Mohamad to visit Japan again in July

Mohamad to visit Japan again in July

MISHIMA, Japan - Yukiko Hashida (C), the wife of a Japanese journalist killed in Iraq, speaks at a press conference in Mishima, Shizauoka Prefecture, on June 8. She said that Mohamad Haytham Saleh, an Iraq boy whose left eye was injured in fighting between armed Iraqi groups and U.S. troops in Fallujah, will visit Japan on July 7 for a medical checkup. (Kyodo)

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