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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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Sony returns to black in April-Sept.

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Financial Officer Masaru Kato briefs reporters in Tokyo on the company's financial results for the April to September period on Oct. 29, 2010. The company swung back into the black as a result of a favorable performance in the game business and personal computer sectors as well as its cost-cutting efforts.

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Cow auction resumes in disease-hit Miyazaki

TAKACHIHO, Japan - Potential buyers participate in a cow auction in Takachiho, Miyazaki Prefecture, on Aug. 29, 2010, after it resumed for the first time since April due to the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease which hit the livestock industry in the southwestern Japan region.

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Cow auction resumes in disease-hit Miyazaki

TAKACHIHO, Japan - Potential buyers participate in a cow auction in Takachiho, Miyazaki Prefecture, on Aug. 29, 2010, after it resumed for the first time since April due to the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease which hit the livestock industry in the southwestern Japan region.

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Cow auction resumes in disease-hit Miyazaki

TAKACHIHO, Japan - Potential buyers participate in a cow auction in Takachiho, Miyazaki Prefecture, on Aug. 29, 2010, after it resumed for the first time since April due to the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease which hit the livestock industry in the southwestern Japan region.

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South Africa awaits FIFA World Cup

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - The photo above taken on April 29, 2010, shows high school students in a classroom in the former black township of Soweto in Johannesburg, South Africa. The photo below is a remodeled classroom to accommodate supporters attending the FIFA World Cup opening on June 11.

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Maehara voices concern over impact of Ozawa scandal on election

WASHINGTON, United States - Japanese transport minister Seiji Maehara speaks at a press conference in Washington on April 29, 2010. Maehara said keeping Ichiro Ozawa as the secretary general of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, despite a decision by a citizens panel that he should be indicted over alleged false funds reports by his fund management body, could ''affect'' the upcoming upper house election.

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Cubs' Fukudome hits first MLB grand slam

CHICAGO, United States - Chicago Cubs outfielder Kosuke Fukudome (L) is congratulated by his teammate after hitting a grand slam, the first in his Major League Baseball career, off Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Ian Kennedy in the eighth inning of a game at Wrigley Field in Chicago on April 29, 2010. The Cubs lost 5-13.

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Shanghai braced for expo

SHANGHAI, China - Security guards check waste bins at the site of the World Expo in Shanghai on April 29, 2010. The opening ceremony for the event was scheduled to take place the following day.

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Cubs' Fukudome hits first MLB grand slam

CHICAGO, United States - Chicago Cubs outfielder Kosuke Fukudome rounds first base after hitting a grand slam, the first in his Major League Baseball career, off Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Ian Kennedy in the eighth inning of a game at Wrigley Field in Chicago on April 29, 2010. The Cubs lost 5-13.

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Cubs' Fukudome hits first MLB grand slam

CHICAGO, United States - Chicago Cubs outfielder Kosuke Fukudome hits a grand slam, the first in his Major League Baseball career, off Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Ian Kennedy in the eighth inning of a game at Wrigley Field in Chicago on April 29, 2010. The Cubs lost 5-13.

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Cubs' Fukudome hits first MLB grand slam

CHICAGO, United States - Chicago Cubs outfielder Kosuke Fukudome follows the ball after hitting a grand slam, the first in his Major League Baseball career, off Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Ian Kennedy in the eighth inning of a game at Wrigley Field in Chicago on April 29, 2010. The Cubs lost 5-13.

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Ancient waterside tanka event in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Performers show tourists the ''kyokusui no en'' ancient waterside pastime near a winding stream at Jonangu shrine in Kyoto on April 29, 2010. The performers dressed as the nobles of the Heian Era, which started in 794, make tanka poems before floating cups of sake reach them.

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Ancient waterside tanka event in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Performers show tourists the ''kyokusui no en'' ancient waterside pastime near a winding stream at Jonangu shrine in Kyoto on April 29, 2010. The performers dressed as the nobles of the Heian Era, which started in 794, make tanka poems before floating cups of sake reach them.

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Golden Week holiday exodus

NARITA, Japan - People head for a boarding gate to go abroad during the Golden Week holidays at Narita airport near Tokyo on April 29, 2010. Masses of travelers are expected to spend their vacations outside Japan during the holiday period from late April to early May.

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N. Korea's No. 2 leader in China

SHANGHAI, China - North Korea's No. 2 leader Kim Yong Nam is welcomed in Shanghai upon arrival from Pyongyang on April 29, 2010. Kim, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, North Korea's parliament, visited Shanghai to attend the opening ceremony of the World Expo.

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N. Korea's No. 2 leader in China

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korea's No. 2 leader Kim Yong Nam (L) bids farewell in Pyongyang before leaving for Shanghai on April 29, 2010. Kim, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, North Korea's parliament, visited Shanghai to attend the opening ceremony of the World Expo.

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'Fast fashion' hits Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Shoppers crowd a ''fast fashion'' brand Forever 21 shop in Tokyo's upscale Ginza area on April 29, 2010. The Los Angeles-based apparel retailer, known for its low prices and designs favored by young people, opened the shop that day as its first flagship store in Asia.

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Golden Week holiday exodus

OSAKA, Japan - A departure lobby is crowded with travelers going abroad during the Golden Week holidays at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture on April 29, 2010. Masses of travelers are expected to spend their vacations outside Japan during the holiday period from late April to early May.

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Krispy Kreme Doughnuts in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - People line up for the opening of an outlet of U.S. Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. in Osaka's Shinsaibashi district on April 29, 2010. Some 700 people including those who stayed overnight waited for the opening of the first shop of the doughnut chain in Japan's second-largest business district Kansai.

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Yamase, Yano earn recalls for World Cup warm-up vs Serbia

TOKYO, Japan - Japan soccer coach Takeshi Okada speaks about the 20-man squad for Japan's upcoming World Cup warm-up against Serbia during a press conference in Tokyo on March 29, 2010. Japan will play an international friendly against Serbia in Osaka on April 7.