
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (L) and Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura hold a joint press conference in Tokyo on February 27, 2008. Japan's foreign minister said February 27 that the alliance with the United States remained important after Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice apologised for an alleged rape. AFP PHOTO/Shizuo Kambayashi/POOL (Photo credit should read SHIZUO KAMBAYASHI/AFP/Getty Images)
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (L) speaks while Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura listens during their joint press conference in Tokyo on February 27, 2008. Japan's foreign minister said February 27 that the alliance with the United States remained important after Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice apologised for an alleged rape. AFP PHOTO/Shizuo Kambayashi/POOL (Photo credit should read SHIZUO KAMBAYASHI/AFP/Getty Images)
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice speaks during a joint press conference with Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura in Tokyo on February 27, 2008. Japan's foreign minister said February 27 that the alliance with the United States remained important after Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice apologised for an alleged rape. AFP PHOTO/Shizuo Kambayashi/POOL (Photo credit should read SHIZUO KAMBAYASHI/AFP/Getty Images)
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EU Commissioner for Competition Neelie Kroes addresses the media at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2008. The European Union fined Microsoft Corp. a record euro 899 million (US$1.3 billion) on Wednesday for charging rivals too much for software information. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)
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EU Commissioner for Competition Neelie Kroes addresses the media at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2008. The European Union fined Microsoft Corp. a record euro 899 million (US$1.3 billion) on Wednesday for charging rivals too much for software information. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)
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UBS Chairman of the Board Marcel Ospel speaks during the Swiss bank's extraordinary general assembly in the St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Wednesday, Feb 27, 2008. Ospel urged shareholders to approve a recapitalization deal that would raise billions from sovereign wealth funds. Switzerland's largest bank has been one of the hardest-hit by the subprime crisis. It has written down nearly 16 billion Swiss francs (nearly US$14 billion; euros 9 billion) last year in posting its first full-year net loss in a decade. (AP Photo/Keystone, Alessandro Della Bella)
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UBS Chairman of the Board Marcel Ospel speaks during the Swiss bank's extraordinary general assembly in the St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Wednesday, Feb 27, 2008. Ospel urged shareholders to approve a recapitalization deal that would raise billions from sovereign wealth funds. Switzerland's largest bank has been one of the hardest-hit by the subprime crisis. It has written down nearly 16 billion Swiss francs (nearly US$14 billion; euros 9 billion) last year in posting its first full-year net loss in a decade. (AP Photo/Keystone, Alessandro Della Bella)
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UBS Chairman of the Board Marcel Ospel speaks during the Swiss bank's extraordinary general assembly in the St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Wednesday, Feb 27, 2008. Ospel urged shareholders to approve a recapitalization deal that would raise billions from sovereign wealth funds. Switzerland's largest bank has been one of the hardest-hit by the subprime crisis. It has written down nearly 16 billion Swiss francs (nearly US$14 billion; euros 9 billion) last year in posting its first full-year net loss in a decade. (AP Photo/Keystone, Alessandro Della Bella)
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UBS Chairman of the Board Marcel Ospel speaks during the Swiss bank's extraordinary general assembly in the St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Wednesday, Feb 27, 2008. Ospel urged shareholders to approve a recapitalization deal that would raise billions from sovereign wealth funds. Switzerland's largest bank has been one of the hardest-hit by the subprime crisis. It has written down nearly 16 billion Swiss francs (nearly US$14 billion; euros 9 billion) last year in posting its first full-year net loss in a decade. (AP Photo/Keystone, Alessandro Della Bella)
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UBS Chairman of the Board Marcel Ospel speaks during the Swiss bank's extraordinary general assembly in the St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Wednesday, Feb 27, 2008. Ospel urged shareholders to approve a recapitalization deal that would raise billions from sovereign wealth funds. Switzerland's largest bank has been one of the hardest-hit by the subprime crisis. It has written down nearly 16 billion Swiss francs (nearly US$14 billion; euros 9 billion) last year in posting its first full-year net loss in a decade. (AP Photo/Keystone, Eddy Risch)
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