in April 3rd a new mini album "THE UNRAVELING" together, decided to hold the national tour.

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the end held in Makuhari Music Festival "Cherry communications JAPAN 12 / 13" appeared for the first time, the biggest stage.EARTH STAGE in the DIR EN GREY announced on stage.
the rest at the end of the month Sakamoto short tour near east to control them, early in the new tour "tour 2013 TABULA RASA" detailed broadcast.

"tour 2013 TABULA RASA", held last December 25th at · in Tokyo; Tokyo International Forum, A performance hall after the title has only been published.This time, the April 5th Tokyo · TOKYO DOME CITY; HALL performance from the opening of the incident clearly.
current tour in Osaka, Nagoya, Kochi, Kyoto, Kobe, Tokyo is predetermined, the final is DIR EN GREY platform also said the Tokyo · STUDIO COAST held a new yard.

it has been broadcast of the concert tour titled "TABULA RASA", in Latin is a white state."THE UNRAVELING" new works, carrying 5 people around the scenery depiction of what?.New watch it together.



"tour 2013 TABULA RASA"
4 / 5 (gold) [] TOKYO DOME CITY HALL Tokyo
4 / 11 (wood) [Japan] South Hatch
4 / 12 (gold) [Japan] South Hatch
4 / 14 (Japan) [] BAY SQUARE Kochi Kochi Prefecture
4 / 518 (wood) [] Zepp Nagoya Aichi
4 / 20 (soil) [] KBS hall, Kyoto Kyoto
4 / 21 (Japan) [] KBS hall, Kyoto Kyoto
4 / 27 (soil)] [Hyogo prefectural Kobe International Club
4 / 28 (Japan)] [Hyogo prefectural Kobe International Club
5 / 15 (water) [] STUDIO COAST New Tokyo Kiba
5 / 16 (wood) [] STUDIO COAST New Tokyo Kiba

the OFFICIAL rice CLUB "a" knot tickets in advance booking
accept time: 2 / 1 (gold) 12: 00 - 2 / 5 (fire) 23: 59

the tickets to the general distribution: 3 / 9 (soil) in order to [DIR EN GREY] Association reported to start again!The new "contour" published we summarize those test, making music!
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Goodbye, Ni Internet, look forward to "TV" strike
tomorrow January 14th (month) of the "TV" strike (Asahi TV series ABC) "in 2013 Black special" project was broadcast, goodbye youth light, Ni Internet, jungle pocket star.

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they "2013 Black yes entertainer", collected on the 3 group.In the recording studio, funny, Iraq set of optical, Shinagawa Shoji, member of the "film" lively "weight loss", "new attractions" and other fields, guessing with talk spread out.

the domain recommendation information is introduced, the respective experts say is the Journal editors.Other artists on the VTR, Ig Natalie also cooperation.The 3 group is not only the fans, please look forward to broadcast.

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January 14, 2013 (month) 23: 15 to 24: 15
ABC January 14, 2013 (month) 24: 30 to 25: 32
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Ishii Hiroko [] Association reported Saito, Tada's debut "escape" 2 weeks of continuous SP rain and adolescents, Tokyo TV variety show "new year new year 'to the body around 007" shuffle location and material luxury 6 and a half hours looking forward to next year's comedy material interpretation of "ing!"Ing to 2013"!Color TOP3 Zhu series,, on my
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目標達成へ「躍進」「断行」の年 ２０１３年企業トップ所感

目標達成へ「躍進」「断行」の年　２０１３年企業トップ所感
多くの企業や官庁で仕事始めを迎えた４日、経営トップが示した年頭所感では、２０１３年を目標達成に向けた「躍進」「断行」の年と位置づけ、課題の解決を目指す声が多かった。

　◆宗岡正二・新日鉄住金会長

　足元の状況は厳しいが、将来を悲観する必要は全くない。「総合力世界ナンバーワンの鉄鋼メーカー」として生き残り、成長していけるかは今年のスタートダッシュのスピードと到達点にかかっている。

　◆中村満義・鹿島社長

　競争に打ち勝つためには、筋肉質なコスト体質をつくり上げることが不可欠で、今こそ好機だ。責任者が誰かを明確にし、組織をスリムにすればコストも下がる。中間組織を排し、現場と支店、支店と本社が直結したシンプルな形を目指してほしい。

