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UK: Storm Bert Triggers Severe Flooding Across England And Wales

Storm Bert struck England and Wales on Saturday, November 23, bringing heavy rain, power outages, and traffic disruptions, while triggering severe flooding in multiple regions. Over 100 flood warnings were issued across the UK.

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Profile: Xi Jinping the reformer

(240715) -- BEIJING, July 15, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Xi Jinping lays a flower basket in front of the bronze statue of Deng Xiaoping in Lianhuashan Park in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Dec. 8, 2012. TO GO WITH "Profile: Xi Jinping the reformer" Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Lan Hongguang)

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Buddhist priests preaching to struggling job seekers

TOKYO, Japan - Job-hunting university students learn from a Buddhist priest how to practice Zen sitting meditation at a Tokyo hotel on Dec. 8, 2012.

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Supporters for Park, Moon

SEOUL, South Korea - Combination photo taken in Seoul on Dec. 8, 2012, shows supporters for Park Geun Hye (L), the ruling Saenuri Party candidate in South Korea's Dec. 19 presidential election, and supporters for opposition Democratic United Party candidate Moon Jae In. Media exit polls conducted on the election day showed a majority of voters in their 20s and 30s voted for Moon, while a majority of voters in their 50s, 60s and above voted for Park, who won the election.

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Chocolate cherry blossom

TOKYO, Japan - A cherry blossom artwork made of chocolate is unveiled to the media in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2012. Students from the University of Tokyo and Tokyo University of the Arts as well as an artist took part in the project to make the work, about 1.20 meters in diameter and weighing around 85 kilograms, using KitKat, a chocolate product made by Nestle Japan Ltd., to encourage students preparing for entrance examinations. The work will be exhibited at Cafe Nescafe Harajuku in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward from Dec. 20 through Jan. 8.

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U.S. school shooting

NEWTOWN, United States - Junko Fischer, mother of two daughters who are pupils at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in the state of New York on Dec. 15, 2012. Her daughters -- Cate, 8 and Grace, 6 -- narrowly escaped a mass shooting Dec. 14 at the school where 26 students and teachers were killed.

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U.S. school shooting

NEWTOWN, United States - Madison Freedman (R), 8 years old, who lives in Newtown, Connecticut, visits Dec. 16, 2012, a makeshift memorial near Sandy Hook Elementary School in the town, where 26 students and teachers were killed by a gunman on Dec. 14.

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Climate Conference in Doha

DOHA, Qatar - The 18th Conference of Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change closes in Doha, Qatar, on Dec. 8, 2012.

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Figure skating Grand Prix Final

SOCHI, Russia - Japan's Daisuke Takahashi (C) holds the gold medal after winning the men's section of the figure skating Grand Prix Final in Sochi, Russia, on Dec. 8, 2012. Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu (L) won the silver and Canadian Patrick Chan (R) the bronze.

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Climate Conference in Doha

DOHA, Qatar - The 18th Conference of Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change closes in Doha, Qatar, on Dec. 8, 2012.

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Figure skating Grand Prix Final

SOCHI, Russia - Japan's Daisuke Takahashi performs during the men's free skate in the figure skating Grand Prix Final in Sochi, Russia, on Dec. 8, 2012. Takahashi won gold.

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Figure skating Grand Prix Final

SOCHI, Russia - Japan's Daisuke Takahashi performs during the men's free skate in the figure skating Grand Prix Final in Sochi, Russia, on Dec. 8, 2012. Takahashi won gold.

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Figure skating Grand Prix Final

SOCHI, Russia - Japan's Daisuke Takahashi performs during the men's free skate in the figure skating Grand Prix Final in Sochi, Russia, on Dec. 8, 2012. Takahashi won gold.

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Figure skating Grand Prix Final

SOCHI, Russia - Japan's Daisuke Takahashi performs during the men's free skate in the figure skating Grand Prix Final in Sochi, Russia, on Dec. 8, 2012. Takahashi won gold.

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Figure skating Grand Prix Final

SOCHI, Russia - Japan's Daisuke Takahashi performs during the men's free skate in the figure skating Grand Prix Final in Sochi, Russia, on Dec. 8, 2012. Takahashi won gold.

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Figure skating Grand Prix Final

SOCHI, Russia - Japan's Daisuke Takahashi performs during the men's free skate in the figure skating Grand Prix Final in Sochi, Russia, on Dec. 8, 2012. Takahashi won gold.

