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Lebanon: Israel Carries Out Airstrikes Near Sidon

Israel carried out 2 airstrikes targeting alleged Hezbollah weapons warehouse locations near Sidon on Monday, February 19. Lebanese state-run National News Agency reported that "Israeli warplanes carried out strikes on the town of Ghaziyeh". The Israeli army said that the attack was in "response to to the explosion of an enemy drone, the wreckage of which was found near the Tiberias area this afternoon." This live footage shows smoke billowing as seen from Sidon.

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Diet enacts 2nd extra budget for fiscal 2008

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso bows in acknowledgement during a plenary session of the House of Representatives after enactment by the Diet of a second supplementary budget for fiscal 2008. The 4.79 trillion yen budget features a controversial cash handout plan. At left is Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister Kaoru Yosano.

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Aso willing to introduce taxpayer ID number system

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso (L) exchanges a few words with Renho, a lawmaker from the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, after a session of the House of Councillors Budget Committee on Jan. 19. Aso showed willingness to consider introducing a taxpayer identification number system during the session on the first day of deliberations in the upper chamber on a government-proposed second supplementary budget for fiscal 2008.

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Aso willing to introduce taxpayer ID No. system

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso replies to questions during a session of the House of Councillors Budget Committee on Jan. 19. Aso showed willingness to consider introducing a taxpayer identification number system on the first day of deliberations of the upper house budget committee on the government-proposed second supplementary budget for fiscal 2008.

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Deliberations on 2nd extra budget start in upper house

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa explains the government's submission of a 4.79 trillion yen second supplementary budget for fiscal 2008 at a House of Councillors Budget Committee session Jan. 19. Deliberations on the budget, which includes a controversial 2 trillion yen cash handout plan, began in the opposition-controlled upper house the same day.

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2nd extra budget passes lower house despite opposition protest

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso (R) smiles after a second supplementary budget for fiscal 2008, aimed at reinvigorating the economy, is passed by a majority vote of the ruling parties at a plenary session of the House of Representatives on Jan. 13, despite a protest by the opposition bloc against an unpopular cash handout plan included in the budget.

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2nd extra budget passes lower house despite opposition protest

TOKYO, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan leader Ichiro Ozawa leaves a House of Representatives plenary session Jan. 13 in protest at a vote on a second supplementary budget for fiscal 2008, aimed at reinvigorating the economy. The DPJ is opposed to a 2 trillion yen cash handout program included in the budget, which it sees as an attempt by the ruling bloc to buy votes.

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2nd extra budget passes lower house despite opposition protest

TOKYO, Japan - Former administrative reform minister Yoshimi Watanabe (C), a ruling Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker, leaves a lower house plenary session before voting on a second supplementary budget for fiscal 2008. Watanabe said he was demonstrating his ''determination to protest'' against the 2 trillion yen cash handout program included in the budget.

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2nd extra budget passes lower house despite opposition protest

TOKYO, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan lawmakers leave a House of Representatives plenary session Jan. 13 in protest at a vote on a second supplementary budget for fiscal 2008, aimed at reinvigorating the economy. The DPJ is opposed to a 2 trillion yen cash handout program included in the budget, which it sees as an attempt by the ruling bloc to buy votes.

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2nd extra budget to pass lower house despite opposition protest

TOKYO, Japan - Opposition lawmakers raise placards reading ''No cash handout'' and ''Opposition to cash handout'' among other slogans during a vote on a second supplementary budget for fiscal 2008 through March 31 at the House of Representatives Budget Committee on Jan. 13. The 4.79 trillion yen budget is expected to clear the lower chamber later in the day. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Gov't to submit 2nd extra budget to Diet 'early next year'

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso answers questions from reporters on a second supplementary budget for fiscal 2008 and other issues at the prime minister's office on Nov. 25.

