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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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Carles Puigdemont Portrait - Argeles

The former president of the Generalitat de Catalunya and Junts candidate for the Catalan elections, Carles Puigdemont, poses for Europa Press, April 26, 2024, in Argeles, France. Puigdemont was mayor of Girona between 2011 and 2016, when he was elected president of the Generalitat de Catalunya, a position he held until 2017. He was dismissed after the celebration of the Catalan independence referendum of 1O. Settled in Belgium, he ran as a candidate for the 2019 European Parliament elections in Spain and was elected MEP. Currently, he is running as a Junts candidate for the Presidency of the Generalitat in the Catalan autonomous elections of May 12. Photo by David Zorrakino/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Carles Puigdemont Portrait - Argeles

The former president of the Generalitat de Catalunya and Junts candidate for the Catalan elections, Carles Puigdemont, poses for Europa Press, April 26, 2024, in Argeles, France. Puigdemont was mayor of Girona between 2011 and 2016, when he was elected president of the Generalitat de Catalunya, a position he held until 2017. He was dismissed after the celebration of the Catalan independence referendum of 1O. Settled in Belgium, he ran as a candidate for the 2019 European Parliament elections in Spain and was elected MEP. Currently, he is running as a Junts candidate for the Presidency of the Generalitat in the Catalan autonomous elections of May 12. Photo by David Zorrakino/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Carles Puigdemont Portrait - Argeles

The former president of the Generalitat de Catalunya and Junts candidate for the Catalan elections, Carles Puigdemont, poses for Europa Press, April 26, 2024, in Argeles, France. Puigdemont was mayor of Girona between 2011 and 2016, when he was elected president of the Generalitat de Catalunya, a position he held until 2017. He was dismissed after the celebration of the Catalan independence referendum of 1O. Settled in Belgium, he ran as a candidate for the 2019 European Parliament elections in Spain and was elected MEP. Currently, he is running as a Junts candidate for the Presidency of the Generalitat in the Catalan autonomous elections of May 12. Photo by David Zorrakino/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Carles Puigdemont Portrait - Argeles

The former president of the Generalitat de Catalunya and Junts candidate for the Catalan elections, Carles Puigdemont, poses for Europa Press, April 26, 2024, in Argeles, France. Puigdemont was mayor of Girona between 2011 and 2016, when he was elected president of the Generalitat de Catalunya, a position he held until 2017. He was dismissed after the celebration of the Catalan independence referendum of 1O. Settled in Belgium, he ran as a candidate for the 2019 European Parliament elections in Spain and was elected MEP. Currently, he is running as a Junts candidate for the Presidency of the Generalitat in the Catalan autonomous elections of May 12. Photo by David Zorrakino/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Carles Puigdemont Portrait - Argeles

The former president of the Generalitat de Catalunya and Junts candidate for the Catalan elections, Carles Puigdemont, poses for Europa Press, April 26, 2024, in Argeles, France. Puigdemont was mayor of Girona between 2011 and 2016, when he was elected president of the Generalitat de Catalunya, a position he held until 2017. He was dismissed after the celebration of the Catalan independence referendum of 1O. Settled in Belgium, he ran as a candidate for the 2019 European Parliament elections in Spain and was elected MEP. Currently, he is running as a Junts candidate for the Presidency of the Generalitat in the Catalan autonomous elections of May 12. Photo by David Zorrakino/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Carles Puigdemont Portrait - Argeles

The former president of the Generalitat de Catalunya and Junts candidate for the Catalan elections, Carles Puigdemont, poses for Europa Press, April 26, 2024, in Argeles, France. Puigdemont was mayor of Girona between 2011 and 2016, when he was elected president of the Generalitat de Catalunya, a position he held until 2017. He was dismissed after the celebration of the Catalan independence referendum of 1O. Settled in Belgium, he ran as a candidate for the 2019 European Parliament elections in Spain and was elected MEP. Currently, he is running as a Junts candidate for the Presidency of the Generalitat in the Catalan autonomous elections of May 12. Photo by David Zorrakino/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Carles Puigdemont Portrait - Argeles

