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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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Pope Francis Dies Aged 88

File photo - Pope Francis celebrates marriage for 20 couples during a nuptial Mass in St. Peter's Basilica , Vatican on Sept. 14, 2014, including some who already have kids , a sin under Catholic Church teaching. The ages of the newlyweds range from 25 to 56, and among them there are those who are already living together, those who already have children, those who met in church. It is quite rare for a pope to celebrate public weddings. John Paul II did it twice, in 1994 and 2000, while Benedict XVI never officiated the sacrament during his papacy. -- Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Architect from China's Taiwan helps revitalize ancient town in Fujian

STORY: Architect from China's Taiwan helps revitalize ancient town in Fujian SHOOTING TIME: April 25, 2024 DATELINE: April 30, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:49 LOCATION: FUZHOU, China CATEGORY: CULTURE/SOCIETY SHORTLIST: 1. various of the town 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): DENG HAI, Architect from China's Taiwan 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): DENG HAI, Architect from China's Taiwan STORYLINE: Songkou Town in east China's Fujian Province was once a thriving ancient ferry port. In 2014, Deng Hai, an architect from China's Taiwan arrived in this town, starting a revitalization effort that embraces both tradition and modernity. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): DENG HAI, Architect from China's Taiwan "Because Songkou Town has such a long history, the first thing we need to think about is how to develop it now and in the future. Then, we've got to figure out how to handle the development and management of modern areas. And, from our professional perspective, there's a lot of potential for cross-Strait cooperation here. We've got experienc

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(InTibet)CHINA-TIBET-LHASA-WOODCARVING-CRAFTSMAN (CN)

(230429) -- LHASA, April 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Lhaba Cering draws a woodcarving sketch in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, April 25, 2023. Lhaba Cering, 55, has great enthusiasm and love for woodcarving. In 1983, then an apprentice of a craft and ancient architecture art company in Lhasa, Lhaba Cering participated in the routine maintenance work of the auxiliary buildings of the Potala Palace. Since then, an indissoluble bond between him and woodcarving has been formed. Tibetan woodcarving has unique form and shape. With the help of teachers and his own efforts, Lhaba Cering has made rapid progress, and his works are highly praised. In 2014, Lhaba Cering set up a professional handmade woodcarving cooperative for farmers and herdsmen in Lhasa. He taught the woodcarving skills to apprentices, devoting himself to improving the inheritance and development of Tibetan woodcarving and increasing the income of local farmers and herdsmen. In 2019, Lhaba Cering was awarded the title

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(InTibet)CHINA-TIBET-LHASA-WOODCARVING-CRAFTSMAN (CN)

(230429) -- LHASA, April 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Lhaba Cering stands at the gate of a professional handmade woodcarving cooperative for farmers and herdsmen in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, April 25, 2023. Lhaba Cering, 55, has great enthusiasm and love for woodcarving. In 1983, then an apprentice of a craft and ancient architecture art company in Lhasa, Lhaba Cering participated in the routine maintenance work of the auxiliary buildings of the Potala Palace. Since then, an indissoluble bond between him and woodcarving has been formed. Tibetan woodcarving has unique form and shape. With the help of teachers and his own efforts, Lhaba Cering has made rapid progress, and his works are highly praised. In 2014, Lhaba Cering set up a professional handmade woodcarving cooperative for farmers and herdsmen in Lhasa. He taught the woodcarving skills to apprentices, devoting himself to improving the inheritance and development of Tibetan woodcarving and increasing the income of loca

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(InTibet)CHINA-TIBET-LHASA-WOODCARVING-CRAFTSMAN (CN)

(230429) -- LHASA, April 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Lhaba Cering (L) instructs as an apprentice works on a woodcarving art craft piece in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, April 25, 2023. Lhaba Cering, 55, has great enthusiasm and love for woodcarving. In 1983, then an apprentice of a craft and ancient architecture art company in Lhasa, Lhaba Cering participated in the routine maintenance work of the auxiliary buildings of the Potala Palace. Since then, an indissoluble bond between him and woodcarving has been formed. Tibetan woodcarving has unique form and shape. With the help of teachers and his own efforts, Lhaba Cering has made rapid progress, and his works are highly praised. In 2014, Lhaba Cering set up a professional handmade woodcarving cooperative for farmers and herdsmen in Lhasa. He taught the woodcarving skills to apprentices, devoting himself to improving the inheritance and development of Tibetan woodcarving and increasing the income of local farmers and herdsmen. I

