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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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Nelson Mandela dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Nelson Mandela holding a press conference in Johannesburg in April 1994. The former South African president and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who waged a long and ultimately victorious struggle against apartheid died on Dec. 5, 2013. He was 95.

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BOJ governor

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda holds a press conference at the central bank's head office in Tokyo on Sept. 5, 2013, after the BOJ's Policy Board meeting. Kuroda signaled his support for a planned two-stage consumption tax rise starting in April 2014, saying it will be "extremely difficult" for the central bank to deal with a potential fall in government bond prices if the government postpones the hike.

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BOJ upgrades economic assessment

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda arrives at the central bank's head office in Tokyo on Sept. 5, 2013. The BOJ's Policy Board later in the day upgraded its assessment of the nation's economy for the first time in two months while deciding unanimously to keep intact the central bank's ultra-easy monetary policy introduced in April. (Pool photo)

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Ando tells media to lay off

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Two-time figure skating world champion Miki Ando holds a press conference in Yokohama on Aug. 5, 2013. Ando, who gave birth to a baby girl in April, asked the media to respect her privacy as she continues her preparations to return to competition for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.

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Ando tells media to lay off

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Two-time figure skating world champion Miki Ando holds a press conference in Yokohama on Aug. 5, 2013. Ando, who gave birth to a baby girl in April, asked the media to respect her privacy as she continues her preparations to return to competition for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.

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Animals in Shiretoko

SAPPORO, Japan - Yezo deer bucks lock horns as female deer watch on the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on April 5, 2013.

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Comedian "Shizu-chan" keeps boxing after failed Olympic attempt

TOKYO, Japan - Comedian-turned-boxer Shizuyo Yamasaki speaks during an interview in Tokyo with Kyodo News on April 5, 2013.

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5 elderly bee hunters contributing to field over 5 decades

FUKUI, Japan - (From L) Chizuko Nozaka, Tadao Murota and Hideyoshi Kurokawa gather near Lake Kitagata in Awara, northern Fukui Prefecture, on April 5, 2013, to collect bees as part of their research into the insect's habitat. Including the three, five people now in their 70s to 90s have been chasing and collecting bees for more than half a century since the 1950s.

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Namdaemun restored

SEOUL, South Korea - An April 29, 2013, photo shows the restored Sungnyemun, popularly known as "Namdaemun" or south gate and National Treasure No. 1 in Seoul on April 29, 2013. South Korea's Cultural Heritage Administration said the same day that the landmark gate, burned down in an arson attack more than five years ago, will open to the public on May 5, 2013.

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Draft lottery in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - A young man (2nd from R) smile after drawing a lot exempting him from the draft in Bangkok on April 5, 2013.

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Bird flu alert in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Photo shows an alert displayed at Narita airport near Tokyo on April 5, 2013, calling for travelers to China to be on guard against bird flu.

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China, Brunei leaders meet

BEIJING, China - Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah (front R) attends a welcoming ceremony escorted by Chinese President Xi Jinping (front L) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on April 5, 2013.

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China, Brunei leaders meet

BEIJING, China - Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah (L) and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang shake hands at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on April 5, 2013. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Shanghai to halt live bird sales

SHANGHAI, China - Officials of the Shanghai municipal government hold a press conference in Shanghai on April 5, 2013. The municipal government said sales of live birds will be banned in the municipality beginning April 6 as the death toll from the H7N9 type of avian influenza has risen to six while 16 people are infected in eastern China, including two new cases in Jiangsu Province.

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Okinawa base land return

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meet at Abe's office in Tokyo on April 5, 2013. Japan and the United States outlined a new time frame for relocating the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Okinawa Prefecture, saying that land used for the base can be returned in "fiscal 2022 or later."

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Cerberus to raise stake in Seibu Holdings

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshiteru Suzuki, the president of Cerberus Japan K.K., speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on April 5, 2013. U.S. private equity fund Cerberus Capital Management LP said the same day it aims to raise its stake in Seibu Holdings Inc. to nearly 45 percent, revising the target upward from an initial 36 percent, in an apparent bid to take the initiative in managing the railway and hotel operator.