The former president of the Generalitat de Catalunya and Junts candidate for the Catalan elections, Carles Puigdemont, poses for Europa Press, April 26, 2024, in Argeles, France. Puigdemont was mayor of Girona between 2011 and 2016, when he was elected president of the Generalitat de Catalunya, a position he held until 2017. He was dismissed after the celebration of the Catalan independence referendum of 1O. Settled in Belgium, he ran as a candidate for the 2019 European Parliament elections in Spain and was elected MEP. Currently, he is running as a Junts candidate for the Presidency of the Generalitat in the Catalan autonomous elections of May 12. Photo by David Zorrakino/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Carles Puigdemont Portrait - Argeles

The former president of the Generalitat de Catalunya and Junts candidate for the Catalan elections, Carles Puigdemont, poses for Europa Press, April 26, 2024, in Argeles, France. Puigdemont was mayor of Girona between 2011 and 2016, when he was elected president of the Generalitat de Catalunya, a position he held until 2017. He was dismissed after the celebration of the Catalan independence referendum of 1O. Settled in Belgium, he ran as a candidate for the 2019 European Parliament elections in Spain and was elected MEP. Currently, he is running as a Junts candidate for the Presidency of the Generalitat in the Catalan autonomous elections of May 12. Photo by David Zorrakino/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Carles Puigdemont Portrait - Argeles

The former president of the Generalitat de Catalunya and Junts candidate for the Catalan elections, Carles Puigdemont, poses for Europa Press, April 26, 2024, in Argeles, France. Puigdemont was mayor of Girona between 2011 and 2016, when he was elected president of the Generalitat de Catalunya, a position he held until 2017. He was dismissed after the celebration of the Catalan independence referendum of 1O. Settled in Belgium, he ran as a candidate for the 2019 European Parliament elections in Spain and was elected MEP. Currently, he is running as a Junts candidate for the Presidency of the Generalitat in the Catalan autonomous elections of May 12. Photo by David Zorrakino/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Carles Puigdemont Portrait - Argeles

The former president of the Generalitat de Catalunya and Junts candidate for the Catalan elections, Carles Puigdemont, poses for Europa Press, April 26, 2024, in Argeles, France. Puigdemont was mayor of Girona between 2011 and 2016, when he was elected president of the Generalitat de Catalunya, a position he held until 2017. He was dismissed after the celebration of the Catalan independence referendum of 1O. Settled in Belgium, he ran as a candidate for the 2019 European Parliament elections in Spain and was elected MEP. Currently, he is running as a Junts candidate for the Presidency of the Generalitat in the Catalan autonomous elections of May 12. Photo by David Zorrakino/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Carles Puigdemont Portrait - Argeles

The former president of the Generalitat de Catalunya and Junts candidate for the Catalan elections, Carles Puigdemont, poses for Europa Press, April 26, 2024, in Argeles, France. Puigdemont was mayor of Girona between 2011 and 2016, when he was elected president of the Generalitat de Catalunya, a position he held until 2017. He was dismissed after the celebration of the Catalan independence referendum of 1O. Settled in Belgium, he ran as a candidate for the 2019 European Parliament elections in Spain and was elected MEP. Currently, he is running as a Junts candidate for the Presidency of the Generalitat in the Catalan autonomous elections of May 12. Photo by David Zorrakino/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Carles Puigdemont Portrait - Argeles

The former president of the Generalitat de Catalunya and Junts candidate for the Catalan elections, Carles Puigdemont, poses for Europa Press, April 26, 2024, in Argeles, France. Puigdemont was mayor of Girona between 2011 and 2016, when he was elected president of the Generalitat de Catalunya, a position he held until 2017. He was dismissed after the celebration of the Catalan independence referendum of 1O. Settled in Belgium, he ran as a candidate for the 2019 European Parliament elections in Spain and was elected MEP. Currently, he is running as a Junts candidate for the Presidency of the Generalitat in the Catalan autonomous elections of May 12. Photo by David Zorrakino/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Carles Puigdemont Portrait - Argeles

