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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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U.S., Philippines reach new military deal

TOKYO, Japan - The Subic Bay Freeport Zone in the Philippines where the U.S. Navy used to have a base is seen in this file photo taken in November 2012. The Philippines signed a pact with the United States on April 28, 2014, to give the U.S. military greater access to Philippine bases.

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Dance club operator acquitted

OSAKA, Japan - File photo taken Sept. 28, 2013, shows a facility that used to be nightclub "NOON" in Osaka. The nightclub's operator, Masatoshi Kanemitsu, was arrested in April 2012, leading to its closure, but a local court on April 25, 2014, acquitted him of debasing sexual morals by allowing patrons to dance.

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U.S. F-22 stealth fighters join drills in S. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows one of the F-22 Raptor stealth fighters that arrived at the U.S. Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture on July 28, 2012. U.S. F-22 stealth jets stationed in Okinawa participated in South Korea-U.S. joint military drills over the weekend, an official at U.S. Forces Korea said April 1, 2013.

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China expands Afghanistan presence in hunt for natural resources

KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghan and Chinese officials sign a contract on April 28, 2012, in Aynak, Logar Province of Afghanistan, allowing China to develop a copper mine in the area. Surveys have located one of the world's largest copper deposits in the area.

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New TEPCO chairman says restarting reactors essential for turnaround

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuhiko Shimokobe (L), new chairman of Tokyo Electric Power Co., and new President Naomi Hirose (R) hold a press conference in Tokyo on June 28, 2012. Shimokobe called for reactivation of the utility's idled nuclear reactors in Niigata Prefecture from April 2013 as a "building block" in the company's turnaround plan compiled following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster.

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S. Korea indicts 5 engineers attempting to cover up blackout at nuclear plant

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo shows the Gori-1 nuclear power plant in Busan, South Korea, on April 28, 2012. South Korean state prosecutors indicted five senior engineers at the plant on May 30, 2012, for allegedly attempting to cover up a blackout at the oldest nuclear facility in South Korea in February 2012.

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Youths in Damascus

DAMASCUS, Syria - Young people spend a holiday with friends at a park in Damascus, Syria, on April 28, 2012.

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Matsuzaka solid in 2nd rehab outing

PORTLAND, United States - Boston Red Sox right-hander Daisuke Matsuzaka answers reporters' questions after pitching for Double-A Portland Sea Dogs in a professional game in Portland, Maine, on April 28, 2012. Matsuzaka allowed one run on three hits and two walks in 4-2/3 innings in his second start since undergoing Tommy John surgery in 2011.

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N. Korean refugees send flyers by balloons

SEOUL, South Korea - Members of a group of former North Korean refugees release leaflets by air balloons toward North Korea from Imjingak, a northwestern South Korean border town, on April 28, 2012. The flyers, released to coincide with ''North Korea Freedom Week'' in South Korea, criticized the ''family dynasty'' ruling the North.

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Matsuzaka solid in 2nd rehab outing

PORTLAND, United States - Boston Red Sox right-hander Daisuke Matsuzaka pitches for Double-A Portland Sea Dogs in a professional game in Portland, Maine, on April 28, 2012. Matsuzaka allowed one run on three hits and two walks in 4-2/3 innings in his second start since undergoing Tommy John surgery in 2011.

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N. Korean refugees send flyers by balloons

SEOUL, South Korea - Members of a group of former North Korean refugees release leaflets by air balloons toward North Korea from Imjingak, a northwestern South Korean border town, on April 28, 2012. The flyers, released to coincide with ''North Korea Freedom Week'' in South Korea, criticized the ''family dynasty'' ruling the North.

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Matsuzaka solid in 2nd rehab outing

PORTLAND, United States - Boston Red Sox right-hander Daisuke Matsuzaka pitches for Double-A Portland Sea Dogs in a professional game in Portland, Maine, on April 28, 2012. Matsuzaka allowed one run on three hits and two walks in 4-2/3 innings in his second start since undergoing Tommy John surgery in 2011.

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Chinese activist under U.S. protection

BEIJING, China - Photo taken April 28, 2012, shows the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. Prominent Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng has apparently been given sanctuary at the embassy after fleeing from house arrest, Texas-based human rights group ChinaAid and Chen's supporters said the same day.

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EU opens representative office in Myanmar

YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (L) and EU foreign policy chief Catherin Ashton (C) attend a tape-cutting ceremony to open a representative office of the European Union in Yangon, Myanmar's largest city, on April 28, 2012.