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Figure skating Grand Prix Final

SOCHI, Russia - Japan's Daisuke Takahashi performs during the men's free skate in the figure skating Grand Prix Final in Sochi, Russia, on Dec. 8, 2012. Takahashi won gold.

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Figure skating Grand Prix Final

SOCHI, Russia - Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu performs during the men's free skate in the figure skating Grand Prix Final in Sochi, Russia, on Dec. 8, 2012. Hanyu won silver.

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Figure skating Grand Prix Final

SOCHI, Russia - Japan's Daisuke Takahashi performs during the men's free skate in the figure skating Grand Prix Final in Sochi, Russia, on Dec. 8, 2012. Takahashi won gold.

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Figure skating Grand Prix Final

SOCHI, Russia - Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu performs during the men's free skate in the figure skating Grand Prix Final in Sochi, Russia, on Dec. 8, 2012. Hanyu won silver.

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Figure skating Grand Prix Final

SOCHI, Russia - Japan's Daisuke Takahashi performs during the men's free skate in the figure skating Grand Prix Final in Sochi, Russia, on Dec. 8, 2012. Takahashi won gold.

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Asada wins Grand Prix Final

SOCHI, Russia - Mao Asada of Japan performs in the women's free skate at the Grand Prix Final in Sochi, Russia on Dec. 8, 2012. Asada won with 196.80 points.

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Figure skating Grand Prix Final

SOCHI, Russia - Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu performs during the men's free skate in the figure skating Grand Prix Final in Sochi, Russia, on Dec. 8, 2012. Hanyu won silver.

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Asada wins Grand Prix Final

SOCHI, Russia - Mao Asada of Japan performs in the women's free skate at the Grand Prix Final in Sochi, Russia on Dec. 8, 2012. Asada won with 196.80 points.

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Figure skating Grand Prix Final

SOCHI, Russia - Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu performs during the men's free skate in the figure skating Grand Prix Final in Sochi, Russia, on Dec. 8, 2012. Hanyu won silver.

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Figure skating Grand Prix Final

SOCHI, Russia - Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu performs during the men's free skate in the figure skating Grand Prix Final in Sochi, Russia, on Dec. 8, 2012. Hanyu won silver.

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Figure skating Grand Prix Final

SOCHI, Russia - Japan's Mao Asada (C) holds the gold medal after winning the women's section of the figure skating Grand Prix Final in Sochi, Russia, on Dec. 8, 2012. American Ashley Wagner (L) won the silver and Japan's Akiko Suzuki (R) the bronze.

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Asada wins Grand Prix Final

SOCHI, Russia - Mao Asada of Japan performs in the women's free skate at the Grand Prix Final in Sochi, Russia on Dec. 8, 2012. Asada won with 196.80 points.

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Asada wins Grand Prix Final

SOCHI, Russia - Mao Asada of Japan performs in the women's free skate at the Grand Prix Final in Sochi, Russia on Dec. 8, 2012. Asada won with 196.80 points.

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Asada wins Grand Prix Final

SOCHI, Russia - Mao Asada of Japan performs in the women's free skate at the Grand Prix Final in Sochi, Russia on Dec. 8, 2012. Asada won with 196.80 points.

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Asada wins Grand Prix Final

SOCHI, Russia - Mao Asada of Japan performs in the women's free skate at the Grand Prix Final in Sochi, Russia on Dec. 8, 2012. Asada won with 196.80 points.

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Asada wins Grand Prix Final

SOCHI, Russia - Mao Asada of Japan performs in the women's free skate at the Grand Prix Final in Sochi, Russia on Dec. 8, 2012. Asada won with 196.80 points.

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Asada wins Grand Prix Final

SOCHI, Russia - Mao Asada of Japan performs in the women's free skate at the Grand Prix Final in Sochi, Russia on Dec. 8, 2012. Asada won with 196.80 points.

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Asada wins Grand Prix Final

SOCHI, Russia - Mao Asada of Japan performs in the women's free skate at the Grand Prix Final in Sochi, Russia on Dec. 8, 2012. Asada won with 196.80 points.

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25th anniv. of Hamas establishment

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Authority - Photo taken Dec. 8, 2012, shows supporters of Hamas at a rally in the Palestinian self-governing area of Gaza to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Islamic group.

