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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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CHINA-XINJIANG-YECHENG-CEMETERY GUARDIANS (CN)

(230430) -- YECHENG, April 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This file photo taken on April 29, 2011 shows Eniwar Emer (R) and his father Emer Yit having a chat in the Yecheng Martyrs Cemetery in Yecheng, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Every April, flowers bloom in the Yecheng Martyrs Cemetery in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, where 233 martyrs were buried. "I will take good care of the cemetery," said 53-year-old Eniwar Emer in front of his father's tombstone. Eniwar is a second-generation keeper for the Yecheng Martyrs Cemetery, following the footsteps of his father Emer Yit, who had maintained the graves there from 1970 until he died in August 2017. Yit retired from the army in 1968, when he landed a brief stint as village Party secretary in his hometown before later becoming headmaster of a local middle school. But he never felt quite fit for those jobs. It was in 1970 that he learned of a job opening for a guard at the Yecheng Martyrs Cemetery, where his fellow sold

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Tiny nature reserve for rare birds in downtown Xiamen

STORY: Tiny nature reserve for rare birds in downtown Xiamen SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 27, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 30, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:29 LOCATION: XIAMEN, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of Wuyuan Bay Nature Reserve 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): CAI LIBO, Director of Xiamen Nature Reserve Affairs Center 3. various of Wuyuan Bay Nature Reserve STORYLINE: Xiamen, a coastal eastern Chinese metropolis, may have one of the world's smallest nature reserves for one single endangered bird species. The distinguished visitor to the reserve is called Merops philippinus, or Blue-tailed Bee-eater. Admired by many as one of the most beautiful birds in the world for its fancy feathers, the species is under Class II state protection in China. Set up in 2011, the Wuyuan Bay Nature Reserve for the Blue-tailed Bee-eater welcomes its big moment every April to late October when the birds stop by during migration and dig caves on the cliffs to lay and hatch their eggs. Surrounded by over-10-story buildings just 200 to 3

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CHINA-XINJIANG-YECHENG-CEMETERY GUARDIANS (CN)

(230430) -- YECHENG, April 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This file photo taken on April 29, 2011 shows Eniwar Emer (R) and his father Emer Yit having a chat in the Yecheng Martyrs Cemetery in Yecheng, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Every April, flowers bloom in the Yecheng Martyrs Cemetery in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, where 233 martyrs were buried. "I will take good care of the cemetery," said 53-year-old Eniwar Emer in front of his father's tombstone. Eniwar is a second-generation keeper for the Yecheng Martyrs Cemetery, following the footsteps of his father Emer Yit, who had maintained the graves there from 1970 until he died in August 2017. Yit retired from the army in 1968, when he landed a brief stint as village Party secretary in his hometown before later becoming headmaster of a local middle school. But he never felt quite fit for those jobs. It was in 1970 that he learned of a job opening for a guard at the Yecheng Martyrs Cemetery, where his fellow sold

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Saury unloaded at Ofunato fish market

OFUNATO, Japan - A catch of saury is unloaded at a fishing port in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, on Aug. 29, 2014. The fish market facility, completed in April this year, was hit by the devastating earthquake and tsunami in March 2011 while it was under construction.

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2 years after bin Laden's killing

ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan - Children gather around a spring at the site where a hideout of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden used to stand, in Abbottabad, near Pakistan's capital Islamabad, on April 29, 2013. U.S. Navy Seals killed bin Laden there on May 2, 2011.

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2 years after bin Laden's killing

ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan - Children play at the site where a hideout of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden used to stand, in Abbottabad, near Pakistan's capital Islamabad, on April 29, 2013. U.S. Navy Seals killed bin Laden there on May 2, 2011.

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2 years after bin Laden's killing

ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan - Boys play in front of a wall with graffiti reading "WAKE UP MUSLIMS," in Abbottabad near Pakistan's capital Islamabad on April 29, 2013. The wall is part of what remains of the hideout of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, killed by U.S. Navy Seals there on May 2, 2011.

