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US: Super Typhoon Bavi Slams Guam, Northern Marianas 2

Super Typhoon Bavi made landfall Monday, July 6, passing directly over Rota in the Northern Mariana Islands around 8 a.m. local time, with sustained winds over 150 mph. Guam and nearby islands also reported major damage from the storm.

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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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US Navy Shoots Down Its Own F/A-18 In Red Sea Fight

Handout photo dated April 18, 2013 shows an F/A-18F Super Hornet from the Black Lions of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 213 approaches the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) in the Atlantic Ocean. A U.S. Navy cruiser shot down a Navy F/A-18 fighter jet over the Red Sea early Sunday morning, U.S. Central Command said. The F/A-18 was shot by weapons from the guided-missile cruiser the USS Gettysburg after taking off from the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier on Dec. 22. Both Navy aviators were able to eject from the fighter jet and were recovered safely. One of the two sustained minor injuries, according to CENTCOM. The USS Gettysburg “mistakenly fired on” the F/A-18, CENTCOM said. The shoot down happened amid a weekend of military action against the Houthis, a militant Yemeni nationalist group that controls much of Yemen, including the capital. American and British aircraft have been bombing targets in Sana’a since Saturday. The incident is under investigation. U.S. Navy photo

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(ZhejiangPictorial)CHINA-ZHEJIANG-HUZHOU-XIAOXIJIE HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL BLOCK (CN)

(240426) -- HUZHOU, April 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- In this combo photo, 6-year-old Chen Ping holding a pet dog stands in front of her house at Xiaoxijie historical and cultural block in 2008 (above, photo by Xiao Er), and 22-year-old Chen Ping holding a pet dog stands in front of her old house, which has been transformed into a vegetarian food store at Xiaoxijie historical and cultural block in Huzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, on April 21, 2024 (below). The Xiaoxijie historical and cultural block, situated in the city center of Huzhou, boasts a rich history spanning over a millennium. Since 2013, the city of Huzhou has launched a protection and transformation project of the historical and cultural block, emphasizing the restoration of the unique features of Xiaoxijie and introducing modern industries on this basis. Today, cultural facilities such as art galleries and museums are opened in Xiaoxijie. Young entrepreneurs with dreams settled here to build cafes, pottery shops, custom jewelry shops, musi

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US Military Osprey With 8 Crew Crashes Off Japan

Handout photo dated April 23, 2013 shows landing signalman enlisted direct an MV-22 Osprey from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 161 onto the flight deck aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Anchorage (LPD 23). A US Osprey military aircraft with eight crew on board crashed on Wednesday off a Japanese island, the coastguard said, in the latest accident involving the tilt-rotor military aircraft. The Osprey, developed by Bell Helicopters and Boeing and which can operate like a helicopter or a fixed-wing plane, has suffered a string of fatal crashes over the years. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Quiles via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Niigata official meets press over iodine tablets scandal

NIIGATA, Japan - Yasumasa Mizusawa, a senior official in charge of pharmaceutical affairs of the Niigata prefectural government, meets reporters about a scandal over stable iodine tablets at the prefectural government office building in Niigata City on April 22, 2014. The prefecture failed to prepare the tablets for residents near the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power station by the end of March 2013 as planned in preparation for emergencies but received the state subsidy.

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Wooden model for Taiho's statue

AKITA, Japan - Photo shows sculptor Toshio Kamada unveiling a wooden model he has carved for a statue of the late sumo great Taiho (1940-2013), whose real name was Koki Naya, in the village of Ogata in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on April 22, 2014. After being cast by Kamada, the bronze statue of Taiho, who held sumo's highest rank of yokozuna, is expected to be donated around August 2014 to Poronaysk on the Russian Far Eastern island of Sakhalin, Taiho's birthplace.

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Wooden model for Taiho's statue

AKITA, Japan - Photo shows sculptor Toshio Kamada unveiling a wooden model he has carved for a statue of the late sumo great Taiho (1940-2013), whose real name was Koki Naya, in the village of Ogata in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on April 22, 2014. After being cast by Kamada, the bronze statue of Taiho, who held sumo's highest rank of yokozuna, is expected to be donated around August 2014 to Poronaysk on the Russian Far Eastern island of Sakhalin, Taiho's birthplace.

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Osprey aircraft

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in July 2013 shows MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft parked at the U.S. military's Iwakuni base in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan. The Japanese government plans to choose the maintenance sites for Ospreys which the Self-Defense Forces plan to operate outside of Okinawa during the year starting in April 2015, government sources said on Dec. 31, 2013.

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Delivery of M'bishi passenger jet to be delayed

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. President Teruaki Kawai speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 22, 2013. The company said the same day that delivery of Japan's first small passenger jet will be delayed for over a year to around the April-June quarter in 2017.

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Mt. Fuji chosen as Heritage site

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from Oshino, Yamanashi Prefecture, shows cherry blossoms at the foot of snow-capped Mt. Fuji on April 18, 2013. The World Heritage Committee of UNESCO on June 22, 2013, decided to inscribe Mt. Fuji on the World Heritage List.

