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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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Urasoe mayor accepts transfer of U.S. military port facilities from Naha

NAHA, Japan, April 27 Kyodo - Mayor Tetsuji Matsumoto of Urasoe, Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan, holds a press conference at the municipal government office on April 20, 2015, to announce his decision to accept the transfer of U.S. military port facilities from the prefectural capital of Naha. Matsumoto won a mayoral election in February 2013 on a pledge to oppose the transfer.

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Yokohama achieves zero-waiting list for nursery schools

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Yokohama Mayor Fumiko Hayashi holds a press conference at the Yokohama city hall in Kanagawa Prefecture on May 20, 2013. The Yokohama city office said the same day it had reduced the number of children waiting to enroll in nursery schools to zero as of April 1.

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School teacher continues to release rainbow trout downstream

MAEBASHI, Japan - Shigenobu Fujii, a school teacher in Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture, tries fly fishing at the Momonoki River in a suburb of the prefectural capital on April 20, 2013. Fujii has been releasing rainbow trout caught in a fishing pond into the small river over the past decade, hoping that the river will become "a place where kids play with fish and people gather."

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Red Sox game after Boston bombings

BOSTON, United States - A ceremony is held before a baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the Kansas City Royals at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts, on April 20, 2013, to mourn the three victims of the Boston Marathon bombings on April 15.

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Napolitano re-elected to president in Italy

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Italian President Giorgio Napolitano, who was re-elected for an unprecedented second term on April 20, 2013.

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Lotte Championship golf

KAPOLEI, United States - Suzann Pettersen of Norway holds the winner's trophy after capturing the LPGA Lotte Championship title at Ko Olina Golf Club in Hawaii on April 20, 2013.

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Boston bombings

BOSTON, United States - Crosses are seen erected in Boston, Massachusetts, on April 20, 2013, near the sites of two fatal explosions that occurred during the Boston Marathon on April 15.

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Boston bombings

BOSTON, United States - Residents of Watertown near Boston, Massachusetts, gather on April 20, 2013, at the site of a gunfight between the police and the two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings. Seen at front right are bloodstains left by Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who was slain in the gunfight. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, his brother, was arrested on April 19.

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Red Sox game after Boston bombings

BOSTON, United States - Koji Uehara (C) and other players of the Boston Red Sox offer a moment of silence before a baseball game against the Kansas City Royals at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts, on April 20, 2013, for the three victims of the Boston Marathon bombings on April 15.

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TPP members agree on Japan's participation

SURABAYA, Indonesia - Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (front, C) poses for photos in Surabaya, Indonesia, on April 20, 2013, with ministers of 11 countries involved in the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations. All 11 countries already involved in the TPP talks officially announced they have agreed to Japan's joining the rule-making process.

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Red Sox game after Boston bombings

BOSTON, United States - Boston Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz speaks during a ceremony held before a baseball game between the Red Sox and the Kansas City Royals at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts, on April 20, 2013, to mourn the three victims of of the Boston Marathon bombings on April 15.

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Sichuan quake

YA'AN, China - A photo taken in the evening of April 20, 2013, shows people taking refuge in the grounds of a junior high school in Ya'an in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan following to a magnitude-7.0 earthquake earlier in the day.

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Boston bombings

BOSTON, United States - Photo shows a vehicle in Watertown near Boston, Massachusetts, on April 20, 2013, with its rear window shattered during a gunfight between the police and the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings.

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TPP members agree on Japan's participation

SURABAYA, Indonesia - Acting U.S. Trade Representative Demetrios Marantis reads out a statement after ministers of 11 countries involved in the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations held talks in Surabaya, Indonesia, on April 20, 2013. The group announced all 11 countries already involved in the TPP talks have agreed to Japan's joining the rule-making process.

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Strong quake in SW China

BEIJING, China - Photo taken in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China on April 20, 2013, shows a vehicle loaded with heavy machinery heading to a disaster site after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Lushan county in the city of Ya'an in Sichuan Province earlier that day.

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Sichuan quake

BEIJING, China - A photo taken in the evening of April 20, 2013, shows members of a family taking shelter in a tent after their home collapsed in Lushan county in Ya'an, the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan, following a magnitude-7.0 earthquake earlier in the day.

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TPP members agree on Japan's participation

SURABAYA, Indonesia - Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (front, C) poses for photos in Surabaya, Indonesia, on April 20, 2013, with ministers of 11 countries involved in the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations. To the right is Acting U.S. Trade Representative Demetrios Marantis. All 11 countries already involved in the TPP talks officially announced they have agreed to Japan's joining the rule-making process.

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Top shogi player loses to computer program

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroyuki Miura (L), a top professional player of shogi, or Japanese chess, seen on the way to being defeated in a public match in Tokyo on April 20, 2013, by the computer program GPSShogi. At right is Tomoyuki Kaneko, a University of Tokyo associate professor who is a member of the team that developed GPSShogi.

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Shanghai motor show

SHANGHAI, China - Photo shows Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles displayed at an international motor show in Shanghai on its opening day of April 20, 2013.

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TPP members agree on Japan's participation

SURABAYA, Indonesia - Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (front, 3rd from R) attends a photo session in Surabaya, Indonesia, on April 20, 2013, with ministers of 11 countries involved in the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations. All 11 countries already involved in the TPP talks officially announced they have agreed to Japan's joining the rule-making process.

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Pyongyang scene

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A citizen walks past portraits of North Korean founder Kim Il Sung (L) and his son and successor as North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Il, in Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on April 20, 2013.

