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Chief rabbi in Germany

BERLIN, Germany - Israel's chief rabbi Yona Metzger (C) speaks during a press conference in Berlin, Germany, on Aug. 21, 2012.

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Japan's swimmers aiming high at Paralympics

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Rina Akiyama practices on Aug. 21, 2012, during final preparations for the London Paralympics in a training session opened up to the media at their base in Basildon, around 40 kilometers east of the Olympic Park in London.

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Japan's swimmers aiming high at Paralympics

LONDON, Britain - (From front) Japan's Takayuki Suzuki and Keiichi Kimura practice on Aug. 21, 2012, during final preparations for the London Paralympics in a training session opened up to the media at their base in Basildon, around 40 kilometers east of the Olympic Park in London.

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Lt. Gen. Glueck

NAHA, Japan - An Aug. 21, 2012, file photo shows Lt. Gen. Kenneth Glueck, commanding general of the Third Marine Expeditionary Force, at the U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Courtney in Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture.

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Turkey border with Syria

KILIS, Turkey - Photo shows a border checkpoint in Kilis, southern Turkey, on Aug. 21, 2012. A flow of Syrian refugees continues at the crossing.

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Japan proposes to S. Korea taking isles dispute to ICJ

SEOUL, South Korea - Kotaro Otsuki (C), an official at the Japanese Embassy in South Korea, arrives at the South Korean Foreign Ministry in Seoul on Aug. 21, 2012, to deliver Japan's formal proposal for the two countries to jointly seek a resolution at the International Court of Justice for their dispute over a group of sparsely inhabited islands in the Sea of Japan. South Korea has already indicated it would reject the offer over the disputed isles, known as Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea, which are controlled by Seoul but claimed by Tokyo.

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Japanese students in Geneva

GENEVA, Switzerland - Jarmo Sareva (C), deputy director general of the U.N. Conference on Disarmament, poses with Japanese high school students at the U.N. office in Geneva on Aug. 21, 2012. A group of Japanese and Brazilian high school students presented to the secretariat of the U.N. Conference on Disarmament around 155,000 signatures that they collected from across the globe in seeking the abolition of nuclear weapons.

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Lt. Gen. Glueck on Osprey deployment

NAHA, Japan - Lt. Gen. Kenneth Glueck, commanding general of the Third Marine Expeditionary Force, is interviewed by Kyodo News in Okinawa Prefecture on Aug. 21, 2012. Glueck said U.S. MV-22 Osprey military aircraft will be deployed in Okinawa "sometime after" Sept. 9.

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Japan proposes to S. Korea taking isles dispute to ICJ

SEOUL, South Korea - Kotaro Otsuki (C), an official at the Japanese Embassy in South Korea, is surrounded by reporters at the South Korean Foreign Ministry in Seoul on Aug. 21, 2012, after delivering Japan's formal proposal to the ministry for the two countries to jointly seek a resolution at the International Court of Justice for their dispute over a group of sparsely inhabited islands in the Sea of Japan. South Korea has already indicated it would reject the offer over the disputed isles, known as Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea, which are controlled by Seoul but claimed by Tokyo.

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Suzuki resumes production at violence-wracked Indian plant

MANESAR, India - Photo shows a plant of Maruti Suzuki India Ltd., India's largest automaker, in Manesar in the northern Indian state of Haryana on Aug. 21, 2012, where operations resumed the same day amid tight security after a one-month hiatus. Maruti Suzuki, Japanese automaker Suzuki Motor Co.'s Indian subsidiary, shut down the plant on July 21, three days after it was racked by worker violence that led to the death of a plant manager and left more than 100 people injured including two Japanese workers.

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Comedian completes 9-day marathon across quake-hit area

IWAKI, Japan - Comedian Kampei Hazama (C) finishes his nine-day marathon at Spa Resort Hawaiians in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 21, 2012. Hazama ran around 460 kilometers across the three northeastern prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima that were hit hardest by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in an effort to encourage those living there.

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Journalist Yamamoto dead in Syrian clash

KILIS, Turkey - Freelance Japanese journalist Kazutaka Sato is interviewed by Kyodo News at a hotel in Kilis, southern Turkey, on Aug. 21, 2012. Sato, 56, who worked with another freelance Japanese journalist, Mika Yamamoto, reported her death in Syria the previous day to Japan's Foreign Ministry. At front is Yamamoto's bulletproof vest.

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Comedian completes 9-day marathon across quake-hit area

IWAKI, Japan - Comedian Kampei Hazama (C) is seen shortly after finishing his nine-day marathon at Spa Resort Hawaiians in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 21, 2012. Hazama ran around 460 kilometers across the three northeastern prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima that were hit hardest by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in an effort to encourage those living there.

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Japan proposes to S. Korea taking isles dispute to ICJ

SEOUL, South Korea - Cho Tai Young, a spokesman for South Korea's Foreign Ministry, speaks at the ministry in Seoul on Aug. 21, 2012, about Japan's proposal for the two countries to jointly take their dispute over a pair of sparsely inhabited islands in the Sea of Japan to the International Court of Justice. South Korea rejected the Japanese proposal.

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Journalist Yamamoto killed in Syrian clash

KOFU, Japan - Koji Yamamoto, father of Mika Yamamoto, is interviewed at his home in Tsuru, Yamanashi Prefecture, on the morning of Aug. 21, 2012. Mika Yamamoto, an award-winning Japanese journalist, died during a clash in Aleppo in northern Syria, where rebels and forces loyal to the Syrian government have been fighting, with the Japanese Foreign Ministry confirming her identity earlier that morning.

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Suzuki resumes production at Indian plant

MANESAR, India - Security guards stand in front of a plant of Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. in Manesar in the northern Indian state of Haryana on Aug. 21, 2012. Maruti Suzuki, Japanese automaker Suzuki Motor Co.'s Indian subsidiary, resumed operations the same day at the violence-wracked plant after a one-month hiatus.

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New N700A shinkansen bullet train

HAMAMATSU, Japan - Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) unveils to the media on Aug. 21, 2012, its new N700A shinkansen bullet train with enhanced braking systems and other features at its Hamamatsu factory in Shizuoka Prefecture ahead of its commercial operation debut in February 2013.

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New N700A shinkansen bullet train

HAMAMATSU, Japan - Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) unveils to the media on Aug. 21, 2012, its new N700A shinkansen bullet train with enhanced braking systems and other features at its Hamamatsu factory in Shizuoka Prefecture ahead of its commercial operation debut in February 2013.

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Suzuki resumes production at Indian plant

MANESAR, India - People come to a plant of Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. in Manesar in the northern Indian state of Haryana, on Aug. 21, 2012. Maruti Suzuki, Japanese automaker Suzuki Motor Co.'s Indian subsidiary, resumed operations later that day at the violence-wracked plant after a one-month hiatus.