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document.write("<TABLE width=400 border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2>");
//document.write('<tr><td valign="top" colspan=2>&nbsp;</td></tr>');
document.write('<tr><td valign=top class=clsSubHeadline colspan="2">Insight into news affecting global markets</td></tr>');
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document.write('<tr><td valign="top" colspan=2>Periodic analysis on international economic and political developments and their near-term impacts on global markets.<br> <br>');

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document.write("<TD width=160><a href='" + htmlServerToUse + "pdf/ic082605.pdf' onClick=\"return popUp(this.href,'pdf');\">August 26, 2005</a></TD>");
document.write("<TD width=283>Possible Winners and Losers from Japan&rsquo;s Elections</TD>");
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document.write("<TD width=160><a href='" + htmlServerToUse + "pdf/ic082405.pdf' onClick=\"return popUp(this.href,'pdf');\">August 24, 2005</a></TD>");
document.write("<TD width=283>Saudi Arabia: King Abdullah - Off and Running</TD>");
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document.write("<TD width=160><a href='" + htmlServerToUse + "pdf/ic081905.pdf' onClick=\"return popUp(this.href,'pdf');\">August 19, 2005</a></TD>");
document.write("<TD width=283>Gloomy Q2 EU data confirmed - Will Q3 be any better?</TD>");
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document.write("<TD width=160><a href='" + htmlServerToUse + "pdf/ic080405.pdf' onClick=\"return popUp(this.href,'pdf');\">August 04, 2005</a></TD>");
document.write("<TD width=283>The Bank of Japan vs. the Ministry of Finance &ndash; Place Your Bets</TD>");
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