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(InTibet)CHINA-TIBET-LHASA-WOODCARVING-CRAFTSMAN (CN)

(230429) -- LHASA, April 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Lhaba Cering assembles a woodcarving art craft piece in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, April 25, 2023. Lhaba Cering, 55, has great enthusiasm and love for woodcarving. In 1983, then an apprentice of a craft and ancient architecture art company in Lhasa, Lhaba Cering participated in the routine maintenance work of the auxiliary buildings of the Potala Palace. Since then, an indissoluble bond between him and woodcarving has been formed. Tibetan woodcarving has unique form and shape. With the help of teachers and his own efforts, Lhaba Cering has made rapid progress, and his works are highly praised. In 2014, Lhaba Cering set up a professional handmade woodcarving cooperative for farmers and herdsmen in Lhasa. He taught the woodcarving skills to apprentices, devoting himself to improving the inheritance and development of Tibetan woodcarving and increasing the income of local farmers and herdsmen. In 2019, Lhaba Cering was award

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(InTibet)CHINA-TIBET-LHASA-WOODCARVING-CRAFTSMAN (CN)

(230429) -- LHASA, April 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Lhaba Cering makes a woodcarving art craft piece in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, April 25, 2023. Lhaba Cering, 55, has great enthusiasm and love for woodcarving. In 1983, then an apprentice of a craft and ancient architecture art company in Lhasa, Lhaba Cering participated in the routine maintenance work of the auxiliary buildings of the Potala Palace. Since then, an indissoluble bond between him and woodcarving has been formed. Tibetan woodcarving has unique form and shape. With the help of teachers and his own efforts, Lhaba Cering has made rapid progress, and his works are highly praised. In 2014, Lhaba Cering set up a professional handmade woodcarving cooperative for farmers and herdsmen in Lhasa. He taught the woodcarving skills to apprentices, devoting himself to improving the inheritance and development of Tibetan woodcarving and increasing the income of local farmers and herdsmen. In 2019, Lhaba Cering was awarded t

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(InTibet)CHINA-TIBET-LHASA-WOODCARVING-CRAFTSMAN (CN)

(230429) -- LHASA, April 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Lhaba Cering displays his woodcarving art craft pieces in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, April 25, 2023. Lhaba Cering, 55, has great enthusiasm and love for woodcarving. In 1983, then an apprentice of a craft and ancient architecture art company in Lhasa, Lhaba Cering participated in the routine maintenance work of the auxiliary buildings of the Potala Palace. Since then, an indissoluble bond between him and woodcarving has been formed. Tibetan woodcarving has unique form and shape. With the help of teachers and his own efforts, Lhaba Cering has made rapid progress, and his works are highly praised. In 2014, Lhaba Cering set up a professional handmade woodcarving cooperative for farmers and herdsmen in Lhasa. He taught the woodcarving skills to apprentices, devoting himself to improving the inheritance and development of Tibetan woodcarving and increasing the income of local farmers and herdsmen. In 2019, Lhaba Cering was awa

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(InTibet)CHINA-TIBET-LHASA-WOODCARVING-CRAFTSMAN (CN)

(230429) -- LHASA, April 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Lhaba Cering (L) instructs as an apprentice draws woodcarving sketch in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, April 25, 2023. Lhaba Cering, 55, has great enthusiasm and love for woodcarving. In 1983, then an apprentice of a craft and ancient architecture art company in Lhasa, Lhaba Cering participated in the routine maintenance work of the auxiliary buildings of the Potala Palace. Since then, an indissoluble bond between him and woodcarving has been formed. Tibetan woodcarving has unique form and shape. With the help of teachers and his own efforts, Lhaba Cering has made rapid progress, and his works are highly praised. In 2014, Lhaba Cering set up a professional handmade woodcarving cooperative for farmers and herdsmen in Lhasa. He taught the woodcarving skills to apprentices, devoting himself to improving the inheritance and development of Tibetan woodcarving and increasing the income of local farmers and herdsmen. In 2019, Lhaba

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(SkyEye) CHINA-KAZAKHSTAN-KYRGYZSTAN-SILK ROAD

