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After nearly fifty years of persevering with a life under her husband’s surname, 75-year-old Kyoko Tsukamoto is taking the Japanese government to court so that she can at least bear her own name when she dies. “My husband and I still love each other, but this and the issue of Tsukamoto are different,” she said. The former teacher uses her ... Read More »

Progress in pulling the American economy out of recession has been “painfully slow”, US President Barack Obama has said. “The hole the recession left was huge and progress has been painfully slow,” he told a White House news conference. Mr Obama has made three speeches on the economy this week, as it looms as the major issue for the US ... Read More »