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Pyongyang scene

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Children carrying backpacks with character pictures walk in Pyongyang on April 20, 2013.

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TPP minister Amari

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Amari, Japan's minister in charge of issues related to the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade talks, answers a reporter's question in Tokyo on April 20, 2013, after returning from Surabaya, Indonesia. Amari had gone to Surabaya, where APEC members were meeting, to give a final push toward gaining approval for Japan to join the TPP negotiations from all 11 countries already involved in those multilateral trade talks.

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TPP minister Amari

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Amari, Japan's minister in charge of issues related to the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade talks, answers a reporter's question in Tokyo on April 20, 2013, after returning from Surabaya, Indonesia. Amari had gone to Surabaya, where APEC members were meeting, to give a final push toward gaining approval for Japan to join the TPP negotiations from all 11 countries already involved in those multilateral trade talks.

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Japan, Taiwan local railways tie up

KUROBE, Japan - Chang Bin (L), general secretary of Taiwan's Forestry Bureau, and Kazuhiko Kato, president of Japan's Kurobe Gorge Railway Co., hold a commemorative steam locomotive model in Kurobe, Toyama Prefecture, on April 20, 2013. Kurobe Gorge Railway and Taiwan's Alishan Forest Railway have established sister-railway relations, aimed at promoting tourism and cooperation in maintaining their railroads, which are both located in mountainous areas.

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Fukushima students tour PM's office

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (facing, 2nd from L) talks with junior high school students from Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 20, 2013. Twelve students from the northeastern prefecture affected by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami and ensuing nuclear disaster were invited on the tour by the prime minister's office and a nonprofit organization supporting children in the city.

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Fukushima students tour PM's office

TOKYO, Japan - Junior high school students from Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, take part in a special tour of the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on April 20, 2013. The students from the northeastern prefecture affected by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami and ensuing nuclear disaster were invited on the tour by the prime minister's office and a nonprofit organization supporting children in the city. (Pool photo)

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Shanghai motor show

SHANGHAI, China - Photo shows Honda Motor Co.'s "Acura" luxury brand car displayed at an international motor show in Shanghai on its opening day, April 20, 2013.

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Fukushima students tour PM's office

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (far R) makes a surprise appearance while junior high school students from Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, pose for photos at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 20, 2013. The students from the northeastern prefecture affected by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami and ensuing nuclear disaster were invited on the tour by the prime minister's office and a nonprofit organization supporting children in the city.

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Shanghai motor show

SHANGHAI, China - Photo shows the new "Yaris" compact hatchback for the Chinese market that Toyota Motor Corp. unveiled at an international motor show in Shanghai on its opening day, April 20, 2013.

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Fukushima students tour PM's office

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from L) talks with junior high school students from Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 20, 2013. Twelve students from the northeastern prefecture affected by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami and ensuing nuclear disaster were invited on the tour by the prime minister's office and a nonprofit organization supporting children in the city.

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Shanghai motor show

SHANGHAI, China - Nissan Motor Co. Executive Vice President Andy Palmer unveils the "Friend-ME" concept car designed primarily in China at an international motor show in Shanghai on its opening day, April 20, 2013.

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Twin polar bear cubs at Sapporo zoo

SAPPORO, Japan - Twin polar bear cubs play with their mother "Rara" (R) in a pool at Sapporo Maruyama Zoo in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on April 20, 2013. It was the first experience of the pool for the cubs that were born in December 2012.

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Japan gov't garden party

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C front) poses for photos with the five members of girl pop idol group Momoiro Clover Z during the government's cherry blossom viewing garden party in Tokyo on April 20, 2013.

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Shanghai motor show

SHANGHAI, China - An international motor show opens in Shanghai on April 20, 2013.

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Twin polar bear cubs at Sapporo zoo

SAPPORO, Japan - Twin polar bear cubs play with their mother "Rara" (C) in a pool at Sapporo Maruyama Zoo in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on April 20, 2013. It was the first experience of the pool for the cubs that were born in December 2012.

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Shanghai motor show

SHANGHAI, China - An international motor show opens in Shanghai on April 20, 2013.

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N. Korean unmanned air vehicle

PYONGYANG, North Korea - File photo shows a North Korean unmanned air vehicle shown for the first time during a military parade in Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on April 15, 2012. North Korea on March 20, 2013, staged unmanned combat air vehicle and anti-cruise missile "rocket" exercises in the presence of the country's leader Kim Jong Un, the North's official Korean Central News Agency reported.

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Cherry blossom festival in Washington

WASHINGTON, United States - Photo taken March 20, 2013, shows cherry blossoms in Washington, where the annual National Cherry Blossom Festival opened the same day with a series of Japan-themed events set to run through April 14.

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N. Korean unmanned air vehicle

PYONGYANG, North Korea - File photo shows a North Korean unmanned air vehicle shown for the first time during a military parade in Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on April 15, 2012. North Korea on March 20, 2013, staged unmanned combat air vehicle and anti-cruise missile "rocket" exercises in the presence of the country's leader Kim Jong Un, the North's official Korean Central News Agency reported.

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New uniforms for JAL employees

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Co. unveils Dec. 20, 2012, at Tokyo's Haneda airport new uniforms for its pilots, cabin attendants and other employees to be introduced during the first half of the fiscal year starting April 2013.

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New uniforms for JAL employees

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Co. unveils Dec. 20, 2012, at Tokyo's Haneda airport new uniforms for its pilots, cabin attendants and other employees to be introduced during the first half of the fiscal year starting April 2013.