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Canada: Spring Storm Dumps Heavy Snow To Greater Toronto Area

Much of the Greater Toronto Area was blanketed with heavy snow on Friday, March 22, as a spring storm moved through the region, dumping up to 19 centimeters in some parts of the city.

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Thousands flee homes as floods strike off Indonesia's Central Java

STORY: Thousands flee homes as floods strike off Indonesia's Central Java SHOOTING TIME: March 18, 2024 DATELINE: March 19, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:15 LOCATION: Jakarta CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Wulan River 2. various of Semarang, capital of Central Java STORYLINE: Thousands of people have fled their homes in the Indonesian province of Central Java as floods devastated the region over the weekend, the local disaster mitigation agency reported on Monday. The worst affected area is the Demak regency with more than 22,000 people reportedly taking temporary shelter due to the floodwater. According to the Demak Disaster Mitigation Agency, 89 villages in 11 subdistricts were inundated with depths ranging from 30 to over 80 centimeters. Flooding worsened in Demak after a dam on the Wulan River collapsed and cut off a section of the provincial highway connecting Demak and its neighboring regency Kudus. Disasters like floods and landslides often occur in Indonesia during the rainy se

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What's a toilet like about 2,000 years ago in ancient China?

STORY: What's a toilet like about 2,000 years ago in ancient China? SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 14, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 20, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:36 LOCATION: HANZHONG, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the ancient pottery model of a toilet 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LU HUI, Curator of Hanzhong Museum, Shaanxi Province STORYLINE: Nov. 19 marks World Toilet Day. What's a toilet like about 2,000 years ago in ancient China? An exhibit at Hanzhong Museum, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, has the answer. The ancient pottery model of a toilet, with a height of 40 centimeters, a length of 22.5 centimeters, and a width of 15.5 centimeters, was unearthed from a tomb of Han Dynasty (202 BC-AD 220). SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LU HUI, Curator of Hanzhong Museum, Shaanxi Province "We can tell from the structure of the relic that the toilet has already been separated by gender back in the Han Dynasty. It has a window on each side for ventilation, which was designed very scientifically." Xinhua News Agency correspondents

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The Serre-Poncon Lake Is Almost Full After Last Year's Drought - France

The Chapelle Saint-Michel is located on an island in the bay of Saint Michel on the lake of Serre-Poncon, France on August 02, 2023. Illustration of the Serre-Ponçon lake which is 2 meters 19 centimeters below its optimal level, on the same date in 2022 it was 13 meters short of its usual level. Photo by Thibaut Durand/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Serre-Poncon Lake Is Almost Full After Last Year's Drought - France

The Chapelle Saint-Michel is located on an island in the bay of Saint Michel on the lake of Serre-Poncon, France on August 02, 2023. Illustration of the Serre-Ponçon lake which is 2 meters 19 centimeters below its optimal level, on the same date in 2022 it was 13 meters short of its usual level. Photo by Thibaut Durand/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Serre-Poncon Lake Is Almost Full After Last Year's Drought - France

The Pic Morgon overlooks the Serre-Poncon lake, France on August 02, 2023. Illustration of the Serre-Ponçon lake which is 2 meters 19 centimeters below its optimal level, on the same date in 2022 it was 13 meters short of its usual level. Photo by Thibaut Durand/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Serre-Poncon Lake Is Almost Full After Last Year's Drought - France

A woman is sitting on her paddle in Baie Saint Michel, France on August 02, 2023. Illustration of the Serre-Ponçon lake which is 2 meters 19 centimeters below its optimal level, on the same date in 2022 it was 13 meters short of its usual level. Photo by Thibaut Durand/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Serre-Poncon Lake Is Almost Full After Last Year's Drought - France

The Saint Michel bay leisure center which is very popular with tourists during this summer period, France on August 02, 2023. Illustration of the Serre-Ponçon lake which is 2 meters 19 centimeters below its optimal level, on the same date in 2022 it was 13 meters short of its usual level. Photo by Thibaut Durand/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Serre-Poncon Lake Is Almost Full After Last Year's Drought - France

