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Iranian negotiator Jalili in Geneva

GENEVA, Switzerland - Iran's nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili, secretary of the country's Supreme National Security Council, speaks at a press conference in Geneva on Dec. 7, 2010. Jalili justified Iran's nuclear program after the talks with the United States and its Security Council allies.

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Caslavska receives Japanese order

PRAGUE, Czech Republic - Vera Caslavska, a gymnast from the former Czechoslovakia, shows off the medal of the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon conferred by Japan in a ceremony at the Japanese ambassador's official residence in Prague on Dec. 7, 2010. Caslavska, a 68-year-old gold medalist at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, was awarded under the 2010 autumn decoration for her contribution to the enhancement of friendship between the Czech Republic and Japan.

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Caslavska receives Japanese order

PRAGUE, Czech Republic - Vera Caslavska, a gymnast from the former Czechoslovakia, addresses an award ceremony after receiving the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon, from Japan at the Japanese ambassador's official residence in Prague on Dec. 7, 2010. Caslavska, a 68-year-old gold medalist at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, was awarded under the 2010 autumn decoration for her contribution to the enhancement of friendship between the Czech Republic and Japan.

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Yeonpyeong Island after attack

YEONPYEONG ISLAND, South Korea - Pak Ro Gun and his wife prepare ''kimchi'' pickles on Dec. 7, 2010, on Yeonpyeong Island, a South Korean territory near the western sea border, which was shelled by North Korea. The couple, who evacuated to Incheon, west of Seoul, said they temporarily returned to the island to make the pickles.

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Computers with Google OS to be launched

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Google Inc. Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt speaks at a press conference in San Francisco on Dec. 7, 2010. Google announced that PC makers will begin selling computers with its ''Chrome'' operating system in the middle of 2011, pitting the American search engine giant against Microsoft Corp. in the operating system market.

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Nobel Prize winners Suzuki, Negishi in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Japanese winners of the 2010 Nobel Prize in chemistry Akira Suzuki (L) and Eiichi Negishi attend a press conference on Dec. 7, 2010, in Stockholm, ahead of the Dec. 10 award ceremony.

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Commemorating Pearl Harbor

HONOLULU, United States - U.S. veterans and other people attend a ceremony at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Dec. 7, 2010, to commemorate victims of Japan's 1941 Pearl Harbor attack.

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Kabuki star Ebizo to take indefinite timeout

TOKYO, Japan - Photographers and TV crews crowd a room at Kabuki star Ichikawa Ebizo's press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Dec. 7, 2010. The actor, who was recently involved in a bar brawl after drinking heavily, announced he is suspending performances for an indefinite period.

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Kabuki star Ebizo to take indefinite timeout

TOKYO, Japan - Photographers and TV crews crowd a room at Kabuki star Ichikawa Ebizo's press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Dec. 7, 2010. The actor, who was recently involved in a bar brawl after drinking heavily, announced he is suspending performances for an indefinite period.

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Kabuki star Ebizo to take indefinite timeout

TOKYO, Japan - Kabuki star Ichikawa Ebizo (L) bows in apology at a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Dec. 7, 2010. The actor, who was recently involved in a bar brawl after drinking heavily, announced he is suspending performances for an indefinite period.

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Kabuki star Ebizo to take indefinite timeout

TOKYO, Japan - Kabuki star Ichikawa Ebizo takes a sip of water during a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Dec. 7, 2010. The actor, who was recently involved in a bar brawl after drinking heavily, announced he is suspending performances for an indefinite period.

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Kabuki star Ebizo to take indefinite timeout

TOKYO, Japan - Kabuki star Ichikawa Ebizo, with a bloodshot eye, listens to a reporter at a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Dec. 7, 2010. The actor, who was recently involved in a bar brawl after drinking heavily, announced he is suspending performances for an indefinite period.

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Panmunjeon tour resumed

SEOUL, South Korea - An officer of the North Korean People's Army stands guard at the Panmunjeom truce village Dec. 7, 2010. A tour of the area between the Koreas was resumed for the first time since a North Korean artillery attack on Yeonpyeong Island.

