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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 - Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip met Pope Francis for the first time during a private audience in a room next to the Paul VI auditorium in the Vatican on April 3, 2014. - Pope Francis will celebrate his 10th anniversary of pontificate on March 13. -- 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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Pope Francis Dies Aged 88

File photo - Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip met Pope Francis for the first time during a private audience in a room next to the Paul VI auditorium in the Vatican on April 3, 2014. -- 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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Hungarian works to foster cultural understanding in China

STORY: Hungarian works to foster cultural understanding in China SHOOTING TIME: April 23, 2024 DATELINE: May 2, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:10 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY/CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of people interacting with the "magic wall" 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): STEVEN BACK, Representative of the Hungarian National Museum in China and the CEO of Back & Rosta 3. various of Steven Back working 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): STEVEN BACK, Representative of the Hungarian National Museum in China and the CEO of Back & Rosta STORYLINE: At the Shanghai Museum, a "magic wall" has attracted many audiences. With just a gentle touch on the screen, the details, stories, and translations of Chinese cultural relics in different languages have been displayed. The developer of this "magic wall" is Steven Back, a Hungarian who has launched "Magic Wall" technology with his team since 2014. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): STEVEN BACK, Representative of the Hungarian National Museum in China and the CEO of Back & Rosta "Th

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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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China is playing increasingly important role in mathematics: Artur Avila

STORY: China is playing increasingly important role in mathematics: Artur Avila SHOOTING TIME: April 3, 2024 DATELINE: April 6, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:07 LOCATION: TIANJIN, China CATEGORY: EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1. various of mathematician Artur Avila giving a lecture at Nankai University in China's Tianjin 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ARTUR AVILA, Mathematician 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ARTUR AVILA, Mathematician STORYLINE: World-renowned mathematician Artur Avila was officially appointed as a visiting professor at Nankai University in China's Tianjin on Wednesday and gave a lecture on the same day. Artur Avila has made significant contributions to dynamical systems theory and the development of Schrödinger operators. In 2014, he was awarded the Fields Medal, one of the highest honors a mathematician can receive. Avila has maintained long-term exchanges with professors You Jiangong and Zhou Qi from the Chern Institute of Mathematics of Nankai University. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ARTUR AVILA, Mathematician "I'm hap

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XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(240405) -- BEIJING, April 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Shi Rongsheng wipes his tears at the Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) martyrs' cemetery in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, April 3, 2024. Shi Rongsheng, 76, is a villager from Shijianfang Village, Bazhou, north China's Hebei Province. This Qingming Festival, he went to Shenyang in northeast China's Liaoning Province, to pay tributes to his father, Shi Wanzhong, whom he had never met. The senior Shi was a CPV soldier killed during the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-1953). Since 2014, the remains of 938 CPV soldiers including the senior Shi have been repatriated and buried in China. This exercise has lasted ten years. Through artifact identification, social investigations, military history research, and DNA comparisons, the remains of senior Shi were confirmed in this January. "The state helped me confirmed my father's remains, which fulfilled my mother's last wish." Shi Rongsheng burst into joyful tears upon receiving the new

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Turning snow into "gold": former forest worker's new role

STORY: Turning snow into "gold": former forest worker's new role SHOOTING TIME: March 13, 2024 DATELINE: April 2, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:45 LOCATION: HARBIN, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Weixing Forest Farm 2. various of the Da Pan inn 3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): HU XIUYING, Owner of Da Pan Inn, Weixing Forest Farm 4. various of Hu Xiuying cleaning the inn STORYLINE: This year marks the 10th anniversary of a logging ban in forests of the Khingan Mountains, home to northern China's largest natural forest barrier. Following the ban, many state-owned forest workers transitioned from logging to alternative livelihoods. In Heilongjiang Province, Weixing Forest Farm, dubbed "Snow Village" by locals, opened to tourists in 2014. Thanks to the thriving forest environment, Hu Xiuying has witnessed real changes in her life after running a bed-and-breakfast (B&B) business here. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): HU XIUYING, Owner of Da Pan Inn, Weixing Forest Farm "My name is Hu Xiuying, and I run a

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Japan's current account surplus plunges in FY 2022