A boat sails in Saint Michel bay on the Serre-Poncon lake, France on August 02, 2023. Illustration of the Serre-Ponçon lake which is 2 meters 19 centimeters below its optimal level, on the same date in 2022 it was 13 meters short of its usual level. Photo by Thibaut Durand/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Serre-Poncon Lake Is Almost Full After Last Year's Drought - France

The Chapelle Saint-Michel is located on an island in the bay of Saint Michel on the lake of Serre-Poncon, France on August 02, 2023. Illustration of the Serre-Ponçon lake which is 2 meters 19 centimeters below its optimal level, on the same date in 2022 it was 13 meters short of its usual level. Photo by Thibaut Durand/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Serre-Poncon Lake Is Almost Full After Last Year's Drought - France

The Pont de Moulette, which was a viaduct for the railway, is at this time of the year under the waters of the Serre-Ponçon lake, France on August 02, 2023. Illustration of the Serre-Ponçon lake which is 2 meters 19 centimeters below its optimal level, on the same date in 2022 it was 13 meters short of its usual level. Photo by Thibaut Durand/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Serre-Poncon Lake Is Almost Full After Last Year's Drought - France

The Pont de Moulette, which was a viaduct for the railway, is at this time of the year under the waters of the Serre-Ponçon lake, France on August 02, 2023. Illustration of the Serre-Ponçon lake which is 2 meters 19 centimeters below its optimal level, on the same date in 2022 it was 13 meters short of its usual level. Photo by Thibaut Durand/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Serre-Poncon Lake Is Almost Full After Last Year's Drought - France

Boats are posed on one of the beaches of the bay Saint Michel on the lake of Serre-Poncon, France on August 02, 2023. Illustration of the Serre-Ponçon lake which is 2 meters 19 centimeters below its optimal level, on the same date in 2022 it was 13 meters short of its usual level. Photo by Thibaut Durand/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Serre-Poncon Lake Is Almost Full After Last Year's Drought - France

The Chapelle Saint-Michel is located on an island in the bay of Saint Michel on the lake of Serre-Poncon, France on August 02, 2023. Illustration of the Serre-Ponçon lake which is 2 meters 19 centimeters below its optimal level, on the same date in 2022 it was 13 meters short of its usual level. Photo by Thibaut Durand/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Serre-Poncon Lake Is Almost Full After Last Year's Drought - France

Boats are moored at the pontoon in the bay of Saint Michel on the lake of Serre-Poncon, France on August 02, 2023. Illustration of the Serre-Ponçon lake which is 2 meters 19 centimeters below its optimal level, on the same date in 2022 it was 13 meters short of its usual level. Photo by Thibaut Durand/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Serre-Poncon Lake Is Almost Full After Last Year's Drought - France

The Pont de Moulette, which was a viaduct for the railway, is at this time of the year under the waters of the Serre-Ponçon lake, France on August 02, 2023. Illustration of the Serre-Ponçon lake which is 2 meters 19 centimeters below its optimal level, on the same date in 2022 it was 13 meters short of its usual level. Photo by Thibaut Durand/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Serre-Poncon Lake Is Almost Full After Last Year's Drought - France

Women take part in an outdoor yoga class on a pontoon on the Embrun lake, France on August 02, 2023. Illustration of the Serre-Ponçon lake which is 2 meters 19 centimeters below its optimal level, on the same date in 2022 it was 13 meters short of its usual level. Photo by Thibaut Durand/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Serre-Poncon Lake Is Almost Full After Last Year's Drought - France

The Saint Michel bay leisure center which is very popular with tourists during this summer period, France on August 02, 2023. Illustration of the Serre-Ponçon lake which is 2 meters 19 centimeters below its optimal level, on the same date in 2022 it was 13 meters short of its usual level. Photo by Thibaut Durand/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Serre-Poncon Lake Is Almost Full After Last Year's Drought - France