The former president of the Generalitat de Catalunya and Junts candidate for the Catalan elections, Carles Puigdemont, poses for Europa Press, April 26, 2024, in Argeles, France. Puigdemont was mayor of Girona between 2011 and 2016, when he was elected president of the Generalitat de Catalunya, a position he held until 2017. He was dismissed after the celebration of the Catalan independence referendum of 1O. Settled in Belgium, he ran as a candidate for the 2019 European Parliament elections in Spain and was elected MEP. Currently, he is running as a Junts candidate for the Presidency of the Generalitat in the Catalan autonomous elections of May 12. Photo by David Zorrakino/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Carles Puigdemont Portrait - Argeles

The former president of the Generalitat de Catalunya and Junts candidate for the Catalan elections, Carles Puigdemont, poses for Europa Press, April 26, 2024, in Argeles, France. Puigdemont was mayor of Girona between 2011 and 2016, when he was elected president of the Generalitat de Catalunya, a position he held until 2017. He was dismissed after the celebration of the Catalan independence referendum of 1O. Settled in Belgium, he ran as a candidate for the 2019 European Parliament elections in Spain and was elected MEP. Currently, he is running as a Junts candidate for the Presidency of the Generalitat in the Catalan autonomous elections of May 12. Photo by David Zorrakino/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Carles Puigdemont Portrait - Argeles

The former president of the Generalitat de Catalunya and Junts candidate for the Catalan elections, Carles Puigdemont, poses for Europa Press, April 26, 2024, in Argeles, France. Puigdemont was mayor of Girona between 2011 and 2016, when he was elected president of the Generalitat de Catalunya, a position he held until 2017. He was dismissed after the celebration of the Catalan independence referendum of 1O. Settled in Belgium, he ran as a candidate for the 2019 European Parliament elections in Spain and was elected MEP. Currently, he is running as a Junts candidate for the Presidency of the Generalitat in the Catalan autonomous elections of May 12. Photo by David Zorrakino/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Saudi FM pays 1st visit to Syria in 12 years

STORY: Saudi FM pays 1st visit to Syria in 12 years DATELINE: April 19, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:39 LOCATION: Damascus CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister arriving at Damascus International Airport (courtesy of SYRIAN STATE TV) STORYLINE: Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud arrived in the Syrian capital of Damascus Tuesday afternoon, the first visit of a Saudi official to Syria in 12 years, according to the state news agency SANA. The visit comes days after Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad visited the kingdom as part of the efforts to restore normal relations between the two countries. During Mekdad's visit to Saudi Arabia, an agreement was made to restore consulate services and resume air flights between the two countries. This comes amid notable Arab efforts to fix stranded ties with Damascus after the Syrian war broke out in 2011. Last week, diplomats from nine Arab countries met in the Saudi city of Jeddah to discuss Syria's return to the

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Community hall built in Miyagi, Japan, with German aid

SENDAI, Japan - Stefan Herzberg, minister at the German Embassy in Tokyo, address a ceremony on April 12, 2014, marking the completion of a community hall built in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, with funding from the German Red Cross. The area was devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Community hall built in Miyagi, Japan, with German aid

SENDAI, Japan - A ceremony is held on April 12, 2014, marking the completion of a community hall built in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, with funding from the German Red Cross. The area was devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Steam-powered 'Ginga' train crosses bridge in Iwate Pref.