　◆杉山博孝・三菱地所社長

　今年は中期経営計画の最終年度であり、自分たちの強みを整理し、達成への態勢を整えてほしい。長期経営計画「ＢＲＥＡＫＴＨＲＯＵＧＨ　２０２０」の達成に向けても非常に重要な年だ。

　◆菰田（こもだ）正信・三井不動産社長

　いまこそ「日本の強み」を再認識し、もう一度「日本の輝き」を取り戻すスタートの年にしなければならない。グループとしては中長期経営計画「イノベーション２０１７」の歩みをより確実にし、描いた戦略を目に見える形にしていく。

　◆辻慎吾・森ビル社長

　本格的な日本復権には世界、特にアジアの成長力やパワーを積極的に取り込むことが不可欠だ。そのためには東京を災害に強く魅力的な都市に再生しなければならない。森ビルの使命、存在意義、成長もそこにかかっている。

　◆古森重隆・富士フイルムホールディングス会長

　成長を牽引（けんいん）する新興国市場の伸びをどれだけ取り込めるかが業績を左右する。固定観念や前例に縛られず、新たなやり方を真剣に考えて停滞を打ち破る。業界のリーダーとして変革を起こす。

　◆日覚昭広・東レ社長

　長期経営ビジョンで示した目指すべき企業イメージや、中長期の事業展望に変更や見直しを加える必要はない。目先にとらわれず、長期的な視点から現状を把握して実行すべき課題を設け、それらに取り組むことが重要だ。

　◆豊田章男・日本自動車工業会会長

　製造業が「ものづくり」や「商品」を通じ、社会の期待に応えることがこれまで以上に大切になっている。政府との対話を通じ、超円高や経済連携協定の遅れ、電力料金値上げなどの「六重苦」の改善につなげたい。自動車取得税と自動車重量税の早期廃止も訴えていく。

　◆山本正已・富士通社長

　情報通信技術業界で起こっている地殻変動に対応できるビジネスモデルを築く。攻めの構造改革、真のグローバル化の加速、新しいサービスビジネスの創造は緊急性を帯び始めた。ＤＮＡである「挑戦」を徹底的に進める。

　◆笹宏行・オリンパス社長

　信頼を回復すべく、より一層、事業に専念する年にしたい。オリンパスは必ず再生し、これまで以上に社会に必要とされる会社になるべく、強い信念を持って従業員とともに歩む。

　◆三宅占二・キリンホールディングス社長

　厳しい市場環境が続くときこそ「ブランドを基軸とした経営」の実践が重要だ。「お客さま主語」の視点に立ち、すべての施策をお客さまとの共有財産である商品ブランド・企業ブランドの価値を高めることにつなげていく。

　◆小林健・三菱商事社長

　グローバル競争の時代に入るとともに、新しい政治体制の下でいろいろなことが起こるが、想定外のリスクに挑戦してほしい。多様性を横に束ね、新たな商社としてバージョンアップしたい。

　◆工藤泰三・日本郵船社長

　需給ギャップが顕在化し、海運業界は雨降り状態だ。だが、世界最大級の船隊規模と多岐にわたる船種、世界を網羅するネットワークを生かし、「誠意・創造・熱意」を通じて「ムダ・ムラ・ムリ」の３Ｍを解消すれば成長が約束される。

　◆伊東信一郎・全日本空輸社長

　「揺るぎない信頼を得られるのか」「アジアをはじめ世界のエアラインと戦える状況にあるか」などの視点で、真価が問われる１年になる。持ち株会社への移行では各社が自立し、グループの総合力を高めてほしい。

　◆鈴木敏文・セブン＆アイ・ホールディングス会長

　消費が本格的に回復を果たすまでには時間を要する。商品の開発を通じて新しい価値の提供を図っていくことが不可欠だ。日本経済に生まれている「明るい兆し」を生かし、飛躍の年としたい。

　◆柳井正・ファーストリテイリング会長兼社長

　今年は「即断即決即実行」の年とする。社員全員が経営者となり、全員が世界一を目指す。ＺＡＲＡ、Ｈ＆Ｍなど世界の強豪に効率性や収益性で勝つ。成長エンジンは人材の採用・育成と出店開発。世界各地で最優秀な執行役員、部長を大量に採用する。

　◆三木谷浩史・楽天会長兼社長

　日本を含め世界の新しいリーダーたちの下、昨年までとまったく異なる政治・経済環境になりそうだ。いずれにせよインターネットの技術革新のスピードが一層加速することは間違いない。サービスの質を高め、イノベーションを加速させる。