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Osaka proposal on Osprey

OSAKA, Japan - An April 18, 2013, photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Yao Airport in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan. Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto proposed during a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo on June 6, 2013, that the airport host part of the training exercises for U.S. MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor transport aircraft.

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Osaka proposal on Osprey

OSAKA, Japan - An April 18, 2013, photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Yao Airport in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan. Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto proposed during a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo on June 6, 2013, that the airport host part of the training exercises for U.S. MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor transport aircraft.

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Making bags in quake-hit town to help recovery

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - Akio Sato, who launched a factory to make leather bags in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, shows off its products on April 22, 2013, at the factory. With the launch, he hopes to create a new industry in the coastal fishing and farming town, hit hard by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, and help speed its recovery.

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Wedding photos in Japan

SAPPORO, Japan - A newly married couple from Hong Kong pose for a photo at a historic mansion in Sapporo on April 22, 2013, The Sapporo city government in northern Japan is promoting wedding photo shoots for clients from Hong Kong and Taiwan.

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Ospreys in S. Korea-U.S. drills

POHANG, South Korea - Photo taken April 26, 2013, shows MV-22 Osprey aircraft, believed to have been sent from Futenma air base in Japan's Okinawa Prefecture, taking part in a South Korea-U.S. joint landing drill, part of the Foal Eagle annual military exercise, in the southeastern port city of Pohang, South Korea.

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Ospreys in S. Korea-U.S. drills

POHANG, South Korea - Photo taken April 26, 2013, shows MV-22 Osprey aircraft, believed to have been sent from Futenma air base in Japan's Okinawa Prefecture, taking part in a South Korea-U.S. joint landing drill, part of the Foal Eagle annual military exercise, in the southeastern port city of Pohang, South Korea.

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Boeing 787 Dreamliner

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Boeing 787 Dreamliner jets parked at Tokyo's Haneda airport on April 22, 2013. The transport ministry said it will allow Boeing 787 Dreamliners to resume operations on the night of April 26, 2013, after the jet was grounded worldwide for more than three months, despite the root cause of its battery problem remaining unknown.

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Air pollution in Manila

MANILA, Philippines - Buses and other vehicles emit heavy smoke as they travel the main EDSA highway in the Philippine capital Manila on April 22, 2013. The air quality in Metro Manila remains below the World Health Organization-set TSP and PM10 standard level over the past several years despite government efforts to improve it, although it is not considered to be at a level that is risky to human health.

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Kagawa joins celebrations as Man Utd clinch league title

MANCHESTER, Britain - Shinji Kagawa of Manchester United celebrates after an English Premier League soccer match against Aston Villa in Manchester on April 22, 2013. Manchester United won 3-0 to clinch the club's record 20th league title.

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Kagawa joins celebrations as Man Utd clinch league title

MANCHESTER, Britain - Shinji Kagawa (5th from R) of Manchester United celebrates with his teammates after an English Premier League soccer match against Aston Villa in Manchester on April 22, 2013. Manchester United won 3-0 to clinch the club's record 20th league title.

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Kagawa joins celebrations as Man Utd clinch league title

MANCHESTER, Britain - Shinji Kagawa (R) of Manchester United vies for the ball with Nathan Baker of Aston Villa during their English Premier League match in Manchester on April 22, 2013. Manchester United won 3-0 to clinch the club's record 20th league title.

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Kagawa joins celebrations as Man Utd clinch 20th title

MANCHESTER, Britain - Shinji Kagawa (front, L) of Manchester United celebrates with his teammates after an English Premier League soccer match against Aston Villa in Manchester on April 22, 2013. Manchester United won 3-0 to clinch the club's record 20th league title.

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Kagawa joins celebrations as Man Utd clinch 20th title

MANCHESTER, Britain - Shinji Kagawa (C) of Manchester United congratulates Robin van Persie (20) after the Dutchman scored a hat-trick during the first half of an English Premier League soccer match against Aston Villa in Manchester on April 22, 2013. Manchester United won 3-0 to clinch the club's record 20th league title.

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Kagawa joins celebrations as Man Utd clinch 20th title

MANCHESTER, Britain - Shinji Kagawa (4th from R) of Manchester United celebrates with his teammates after an English Premier League soccer match against Aston Villa in Manchester on April 22, 2013. Manchester United won 3-0 to clinch the club's record 20th league title.

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Kagawa joins celebrations as Man Utd clinch league title

MANCHESTER, Britain - Shinji Kagawa (5th from R) of Manchester United celebrates with his teammates after an English Premier League soccer match against Aston Villa in Manchester on April 22, 2013. Manchester United won 3-0 to clinch the club's record 20th league title.

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Kagawa joins celebrations as Man Utd clinch league title

MANCHESTER, Britain - Shinji Kagawa of Manchester United dribbles during the second half of an English Premier League match against Aston Villa in Manchester on April 22, 2013. Manchester United won 3-0 to clinch the club's record 20th league title.

