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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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Volkswagen cars imported by Japan unit top 1 million

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo shows the 1 millionth Volkswagen car -- the Golf -- imported by the Japanese unit of German automaker Volkswagen AG, in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture on July 17, 2013. Volkswagen Group Japan K.K. said the same day it has imported more than 1 million Volkswagen cars since it took over the imports from Japanese car dealer Yanase & Co. in April 1991.

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Volkswagen cars imported by Japan unit top 1 million

NAGOYA, Japan - Volkswagen cars are unshipped in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture on July 17, 2013. The Japanese unit of German automaker Volkswagen AG said the same day it has imported more than 1 million Volkswagen cars since it took over the imports from Japanese car dealer Yanase & Co. in April 1991.

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Woman makes her dream of becoming pilot come true

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken May 17, 2013 in Tokyo shows Yu Hirata, the first female co-pilot for Miyazaki-based Skynet Asia Airways Co. Hirata passed the pilot test before graduating from university and joined Skynet Asia in April 2012, becoming a co-pilot in February 2013.

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Yen-loan specialist becomes aid adviser to Myanmar

TOKYO, Japan - Tsutomu Kudo, a yen-loan specialist of the Japan International Cooperation Agency, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News on April 17, 2013 in Tokyo before assuming the post of the Myanmar government's aid coordinating adviser to help implement aid programs from Japan.

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5 elderly bee hunters contributing to field over 5 decades

FUKUI, Japan - Photo taken April 17, 2013 shows a set of bee samples collected by five former teachers from Fukui Prefecture now in their 70s to 90s and donated by them to the Fukui City Museum of Natural History in the prefecture.

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Paraguay election

ASUNCION, Paraguay - Paraguayan presidential candidate Horacio Cartes of the Colorado Party speaks during an interview in Asuncion on April 17, 2013.

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Funeral for Thatcher

LONDON, Britain - Guards pay tribute before the funeral procession for former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in London on April 17, 2013, heading for the funeral service at St Paul's Cathedral. The service for Thatcher, who died of a stroke on April 8 at the age of 87, was attended by 2,300 dignitaries.

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Funeral for Thatcher

LONDON, Britain - People protest against former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on April 17, 2013, around St Paul's Cathedral in London, where the funeral service for Thatcher was held.

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Crown princess to visit Netherlands

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in March 2013 shows Crown Prince Naruhito (L) and his wife Crown Princess Masako at the entrance of their palace in Tokyo after the crown prince's return from New York. The Imperial Household Agency is making final arrangements for Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako to attend the coronation of the new Dutch king later in April, agency sources said on April 17, 2013.

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Quake jolts Miyake Island

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a police car (bottom) patrolling in a residential area on Miyake Island in the Pacific on the evening of April 17, 2013, after a series of quakes hit the island. An earthquake of preliminary magnitude 6.2 jolted the island that day along with dozens of tremors, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

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World's longest cake roll

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows participants in an event to make a 130.68-meter-long cake roll in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on April 17, 2013. The cake was recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's longest cake roll.

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Funeral for Thatcher

LONDON, Britain - The coffin bearing the body of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is carried on a gun carriage drawn by the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery in a procession for her funeral service in London on April 17, 2013. The service for Thatcher, who died of a stroke on April 8 at the age of 87, was attended by 2,300 dignitaries.

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Funeral for Thatcher

LONDON, Britain - The funeral procession for former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher heads for St Paul's Cathedral for her funeral service in London on April 17, 2013. The service for Thatcher, who died of a stroke on April 8 at the age of 87, was attended by 2,300 dignitaries.

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Suu Kyi in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi heads to a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on April 17, 2013.

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Suu Kyi in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi smiles as her message on a guest book is displayed during a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on April 17, 2013.

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Gazprom head Miller in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Alexey Miller (2nd from L), head of Russian energy company Gazprom, and Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (far R) hold talks at the industry ministry in Tokyo on April 17, 2013.

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Suu Kyi in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi answers a reporter's question during a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on April 17, 2013.

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Crown princess to visit Netherlands

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in August 2006 shows Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito (3rd from L), his wife Princess Masako (2nd from L) and their daughter Princess Aiko (L, front) visiting the former royal stables adjacent to Het Loo Palace in the eastern Dutch city of Apeldoorn with Dutch Queen Beatrix (far L), Crown Prince Willem-Alexander (2nd from R) and his family during a two-week private trip to the Netherlands. The Imperial Household Agency is making final arrangements for Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako to attend the coronation of Crown Prince Willem-Alexander later in April, agency sources said on April 17, 2013.