(231017) -- BEIJING, Oct. 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on April 19, 2023 shows a view of the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province. About 2,000 years ago, in the Western Han Dynasty (202 B.C.- A.D. 25), a Chinese envoy named Zhang Qian began his expedition to the Western Regions and opened a trade route that later became the Silk Road. In 2014, a joint application by China, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan led to the recognition of "the Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor" as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Spanning thousands of miles and thousands of years, the ancient Silk Road was not only a route for trade and barter, but also a route for exchanges between civilizations, making a significant contribution to the development and progress of human society. (Xinhua/Liu Xiao)

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(SkyEye) CHINA-KAZAKHSTAN-KYRGYZSTAN-SILK ROAD

(231017) -- BEIJING, Oct. 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on April 29, 2022 shows the Maijishan Grottoes in Tianshui City, northwest China's Gansu Province. About 2,000 years ago, in the Western Han Dynasty (202 B.C.- A.D. 25), a Chinese envoy named Zhang Qian began his expedition to the Western Regions and opened a trade route that later became the Silk Road. In 2014, a joint application by China, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan led to the recognition of "the Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor" as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Spanning thousands of miles and thousands of years, the ancient Silk Road was not only a route for trade and barter, but also a route for exchanges between civilizations, making a significant contribution to the development and progress of human society. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)

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(SkyEye) CHINA-KAZAKHSTAN-KYRGYZSTAN-SILK ROAD

(231017) -- BEIJING, Oct. 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on April 25, 2023 shows a view of the Xi'an Railway Station and the Daming Palace National Heritage Park behind it in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province. About 2,000 years ago, in the Western Han Dynasty (202 B.C.- A.D. 25), a Chinese envoy named Zhang Qian began his expedition to the Western Regions and opened a trade route that later became the Silk Road. In 2014, a joint application by China, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan led to the recognition of "the Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor" as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Spanning thousands of miles and thousands of years, the ancient Silk Road was not only a route for trade and barter, but also a route for exchanges between civilizations, making a significant contribution to the development and progress of human society. (Xinhua/Shao Rui)

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(SkyEye) CHINA-KAZAKHSTAN-KYRGYZSTAN-SILK ROAD

(231017) -- BEIJING, Oct. 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on April 21, 2017 shows the ruins of an old palace of the ancient city of Han (202 B.C.- A.D. 220) and Wei (220-265) dynasties in Luoyang, central China's Henan Province. About 2,000 years ago, in the Western Han Dynasty (202 B.C.- A.D. 25), a Chinese envoy named Zhang Qian began his expedition to the Western Regions and opened a trade route that later became the Silk Road. In 2014, a joint application by China, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan led to the recognition of "the Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor" as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Spanning thousands of miles and thousands of years, the ancient Silk Road was not only a route for trade and barter, but also a route for exchanges between civilizations, making a significant contribution to the development and progress of human society. (Xinhua/Li An)

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(InTibet)CHINA-TIBET-LHASA-WOODCARVING-CRAFTSMAN (CN)

(230429) -- LHASA, April 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Lhaba Cering makes a woodcarving art craft piece in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, April 25, 2023. Lhaba Cering, 55, has great enthusiasm and love for woodcarving. In 1983, then an apprentice of a craft and ancient architecture art company in Lhasa, Lhaba Cering participated in the routine maintenance work of the auxiliary buildings of the Potala Palace. Since then, an indissoluble bond between him and woodcarving has been formed. Tibetan woodcarving has unique form and shape. With the help of teachers and his own efforts, Lhaba Cering has made rapid progress, and his works are highly praised. In 2014, Lhaba Cering set up a professional handmade woodcarving cooperative for farmers and herdsmen in Lhasa. He taught the woodcarving skills to apprentices, devoting himself to improving the inheritance and development of Tibetan woodcarving and increasing the income of local farmers and herdsmen. In 2019, Lhaba Cering was awarded t

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(InTibet)CHINA-TIBET-LHASA-WOODCARVING-CRAFTSMAN (CN)

(230429) -- LHASA, April 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Lhaba Cering (L) instructs as an apprentice works on a woodcarving art craft piece in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, April 25, 2023. Lhaba Cering, 55, has great enthusiasm and love for woodcarving. In 1983, then an apprentice of a craft and ancient architecture art company in Lhasa, Lhaba Cering participated in the routine maintenance work of the auxiliary buildings of the Potala Palace. Since then, an indissoluble bond between him and woodcarving has been formed. Tibetan woodcarving has unique form and shape. With the help of teachers and his own efforts, Lhaba Cering has made rapid progress, and his works are highly praised. In 2014, Lhaba Cering set up a professional handmade woodcarving cooperative for farmers and herdsmen in Lhasa. He taught the woodcarving skills to apprentices, devoting himself to improving the inheritance and development of Tibetan woodcarving and increasing the income of local farmers and herdsmen. I

