(8)Abductees enjoy their homecoming

SADOGASHIMA ISLAND, Japan - Hitomi Soga, on her first homecoming since being abducted to North Korea in 1978, smiles after being presented with a picture of crested ibises during a visit to the Sado Japanese Crested Ibis Conservation Center in the village of Niibo, Niigata Prefecture, on Oct. 20. (Pool photo)

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