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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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Nikkei recovers 9,300 mark

TOKYO, Japan - A display in the Tokyo offices of money broker Gaitame.com Co. shows the Nikkei Stock Average trading above the 9,300 mark on the morning of Nov. 22, 2012. The Nikkei closed the day at 9,366.80, its highest level in almost seven months. The display also showed the dollar trading at 82.515 yen -- its highest level since early April -- at the time.

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L'Aquila after quake

L'AQUILA, Italy - Reconstruction work is still under way in the central part of L'Aquila, Italy, on Oct. 22, 2012, after a magnitude 6.3 quake in April 2009.

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Man caring for abandoned cattle in Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - In this photo taken in the town of Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on June 22, 2012, Naoto Matsumura (C) and his friend Kazuo Endo (R) help a pony onto a truck so he can take it home and care for it, doing so at the request of a resident (L) who has returned home temporarily. The town remains nearly deserted as the government in April 2011 designated it and other municipalities within a 20-kilometer ring around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant as a no-go zone. The plant's reactors suffered meltdowns after being struck by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, spewing massive amounts of radioactive materials into the air and sea.

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Classical music critic Hidekazu Yoshida dies at 98

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Hidekazu Yoshida, a Japanese classical music critic, during an interview at his home in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, in April 2009. Yoshida died of acute heart failure on May 22, 2012, at his home in the city. He was 98.

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American to ship back items lost in tsunami to Japan

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows David (L) and Yumi Baxter in Kasilof, Alaska, on April 22, 2012. David holds a soccer ball and Yumi holds a volleyball found by David in mid-March 2012 on the coast of Middleton Island off Alaska, after the balls floated across the Pacific Ocean after being swept away from northeastern Japan in the March 2011 tsunami. The couple initially expressed their intention to deliver the items back to their original owners in person during their upcoming trip to Japan, but have now opted to ship them instead in consideration of the owners' privacy, David Baxter told Kyodo News on May 23, 2012.

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U.S. envoy in China

BEIJING, China - Glyn Davies, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, answers reporters' questions in Beijing on May 22, 2012. The United States and China reaffirmed their cooperation to prevent North Korea from taking further provocative actions in the wake of its failed attempt in April to launch what it claims was a rocket-driven satellite.

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Wildlife in Pantanal

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Photo taken on April 22, 2012, shows Paraguay caiman in a river in the Pantanal wetlands in western Brazil.

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Wildlife in Pantanal

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Photo taken on April 22, 2012, shows capybaras taking to the waters in the Pantanal wetlands in western Brazil.

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Pantanal wetlands

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Photo taken on April 22, 2012, shows the Pantanal wetlands in western Brazil.

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Wildlife in Pantanal

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Photos show birds in the Pantanal wetlands in western Brazil -- blue-and-yellow macaws on April 20, 2012 (top), and a roseate spoonbill on April 22, 2012 (bottom).

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Tomari nuclear power plant

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on April 22, 2012, shows the facilities of Hokkaido Electric Power Co.'s Tomari nuclear power plant in the village of Tomari, Hokkaido. The building housing the No. 3 reactor (R front) can be seen.

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U.N. observers in Syria

DAMASCUS, Syria - Col. Ahmed Himmiche (R), head of an advance team of U.N. cease-fire monitors, and Meeraj Singh, spokesman for the team, return to a hotel in Damascus after conducting an operation on April 22, 2012.

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Military hospital near Damascus

DAMASCUS, Syria - A Syrian soldier lies on a bed at a military hospital near Damascus on April 22, 2012. He said he was shot in the left shoulder by rebel forces.

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Military hospital near Damascus

DAMASCUS, Syria - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's portrait is displayed at a military hospital near Damascus on April 22, 2012.

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Military hospital near Damascus

DAMASCUS, Syria - A soldier stands guard at the entrance of a Syrian military hospital near Damascus on April 22, 2012.