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(InTibet)CHINA-TIBET-LHASA-WOODCARVING-CRAFTSMAN (CN)

(230429) -- LHASA, April 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Lhaba Cering displays his woodcarving art craft pieces in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, April 25, 2023. Lhaba Cering, 55, has great enthusiasm and love for woodcarving. In 1983, then an apprentice of a craft and ancient architecture art company in Lhasa, Lhaba Cering participated in the routine maintenance work of the auxiliary buildings of the Potala Palace. Since then, an indissoluble bond between him and woodcarving has been formed. Tibetan woodcarving has unique form and shape. With the help of teachers and his own efforts, Lhaba Cering has made rapid progress, and his works are highly praised. In 2014, Lhaba Cering set up a professional handmade woodcarving cooperative for farmers and herdsmen in Lhasa. He taught the woodcarving skills to apprentices, devoting himself to improving the inheritance and development of Tibetan woodcarving and increasing the income of local farmers and herdsmen. In 2019, Lhaba Cering was awa

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(InTibet)CHINA-TIBET-LHASA-WOODCARVING-CRAFTSMAN (CN)

(230429) -- LHASA, April 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Lhaba Cering (L) instructs as an apprentice draws woodcarving sketch in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, April 25, 2023. Lhaba Cering, 55, has great enthusiasm and love for woodcarving. In 1983, then an apprentice of a craft and ancient architecture art company in Lhasa, Lhaba Cering participated in the routine maintenance work of the auxiliary buildings of the Potala Palace. Since then, an indissoluble bond between him and woodcarving has been formed. Tibetan woodcarving has unique form and shape. With the help of teachers and his own efforts, Lhaba Cering has made rapid progress, and his works are highly praised. In 2014, Lhaba Cering set up a professional handmade woodcarving cooperative for farmers and herdsmen in Lhasa. He taught the woodcarving skills to apprentices, devoting himself to improving the inheritance and development of Tibetan woodcarving and increasing the income of local farmers and herdsmen. In 2019, Lhaba

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(InTibet)CHINA-TIBET-LHASA-WOODCARVING-CRAFTSMAN (CN)

(230429) -- LHASA, April 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Lhaba Cering assembles a woodcarving art craft piece in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, April 25, 2023. Lhaba Cering, 55, has great enthusiasm and love for woodcarving. In 1983, then an apprentice of a craft and ancient architecture art company in Lhasa, Lhaba Cering participated in the routine maintenance work of the auxiliary buildings of the Potala Palace. Since then, an indissoluble bond between him and woodcarving has been formed. Tibetan woodcarving has unique form and shape. With the help of teachers and his own efforts, Lhaba Cering has made rapid progress, and his works are highly praised. In 2014, Lhaba Cering set up a professional handmade woodcarving cooperative for farmers and herdsmen in Lhasa. He taught the woodcarving skills to apprentices, devoting himself to improving the inheritance and development of Tibetan woodcarving and increasing the income of local farmers and herdsmen. In 2019, Lhaba Cering was award

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(InTibet)CHINA-TIBET-LHASA-WOODCARVING-CRAFTSMAN (CN)

(230429) -- LHASA, April 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Lhaba Cering stands at the gate of a professional handmade woodcarving cooperative for farmers and herdsmen in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, April 25, 2023. Lhaba Cering, 55, has great enthusiasm and love for woodcarving. In 1983, then an apprentice of a craft and ancient architecture art company in Lhasa, Lhaba Cering participated in the routine maintenance work of the auxiliary buildings of the Potala Palace. Since then, an indissoluble bond between him and woodcarving has been formed. Tibetan woodcarving has unique form and shape. With the help of teachers and his own efforts, Lhaba Cering has made rapid progress, and his works are highly praised. In 2014, Lhaba Cering set up a professional handmade woodcarving cooperative for farmers and herdsmen in Lhasa. He taught the woodcarving skills to apprentices, devoting himself to improving the inheritance and development of Tibetan woodcarving and increasing the income of loca

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(InTibet)CHINA-TIBET-LHASA-WOODCARVING-CRAFTSMAN (CN)