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2 years after bin Laden's killing

ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan - A man plows a field within a site where a hideout of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden used to stand in Abbottabad, near Pakistan's capital Islamabad, on April 29, 2013. U.S. Navy Seals killed bin Laden there on May 2, 2011.

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2 years after bin Laden's killing

ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan - A boy passes by a wall with graffiti reading "Osama is a martyr," in Abbottabad near Pakistan's capital Islamabad on April 29, 2013. The wall is part of what remains of the hideout of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, killed by U.S. Navy Seals there on May 2, 2011.

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Court nullifies sumo body's dismissal of ex-wrestler

TOKYO, Japan - Former sumo wrestler Sokokurai (front) is surrounded by fans in front of the Tokyo District Court on March 25, 2013, after the court ruled earlier in the day that the Japan Sumo Association's dismissal of Sokokurai of the top-tier makuuchi division in 2011 over match fixing was invalid. The 29-year-old Chinese-born former maegashira, whose real name is Enhetubuxin, had demanded to be reinstated as a wrestler after he was sacked by the JSA in April 2011 for refusing to retire over his alleged involvement in the match-fixing scandal.

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Noda in U.S.

WASHINGTON, United States - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (R) welcomes the parents of Taylor Anderson, an American teacher who was killed in the March 2011 quake and tsunami in Japan, during a reception in Washington on April 29, 2012. (Pool photo)

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'Wasabi fire alarm' wins Ig Nobel prize

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Yukinobu Tajima, head of the Fragrance Marketing Association, in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, in April 2009 holding a fire alarm device that informs people with hearing impediments of a fire by emitting a pungent ''wasabi'' horseradish smell. Tajima, together with six other Japanese researchers, were awarded the 2011 Ig Nobel prize in chemistry at the award ceremony at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on September 29, 2011, for inventing the device.

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Hakuho, other wrestlers prepare for 'test meet'

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Hakuho (R), the lone grand champion, practices at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on April 29, 2011, for the upcoming test meet starting May 8. The 15-day event at the Tokyo venue is a replacement for the official summer meet in the wake of a match-fixing scandal that resulted in the cancellation of the spring sumo tournament in March and the subsequent forced retirement of 25 wrestlers and coaches involved in the alleged scheme.

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Quake-hit residents wish to rebuild homes in scenic area

SENDAI, Japan - Photo shows the tsunami-hit picturesque Matsushima area in Miyagi Prefecture on April 29, 2011. The residents of the area, whose homes were swept away by the March 11 quake-induced tsunami, will likely be allowed to rebuild their homes in the otherwise restricted area to preserve the landscape, authorities said.

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Jordanians protest against Syria's crackdown

RAMTHA, Jordan - Demonstrators rally against neighboring Syria's violent crackdown on its protesters in the Jordanian town of Ramtha, located across the border from the Syrian city of Daraa, the site of ongoing clashes between Syrian military and protesters, on April 29, 2011. Thousands of Ramtha residents, with many who have friends across the border, took part in the demonstration.

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Jordanians protest against Syria's crackdown

RAMTHA, Jordan - Demonstrators rally against neighboring Syria's violent crackdown on its protesters in the Jordanian town of Ramtha, located across the border from the Syrian city of Daraa, the site of ongoing clashes between Syrian military and protesters, on April 29, 2011. Thousands of Ramtha residents, with many who have friends across the border, took part in the demonstration.

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Memorial in New York for Japan disaster victims

NEW YORK, United States - Buddhist priests hold a memorial service for the victims of Japan's March 11 earthquake and tsunami in New York on April 29, 2011. Around 50 people gathered at a Manhattan park on the 49th day since the disaster to mark the day Buddhists believe the dead pass on to the next world.

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Mariners beats Red Sox

BOSTON, United States - Ichiro Suzuki (R) of the Seattle Mariners gives a high-five to Brendan Ryan after the team beat the Boston Red Sox 5-4 in a baseball game at Fenway Park in Boston on April 29, 2011. Ichiro went 2-for-4 as the team extended its winning streak to 4.

