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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE57J5FW20090820?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews&rpc=69"><H1>Let's just wave at each other, okay?</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE57J5FW20090820?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews&rpc=69"><P>TOKYO (Reuters) - They may want votes, but some Japanese election candidates have been cutting back on handshakes on the campaign trail as the new flu virus reaches epidemic proportions in Japan.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE57J5FW20090820?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews&rpc=69"><P>The country has confirmed three deaths from the <A title="Full coverage of the H1N1 story" href="http://www.reuters.com/news/globalcoverage/swineflu">H1N1</A> influenza virus, and the health minister said Wednesday a rise in cases meant the new flu had spread more than expected this summer.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE57J5FW20090820?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews&rpc=69"><P>With little more than a week to go until the August 30 election that his opposition Democratic Party looks likely to win, candidate Denny Tamaki is playing it safe.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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