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• China to launch space mission in September
It followed with a two-man mission in 2005. China launched a moon probe last year about one month after rival Japan blasted its own lunar orbiter into space.
• Green polar bears puzzle Japan zoo visitors
A polar bear, its fur stained with algae, stands in its cage at Higashiyama Zoo in Nagoya, central Japan on Saturday. Three polar bears at the zoo changed their colors in July after swimming in a pond with an overgrowth of algae. Three normally ...
• Analysts unsure if move will cure housing woes
Japan's Nikkei stock average jumped 3.4 percent and Hong Kong's Hang Seng index surged 4.3 percent. In morning trading, Britain's FTSE 100 jumped 3.81 percent, Germany's DAX index rose 3.21 percent, and France's CAC-40 surged 4.44 percent.
• Stocks surge on plan for mortgage giants
Japan’s Nikkei stock average jumped 3.4 percent and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index surged 4.3 percent. In afternoon trading, Britain’s FTSE 100 jumped 3.81 percent, Germany’s DAX index rose 3.22 percent, and France’s CAC-40 surged 4.65 percent
• WWE tries to put headlock on Japanese market
WWE's big push to market itself in Japan is nowhere clearer than at gatherings like Sunday's SummerSlam Festival, a raucous party that charges fans a $30 admission fee to watch recorded WWE pay-per-view events on giant video screens.