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Tokyo cab reaches New York from Argentina

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NEW YORK (Reuters) -- When Japanese actor Gitan Otsuro climbed out of his cab in New York City on Friday, the meter showed more than 6 million yen ($58,000) -- but he's not planning to pay the fare.

The three-month, 20,000-mile (32,000-km) trek from Patagonia, Argentina, in the Tokyo taxi was sponsored by a Japanese TV station which is making a travel documentary about it.

http://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/Northeast/04/02/life.taxi.reut/index.html
 
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