(230429) -- LHASA, April 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Lhaba Cering draws a woodcarving sketch in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, April 25, 2023. Lhaba Cering, 55, has great enthusiasm and love for woodcarving. In 1983, then an apprentice of a craft and ancient architecture art company in Lhasa, Lhaba Cering participated in the routine maintenance work of the auxiliary buildings of the Potala Palace. Since then, an indissoluble bond between him and woodcarving has been formed. Tibetan woodcarving has unique form and shape. With the help of teachers and his own efforts, Lhaba Cering has made rapid progress, and his works are highly praised. In 2014, Lhaba Cering set up a professional handmade woodcarving cooperative for farmers and herdsmen in Lhasa. He taught the woodcarving skills to apprentices, devoting himself to improving the inheritance and development of Tibetan woodcarving and increasing the income of local farmers and herdsmen. In 2019, Lhaba Cering was awarded the title

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N. Korean boys react to goal in U-15 soccer in S. Korea

YEONCHEON, South Korea - North Korea's April 25 Sports Club players rejoice as they score a goal against a South Korean junior high school squad to earn a 3-0 win in an under-15 friendly soccer competition in Yeoncheon, north of Seoul, on Nov. 7, 2014. Six teams from North and South Korea, Uzbekistan and China competed.

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Japan to open pre-WWII court-martial minutes to public

TOKYO, Japan - Some of the minutes of trials over an attempted coup in Japan on Feb. 26, 1936, are shown in Tokyo on Aug. 25, 2014. The "2.26 Incident" files will be among court-martial documents during and before World War II to be opened to the public at the National Archives of Japan from next April.

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Tomioka Silk Mill added to UNESCO list

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken April 25, 2014 shows the Tomioka Silk Mill, a historic factory building in Tomioka, Gunma Prefecture. The mill and related sites in the prefecture were added to the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage list in June 2014.

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Tajima Yahei Kyutaku added to UNESCO list

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken April 25, 2014 shows the Tajima Yahei Kyutaku -- the old residence and farmhouse of Yahei Tajima -- in Isesaki, Gunma Prefecture, which is said to be the original modern sericulture farm. It was added to the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage list in June 2014, along with the Tomioka Silk Mill and other related sites in the prefecture.

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Young lawmakers turning to crowdfunding to raise political funds

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken April 25, 2014, shows Fumiaki Kobayashi, a House of Representatives member who is raising funds for his plan to send an ambulance to the typhoon-hit Philippines through a crowdfunding website for political purposes set up by a nonprofit organization.

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Antinuclear activity in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken April 25, 2014, shows Misao Redwolf (holding microphone), an illustrator whose real name is undisclosed, at a rally against nuclear power generation in front of the prime minister's office in Tokyo. Redwolf is one of the organizers of the antinuclear rallies which have been held on Friday nights near the premier's office and the Diet building since March 2012, a year after the outbreak on March 11, 2011, of the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant in the aftermath of the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami.

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Antinuclear activity in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken April 25, 2014, shows Misao Redwolf, an illustrator whose real name is undisclosed, at a rally against nuclear power generation in front of the prime minister's office in Tokyo. Redwolf is one of the organizers of the antinuclear rallies which have been held on Friday nights near the premier's office and the Diet building since March 2012, a year after the outbreak on March 11, 2011, of the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant in the aftermath of the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami.

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Pro-Russia woman cleans Mariupol city office building

MARIUPOL, Ukraine - A pro-Russia woman tidies up a room in the city office building in Mariupol, southern Ukraine on April 25, 2014. Ukrainian security personnel took control of the upper floors of the building, while the lower floors were occupied by pro-Russian protesters.

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Barricades around Mariupol city office building

MARIUPOL, Ukraine - Barricades built by pro-Russian protesters surround the city office building in the southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol on April 25, 2014.

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Angels hand Yankees' Kuroda career-worst defeat

NEW YORK, the United States - New York Yankees starting pitcher Hiroki Kuroda pitches against the Los Angeles Angels at Yankee Stadium in New York on April 25, 2014. Kuroda gave up eight runs, six earned, in just 4-2/3 innings as the Yankees lost 13-1.

