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US: North Dakota Sees Powerful Winds Amid Tornado-Producing Storm

Severe weather swept across the upper Midwest on Friday, June 20, bringing powerful winds and leaving at least 3 dead in North Dakota as a tornado ripped through the area.

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Erdogan Meets DEM Party Delegation Amid Renewed Hopes For Kurdish Peace Process - Ankara

Handout photo shows the meeting between pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) members Pervin Buldan, Sırrı Süreyya Önder and AKP Chairman and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.A KP Deputy Chairman Efkan Ala and Intelligence Organization Director Ibrahim Kalın also attended the meeting which was held at the Presidential Complex and lasted 1 hour and 25 minutes. This marked the first direct contact between Erdogan and pro-Kurdish party representatives since June 12, 2012, when he was prime minister. DEM Party said it will make a statement about the meeting at a later stage, on April 10, 2025 in Ankara, Turkey. Photo by DEM Party Press Office via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Erdogan Meets DEM Party Delegation Amid Renewed Hopes For Kurdish Peace Process - Ankara

Handout photo shows the meeting between pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) members Pervin Buldan, Sırrı Süreyya Önder and AKP Chairman and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.A KP Deputy Chairman Efkan Ala and Intelligence Organization Director Ibrahim Kalın also attended the meeting which was held at the Presidential Complex and lasted 1 hour and 25 minutes. This marked the first direct contact between Erdogan and pro-Kurdish party representatives since June 12, 2012, when he was prime minister. DEM Party said it will make a statement about the meeting at a later stage, on April 10, 2025 in Ankara, Turkey. Photo by DEM Party Press Office via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Erdogan Meets DEM Party Delegation Amid Renewed Hopes For Kurdish Peace Process - Ankara

Handout photo shows the meeting between pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) members Pervin Buldan, Sırrı Süreyya Önder and AKP Chairman and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.A KP Deputy Chairman Efkan Ala and Intelligence Organization Director Ibrahim Kalın also attended the meeting which was held at the Presidential Complex and lasted 1 hour and 25 minutes. This marked the first direct contact between Erdogan and pro-Kurdish party representatives since June 12, 2012, when he was prime minister. DEM Party said it will make a statement about the meeting at a later stage, on April 10, 2025 in Ankara, Turkey. Photo by DEM Party Press Office via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Erdogan Meets DEM Party Delegation Amid Renewed Hopes For Kurdish Peace Process - Ankara

Handout photo shows the meeting between pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) members Pervin Buldan, Sırrı Süreyya Önder and AKP Chairman and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.A KP Deputy Chairman Efkan Ala and Intelligence Organization Director Ibrahim Kalın also attended the meeting which was held at the Presidential Complex and lasted 1 hour and 25 minutes. This marked the first direct contact between Erdogan and pro-Kurdish party representatives since June 12, 2012, when he was prime minister. DEM Party said it will make a statement about the meeting at a later stage, on April 10, 2025 in Ankara, Turkey. Photo by DEM Party Press Office via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Erdogan Meets DEM Party Delegation Amid Renewed Hopes For Kurdish Peace Process - Ankara

Handout photo shows the meeting between pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) members Pervin Buldan, Sırrı Süreyya Önder and AKP Chairman and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.A KP Deputy Chairman Efkan Ala and Intelligence Organization Director Ibrahim Kalın also attended the meeting which was held at the Presidential Complex and lasted 1 hour and 25 minutes. This marked the first direct contact between Erdogan and pro-Kurdish party representatives since June 12, 2012, when he was prime minister. DEM Party said it will make a statement about the meeting at a later stage, on April 10, 2025 in Ankara, Turkey. Photo by DEM Party Press Office via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Erdogan Meets DEM Party Delegation Amid Renewed Hopes For Kurdish Peace Process - Ankara

