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Philippines: Typhoon Kalmaegi Triggers Severe Flooding, Displacing Thousands 4

At least 140 people have died and 127 remain missing after Typhoon Kalmaegi struck the Philippines, with the central province of Cebu suffering the worst damage from floods and mudslides. Homes were destroyed and streets were left buried in debris, forcing thousands of residents to evacuate. In Cebu, floodwaters rose to roof level in some areas. A state of calamity has been declared in Cebu to speed up emergency response as rescue operations continue.

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US: Multiple Arrested At Pro-Palestine Protest Outside NYU Stern School Of Business

Hundreds of pro-Palestinian demonstrators, including students and faculty members, rallied outside the New York University Stern School of Business on Monday, April 22. As the protest intensified, multiple protesters were taken into custody.

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Nordic combined World Cup in Kazakhstan

ALMATY, Kazakhstan - (From L) Akito Watabe of Japan, Christoph Bieler of Austria and Miroslav Dvorak of the Czech Republic stand on the podium at a World Cup Nordic combined event in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on Feb. 10, 2013. Bieler won the competition and Watabe and Dvorak finished second and third respectively.

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Sao Paulo soccer stadium

SAO PAOLO, Brazil - A soccer stadium in Sao Paulo, Brazil, to be used for the opening ceremony of the 2014 soccer World Cup finals is shown to reporters on Dec. 16, 2013. Part of the facility's roof remains collapsed since a fatal accident in November 2013.

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Sao Paulo soccer stadium

SAO PAOLO, Brazil - A soccer stadium in Sao Paulo, Brazil, to be used for the opening ceremony of the 2014 soccer World Cup finals is shown to reporters on Dec. 16, 2013. Part of the facility's roof remains collapsed since a fatal accident in November 2013.

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Stadium for 2014 World Cup

CURITIBA, Brazil - Photo taken Dec. 14, 2013, shows a stadium under construction in Curitiba, Brazil, which will be one of the venues for the 2014 soccer World Cup.

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Snowboarding World Cup

SOCHI, Russia - Japan's Taku Hiraoka wears the gold medal after the award ceremony of a halfpipe competition at a snowboard World Cup meet in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 14, 2013. Hiraoka won the test event for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics to claim his first World Cup title.

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Snowboarding World Cup

SOCHI, Russia - Japan's Taku Hiraoka gets air during a halfpipe competition at a snowboard World Cup meet in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 14, 2013. Hiraoka won the test event for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics to claim his first World Cup title.

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Takanashi sweeps doubleheader at Zao

YAMAGATA, Japan - Photo shows the first jump of Japan's Sara Takanashi at a World Cup women's ski jumping event at Zao in Yamagata Prefecture on Feb. 10, 2013. Takanashi swept a doubleheader that day.

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Ski jump star Takanashi donates schoolbags to children

OSAKA, Japan - Japanese teenage ski jumper Sara Takanashi poses for photos with children during a ceremony at the Osaka prefectural government building on March 26, 2014. Takanashi, who won the World Cup women's overall title for the second year in a row, used a portion of her 2013-14 season's prize money to donate "randsel" schoolbags to 149 children of single-parent families who will enter elementary schools in April.

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Sochi Olympics venues set to be used as facilities

SOCHI, Russia - The Fisht Olympic Stadium (lower C) in Sochi, Russia, at which the opening and closing ceremonies of the Winter Games were held, is slated to be used for the 2018 World Cup soccer tournament, while the Bolshoy Ice Dome (center L) is to be used as a sports and concert stadium. The photo was taken in December 2013.

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World Cup Brazil venues

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - A December 2013 photo shows a river dolphin tour in Manaus, a city in the Amazon area and one of the 12 venues for the 2014 World Cup soccer finals in Brazil.

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World Cup Brazil venues

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - A December 2013 photo shows young caimans in a river seen during a predawn tour of the Pantanal wetlands near Cuiaba, one of the 12 venues for the 2014 World Cup soccer finals in Brazil.

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World Cup Brazil venues

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - A December 2013 photo shows a girl with a football at a soccer school in Salvador, one of the 12 venues for the 2014 World Cup soccer finals in Brazil.

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World Cup Brazil venues

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - A December 2013 photo shows shoppers in the Centro area of Sao Paulo, one of the 12 venues for the 2014 World Cup soccer finals in Brazil.

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World Cup Brazil venues

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - A December 2013 photo shows boys playing soccer on a beach near Natal, one of the 12 venues for the 2014 World Cup soccer finals in Brazil.

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World Cup Brazil venues

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - A December 2013 photo shows Arena Pantanal under construction in Cuiaba, one of the 12 venues for the 2014 World Cup soccer finals in Brazil.

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World Cup Brazil venues

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - A December 2013 photo shows Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, where the final game of the World Cup soccer will be held in July 2014. Seen in front is the Christ the Redeemer statue on Corcovado.

