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Prisoners released on amnesty in Myanmar

YANGON, Myanmar - Female prisoners walk on a street after being released from a prison in the suburbs of Yangon, Myanmar, on Oct. 12, 2011, as part of an amnesty. Myanmar plans to free over 6,300 prisoners starting the same day while the country's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi urged the government to release all political prisoners.

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Singapore lures tourists to Japan

SINGAPORE, Singapore - A banner advertising tours to Japan is displayed at a travel agency in Singapore on April 14, 2011. The number of visitors from Singapore to Japan in March stood at 6,300, down 53 percent from the same period in the previous year, mainly due to the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster and ensuing nuclear crisis.

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Tokyo marks 15th anniversary of subway sarin attack

TOKYO, Japan - Some 20 station workers offer a silent prayer at Tokyo Metro's Kasumigaseki Station in central Tokyo on March 20, 2010, during a ceremony to mark the 15th anniversary of the sarin nerve gas attack on the subway system by AUM Shinrikyo cult members that left 13 dead and sickened some 6,300.