STORY: Japan's current account surplus plunges in FY 2022 DATELINE: May 12, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:54 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of street views in Tokyo 2. various of ports 3. various of street views in Tokyo STORYLINE: Japan's current account surplus in fiscal year 2022 dived 54 percent from the previous period, owing to a record trade deficit due to price surges in imports and a weaker yen, official data showed on Thursday. According to the finance ministry's preliminary report, the current account surplus in the fiscal period from April 2022 to March 2023 stood at 9.23 trillion yen (68.85 billion U.S. dollars), hitting the lowest level since fiscal 2014. Imports were up 35 percent to 117.68 trillion yen while exports rose 16.3 percent to 99.62 trillion yen, the data showed. The deficit in goods trade widened to 18.06 trillion for the fiscal year, which is regarded by market watchers as the main reason for the country's bleaker balance of payments. As the deficit

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Croatia-China business forum held in Zagreb

STORY: Croatia-China business forum held in Zagreb DATELINE: April 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:19 LOCATION: Zagreb CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of participants at the forum 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): Silva Stipic Kobali, director of Business Internationalization Centre at Croatian Chamber of Economy 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): QI QIANJIN, Chinese Ambassador to Croatia 4. various of participants at the forum STORYLINE: A business forum co-organized by the Croatian Economic Chamber and the visiting economic and trade delegation from northwest China's Shaanxi Province was held at the Croatian Chamber of Economy in Zagreb on Monday. Representatives of over 10 Chinese companies and nearly 20 Croatian companies held business-to-business meetings after the forum. In 2014, the Croatian Chamber of Economy started to strengthen economic relations with several Chinese provinces. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SILVA STIPIC KOBALI, Director of Business Internationalization Centre at Croatian Chamber of Economy "Delegation

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Life gradually returns to Yemeni beach amid hopes for end of civil war

STORY: Life gradually returns to Yemeni beach amid hopes for end of civil war DATELINE: Feb. 7, 2023 LENGTH: 00:06:14 LOCATION: HAJJAH, Yemen CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of students and their teachers playing on a beach in Midi District, Hajjah Province, northern Yemen 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): ABDULLAH AL-MUTANBEK, Teacher 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): YAHYA MUSA, Student STORYLINE: Almost four years after the Yemeni government forces recaptured the Red Sea coastal city of Midi in the northwestern province of Hajjah from the Houthi rebels in April 2018, local visitors began to return to the city's beach. Local authorities allowed visits to the beach in December of last year, after spending nearly four years to remove the landmines that had been planted in the beach and some parts of the city, which is a few miles to the east of the beach and has become an abandoned site as a result of the Yemeni civil war that broke out in 2014. The war has killed tens of thousands of people, displaced 4 mi

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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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Narita airport to open terminal for LCCs in April

NARITA, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 29, 2014 shows Terminal 3 of Narita airport near Tokyo, under construction to open as an exclusive facility for low-cost carriers on April 8, 2015. It will consist of a three-story building and a two-story satellite and have a total floor area of 66,000 square meters.

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Narita airport to open terminal for LCCs in April

NARITA, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 29, 2014 shows Terminal 3 of Narita airport near Tokyo, under construction to open as an exclusive facility for low-cost carriers on April 8, 2015. It will consist of a three-story building and a two-story satellite and have a total floor area of 66,000 square meters.

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Sexist heckling at Diet

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Sayuri Uenishi, a House of Representatives member from the opposition Japan Restoration Party. Uenishi, 31, said July 3, 2014, she was subjected to sexist heckling during a Diet committee meeting in April, in an incident similar to one that rocked the Tokyo metropolitan assembly in June.

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Amari vows to cut Japan's corporate tax rate below 30% within 5 yrs

TOKYO, Japan - Economic and fiscal policy minister Akira Amari attends a press conference in Tokyo on July 3, 2014. He pledged to cut Japan's 35 percent effective corporate tax rate to below 30 percent within five years from the next fiscal year starting April 2015.

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Vladivostok, Tottori univs. agree on student exchanges

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Valentin Shumatov (L), president of Pacific State Medical University in Vladivostok, the Russian Far East, and Yasuaki Kawai, vice dean of Tottori University's Faculty of Medicine in Tottori Prefecture, pose for photos after signing a memorandum of understanding on June 3, 2014, as they reached a basic accord on the start of student exchanges starting in April 2015.

