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04-17-2006, 12:26 PM
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  | Japanese WWII soldier found alive "An ex-Japanese soldier who disappeared after World War II and was officially declared dead in 2000 has turned up alive in Ukraine, officials say." http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4916294.stm
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04-17-2006, 12:29 PM
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| Thats interesting. I know that Russian and Japanese relations sometimes are strained over the occupation of a few islands in the Kuriles that are claimed by Japan
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04-17-2006, 01:34 PM
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| Oh, this is s Cold War thing since he disappeared in 1958. I was imagining he was a prisoner from Manchuria or whatnot. Weird anyhow.
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04-17-2006, 01:48 PM
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| Indeed.
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