TONO, Japan - The steam locomotive-led "SL Ginga" (SL Milky Way) crosses a bridge on JR Kamaishi Line in Tono, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on April 12, 2014, as East Japan Railway Co. started operating the train for limited service as part of efforts to help restoration in areas affected by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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World Cup trophy comes to quake-hit city

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Visitors poses for photos with the World Cup trophy at the municipal Takata Elementary School in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on April 12, 2014, where the trophy arrived on its world tour. The trophy left Brazil last September on a tour to promote the World Cup soccer finals in that country. Students at Prefectural Takata High School, whose building was completely destroyed by the 2011 great quake and tsunami, asked the event promoter to send the trophy to the city.

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SL Milky Way runs in Iwate Pref.

HANAMAKI, Japan - The steam locomotive "SL Ginga (SL Milky Way)" passes through the city of Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, on April 12, 2014, as East Japan Railway Co. started operating the train between Hanamaki and Kamaishi Stations on the Kamaishi Line as part of efforts to help restoration in areas affected by the 2011 disastrous quake and tsunami. The train, named after "Gingatetsudo no Yoru (Night On The Milky Way Train)" written by Kenji Miyazawa, runs on weekends and holidays. Miyazawa, the late poet and author of children's literature, was born in Hanamaki in 1896.

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SL Milky Way runs in Iwate Pref.

HANAMAKI, Japan - The steam locomotive "SL Ginga (SL Milky Way)" passes through the city of Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, on April 12, 2014, as East Japan Railway Co. started operating the train between Hanamaki and Kamaishi Stations on the Kamaishi Line as part of efforts to help restoration in areas affected by the 2011 disastrous quake and tsunami. The train, named after "Gingatetsudo no Yoru (Night On The Milky Way Train)" written by Kenji Miyazawa, runs on weekends and holidays. Miyazawa, the late poet and author of children's literature, was born in Hanamaki in 1896.

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World Cup trophy comes to quake-hit city

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Students at Prefectural Takata High School pose with the World Cup trophy at the municipal Takata Elementary School in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on April 12, 2014. The trophy arrived there on its world tour to promote the World Cup soccer finals in that country. Students of Takata high, whose building was completely destroyed by the 2011 great quake and tsunami, asked the event promoter to send the trophy to the city.

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SL Milky Way runs in Iwate Pref.

HANAMAKI, Japan - The steam locomotive "SL Ginga (SL Milky Way)" passes through the city of Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, on April 12, 2014, as East Japan Railway Co. started operating the train between Hanamaki and Kamaishi Stations on the Kamaishi Line as part of efforts to help restoration in areas affected by the 2011 disastrous quake and tsunami. The train, named after "Gingatetsudo no Yoru (Night On The Milky Way Train)" written by Kenji Miyazawa, runs on weekends and holidays. Miyazawa, the late poet and author of children's literature, was born in Hanamaki in 1896.

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SL Milky Way runs in Iwate Pref.

HANAMAKI,Japan - The steam locomotive "SL Ginga (SL Milky Way)" departs from JR Hanamaki Station in Iwate Prefecture, northern Japan, on April 12, 2014, as East Japan Railway Co. started operating the train between Hanamaki and Kamaishi Stations on the Kamaishi Line as part of efforts to help restoration in areas affected by the 2011 disastrous quake and tsunami. The train, named after "Gingatetsudo no Yoru (Night On The Milky Way Train)" written by Kenji Miyazawa, runs on weekends and holidays. Miyazawa, the late poet and author of children's literature, was born in Hanamaki in 1896.

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Abbas in Japan

SENDAI, Japan - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (2nd from L) is welcomed by Isoo Sasaki (R), mayor of Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, upon arriving at Sendai airport in the prefecture on April 12, 2012. After visiting the northeastern Japanese prefecture hit by the March 2011 quake and tsunami, Abbas headed to Tokyo later in the day for a meeting with Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda.

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Abbas in Japan

SENDAI, Japan - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (C) arrives at Sendai airport, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 12, 2012. After visiting the northeastern Japanese prefecture hit by the March 2011 quake and tsunami, Abbas headed to Tokyo later in the day for a meeting with Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda.