　◆鵜浦博夫・ＮＴＴ社長

　通信サービスの多様化、高度化が進む中、クラウドコンピューティングのグローバル展開を基軸に、エネルギー問題や災害対策など、世界が抱える問題の解決に貢献する。

　◆孫正義・ソフトバンク社長

　今年は本格的なグローバル展開の初年度。米スプリント・ネクステルの買収を通じ、米国市場に挑戦する。経営理念の「情報革命で人々を幸せに」をとことん追求する。国内でも基地局整備を急ピッチで進め、通信サービスの充実に努める。

　◆佐藤康博・みずほフィナンシャルグループ社長

　みずほ銀行とみずほコーポレート銀行の法的統合を７月に控え、今年は新しいみずほのスタートになるとともに次期中期経営計画への橋渡しとなる重要な年だ。グループの全役職員が一つになり、みずほブランドの強化に努める。

　◆筒井義信・日本生命保険社長

　（３カ年）経営計画の確実な達成を視野に入れるべき正念場の年だ。新商品や携帯端末、事務態勢が整った今、地道な「フェース・トゥ・フェース」の訪問活動が重要であることを改めて全員で共有したい。

　◆隅修三・東京海上日動火災保険社長

　さまざまな取り組みが実を結び、昨年１１月末の累計で業界ナンバーワンの成長を実現している。この勢いを落とさず邁進（まいしん）したい。次世代モデルなどを駆使した圧倒的に高品質な営業・損害サービスの提供で、着実に成長に向けた取り組みを進めていく。

　◆広瀬直己・東京電力社長

　２０１３年度に黒字化できなければ３年連続で赤字になる。安定供給を損なわないギリギリの線まで技術や知恵を絞り出し、コストカットを進める。福島復興本社の設立は復興に向けた取り組みの本気度を表すものだ。社員全員が福島で汗をかいてほしい。【関連記事】 「ユニクロは贅沢。しまむらで買え！」　限界に挑む年収３００万円世帯の節約術 韓国財界、アベノミクス脅威論　円安による日本企業復活を警戒 「脱・中国依存」意識強まる　有望市場、一極化崩れる コンビニ業界に淘汰の足音？　「アマゾンは怖い」ネットの脅威、成長鈍化も 日本を立て直すためのリーダーシップとは？　京セラ名誉会長・稲盛和夫氏
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『モンスターハンター フロンティアG』メインビジュアル解禁 ― G級クエスト受付嬢も明らかに

『モンスターハンター フロンティアG』メインビジュアル解禁 ― G級クエスト受付嬢も明らかに
カプコンは、Xbox 360/パソコン向けタイトル『モンスターハンター フロンティアG』の最新情報を公開しました。

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『モンスターハンター フロンティアG』は、過去最大級となる『モンスターハンター フロンティア オンライン』のアップデート構想。2013年4月17日実装予定で、「新モンスター10体追加＋既存モンスター21体G級対応」「新ステージ3フィールド追加」「G級武器150種類以上追加」「G級防具60セット以上追加」「新スキル30種類以上追加」「新属性4種類以上追加」などが予定されています。

今回は、メインビジュアルが解禁されたほか、メゼポルタ広場にG級クエストカウンターが新設され、新たに専用の受付嬢が登場するとのことで、G級クエスト受付嬢の立ち姿が解禁となりました。ガイド娘達とは、異なる出で立ちと雰囲気をもっていますが、彼女に関する情報は、一切明らかになっていません。G級解禁にあわせてメゼポルタ広場の様々な施設も、リニューアルされ、外観に変化があるようです。



公式プロモーションサイトもリニューアルオープン。さまざまな情報とともに、初出しとなるプロモーションムービーが公開されています。また、大剣・ライトボウガン・弓の新アクションも解禁。3武器種の新アクション動画が公式サイトで公開されています。

なお、次回情報解禁は来年2月15日とのことなので、それまでに、ぜひこれらの新情報をチェックしてください。

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［新製品］プリンストン、iPhone 5対応の360°パノラマ撮影キット「bubblescope」

［新製品］プリンストン、iPhone 5対応の360°パノラマ撮影キット「bubblescope」
プリンストンテクノロジーは、BubblePix製の360°パノラマ撮影キット「bubblescope」のiPhone 5対応モデル（BUBSCOIP5）を、2013年1月17日に発売する。価格はオープンで、実勢価格は9800円前後の見込み。

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　iPhone 5に取りつけて、専用アプリ「BubblePix」と組み合わせて使用することで、動画・静止画の360°パノラマ撮影を簡単に行うことができる。

