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UK: Widespread Flooding Hits Greater Manchester Forcing Hundreds To Evacuate 4

Heavy rain caused severe flooding across Greater Manchester on New Year's Day forcing at least 13,000 people to evacuate. Emergency services declared a major incident.

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High court upholds decision on uranium enrichment plant

SENDAI, Japan - Plaintiffs head for the Sendai High Court in Sendai's Aoba Ward on May 9 to hear the court's ruling in their lawsuit demanding a revocation of the government's approval for the operations of Japan's sole commercial uranium enrichment plant in Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture. The court upheld a lower court decision rejecting their demands.

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(5)Resident registry network launched amid criticism

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Yokohama Mayor Hiroshi Nakada (R, front) briefs officials of the city's Aoba Ward at their office Aug. 5 about his decision to allow residents of the city to choose whether information about them can be registered in a national resident network launched the same day by the central government.

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3 children die in predawn Sendai fire

SENDAI, Japan - Firefighters stand in front of a two-story house in Aoba Ward, Sendai, northern Japan, gutted by a predawn fire on Dec. 21. The three victims of the fire, which broke out around 5:20 a.m., are two daughters and a son of a man who runs a restaurant on the first floor of the wooden house.

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High court upholds decision on uranium enrichment plant

SENDAI, Japan - Plaintiffs head for the Sendai High Court in Sendai's Aoba Ward on May 9 to hear the court's ruling in their lawsuit demanding a revocation of the government's approval for the operations of Japan's sole commercial uranium enrichment plant in Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture. The court upheld a lower court decision rejecting their demands. (Kyodo)

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Rakuten's sales from advertisements to top target

Sendai, Japan - Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles' No. 1 draft pitcher Yasuhiro Ichiba poses with the team's new logo at a hotel in Sendai's Aoba Ward on Dec. 7, 2004. (Kyodo)

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(5)Resident registry network launched amid criticism

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Yokohama Mayor Hiroshi Nakada (R, front) briefs officials of the city's Aoba Ward at their office Aug. 5 about his decision to allow residents of the city to choose whether information about them can be registered in a national resident network launched the same day by the central government.

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3 children die in predawn Sendai fire

SENDAI, Japan - Firefighters stand in front of a two-story house in Aoba Ward, Sendai, northern Japan, gutted by a predawn fire on Dec. 21. The three victims of the fire, which broke out around 5:20 a.m., are two daughters and a son of a man who runs a restaurant on the first floor of the wooden house.