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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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Lingerie shop worker in Saudi Arabia

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in April 2011 shows a male sales clerk working at a women's lingerie shop in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. A law allowing only women to work in female lingerie and clothing shops took effect in the Islamic country on Jan. 5, 2012, according to Arab media reports.

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Ishinomaki soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show a street in the city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 5, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 4, 2012.

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Yamamoto soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show an area in the town of Yamamoto, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 10, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 5, 2012 (bottom). The bath tub of a house, the rest of which was destroyed by the tsunami, remained.

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Elementary school soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show the gymnasium at Yuriage Elementary School in the city of Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 9, 2011 (top), with items retrieved from areas devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same gymnasium on March 5, 2012 (bottom), in which items are still left without being picked up.

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Military chief of Libyan rebels

BENGHAZI, Libya - Photo taken April 5, 2011, shows Abdul Fattah Younes, military commander of the Libyan rebels, at a press conference in Benghazi, northeastern Libya.

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Commemoration of Japan disaster in London

LONDON, Britain - Japanese Ambassador to Britain Keiichi Hayashi lays flowers at the grave of unknown soldiers outside Westminster Abbey in London on June 5, 2011, during a ceremony commemorating the victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan. About 2,000 people attended the ceremony at the church where the wedding ceremony of Prince William and Kate Middleton was held in April.

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Commemoration of Japan disaster in London

LONDON, Britain - People gather in rain to commemorate the victims of the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami in Japan at Westminster Abbey in London on June 5, 2011. About 2,000 people attended the ceremony at the church where the wedding ceremony of Prince William and Kate Middleton was held in April.

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Return rush by holidaymakers peaks in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - JR Tokyo Station is crowded with travelers on May 5, 2011, many of whom are on the way home after spending their ''Golden Week'' holidays away. The annual major spring holidays are from late April to early May.

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Return rush by holidaymakers peaks in Japan

KANSAI AIRPORT, Japan - Kansai international airport in Osaka Prefecture is crowded with travelers on May 5, 2011, who are on the way home after spending their ''Golden Week'' holidays away. The annual major spring holidays are from late April to early May.

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Teaching from ancestors save community from tsunami

MIYAKO, Japan - Photo taken on April 5, 2011, shows a stone tablet in the tsunami-hit city of Miyako's Aneyoshi district, which has an inscription warning against building houses in areas lower than where the stone is set and describing destruction caused by past tsunamis. Eleven houses in the district, home to some 30 residents, were all safe from the March 11 devastating tsunami, despite an estimated record 38.9-meter-high tsunami hitting there, as they heeded the warning left by their predecessors, who set up the stone following the 1933 Showa Sanriku earthquake and tsunami. The Aneyoshi district was thoroughly devastated and almost all its residents were killed in the 1933 tsunami and the 1896 Meiji Sanriku earthquake and tsunami.

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Rebels criticize Turkey

BENGHAZI, Libya - A Libyan rebel holds a board criticizing Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, in Benghazi, Libya, on April 5, 2011. Erdogan unveiled a road map for peace.

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Rebels criticize NATO

BENGHAZI, Libya - A Libyan rebel holds a board criticizing NATO forces for not doing enough to help oust Muammar Gaddafi's regime in Benghazi, Libya, on April 5, 2011.

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Woods gears up for Masters

AUGUSTA, United States - Tiger Woods (R) chats with a golf industry official during a practice round for the 2011 Masters at the Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia on April 5, 2011. The Masters, one of the four major men's golf tournaments, is scheduled to begin on April 7.

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Foreign visitors shun Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows a duty free service counter at a department store in Osaka with no customers on April 5, 2011. Immigration officials said the same day the number of foreigners arriving at Kansai airport in Osaka Prefecture from March 18 to 23 after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami stood around 1,700 a day, less than half of the daily average before the disaster.

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Reconstruction work after disaster

OFUNATO, Japan - A passenger vehicle is seen on April 5, 2011, at a gas station which reopened following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture.

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Schalke stun Inter in Champions League

MILAN, Italy - Schalke 04 defender Atsuto Uchida (R) chases Inter Milan striker Samuel Eto'o in the second half of a Champions League quarterfinal in Milan, Italy, on April 5, 2011. Schalke defeated the defending champions 5-2.

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Charity concert by Japanese in Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - Cello performer Yukihisa Nakagawa (2nd from R) and other Japanese musicians residing in Thailand greet the audience at a charity concert in Bangkok on April 5, 2011, for the victims of Japan's March 11 earthquake and tsunami. The musicians performed three concerts, attracting a total audience of around 800 people.

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Schalke stun Inter in Champions League

MILAN, Italy - Inter Milan defender Yuto Nagatomo (L) beats Schalke 04 striker Raul to a header in the second half of a Champions League quarterfinal in Milan, Italy, on April 5, 2011. Schalke stunned the defending champions 5-2.

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Tokyo Electric stock at lifetime low

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic board shows the closing price of Tokyo Electric Power Co. stock at 362 yen (near bottom R), a new all-time low, on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on April 5, 2011. The stock, which fell by its daily allowable limit of 80 yen, or roughly 18 percent, was sold amid concern that the utility is likely to face huge damages payments due to an ongoing crisis at its crippled nuclear power plant.

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Ishikawa at practice round for Masters

AUGUSTA, United States - Ryo Ishikawa (front) and Hiroyuki Fujita (back) practice ahead of the 2011 Masters at the Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia on April 5, 2011. The Masters, one of the four major men's golf tournaments, is scheduled to open on April 7.