　レンズ部が可動することで、縦・横・斜めの三つのポジションで設置でき、シーンに合わせて使い分けられる。横置きの場合は、スタンドを使用せずテーブルなどに設置して撮影できる。また、レンズ部はワンプッシュで収納できる。

　専用アプリ「BubblePix」は、撮影や閲覧だけでなく、撮影した動画や静止画をSNSへ投稿する機能を搭載する。

　携帯に便利なストラップホールを備える。サイズは、レンズ部が直径27.4×長さ85.2mm、ケース部が幅62.0×高さ129.0×奥行き10.0mmで、重さは57g（レンズ部40g、ケース部17g）【関連記事】 売れ筋ランキング【スマートフォンアクセサリ】 「iPhone 5」新キャンペーン適用後の料金を比較！　MNP・機種変更で差！ プリンストン、キーボード接続ドック「iBOW Dock」と、iPhone 4S/4用レンズキット「PIP-CK4S」シリーズ プリンストン、iPhone 4用魚眼レンズ、望遠やマクロ＆ワイドレンズも アスク、iPhone 4S/4で360°パノラマ動画撮影ができるレンズ「dot」
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２人刺殺の被告に無期懲役 心神喪失で不起訴後に再犯 大阪地裁

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　インディ・ジョーンズは、ジョージ・ルーカスとスティーブン・スピルバーグが生み出した人気シリーズの主人公で、もちろん架空の人物。考古学教授として働くかたわら、冒険家として活躍するという設定だ。

　シカゴ大学の入試課はこのほど、Tumblrのページで同大学に届けられた「ヘンリー・ウォルトン・ジョーンズ・ジュニア博士」宛ての封書写真を公開。教員、生徒に該当する人物がいないことから、学生課がしばらく保管したのちに、インディ・ジョーンズの本名であることに気づいたという。

　ジョーンズは、1920年代前半に同大学に所属していたという設定。気になる中身は手書きのメモ帳で 、「レイダース／失われたアーク《聖櫃》」でジョーンズのシカゴ大学の恩師アブナー・レイヴンウッド教授が記したものと酷似。誰がどういった目的で送ったのかは不明で、謎を呼んでいる。

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a highly explosive white powder used in bomb making. Police also seized a flare launcher

NYC Couple Arrested for Explosives

A man and his girlfriend, who gave birth under arrest, are facing weapons charges after police say they found a powerful substance used to make bombs and an arsenal of weapons in their New York City apartment.

Morgan Gliedman, 27, and Aaron Greene, 31, were arrested Saturday in their Manhattan apartment after officers with a search warrant found 7 grams of HMTD, a highly explosive white powder used in bomb making. Police also seized a flare launcher, a sawed-off shotgun, nine rifle magazines and various how-to manuals on building bombs and booby traps.

"They had a terrorist encyclopedia, they had improvised and modified firearms, deadly homemade weapons, a do it yourself machine gun..." New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said Monday.

Kelly was unsure how much damage 7 grams of HMTD would cause.

Potential targets or a motive for having these items has not been determined. Police say the couple has no known links to any terrorist organizations.

Greene's lawyer, Lisa Pelosi, told ABC News her client has entered a plea of not guilty and is being held without bail. Greene, a Harvard graduate, is expected back in court Jan. 4.

"The whole situation's sad," Pelosi told the Associated Press on Monday.

Gliedman has not been arraigned because she is still in a hospital after giving birth to her daughter, Melanie, while in police custody, according to authorities.

Calls to Gliedman and Greene's family were not returned and police are not granting interviews regarding the case.

Police went to the apartment in Manhattan's Greenwich Village on Saturday morning after they received a tip from a couple Gliedman and Greene invited to their home. Police said they had been investigating Gliedman for credit card fraud when the tip came in.

Police blocked off the street were the couple lived and the entire building had to be evacuated.

"This really goes to mindset and obviously a number of the people involved in extremist philosophies would have all of these weapons and explosives clearly to harm other people," said former FBI agent and ABC News consultant Brad Garrett.

Gliedman and Greene are self-admitted heroine users, according to police.

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Connecticut students who escaped massacre to return to class at new school

MONROE, Conn. - The children who escaped last month's shootings at a Connecticut elementary school will be returning to classes in a neighbouring town in a refurbished school now named after their old one, school officials said Wednesday.

