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Catalan Separatist Puigdemont Returns To Barcelona

The former president of the Generalitat de Catalunya Carles Puigdemont speaks in a welcome rally organized by pro-independence organizations at Passeig Lluís Companys, on August 8, 2024, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Said rally has been called by pro-independence entities, with the assistance of Junts, ERC, CUP, ANC, Òmnium Cultural, CDR and Associació de Municipis per la Independència (AMI). Puigdemont plans to attend this welcoming act to then participate in the plenary session of investiture of the leader of the PSC, almost seven years after settling in Belgium due to the judicial consequences of the 'procés', and with an arrest warrant. Photo by David Zorrakino/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Catalan Separatist Puigdemont Returns To Barcelona

The former president of the Generalitat de Catalunya Carles Puigdemont applauds during a welcome rally organized by pro-independence organizations at Passeig Lluís Companys, on August 8, 2024, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Said rally has been called by pro-independence entities, with the attendance of Junts, ERC, CUP, ANC, Òmnium Cultural, CDR and Associació de Municipis per la Independència (AMI). Puigdemont plans to attend this welcoming act to then participate in the plenary session of investiture of the leader of the PSC, almost seven years after settling in Belgium due to the judicial consequences of the 'procés', and with an arrest warrant. Photo by David Zorrakino/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Catalan Separatist Puigdemont Returns To Barcelona

The former president of the Generalitat de Catalunya Carles Puigdemont applauds during a welcome rally organized by pro-independence organizations at Passeig Lluís Companys, on August 8, 2024, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Said rally has been called by pro-independence entities, with the attendance of Junts, ERC, CUP, ANC, Òmnium Cultural, CDR and Associació de Municipis per la Independència (AMI). Puigdemont plans to attend this welcoming act to then participate in the plenary session of investiture of the leader of the PSC, almost seven years after settling in Belgium due to the judicial consequences of the 'procés', and with an arrest warrant. Photo by David Zorrakino/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Catalan Separatist Puigdemont Returns To Barcelona

The former president of the Generalitat de Catalunya Carles Puigdemont speaks during a welcome rally organized by pro-independence organizations at Passeig Lluís Companys, on August 8, 2024, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Said rally has been called by pro-independence entities, with the attendance of Junts, ERC, CUP, ANC, Òmnium Cultural, CDR and Associació de Municipis per la Independència (AMI). Puigdemont plans to attend this welcoming act to then participate in the plenary session of investiture of the leader of the PSC, almost seven years after settling in Belgium due to the judicial consequences of the 'procés', and with an arrest warrant. Photo by David Zorrakino/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Catalan Separatist Puigdemont Returns To Barcelona

The former president of the Generalitat de Catalunya Carles Puigdemont arrives at a welcome rally organized by pro-independence organizations at Passeig Lluís Companys, on August 8, 2024, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Said rally has been called by pro-independence entities, with the attendance of Junts, ERC, CUP, ANC, Òmnium Cultural, CDR and Associació de Municipis per la Independència (AMI). Puigdemont plans to attend this welcoming act to then participate in the plenary session of investiture of the leader of the PSC, almost seven years after settling in Belgium due to the judicial consequences of the 'procés', and with an arrest warrant. Photo by David Zorrakino/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Catalan Separatist Puigdemont Returns To Barcelona

The former president of the Generalitat de Catalunya Carles Puigdemont speaks in a welcome rally organized by pro-independence organizations at Passeig Lluís Companys, on August 8, 2024, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Said rally has been called by pro-independence entities, with the assistance of Junts, ERC, CUP, ANC, Òmnium Cultural, CDR and Associació de Municipis per la Independència (AMI). Puigdemont plans to attend this welcoming act to then participate in the plenary session of investiture of the leader of the PSC, almost seven years after settling in Belgium due to the judicial consequences of the 'procés', and with an arrest warrant. Photo by David Zorrakino/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Catalan Separatist Puigdemont Returns To Barcelona

The former president of the Generalitat de Catalunya Carles Puigdemont speaks in a welcome rally organized by pro-independence organizations at Passeig Lluís Companys, on August 8, 2024, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Said rally has been called by pro-independence entities, with the assistance of Junts, ERC, CUP, ANC, Òmnium Cultural, CDR and Associació de Municipis per la Independència (AMI). Puigdemont plans to attend this welcoming act to then participate in the plenary session of investiture of the leader of the PSC, almost seven years after settling in Belgium due to the judicial consequences of the 'procés', and with an arrest warrant. Photo by David Zorrakino/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Catalan Separatist Puigdemont Returns To Barcelona

