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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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French Senate Votes On Controversial CETA Free Trade Deal

French Senate Votes On Controversial CETA Free Trade Deal

File photo dated April 29, 2010 shows a major spring snowstorm dumped over 20 centimeters of snow on southern Alberta leaving thousands without power. Cattle make their way through snowy trees to their feed in a blizzard near Cremona, Alta, Canada. The French government on Thursday faces a risky vote on the controversial CETA trade deal between the EU and Canada in the Senate where an unlikely alliance between left and right hopes to torpedo the pact. The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) has been in force provisionally since 2017, but requires ratification in all European Union member countries to take full effect. Cattle farmers have always been among the main opponents of CETA. They feared that lower tariffs on Canadian meat imports would lead to unfair competition. Photo by Jeff McIntosh/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Exploring civilization museum in Cameroon

STORY: Exploring civilization museum in Cameroon DATELINE: April 30, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:29 LOCATION: DSCHANG, Cameroon CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the museum 2. SOUNDBITE (French): FLAUBERT TABOUE NOUAYE, Curator 3. various of the museum STORYLINE: Dschang Museum of Civilizations, located in the west region of Cameroon, provides a window for people to learn about the life of the people who have lived in Cameroon since ancient times. With a main building area of about 1,000 square meters, the museum was officially opened to public in 2010. It has six exhibition areas: history, chiefdom and four cultural areas. SOUNDBITE (French): FLAUBERT TABOUE NOUAYE, Curator "This museum is created for a very simple purpose, to provide a key to understand the life of the people who have lived in Cameroon since ancient times. We want to encourage Cameroonian youth to engage in our ancient heritage and to see how it helps our country economically and culturally in ancient and modern times, and to observe h

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Last survivor of 12-member Enola Gay bomber crew dies

Last survivor of 12-member Enola Gay bomber crew dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in April 2010 at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum near Washington, the United States, shows the Enola Gay, the U.S. bomber that dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945. Theodore Van Kirk, the last survivor of the 12-member crew of the B-29 Superfortress has died at the age of 93.

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Sony returns to black in April-Sept.

Sony returns to black in April-Sept.

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Financial Officer Masaru Kato briefs reporters in Tokyo on the company's financial results for the April to September period on Oct. 29, 2010. The company swung back into the black as a result of a favorable performance in the game business and personal computer sectors as well as its cost-cutting efforts.

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Cow auction resumes in disease-hit Miyazaki

Cow auction resumes in disease-hit Miyazaki

TAKACHIHO, Japan - Potential buyers participate in a cow auction in Takachiho, Miyazaki Prefecture, on Aug. 29, 2010, after it resumed for the first time since April due to the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease which hit the livestock industry in the southwestern Japan region.

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Cow auction resumes in disease-hit Miyazaki

Cow auction resumes in disease-hit Miyazaki

TAKACHIHO, Japan - Potential buyers participate in a cow auction in Takachiho, Miyazaki Prefecture, on Aug. 29, 2010, after it resumed for the first time since April due to the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease which hit the livestock industry in the southwestern Japan region.

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Cow auction resumes in disease-hit Miyazaki

Cow auction resumes in disease-hit Miyazaki

TAKACHIHO, Japan - Potential buyers participate in a cow auction in Takachiho, Miyazaki Prefecture, on Aug. 29, 2010, after it resumed for the first time since April due to the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease which hit the livestock industry in the southwestern Japan region.

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South Africa awaits FIFA World Cup

South Africa awaits FIFA World Cup

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - The photo above taken on April 29, 2010, shows high school students in a classroom in the former black township of Soweto in Johannesburg, South Africa. The photo below is a remodeled classroom to accommodate supporters attending the FIFA World Cup opening on June 11.

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N. Korea's Kim Yong Nam talks with Chinese President Hu

N. Korea's Kim Yong Nam talks with Chinese President Hu

SHANGHAI, China - Kim Yong Nam, chairman of the Presidium of North Korea's Supreme People's Assembly, sits for talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao in Shanghai on April 30, 2010. Kim arrived in Shanghai on April 29 and will represent North Korea at the opening ceremony of the Shanghai World Expo at night. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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N. Korea's Kim Yong Nam talks with Chinese President Hu

N. Korea's Kim Yong Nam talks with Chinese President Hu

SHANGHAI, China - Kim Yong Nam (L), chairman of the Presidium of North Korea's Supreme People's Assembly, shakes hands with Chinese President Hu Jintao prior to their talks in Shanghai on April 30, 2010. Kim arrived in Shanghai on April 29 and will represent North Korea at the opening ceremony of the Shanghai World Expo at night. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Maehara voices concern over impact of Ozawa scandal on election

Maehara voices concern over impact of Ozawa scandal on election

WASHINGTON, United States - Japanese transport minister Seiji Maehara speaks at a press conference in Washington on April 29, 2010. Maehara said keeping Ichiro Ozawa as the secretary general of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, despite a decision by a citizens panel that he should be indicted over alleged false funds reports by his fund management body, could ''affect'' the upcoming upper house election.

