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Matsuzaka wins 1st game of season, 50th in bigs

BOSTON, United States - The Boston Red Sox's Daisuke Matsuzaka pitches during a game against the Kansas City Royals at Fenway Park in Boston on Aug. 27, 2012. Matsuzaka returned to the majors in style, working seven innings in the Red Sox's 5-1 win. The victory was Matsuzaka's 50th in the big leagues and his first since May 8, 2011.

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Egypt at Ramadan

CAIRO, Egypt - People eat a fast-breaking dinner called Iftar during the Ramadan fasting month on Aug. 8, 2011.

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S. Sudan after independence

JUBA, Southern Sudan - Vehicles line up at a gas station in the Southern Sudan capital Juba on Aug. 8, 2011, as the country suffers a fuel shortage about a month after independence from Sudan.

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Object from nuclear arms

NAGASAKI, Japan - An egg-shaped object made from melted metal parts of a Russian nuclear-powered submarine and nuclear missile is shown to reporters in Nagasaki on Aug. 8, 2011, a day before the southwestern Japan city marks the 66th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing.

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Rice field in Chiba Pref.

NARITA, Japan - Photo taken on Aug. 8, 2011, shows a rice field in Chiba Prefecture.

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Nagasaki on eve of A-bomb anniv.

NAGASAKI, Japan - Lanterns are lit in Nagasaki Peace Park in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 8, 2011 on the eve of the 66th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the city, to console the souls of people killed in the 1945 attack as well as those who perished in the March 11 disaster in the northeast.

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Yingluck Shinawatra becomes 1st Thai female premier

BANGKOK, Thailand - Yingluck Shinawatra (C) is pictured after being endorsed as Thailand's 28th prime minister by Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej in Bangkok on Aug. 8, 2011. The youngest sister of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra became the first female premier in the country.

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Japanese Finance Minister Noda after G-7 teleconference

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda is surrounded by reporters in the ministry building in Tokyo on Aug. 8, 2011, shortly after holding an emergency teleconference with his Group of Seven counterparts amid debt problems in the United States and Europe.

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Yingluck Shinawatra becomes 1st Thai female premier

BANGKOK, Thailand - Yingluck Shinawatra (R) poses for pictures with her husband and son after being endorsed as Thailand's 28th prime minister by Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej in Bangkok on Aug. 8, 2011. The youngest sister of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra became the first female premier in the country.

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Prime Minister Kan and U.N. chief Ban

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) and U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon meet at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Aug. 8, 2011.

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Russian NGO member speaks at Nagasaki peace event

NAGASAKI, Japan - Anton Vdovichenko, a leading member of the Russian nongovernmental organization Radimichi, delivers a lecture during an antinuclear event in Nagasaki on Aug. 8, 2011. Vdovichenko talked about support for children affected by the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

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Suu Kyi marks 23rd anniversary of Myanmar uprising

YANGON, Myanmar - Pro-democracy activists in Myanmar led by Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi (C) mark the 23rd anniversary on Aug. 8, 2011, of the 1988 nationwide popular uprising against the dictatorship in the country, by holding a religious ceremony at a monastery in Yangon.

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U.N. chief Ban visits Fukushima

SOMA, Japan - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (front R) tours a coastal area in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 8, 2011, guided by Soma Mayor Hidekiyo Tachiya, (front L). Earlier on the same day, Ban encouraged evacuees and also met with high school students in the northeastern Japan prefecture, which is still suffering damage from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and subsequent nuclear crisis.

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Sony to sell storage battery for offices, shops

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in Tokyo on Aug. 8, 2011, shows the ESSP-2000 lithium-ion storage battery that Sony Corp. will market in September 2011 for use mainly in company offices and retail stores, hoping to tap demand amid concern over electricity supply constraints following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. The battery can be charged via six power outlets at night when power demand is low and use the stored electricity during the day or as a backup in the event of a blackout, the company said the same day.

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Rice futures trading restarted in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Grain Exchange chief Yoshiaki Watanabe answers questions from reporters during a press conference on the start of rice futures trading on the exchange in Chuo Ward, Tokyo on Aug. 8, 2011. The rice futures trading was restarted for the first time in 72 years in Japan.

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U.N. chief Ban visits Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (2nd from R) receives gifts from students at Fukushima Minami High School in the city of Fukushima on Aug. 8, 2011. Earlier the same day, Ban visited a gymnasium in the city of Fukushima and encouraged people who are taking refuge there due to the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and subsequent nuclear crisis.

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U.N. chief Ban visits Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (R) talks with one of the evacuees at a gymnasium where about 300 people are taking refuge due to the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and subsequent nuclear crisis, in the city of Fukushima on Aug. 8, 2011.

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U.N. chief Ban visits Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (L) talks with some of the evacuees at a gymnasium where about 300 people are taking refuge due to the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and subsequent nuclear crisis, in the city of Fukushima on Aug. 8, 2011.

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U.N. chief Ban visits Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (R) talks with one of the evacuees at a gymnasium where about 300 people are taking refuge due to the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and subsequent nuclear crisis, in the city of Fukushima on Aug. 8, 2011.

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Rice futures trading restarted in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Grain Exchange chief Yoshiaki Watanabe rings the opening bell at a ceremony to start rice futures trading on the exchange in Chuo Ward, Tokyo on Aug. 8, 2011. The rice futures trading was restarted for the first time in 72 years in Japan.

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Rice futures trading restarted in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A signboard shows a message to celebrate the launch of rice futures trading on the Tokyo Grain Exchange in Chuo Ward, Tokyo on Aug. 8, 2011. The rice futures trading was restarted for the first time in 72 years in Japan.

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New Tibetan leader sworn in

DHARAMSALA, India - Lobsang Sangay (L, front), the new prime minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile, receives the blessing of Tibetan spiritual leader the 14th Dalai Lama in Dharamsala, northern India, on Aug. 8, 2011.

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New Tibetan leader sworn in

DHARAMSALA, India - Lobsang Sangay makes a speech in Dharamsala, northern India, on Aug. 8, 2011, shortly after being sworn in as the new prime minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile.

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New U.S. Army training facility

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Maj. Randall G. Baucom gives explanations as the U.S. Army showed to reporters its new training facility in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, on July 8, 2011. The facility to conduct computer simulation drills on war and disasters will open Aug. 4.

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New U.S. Army training facility

YOKOHAMA, Japan - The U.S. Army shows to reporters its new training facility in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, on July 8, 2011. The facility to conduct computer simulation drills on war and disasters will open Aug. 4.