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Xi Focus-Profile: Xi Jinping, man of culture

(240201) -- BEIJING, Feb. 1, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Xi Jinping, who was elected general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee at the first plenary session of the 18th CPC Central Committee, meets the press at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 15, 2012. TO GO WITH "Xi Focus-Profile: Xi Jinping, man of culture" (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)

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3 years after quake-tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Panoramic photos show the Shishiori area of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, (from top) on March 15, 2011, four days after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, on Aug. 30, 2012, and on Feb. 14, 2014.

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Remains found to be of Richard III

LEICESTER, Britain - People line up in front of Leicester Cathedral in Leicester, England, on Feb. 15, 2013, to view an exhibition on Richard III (1452-1485) in a neighboring building. Archeologists from the University of Leicester said on Feb. 4, 2013, that remains unearthed in Leicester in September 2012 are of the England monarch.

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Remains found to be of Richard III

LEICESTER, Britain - A Feb. 15, 2013, photo shows the car park where a set of human remains were found in Leicester, England, in September 2012. Archeologists from the University of Leicester said on Feb. 4, 2013, the remains are of Richard III (1452-1485).

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Empress chose kimono to support emperor

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko bow to bereaved families of victims of the devastating March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, during a government ceremony in Tokyo on March 11, 2012, to mark the first anniversary of the disaster. The empress chose to wear a kimono and Japanese sandals so she could move more easily to support the emperor, who had been discharged from the hospital a week earlier after undergoing heart bypass surgery on Feb. 18, in the event he were to fall, a senior Imperial Household Agency official said on March 15. (Pool photo)

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Asama Lodge incident

NAGANO, Japan - Photo shows Asama Lodge in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, on Feb. 15, 2012. Five radicals took a woman hostage at the lodge on Feb. 19, 1972. The police stormed the building and rescued the woman on Feb. 28 that year.

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Fukushima disaster resonates in Vermont nuclear debate

VERNON, United States - The Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant sits on the banks of the Connecticut River in southeastern Vermont. Photo taken Feb. 15, 2012.

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Japan beat Malaysia 4-0

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Japan Under-23 member Manabu Saito (15) celebrates with teammates Genki Haraguchi (L) and Keigo Higashi (10) after scoring during the second half of a game against Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur on Feb. 22, 2012, in Group C of the Asian zone qualifiers for the London Olympics. Japan won 4-0.

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Japan beat Malaysia 4-0

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Japan Under-23 member Hiroki Sakai (C) celebrates with teammates Genki Haraguchi (14) and Manabu Saito (15) after scoring the opening goal in the first half of a game against Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur on Feb. 22, 2012, in Group C of the Asian zone qualifiers for the London Olympics. Japan won 4-0.

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S. Korean police vow tight security for nuclear summit

SEOUL, South Korea - A South Korean police officer demonstrates his skill during a security drill in Seoul on Feb. 15, 2012, ahead of the Nuclear Security Summit in the city slated for March 26 to 27, 2012.

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World Bank chief Zoellick

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in December 2009 shows World Bank President Robert Zoellick. Zoellick said on Feb. 15, 2012, that he will step down June 30 when his five-year term ends.

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Kim Jong Il anniversary

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Locals and visitors crowd an annual flower show featuring ''Kimjongilia,'' a red flower of the begonia family named after the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, that began in Pyongyang on Feb. 15, 2012, a day before the 70th anniversary of his birth.

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Antiterror drill by S. Korean police for nuclear summit

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean police conduct an antiterrorism drill in Seoul on Feb. 15, 2012, in preparation for the Nuclear Security Summit in the city slated for March 26 to 27, 2012.

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Kim Jong Il anniversary

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A synchronized swimming show is held in Pyongyang on Feb. 15, 2012, a day before the 70th anniversary of the birth of the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. Performers shouted in unison, ''Defend Kim Jong Un at the risk of our lives,'' as they performed to the same song.

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Japan solicits tourists from India

MUMBAI, India - A townscape image of Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, is projected on the screen during a seminar held by the Japan National Tourism Organization and others in Mumbai, western India, on Feb. 15, 2012, targeting local travel agencies to attract tourists from India.

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Chinese President Hu meets European leaders

BEIJING, China - Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy shake hands at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Feb. 15, 2012, while European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (L) stands beside them. Hu expressed China's intention to take active roles in resolving Europe's debt crisis together with the international community. (Pool Photo)

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Declassified diplomatic documents

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Feb. 15, 2012, shows declassified diplomatic documents, including a document related to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, at the Diplomatic Archives of the Japanese Foreign Ministry in Tokyo. The documents were declassified the same day.

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Kim Jong Il anniversary

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Locals and visitors crowd an annual flower show featuring ''Kimjongilia,'' a red flower of the begonia family named after the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, that began in Pyongyang on Feb. 15, 2012, a day before the 70th anniversary of his birth.