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Kabuki star Ebizo to take indefinite timeout

TOKYO, Japan - Kabuki star Ichikawa Ebizo, with a bloodshot eye, speaks at a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Dec. 7, 2010. The actor, who was recently involved in a bar brawl after drinking heavily, announced he is suspending performances for an indefinite period.

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Kabuki star Ebizo to take indefinite timeout

TOKYO, Japan - Kabuki star Ichikawa Ebizo bows in apology at a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Dec. 7, 2010. The actor, who was recently involved in a bar brawl after drinking heavily, announced he is suspending performances for an indefinite period.

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Panmunjeon tour resumed

SEOUL, South Korea - A tourist takes a cellphone photo during a tour of the Panmunjeom truce village Dec. 7, 2010. The tour was resumed for the first time since the North Korean artillery attack on Yeonpyeong Island.

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Kabuki star Ebizo to take indefinite timeout

TOKYO, Japan - Kabuki star Ichikawa Ebizo bows in apology at a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Dec. 7, 2010. The actor, who was recently involved in a bar brawl after drinking heavily, announced he is suspending performances for an indefinite period.

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China showcases world's fastest train

BEIJING, China - Iranian government officials listen to a China South Locomotive agent (3rd from R) explaining about the company's CRH380A, the world's fastest bullet train, during an exhibition in Beijing on Dec. 7, 2010. The train has clocked 486.1 kilometers per hour.

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China repeats call for N. Korea talks

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu allows a reporter to ask a question at a press conference in Beijing on Dec. 7, 2010. China repeated a call on parties of the six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear programs to gather for a head-of-delegation meeting of the framework.

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Giants' Chono re-signs for 35 mil. yen

TOKYO, Japan - Yomiuri Giants outfielder Hisayoshi Chono holds a cake at the head office of the professional baseball club in Tokyo on Dec. 7, 2010, one day after his birthday. Chono, the Central League's rookie of the year, re-signed with the Giants for 35 million yen the same day.

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Venus probe Akatsuki

SAGAMIHARA, Japan - Personnel involved in Japan's planetary exploration mission with Venus probe Akatsuki stare at monitors at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Sagamihara Campus in Kanagawa Prefecture on Dec. 7, 2010, as communication with the probe was temporarily lost. Akatsuki was set to go into orbit around Venus on the same day. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Fishermen demand the opening of Isahaya Bay dike

TOKYO, Japan - Protestors, mostly from the fishing industry, sit in front of the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 7, 2010, demanding that the government swiftly open the Isahaya Bay dike in Nagasaki Prefecture. The Fukuoka High Court ordered the state to open the dike's drainage gates the previous day, in support of the fishermen, acknowledging the closure of the gate has damaged the local fisheries industry.

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China repeats call for N. Korea talks

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu allows a reporter to ask a question at a press conference in Beijing on Dec. 7, 2010. China repeated a call on parties of the six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear programs to gather for a head-of-delegation meeting of the framework.

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Venus probe Akatsuki

SAGAMIHARA, Japan - Photo taken at Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Sagamihara Campus in Kanagawa Prefecture shows a model of Japanese space probe Akatsuki's thruster, a liquid rocket engine, designed to propel the probe into orbit. Akatsuki was set to go into orbit around Venus by retrofiring the device on Dec. 7, 2010.

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Venus probe Akatsuki

SAGAMIHARA, Japan - Personnel involved in Japan's planetary exploration mission with Venus probe Akatsuki look at data sent from the probe on monitors at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Sagamihara Campus in Kanagawa Prefecture on Dec. 7, 2010. Akatsuki was set to go into orbit around Venus on the same day. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Venus probe Akatsuki

SAGAMIHARA, Japan - People gather at Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Sagamihara Campus in Kanagawa Prefecture to keep track on news about Japanese space probe Akatsuki on Dec. 7, 2010. Akatsuki was set to go into orbit around Venus the same day.

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Clinton to meet Okada in Hawaii on Jan. 12: State Dept.

WASHINGTON, United States - Kurt Campbell, assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, speaks on the upcoming meeting between U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada in Washington on Dec. 7, 2010. He said the meeting is expected to address a dispute between Japan and the United States over relocating a U.S. airbase in Japan's Okinawa Prefecture.

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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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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.