The former president of the Generalitat de Catalunya Carles Puigdemont speaks in a welcome rally organized by pro-independence organizations at Passeig Lluís Companys, on August 8, 2024, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Said rally has been called by pro-independence entities, with the assistance of Junts, ERC, CUP, ANC, Òmnium Cultural, CDR and Associació de Municipis per la Independència (AMI). Puigdemont plans to attend this welcoming act to then participate in the plenary session of investiture of the leader of the PSC, almost seven years after settling in Belgium due to the judicial consequences of the 'procés', and with an arrest warrant. Photo by David Zorrakino/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Catalan Separatist Puigdemont Returns To Barcelona

The former president of the Generalitat de Catalunya Carles Puigdemont speaks in a welcome rally organized by pro-independence organizations at Passeig Lluís Companys, on August 8, 2024, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Said rally has been called by pro-independence entities, with the assistance of Junts, ERC, CUP, ANC, Òmnium Cultural, CDR and Associació de Municipis per la Independència (AMI). Puigdemont plans to attend this welcoming act to then participate in the plenary session of investiture of the leader of the PSC, almost seven years after settling in Belgium due to the judicial consequences of the 'procés', and with an arrest warrant. Photo by David Zorrakino/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Gov't, ruling parties back completion of highway network

TOKYO, Japan - Transport minister Nobuteru Ishihara (C) is greeted by heads of four public highway corporations (R) at his ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 22 after the government and ruling parties endorsed a privatization scheme for the corporations. The scheme calls for privatizing the four highway builders into seven entities in fiscal 2005.

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Road panel outlines privatization scheme

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Imai, head of a government advisory body on privatization of road-related public corporations, speaks with the media Aug. 23. The seven-member panel worked out a framework to privatize four public entities, including the creation of a public corporation to inherit their debt after privatization.

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Panel to rethink road privatization

TOKYO, Japan - A government advisory panel tasked with privatizing four debt-ridden road-related public corporations is in session at a Tokyo hotel Aug. 22. The agreed to review a scheme to turn the entities into self-sustaining private firms 10 to 15 years after privatization. About 8.1 trillion yen in taxpayer money needs to be injected to repay some of the entities' debts if they all go public within 10 to 15 years, said the panel of seven private-sector experts.

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Reform-minded journalist named to new road panel

TOKYO, Japan - Reform-minded journalist Naoki Inose speaks at a news conference June 21 after being named one of seven members of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's new panel to study the privatization of road-related public entities.

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Coalition leaders agree to reform 7 public entities

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (C) shakes hands with New Conservative Party head Takeshi Noda as New Komeito party leader Takenori Kanzaki (2nd from R) watches at the premier's official residence Nov. 22, 2001. The coalition leaders agreed to dismantle or privatize seven major state-backed institutions as part of Koizumi's administrative reform drive to cut government spending.

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Japanese businesses backing cancer sufferers' wish to work

Seven people pose for a photo in Tokyo in October 2017 after inaugurating a group who aim to improve working environments for cancer patients. The group was founded by Lifenet Insurance Co. President Daisuke Iwase and six representatives of entities supporting cancer patients. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. sanctions N. Koreans, entities over human rights abuses

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speaks to reporters in Washington on Oct. 14, 2017. The United States imposed sanctions on Oct. 26 on seven officials and three entities of North Korea over what Washington described as Pyongyang's "ongoing and serious human rights abuses." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gov't, ruling parties back completion of highway network

TOKYO, Japan - Transport minister Nobuteru Ishihara (C) is greeted by heads of four public highway corporations (R) at his ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 22 after the government and ruling parties endorsed a privatization scheme for the corporations. The scheme calls for privatizing the four highway builders into seven entities in fiscal 2005. (Kyodo)

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Road panel outlines privatization scheme

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Imai, head of a government advisory body on privatization of road-related public corporations, speaks with the media Aug. 23. The seven-member panel worked out a framework to privatize four public entities, including the creation of a public corporation to inherit their debt after privatization. (Kyodo)

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Panel to rethink road privatization

TOKYO, Japan - A government advisory panel tasked with privatizing four debt-ridden road-related public corporations is in session at a Tokyo hotel Aug. 22. The agreed to review a scheme to turn the entities into self-sustaining private firms 10 to 15 years after privatization. About 8.1 trillion yen in taxpayer money needs to be injected to repay some of the entities' debts if they all go public within 10 to 15 years, said the panel of seven private-sector experts. (Kyodo)

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Reform-minded journalist named to new road panel

TOKYO, Japan - Reform-minded journalist Naoki Inose speaks at a news conference June 21 after being named one of seven members of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's new panel to study the privatization of road-related public entities.