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U.S., Philippines start joint annual military exercise

MANILA, Philippines - Honor guards of the United States and the Philippines lift the two countries' national flags in Manila as an annual joint exercise begins on April 5, 2011.

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LDP chief Tanigaki

TOKYO, Japan - Sadakazu Tanigaki, leader of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, is surrounded by reporters after holding talks with former prime minister and LDP chief Junichiro Koizumi in Tokyo on April 5, 2011. During the talks, Koizumi voiced opposition to the idea of the LDP joining a grand coalition government to carry out post-quake relief and reconstruction measures, as proposed by the ruling Democratic Party of Japan.

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Twins 5-4 Yankees

NEW YORK, United States - Minnesota Twins second baseman Tsuyoshi Nishioka reacts after a strikeout in the first inning of a game against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium in New York on April 5, 2011. The Twins won 5-4.

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Reconstruction work after disaster

SENDAI, Japan - An aerial photo taken April 5, 2011, of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, shows roads that have resurfaced as progress is made in the removal of debris following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Kan meets chiefs of municipalities near nuclear plant

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan (L) bows during a meeting at his office in Tokyo on April 5, 2011, with the mayors of local municipalities near a crisis-hit nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture. Kan promised that the government will bear ultimate responsibility in the ongoing nuclear crisis, with the local chiefs calling for maximum state assistance.

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Fishermen worried about sea contamination

IWAKI, Japan - Photo shows fisherman in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 5, 2011, at an emergency meeting of a local fisheries cooperatives confederation to discuss the release of radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean from a crisis-hit nuclear power plant in the prefecture.

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Sumo match-fixing scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken April 5, 2011, shows sumo elder Tanigawa at a press conference at the Hakkaku stable in Tokyo's Sumida Ward, where he is a coach. Tanigawa said he will not submit retirement papers as requested by the Japan Sumo Association, which imposed the punishment for his alleged involvement in match fixing, saying he has never been involved in rigging bouts.

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Floating dolls

TOTTORI, Japan - Girls float ''hina'' paper dolls down a river in the city of Tottori, western Japan, in an annual rite on April 5, 2011. The event called ''Nagashibina'' is aimed at praying for girls' happiness.

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Sumo match-fixing scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo wrestlers (from L to R) Yamamotoyama, Sakaizawa and Shirononami meet reporters in front of Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo after visiting the arena to submit their retirement papers on April 5, 2011, the deadline for voluntarily retirement from the sport designated by the Japan Sumo Association, which imposed the punishment on wrestlers it judged to have been involved in match fixing.

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U.S. flattop G. Washington in Sasebo

SASEBO, Japan - Aerial photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier George Washington (back) which arrived at Sasebo port in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on April 5, 2011. It is the first visit to Sasebo by the aircraft carrier.

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U.S. flattop G. Washington in Sasebo

SASEBO, Japan - Aerial photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier George Washington (C) which arrived at Sasebo port in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on April 5, 2011. It is the first visit to Sasebo by the aircraft carrier.

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U.S. flattop G. Washington in Sasebo

SASEBO, Japan - Aerial photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier George Washington which arrived at Sasebo port in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on April 5, 2011. It is the first visit to Sasebo by the aircraft carrier.

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Making Japan's first passenger jet

NAGOYA, Japan - Workers assemble Japan's first small passenger jet plane, known as the Mitsubishi Regional Jet, at a factory in the village of Tobishima, Aichi Prefecture, as the assembly began on April 5, 2011.

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SDF members vote by absentee ballot

SENDAI, Japan - Members of the Self-Defense Forces cast absentee ballots in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 5, 2011. The Defense Ministry said the same day several tens of thousands of SDF personnel will vote in nationwide local government elections that month by absentee ballot as they have been deployed in areas severely damaged by the March 11 mega earthquake and ensuing tsunami.

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Fukushima Prefecture measures radiation at schoolyards

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Employees of the Fukushima prefectural government measure radiation levels at an elementary school yard in the city of Fukushima on April 5, 2011. The local government began the measurements the same day in the wake of the nuclear emergency at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

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SDF members vote by absentee ballot

SENDAI, Japan - Members of the Self-Defense Forces cast absentee ballots in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 5, 2011. The Defense Ministry said the same day several tens of thousands of SDF personnel will vote in nationwide local government elections that month by absentee ballot as they have been deployed in areas severely damaged by the March 11 mega earthquake and ensuing tsunami.

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Comedian Hazama receives award for marathon journey

OSAKA, Japan - Comedian Kampei Hazama (R) receives an inspiration award from Osaka Gov. Toru Hashimoto (L) at a prefectural office building in Osaka on April 5, 2011 after he completed a run-and-sail ''Earth Marathon'' around the world.

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Fukushima Prefecture measures radiation at schoolyards

IITATE, Japan - Employees of the Fukushima prefectural government measure radiation at an elementary school yard in the village of Iitate on April 5, 2011. The local government began the measurements the same day in the wake of the nuclear emergency at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

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Japanese minister Gemba in Mongolia

ULAN BATOR, Mongolia - Mongolian President Tsakhia Elbegdorj (R) and Koichiro Gemba (L), Japanese state minister in charge of national strategy, shake hands in Ulan Bator, the Mongolian capital, on Jan. 5, 2011. The two agreed to enter negotiations on an economic partnership agreement in April.