Handout photo shows the meeting between pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) members Pervin Buldan, Sırrı Süreyya Önder and AKP Chairman and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.A KP Deputy Chairman Efkan Ala and Intelligence Organization Director Ibrahim Kalın also attended the meeting which was held at the Presidential Complex and lasted 1 hour and 25 minutes. This marked the first direct contact between Erdogan and pro-Kurdish party representatives since June 12, 2012, when he was prime minister. DEM Party said it will make a statement about the meeting at a later stage, on April 10, 2025 in Ankara, Turkey. Photo by DEM Party Press Office via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Erdogan Meets DEM Party Delegation Amid Renewed Hopes For Kurdish Peace Process - Ankara

Handout photo shows the meeting between pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) members Pervin Buldan, Sırrı Süreyya Önder and AKP Chairman and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.A KP Deputy Chairman Efkan Ala and Intelligence Organization Director Ibrahim Kalın also attended the meeting which was held at the Presidential Complex and lasted 1 hour and 25 minutes. This marked the first direct contact between Erdogan and pro-Kurdish party representatives since June 12, 2012, when he was prime minister. DEM Party said it will make a statement about the meeting at a later stage, on April 10, 2025 in Ankara, Turkey. Photo by DEM Party Press Office via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Erdogan Meets DEM Party Delegation Amid Renewed Hopes For Kurdish Peace Process - Ankara

Handout photo shows the meeting between pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) members Pervin Buldan, Sırrı Süreyya Önder and AKP Chairman and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.A KP Deputy Chairman Efkan Ala and Intelligence Organization Director Ibrahim Kalın also attended the meeting which was held at the Presidential Complex and lasted 1 hour and 25 minutes. This marked the first direct contact between Erdogan and pro-Kurdish party representatives since June 12, 2012, when he was prime minister. DEM Party said it will make a statement about the meeting at a later stage, on April 10, 2025 in Ankara, Turkey. Photo by DEM Party Press Office via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nicolas Sarkozy trial - Paris

French-Algerian businessman Alexandre Djouhri arrives at the courthouse in Paris, France, 25 March 2025. Sarkozy and twelve other people, including three former ministers, stand trial for criminal conspiracy to receive funds for the 2007 presidential campaign from the regime of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. Nicolas Sarkozy has already been convicted twice, in two separate cases, since he left office in 2012. The trial will last until 10 April. Photo by Eliot Blondet / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nicolas Sarkozy trial - Paris

French-Algerian businessman Alexandre Djouhri arrives at the courthouse in Paris, France, 25 March 2025. Sarkozy and twelve other people, including three former ministers, stand trial for criminal conspiracy to receive funds for the 2007 presidential campaign from the regime of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. Nicolas Sarkozy has already been convicted twice, in two separate cases, since he left office in 2012. The trial will last until 10 April. Photo by Eliot Blondet / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nicolas Sarkozy trial - Paris

French-Algerian businessman Alexandre Djouhri arrives at the courthouse in Paris, France, 25 March 2025. Sarkozy and twelve other people, including three former ministers, stand trial for criminal conspiracy to receive funds for the 2007 presidential campaign from the regime of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. Nicolas Sarkozy has already been convicted twice, in two separate cases, since he left office in 2012. The trial will last until 10 April. Photo by Eliot Blondet / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nicolas Sarkozy trial - Paris

French-Algerian businessman Alexandre Djouhri arrives at the courthouse in Paris, France, 25 March 2025. Sarkozy and twelve other people, including three former ministers, stand trial for criminal conspiracy to receive funds for the 2007 presidential campaign from the regime of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. Nicolas Sarkozy has already been convicted twice, in two separate cases, since he left office in 2012. The trial will last until 10 April. Photo by Eliot Blondet / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nicolas Sarkozy trial - Paris

French-Algerian businessman Alexandre Djouhri arrives at the courthouse in Paris, France, 25 March 2025. Sarkozy and twelve other people, including three former ministers, stand trial for criminal conspiracy to receive funds for the 2007 presidential campaign from the regime of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. Nicolas Sarkozy has already been convicted twice, in two separate cases, since he left office in 2012. The trial will last until 10 April. Photo by Eliot Blondet / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nicolas Sarkozy trial - Paris