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Soon after disaster, a year later

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show JR Minami-Kesennuma Station in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 12, 2011 (top), shortly after the March 11, 2011, quake and tsunami, and on March 4, 2012 (bottom), in which the roof and railway tracks have been removed.

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Site of 1996-1997 hostage crisis in Peru

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken April 22, 1997, shows the then residence of the Japanese ambassador in Lima, from which smoke is coming, after the Peruvian military forced their way in the same day to end a four-month hostage crisis that began on Dec. 17, 1996, and that claimed the lives of 17 people. A condominium is planned to be built on the site, Japanese embassy sources said Dec. 12, 2011.

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DeNA in negotiations to purchase Yokohama BayStars

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken April 12, 2011, shows spectators at a Central League season-opening game between the Yokohama BayStars and the Chunichi Dragons at Yokohama Stadium in Yokohama, home ground of the BayStars. Mobile-phone gaming company DeNA Co. said Oct. 19, 2011, it is in negotiations to purchase a baseball club, while sources familiar with the matter said the same day that Tokyo Broadcasting System Holdings Inc. has reached a basic agreement with DeNA to sell its majority stake in the BayStars.

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Key chain containing radioactive material

CHIBA, Japan - Photo shows a key chain confiscated by the Chiba prefectural police which contains a glow-in-the-dark material that emits radiation around 12 times greater than the legal limit. Police said on Sept. 27, 2011, they sent papers to prosecutors in April concerning a 15-year-old boy suspected of violating laws meant to prevent radiation hazards. The boy allegedly sold the key chains via the Internet at prices ranging from 3,000 to 10,000 yen after purchasing 30 of them online for 1,000 yen each from July to October 2010.

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Hulu cuts flat monthly rate

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows a woman pointing to the display on an iPad during a demonstration of the online video subscription service of U.S. provider Hulu in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2011, when the provider launched the service in Japan in its first venture outside the United States. Hulu lowered its flat-rate service fee to 980 yen per month from 1,480 yen, effective on April 12, 2012, in a bid to lure more subscribers.

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Japan to cull livestock in no-go zone near Fukushima plant

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken on April 25, 2011, shows cows wandering without their owners within a designated no-entry zone in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, near the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Japan has decided to cull livestock and poultry in the no-entry zone within a 20-kilometer radius of the nuclear power plant due to difficulty in feeding them, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said May 12, 2011.

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Tohoku Shinkansen service to fully resume

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on April 27, 2011, shows the Hayabusa advanced model of the shinkansen (front) in the town of Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture. The bullet train service on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line between Sendai and Ichinoseki, which has been suspended in the wake of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster, is scheduled to resume on April 29, linking Tokyo and Shin-Aomori for the first time since the suspension. As the Kyushu Shinkansen Line fully opened between Hakata and Kagoshima-Chuo on March 12, bullet train services will link Aomori at the northern tip of the Honshu main island, and Kagoshima at the southern tip of the southwestern main island of Kyushu, for the first time.

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Japan sets no-entry zone around Fukushima plant

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - An ''off-limits'' warning shows on an electric signboard in photo taken at 12:03 a.m. on April 22, 2011, at a checkpoint in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, about 20 kilometers from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station. The Japanese government imposed a no-entry zone within a 20-kilometer radius of the plant at midnight April 21 amid continued fears of radiation leaks.

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1 year after quake in Qinghai, China

YUSHU, China - Children walk to their makeshift school in Yushu in China's Qinghai Province on April 12, 2011. The children are still living in tents around a year after a major earthquake struck the area.

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1 year after quake in Qinghai, China

YUSHU, China - Photo taken April 12, 2011, shows a tent village located in the town of Gyegu in Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in China's Qinghai Province for people affected by a major earthquake that struck the area around a year earlier. The population of the tent village is increasing as some residents of the town have been losing their land under a government redevelopment project.

