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Russian, South Korean, and North Korean foreign ministers meet to discuss the construction of a natural gas pipeline that would cross over all three countries.

露・韓外相、北朝鮮含む3か国共同事業推進合意
 
China's first carrier goes on a short test voyage, and there are fears that this will touch off an arms race between it and its neighbors.

中国初の空母が試験航行 周辺国の軍拡触発も
 
Intensely hot days continued throughout the country, and the Japan Meteorological Agency is urging caution against the high temperatures and thunderstorms.

猛暑続く 熱中症や雷雨に注意
 
An apartment complex in Sakai City, Osaka-fu is suspected of limiting elderly people's ability to go out (video).

高齢者を外出制限? 堺市のマンションを市が調査

I find the use of 聴 interesting, towards the end in 市は住民から事情を聴き、さらなる実態の把握を進める方針です. It's probably right, but normally it seems like 聞 is the catch-all character (though it hasn't bled its way in to the 効 and 利 world yet).

[Edit] Actually, now that I think about it more, 聴 seems like the best choice, because it implies active listening, whereas 聞 is more like "hear", and I think we can all agree we want the police intently listening to the people they're interviewing during their investigations.
 
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A cultural article here: traffic jams exceed 50 kilometers in places due to the Obon Festival rush (video).

帰省ラッシュ 渋滞50キロ超
 
And if you're interested in staying on top of this, this just happened:

帰省ラッシュ 渋滞60キロ超

About 2 hours later 10 more kilometers were added.
 
Citizens in Dalian, China protest the presence of a chemical plant, and the authorities have promised to move it.

中国・大連 権利意識 市動かす
 
I guess this'll finish up the reporting on the Obon Festival traffic situation. There were some pretty long ones, and they were easily worse than last year's.

お盆の高速、今年は大混雑 東北地方は特に激しく
 
A man without credential pretends to be a doctor and treats patients in the Tohoku region after the quake/tsunami disaster.

被災地の"自称医師"を無資格容疑で逮捕へ
 
This article really makes me wish I were getting paid in yen right now. It keeps getting more expensive, and today went as high as 75.93 JPY/USD. Investors keep buying them because they're among the most stable things to buy, aside from gold.

NY円 一時75円93銭 戦後最高値を更新
 
Gaddafi's son is rescued by forces sympathetic to the dictator from the rebels' hands.

カダフィ大佐長男、反体制派の拘束から逃亡=報道
 
Ford and Toyota agree to collaborate on the development of a new hybrid system.

フォードとトヨタ、新型ハイブリッドシステムを共同開発へ
 
The rebels' joy explodes as they fire shots of celebration in the air after having taken over Gaddafi's base, Tripoli.

反体制派、喜び爆発 カダフィ拠点「制圧」に祝砲
 
The transfer of power in Lybia is set, foreign journalists who were being held have been released, and a bounty is put out on Gaddafi, dead or alive. Things sure can happen quickly sometimes.

政権移行着手 軟禁の外国人記者解放 「カダフィ拘束 」に懸賞金
 

chinese-forums is an amazing place, I found this site because of there.

I'm liking this thread, I like the idea of learning new vocabulary before reading the article, it helps me focus and gives me more confidence to read the actual article, a lot more than just having a huge block of text to intimidate my little mind.

I'm still on the first article, I'll make my way down to my post! see you in quite awhile LMAO
 
Unfortunately I think the older ones are no longer good links. The vocabulary lists are a bit of a pain to make, too, so I've been slacking. It helps keep me posting articles too.
 
The Japan Coast Guard discusses changes to their regulations so that ships will be able to order foreign ships out of Japanese waters without an investigation into their entry.

海上警察権強化で関係法令改正へ…海上保安庁
 
And while I was looking to make sure I had the right given name, I came across his official site, where I found this:

2011年8月15日
№842 私の覚悟

It's a nice break from the news, but still formal written language.
 
A team of American and French archeologists found some hand axes in Kenya dating back 1.76 million years, the oldest found yet. At least presumably they were archeologists. The article just said "American and French team". At any rate, pretty cool stuff.

ケニアで世界最古の「握斧」発見 推定176万年前
 
Newly selected prime minister Noda further determines who's going to be in his cabinet.

野田内閣2日発足 細野・平野氏留任、玄葉氏も入閣へ
 
Fears that Kesennuma will be inundated cause residents to be cautious of the approaching Typhoon #12. The ground is already about 70 cm lower than it was before the earthquake in March, making conditions worse than they otherwise would have been (video).

【台風12号】気仙沼「水没の町」も警戒強める
大型で強い台風12号が四国に接近しています。東北の被災地も警戒を強めています。
 
Typhoon # 12 looks to be the most damaging of Heisei (1989-present).

死亡・不明100人超、平成最悪の台風被害
 
Nara Prefecture sends relief materials to the prefectural disaster response headquarters, which was affected by Typhoon #12.

奈良県にヘリ派遣 県が物資輸送 福井
 
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