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Brakes ok in Prius involved in crash
TOKYO
TOKYO, Mar 19 - Japanese police said Friday they had found no problem with a Toyota Prius involved in an accident last July that led the transport ministry to ask the carmaker to review its braking system.
Instead, they concluded that the 37-year-old driver who filed the complaint was at fault in the rear-end collision that caused minor injuries to two people, and referred the case to prosecutors, a police investigator said.
The investigation found no abnormalities in the event data recorder, or "black box", of the Prius hybrid after the driver complained that the brake pedal had reacted too slowly, said the officer, who asked not to be named.
"Police investigated the accident and asked (automotive) engineering experts to analyse the recorded data. We concluded that there was no problem with the vehicle's braking system," he told AFP.
Police had also questioned others who had previously driven the vehicle, a rental car, and found none who had experienced the same problem.
SHANGHAI, Mar 19 - US Internet giant Google will close its business in China next month and may announce its plans in the coming days, Chinese media reported on Friday, after rows over censorship and hacking.
TOKYO, Mar 19 - The dollar was little moved in thin Tokyo trading on Friday as investors looked for new clues before the end of the Japanese fiscal year, dealers said.
The dollar stood at 90.45 yen, up slightly from 90.39 in Thursday afternoon in New York.
BAGHDAD, Mar 18 - Iraq has signed an agreement to receive the first of two 250-million-dollar loans from the World Bank to help the country plug its budget deficit, the finance ministry said.
FRANKFURT, Mar 18 - German industrial giant Siemens announced on Thursday a broad restructuring of its SIS information technology division that includes the elimination of 4,200 jobs worldwide.