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Passenger goes violent in U.S. plane

NARITA, Japan - Japanese police officers escort a man (C) to a police vehicle at Narita airport near Tokyo on Feb. 15, 2012, after he allegedly assaulted a flight attendant aboard a United Airlines plane flying over the Pacific en route to Chicago from Hong Kong. The police said he is an American man in his 20s. The plane made an unscheduled landing at Narita due to the incident before leaving for Chicago later in the day.

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Japan PM Noda, Israeli deputy PM Barak hold talks

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (R) and Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Ehud Barak hold talks at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Feb. 15, 2012, over Iran's suspected nuclear weapons program.

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JAL President Ueki at press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Co.'s new President Yoshiharu Ueki gives a press conference at the airline's head office in Tokyo on Feb. 15, 2012. JAL, currently undergoing rehabilitation after filing for bankruptcy in 2010, said it aims to raise its operating profit to 140 billion yen in fiscal 2013 in a five-year management plan announced the same day.

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Japan PM Noda, Israeli deputy PM Barak hold talks

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (R) and Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Ehud Barak shake hands at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Feb. 15, 2012. Noda and Barak held talks over Iran's suspected nuclear weapons program.

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Suu Kyi supports NLD candidate

HLEGU, Myanmar - Myanmar's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of the opposition National League for Democracy, in Hlegu, Myanmar, on Feb. 15, 2012, delivers an endorsement speech for her party's candidate for the April 1, 2012, parliamentary by-elections.

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Japan booth at Singapore Airshow

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Photo taken Feb. 15, 2012, shows an exhibition booth of Japanese companies set up by the Japan External Trade Organization at the Singapore Airshow in Singapore. The show runs from Feb. 14 to 19, 2012.

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Mental care center for people affected by March 2011 disaster

MORIOKA, Japan - Hisaki Miyadate (L), deputy governor of Iwate Prefecture, and Iwate Medical University President Akira Ogawa raise a signboard for a mental and emotional care facility for people affected by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, on Feb. 15, 2012. The facility, set up in the university the same day, is intended to provide free counseling and other services.

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JAL holds photo exhibition at Beijing airport

BEIJING, China - Japan Airlines Co. opens a photo exhibition showing the ties between Japan and China at Beijing international airport on Feb. 15, 2012, as the countries mark the 40th anniversary of the normalization of bilateral relations this year. The exhibition, including photographs of areas devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan, is scheduled to run through March 31, 2012.

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Preparatory drilling for methane hydrate production

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the deep-sea drilling vessel Chikyu beginning preparatory drilling for seabed methane hydrate production in waters around 1,000 meters deep in the Pacific off the Atsumi Peninsula near Nagoya on Feb. 15, 2012.

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Kim Jong Il named generalissimo

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Participants stand up during an event in Pyongyang on Feb. 15, 2012, a day before the 70th anniversary of the birth of late leader Kim Jong Il. The official media reported the same day that North Korea has given him the title of generalissimo.

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Geiko in Kyoto prepare for spring performance

KYOTO, Japan - Geiko including young apprentices called maiko attend a photo shoot in Kyoto on Feb. 15, 2012. They had a fitting session the same day for their upcoming ''Kitano Odori'' (Kitano Dance) performances from March 25 to April 7, 2012.

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Preparatory drilling for methane hydrate production

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the deep-sea drilling vessel Chikyu beginning preparatory drilling for seabed methane hydrate production in waters around 1,000 meters deep in the Pacific off the Atsumi Peninsula near Nagoya on Feb. 15, 2012.

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Preparatory drilling for methane hydrate production

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the deep-sea drilling vessel Chikyu preparing to start preparatory drilling for seabed methane hydrate production in waters around 1,000 meters deep in the Pacific about 70 to 80 kilometers south of the Atsumi Peninsula near Nagoya on Feb. 15, 2012.

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New JR East president

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows East Japan Railway Co. Executive Vice President Tetsuro Tomita. Sources said on Feb. 15, 2012, the railway operator will promote Tomita to president.

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Construction site in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Combined photo shows a construction site in Pyongyang at 5 p.m. (upper) and at 7 p.m. (lower) on Feb. 13, 2012. North Korea has designated 2012 a significant year as the country will mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of state founder Kim Il Sung, grandfather of new leader Kim Jong Un, on April 15 this year.

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N. Korean soldiers in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korean soldiers carry iron reinforcing bars at a hotel construction site in Pyongyang on Feb. 13, 2012. North Korea has designated 2012 a significant year as the country will mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of state founder Kim Il Sung on April 15 this year.

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People in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - People dig the ground during cold weather in front of a billboard with a slogan emphasizing the leadership of North Korea's new leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang on Feb. 13, 2012. North Korea is scheduled to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of state founder Kim Il Sung, grandfather of Kim Jong Un, on April 15, 2012 and the 70th anniversary of the birth of the late leader Kim Jong Il, father of the new leader, on Feb. 16, 2012.