French-Algerian businessman Alexandre Djouhri arrives at the courthouse in Paris, France, 25 March 2025. Sarkozy and twelve other people, including three former ministers, stand trial for criminal conspiracy to receive funds for the 2007 presidential campaign from the regime of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. Nicolas Sarkozy has already been convicted twice, in two separate cases, since he left office in 2012. The trial will last until 10 April. Photo by Eliot Blondet / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nicolas Sarkozy trial - Paris

French-Algerian businessman Alexandre Djouhri arrives at the courthouse in Paris, France, 25 March 2025. Sarkozy and twelve other people, including three former ministers, stand trial for criminal conspiracy to receive funds for the 2007 presidential campaign from the regime of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. Nicolas Sarkozy has already been convicted twice, in two separate cases, since he left office in 2012. The trial will last until 10 April. Photo by Eliot Blondet / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tokyo stocks close mixed on rising interest rates, positive U.S. futures

STORY: Tokyo stocks close mixed on rising interest rates, positive U.S. futures SHOOTING TIME: May 28, 2024 DATELINE: May 29, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:51 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of street view in Tokyo 2. various of Tokyo Stock Exchange 3. various of securities company STORYLINE: Tokyo stocks closed mixed on Tuesday amid concerns over rising long-term interest rates in Japan, while the market's downside was buoyed by positive U.S. stock futures. Japan's benchmark Nikkei stock index, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average, ended down 44.65 points, or 0.11 percent, from Monday at 38,855.37. The broader Topix index, meanwhile, finished 2.14 points, or 0.08 percent, higher at 2,768.50. Market watchers here noted the yield on the benchmark 10-year Japanese government bond briefly rose 0.015 percentage point from Monday's close to 1.035 percent, its highest level since April 2012, amid speculation that the Bank of Japan is shifting away from monetary easing measures. The Nikk

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China's Shenzhen a good place for innovation: Italian engineer

STORY: China's Shenzhen a good place for innovation: Italian engineer SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 5, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 6, 2024 LENGTH: 00:03:06 LOCATION: SHENZHEN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Shenzhen 2. SOUNDBITE (English): LEONARDO DE PALO, Italian engineer STORYLINE: Leonardo de Palo is an Italian engineer working in south China's Shenzhen. He said the megacity empowers his career of making robots. SOUNDBITE (English): LEONARDO DE PALO, Italian engineer "Everything you're thinking about technology, you'll find them in the same place. This happens only in Shenzhen. Because China gives all the things that I could not find in the rest of the world. China is really good. My name is Leonardo de Palo. I came from Italy. I'm an engineer and I worked for about 10 years for IBM, then a lot of other companies. I came here with my family in April 2012. I do this small robot. Just to transform this idea into a product. The proposal was very interesting because it doubled my salary. What I found in

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Supermarket operator Daiei to close 20 outlets in 3 years

TOKYO, Japan - Toru Nishimi, president of the supermarket operator Daiei Inc., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on April 10 about a plan to close 20 outlets, or about 10 percent of the total, by the end of February 2012.

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Fukuoka official in Myanmar as water adviser

YANGON, Myanmar - Masaru Matsuoka, an official of Japan's Fukuoka city government, works at the Yangon city office in Yangon on Jan. 10, 2013. Matsuoka has been in Yangon since April 2012 to teach local people ways to improve the biggest Myanmar city's water service.

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Nikkei tops 10,000

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic signboard in Tokyo's Yaesu district shows that Japan's Nikkei stock index was trading up 133.23 points at 10,056.24 at one point on the morning of Dec. 19, 2012. The key stock barometer rose above the 10,000 mark for the first time since April 4.

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N. Korean rocket

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in April 2012 shows a rocket unveiled by North Korea in Tongchang-ri, North Pyongan Province, in the northwest of the country. North Korea said Dec. 1, 2012, that it would launch a rocket carrying a satellite sometime between Dec. 10 and 22. But Pyongyang has suggested it may postpone its planned launch of the rocket due to "some reasons," according to a report early on Dec. 9 of the official Korean Central News Agency.