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Police post on campus

KYOTO, Japan - Photo taken April 17, 2013, shows a police post which has been built on Karasuma campus of Doshisha University in Kyoto's Kamigyo Ward, which is the country's first police post set up on campus grounds, according to Kyoto prefectural police.

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WFO meeting in Niigata

NIIGATA, Japan - Robert Carlson (2nd from R), president of the World Farmers' Organisation, attends a press conference after its general assembly meeting in the city of Niigata on April 17, 2013.

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Bird flu in China

SHANGHAI, China - Photo shows a restaurant specializing in chicken dishes with just a few customers at lunch time in Shanghai on April 17, 2013. People involved in the poultry business have been suffering from sluggish sales due to human infections of H7N9 bird flu in the country.

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World's longest cake roll

TOKYO, Japan - Participants (in the background) celebrate after a 130.68-meter-long cake roll they made in an event was recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's longest cake roll in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on April 17, 2013.

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Police post on campus

KYOTO, Japan - Photo taken April 17, 2013, shows a police post which has been built on Karasuma campus of Doshisha University in Kyoto's Kamigyo Ward, which is the country's first police post set up on campus grounds, according to Kyoto prefectural police.

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Suu Kyi in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi attends a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on April 17, 2013.

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Seal pup at Osaka aquarium

OSAKA, Japan - A harbor seal pup is shown to visitors at Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan in Osaka's Minato Ward on April 17, 2013. The male pup, yet to be named, was born on March 24, 2013.

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Rehabbed Honda jets to Moscow

NARITA, Japan - Photo shows Japan midfielder Keisuke Honda at Narita airport near Tokyo on April 17, 2013. Honda departed for Moscow later the same day to rejoin CSKA Moscow after completing rehab work on his left ankle.

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Suu Kyi in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi speaks during a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on April 17, 2013.

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Seal pup at Osaka aquarium

OSAKA, Japan - A harbor seal pup is shown to visitors at Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan in Osaka's Minato Ward on April 17, 2013. The male pup, yet to be named, was born on March 24, 2013.

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Seal pup at Osaka aquarium

OSAKA, Japan - A harbor seal pup is shown to visitors at Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan in Osaka's Minato Ward on April 17, 2013. The male pup, yet to be named, was born on March 24, 2013.

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Police post on campus

KYOTO, Japan - Photo taken April 17, 2013, shows a police post which has been built on Karasuma campus of Doshisha University in Kyoto's Kamigyo Ward, which is the country's first police post set up on campus grounds, according to Kyoto prefectural police.

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N. Korea bars S. Korea businessmen from Kaesong

PAJU, South Korea - South Korean businessmen hold a press conference at the inter-Korean transit office in Paju, South Korea, on April 17, 2013, after North Korea rejected their request to visit an joint industrial zone in the North's border town of Kaesong to deliver food and other necessities to employees and check the condition of facilities amid a shutdown.

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N. Korea bars S. Korea businessmen from Kaesong

PAJU, South Korea - Vehicles loading food and medicines are on standby at the inter-Korean transit office in Paju, South Korea, on April 17, 2013. North Korea rejected a request the same day by a group of South Korean businessmen to visit a joint industrial zone in the North's border town of Kaesong to deliver food and other necessities to employees and check the condition of facilities amid a shutdown.

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Suu Kyi in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi delivers a speech at the University of Tokyo on April 17, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Suu Kyi in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi delivers a speech at the University of Tokyo on April 17, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Taiwan live-fire drill

MAGONG, Taiwan - The Thunderbolt2000, a locally manufactured "artillery multiple-launch rocket system" designed to counter an enemy amphibious assault landing, is used during Taiwan's first live-fire drill since 2008 on the outlying Penghu Islands in the Taiwan Strait on April 17, 2013. The exercise is aimed at testing Taiwan's ability to fend off an attack from China, simulating attacks by sea, air and land.

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Taiwan live-fire drill

MAGONG, Taiwan - Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou speaks during the island's first live-fire drill since 2008 on the outlying Penghu Islands in the Taiwan Strait on April 17, 2013. The exercise is aimed at testing Taiwan's ability to fend off an attack from China, simulating attacks by sea, air and land.

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Taiwan live-fire drill

MAGONG, Taiwan - The Thunderbolt2000, a locally manufactured "artillery multiple-launch rocket system" designed to counter an enemy amphibious assault landing, is used during Taiwan's first live-fire drill since 2008 on the outlying Penghu Islands in the Taiwan Strait on April 17, 2013. The exercise is aimed at testing Taiwan's ability to fend off an attack from China, simulating attacks by sea, air and land.