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WWII bomb shelter in Singapore

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Photo taken Feb. 4, 2012, shows a bomb shelter built around 1940 in Singapore. The shelter, to which more than 100 people are said to have evacuated during Japanese air raids, was open to visitors for the first time the same day as part of events to commemorate the 70th anniversary on Feb. 15 of the fall of Singapore during World War II.

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WWII bomb shelter in Singapore

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Photo taken Feb. 4, 2012, shows a bomb shelter built around 1940 in Singapore. The shelter, to which more than 100 people are said to have evacuated during Japanese air raids, was open to visitors for the first time the same day as part of events to commemorate the 70th anniversary on Feb. 15 of the fall of Singapore during World War II.

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Vehicles halted by snow in Aomori Pref.

AOMORI, Japan - Photo shows vehicles stranded in heavy snow on Route 279 in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, at 8:15 a.m. on Feb. 2, 2012.

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Asama Lodge incident

NAGANO, Japan - Photo shows Asama Lodge in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, on Feb. 15, 2012. Five radicals took a woman hostage at the lodge on Feb. 19, 1972. The police stormed the building and rescued the woman on Feb. 28 that year. (Kyodo)

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Fukushima disaster resonates in Vermont nuclear debate

VERNON, United States - The Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant sits on the banks of the Connecticut River in southeastern Vermont. Photo taken Feb. 15, 2012. (Kyodo)

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Empress chose kimono to support emperor

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko bow to bereaved families of victims of the devastating March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, during a government ceremony in Tokyo on March 11, 2012, to mark the first anniversary of the disaster. The empress chose to wear a kimono and Japanese sandals so she could move more easily to support the emperor, who had been discharged from the hospital a week earlier after undergoing heart bypass surgery on Feb. 18, in the event he were to fall, a senior Imperial Household Agency official said on March 15. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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WWII bomb shelter in Singapore

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Photo taken Feb. 4, 2012, shows a bomb shelter built around 1940 in Singapore. The shelter, to which more than 100 people are said to have evacuated during Japanese air raids, was open to visitors for the first time the same day as part of events to commemorate the 70th anniversary on Feb. 15 of the fall of Singapore during World War II. (Kyodo)

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WWII bomb shelter in Singapore

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Photo taken Feb. 4, 2012, shows a bomb shelter built around 1940 in Singapore. The shelter, to which more than 100 people are said to have evacuated during Japanese air raids, was open to visitors for the first time the same day as part of events to commemorate the 70th anniversary on Feb. 15 of the fall of Singapore during World War II. (Kyodo)

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Japan beat Malaysia 4-0

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Japan Under-23 member Hiroki Sakai (C) celebrates with teammates Genki Haraguchi (14) and Manabu Saito (15) after scoring the opening goal in the first half of a game against Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur on Feb. 22, 2012, in Group C of the Asian zone qualifiers for the London Olympics. Japan won 4-0. (Kyodo)

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Japan beat Malaysia 4-0

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Japan Under-23 member Manabu Saito (15) celebrates with teammates Genki Haraguchi (L) and Keigo Higashi (10) after scoring during the second half of a game against Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur on Feb. 22, 2012, in Group C of the Asian zone qualifiers for the London Olympics. Japan won 4-0. (Kyodo)

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Japan booth at Singapore Airshow

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Photo taken Feb. 15, 2012, shows an exhibition booth of Japanese companies set up by the Japan External Trade Organization at the Singapore Airshow in Singapore. The show runs from Feb. 14 to 19, 2012. (Kyodo)

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Passenger goes violent in U.S. plane

NARITA, Japan - Japanese police officers escort a man (C) to a police vehicle at Narita airport near Tokyo on Feb. 15, 2012, after he allegedly assaulted a flight attendant aboard a United Airlines plane flying over the Pacific en route to Chicago from Hong Kong. The police said he is an American man in his 20s. The plane made an unscheduled landing at Narita due to the incident before leaving for Chicago later in the day. (Kyodo)

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Kim Jong Il anniversary

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Locals and visitors crowd an annual flower show featuring ''Kimjongilia,'' a red flower of the begonia family named after the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, that began in Pyongyang on Feb. 15, 2012, a day before the 70th anniversary of his birth. (Kyodo)

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Kim Jong Il anniversary

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A synchronized swimming show is held in Pyongyang on Feb. 15, 2012, a day before the 70th anniversary of the birth of the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. Performers shouted in unison, ''Defend Kim Jong Un at the risk of our lives,'' as they performed to the same song. (Kyodo)

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Chinese President Hu meets European leaders

BEIJING, China - Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy shake hands at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Feb. 15, 2012, while European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (L) stands beside them. Hu expressed China's intention to take active roles in resolving Europe's debt crisis together with the international community. (Pool Photo)(Kyodo)