Newtown Superintendent of Schools Janet Robinson announced that the students' new school, the former Chalk Hill Middle School in Monroe, has been renamed Sandy Hook Elementary School. She said the Sandy Hook staff made that decision.

"That's who they are. They're the Sandy Hook family," Robinson said after a news conference at a park in Monroe a few miles (kilometres) from the school, which will open for classes Thursday morning. An open house was held for parents and students on Wednesday.

Robinson added that renaming the Chalk Hill school will allow staff and students to keep "their identity and a comfort level."

The school where the shootings occurred remains closed and guarded by police. Newtown officials haven't decided yet on the building's future.

It's been nearly three weeks since the Dec. 14 massacre, when gunman Adam Lanza killed 20 students and six educators. Lanza also killed his mother at the home they shared in Newtown before the school shootings, which ended when Lanza fatally shot himself as police arrived.

Police haven't released any details about a motive.

Numerous police officers on Wednesday guarded the outside of the Monroe school, which is about 7 miles (11 kilometres) from the old school, and told reporters to stay away.

Asked about the level of security at the new school, Monroe police Lt. Keith White said, "I think right now it has to be the safest school in America."

Newtown Police Chief Michael Kehoe declined to answer questions Wednesday about the investigation.

Teachers attended staff meetings at the new school on Wednesday morning and were visited by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy before the open house, White said.

Robinson said Chalk Hill School has been transformed into a "cheerful" place for the surviving students to resume normal school routines. She said mental health counsellors continue to be available for anyone who needs them.

"They're so excited to see the teachers," Robinson said about the open house attendees.

Several signs welcoming the Sandy Hook students to their new school were posted along the road leading to the school in a rural, mostly residential neighbourhood. One said "Welcome Sandy Hook Elementary Kids," while a similar sign added "You are in our prayers."

Teams of workers, many of them volunteers, prepared the Chalk Hill school with fresh paint and new furniture and even raised bathroom floors so the smaller elementary school students can reach the toilets. The students' desks, backpacks and other belongings that were left behind following the shooting were taken to the new school to make them feel at home.

Counsellors say it's important for children to get back to a normal routine and for teachers and parents to offer sensitive reassurances.

When classes start, Robinson said teachers will try to make it as normal a school day as possible for the children.

"We want to get back to teaching and learning," she said. "We will obviously take time out from the academics for any conversations that need to take place, and there will be a lot of support there. All in all, we want the kids to reconnect with their friends and classroom teachers, and I think that's going to be the healthiest thing."

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UK norovirus sickness cases reach over 1.1 million

LONDON (Reuters) - More than 1.1 million people in Britain have succumbed to the norovirus winter vomiting disease so far this season, and health officials expect cases to jump higher after a Christmas and New Year dip.

Britain's Health Protection Agency (HPA) said cases of highly contagious norovirus have risen earlier than expected this winter - a trend that has also been seen across Europe, Japan and other parts of the world.

Health officials in the United States said last week that more than 400 people on two cruise ships had been taken ill with a sickness suspected of being due to the norovirus, and hospital wards and nursing care homes in Europe have been forced to close to try to stop infections spreading.

Norovirus is transmitted by contact with infected people or contaminated surfaces, food or water.

HPA data released on Wednesday showed there have been 3,877 laboratory-confirmed cases of norovirus in Britain this winter, 72 percent higher than the number of cases reported at the same point last year. The reason for the rise in not known.

For every laboratory-confirmed case, scientists estimate some 288 unreported cases, as the vast majority of those affected don't go to a doctor. This means the number of people affected in the UK so far is likely to be more than 1.1 million.

"As we have seen in previous years, there has been a dip in the number of confirmed laboratory reports owing to the Christmas and New Year period," said John Harris, the HPA's norovirus expert.

But he added that the HPA expected to see a rise in the number of laboratory reports in the next few weeks.

Norovirus symptoms include a sudden onset of vomiting, which can be projectile, and diarrhoea, which may be profuse and watery. Some victims also suffer fevers, headaches and stomach cramps.

"If you think you may have the illness then it is important to maintain good hand hygiene to help prevent it spreading," said Harris. "We also advise that people stay away from hospitals, schools and care homes as these environments are particularly prone to outbreaks."

(Reporting by Kate Kelland, editing by Richard Meares)

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100 Billion Alien Planets Fill Our Milky Way Galaxy: Study

Our Milky Way galaxy is home to at least 100 billion alien planets, and possibly many more, a new study suggests.