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Cubs' Fukudome hits first MLB grand slam

Cubs' Fukudome hits first MLB grand slam

CHICAGO, United States - Chicago Cubs outfielder Kosuke Fukudome (L) is congratulated by his teammate after hitting a grand slam, the first in his Major League Baseball career, off Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Ian Kennedy in the eighth inning of a game at Wrigley Field in Chicago on April 29, 2010. The Cubs lost 5-13.

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Shanghai braced for expo

Shanghai braced for expo

SHANGHAI, China - Security guards check waste bins at the site of the World Expo in Shanghai on April 29, 2010. The opening ceremony for the event was scheduled to take place the following day.

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Cubs' Fukudome hits first MLB grand slam

Cubs' Fukudome hits first MLB grand slam

CHICAGO, United States - Chicago Cubs outfielder Kosuke Fukudome rounds first base after hitting a grand slam, the first in his Major League Baseball career, off Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Ian Kennedy in the eighth inning of a game at Wrigley Field in Chicago on April 29, 2010. The Cubs lost 5-13.

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Cubs' Fukudome hits first MLB grand slam

Cubs' Fukudome hits first MLB grand slam

CHICAGO, United States - Chicago Cubs outfielder Kosuke Fukudome hits a grand slam, the first in his Major League Baseball career, off Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Ian Kennedy in the eighth inning of a game at Wrigley Field in Chicago on April 29, 2010. The Cubs lost 5-13.

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Cubs' Fukudome hits first MLB grand slam

Cubs' Fukudome hits first MLB grand slam

CHICAGO, United States - Chicago Cubs outfielder Kosuke Fukudome follows the ball after hitting a grand slam, the first in his Major League Baseball career, off Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Ian Kennedy in the eighth inning of a game at Wrigley Field in Chicago on April 29, 2010. The Cubs lost 5-13.

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Ancient waterside tanka event in Kyoto

Ancient waterside tanka event in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Performers show tourists the ''kyokusui no en'' ancient waterside pastime near a winding stream at Jonangu shrine in Kyoto on April 29, 2010. The performers dressed as the nobles of the Heian Era, which started in 794, make tanka poems before floating cups of sake reach them.

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Ancient waterside tanka event in Kyoto

Ancient waterside tanka event in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Performers show tourists the ''kyokusui no en'' ancient waterside pastime near a winding stream at Jonangu shrine in Kyoto on April 29, 2010. The performers dressed as the nobles of the Heian Era, which started in 794, make tanka poems before floating cups of sake reach them.

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Golden Week holiday exodus

Golden Week holiday exodus

NARITA, Japan - People head for a boarding gate to go abroad during the Golden Week holidays at Narita airport near Tokyo on April 29, 2010. Masses of travelers are expected to spend their vacations outside Japan during the holiday period from late April to early May.

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N. Korea's No. 2 leader in China

N. Korea's No. 2 leader in China

SHANGHAI, China - North Korea's No. 2 leader Kim Yong Nam is welcomed in Shanghai upon arrival from Pyongyang on April 29, 2010. Kim, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, North Korea's parliament, visited Shanghai to attend the opening ceremony of the World Expo.

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N. Korea's No. 2 leader in China

N. Korea's No. 2 leader in China

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korea's No. 2 leader Kim Yong Nam (L) bids farewell in Pyongyang before leaving for Shanghai on April 29, 2010. Kim, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, North Korea's parliament, visited Shanghai to attend the opening ceremony of the World Expo.

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'Fast fashion' hits Tokyo

'Fast fashion' hits Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Shoppers crowd a ''fast fashion'' brand Forever 21 shop in Tokyo's upscale Ginza area on April 29, 2010. The Los Angeles-based apparel retailer, known for its low prices and designs favored by young people, opened the shop that day as its first flagship store in Asia.

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Golden Week holiday exodus

Golden Week holiday exodus

OSAKA, Japan - A departure lobby is crowded with travelers going abroad during the Golden Week holidays at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture on April 29, 2010. Masses of travelers are expected to spend their vacations outside Japan during the holiday period from late April to early May.

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Krispy Kreme Doughnuts in Osaka

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - People line up for the opening of an outlet of U.S. Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. in Osaka's Shinsaibashi district on April 29, 2010. Some 700 people including those who stayed overnight waited for the opening of the first shop of the doughnut chain in Japan's second-largest business district Kansai.