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Teenage pair wins world Latin dance contest

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 18, 2013, in Takamatsu shows Takaaki Fujisawa (R) and Honoka Miyaji, a Japanese teenage pair who won the amateur division of the New York style salsa dancing called "On 2" at the World Latin Dance Cup in Miami, Florida earlier that month.

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Takanashi makes it 3-for-3 in World Cup season

HINTERZARTEN, Germany - Japan's Sara Takanashi poses after producing her third straight victory of the World Cup season in Hinterzarten, Germany, on Dec. 22, 2013.

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Takanashi makes it 3-for-3 in World Cup season

HINTERZARTEN, Germany - Japan's Sara Takanashi poses after producing her third straight victory of the World Cup season in Hinterzarten, Germany, on Dec. 22, 2013.

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Nordic ski combined World Cup event

SCHONACH, Germany - Winner Magnus Moan (C) of Norway, runner-up Haavard Klemetsen (L), also of Norway, and Japan's Akito Watabe, who was third, pose after a Nordic ski combined World Cup event in Schonach, Germany, on Dec. 21, 2013.

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Japan's Takanashi wins 2nd straight women's Cup jump

HINTERZARTEN, Germany - Japan's Sara Takanashi poses for photos after winning the women's ski jumping World Cup event in Hinterzarten, Germany, on Dec. 21, 2013. Takanashi, 17, captured her second straight World Cup victory with a winning total of 266.8 points after jumps of 101m and 105m.

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Japan's Takanashi wins 2nd straight women's Cup jump

HINTERZARTEN, Germany - Japan's Sara Takanashi (C) poses for photos on the podium after winning the women's ski jumping World Cup event in Hinterzarten, Germany, on Dec. 21, 2013. Takanashi, 17, captured her second straight World Cup victory with a winning total of 266.8 points after jumps of 101m and 105m.

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Japan's Takanashi wins 2nd straight women's Cup jump

HINTERZARTEN, Germany - Japan's Sara Takanashi smiles after winning the women's ski jumping World Cup event in Hinterzarten, Germany, on Dec. 21, 2013. Takanashi, 17, captured her second straight World Cup victory with a winning total of 266.8 points after jumps of 101m and 105m.

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Japan's Takanashi wins 2nd straight women's Cup jump

HINTERZARTEN, Germany - Japan's Sara Takanashi soars through the air at the women's ski jumping World Cup competition in Hinterzarten, Germany, on Dec. 21, 2013. Takanashi, 17, captured her second straight World Cup victory with a winning total of 266.8 points after jumps of 101m and 105m.

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Mourning Nelson Mandela

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - South Africans sing and dance at a soccer stadium in Johannesburg on Dec. 10, 2013, to mourn the death Dec. 5 of former President Nelson Mandela. The funeral service for Mandela will be held later that day at the stadium, which was the venue of the 2010 soccer World Cup's closing ceremony, where Mandela made his last public appearance.

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World Cup ski jumping

LILLEHAMMER, Norway - Japan's Sara Takanashi (C) is pictured after winning gold in the women's World Cup ski jumping competition in Lillehammer, Norway, on Dec. 7, 2013. At left is Daniela Iraschko-Stolz of Austria and at right is Gianina Ernst of Germany, who shared silver.

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World Cup ski jumping

LILLEHAMMER, Norway - Japan's Sara Takanashi is pictured during jump 1 of the women's World Cup ski jumping competition in Lillehammer, Norway, on Dec. 7, 2013. The defending champion won with a total of 286.0 points with jumps of 102 and 96.5 meters.

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World Cup ski jumping

LILLEHAMMER, Norway - Japan's Sara Takanashi (C) is pictured during the award ceremony after winning gold in the women's World Cup ski jumping competition in Lillehammer, Norway, on Dec. 7, 2013. At left is Daniela Iraschko-Stolz of Austria and at right is Gianina Ernst of Germany, who shared silver.

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World Cup ski jumping

LILLEHAMMER, Norway - Japan's Sara Takanashi reacts after winning the women's World Cup ski jumping competition in Lillehammer, Norway, on Dec. 7, 2013.

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Japan in Group C at World Cup

COSTA DO SAUIPE, Brazil - Group C is displayed on a screen during the draw ceremony for the 2014 soccer World Cup in Costa do Sauipe in Brazil on Dec. 6, 2013. The group consists of Colombia, Greece, Ivory Coast and Japan.

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Japan in Group C at World Cup

COSTA DO SAUIPE, Brazil - Group C is displayed on a screen during the draw ceremony for the 2014 soccer World Cup in Costa do Sauipe in Brazil on Dec. 6, 2013. The group consists of Colombia, Greece, Ivory Coast and Japan.