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Cerberus to raise stake in Seibu Holdings

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshiteru Suzuki (R), the president of Cerberus Japan K.K. speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on April 5, 2013. U.S. private equity fund Cerberus Capital Management LP said the same day it aims to raise its stake in Seibu Holdings Inc. to nearly 45 percent, revising the target upward from an initial 36 percent, in an apparent bid to take the initiative in managing the railway and hotel operator.

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Okinawa base land return

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands at Abe's office in Tokyo on April 5, 2013. Japan and the United States outlined a new time frame for relocating the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Okinawa Prefecture, saying that land used for the base can be returned in "fiscal 2022 or later."

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Okinawa base land return

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands at Abe's office in Tokyo on April 5, 2013. Japan and the United States outlined a new time frame for relocating the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Okinawa Prefecture, saying that land used for the base can be returned in "fiscal 2022 or later."

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Diet approves BOJ chief Kuroda's reappointment

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (far R) and members of his Cabinet applaud at a plenary session of the House of Representatives in Tokyo on April 5, 2013, after the lower house approved the government's reappointment of Bank of Japan chief Haruhiko Kuroda for a five-year term after he serves the remainder of his predecessor's tenure.

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Philippine, U.S. joint military exercise

MANILA, Philippines - Soldiers salute during a ceremony at the Filipino forces headquarters in the Manila area on April 5, 2013, marking the launch of an annual joint military exercise between the Philippines and the United States.

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S. Korea protests Japan's renewed claim to islets

SEOUL, South Korea - Takashi Kurai, deputy chief of mission at the Japanese Embassy in South Korea, arrives at the foreign ministry in Seoul on April 5, 2013. South Korea summoned Kurai to lodge a protest against Japan's renewed claim, in an annual foreign policy report, to a pair of South Korean-held islets in the Sea of Japan, known as Dokdo in Korean and Takeshima in Japanese.

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BOJ chief Kuroda in Diet

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda raises his hand to speak at a meeting of the steering committee of the House of Representatives in Tokyo on April 5, 2013. Parliament was set to approve the government's reappointment of Kuroda for a fresh term after he serves the remainder of his predecessor's tenure through April 8.

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Venezuelan president Chavez dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in April 2009 shows Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso shaking hands at the prime minister's office in Tokyo. Chavez died March 5, 2013, at the age of 58 at a Venezuelan hospital after a long battle with cancer.

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BOJ chief to step down early

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa (far L) answers reporters' questions at the BOJ's head office in Tokyo on Feb. 5, 2013, regarding his surprise decision conveyed to the government earlier in the day that he will step down as head of the central bank on March 19, before his term expires on April 8.

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BOJ chief to step down early

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa ends a press conference at the BOJ's head office in Tokyo on Feb. 5, 2013. Earlier in the day, Shirakawa conveyed his surprise decision to the government that he will step down as head of the central bank on March 19, before his term expires on April 8.

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BOJ chief to step down early

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa answers reporters' questions at the BOJ's head office in Tokyo on Feb. 5, 2013, regarding his surprise decision conveyed to the government earlier in the day that he will step down as head of the central bank on March 19, before his term expires on April 8.

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BOJ chief to step down early

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa attends a meeting of a government panel at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Feb. 5, 2013. Shirakawa said the same day he will step down as head of the central bank on March 19, before his term expires on April 8.

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Sapporo Snow Festival

SAPPORO, Japan - People visit the Sapporo Snow Festival at Odori Park in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Feb. 5, 2013. A snow sculpture, modeled after the Kabukiza theater to be reopened in April in Tokyo's Ginza district, can be seen at the back. The festival, one of Japan's largest winter events, runs from Feb. 5 to Feb. 11.

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Sapporo Snow Festival

SAPPORO, Japan - People visit the Sapporo Snow Festival at Odori Park in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Feb. 5, 2013. A snow sculpture, modeled after the Kabukiza theater to be reopened in April in Tokyo's Ginza district, can be seen at the back. The festival, one of Japan's largest winter events, runs from Feb. 5 to Feb. 11.

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Toyota's Avalon at N.Y. auto show

NEW YORK, United States - Toyota Motor Corp. unveils the 2013 Toyota Avalon, its U.S.-designed flagship sedan, at the New York International Auto Show in New York on April 5, 2012.