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Forever 21 to open Asia's 1st flagship store in Ginza

Forever 21 to open Asia's 1st flagship store in Ginza

TOKYO, Japan - An outlet of Forever 21 Inc., a fast fashion brand from Los Angeles, at Matsuzakaya department store in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district is opened to the media on April 28, 2010. The outlet, the second in Japan following one opened last year in the Harajuku district and the first flagship in Asia, will open on April 29 to sell new brands for children aged 6 through 14 as well as older customers.

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Rival doughnut makers to open outlets in Osaka

Rival doughnut makers to open outlets in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Duskin Co., Japanese operator of doughnut chain Mister Donut, gives a media preview of its ''Cafe Andonand'' outlet in Osaka's Chuo Ward on April 27, 2010, its first outlet in the Kansai region, ahead of the official opening on April 29.

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Rival doughnut makers to open outlets in Osaka

Rival doughnut makers to open outlets in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. of the United States, a rival doughnut maker of the Japanese operator of doughnut chain Mister Donut, gives a preview of its outlet at Shinsaibashi, Osaka, its first outlet in the Kansai region, on April 27, 2010, ahead of its official opening on April 29.

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Yamase, Yano earn recalls for World Cup warm-up vs Serbia

Yamase, Yano earn recalls for World Cup warm-up vs Serbia

TOKYO, Japan - Japan soccer coach Takeshi Okada speaks about the 20-man squad for Japan's upcoming World Cup warm-up against Serbia during a press conference in Tokyo on March 29, 2010. Japan will play an international friendly against Serbia in Osaka on April 7.

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Japanese sprinter Fukushima retires

Japanese sprinter Fukushima retires

File photo taken April 29, 2010, shows Chisato Fukushima winning the women's 100 meters in a national record 11.21 seconds at the Oda Memorial athletics meet in Hiroshima. Fukushima announced her retirement on Jan. 29, 2022.

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French Cardinal Albert Vanhoye Died At 98

French Cardinal Albert Vanhoye Died At 98

File photo - April 29 , 2010: Card. Albert Vanhoye during the study meeting "St. Peter and St. Mark, ossues, places of sanctity and hagiography between East and West" in Rome. - French cardinal Albert Vanhoye died Thursday, July 29, at the age of 98. Highly regarded by Pope Benedict XVI, the oldest of the cardinals was considered one of the greatest specialists in the exegesis of the Letter to the Hebrews. Photo by Alessia Giuliani/CPP/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French Cardinal Albert Vanhoye Died At 98

French Cardinal Albert Vanhoye Died At 98

File photo - April 29 , 2010: Card. Albert Vanhoye during the study meeting "St. Peter and St. Mark, ossues, places of sanctity and hagiography between East and West" in Rome. - French cardinal Albert Vanhoye died Thursday, July 29, at the age of 98. Highly regarded by Pope Benedict XVI, the oldest of the cardinals was considered one of the greatest specialists in the exegesis of the Letter to the Hebrews. Photo by Alessia Giuliani/CPP/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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South Africa awaits FIFA World Cup

South Africa awaits FIFA World Cup

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - The photo above taken on April 29, 2010, shows high school students in a classroom in the former black township of Soweto in Johannesburg, South Africa. The photo below is a remodeled classroom to accommodate supporters attending the FIFA World Cup opening on June 11. (Kyodo)

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N. Korea's Kim Yong Nam talks with Chinese President Hu

N. Korea's Kim Yong Nam talks with Chinese President Hu

SHANGHAI, China - Kim Yong Nam (L), chairman of the Presidium of North Korea's Supreme People's Assembly, shakes hands with Chinese President Hu Jintao prior to their talks in Shanghai on April 30, 2010. Kim arrived in Shanghai on April 29 and will represent North Korea at the opening ceremony of the Shanghai World Expo at night. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo)

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N. Korea's Kim Yong Nam talks with Chinese President Hu

N. Korea's Kim Yong Nam talks with Chinese President Hu

SHANGHAI, China - Kim Yong Nam, chairman of the Presidium of North Korea's Supreme People's Assembly, sits for talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao in Shanghai on April 30, 2010. Kim arrived in Shanghai on April 29 and will represent North Korea at the opening ceremony of the Shanghai World Expo at night. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo)

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Shanghai braced for expo

Shanghai braced for expo

SHANGHAI, China - Security guards check waste bins at the site of the World Expo in Shanghai on April 29, 2010. The opening ceremony for the event was scheduled to take place the following day. (Kyodo)

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Rival doughnut makers to open outlets in Osaka

Rival doughnut makers to open outlets in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. of the United States, a rival doughnut maker of the Japanese operator of doughnut chain Mister Donut, gives a preview of its outlet at Shinsaibashi, Osaka, its first outlet in the Kansai region, on April 27, 2010, ahead of its official opening on April 29. (Kyodo)

