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China's Oct.-Dec. GDP grows 10.7% on year, 2009 GDP up 8.7%

BEIJING, China - Shoppers walk past a clothing store in a shopping district of Beijing, China, on Jan. 19, 2010. China said on Jan. 21 its economy grew 10.7 percent in the October-December quarter from the same period last year and expanded 8.7% for 2009.

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Sato, Nixon talk in Washington in 1969

TOKYO, Japan - This Nov. 19, 1969 file photo shows then Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato (L) and U.S. President Richard Nixon meeting at the White House. Sato's son said Dec. 22, 2009 that a document signed by Sato and Nixon on a secret bilateral security pact has been preserved.

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Panasonic completes new plasma panel plant in Amagasaki

OSAKA, Japan - This photo, taken on Dec. 19, 2009, shows Panasonic Corp.'s new plasma display panel plant (front) in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture. A ceremony of completion for the company's third Amagasaki plant, which is capable of producing the world's largest PDPs, measuring 330 cm by 190 cm, was held on Dec. 22, 2009.

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Japanese astronaut Noguchi gets ready for space travel

BIKONUR, Kazakhstan - Japanese astronauts Soichi Noguchi (R) and Satoshi Furukawa wave after a news conference at Russia's Bikonur space center in Bikonur, Kazakhstan on Dec. 19, 2009, prior to Noguchi's departure for the International Space Station slated Dec. 21. Noguchi will fly aboard Russia's Soyuz spacecraft, while Furukawa, who is scheduled to start his mission at the station in 2011, will be Noguchi's backup.

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Japanese astronaut Noguchi gets ready for space travel

BIKONUR, Kazakhstan - Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi waves after a news conference at Russia's Bikonur space center in Bikonur, Kazakhstan on Dec. 19, 2009, prior to his departure for the International Space Station slated Dec. 21. He will fly aboard Russia's Soyuz spacecraft.

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Japanese astronaut Noguchi gets ready for space travel

BIKONUR, Kazakhstan - Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi speaks at a news conference at Russia's Bikonur space center in Bikonur, Kazakhstan on Dec. 19, 2009, prior to his departure for the International Space Station slated Dec. 21. He will fly aboard Russia's Soyuz spacecraft.

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D. Kameda set for rematch with champion Denkaosen

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese boxer Daiki Kameda speaks during a news conference at Kameda boxing gym on Dec. 19, 2009, announcing that he will have a rematch with WBA flyweight champion Denkaosen Kaowichit in Kobe on Feb. 7, 2010.

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2 climbing companions of ex-F1 driver Katayama found dead

GOTEMBA, Japan - Former Formula One racing driver Ukyo Katayama speaks to reporters in front of the Gotemba police station in Shizuoka Prefecture on Dec. 19, 2009, after seeing the bodies of his two climbing companions. Katayama and his company's employees Eiichi Usami and Toshio Horikawa began climbing the 3,776-meter Mt. Fuji on Dec. 17 but were stranded on the mountain.

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D. Kameda set for rematch with champion Denkaosen

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese boxer Daiki Kameda speaks during a news conference at Kameda boxing gym on Dec. 19, 2009, announcing that he will have a rematch with WBA flyweight champion Denkaosen Kaowichit in Kobe on Feb. 7, 2010.

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Heavy snow hits Sea of Japan coastal area

NAGOYA, Japan - Young people play with snow from the hedges of Nagoya Castle in Nagoya on Dec. 19, 2009. Heavy snow covered the Sea of Japan coastal area as a strong cold front remains in the atmosphere above northern and western Japan.

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Chinese president in Macao for 10th anniversary of handover

MACAO, China - Chinese President Hu Jintao (below) is seen at a banquet in Macao on the eve of its 10th handover anniversary, while Edmund Ho (behind), chief executive of Macao, makes a speech, in Macao on Dec. 19, 2009.

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Exhibition draws protests from pro-Tibet supporters

TOKYO, Japan - Two pro-Tibet activists holding Tibetan flags rally near the Ueno Royal Museum on Dec. 19, 2009, in Tokyo's Taito Ward which is hosting a Tibetan Buddhist exhibition. Sponsors and the Tokyo museum have come under sharp criticism from such activists who say the display is politically biased because of the lack of reference to historical facts about the region.

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Hatoyama back in Japan after attending COP15 meeting in Copenhagen

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and his wife Miyuki arrive at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2009, after attending a meeting of leaders at a key U.N. climate change conference in Copenhagen.

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Imperial family visits children's park in Yokohama

YOKOHAMA, Japan - At Kodomonokuni, a children's park in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Emperor Akihito (behind pole) and Empress Michiko (C) met again with a pony that was sent by the president of Argentina as a gift in 1979, on Dec. 19, 2009. The imperial couple visited the nearly 100-hectare park, which was opened in commemoration of their marriage 50 years ago, with their children and grandchildren. (Pool photo)