"It's a staggering number, if you think about it," lead author Jonathan Swift, of Caltech in Pasadena, said in a statement. "Basically there's one of these planets per star."

Swift and his colleagues arrived at their estimate after studying a five-planet system called Kepler-32, which lies about 915 light-years from Earth. The five worlds were detected by NASA's Kepler Space Telescope, which flags the tiny brightness dips caused when exoplanets cross their star's face from the instrument's perspective.

The Kepler-32 planets orbit an M dwarf, a type of star that is smaller and cooler than our sun. M dwarfs are the most common star in the Milky Way, accouting for about 75 percent of the galaxy's 100 billion or so stars, researchers said.

Further, the five Kepler-32 worlds are similar in size to Earth and orbit quite close to their parent star, making them typical of the planets Kepler has spotted around other M dwarfs. So the Kepler-32 system should be representative of many of the galaxy's planets, scientists said. [The Strangest Alien Planets (Gallery)]

"I usually try not to call things 'Rosetta stones,' but this is as close to a Rosetta stone as anything I've seen," said co-author John Johnson, also of Caltech. "It's like unlocking a language that we're trying to understand — the language of planet formation."

Kepler can detect planetary systems only if they're oriented edge-on to the telescope; otherwise, the instrument won't observe any star-dimming planetary transits. So the researchers calculated the odds that an M-dwarf system in the Milky Way would have this orientation, then combined that with the number of such systems Kepler is able to detect to come up with their estimate of 100 billion exoplanets.

The team considered only planets orbiting close to M dwarfs; their analysis didn't include outer planets in M-dwarf systems, or any worlds circling other types of stars. So the galaxy may actually harbor many more planets than the conservative estimate implies — perhaps 200 billion, or about two per star, Swift said.

The new analysis confirms three of the five Kepler-32 planets (the other two had been confirmed previously). The Kepler-32 worlds have diameters ranging from 0.8 to 2.7 times that of Earth, and all of them orbit within 10 million miles (16 million kilometers) of their star. For comparison, Earth circles the sun at an average distance of 93 million miles (150 million km).

Because the Kepler-32 star is smaller and less luminous than our sun, the five planets are likely not as heat-blasted as their tight orbits might imply. In fact, the outermost planet in the system appears to lie in the habitable zone, a range of distances that could support the existence of liquid water on a world's system.

The new analysis also suggests that the Kepler-32 planets originally formed farther away from the star and then migrated closer in over time, researchers said.

Several pieces of evidence point toward this conclusion. For example, the team estimated that the five Kepler-32 worlds coalesced from material containing about as much mass as three Jupiters. But models suggest that this much gas and dust cannot be squeezed into the small area circumscribed by the planets' current orbits, researchers said.

"You look in detail at the architecture of this very special planetary system, and you're forced into saying these planets formed farther out and moved in," Johnson said.

The new study was published today (Jan. 2) in The Astrophysical Journal.

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the lead author of the new report from the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm.

Antidepressants don't raise stillbirth risk: study

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Taking common antidepressants during pregnancy doesn't increase a woman's risk of having a stillbirth, according to a new study of over one million Nordic women.

The drugs, known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs, include fluoxetine (marketed as Prozac) and citalopram (Celexa).

Earlier studies have tied SSRIs to a slightly higher rate of some kinds of birth defects and newborn lung problems. But whether the drugs also raise a woman's chance of stillbirth - when the fetus dies in the uterus after at least 20 weeks of pregnancy - has been unclear.

"Studies previously have not really been large enough to answer this question," said Dr. Olof Stephansson, the lead author of the new report from the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm.

"From our study, we don't find any reason to stop taking your medication, because untreated depression may be harmful for the pregnancy and the baby," he told Reuters Health.

Stephansson and his colleagues consulted prescription drug registries and birth records from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, including more than 1.6 million births between 1996 and 2007. Just over 29,000 of the mothers, or close to two percent, had filled a prescription for an antidepressant during their pregnancy.

Overall, between three and four of every 1,000 births was a stillbirth, the research team reported this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

In addition, about two of every 1,000 babies died within four weeks of being born and one in 1,000 died between one and 12 months of age.

Antidepressant use at any time during pregnancy was initially tied to a slightly higher risk of stillbirth. But when Stephansson and his colleagues took into account women's general health, age and whether they smoked, any effect of the drugs disappeared.

Moms-to-be who were on SSRIs tended to be older and were more likely to smoke and have diabetes and high blood pressure than those who weren't taking antidepressants, Stephansson said.

