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Sweden: Historic Kiruna Church Moved Amid Mining Subsidence Threat

Sweden’s landmark, a historic 113-year-old Kiruna Church, began a slow-motion journey to a new location, as the town faces a threat of ground subsidence from years of iron ore mining at Europe's biggest underground mine.

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Japan's oldest person, 113-yr-old Hasegawa

SAGA, Japan - Chiyono Hasegawa, a 113-year-old woman, smiles after receiving congratulations on being Japan's oldest person, at a nursing care home in Saga Prefecture on Sept. 20, 2010, Respect-for-the-Aged Day.

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Eco-friendly LEDs installed in 113-yr-old lighthouse

TOKYO, Japan - The Japan Coast Guard replaced incandescent lighting with eco-friendly light emitting diodes (LED) and a solar power generating device in this 113-year-old lighthouse in Yokohama Port, south of Tokyo, shown Nov. 19, 2009.

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Eco-friendly LEDs installed in 113-yr-old lighthouse

TOKYO, Japan - Engineers test eco-friendly light emitting diodes (LED) in a 113-year-old lighthouse in Yokohama Port, south of Tokyo, on Nov. 19, 2009. The Japan Coast Guard switched the lighthouse to LED with a solar power generating device from incandescent lighting.

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Koyama becomes oldest person in Japan

FUKUOKA, Japan - Ura Koyama (file picture taken in February 1993), a 113-year-old resident of Iizuka in Fukuoka Prefecture, became the oldest person in Japan after Mitoyo Kawate, died Nov. 13 at the age of 114 in Hiroshima. Kawate had been recognized as the world's oldest person by the Guinness Book of Records.

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Japan's oldest person, 113-yr-old Hasegawa

SAGA, Japan - Chiyono Hasegawa, a 113-year-old woman, smiles after receiving congratulations on being Japan's oldest person, at a nursing care home in Saga Prefecture on Sept. 20, 2010, Respect-for-the-Aged Day. (Kyodo)

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Eco-friendly LEDs installed in 113-yr-old lighthouse

TOKYO, Japan - Engineers test eco-friendly light emitting diodes (LED) in a 113-year-old lighthouse in Yokohama Port, south of Tokyo, on Nov. 19, 2009. The Japan Coast Guard switched the lighthouse to LED with a solar power generating device from incandescent lighting. (Kyodo)

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Eco-friendly LEDs installed in 113-yr-old lighthouse

TOKYO, Japan - The Japan Coast Guard replaced incandescent lighting with eco-friendly light emitting diodes (LED) and a solar power generating device in this 113-year-old lighthouse in Yokohama Port, south of Tokyo, shown Nov. 19, 2009. (Kyodo)

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Koyama becomes oldest person in Japan

FUKUOKA, Japan - Ura Koyama (file picture taken in February 1993), a 113-year-old resident of Iizuka in Fukuoka Prefecture, became the oldest person in Japan after Mitoyo Kawate, died Nov. 13 at the age of 114 in Hiroshima. Kawate had been recognized as the world's oldest person by the Guinness Book of Records. (Kyodo)