Boats are moored at the pontoon in the bay of Saint Michel on the lake of Serre-Poncon, France on August 02, 2023. Illustration of the Serre-Ponçon lake which is 2 meters 19 centimeters below its optimal level, on the same date in 2022 it was 13 meters short of its usual level. Photo by Thibaut Durand/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Serre-Poncon Lake Is Almost Full After Last Year's Drought - France

Boats at anchor in Saint Michel bay on the Serre-Poncon lake, France on August 02, 2023. Illustration of the Serre-Ponçon lake which is 2 meters 19 centimeters below its optimal level, on the same date in 2022 it was 13 meters short of its usual level. Photo by Thibaut Durand/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Serre-Poncon Lake Is Almost Full After Last Year's Drought - France

The Chanteloub bay leisure center on the Serre-Poncon lake, France on August 02, 2023. Illustration of the Serre-Ponçon lake which is 2 meters 19 centimeters below its optimal level, on the same date in 2022 it was 13 meters short of its usual level. Photo by Thibaut Durand/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Serre-Poncon Lake Is Almost Full After Last Year's Drought - France

The Pont de Moulette, which was a viaduct for the railway, is at this time of the year under the waters of the Serre-Ponçon lake, France on August 02, 2023. Illustration of the Serre-Ponçon lake which is 2 meters 19 centimeters below its optimal level, on the same date in 2022 it was 13 meters short of its usual level. Photo by Thibaut Durand/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Serre-Poncon Lake Is Almost Full After Last Year's Drought - France

The Saint Michel bay leisure center which is very popular with tourists during this summer period, France on August 02, 2023. Illustration of the Serre-Ponçon lake which is 2 meters 19 centimeters below its optimal level, on the same date in 2022 it was 13 meters short of its usual level. Photo by Thibaut Durand/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Serre-Poncon Lake Is Almost Full After Last Year's Drought - France

The Pont de Moulette, which was a viaduct for the railway, is at this time of the year under the waters of the Serre-Ponçon lake, France on August 02, 2023. Illustration of the Serre-Ponçon lake which is 2 meters 19 centimeters below its optimal level, on the same date in 2022 it was 13 meters short of its usual level. Photo by Thibaut Durand/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Serre-Poncon Lake Is Almost Full After Last Year's Drought - France

The Pont de Moulette, which was a viaduct for the railway, is at this time of the year under the waters of the Serre-Ponçon lake, France on August 02, 2023. Illustration of the Serre-Ponçon lake which is 2 meters 19 centimeters below its optimal level, on the same date in 2022 it was 13 meters short of its usual level. Photo by Thibaut Durand/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Serre-Poncon Lake Is Almost Full After Last Year's Drought - France

The Chanteloub bay leisure center on the Serre-Poncon lake, France on August 02, 2023. Illustration of the Serre-Ponçon lake which is 2 meters 19 centimeters below its optimal level, on the same date in 2022 it was 13 meters short of its usual level. Photo by Thibaut Durand/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Serre-Poncon Lake Is Almost Full After Last Year's Drought - France

An old pedalo is lying on the beach of the bay of Chanteloube, France on August 02, 2023. Illustration of the Serre-Ponçon lake which is 2 meters 19 centimeters below its optimal level, on the same date in 2022 it was 13 meters short of its usual level. Photo by Thibaut Durand/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Serre-Poncon Lake Is Almost Full After Last Year's Drought - France

Bicycles that float on the water are moored in the bay of Chanteloube, France on August 02, 2023. Illustration of the Serre-Ponçon lake which is 2 meters 19 centimeters below its optimal level, on the same date in 2022 it was 13 meters short of its usual level. Photo by Thibaut Durand/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Serre-Poncon Lake Is Almost Full After Last Year's Drought - France

Windsurfers are placed on a rack on a beach on the lake of Serre-Poncon, France on August 02, 2023. Illustration of the Serre-Ponçon lake which is 2 meters 19 centimeters below its optimal level, on the same date in 2022 it was 13 meters short of its usual level. Photo by Thibaut Durand/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Serre-Poncon Lake Is Almost Full After Last Year's Drought - France

