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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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Ando to make comeback in Germany

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows two-time figure skating world champion Miki Ando. The Japan Skating Federation said Sept. 18, 2013, that Ando, who gave birth to a baby girl in April, will make her competitive return to the rink at the Nebelhorn Trophy in Oberstdorf, Germany, after she was named to the field by the German Ice Skating Union.

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Mt. Fuji chosen as Heritage site

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from Oshino, Yamanashi Prefecture, shows cherry blossoms at the foot of snow-capped Mt. Fuji on April 18, 2013. The World Heritage Committee of UNESCO on June 22, 2013, decided to inscribe Mt. Fuji on the World Heritage List.

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Osaka proposal on Osprey

OSAKA, Japan - An April 18, 2013, photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Yao Airport in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan. Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto proposed during a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo on June 6, 2013, that the airport host part of the training exercises for U.S. MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor transport aircraft.

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Osaka proposal on Osprey

OSAKA, Japan - An April 18, 2013, photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Yao Airport in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan. Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto proposed during a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo on June 6, 2013, that the airport host part of the training exercises for U.S. MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor transport aircraft.

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Yokohama achieves zero-waiting list for nursery schools

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Children play on May 18, 2013, in a sandbox of a nursery school which opened in April under the elevated railway tracks in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. The Yokohama city office said on May 20 it had reduced the number of children waiting to enroll in nursery schools to zero as of April 1.

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Kitakyushu schools teaching Korean culture

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Korean culture teacher Pak Kang Su (far L) introduces greetings in South Korea during a class for third-year students at Wakamatsu Chuo Elementary School in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture on April 18, 2013.

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Workers in Bangladesh

DHAKA, Bangladesh - Women head for garment factories and other workplaces in Ashulia, near Dhaka, on April 18, 2013.

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Gaza scene

GAZA, Palestinian Authority - Photo shows a gas station in Gaza in the Palestinian autonomous areas on April 18, 2013.

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Gaza scene

GAZA, Palestinian Authority - Photo shows a cafe in Gaza in the Palestinian autonomous areas on April 18, 2013.

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Aso, Lew hold talks

WASHINGTON, United States - Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso speaks with reporters in Washington on April 18, 2013. Aso and U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew held talks the same day and confirmed the need to refrain from currency devaluation and that monetary policy is intended for domestic purposes, Aso said.

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Blast at Texas fertilizer plant

WEST, United States - United States and Texas State flags fly at half mast in front of the town hall of West in Texas, on April 18, 2013, a day after an explosion and fire occurred at a fertilizer plant in the town, which killed 14 people.

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Blast at Texas fertilizer plant

WEST, United States - A carpenter puts a white sheet over a window on April 18, 2013, in West, Texas, left broken after an explosion and fire at a fertilizer plant in the town the previous day.

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Panmunjom amid tensions

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean soldiers stand guard in the border village of Panmunjom on April 18, 2013. Seen in the background is a building on the North Korean side.

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Blast at Texas fertilizer plant

WEST, United States - Photo taken on April 18, 2013, shows a window in West, Texas, left broken following an explosion and fire at a fertilizer plant in the town the previous day.

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Panmunjom amid tensions

SEOUL, South Korea - Tourists from the United States and European countries visit the border village of Panmunjom on April 18, 2013. Seen in the background is a building on the North Korean side.

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Panmunjom amid tensions

SEOUL, South Korea - A North Korean soldier looks through binoculars in the border village of Panmunjom on April 18, 2013.

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G-20 meeting in Washington

WASHINGTON, United States - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda speaks with reporters before the start of a two-day meeting of Group of 20 finance chiefs in Washington on April 18, 2013.

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Japan, U.S. hold talks on N. Korea

WASHINGTON, United States - Shinsuke Sugiyama, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, answers reporters' questions at the State Department in Washington on April 18, 2013. Sugiyama held talks on North Korea issues the same day with U.S. special envoy on North Korea Glyn Davies.

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Ex-Pakistani President Musharraf

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf walks in the premises of his home in Islamabad on April 15, 2013. A Pakistani high court judge on April 18, 2013, ordered Musharraf to be arrested relating to his having ordered nearly 60 judges of apex courts to be placed under house arrest when he imposed emergency rule and suspended the Constitution in 2007.

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Suu Kyi in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meet at Abe's office in Tokyo on April 18, 2013. Abe vowed Japan's support for democratization and economic development in the Southeast Asian country.

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Suu Kyi in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands before their talks at Abe's office in Tokyo on April 18, 2013. Abe vowed Japan's support for democratization and economic development in the Southeast Asian country.

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Quakes on Miyake Island

TOKYO, Japan - An April 18, 2013, photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a landslide on Miyake Island south of Tokyo following a series of earthquakes the previous day.

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Sumo meet in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Estonian sumo wrestler Baruto (L) promotes a Japanese sumo tournament to be held in late August 2013 in Jakarta during a press conference in the Indonesian capital on April 18, 2013.

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Missile interceptors in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Vehicles carrying Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptor missiles enter the Air Self-Defense Force's Chinen sub base in the city of Nanjo in Japan's southernmost island prefecture of Okinawa on April 18, 2013.

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Cherry blossoms near Mt. Fuji

OSHINO, Japan - Amateur photographers take pictures of cherry blossoms in full bloom in the village of Oshino, Yamanashi Prefecture, at the foot of Mt. Fuji on April 18, 2013.

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Suu Kyi in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands before their talks at Abe's office in Tokyo on April 18, 2013. Abe vowed Japan's support for democratization and economic development in the Southeast Asian country.

