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Article: Japan's upper house approves extension of antiterrorism law
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- October 27, 2006
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Japan's upper house approves extension of antiterrorism law
TOKYO, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Japan's House of Councilors approved on
Friday a bill which extends the special antiterrorism law for another
year from November 1, following approvals from the lower house and
the Cabinet earlier this month.
The bill passed the House of Councilors by a majority vote. This
would be the third extension of the law, under which Japan's Maritime
Self-Defense Force (MSDF) ships can continue refueling U. S.-led
coalition forces in the Indian Ocean in support of the antiterrorism
campaign in Afghanistan.
The law, originally enacted in October 2001 after the Sept. 11
attacks on the ...