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Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso has ordered more than 10 trillion yen ($99 billion) to stimulate the world's second-largest economy from its deepest recession since World War II."The package amounts to more than 2 percent of Japan's gross domestic product,” said Kaoru Yosano, the Finance Minister on Monday after meeting with Aso.
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German chancellor Angela Merkel has retained her place as the most powerful woman in the world, according to the annual poll by Forbes magazine. The 55-year-old Christian Democrat politician, who faces an election in September that she is widely tipped to win, held onto the position for the fourth year running.
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