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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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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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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.