There was still a slightly higher chance of stillbirth among women who took the drugs very early in their pregnancies - the time when a fetus is thought to be most vulnerable to its mother's medications and environmental exposures. But because less than 100 women fit into that category and had a stillbirth the finding "should be interpreted with caution," the researchers said.

Blaming pregnancy complications on any specific drug is always a challenge, according to one researcher not involved in the new study.

"It's difficult and under most circumstances impossible to separate the effects of SSRIs and depression itself or the lifestyle associated with depression," said Dr. Richard Shelton, a psychiatrist who has studied antidepressant use in pregnancy at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

For example, even when women's general health and behavior are accounted for, they might not mention drinking and illegal drug use - which can be tied to both depression and pregnancy complications.

But so far, the evidence suggests the effects of antidepressant use during pregnancy are "pretty neutral," Shelton told Reuters Health.

IF YOU NEED THEM, TAKE THEM: RESEARCHERS

Women who are taking antidepressants and planning a pregnancy should talk with both their obstetrician and psychiatrist to figure out what will be safest for them and their baby, Stephansson said.

But the bottom line, he added, is that "you should stick to the lowest dose possible and not stop with the medication if you need it."

"The general recommendation is if a woman can be off an antidepressant medication during pregnancy, that's probably a good idea. I think that's probably a good idea for any kind of medication," said Shelton, because all drugs may have small, unknown risks.

"But if a woman is depressed enough to warrant treatment, then treatment is probably reasonable," he added. That can mean antidepressants or other options such as talk therapy.

Shelton said women should also seek treatment for other health and lifestyle issues tied to depression, such as being overweight and smoking, preferably before getting pregnant.

SOURCE: http://bit.ly/VvAQrl Journal of the American Medical Association, online January 1, 2013.

"The American people chose divided government. As elected officials

2016 politics on display as Congress ends term

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Paul Ryan, the GOP's 2012 vice presidential candidate, voted for the "fiscal cliff" compromise that raised taxes on the wealthiest Americans. Republican Sens. Marco Rubio and Rand Paul voted against it. And Vice President Joe Biden helped broker the deal with GOP leaders in the Senate.

As Congress closed out its term this week, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie accused fellow Republicans of showing "callous indifference to the suffering of the people of my state" by not holding a vote on Superstorm Sandy aid. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo joined him in the rebuke.

And Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton drew headlines for a different reason after being hospitalized for a blood clot in her head, an illness that raised questions about the Democrat's political future.

While the next presidential primary voting is still three years away, the political implications of the actions and whereabouts of the potential field of 2016 candidates hung over extraordinary year-end Washington drama.

The fiscal cliff vote forced those in Congress who are eyeing presidential runs to stake out early positions which signal how they may be aligning themselves — and which could come back to haunt them should they move forward.

The intense legislative debate also gave would-be candidates involved in them an opportunity to command the spotlight while rivals were on the sidelines. And the weeks of gridlock over the looming fiscal cliff of big tax increases and spending cuts provided governors weighing bids a chance to cast themselves as outsiders and, perhaps, start building a case for taming Washington paralysis.

For Republican White House hopefuls in Congress, the votes on the compromise that raised taxes on the wealthiest Americans could help frame future presidential primary debates over the debt ceiling, tax code reforms and how to fund government and entitlement programs. The party has rejected tax increases for more than two decades but now finds itself trying to regroup after President Barack Obama's re-election and dealing with a struggle between Republicans who want to take a more pragmatic tax approach and tea party loyalists advocating a firm anti-tax position.

"The American people chose divided government. As elected officials, we have a duty to apply our principles to the realities of governing," Ryan said after joining with House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, in support of the bill, putting him in the minority of the GOP caucus and against the tea party.

Ryan may be spared some political fallout from the right, given that Republican activist Grover Norquist, who for years has pushed GOP lawmakers to pledge not to raise taxes, and several other conservative heavyweights supported the bill, including Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn and Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey, the former head of the anti-tax Club for Growth.

Two other potential 2016 presidential candidates drew praise from conservative opponents of the measure for voting to refuse tax increases.

Rubio, a prominent Hispanic lawmaker in a party trying to connect with Latino voters, called the legislation an impediment to "rapid economic growth and job creation." The Florida senator also said it failed to control runaway debt. Paul, the son of GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul, opposed the bill because of the combination of spending and tax increases. The Kentucky senator said: "We're going to raise taxes and we're going to raise spending. Tell me what's good about that?"

