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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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Abandoned animals in Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - In this photo taken in the town of Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on June 23, 2012, a calf (front) looks almost skeletal because its mother is too weak to breastfeed it. 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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Man caring for abandoned cattle in Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - In this photo taken in the town of Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on June 23, 2012, Naoto Matsumura, who cares for cattle abandoned by their owners, relaxes at his home after finishing his day's work of tending to pets and livestock. Without electricity, he relies on candles to light his room. 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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Man caring for abandoned cattle in Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - In this photo taken in the town of Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on June 23, 2012, Naoto Matsumura, who cares for cattle abandoned by their owners, gives milk to a weakened calf via a feeding bottle. Behind him are the ostriches and the dog he keeps after their owners abandoned them. 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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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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Tsunami-hit bank branch

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken April 23, 2012, shows the tsunami-gutted Onagawa branch of the 77 Bank (R), a regional bank based in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, in Onagawa in the prefecture. Of the 14 people who worked at the branch, four were killed and eight went missing in the March 2011 disaster.

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Matsuzaka makes 1st rehab start

SALEM, United States - Boston Red Sox right-hander Daisuke Matsuzaka pitches in a professional game for the first time since May 16, 2011, and since undergoing Tommy John surgery last June. Matsuzaka began a rehab assignment with the Single-A Advanced Salem in Salem, Virginia, on April 23, 2012.

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Contemporary dancer Kanda dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows pioneering contemporary dancer Akiko Kanda directing choreography at a Tokyo theater in April 1998. Kanda died of pneumonia aged 75 at a hospital in Tokyo on Sept. 23, 2011.

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Lexus back on top in U.S. quality survey

NEW YORK, United States - Photo shows Lexus's new concept car LF-Gh unveiled at the 2011 New York International Auto Show in New York in April 2011. Toyota Motor Corp.'s high-end brand returned to the top spot in an automobile quality survey for the first time in two years, according to the results released on June 23, 2011, by market research firm J.D. Power and Associates.

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Chinese activist Ai

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese artist and human rights activist Ai Weiwei waves to reporters in front of his home in Beijing on June 23, 2011. Ai has been released on bail after being detained by Chinese authorities since April over tax evasion allegations.

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25th anniversary of Chernobyl nuclear disaster

MOSCOW, Russia - Photo shows Mitinskoye cemetery near Moscow on April 23, 2011, where workers who died in the 1986 accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant are buried, ahead of the 25th anniversary of the disaster on April 25.

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Mexican priest returns to Japan tsunami-hit area

MIYAKO, Japan - Mexican Catholic priest Marco Antonio de la Rosa (L back) holds a mass at a church on April 23, 2011, in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, which was struck by the March 11 devastating tsunami. De la Rosa, who has been residing in Japan for 25 years and was on a break in Mexico when the disaster hit the country, returned to the devastated city to support worshippers despite opposition from his relatives concerned about radiation leaks in Fukushima Prefecture.

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Stuttgart 3-0 Hamburg

STUTTGART, Germany - Stuttgart striker Shinji Okazaki (R) looks to pass during the first half of a Bundesliga game against Hamburger SV in Stuttgart, Germany, on April 23, 2011. Stuttgart won 3-0.

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Inter Milan 2-1 Lazio

MILAN, Italy - Inter Milan defender Yuto Nagatomo (R) controls the ball during a Serie A game against Lazio in Milan on April 23, 2011. Inter won 2-1.

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Mariners' Ichiro vs. Athletics

SEATTLE, United States - Seattle Mariners leadoff man Ichiro Suzuki hits a single in the eighth inning of a game against the Oakland Athletics at Safeco Field in Seattle on April 23, 2011. Ichiro went 3-for-4 in a 9-1 loss.

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Juventus star Del Piero with charity T-shirt

TURIN, Italy - Juventus star striker Alessandro Del Piero (R) and Japanese striker Takayuki Morimoto of Catania pose with a T-shirt carrying the Japanese character ''tomo'' (friend) printed in Turin, Italy, on April 23, 2011. Del Piero made the T-shirt to support reconstruction in quake- and tsunami-hit Japan.

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Mariners' Ichiro vs. Athletics

SEATTLE, United States - Seattle Mariners leadoff man Ichiro Suzuki singles to left in the second inning of a game against the Oakland Athletics at Safeco Field in Seattle on April 23, 2011. Ichiro went 3-for-4 in a 9-1 loss.

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Athletics' Matsui vs. Mariners

SEATTLE, United States - Oakland Athletics designated hitter Hideki Matsui (R) high-fives Kevin Kouzmanoff after scoring on Kouzmanoff's three-run homer following a walk in the sixth inning of a game against the Seattle Mariners at Safeco Field in Seattle on April 23, 2011. The A's won 9-1.