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Haitian President Martelly

TOKYO, Japan - Haitian President Michel Martelly is interviewed by Kyodo News in Tokyo on Dec. 8, 2012.

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25th anniv. of Hamas establishment

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Authority - Photo taken Dec. 8, 2012, shows supporters of Hamas at a rally in the Palestinian self-governing area of Gaza to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Islamic group.

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Nintendo's new Wii U game console

OSAKA, Japan - People line up at a store in Osaka to buy the Wii U game console on Dec. 8, 2012, when Nintendo Co. began selling in Japan the successor to its video game console Wii.

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Nintendo's new Wii U game console

OSAKA, Japan - People smile at a store in Osaka after buying the Wii U game console on Dec. 8, 2012, when Nintendo Co. began selling in Japan the successor to its video game console Wii.

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Rakugo artist Katsura Bunshi

TOKYO, Japan - Rakugo artist Katsura Bunshi holds a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Nov. 29, 2012. The 69-year-old artist, formerly known as Katsura Sanshi, will give performances of comic storytelling in Paris on Dec. 7 and 8 as part of ongoing shows marking his succession to the name of his late master.

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Rakugo artist Katsura Bunshi

TOKYO, Japan - Rakugo artist Katsura Bunshi is pictured at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Nov. 29, 2012. The 69-year-old artist, formerly known as Katsura Sanshi, will give performances of comic storytelling in Paris on Dec. 7 and 8 as part of ongoing shows marking his succession to the name of his late master.

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Japan, Russia agree to arrange Noda's Russia trip in Dec.

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (L) and Russian President Vladimir Putin hold talks in Vladivostok, Russia, on Sept. 8, 2012. They agreed to arrange a visit to Russia by Noda in December and a vice minister-level meeting between the two countries in the fall as part of efforts to address a long-standing territorial dispute. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan, Russia agree to arrange Noda's Russia trip in Dec.

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (L) and Russian President Vladimir Putin hold talks in Vladivostok, Russia, on Sept. 8, 2012. They agreed to arrange a visit to Russia by Noda in December and a vice minister-level meeting between the two countries in the fall as part of efforts to address a long-standing territorial dispute. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan, Russia agree to arrange Noda's Russia trip in Dec.

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (L) and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands ahead of talks in Vladivostok, Russia, on Sept. 8, 2012. They agreed to arrange a visit to Russia by Noda in December and a vice minister-level meeting between the two countries in the fall as part of efforts to address a long-standing territorial dispute. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japanese ski jumper Takanashi

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 3, 2011, shows Japanese teenage ski jumper Sara Takanashi. Takanashi, 15, placed second in a World Cup event on Jan. 8, 2012, in Hinterzarten, Germany, becoming the first Japanese female jumper to stand on the podium in the three events held so far on the inaugural World Cup ski jumping circuit.

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Firebombs tossed at Japan Embassy in Seoul

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken on Dec. 26, 2011, shows the charred lower part of a gate at the war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo. A man arrested after tossing firebombs at the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on Jan. 8, 2012, said he set a fire to the shrine gate in Tokyo, but that claim is yet to be confirmed.

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Actress Naomi Kawashima leaves essay before dying from cancer

Photo taken in Tokyo on Oct. 15, 2012, shows actress Naomi Kawashima (R) and her celebrity patissier husband Toshihiko Yoroizuka. Kawashima wrote an essay to reveal how she battled bile duct cancer, before passing away in September 2015 at age 54. The essay, combined with notes written by Yoroizuka, will be published as a book titled "Curtain Call" on Dec. 8, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese ski jumper Takanashi

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 3, 2011, shows Japanese teenage ski jumper Sara Takanashi. Takanashi, 15, placed second in a World Cup event on Jan. 8, 2012, in Hinterzarten, Germany, becoming the first Japanese female jumper to stand on the podium in the three events held so far on the inaugural World Cup ski jumping circuit. (Kyodo)

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Firebombs tossed at Japan Embassy in Seoul

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken on Dec. 26, 2011, shows the charred lower part of a gate at the war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo. A man arrested after tossing firebombs at the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on Jan. 8, 2012, said he set a fire to the shrine gate in Tokyo, but that claim is yet to be confirmed. (Kyodo)

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Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe

Shinzo Abe (L), as Liberal Democratic Party president, bows deeply during a stump rally in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Dec. 8, 2012. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo