Pedestrians walk past an electronic market board in Tokyo Monday, March 3, 2008. The benchmark Nikkei 225 stock index lost 610.84 points, or 4.49 percent, to close at 12,992.18 points on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, tracking Wall Street's losses amid persistent concerns about the U.S. economy. That marked the index's first close below 13,000 points since Jan 23. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara)

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