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Crested ibis chicks

NIIGATA, Japan - Photo taken on April 22, 2013, shows veterinarian Yoshinori Kaneko feeding the biggest of four crested ibis chicks born in the wild but being raised at the Sado Japanese Crested Ibis Conservation Center on Sado Island in Niigata Prefecture.

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Capybara triplets

FUKUOKA, Japan - Fubuki, a 4-year-old capybara, feeds her litter at Uminonakamichi Seaside Park in the city of Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on April 22, 2013. The three babies of the Latin American-originated rodent were born on April 14, 2013.

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Crested ibis chicks

NIIGATA, Japan - Photo taken on April 22, 2013, shows the smallest of four crested ibis chicks born in the wild but being raised at the Sado Japanese Crested Ibis Conservation Center on Sado Island in Niigata Prefecture.

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Capybara triplets

FUKUOKA, Japan - Fubuki, a 4-year-old capybara, is pictured with her litter at Uminonakamichi Seaside Park in the city of Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on April 22, 2013. The three babies of the Latin American-originated rodent were born on April 14, 2013.

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Top U.S. uniformed officer in China

BEIJING, China - Gen. Martin Dempsey (L), chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States, and Gen. Fang Fenghui, chief of the General Staff of the People's Liberation Army of China, shake hands during a joint press conference after their meeting in Beijing on April 22, 2013. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Sichuan quake

YA'AN, China - A woman grieves during a funeral for a quake victim in the Lushan county area of Ya'an in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan, on April 22, 2013, following a magnitude-7.0 earthquake two days before.

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Top U.S. uniformed officer in China

BEIJING, China - Gen. Martin Dempsey (L), chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States, and Gen. Fang Fenghui, chief of the General Staff of the People's Liberation Army of China, hold a joint press conference after their meeting in Beijing on April 22, 2013. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Sichuan quake

YA'AN, China - A quake relief vehicle is seen at a main street in the Lushan county area of Ya'an in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan, on April 22, 2013, following a magnitude-7.0 earthquake two days before.

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Sichuan quake

YA'AN, China - A temporary medical service is set up at a shelter in the Lushan county area of Ya'an in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan, on April 22, 2013, following a magnitude-7.0 earthquake two days before.

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Sichuan quake

YA'AN, China - Children hold signboards reading "No water, no food," "No place to live" and "Nobody cares" in the Lushan county area of Ya'an in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan, on April 22, 2013, following a magnitude-7.0 earthquake two days before.

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Pyongyang scene

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Workers are engaged in work to improve a roadside area near Pyongyang airport in North Korea on April 22, 2013.

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Sichuan quake

YA'AN, China - A woman holds a baby near their tent in the Lushan county area of Ya'an in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan, on April 22, 2013, following a magnitude-7.0 earthquake two days before.

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Sichuan quake

YA'AN, China - A woman take properties from her damaged home in the Lushan county area of Ya'an in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan, on April 22, 2013, following a magnitude-7.0 earthquake two days before.

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Pyongyang scene

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Workers unload earth and sand from a truck to improve a roadside area of a trunk route near Pyongyang airport in North Korea on April 22, 2013.

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Sichuan quake

YA'AN, China - Survivors line up for food supplies in the Lushan county area of Ya'an in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan, on April 22, 2013, following a magnitude-7.0 earthquake two days before.

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Sichuan quake

YA'AN, China - Survivors try to clean rubble near their damaged home in the Lushan county area of Ya'an in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan, on April 22, 2013, following a magnitude-7.0 earthquake two days before.

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Pyongyang scene

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Women in traditional Korean dresses assemble near portraits of North Korean founder Kim Il Sung and former leader Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang on April 22, 2013.

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Sichuan quake

YA'AN, China - A woman prepares a meal near her collapsed home in the Lushan county area of Ya'an in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan, on April 22, 2013, following a magnitude-7.0 earthquake two days before.

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Sichuan quake

YA'AN, China - Survivors rest at a handmade tent near their damaged home in the Lushan county area of Ya'an in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan, on April 22, 2013, following a magnitude-7.0 earthquake two days before.

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Quarantine dogs

NAGOYA, Japan - Male beagle dogs Little Man (L) and Hunter are shown to reporters at the Central Japan International Airport, or Centrair, near Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on April 22, 2013. It's the canines' job to sniff out meat, fruit and other products that must be quarantined from airplane passengers' luggage.

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Pyongyang scene

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Soldiers and workers are engaged in civil engineering work in Pyongyang, North Korea, on April 22, 2013.

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WHO on bird flu in China

BEIJING, China - Keiji Fukuda, assistant director general for health security and environment of the World Health Organization, speaks during a press conference in Beijing on April 22, 2013. The top WHO influenza expert said the Geneva-based organization and Chinese health authorities have yet to see evidence of person-to-person transmission of a new strain of avian influenza that struck in some parts of China.

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NPT conference

GENEVA, Switzerland - The Second Session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2015 Review Conference of Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty parties begins at the United Nations office in Geneva, Switzerland, on April 22, 2013.