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Ceremony at Buryatiya monastery honors post-WWII Japanese detainees

ULAN-UDE, Russia, May 29 Kyodo - Monks and other participants release balloons into the air at a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Buryatiya, Eastern Siberia, on May 28, 2017, as a gesture of prayer for Japan-Russia friendship. A memorial service was held at the monastery the same day in honor of postwar Japanese detainees who died in the republic. In the wake of Japan's defeat in World War II in August 1945, over 10,000 Japanese soldiers and civilians were taken to and detained in Buryatiya by the Soviet Union, of whom 785 died there.

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Sony says it will release world's lightest notebook PC

TOKYO, Japan - A model holds up what Sony Corp. claims is the world's lightest notebook personal computer at a ceremony at a Tokyo hotel on Nov. 12. The PCG-X505/SP, part of Sony's Vaio series, weighs 785 grams -- the lightest of all Windows XP-based PCs -- and is equipped with a 10.4-inch liquid crystal display. When closed, the front of the new PCs will measure as thin as 9.7 millimeters. Offering the PCG-X505/SP for 349,800 yen, Sony will accept orders via the Internet from Nov. 19.

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FRANCE-ENERGY SOBRIETY PLAN

(221007) -- LILLE, Oct. 7, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Cars line up for fuel outside a gas station in Lille, north France, Oct. 6, 2022. France's energy sobriety plan will cost 800 million euros (785 million U.S. dollars), Minister for Energy Transition Agnes Pannier-Runacher said on Thursday. (Photo by Sebastien Courdji/Xinhua)

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FRANCE-ENERGY SOBRIETY PLAN

(221007) -- PARIS, Oct. 7, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A temporarily closed TotalEnergies gas station is seen in Lestrem, France, Oct. 6, 2022. France's energy sobriety plan will cost 800 million euros (785 million U.S. dollars), Minister for Energy Transition Agnes Pannier-Runacher said on Thursday. (Photo by Sebastien Courdji/Xinhua)

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FRANCE-ENERGY SOBRIETY PLAN

(221007) -- LILLE, Oct. 7, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Cars line up for fuel outside a gas station in Lille, north France, Oct. 6, 2022. France's energy sobriety plan will cost 800 million euros (785 million U.S. dollars), Minister for Energy Transition Agnes Pannier-Runacher said on Thursday. (Photo by Sebastien Courdji/Xinhua)

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FRANCE-ENERGY SOBRIETY PLAN

(221007) -- LILLE, Oct. 7, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Cars line up for fuel at a gas station in Lille, north France, Oct. 6, 2022. France's energy sobriety plan will cost 800 million euros (785 million U.S. dollars), Minister for Energy Transition Agnes Pannier-Runacher said on Thursday. (Photo by Sebastien Courdji/Xinhua)

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FRANCE-ENERGY SOBRIETY PLAN

(221007) -- LILLE, Oct. 7, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A man fills up the tank of his car at a gas station in Lille, north France, Oct. 6, 2022. France's energy sobriety plan will cost 800 million euros (785 million U.S. dollars), Minister for Energy Transition Agnes Pannier-Runacher said on Thursday. (Photo by Sebastien Courdji/Xinhua)

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FRANCE-ENERGY SOBRIETY PLAN

(221007) -- LILLE, Oct. 7, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Cars line up for fuel outside a gas station in Lille, north France, Oct. 6, 2022. France's energy sobriety plan will cost 800 million euros (785 million U.S. dollars), Minister for Energy Transition Agnes Pannier-Runacher said on Thursday. (Photo by Sebastien Courdji/Xinhua)

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Sony says it will release world's lightest notebook PC

TOKYO, Japan - A model holds up what Sony Corp. claims is the world's lightest notebook personal computer at a ceremony at a Tokyo hotel on Nov. 12. The PCG-X505/SP, part of Sony's Vaio series, weighs 785 grams -- the lightest of all Windows XP-based PCs -- and is equipped with a 10.4-inch liquid crystal display. When closed, the front of the new PCs will measure as thin as 9.7 millimeters. Offering the PCG-X505/SP for 349,800 yen, Sony will accept orders via the Internet from Nov. 19. (Kyodo)

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Ceremony at Buryatiya monastery honors post-WWII Japanese detainees

Monks and other participants release balloons into the air at a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Buryatiya, Eastern Siberia, on May 28, 2017, as a gesture of prayer for Japan-Russia friendship. A memorial service was held at the monastery the same day in honor of postwar Japanese detainees who died in the republic. In the wake of Japan's defeat in World War II in August 1945, over 10,000 Japanese soldiers and civilians were taken to and detained in Buryatiya by the Soviet Union, of whom 785 died there. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ceremony at Buryatiya monastery honors post-WWII Japanese detainees

A total of 785 candles are lit and displayed during a memorial service at a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Buryatiya, Eastern Siberia, on May 28, 2017, in honor of each of the postwar Japanese detainees who died in the republic. In the wake of Japan's defeat in World War II in August 1945, over 10,000 Japanese soldiers and civilians were taken to and detained in Buryatiya by the Soviet Union, of whom 785 died there. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ceremony at Buryatiya monastery honors post-WWII Japanese detainees

Monks recite prayers during a memorial service at a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Buryatiya, Eastern Siberia, on May 28, 2017, to honor postwar Japanese detainees who died in the republic. In the wake of Japan's defeat in World War II in August 1945, over 10,000 Japanese soldiers and civilians were taken to and detained in Buryatiya by the Soviet Union, of whom 785 died there. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo