Asia stocks drop

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May 9 - Soaring oil prices again weigh on Asian stocks.

Japan's Nikkei dropped 2 percent, posting its first weekly decline in eight weeks.

But Australian shares bucked the trend by rising more than 1 percent by midday as strong commodity prices lifted resource firms and on a strong financial sector.

Kitty Bu reports.

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