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Security tight in China's Urumqi

URUMQI, China - Chinese paramilitary policemen stand guard in front of the Urumqi South Railway Station in Urumqi in the northwest Chinese Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on May 3, 2014. An explosion that occurred there on April 30 killed 3 people and injured about 80 others.

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Security tight in China's Urumqi

URUMQI, China - Chinese paramilitary policemen stand guard in front of the Urumqi South Railway Station in Urumqi in the northwest Chinese Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on May 3, 2014. An explosion that occurred there on April 30 killed 3 people and injured about 80 others.

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Exhibition in memory of 'Ramen Demon' begins in Yokohama

YOKOHAMA, Japan - An exhibition of goods including recipe notes used by "Ramen Demon" Minoru Sano begins in memory of the feared and respected chef at the Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum, a food-themed amusement park, in Yokohama on April 3, 2014, following his recent death.

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Security tight in China's Urumqi

URUMQI, China - A man walks past Chinese paramilitary policemen in front of the Urumqi South Railway Station in Urumqi in the northwest Chinese Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on May 3, 2014. An explosion that occurred there on April 30 killed 3 people and injured about 80 others.

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N.Y. Yankees' Ichiro 2-for-3 against Seattle Mariners

NEW YORK, the United States - New York Yankees left fielder Ichiro Suzuki hits a single to center in the ninth inning of a game against the Seattle Mariners at Yankee Stadium in New York on April 29, 2014. Ichiro went 2-for-3 with one run. The Yankees lost 6-3.

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Darvish suffers defeat

ARLINGTON, United States - Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish answers a question at a press conference after a game against the Oakland Athletics in Arlington, Texas, on April 28, 2014. Darvish started to yield four runs in 3-1/3 innings, which was his career shortest outing in the major leagues. The Rangers were shut out 4-0 by the A's.

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Darvish suffers defeat

ARLINGTON, United States - Photo shows Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish in the dugout after leaving the mound in a game against the Oakland Athletics at Globe Life Park in Arlington, Texas, on April 28, 2014. Darvish yielded four runs in 3-1/3 innings, which was his career shortest outing in the major leagues. The Rangers were shut out 4-0 by the A's.

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Darvish suffers defeat

ARLINGTON, United States - Texas Rangers starter Yu Darvish pitches against the Oakland Athletics at Globe Life Park in Arlington, Texas, on April 28, 2014. Darvish left the mound after yielding four runs in 3-1/3 innings, which was his career shortest outing in the major leagues. The Rangers were shut out 4-0 by the A's.

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Darvish suffers defeat

ARLINGTON, United States - Texas Rangers starter Yu Darvish pitches against the Oakland Athletics at Globe Life Park in Arlington, Texas, on April 28, 2014. Darvish left the mound after yielding four runs in 3-1/3 innings, which was his career shortest outing in the major leagues. The Rangers were shut out 4-0 by the A's.

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Yankees' Tanaka against Angels

NEW YORK, United States - New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka starts a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels at Yankee Stadium in New York on April 27, 2014. Tanaka allowed two runs in 6-1/3 innings. The Yankees won 3-2.

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Yankees' Tanaka against Angels

NEW YORK, United States - New York Yankees starter Masahiro Tanaka is pictured after striking out Albert Pujols of the Los Angeles Angels during the first inning of a baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York on April 27, 2014. Tanaka allowed two runs in 6-1/3 innings. The Yankees won 3-2.

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Yankees' Tanaka against Angels

NEW YORK, United States - New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka starts a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels at Yankee Stadium in New York on April 27, 2014. Tanaka allowed two runs in 6-1/3 innings. The Yankees won 3-2.

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Sumo association trying to attract youth of Net generation

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shizo Abe (R) speaks during a Niconico Chokaigi 3 talk event at the Makuhari Messe convention center in Chiba, Chiba Prefecture on April 26, 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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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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Japan-U.S. trade talks

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Amari, Japan's minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations, leaves the Cabinet Office in Tokyo around 3 a.m. on April 24, 2014, after talks with U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman.