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N. Korean rocket

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in April 2012 shows a rocket unveiled by North Korea in Tongchang-ri, North Pyongan Province, in the northwest of the country. North Korea announced on Dec. 1, 2012, that it plans to launch a rocket carrying an "earth observation satellite" sometime between Dec. 10 and 22, the country's official Korean Central News Agency reported.

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N. Korean rocket

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in April 2012 shows a rocket unveiled by North Korea in Tongchang-ri, North Pyongan Province, in the northwest of the country. North Korea announced on Dec. 1, 2012, that it plans to launch a rocket carrying an "earth observation satellite" sometime between Dec. 10 and 22, the country's official Korean Central News Agency reported.

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1 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show an area in the city of Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 10, 2011 (top), shortly after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami, and about one and a half years later on Sept. 4, 2012 (bottom).

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1 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show an area in town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 10, 2011 (L), after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami, and about one and a half years later on Sept. 3, 2012 (R). Many of the buildings damaged by the tsunami have been removed.

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1 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show an area in the town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on April 10, 2011 (L), after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about one and a half years later on Sept. 3, 2012 (R).

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'Elephant trunk' at Yokohama port

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Photo shows an object of abstract art at Elephant's Trunk Park along Yokohama port, near Tokyo, on May 11, 2012. The object, called ''Michi eno Hana'' (trunk toward the unknown), was installed in late April for a limited period. A red balloon is attached with a string to the tip of the roughly 10-meter trunk at the park.

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Floating car research

SENDAI, Japan - Photo shows Kenichi Yamamoto, professor at Ishinomaki Senshu University's science and engineering department in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 10, 2012. The former Toyota Motor Corp. engineer is studying cars that can float on water to increase the chance of survival of occupants in case of tsunami.

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Bangladesh pinning hopes on more tourists from East Asia

DHAKA, Bangladesh - Photo taken on April 10, 2012, shows the daily traffic congestion in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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Okinawa aims to draw advanced IT businesses

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo shows Okinawa IT Shinryo Park in Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 19, 2012. The Okinawa prefectural government opened the IT complex in 2009 on more than 10 hectares, a major project aimed at creating 8,000 new jobs and building an information technology hub in Asia.

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Sompo Japan, Nipponkoa presidents

TOKYO, Japan - Kengo Sakurada (L), president of Sompo Japan Insurance Inc., and Masaya Futamiya, president of Nipponkoa Insurance Co., shake hands before being jointly interviewed by Kyodo News in Tokyo on April 10, 2012. The presidents of Sompo Japan and Nipponkoa, which will merge under the umbrella of NKSJ Holdings Inc., said synergy effects from the merger are expected to amount to over 20 billion yen a year on a pretax profit base.

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Darvish helps Ranges push win streak to 7

DETROIT, United States - Texas Rangers right-hander Yu Darvish starts in a game against the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park in Detroit on April 19, 2012. Darvish picked up his second win with 6-1/3 effective innings as the Rangers won 10-3 to extend their winning streak to seven games.

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Darvish helps Ranges push win streak to 7

DETROIT, United States - Texas Rangers right-hander Yu Darvish starts in a game against the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park in Detroit on April 19, 2012. Darvish picked up his second win with 6-1/3 effective innings as the Rangers won 10-3 to extend their winning streak to seven games.

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Darvish helps Ranges push win streak to 7

DETROIT, United States - Texas Rangers right-hander Yu Darvish starts in a game against the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park in Detroit on April 19, 2012. Darvish picked up his second win with 6-1/3 effective innings as the Rangers won 10-3 to extend their winning streak to seven games.

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Darvish helps Ranges push win streak to 7

DETROIT, United States - Texas Rangers right-hander Yu Darvish starts in a game against the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park in Detroit on April 19, 2012. Darvish picked up his second win with 6-1/3 effective innings as the Rangers won 10-3 to extend their winning streak to seven games.