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Owner of tsunami-swept volleyball found

KASILOF, United States - Photo shows David (L) and Yumi Baxter in Kasilof, Alaska, on April 22, 2012. David holds a soccer ball and Yumi a volleyball, both found by David in mid-March 2012 on the coast of Middleton Island off Alaska. The balls apparently floated across the Pacific Ocean after being swept away from northeastern Japan in the March 2011 tsunami. Their owners have been located in Japan.

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Philippines, U.S. hold gas field protection exercise

PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines - Lt. Gen. Duane Thiessen (front L), commander of the U.S. Marines in the Pacific, speaks during a press conference in Puerto Princesa on Palawan Island of the Philippines on April 22, 2012. At front R is Lt. Gen. Juancho Sabban, the Filipino forces Western Command chief. Philippine and U.S. forces have held an unprecedented joint exercise to practice retaking offshore natural gas and oil platforms that have been seized.

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Yingluck boards Kyushu Shinkansen train

FUKUOKA, Japan - Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra walks inside a Kyushu Shinkansen train in Kumamoto on April 22, 2012. The prime minister made a roundtrip between Kumamoto and Hakata on the bullet train line.

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Yingluck boards Kyushu Shinkansen train

FUKUOKA, Japan - Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra (R) smiles with the doll ''Kumamon,'' the mascot of Kumamoto Prefecture, that she received as a gift from Kumamoto Gov. Ikuo Kabashima (L), at JR Kumamoto station on April 22, 2012. The prime minister made a roundtrip between Kumamoto and Hakata on the bullet train line.

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Yingluck boards Kyushu Shinkansen train

FUKUOKA, Japan - Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra smiles with the doll ''Kumamon,'' the mascot of Kumamoto Prefecture, that she received as a gift from Kumamoto Gov. Ikuo Kabashima, at JR Kumamoto station on April 22, 2012. The prime minister made a roundtrip between Kumamoto and Hakata on the bullet train line.

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Japan earns promotion to Fed Cup World Group

TOKYO, Japan - Kimiko Date-Krumm (far R) and other members of Japan's Fed Cup team acknowledge the crowd after winning a must-win playoff series against Belgium at Tokyo's Ariake Coliseum on April 22, 2012, to earn a long-awaited return to the top-tier World Group next season.

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Sawa returns to action

FUKUOKA, Japan - Homare Sawa (R) plays after coming off the bench in the 72nd minute of INAC Kobe Leonessa's 7-0 away thrashing of Fukuoka J.Anclas in Fukuoka on April 22, 2012. The women's World Player of the Year overcame a bout with vertigo, returning to the pitch for the first time in almost two months in the Japanese Nadeshiko League.

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Japanese minister vows to rescue abductees

SEOUL, South Korea - Jin Matsubara (R), Japanese minister in charge of addressing the abduction of Japanese nationals by North Korean agents in the 1970s and 1980s, records a message at a radio station in Seoul on April 22, 2012, for a shortwave program of Free North Korea Radio, which is run by defectors from North Korea. In the message he vowed that Japan will make ''all-out efforts to rescue abductees as soon as possible.''

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Soccer ball lost in Japan's tsunami found off Alaska

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Photo shows 16-year-old Misaki Murakami, a second-year high school student in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on April 22, 2012. A soccer ball, believed to belong to him, was found on the coast of Middleton Island off Alaska after apparently floating across the Pacific Ocean after being swept away from the northeastern Japanese city in the March 2011 tsunami. Murakami received the ball from classmates in March 2005, when he was in third grade, as a farewell gift before he transferred to another school in the city.

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JAL begins using Dreamliner jet

NARITA, Japan - Passengers board a Japan Airlines' Boeing 787 Dreamliner jet at Narita airport near Tokyo on April 22, 2012, before its departure for Boston. The flight was the first commercial use by the airline of the new fuel-efficient aircraft, and first of JAL's new direct service between Tokyo and Boston.

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Chemical plant fire in Yamaguchi Pref.

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on April 22, 2012, shows an operation to contain a fire at a glue plant operated by Mitsui Chemicals Inc. in Waki, Yamaguchi Prefecture. One worker was killed and 11 others were injured after fire and explosions ripped through the plant.