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Nelson Mandela dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows former South African President Nelson Mandela attending the opening ceremony of the World Cup soccer finals at Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg in July 2010. The Nobel Peace Prize laureate who waged a long and ultimately victorious struggle against apartheid died on Dec. 5, 2013. He was 95.

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Japanese man leads Myanmar women's soccer team

YANGON, Myanmar - Yoshinori Kumada, Japanese manager of the Myanmar women's national soccer team, gives an interview in October 2013 in Yangon. Kumada has coached the team for more than two years since August 2011, eyeing to bring it to the 2015 World Cup.

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Departing manager Okada

HANGZHOU, China - Japan's two-time soccer World Cup coach Takeshi Okada holds a press conference at a hotel in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, on Nov. 20, 2013, before stepping down as manager of Chinese Super League team Hangzhou Greentown at the end of the season.

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World Cup speed skating

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - Japan's Keiichiro Nagashima holds his medal after winning the men's 500 meters in the second World Cup speed skating event of the season in Salt Lake City, United States, on Nov. 17, 2013. Nagashima won the race with a career-best 34.24 seconds.

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World Cup speed skating

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - Japan's Keiichiro Nagashima competes in the men's 500 meters in the second World Cup speed skating event of the season in Salt Lake City, United States, on Nov. 17, 2013. Nagashima won the race with a career-best 34.24 seconds.

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World Cup speed skating

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - Japan's Keiichiro Nagashima holds his medal after winning the men's 500 meters in the second World Cup speed skating event of the season in Salt Lake City, United States, on Nov. 17, 2013. Nagashima won the race with a career-best 34.24 seconds.

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World Cup speed skating

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - Japan's Keiichiro Nagashima competes in the men's 500 meters in the second World Cup speed skating event of the season in Salt Lake City, United States, on Nov. 17, 2013. Nagashima won the race with a career-best 34.24 seconds.

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World Cup speed skating

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - Japan's Joji Kato competes in the men's 500 meters in the second World Cup speed skating event of the season in Salt Lake City on Nov. 15, 2013. Kato won along with Canadian Gilmore Junio, clocking a time of 34.258 seconds, the same as Junio.

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World Cup speed skating

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - Japan's Joji Kato competes in the men's 500 meters in the second World Cup speed skating event of the season in Salt Lake City on Nov. 15, 2013. Kato won along with Canadian Gilmore Junio, clocking a time of 34.258 seconds, the same as Junio.

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World Cup speed skating

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - Japan's Joji Kato competes in the men's 500 meters in the second World Cup speed skating event of the season in Salt Lake City on Nov. 15, 2013. Kato won along with Canadian Gilmore Junio, clocking a time of 34.258 seconds, the same as Junio.

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Japan's slalom pioneer

TOKYO, Japan - Toshihiro Kaiwa (R), the first Japanese alpine skier to compete in World Cup races as a member of the first-seed group in the late 1970s, provides guidance about summer training to a skier at a ski slope in Nagano Prefecture on Oct. 14, 2013.

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Takanashi wins 2nd straight overall Grand Prix title

ALMATY, Kazakhstan - Sara Takanashi of Japan smiles on the winner's podium in Almaty, Kazakhstan on Sept. 21, 2013. The 16-year-old reigning individual winter World Cup champion scored 244.5 points to clinch the overall women's summer Grand Prix title for the second year in a row.

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Takanashi wins 2nd straight overall Grand Prix title

ALMATY, Kazakhstan - Sara Takanashi of Japan jumps in a Grand Prix series meet in Almaty, Kazakhstan on Sept. 21, 2013. The 16-year-old reigning individual winter World Cup champion scored 244.5 points to clinch the overall women's summer Grand Prix title for the second year in a row.

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Japan returns to Davis Cup World Group

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Go Soeda plays against Alejandro Falla of Colombia in a Davis Cup World Group play-off at Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo on Sept. 15, 2013. Soeda won 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 to seal the third point as Japan beat Colombia 3-2 to return to the World Group.

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Japan returns to Davis Cup World Group

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Go Soeda celebrates after defeating Alejandro Falla of Colombia in a Davis Cup World Group play-off at Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo on Sept. 15, 2013. Soeda won 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 to seal the third point as Japan beat Colombia 3-2 to return to the World Group.

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Japan returns to Davis Cup World Group

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Kei Nishikori celebrates after defeating Santiago Giraldo of Colombia in a Davis Cup World Group play-off at Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo on Sept. 15, 2013. Nishikori won 6-1, 6-2, 6-4. Japan beat Colombia 3-2 to return to the World Group.

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Japan returns to Davis Cup World Group

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Kei Nishikori plays against Santiago Giraldo of Colombia in a Davis Cup World Group play-off at Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo on Sept. 15, 2013. Nishikori won 6-1, 6-2, 6-4. Japan beat Colombia 3-2 to return to the World Group.