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Lower house approves 6.79 tril. yen extra budget

TOKYO, Japan - The House of Representatives on Dec. 7 approves a 6.79 trillion yen second supplementary budget for fiscal 1999 designed to help finance the core part of an 18 trillion yen pump-priming package unveiled last month. The budget will be deliberated at the House of Councillors Budget Committee on Dec. 8-9, and is expected to be endorsed by the upper chamber at its plenary session Dec. 9.

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Gov't to submit 2nd extra budget to Diet 'early next year'

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso answers questions from reporters on a second supplementary budget for fiscal 2008 and other issues at the prime minister's office on Nov. 25. (Kyodo)

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2nd extra budget to pass lower house despite opposition protest

TOKYO, Japan - Opposition lawmakers raise placards reading ''No cash handout'' and ''Opposition to cash handout'' among other slogans during a vote on a second supplementary budget for fiscal 2008 through March 31 at the House of Representatives Budget Committee on Jan. 13. The 4.79 trillion yen budget is expected to clear the lower chamber later in the day. (Pool photo by Kyodo News) (Kyodo)

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2nd extra budget passes lower house despite opposition protest

TOKYO, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan leader Ichiro Ozawa leaves a House of Representatives plenary session Jan. 13 in protest at a vote on a second supplementary budget for fiscal 2008, aimed at reinvigorating the economy. The DPJ is opposed to a 2 trillion yen cash handout program included in the budget, which it sees as an attempt by the ruling bloc to buy votes. (Kyodo)

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2nd extra budget passes lower house despite opposition protest

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso (R) smiles after a second supplementary budget for fiscal 2008, aimed at reinvigorating the economy, is passed by a majority vote of the ruling parties at a plenary session of the House of Representatives on Jan. 13, despite a protest by the opposition bloc against an unpopular cash handout plan included in the budget. (Kyodo)

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2nd extra budget passes lower house despite opposition protest

TOKYO, Japan - Former administrative reform minister Yoshimi Watanabe (C), a ruling Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker, leaves a lower house plenary session before voting on a second supplementary budget for fiscal 2008. Watanabe said he was demonstrating his ''determination to protest'' against the 2 trillion yen cash handout program included in the budget. (Kyodo)

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2nd extra budget passes lower house despite opposition protest

TOKYO, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan lawmakers leave a House of Representatives plenary session Jan. 13 in protest at a vote on a second supplementary budget for fiscal 2008, aimed at reinvigorating the economy. The DPJ is opposed to a 2 trillion yen cash handout program included in the budget, which it sees as an attempt by the ruling bloc to buy votes. (Kyodo)

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Aso willing to introduce taxpayer ID No. system

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso replies to questions during a session of the House of Councillors Budget Committee on Jan. 19. Aso showed willingness to consider introducing a taxpayer identification number system on the first day of deliberations of the upper house budget committee on the government-proposed second supplementary budget for fiscal 2008. (Kyodo)

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Aso willing to introduce taxpayer ID number system

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso (L) exchanges a few words with Renho, a lawmaker from the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, after a session of the House of Councillors Budget Committee on Jan. 19. Aso showed willingness to consider introducing a taxpayer identification number system during the session on the first day of deliberations in the upper chamber on a government-proposed second supplementary budget for fiscal 2008. (Kyodo)

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Deliberations on 2nd extra budget start in upper house

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa explains the government's submission of a 4.79 trillion yen second supplementary budget for fiscal 2008 at a House of Councillors Budget Committee session Jan. 19. Deliberations on the budget, which includes a controversial 2 trillion yen cash handout plan, began in the opposition-controlled upper house the same day. (Kyodo)

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Diet enacts 2nd extra budget for fiscal 2008

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso bows in acknowledgement during a plenary session of the House of Representatives after enactment by the Diet of a second supplementary budget for fiscal 2008. The 4.79 trillion yen budget features a controversial cash handout plan. At left is Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister Kaoru Yosano. (Kyodo)

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2nd extra budget for FY2020

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe raises his hand during a House of Councillors Budget Committee session in Tokyo on June 11, 2020. The upper house took up the second supplementary budget for fiscal 2020, focusing on anti-coronavirus measures. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2nd extra budget for FY2020