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Earth Day antinuclear march in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows participants of the Earth Day Parade in Tokyo's Shibuya commercial district on April 22, 2012. The event's organizer said about 1,000 people took part to express opposition to reactivating a nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture.

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Myanmar president inspects power plants in Kanagawa

TOKYO, Japan - Myanmar President Thein Sein (L front) is briefed by Masayoshi Kitamura (R front), president of Electric Power Development Co., about the company's environmentally friendly and highly efficient coal-fired power plant technology. They are pictured while on the roof of a thermal power plant run by the company in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on April 22, 2012.

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Film director Shindo's 100th birthday

TOKYO, Japan - Actress Shinobu Otake (L front), actor Naomasa Musaka (L back), actor Etsushi Toyokawa (R back) and actress Maiko Kawakami (R front) gather around Japanese film director Kaneto Shindo (C) to celebrate Shindo's 100th birthday at a party in Tokyo on April 22, 2012.

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JAL begins using Dreamliner jet

NARITA, Japan - Passengers board a Japan Airlines' Boeing 787 Dreamliner jet at Narita airport near Tokyo on April 22, 2012, before its departure for Boston. The flight was the first commercial use by the airline of the new fuel-efficient aircraft, and first of JAL's new direct service between Tokyo and Boston.

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Myanmar president inspects power plants in Kanagawa

KAWASAKI, Japan - Myanmar President Thein Sein (C) points at a power generator model on display at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s thermal power plant in Kawasaki, near Tokyo, on April 22, 2012.

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N. Korean orchestra plans U.S. tour

ATLANTA, United States - Global Resource Services Inc. President Robert Springs speaks during a press conference in Atlanta, Georgia, on March 22, 2012. He said North Korea's National Symphony Orchestra is planning an 18-day U.S. tour later in 2012, beginning in Atlanta and ending in New York, according to the nongovernmental organization which is preparing to take an American musical group to the reclusive country in April.

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Audi's convertible

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken March 22, 2012 in Tokyo shows the Audi R8 GT Spyder, a convertible to be sold in Japan from late April by Audi Japan K.K. The Japanese unit of the German automaker said only 333 such cars will be produced for sale worldwide, of which 10 vehicles will be offered for sale in Japan at a price of 30.64 million yen.

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Defense chief Tanaka, U.S. envoy Roos

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka (R) shakes hands with U.S. Ambassador John Roos prior to their talks at the ministry in Tokyo on March 22, 2012. Tanaka and Roos agreed during their meeting that their countries will keep on working together in dealing with Pyongyang's planned rocket launch in mid-April.

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Nobel laureate Oe

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in Tokyo on April 22, 2011, shows Nobel literature laureate Kenzaburo Oe. Twenty-two Japanese writers, including Oe, have been invited to France's largest book fair, the Salon du Livre, to be held in March in Paris, the fair's organizer said on Jan. 11, 2012.

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Masked Rider restaurant in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A worker poses in front of a motorbike called Cyclone which was used in the TV hero series of Kamen Rider at a restaurant in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district on Nov. 22, 2011. ''Kamen Rider the Diner,'' the official restaurant collaborating with the TV series, opened in April and will run through the spring of 2012 commemorating the series' 40th anniversary.

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Masked Rider restaurant in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Nov. 22, 2011, shows a life-size replica of Kamen Rider (Masked Rider) No. 1 at a restaurant in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district. ''Kamen Rider the Diner,'' the official restaurant collaborating with the TV hero series, opened in April and will run through the spring of 2012 to commemorate the series' 40th anniversary.

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Masked Rider restaurant in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Nov. 22, 2011, shows an armchair like the one used in the TV hero series of Kamen Rider (Masked Rider) at a restaurant in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district. ''Kamen Rider the Diner,'' the official restaurant collaborating with the TV series, opened in April and will run through the spring of 2012 commemorating the series' 40th anniversary.