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Rival doughnut makers to open outlets in Osaka

Rival doughnut makers to open outlets in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Duskin Co., Japanese operator of doughnut chain Mister Donut, gives a media preview of its ''Cafe Andonand'' outlet in Osaka's Chuo Ward on April 27, 2010, its first outlet in the Kansai region, ahead of the official opening on April 29. (Kyodo)

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Cow auction resumes in disease-hit Miyazaki

Cow auction resumes in disease-hit Miyazaki

TAKACHIHO, Japan - Potential buyers participate in a cow auction in Takachiho, Miyazaki Prefecture, on Aug. 29, 2010, after it resumed for the first time since April due to the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease which hit the livestock industry in the southwestern Japan region. (Kyodo)

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Cow auction resumes in disease-hit Miyazaki

Cow auction resumes in disease-hit Miyazaki

TAKACHIHO, Japan - Potential buyers participate in a cow auction in Takachiho, Miyazaki Prefecture, on Aug. 29, 2010, after it resumed for the first time since April due to the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease which hit the livestock industry in the southwestern Japan region. (Kyodo)

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Cow auction resumes in disease-hit Miyazaki

Cow auction resumes in disease-hit Miyazaki

TAKACHIHO, Japan - Potential buyers participate in a cow auction in Takachiho, Miyazaki Prefecture, on Aug. 29, 2010, after it resumed for the first time since April due to the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease which hit the livestock industry in the southwestern Japan region. (Kyodo)

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CORRECTED Krispy Kreme Doughnuts in Osaka

CORRECTED Krispy Kreme Doughnuts in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - People line up for the opening of an outlet of U.S. Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. in Osaka's Shinsaibashi district on April 29, 2010. Some 700 people including those who stayed overnight waited for the opening of the first shop of the doughnut chain in Japan's second-largest business district Kansai. (Kyodo)

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Maehara voices concern over impact of Ozawa scandal on election

Maehara voices concern over impact of Ozawa scandal on election

WASHINGTON, United States - Japanese transport minister Seiji Maehara speaks at a press conference in Washington on April 29, 2010. Maehara said keeping Ichiro Ozawa as the secretary general of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, despite a decision by a citizens panel that he should be indicted over alleged false funds reports by his fund management body, could ''affect'' the upcoming upper house election. (Kyodo)

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Cubs' Fukudome hits first MLB gland slam

Cubs' Fukudome hits first MLB gland slam

CHICAGO, United States - Chicago Cubs outfielder Kosuke Fukudome (L) is congratulated by his teammate after hitting a grand slam, the first in his Major League Baseball career, off Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Ian Kennedy in the eighth inning of a game at Wrigley Field in Chicago on April 29, 2010. The Cubs lost 5-13. (Kyodo)

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Cubs' Fukudome hits first MLB gland slam

Cubs' Fukudome hits first MLB gland slam

CHICAGO, United States - Chicago Cubs outfielder Kosuke Fukudome rounds first base after hitting a grand slam, the first in his Major League Baseball career, off Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Ian Kennedy in the eighth inning of a game at Wrigley Field in Chicago on April 29, 2010. The Cubs lost 5-13. (Kyodo)

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Cubs' Fukudome hits first MLB gland slam

Cubs' Fukudome hits first MLB gland slam

CHICAGO, United States - Chicago Cubs outfielder Kosuke Fukudome hits a grand slam, the first in his Major League Baseball career, off Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Ian Kennedy in the eighth inning of a game at Wrigley Field in Chicago on April 29, 2010. The Cubs lost 5-13. (Kyodo)

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Cubs' Fukudome hits first MLB gland slam

Cubs' Fukudome hits first MLB gland slam

CHICAGO, United States - Chicago Cubs outfielder Kosuke Fukudome follows the ball after hitting a grand slam, the first in his Major League Baseball career, off Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Ian Kennedy in the eighth inning of a game at Wrigley Field in Chicago on April 29, 2010. The Cubs lost 5-13. (Kyodo)

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Ancient waterside tanka event in Kyoto

Ancient waterside tanka event in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Performers show tourists the ''kyokusui no en'' ancient waterside pastime near a winding stream at Jonangu shrine in Kyoto on April 29, 2010. The performers dressed as the nobles of the Heian Era, which started in 794, make tanka poems before floating cups of sake reach them. (Kyodo)

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Golden Week holiday exodus

Golden Week holiday exodus

OSAKA, Japan - A departure lobby is crowded with travelers going abroad during the Golden Week holidays at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture on April 29, 2010. Masses of travelers are expected to spend their vacations outside Japan during the holiday period from late April to early May. (Kyodo)

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