On the Democratic side, Biden played a major role in the deal-making, with his late-night talks with Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell leading to the compromise plan. It was a reminder of the former Delaware senator's legislative skills, which could either impress Democratic primary voters or anger liberals who may view the deal as too much of a compromise with Republicans.

As the vice president helped broker a deal, it was hard for Democrats to overlook where Clinton, the party's formidable potential contender, was: She revealed she was being treated in a New York hospital for a blood clot in her head that formed after she suffered a concussion during a fainting spell in early December. She was released from the hospital Wednesday and doctors said they were confident she would make a full recovery. But the extended illness made it more likely that Clinton, 65, would face scrutiny over her health should she run.

Beyond Washington, two prominent Northeast governors weighed in on Congress' year-end wrangling, and wasted little time assailing the House GOP leadership over hurricane relief.

Christie said his state had been betrayed by his fellow Republicans in the House, who refused to bring a Superstorm Sandy aid package to a vote, adding, "America deserves better than just another example of a government that has forgotten who they are there to serve and why."

Cuomo, a Democrat long considered by party insiders to be a possible White House candidate, issued a joint statement with Christie condemning the "inaction and indifference" by the House. "The people of our states can no longer afford to wait while politicians in Washington play games," they said. House Republicans said after Christie's blistering news conference that they would hold a vote Friday for $9 billion for the national flood insurance program and another on Jan. 15 for a remaining $51 billion in the relief package.

It's impossible to say whether this week's votes and comments will become 2016 campaign fodder. But they certainly give hints about how possible candidates are testing the waters — and how their positions are faring with certain parts of the electorate.

"It strikes me that Ryan is thinking he wants to be the establishment candidate," said Doug Gross, an Iowa Republican who chaired Mitt Romney's 2008 campaign in the state. Conservatives may agree — and not look kindly on that. As Erick Erickson, a conservative commentator and the editor of RedState.com, put it on Twitter, "Thus ends the Paul Ryan 2016 Presidential Exploratory Committee."

Still, some Republicans dismissed any fallout from their candidates' votes.

"I don't ultimately think this one vote will hurt any of them," said Sara Taylor Fagen, a Republican strategist. "But to some degree it probably forecasts their voting patterns for the future."

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Obama signs "fiscal cliff" legislation: White House

HONOLULU (Reuters) - President Barack Obama signed on Wednesday "fiscal cliff" legislation that raises tax rates for top earners and extends tax cuts for the middle class, the White House said.

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Ahead of the Bell: US Unemployment Benefits

WASHINGTON (AP) -- More people likely sought unemployment benefits last week, though the increase probably won't be enough to suggest the job market is getting worse.

Economists forecast that applications rose 5,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 355,000, according to a survey by FactSet. The Labor Department will release the report at 8:30 a.m. EST Thursday.

Last week, the department said the four-week average of applications, a less volatile number, fell to 356,750, the lowest since March 2008. That's a good sign that companies are cutting fewer jobs and the job market is improving. Weekly applications are a proxy for layoffs.

Still, the Christmas holiday may have artificially lowered the figures. Many state unemployment offices were closed for two days two weeks ago and could not provide exact data. That forced the government to rely on estimates. Normally, the government might estimate data for one or two states. Two weeks ago, it used estimates for 19.

As a result, on Thursday the government could substantially revise the data from two weeks ago.

Thursday's applications data will come a day before the government is scheduled to release December's jobs report. Most economists expect that will show hiring continued at a steady pace of about 150,000.

Weekly applications have mostly fluctuated this year between 360,000 and 390,000. At the same time, employers have added an average of 151,000 jobs a month in the first 11 months of 2012. That's just enough to slowly reduce the unemployment rate.

Unemployment remains high and companies are reluctant to ramp up hiring. The unemployment rate fell to 7.7 percent in November from 7.9 percent in October mostly because many of the unemployed stopped looking for jobs. The government counts people as unemployed only if they are actively searching for work.

Companies may hire more in the coming months now that President Barack Obama and Congress have reached agreement to avoid most of the tax increases and spending in the fiscal cliff. But more battles over taxes and spending are likely in the coming weeks, which could keep companies cautious about hiring.

There are signs the economy is improving. The once-battered housing market is recovering, which should lead to more construction jobs in the coming months. Companies ordered more long-lasting manufactured goods in November, a sign they are investing more in equipment and software. And Americans spent more in November. Consumer spending drives nearly 70 percent of economic growth.