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Tornado disaster in Tuscaloosa

TUSCALOOSA, United States - Photo taken on April 29, 2011, shows a devastated area of Tuscaloosa, Alabama in the aftermath of the April 27 killer tornado.

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Matsumoto-Clinton meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto (L) and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hold a joint press conference following their meeting in Washington on April 29, 2011. The two agreed to cooperate to prevent harmful rumors from spreading about Japan's farm produce due to the ongoing nuclear crisis in the country.

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Kim finishes first in short program

MOSCOW, Russia - Vancouver Olympic gold medalist Kim Yu Na of South Korea acknowledges spectators after competing in the women's short program at the world figure skating championships in Moscow on April 29, 2011. Kim finished in first place.

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Kim finishes 1st in short program

MOSCOW, Russia - Vancouver Olympic gold medalist Kim Yu Na of South Korea competes in the women's short program at the world figure skating championships in Moscow on April 29, 2011. Kim finished in first place.

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Kim finishes first in short program

MOSCOW, Russia - Vancouver Olympic gold medalist Kim Yu Na of South Korea competes in the women's short program at the world figure skating championships in Moscow on April 29, 2011. Kim finished in first place.

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Kim finishes 1st in short program

MOSCOW, Russia - Vancouver Olympic gold medalist Kim Yu Na of South Korea competes in the women's short program at the world figure skating championships in Moscow on April 29, 2011. Kim finished in first place.

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Asada 7th in short program

MOSCOW, Russia - Defending champion Mao Asada waits to find out her score after competing in the women's short program at the world figure skating championships in Moscow on April 29, 2011. Asada finished in seventh place.

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Asada 7th in short program

MOSCOW, Russia - Defending champion Mao Asada competes in the women's short program at the world figure skating championships in Moscow on April 29, 2011. Asada finished in seventh place.

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Ando finishes 2nd in short program

MOSCOW, Russia - Japan's Miki Ando competes in the women's short program at the world figure skating championships in Moscow on April 29, 2011. Ando finished in second place.

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Asada 7th in short program

MOSCOW, Russia - Defending champion Mao Asada competes in the women's short program at the world figure skating championships in Moscow on April 29, 2011. Asada finished in seventh place.

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Ando finishes 2nd in short program

MOSCOW, Russia - Japan's Miki Ando competes in the women's short program at the world figure skating championships in Moscow on April 29, 2011. Ando finished in second place.

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Volunteers arrive at tsunami-hit areas as holiday starts

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Volunteers clean up rubble at a house in disaster-hit Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 29, 2011. Many volunteers from across Japan arrived at areas devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan, at the onset of the Golden Week holidays.

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Japan PM's radiation adviser quits

TOKYO, Japan - Toshiso Kosako, a professor at the University of Tokyo's graduate school who specializes in antiradiation safety measures, sheds tears during a press conference in Tokyo on April 29, 2011. Kosako announced he was resigning as an adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan on the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant in protest over what he called the government's impromptu handling of the crisis.

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Dalai Lama in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - The Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama (center L), attends a memorial at Gokokuji temple in Tokyo on April 29, 2011, for the victims of the March 11 quake and tsunami in Japan.

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Japan PM's radiation adviser quits

TOKYO, Japan - Toshiso Kosako, a professor at the University of Tokyo's graduate school who specializes in antiradiation safety measures, sheds tears during a press conference in Tokyo on April 29, 2011. Kosako announced he was resigning as an adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan on the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant in protest over what he called the government's impromptu handling of the crisis.

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Antinuke mayors

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Nobuto Hosaka (L), newly elected mayor of Setagaya Ward in Tokyo, and Katsunobu Sakurai, mayor of Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, shake hands in Minamisoma on April 29, 2011. Hosaka was elected pledging to campaign for an end to reliance on nuclear power. Sakurai was picked by TIME magazine in its list of this year's 100 most influential people in the world after criticizing the Japanese government's response to the Fukushima nuclear crisis via the video-sharing site YouTube.