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga attend a House of Councillors Budget Committee session in Tokyo on June 11, 2020. The upper house took up the second supplementary budget for fiscal 2020, focusing on anti-coronavirus measures. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Lower house passage of 2nd extra budget for FY2020

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) and Finance Minister Taro Aso (C) bow after the House of Representatives passed the second supplementary budget for fiscal 2020, focusing on anti-coronavirus measures, during a plenary session in Tokyo on June 10, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Lower house passage of 2nd extra budget for FY2020

Japan's House of Representatives passes the second supplementary budget for fiscal 2020, focusing on anti-coronavirus measures, during a plenary session in Tokyo on June 10, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Lower house passage of 2nd extra budget for FY2020

Japan's House of Representatives passes the second supplementary budget for fiscal 2020, focusing on anti-coronavirus measures, during a plenary session in Tokyo on June 10, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Lower house passage of 2nd extra budget for FY2020

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) bows after the House of Representatives passed the second supplementary budget for fiscal 2020, focusing on anti-coronavirus measures, during a plenary session in Tokyo on June 10, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Lower house passage of 2nd extra budget for FY2020

Japan's House of Representatives passes the second supplementary budget for fiscal 2020, focusing on anti-coronavirus measures, during a plenary session in Tokyo on June 10, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Lower house passage of 2nd extra budget for FY2020

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) bows after the House of Representatives passed the second supplementary budget for fiscal 2020, focusing on anti-coronavirus measures, during a plenary session in Tokyo on June 10, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Lower house passage of 2nd extra budget for FY2020

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stretches during a House of Representatives plenary session in Tokyo on June 10, 2020. The lower house passed the second supplementary budget for fiscal 2020, focusing on anti-coronavirus measures, later in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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PM Abe at lower house session

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) attends a House of Representatives plenary session in Tokyo on June 10, 2020. The second supplementary budget for fiscal 2020, focusing on anti-coronavirus measures, is expected to pass the lower house later in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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PM Abe at lower house session

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attends a House of Representatives plenary session in Tokyo on June 10, 2020. The second supplementary budget for fiscal 2020, focusing on anti-coronavirus measures, is expected to pass the lower house later in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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PM Abe at lower house session

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe prepares to attend a House of Representatives plenary session in Tokyo on June 10, 2020. The second supplementary budget for fiscal 2020, focusing on anti-coronavirus measures, is expected to pass the lower house later in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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PM Abe at lower house session

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) and Finance Minister Taro Aso attend a House of Representatives plenary session in Tokyo on June 10, 2020. The second supplementary budget for fiscal 2020, focusing on anti-coronavirus measures, is expected to pass the lower house later in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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PM Abe at lower house session

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in Tokyo on June 10, 2020. The second supplementary budget for fiscal 2020, focusing on anti-coronavirus measures, is expected to pass the lower house later in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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PM Abe at lower house session

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) attends a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in Tokyo on June 10, 2020. The second supplementary budget for fiscal 2020, focusing on anti-coronavirus measures, is expected to pass the lower house later in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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PM Abe at lower house session

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) attends a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in Tokyo on June 10, 2020. The second supplementary budget for fiscal 2020, focusing on anti-coronavirus measures, is expected to pass the lower house later in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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PM Abe at lower house session

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in Tokyo on June 10, 2020. The second supplementary budget for fiscal 2020, focusing on anti-coronavirus measures, is expected to pass the lower house later in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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PM Abe at lower house session

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in Tokyo on June 10, 2020. The second supplementary budget for fiscal 2020, focusing on anti-coronavirus measures, is expected to pass the lower house later in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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PM Abe at lower house session

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in Tokyo on June 10, 2020. The second supplementary budget for fiscal 2020, focusing on anti-coronavirus measures, is expected to pass the lower house later in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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PM Abe at lower house session

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attends a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in Tokyo on June 10, 2020. The second supplementary budget for fiscal 2020, focusing on anti-coronavirus measures, is expected to pass the lower house later in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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