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Asian markets mixed after North Korea nuclear test

May. 25, 2009
Asian markets were mixed Monday after North Korea said it had conducted a nuclear test. But stocks across the region pared losses or recovered in afternoon trading as investors seemed to shake off the incident and looked ahead this week's economic reports....
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