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Imperial garden party

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (2nd from R), Empress Michiko (R) and other members of the imperial family attend a spring garden party at the Akasaka Imperial Garden in Tokyo on April 18, 2013.

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Cherry blossoms near Mt. Fuji

OSHINO, Japan - Cherry blossoms are in full bloom in the village of Oshino, Yamanashi Prefecture, at the foot of Mt. Fuji on April 18, 2013.

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Cherry blossoms near Mt. Fuji

OSHINO, Japan - Cherry blossoms are in full bloom in the village of Oshino, Yamanashi Prefecture, at the foot of Mt. Fuji on April 18, 2013.

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Imperial garden party

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (2nd from L in front) and Empress Michiko (L in front) exchange words with Kyoto University professor Shinya Yamanaka, who won the 2012 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for his advanced research on iPS cells, during a spring garden party at the Akasaka Imperial Garden in Tokyo on April 18, 2013.

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Haruki Murakami's latest novel hits 1 mil. circulation

TOKYO, Japan - Copies of Japanese author Haruki Murakami's newest novel, "Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage," are displayed in a bookstore in Tokyo on April 18, 2013. Publisher Bungeishunju Ltd. said the same day that 1 million copies of the book are now in circulation since its release on April 12.

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Haruki Murakami's latest novel hits 1 mil. circulation

TOKYO, Japan - Copies of Japanese author Haruki Murakami's newest novel, "Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage," are displayed in a bookstore in Tokyo on April 18, 2013. Publisher Bungeishunju Ltd. said the same day that 1 million copies of the book are now in circulation since its release on April 12.

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Suu Kyi in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (R) meets Japanese Justice Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki at the ministry in Tokyo on April 18, 2013, to seek Tokyo's help in developing her country's legal systems and judiciary.

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Suu Kyi in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (R) meets Japanese Justice Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki at the ministry in Tokyo on April 18, 2013, to seek Tokyo's help in developing her country's legal systems and judiciary.

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Renault to appoint ex-defense chief Koike as outside director

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows former Japanese Defense Minister Yuriko Koike. Renault SA of France plans to appoint Koike, a House of Representatives legislator from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, as an outside director, sources familiar with the matter said April 18, 2013.

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New rocket's launch pad unveiled

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency practices transferring a full-scale imitation of the Epsilon Launch Vehicle from a 47-meter-high maintenance tower to its launch pad at Uchinoura Space Center in Kimotsuki, Kagoshima Prefecture, on April 18, 2013. The 24-meter-long Epsilon will be launched in August or September with a spectrographic planet observation satellite onboard.

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Japan starts whaling in coastal waters

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Photo taken April 18, 2013, shows part of a fleet of four whaling ships that left Ayukawa port in the city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, to start their seasonal hunting of minke whales for research purposes in coastal waters in northeastern Japan. The whalers plan to catch up to 60 minke whales in waters off the Sanriku region through early June, fishery industry officials said.

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New rocket's launch pad unveiled

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency practices transferring a full-scale imitation of the Epsilon Launch Vehicle from a 47-meter-high maintenance tower to its launch pad at Uchinoura Space Center in Kimotsuki, Kagoshima Prefecture, on April 18, 2013. The 24-meter-long Epsilon will be launched in August or September with a spectrographic planet observation satellite onboard.

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Japan starts whaling in coastal waters

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Photo taken April 18, 2013, shows part of a fleet of four whaling ships that left Ayukawa port in the city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, to start their seasonal hunting of minke whales for research purposes in coastal waters in northeastern Japan. The whalers plan to catch up to 60 minke whales in waters off the Sanriku region through early June, fishery industry officials said.

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Pyongyang scene

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A man walks in front of a signboard bearing a slogan that declares North Korea to be a nuclear nation, in Pyongyang, the country's capital, on April 18, 2013.

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Pyongyang scene

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Koreans wait for buses and other forms of transport in central Pyongyang, the country's capital, on April 18, 2013.

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Pyongyang scene

PYONGYANG, North Korea - College students scrape rust off sporting equipment in Pyongyang, North Korea, on April 18, 2013.

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Suu Kyi in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (L) takes in the view from the observation deck of Tokyo Skytree in Tokyo's Sumida Ward on April 18, 2013. At right in back is Michiaki Suzuki, president of Tobu Tower Skytree Co., the tower's operator. (Pool photo)

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Suu Kyi in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (L) takes in the view from the observation deck of Tokyo Skytree in Tokyo's Sumida Ward on April 18, 2013. At right is Michiaki Suzuki, president of Tobu Tower Skytree Co., the tower's operator. (Pool photo)

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Ball signed by Babe Ruth

HAKODATE, Japan - Photo shows a ball signed by the late U.S. slugger Babe Ruth during his visit to Hakodate, Hokkaido, in 1934. The ball will be displayed every Thursday from April 18, 2013, at Nichiro Building in the city.

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Geisha photo shoot

KYOTO, Japan - Geisha and apprentice geisha attend a photo shoot in Kyoto on Feb. 18, 2013. The event was to take pictures for use in brochures for their annual "Kitano Odori" dance performance to be held from March 25 to April 7.

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Geisha photo shoot

KYOTO, Japan - Geisha and apprentice geisha attend a photo shoot in Kyoto on Feb. 18, 2013. The event was to take pictures for use in brochures for their annual "Kitano Odori" dance performance to be held from March 25 to April 7.

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Geisha photo shoot

KYOTO, Japan - Geisha and apprentice geisha get ready for a photo shoot in Kyoto on Feb. 18, 2013. The event was to take pictures for use in brochures for their annual "Kitano Odori" dance performance to be held from March 25 to April 7.