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Angels hand Yankees' Kuroda career-worst defeat

NEW YORK, the United States - New York Yankees starting pitcher Hiroki Kuroda leaves the mound in the fifth inning of a game against the Los Angeles Angels at Yankee Stadium in New York on April 25, 2014. Kuroda gave up eight runs, six earned, in just 4-2/3 innings as the Yankees lost 13-1.

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Senior Ukraine official voices fears of Russian invasion

NEW YORK, United States - Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister Danylo Lubkivsky expresses fears of a Russian invasion during a press conference at U.N. headquarters in New York on April 25, 2014.

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Japan's Nishikori cruises into Barcelona Open semifinals

BARCELONA, Spain - Japan's Kei Nishikori celebrates after beating Croat Marin Cilic 6-1, 6-3 in their quarterfinal match of the Barcelona Open tennis in Barcelona, Spain, on April 25, 2014. Nishikori will play against Latvia's Ernests Gulbis in the semifinals.

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Japan's Nishikori cruises into Barcelona Open semifinals

BARCELONA, Spain - Japan's Kei Nishikori returns a backhand to Croat Marin Cilic during their quarterfinal match in the Barcelona Open tennis tournament in Barcelona, Spain, on April 25, 2014. Nishikori won 6-1, 6-3 to advance to the semifinals.

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S. Korea commemorates 40th visit by Japanese high school

SEOUL, South Korea - Kiyoshi Fujita (R), head of Japanese private school Chiben Gakuen, receives a gift from South Korean Culture, Sports and Tourism Minister Yoo Jin Ryong at a ceremony in Seoul on April 25, 2014, commemorating Chiben's 40th school trip to the country.

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Obama in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - U.S. President Barack Obama (back) attends a welcoming ceremony in Seoul on April 25, 2014. In front is South Korean President Park Geun Hye.

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Obama in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - U.S. President Barack Obama (L) and South Korean President Park Geun Hye hold a joint press conference after their meeting in Seoul on April 25, 2014.

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Tokyo governor in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe (R) and Beijing Mayor Wang Anshun shake hands before holding talks in the Chinese capital on April 25, 2014.

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Tokyo governor in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe (L) and Beijing Mayor Wang Anshun hold talks in the Chinese capital on April 25, 2014.

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Pyongyang propaganda warns of nuclear war on Korean Peninsula

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A huge propaganda painting celebrating the 82nd anniversary of the Korean People's Army's foundation is shown in Pyongyang, North Korea, on April 25, 2014. It says there is "a dark shadow of nuclear war over the Korean Peninsula."

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Japanese retailer Aeon opens 13th shopping mall in China

SUZHOU, China - A crowd waits in front of a shopping complex ahead of its opening on the outskirts of Suzhou in China's east coast province of Jiangsu on April 25, 2014. Built by Aeon Co., it is the Japanese retail giant's 13th shopping mall in China.

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Japanese retailer Aeon opens 13th shopping mall in China

SUZHOU, China - Shoppers stroll along the aisle in a shopping complex newly opened by Japan's retail giant Aeon Co. on the outskirts of Suzhou in China's east coast province of Jiangsu on April 25, 2014. It is Aeon's 13th shopping mall in China.

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N. Korean citizens offer flowers at statues of late leaders

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korean citizens offer flowers at the statues of late leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on April 25, 2014, on the 82nd anniversary of the Korean People's Army's foundation.

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Dance club operator acquitted

OSAKA, Japan - Masatoshi Kanemitsu (C), a former nightclub operator, holds a scroll reading "not guilty" in Osaka on April 25, 2014, after a local court acquitted him of debasing sexual morals by allowing patrons to dance.

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Tokyo governor in China

BEIJING, China - Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe (R) shakes hands with Beijing Mayor Wang Anshun before their talks in the Chinese capital on April 25, 2014. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Tokyo governor in China

BEIJING, China - Photo taken April 25, 2014, shows Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe under the hazy skies of Beijing after a visit to the National Stadium (back), the main venue for the 2008 Olympics, also known as the "Bird's Nest," in the Chinese capital.

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N. Korea's military anniversary

PYONGYANG, North Korea - People bow to the bronze statues of North Korean founder Kim Il Sung and former leader Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on April 25, 2014, the 82nd anniversary of the establishment of the Korean People's Army.

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N. Korea's military anniversary

PYONGYANG, North Korea - People lay flowers at the bronze statues of North Korean founder Kim Il Sung and former leader Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on April 25, 2014, the 82nd anniversary of the establishment of the Korean People's Army.