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1 year after quake in Qinghai, China

YUSHU, China - A woman carries a sack on April 12, 2011, through the rubble in the central part of Gyegu in Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in China's Qinghai Province, where land has been flattened as part of a government redevelopment project following a major earthquake that struck the area a year earlier.

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Fukushima farmers reluctant to leave cows

IITATE, Japan - Cattle farmer Toyohiro Sato feeds cows in the village of Iitate in Fukushima Prefecture, which is largely within the 30-to-50 kilometers range from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on April 12, 2011. The government plans to issue an evacuation directive to the village due to high radiation levels, leaving many farmers concerned about what to do with the 2,500 cows in the village. Sato, 29, said he has affection for the cows he has raised and he wished there is a way to take them with him.

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Ichiro against Blue Jays

SEATTLE, United States - The Seattle Mariners' Ichiro Suzuki runs to first after hitting a double during the eight inning of a game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Safeco Field in Seattle on April 12, 2011. Ichiro went 1-for-4, as the team won 3-2.

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Matsui against White Sox

CHICAGO, United States - Hideki Matsui of the Oakland Athletics hits a single in the ninth inning of a game against the Chicago White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago on April 12, 2011. Matsui recorded three hits in the team's 5-6 loss.

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Matsui against White Sox

CHICAGO, United States - Hideki Matsui of the Oakland Athletics hits an RBI single in the fifth inning of a game against the Chicago White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago on April 12, 2011. Matsui recorded three hits in the team's 5-6 loss.

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Matsui against White Sox

CHICAGO, United States - Hideki Matsui of the Oakland Athletics runs to first base after hitting a two-run double in the first inning of a game against the Chicago White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago on April 12, 2011. Matsui recorded three hits in the team's 5-6 loss.

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Matsui against White Sox

CHICAGO, United States - Hideki Matsui of the Oakland Athletics hits a two-run double in the first inning of a game against the Chicago White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago on April 12, 2011. Matsui recorded three hits in the team's 5-6 loss.

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Zurich-based violinist hopes to perform in quake-hit area

ZURICH, Switzerland - Andreas Janke, a concertmaster of Tonhalle Orchestra, poses for a photo in Zurich on April 12, 2011. The orchestra, as well as the Zurich Opera House Orchestra and Zurich Chamber Orchestra, jointly held a charity concert in Zurich on April 12, 2011, for Japan victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Janke, whose mother is Japanese, plans to perform in Sendai, an area hit by the disaster, in November.

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Zurich orchestras hold charity concert

ZURICH, Switzerland - Three Zurich-based orchestras -- Tonhalle Orchestra, the Zurich Opera House Orchestra and Zurich Chamber Orchestra -- hold a charity concert in Zurich on April 12, 2011, for Japan victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. The event attracted some 1,700 people in the audience and raised more than $110,000.

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Brazil, China agree to enhance partnership

BEIJING, China - Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff (L) and Chinese President Hu Jintao shake hands at a signing ceremony in Beijing on April 12, 2011, after agreeing to enhance their strategic partnership in economic, trade and other areas.

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Brain-dead boy's organs to be transplanted

TOKYO, Japan - Juntaro Ashikari, an official of the Japan Organ Transplant Network, speaks during a press conference at the health ministry in Tokyo on April 12, 2011, on planned transplantations of organs of a boy aged between 10 and 14 who was declared brain-dead with family consent for the first time in Japan the same day. The network is the only entity certified as an intermediary for organ transplants in Japan.

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2 Koreas in volcano talks

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo taken April 12, 2011, shows the chief of the South Korean delegation (front) who arrived at South Korea's Munsan after holding talks with a North Korean team at the North Korean city Kaesong on a potential volcanic eruption at Mt. Paektu on the North's border with China. During the day's meeting, the two Koreas agreed to hold experts' talks in May in Pyongyang or a convenient location on the risk of such an eruption and to make an on-site survey of the mountain in mid-June, according to Yonhap News Agency.