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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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Flower arrangement using tsunami debris

TOKYO, Japan - Flower arrangement artist Hiroki Maeno (L) presents his work using debris caused by the March 2011 tsunami in northeastern Japan to Environment Minister Goshi Hosono (R) at the ministry in Tokyo on April 18, 2012.

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Narita airport marks 10 years since opening of 2nd runway

NARITA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter in October 2011 shows the second runway (back R) of Narita International Airport near Tokyo. Narita airport, Japan's main international gateway, opened its long sought-after second runway on April 18, 2002, after operating on a single runway for nearly a quarter century. On front R is land owned by opponents of the airport.

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Japan to reclassify Fukushima no-entry zones

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - (from L) Yukio Edano, minister of economy, trade and industry, Goshi Hosono, nuclear disaster minister, and Tatsuo Hirano, minister in charge of reconstruction in areas affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, meet Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato in the city of Fukushima on Dec. 18, 2011. The ministers notified the governor and representatives of 11 other municipal governments near the plant of a plan to reclassify no-entry zones, possibly on April 1, 2012, around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

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Deserted town near Chernobyl plant

PRIPYAT, Ukraine - Photo taken on April 18, 2011, shows a Ferris wheel and apartment blocks in Pripyat, about 4 kilometers northwest of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in northern Ukraine. The town, where the employees of the power plant used to live, was abandoned after the nuclear accident on April 26, 1986.

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Deserted town near Chernobyl plant

PRIPYAT, Ukraine - A doll lies in front of the ''cultural palace'' in Pripyat, about 4 kilometers northwest of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in northern Ukraine, on April 18, 2011. The town, where the employees of the power plant used to live, was abandoned after the nuclear accident on April 26, 1986. Young white birch trees grow inside the building.

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Mariners' Ichiro against Tigers

SEATTLE, United States - Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki singles to left during the seventh inning of a game against the Detroit Tigers at Safeco Field in Seattle on April 18, 2011. Ichiro went 1-for-5 as his team lost 3-8.

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Young Egyptians, Japanese hold dialogue via Internet

CAIRO, Egypt - Akiko Terai (R) from Japan and young Egyptians in Cairo talk to young people in Tokyo via Internet calling on April 18, 2011. Terai organized the dialogue in hope that the young generation in Japan would feed off the energy of the uprising in Egypt, which was led by young people and ousted long-ruling President Hosni Mubarak, and utilize it in reconstruction efforts in quake-hit Japan.

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Japanese restaurants rank 12th, 20th in world

LONDON, Britain - Yoshihiro Narisawa (L), owner and chef of the French restaurant ''Les Creations de Narisawa'' in Tokyo's Minami-Aoyama district, and Seiji Yamamoto (R), chef of ''RyuGin,'' Japanese cuisine in Tokyo's Roppongi, pose for photos in London on April 18, 2011. ''Les Creations de Narisawa'' and ''RyuGin'' were ranked 12th, the best rank for a restaurant in Asia, and 20th, respectively, in the world's 50 best restaurant list released the same day. ''Noma,'' a Scandinavian restaurant in Copenhagen, topped the list for two consecutive years.

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Matsuzaka lifts Red Sox over Blue Jays

BOSTON, United States - Boston Red Sox right hander Daisuke Matsuzaka pitches against the Toronto Blue Jays at Fenway Park in Boston on April 18, 2011. Matsuzaka held the Blue Jays to one hit with no runs for seven innings in his start, earning his first win of the season in a 9-1 victory.

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Matsuzaka lifts Red Sox over Blue Jays

BOSTON, United States - Boston Red Sox right hander Daisuke Matsuzaka pitches against the Toronto Blue Jays at Fenway Park in Boston on April 18, 2011. Matsuzaka held the Blue Jays to one hit with no runs for seven innings in his start, earning his first win of the season in a 9-1 victory.

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VW unveils new Beetle in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, China - Volkswagen AG unveils ''The Beetle,'' a new model of its popular passenger car, in Shanghai on April 18, 2011, ahead of the opening of the Auto Shanghai 2011 exhibition the following day.

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N. Korea holds 1st large-scale magic show

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korea holds a large-scale magic show at May Day Stadium in Pyongyang on April 18, 2011. The show was the first of its kind in North Korea, part of a series of events to mark the 99th anniversary of the birth of the country's founder Kim Il Sung.

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Tsunami drill at Ikata nuclear plant

MATSUYAMA, Japan - Workers hose a tank during an exercise to prepare for possible tsunami damage at the Ikata nuclear power plant, operated by Shikoku Electric Power Co., in the town of Ikata, Ehime Prefecture, on April 18, 2011.

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Hong Kong tourists arrive in Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Members of a group tour from Hong Kong are welcomed upon arrival at Kansai International Airport near Osaka on April 18, 2011. It is the first group tour to have arrived in Japan from Hong Kong since the March 11 quake and tsunami.

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Toyota's Japan output fully resumed

SENDAI, Japan - Employees arrive for work at a plant of Central Motor Co., a Toyota Motor Corp. subsidiary, in Ohira in Miyagi Prefecture, on April 18, 2011. The automaker and its affiliated firms resumed production at all domestic plants the same day for the first time since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Sake maker Ichinokura resumes production

OSAKI, Japan - Workers at Japanese sake maker Ichinokura Co. in Osaki, Miyagi Prefecture, knead steamed rice sprinkled with fermenting agent as they resume production on April 18, 2011, for the first time in around five weeks after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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TEPCO president at budget committee session

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Masataka Shimizu raises his hand to speak at a session of the House of Councillors Budget Committee in Tokyo on April 18, 2011. Shimizu apologized during the session for the crisis at the utility's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant triggered by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Footballer Miura in tsunami-hit Kamaishi

KAMAISHI, Japan - Yokohama FC striker Kazuyoshi Miura (C) plays with children at an evacuation center in tsunami-hit Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on April 18, 2011.

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Search efforts in tsunami-hit Rikuzentakata

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Metropolitan Police Department members search for victims of the March 11 quake and tsunami through debris in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on April 18, 2011.

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Disposing of spoiled fish in tsunami-hit Ishinomaki

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Fishermen on April 18, 2011, unpack bags of spoiled fish retrieved from the freezer of a local fishery firm to dispose of them in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, which was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Toyota's Japan output fully resumed

NAGOYA, Japan - Employees arrive for work at Toyota Motor Corp.'s Motomachi plant in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, on April 18, 2011. The automaker and its affiliated firms resumed production at all domestic plants the same day for the first time since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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6 children killed in crane truck accident

TOKYO, Japan - Investigators examine the site of a crane truck accident which killed six elementary school students in Kanuma, Tochigi Prefecture, on April 18, 2011. The truck ran into a group of children on their way to school.

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Sea Shepherd forces Japan to halt this season's whaling

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the Japanese research whaling mother ship Nisshin Maru entering Shimonoseki port in Yamaguchi Prefecture in April 2009. Japan said on Feb. 18, 2011, it had halted its research whaling for the current season in the Antarctic Ocean because of obstructive actions by the Sea Shepherd antiwhaling group.