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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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N. Korea launches rocket

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows a North Korean rocket unveiled in Tongchang-ri in April 2012. North Korea launched a rocket on Dec. 12, 2012. Japan, the United States and other countries suspect the launch is a covert test of long-range missile technology in violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions.

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N. Korea launches rocket

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows a North Korean rocket unveiled in Tongchang-ri in April 2012. North Korea launched a rocket on Dec. 12, 2012. Japan, the United States and other countries suspect the launch is a covert test of long-range missile technology in violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions.

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Weymouth

LONDON, Britain - Photo taken April 12, 2012, shows the sea off Weymouth, southwest England, the venue for the sailing competition at the 2012 Olympic Games.

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Cherry blossoms and train

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in the night of April 12, 2012, shows a train and lit-up cherry blossoms, and their reflections on a rice paddy, in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture.

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Palestinian Foreign Minister in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki holds a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on April 12, 2012.

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Maruti Suzuki launches Ertiga in India

NEW DELHI, India - Shinzo Nakanishi, CEO and managing director of Maruti Suzuki India Ltd., an Indian unit of Japan's Suzuki Motor Corp., stands beside the Ertiga seven-seat hatchback in New Delhi on April 12, 2012, at a launch ceremony for the car.

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Kyoto, Shiga governors visit Oi

OI, Japan - Kyoto Gov. Keiji Yamada (L) answers reporters' questions with Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada (2nd from L) in the town of Oi, Fukui Prefecture, on April 12, 2012, after the governors inspected Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi nuclear power complex in the town.

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Scene from Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A man points to the sky in reaction to an airplane-like sound in Pyongyang on April 12, 2012. North Korea launched a rocket the following day, with the launch reported to have failed.

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Bahraini king in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa (L) and Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito chat during a reception held at the State Guest House in Tokyo on April 12, 2012. (Pool photo)

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Bahraini king in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa (C) and Japanese Emperor Akihito (R) chat during a luncheon at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on April 12, 2012. (Pool photo)

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Meeting on whether to reactivate Oi reactors

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (L) speaks at a meeting at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 12, 2012. The meeting, attended by Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura (R), industry minister Yukio Edano and nuclear disaster minister Goshi Hosono, was their fifth to consider whether two idled reactors at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture should be the first since the Fukushima nuclear crisis to be restarted after periodic checks.

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U.S. Navy ship off Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Photo from a plane chartered by Kyodo News shows the U.S. Navy guided missile cruiser Shiloh about 60 kilometers northeast of Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 12, 2012.

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Mitsubishi UFJ Trust President Wakabayashi

TOKYO, Japan - Tatsuo Wakabayashi, president of Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corp., speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on April 12, 2012.

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Toyota's Lexus RX SUV

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken in Nagoya on April 12, 2012, shows the new RX sport utility vehicle of Toyota Motor Corp.'s Lexus luxury division. The automaker began selling the redesigned model the same day.

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Bahraini king in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) meets Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa (R) at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on April 12, 2012. (Pool photo)

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Sony President Hirai

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. President Kazuo Hirai gives a press conference at the company's head office in Tokyo on April 12, 2012.

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71-yr-old dressage rider Hoketsu

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese dressage rider Hiroshi Hoketsu is pictured in Tokyo on April 12, 2012. Hoketsu, 71, secured a third equestrian Olympic appearance at the London Games.

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71-yr-old dressage rider Hoketsu

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese dressage rider Hiroshi Hoketsu smiles during a press conference in Tokyo on April 12, 2012. Hoketsu, 71, secured a third equestrian Olympic appearance at the London Games.

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Thaksin in Laos

VIENTIANE, Laos - Ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra (C) waves to his Thai supporters in Vientiane, Laos, on April 12, 2012.

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Van hits pedestrians in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Photo shows a road in Kyoto's Higashiyama Ward on April 12, 2012, about 30 minutes after a van rammed into pedestrians at the site, leaving more than a dozen people injured.

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Abbas in Japan

SENDAI, Japan - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (2nd from L) is welcomed by Isoo Sasaki (R), mayor of Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, upon arriving at Sendai airport in the prefecture on April 12, 2012. After visiting the northeastern Japanese prefecture hit by the March 2011 quake and tsunami, Abbas headed to Tokyo later in the day for a meeting with Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda.

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Thaksin in Laos

VIENTIANE, Laos - Ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra (C) is welcomed by his Thai supporters in Vientiane, Laos, on April 12, 2012.

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Abbas in Japan

SENDAI, Japan - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (C) arrives at Sendai airport, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 12, 2012. After visiting the northeastern Japanese prefecture hit by the March 2011 quake and tsunami, Abbas headed to Tokyo later in the day for a meeting with Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda.

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Ruling party wins S. Korea election

SEOUL, South Korea - Park Geun Hye, leader of South Korea's ruling Saenuri Party, smiles during a press conference in Seoul on April 12, 2012, after her party won in a legislative election.

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Bridge off Vladivostok

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Engineers work on a 3.1-kilometer bridge under construction to connect Russky Island, off Vladivostok, and the Russian mainland in the early hours of April 12, 2012. Russia plans to complete the bridge by the time it hosts an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum summit in the Far Eastern city in September 2012.

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Japan prepares for N. Korean rocket

NAHA, Japan - Photo shows an FPS-5, a radar system capable of monitoring ballistic missiles, at an Air Self-Defense Force base in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 11, 2012. The installation, dubbed the Gamera radar, is being used to track a North Korean rocket. North Korea says it will launch a rocket carrying a satellite into space in five days from April 12, 2012.

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Japan prepares for N. Korean rocket

NAHA, Japan - Photo shows an FPS-5, a radar system capable of monitoring ballistic missiles, at an Air Self-Defense Force base in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 11, 2012. The installation, dubbed the Gamera radar, is being used to track a North Korean rocket. North Korea says it will launch a rocket carrying a satellite into space in five days from April 12, 2012.

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Renewable energy projects in Mongolia

TOKYO, Japan - Softbank Corp. President Masayoshi Son (2nd from R) holds signed documents in Tokyo on March 12, 2012, after the company agreed to form a research firm in Mongolia in April 2012 with Mongolian investment firm Newcom Group to promote wind and solar power generation projects in the country. The new firm, Clean Energy Asia LLC., will select sites for wind and solar power projects in the Gobi desert and conduct feasibility studies for the projects. Mongolian Prime Minister Sukhbaatar Batbold (2nd from L) attended the document signing.

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Soon after disaster, a year later

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show JR Minami-Kesennuma Station in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 12, 2011 (top), shortly after the March 11, 2011, quake and tsunami, and on March 4, 2012 (bottom), in which the roof and railway tracks have been removed.

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Top 2 Kyushu Electric executives to resign

FUKUOKA, Japan - Kyushu Electric Power Co. Executive Vice President Michiaki Uriu speaks during a press conference in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 12, 2012. The utility said Uriu will become president, succeeding Toshio Manabe who will resign along with Chairman Shingo Matsuo on April 1, 2012, over a scandal involving the company's attempt to manipulate public opinion regarding nuclear power generation.

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Hulu cuts flat monthly rate

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows a woman pointing to the display on an iPad during a demonstration of the online video subscription service of U.S. provider Hulu in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2011, when the provider launched the service in Japan in its first venture outside the United States. Hulu lowered its flat-rate service fee to 980 yen per month from 1,480 yen, effective on April 12, 2012, in a bid to lure more subscribers.