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Jetstar holds 1 yen flight campaign

TOKYO, Japan - Jetstar Japan Co. President Miyuki Suzuki (front L) and television personality Becky (C) attend a press conference of the budget airline of Japan Airlines Co. in Tokyo on April 17, 2012. Jetstar said it sold one-way tickets for 1 yen for 10,000 seats on six domestic routes in a special two-hour online campaign the same day ahead of the start of services on July 3, 2012.

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Rioting in Chongqing

BEIJING, China - Armed police officers patrol in the Wansheng economic development zone in Chongqing, China, on April 13, 2012, after major rioting took place in the area on April 10 and 11. The picture was taken from inside a car.

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Rioting in Chongqing

BEIJING, China - Armed police officers patrol in the Wansheng economic development zone in Chongqing, China, on April 13, 2012, after major rioting took place in the area on April 10 and 11. The picture was taken from inside a car.

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Rioting in Chongqing

BEIJING, China - Armed police officers patrol in the Wansheng economic development zone in Chongqing, China, on April 13, 2012, after major rioting took place in the area on April 10 and 11. The picture was taken from inside a car.

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Rioting in Chongqing

BEIJING, China - Armed police officers patrol in the Wansheng economic development zone in Chongqing, China, on April 13, 2012, after major rioting took place in the area on April 10 and 11. The picture was taken from inside a car.

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Princess Aiko playing cello

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Aiko, the only daughter of Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako, plays cello in an All Gakushuin School concert in Tokyo's Mejiro district on April 15, 2012. The 10-year-old princess attends Gakushuin Primary School. (Pool photo)

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U.S. space flight consultant Oberg

PYONGYANG, North Korea - U.S. space flight consultant James Oberg answers a reporter's question in Pyongyang on April 10, 2012.

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2 years after Qinghai quake

YUSHU, China - A girl studies by the light from a window at a private orphanage near Jieguzhen, Yushu County, in China's Qinghai Province, on April 10, 2012. About 70 children who lost their parents in an April 2009 quake have taken shelter at the orphanage.

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2 years after Qinghai quake

YUSHU, China - Children offer a prayer before eating at a private orphanage near Jieguzhen, Yushu County, in China's Qinghai Province, on April 10, 2012. About 70 children who lost their parents in an April 2009 quake have taken shelter at the orphanage.

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After bomb explosion in Thailand

YALA, Thailand - A woman rides a motorcycle in southern Thailand's Yala Province on April 10, 2012, after an explosion in the province on March 31.

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Bo Xilai stripped of party posts

BEIJING, China - File photo taken in March 2012 shows Bo Xilai, head of southwest China's Chongqing municipality, during the opening ceremony for the annual session of the National People's Congress, China's parliament, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. The official Xinhua News Agency announced April 10, 2012, that Bo is suspected of ''serious discipline violations'' and had been removed from the party's 25-member Politburo as well as its Central Committee.

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Bo Xilai stripped of party posts

BEIJING, China - File photo taken in March 2012 shows Bo Xilai, head of southwest China's Chongqing municipality, during a plenary session of the National People's Congress, China's parliament, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. The official Xinhua News Agency announced April 10, 2012, that Bo is suspected of ''serious discipline violations'' and had been removed from the party's 25-member Politburo as well as its Central Committee.

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Gemba, Clinton in press conference

WASHINGTON, United States - Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (L) and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hold a joint press conference at the State Department in Washington on April 10, 2012. Gemba and Clinton agreed the same day that Japan and the United States will seek an ''appropriate action'' at the U.N. Security Council if North Korea launches a long-range rocket despite strong opposition from the international community.

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Darvish shakes hands with Ichiro

ARLINGTON, United States - Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish (R) shakes hands with Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki ahead of a game at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, on April 10, 2012. Darvish ran to Suzuki and removed his cap to show respect and chat with his compatriot and senior baseball player.