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By Elaine Lies
TOKYO, June 13 (Reuters) - The Nikkei stock average gave up early gains to edge down 0.2 percent on Friday as risk-shy investors worried about the results of a Group of Eight finance ministers' meeting this weekend sold blue chips such as Hitachi Ltd .
Shippers extended losses as a key freight index plunged, while paper firms hit by the dollar's rise against the yen tumbled, weighing on the market.
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