Boats are posed on one of the beaches of the lake of Serre-Poncon, France on August 02, 2023. Illustration of the Serre-Ponçon lake which is 2 meters 19 centimeters below its optimal level, on the same date in 2022 it was 13 meters short of its usual level. Photo by Thibaut Durand/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Serre-Poncon Lake Is Almost Full After Last Year's Drought - France

Boats are moored to a pontoon on the Serre-Poncon lake, France on August 02, 2023. Illustration of the Serre-Ponçon lake which is 2 meters 19 centimeters below its optimal level, on the same date in 2022 it was 13 meters short of its usual level. Photo by Thibaut Durand/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Apple unveils two new iPhones

CUPERTINO, United States - Photo shows the iPhone 6 (L) and iPhone 6 Plus with screen sizes of 4.7 inches (about 12 centimeters) and 5.5 inches, respectively, unveiled by Apple Inc. on Sept. 9, 2014, in Cupertino, California. The new smartphones will be able to facilitate the company's new mobile payment system called Apple Pay. They will go on sale in 10 regions, including Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore on Sept. 19.

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Shortest woman

NEW YORK, United States - Jyoti Amge attends a Guinness World Records ceremony to certify her as the world's shortest living woman at the Empire State Building in New York on Sept. 12, 2013. The 19-year-old woman from India is 62.7 centimeters tall.

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'Power' asparagus amazes people in Hokkaido city

SAPPORO, Japan - A wild asparagus 23 centimeters tall is seen growing after breaking through 3-cm-thick asphalt on a paved sidewalk in the northern Japan city of Bibai, Hokkaido, on May 19, 2010.

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Gold 'hina dolls' displayed in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - A woman looks at a pair of ''hina dolls'' made of pure gold worth 10 million yen at a branch of precious metal dealer GINZA TANAKA in Nagoya on Feb. 19. The dolls, which are about 10 centimeters high and weigh one kilogram, are being displayed ahead of the Japanese Doll Festival for girls, or Hina Matsuri, on March 3.

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Panasonic to launch 'tough' laptop PCs

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows a Toughbook high-end laptop personal computer Panasonic Corp. will launch Feb. 13. Panasonic said Jan. 21 it will launch two ''tough'' high-end laptop PCs, Toughbook CF-19 and Toughbook CF-30, that it claims will not break even if they are dropped from a height of 90 centimeters.

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Portable solar panel for use as outdoor, emergency power source

OSAKA, Japan - Sanyo Electric Co. unveiled on Sept. 2 a portable solar panel for use as outdoor lighting or an emergency power source. The device, 24 centimeters by 19 centimeters, is equipped with light emitting diodes on the reverse side for outdoor lighting and a USB power charger for mobile phones. When fully charged under the sun for 15 to 30 hours, the nine LEDs can light up for nine hours. The stored electricity can alternatively be used to charge a mobile phone once, Sanyo says. The retail price is set at around 16,000 yen.

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Matsushita to release Blu-ray Disc drive June 10

OSAKA, Japan - Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. will release on June 10 a personal computer memory disk drive compatible with the specifications of the ''Blu-ray Disc,'' a next-generation ultra-large storage capacity DVD. The drive (L) -- 14.6 centimeters wide, 4.1 cm high and 19 cm long -- is designed to be fitted into a standard-sized CD drive slot on the core tower portion of a desktop computer. The memory capacity of a 50-gigabyte version of a Blu-ray disk (R) provides a capacity nearly 10 times that of a 4.7-gigabyte DVD. The new drive is compatible with both the 50-gigabyte and 25-gigabyte Blu-ray disks.

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Heaviest snowfall in 58 years dumps 23 cm on Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - Nagoya Castle in Nagoya, central Japan, is coated in a thick layer of snow on Dec. 19 as the heaviest snowfall in 58 years dumped 23 centimeters on the city.

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(2)Blasts reported near U.S. Army's Camp Zama

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Police officers check a park in Zama, Kanagawa Prefecture on Nov. 19 where explosions believed to be a guerrilla attack aimed at the U.S. Army's Camp Zama occurred the previous night. Police said they found a projectile launcher, a metal pipe about 55 centimeters long and 5.5 cm in diameter, at the west side of the park.