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Summer-like day in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Children splash about in Tokyo's Odaiba waterfront area on April 28, 2012. The Japanese archipelago experienced summer-like heat the same day.

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White-capped Mt. Fuji and cherry blossoms

KOFU, Japan - Tourists enjoy the view of white-capped Mt. Fuji and cherry blossoms in Oshino, Yamanashi Prefecture, on April 28, 2012.

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Chinese activist under U.S. protection

BEIJING, China - Photo taken April 28, 2012, shows police vehicles keeping watch on the U.S. Embassy (shown in the background) in Beijing. Prominent Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng has apparently been given sanctuary at the embassy after fleeing from house arrest, Texas-based human rights group ChinaAid and Chen's supporters said the same day.

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Summer-like day in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - People wearing short sleeves walk on a street in Tokyo's upscale Ginza shopping district on April 28, 2012. The Japanese archipelago experienced summer-like heat the same day.

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Japan-ASEAN ministerial meeting in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese trade minister Yukio Edano holds a press conference after a meeting between economic ministers from Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations at a Tokyo hotel on April 28, 2012.

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EU foreign policy chief Ashton in Myanmar

BANGKOK, Thailand - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (L) and EU foreign policy chief Catherin Ashton hold a press conference in Yangon, Myanmar, on April 28, 2012.

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Picture drawn with tulip petals

KOBE, Japan - Photo taken April 28, 2012, shows a picture drawn with tulip petals during the Infiorata Kobe festival in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture.

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Chinese activist under U.S. protection

BEIJING, China - Photo taken April 27, 2012, shows the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. Prominent Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng has apparently been given sanctuary at the embassy after fleeing from house arrest, Texas-based human rights group ChinaAid and Chen's supporters said April 28, 2012.

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Japan-ASEAN ministerial meeting in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Economic ministers from Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations line up for group photos when they hold a meeting at a Tokyo hotel on April 28, 2012.

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PM Noda at May Day event

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda gives a speech at a May Day event in Tokyo sponsored by the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, the nation's biggest labor group known as Rengo, on April 28, 2012.

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Tulip festival in Toyama

TONAMI, Japan - Photo taken April 28, 2012, shows a picture drawn on the ground with tulips in a park in Tonami, Toyama Prefecture, where an annual tulip festival is under way.

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Japan-ASEAN ministerial meeting in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Economic ministers from Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations hold a meeting at a Tokyo hotel on April 28, 2012.

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Tulip festival in Toyama

TOYAMA, Japan - Photo taken April 28, 2012, shows tulips in a park in Tonami, Toyama Prefecture, where an annual tulip festival is under way.

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Tulip festival in Toyama

TOYAMA, Japan - Photo taken April 28, 2012, shows tulips in a park in Tonami, Toyama Prefecture, where an annual tulip festival is under way.

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Golden Week holiday exodus peaks

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on April 28, 2012, shows the Tomei Expressway in Yokohama, with the lane outbound from Tokyo (right side) jammed. Major airports, highways and railway stations in Japan were crowded with vacationers the same day as the Golden Week spring holiday season began.

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Golden Week holiday exodus peaks

NARITA, Japan - Narita airport, east of Tokyo, is crowded with people set to travel abroad on April 28, 2012. Major airports, highways and railway stations in Japan were crowded with vacationers the same day as the Golden Week spring holiday season began.

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Golden Week holiday exodus peaks

TOKYO, Japan - The platform of the Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train at JR Tokyo Station is crowded with passengers on April 28, 2012. Major airports, highways and railway stations in Japan were crowded with vacationers the same day as the Golden Week spring holiday season began.

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Voting in Japan for S. Korean election

TOKYO, Japan - A South Korean resident of Japan casts her ballot ahead of the country's general election on April 11 at the South Korean Embassy in Tokyo on March 28, 2012. Voting by South Koreans living overseas began the same day, with South Korean nationals who are permanent residents of Japan getting the opportunity to vote in an election for the first time.

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Soon after disaster, a year later

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show an area of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 28, 2011 (top), shortly after the March 11, 2011, quake and tsunami, and on March 1, 2012 (bottom), in which restoration work is under way after fishing boats brought ashore by the tsunami were removed.

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Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Deputy Pres. Kitamura

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. Deputy President Kunitaro Kitamura. Kitamura is expected to succeed company President Kazuo Tanabe in April 2012, company sources said Nov. 28, 2011.