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Yankees' Tanaka earns 3rd win in Fenway Park debut

BOSTON, the United States - New York Yankees starter Masahiro Tanaka strikes out Boston Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz in the first inning of their game at Fenway Park in Boston on April 22, 2014. Tanaka allowed seven hits, including a pair of solo homers, and no walks, while striking out seven in a 9-3 win.

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Yankees' Tanaka earns 3rd win in Fenway Park debut

BOSTON, the United States - An electric sign board at Fenway Park in Boston introduces New York Yankees starting pitcher Masahiro Tanaka in a game against Boston Red Sox on April 22, 2014. Tanaka allowed seven hits, including a pair of solo homers, and no walks, while striking out seven in a 9-3 win.

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Tanaka earns 3rd win

BOSTON, United States - New York Yankees starter Masahiro Tanaka (R) is talked to by Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston on April 22, 2014. Tanaka pitched 7-1/3 innings to notch his third win of the season in the Yankees' 9-3 victory.

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KEPCO delays plan to file report on faults at Mihama plant

NAGOYA, Japan - Buildings housing the No. 1 to 3 reactors (from F) at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s nuclear power plant in Mihama, Fukui Prefecture, western Japan, are shown in this file photo taken in May 2013. The utility known as KEPCO has abandoned its initial plan to compile a report within April 2014 on its additional research to ascertain whether fault lines under the premises of the plant are active or not.

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Compiling Mihama fault probe results delayed

NAGOYA, Japan - A team from the Nuclear Regulation Authority examines earth layers near the No. 3 reactor of Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Mihama nuclear power plant in the town of Mihama, Fukui Prefecture, in December 2013. KEPCO appears to have given up on completing a conclusive report on the fault lines by the April 2014 deadline and submission of the report to the NRA is also expected to be delayed, a source familiar with the matter told Kyodo News on April 23, 2014.

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Tanaka earns 3rd win

BOSTON, United States - New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka starts in a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston on April 22, 2014. Tanaka pitched 7-1/3 innings to notch his third win of the season in the Yankees' 9-3 victory.

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Tanaka earns 3rd win

BOSTON, United States - New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka starts in a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston on April 22, 2014. Tanaka pitched 7-1/3 innings to notch his third win of the season in the Yankees' 9-3 victory.

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Tanaka earns 3rd win

BOSTON, United States - New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka starts in a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston on April 22, 2014. Tanaka pitched 7-1/3 innings to notch his third win of the season in the Yankees' 9-3 victory.

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Barcelona Open

BARCELONA, Spain - Japan's Kei Nishikori reacts after winning a point in a second-round match at the Barcelona Open against Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut in Barcelona, Spain, on April 22, 2014. Nishikori won 6-1, 4-6, 6-3.

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Kawasaki beats Ulsan to reach ACL knockout phase

KAWASAKI, Japan - Kawasaki Frontale defender Jeci leaps above Kim Shin Wook to score the Japanese side's third goal in their 3-1 victory over Ulsan Hyundai in the Asian Champions League on April 22, 2014, in Kawasaki, helping them to reach the ACL knockout stage.

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Frontale's Okubo scores in 3-1 win over Ulsan

KAWASAKI, Japan - Yoshito Okubo scores in Kawasaki Frontale's 3-1 victory over South Korea's Ulsan Hyundai in a Group H match in the Asian Champions League on April 22, 2014 in Kawasaki, Japan. The Japanese football club booked its place in the last 16 of the competition.

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Kawasaki's Kobayashi scores against Ulsan

KAWASAKI, Japan - Kawasaki Frontale striker Yu Kobayashi (L) scores the Japanese side's first goal in their 3-1 victory over South Korea's Ulsan Hyundai on April 22, 2014, in Kawasaki, helping them to reach the knockout stage of the Asian Champions League.

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Darvish starts against Athletics

OAKLAND, United States - Texas Rangers starter Yu Darvish pitches against the Oakland Athletics at O.co Coliseum in Oakland, California, on April 21, 2014. Darvish allowed three runs in six innings and left the mound with the game tied 3-3. The Rangers won 4-3.

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Darvish starts against Athletics

OAKLAND, United States - Texas Rangers starter Yu Darvish pitches against the Oakland Athletics at O.co Coliseum in Oakland, California, on April 21, 2014. Darvish allowed three runs in six innings and left the mound with the game tied 3-3. The Rangers won 4-3.