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(1)Blasts reported near U.S. Army's Camp Zama

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Police officers check a park in Zama, south of Tokyo, on Nov. 19 where explosions believed to be a guerrilla attack aimed at the U.S. Army's Canp Zama occurred the previous night. Police found a projectile launcher, a metal pipe about 55 centimeters long and 5.5 cm in diameter, at the west side of the park.

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Mt. Fuji capped with snow

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in the morning of Oct. 21 shows Mt. Fuji, Japan's highest mountain, capped with 19 centimeters of snow at its summit only two days after the 3,776-meter peak saw its first snowfall of the coming winter Oct. 19.

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Baobab flower in bloom

KYOTO, Japan - A flower of the baobab tree, a tropical tree indigenous to Africa, blooms for the first time in Japan on Aug. 19 at the Kyoto prefectural botanical garden. The bloom is 15 centimeters in diameter.

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Portable solar panel for use as outdoor, emergency power source

OSAKA, Japan - Sanyo Electric Co. unveiled on Sept. 2 a portable solar panel for use as outdoor lighting or an emergency power source. The device, 24 centimeters by 19 centimeters, is equipped with light emitting diodes on the reverse side for outdoor lighting and a USB power charger for mobile phones. When fully charged under the sun for 15 to 30 hours, the nine LEDs can light up for nine hours. The stored electricity can alternatively be used to charge a mobile phone once, Sanyo says. The retail price is set at around 16,000 yen. (Kyodo)

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Baobab flower in bloom

KYOTO, Japan - A flower of the baobab tree, a tropical tree indigenous to Africa, blooms for the first time in Japan on Aug. 19 at the Kyoto prefectural botanical garden. The bloom is 15 centimeters in diameter.

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(1)Blasts reported near U.S. Army's Camp Zama

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Police officers check a park in Zama, south of Tokyo, on Nov. 19 where explosions believed to be a guerrilla attack aimed at the U.S. Army's Canp Zama occurred the previous night. Police found a projectile launcher, a metal pipe about 55 centimeters long and 5.5 cm in diameter, at the west side of the park. (Kyodo)

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(2)Blasts reported near U.S. Army's Camp Zama

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Police officers check a park in Zama, Kanagawa Prefecture on Nov. 19 where explosions believed to be a guerrilla attack aimed at the U.S. Army's Camp Zama occurred the previous night. Police said they found a projectile launcher, a metal pipe about 55 centimeters long and 5.5 cm in diameter, at the west side of the park. (Kyodo)

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Adventure World in western Japan

A park official at Adventure World in Shirahama in Wakayama Prefecture gives a big "ehomaki" sushi roll -- 25 centimeters in width and 19 cm in diameter -- to an elephant at a zoo in the western Japan leisure park on Feb. 1, 2021.

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Matsushita to release Blu-ray Disc drive June 10

OSAKA, Japan - Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. will release on June 10 a personal computer memory disk drive compatible with the specifications of the ''Blu-ray Disc,'' a next-generation ultra-large storage capacity DVD. The drive (L) -- 14.6 centimeters wide, 4.1 cm high and 19 cm long -- is designed to be fitted into a standard-sized CD drive slot on the core tower portion of a desktop computer. The memory capacity of a 50-gigabyte version of a Blu-ray disk (R) provides a capacity nearly 10 times that of a 4.7-gigabyte DVD. The new drive is compatible with both the 50-gigabyte and 25-gigabyte Blu-ray disks. (Kyodo)

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Gold 'hina dolls' displayed in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - A woman looks at a pair of ''hina dolls'' made of pure gold worth 10 million yen at a branch of precious metal dealer GINZA TANAKA in Nagoya on Feb. 19. The dolls, which are about 10 centimeters high and weigh one kilogram, are being displayed ahead of the Japanese Doll Festival for girls, or Hina Matsuri, on March 3. (Kyodo)