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JAPAN'S PRINCESS KIKO GIVES BIRTH TO BOY

An extra edition of newspapers is distributed in major cities of Japan, announcing Princess Kiko giving birth to a royal baby boy in a Tokyo hospital early morning on September 6, 2006. The boy is the first male born in Japan's Royal Family since the baby's father, Prince Akishino, was born 41 years ago. (UPI Photo/Keizo Mori)

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