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TEPCO employees apologize to Fukushima evacuees

KAWAMATA, Japan - Employees (front) of Tokyo Electric Power Co. apologize by bowing deeply on the floor on April 23, 2011, to people who had been forced to leave their homes and have been staying in an evacuation center in Kawamata, Fukushima Prefecture, due to radiation leaks from the company's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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Ceremony at Kasuga Taisha in hope of disaster recovery

NARA, Japan - Visitors look at lanterns lit up in hope of Japan's recovery from the March 11 earthquake and tsunamt at Kasuga Taisha, a Shinto shrine designated as a World Heritage site, in Nara Prefecture, western Japan, on April 23, 2011.

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Saga teens webcast musical for disaster survivors

SAGA, Japan - Members of the teenage musical troupe Teens Musical SAGA sing and dance in Saga City on April 23, 2011, airing the performance through the video webcasting site Ustream.

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Tokyo Disneyland night operations

TOKYO, Japan - Visitors at Tokyo Disneyland in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, wave at cartoon characters at night on April 23, 2011, as the popular theme park resumes night operations the same day after operating only during the daytime for about a week after reopening following the powerful March 11 earthquake. The popular nighttime electrical parade was canceled due to rain.

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Miyagi Gov. Murai

TOKYO, Japan - Miyagi Gov. Yoshihiro Murai enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 23, 2011, to attend a meeting of the central government's panel on reconstruction in tsunami-hit areas. At the meeting, he proposed establishing a new institution linking the state and three prefectures devastated by the March 11 mega earthquake and tsunami, as well as disaster-hit municipalities in the region, to promote integrated post-quake reconstruction.

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Tokyo Disneyland night operations

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Disneyland in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, resumes night operations on April 23, 2011, after operating only during the daytime for about a week after reopening following the powerful March 11 earthquake. The popular nighttime electrical parade was canceled due to rain.

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Tokyo Disneyland night operations

TOKYO, Japan - Visitors at Tokyo Disneyland in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, take photos at night on April 23, 2011, as the popular theme park resumes night operations the same day after operating only during the daytime for about a week after reopening following the powerful March 11 earthquake. The popular nighttime electrical parade was canceled due to rain.

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Floral encouragement messages

KOBE, Japan - A woman takes a photo April 23, 2011, of a graphic of Astro Boy and a message, saying ''Courage and hope to Northeast,'' made of tulip petals laid on a street in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture.

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Temporary housing for disaster victims in Ofunato

OFUNATO, Japan - Photo taken April 23, 2011, shows temporary housing units for victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami being erected at Ofunato Junior High School in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture.

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Australian PM in tsunami-hit town

SENDAI, Japan - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard (2nd from L) visits the town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 23, 2011, accompanied by Japan's Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto (R). Minamisanirku Mayor Jin Sato (L) briefed her on how he survived the massive tsunami that devastated his town on March 11. (Pool photo)

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Australian PM in tsunami-hit town

SENDAI, Japan - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard (C) hands toy koalas and kangaroos to children staying at a gymnasium used as an evacuation center in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 23, 2011. The area was devastated by a massive tsunami on March 11. (Pool photo)

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Tsunami aftermath in Otsuchi

OTSUCHI, Japan - A man holds an umbrella in rain and searches for usable items on April 23, 2011, where his house used to stand before being swept away by the March 11 tsunami in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture. In the background, the sightseeing boat Hamayuri was left atop a two-story inn.

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Australian PM in tsunami-hit town

SENDAI, Japan - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard (2nd from L) visits the town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 23, 2011, accompanied by Japan's Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto (R). Minamisanirku Mayor Jin Sato (L) briefed her on how he survived the massive tsunami that devastated his town on March 11. (Pool photo)

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Actress Elizabeth Taylor dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Hollywood actress Elizabeth Taylor shaking hands with then Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone during her AIDS relief campaign at the premier's office in Tokyo in April 1987. Taylor died at the age of 79 on March 23, 2011.

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Tokyo election

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara speaks during an interview in Tokyo on March 23, 2011. Ishihara is seeking a fourth four-year term in the April 10 gubernatorial election. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Kagawa aims to rejoin Dortmund in April

OSAKA, Japan - Japan midfielder Shinji Kagawa speaks to reporters at Kansai international airport in Osaka Prefecture on March 23, 2011, before boarding a flight to Germany. Kagawa, who was injured during Japan's semifinal victory over South Korea at the Asian Cup in January, said he hopes to be playing again for Borussia Dortmund in April.