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Japan to legalise cannabis-based medicines

Japan's parliament has passed a bill to legalise cannabis-based medicines in a landmark revision of its stringent drug laws, while toughening its ban on recreational use of marijuana.

Photo: Aftermath of devastating earthquake in Japan

Local authorities put the death toll at 48, but the number is expected to rise as rescuers comb through the rubble. Japanese rescuers battled the clock and powerful aftershocks on Tuesday as they searched for survivors of a New Year's Day earthquake that killed
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