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S. Korea activists send balloons to North

SEOUL, South Korea - A group of South Korean activists send balloons stuffed with $1 bills and leaflets critical of the North Korean regime over to North Korea from the border city Paju, South Korea, on April 29, 2011.

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Dalai Lama in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - The Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama (C), attends a memorial at Gokokuji temple in Tokyo on April 29, 2011, for the victims of the March 11 quake and tsunami in Japan.

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Volunteers head to disaster areas as holidays begin

SENDAI, Japan - A man looks at a notice board at JR Sendai Station in Miyagi Prefecture on April 29, 2011, about which areas are currently accepting volunteers to help survivors of the March 11 quake and tsunami. Many volunteers headed to the disaster-hit Tohoku region as the Golden Week holidays began.

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Dalai Lama in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - The Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, attends a memorial at Gokokuji temple in Tokyo on April 29, 2011, for the victims of the March 11 quake and tsunami in Japan.

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Japan, China, S. Korea to share disaster info

SEOUL, South Korea - (from L) South Korean Environment Minister Lee Maanee, Japanese Senior Environment Vice Minister Shoichi Kondo and Chinese Environmental Protection Minister Zhou Shengxian shake hands after their meeting in Busan, South Korea, on April 29, 2011. They agreed to promote information-sharing and personnel training to help minimize the impact on the environment in times of major natural disasters.

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Volunteers head to disaster areas as holidays begin

SENDAI, Japan - A man looks at instructions at JR Sendai Station in Miyagi Prefecture on April 29, 2011, for prospective volunteers to help survivors of the March 11 quake and tsunami. Many volunteers headed to the disaster-hit Tohoku region as the Golden Week holidays began.

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Tohoku bullet train service fully resumes

SENDAI, Japan - The bullet train Hayabusa from Tokyo heads to Sendai Station on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line on April 29, 2011, as services fully resumed between Tokyo and Shin-Aomori for the first time in 50 days since the March 11 massive earthquake and tsunami. In the background are temporary housing units for disaster survivors under construction in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture.

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Naruto Strait whirlpools

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - Large whirlpools are formed in the Naruto Strait under Onaruto Bridge as the season for the spectacle has arrived on April 29, 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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'Mibu Kyogen' drama in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Performers shove dishes from the stage during ''Mibu Kyogen,'' a traditional comedic drama designated in Japan as a significant intangible folk cultural asset, at the Buddhist temple Mibudera in Kyoto on April 21, 2011. The popular dish-smashing routine is called ''Horaku Wari.'' The program, which started the same day, is scheduled to run through April 29.

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'Mibu Kyogen' drama in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Performers shove dishes from the stage during ''Mibu Kyogen,'' a traditional comedic drama designated in Japan as a significant intangible folk cultural asset, at the Buddhist temple Mibudera in Kyoto on April 21, 2011. The popular dish-smashing routine is called ''Horaku Wari.'' The program, which started the same day, is scheduled to run through April 29.

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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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Snow plowing in Hokkaido

KUSHIRO, Japan - Plows remove snow from a major road in the town of Rausu, Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost prefecture, on April 7, 2011, ahead of the major holidays starting April 29.

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Nissan's quake-hit plant in Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on March 29, 2011, shows the inside of a quake-damaged plant of Nissan Motor Co. in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture. The automaker said it plans to resume partial production at the plant in mid-April. The facility, which was damaged by the March 11 earthquake, is located around 50 kilometers from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

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Nissan plans reopening Fukushima factory

TOKYO, Japan -Nissan Motor Co. President Carlos Ghosn speaks to employees at the automaker's Iwaki plant, which was damaged by the March 11 earthquake, in Fukushima Prefecture on March 29, 2011. Ghosn said the company plans to resume partial production at the plant in mid-April, and it will not pull out of operation. The message in the back reads ''carry on Iwaki!'' The facility is located about 50 kilometers from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.