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Japanese Fury Mounts Over US Marine Rape Case

'Unforgivable' crime threatens alliance

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 12, 2008 3:30 AM CST

(Newser) – Tensions continued to mount in Japan today in the aftermath of the arrest of a US Marine accused of raping a 14-year-old schoolgirl in Okinawa. "It is unforgivable," Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda told a parliamentary panel. "It has happened over and over...   Read full story »

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