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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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Afghan presidential election

KABUL, Afghanistan - Former Afghan Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah speaks during a rally in Kabul on Feb. 2, 2014. Abdullah is running in the April 5, 2014, Afghan presidential election.

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Leading translators launch award through crowdfunding

TOKYO, Japan - Examples of foreign literature published in Japanese in 2014 that are eligible for nomination for the "Best Translation Award," newly established by several leading translators in Japan with money raised from crowdfunding, are shown on Jan. 5, 2015. Readers can nominate works for consideration via the award's website until Jan. 31 and the winner will be decided in April.

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Toyota posts record high operating profit for April-June

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. Managing Officer Takuo Sasaki briefs the press Aug. 5, 2014, on the automaker's financial results for the April-June quarter. Toyota group operating profit grew 4.4 percent from a year earlier to an all-time high of 692.73 billion yen for the quarter as brisk sales in North America more than offset a lackluster performance in Japan, where a sales tax hike April 1 triggered a sales decline.

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Visitors flock to Murakami Suigun Museum

MATSUYAMA, Japan - Visitors look at exhibited items at the Murakami Suigun Museum in Imabari, Ehime Prefecture, on May 5, 2014. Some 7,500 people visited the museum during this year's Golden Week holidays from April 26 to May 6, 2014, an all-time high, according to the museum. The high figure was possibly due to the popularity of the 2014 bookstore grand prix-winning novel "Murakami kaizoku no musume" (Daughter of Murakami Pirates) by Ryo Wada.

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Nagasaki youth mission to observe anti-nuke meeting in NY

NAGASAKI, Japan - The Nagasaki Youth Delegation, comprising eight female university students, poses with Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue (3rd from rear R) at Nagasaki University in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on April 5, 2014, ahead of its departure for New York on April 28 to join U.S. and European student groups in observing an international nuclear nonproliferation meeting.

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Nagasaki youth mission member speaks before leaving for NY

NAGASAKI, Japan - Sakura Arasaki speaks after being named a member of the Nagasaki Youth Delegation at Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on April 5, 2014. She is one of eight female university students on the mission scheduled to join U.S. and European student groups in observing an international nuclear nonproliferation meeting in New York.

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Presidential election held in Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan - Officials of a presidential election board in Afghanistan count votes as monitoring group members look on in Kabul on April 5, 2014.

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Leading Afghan presidential candidate Abdulla meets press

KABUL, Afghanistan - Former Afghan Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah meets reporters in Kabul on April 5, 2014, as a candidate for the nation's presidential election held on the same day.

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Japan gymnast Uchimura in air at Tokyo World Cup

TOKYO, Japan - London Olympics gymnastics champion Kohei Uchimura of Japan takes to the air during his floor exercise performance at the Tokyo World Cup competition on April 5, 2014.

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Medal winners at Tokyo World Cup gymnastics

TOKYO, Japan - London Olympics champion Kohei Uchimura (C), winner of the Tokyo World Cup gymnastics competition, is flanked by German runner-up Fabian Hambuechen (L) and fellow Japanese Ryohei Kato, who finished in third place, at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo on April 5, 2014.

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Japan gymnast Kato on pommel horse at Tokyo World Cup

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese gymnast Ryohei Kato performs his pommel horse routine during the Tokyo World Cup gymnastics competition at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo on April 5, 2014.

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U.S. soldiers gather for dialogue with Hagel in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. soldiers gather for a dialogue session with U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel at Yokota Air Base in Tokyo on April 5, 2014, during his visit to Japan.

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'Mud Festival' held in Kochi

KOCHI, Japan - A young girl puts mud on a man's face during the "Doronko Matsuri" (Mud Festival) at the Wakamiya Hachimangu Shinto shrine in the city of Kochi on April 5, 2014. Participants of the festival wish for good health and a good harvest.

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Tsunami alert after Chile quake

ONAGAWA, Japan - A firefighter watches the sea from a hill in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, at 5:44 a.m. on April 3, 2014, around the time when a tsunami was expected to arrive. A tsunami of up to 40 centimeters was observed in the early morning that day at a port on the Pacific coast of northeastern Japan's Iwate Prefecture following a magnitude 8.2 quake that hit Chile on April 1, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

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Former sumo wrestler Takatoriki turns to pro wrestling

TOKYO, Japan - Tadashige Kamakari (L), formerly sumo sekiwake Takatoriki, shakes hands with Satoru Sayama, the first ''Tiger Mask'' persona, in Tokyo on Feb. 5, 2014. Kamakari, who was fired by the Japan Sumo Association in 2010 over illegal betting on baseball games, will make his debut in professional wrestling on April 16 at a match organized by a group run by Sayama in Tokyo.

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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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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.