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Paris Grand Slam judo

PARIS, France - Japan's Megumi Tachimoto stands on the podium during the award ceremony after winning the women's over-78 kilogram gold at the Paris Grand Slam judo competition in the French capital on Feb. 10, 2013.

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Paris Grand Slam judo

PARIS, France - Japan's Megumi Tachimoto (R) takes on Cuba's London Olympic champion Idalys Ortiz during the women's over-78 kilogram final at the Paris Grand Slam judo competition in the French capital on Feb. 10, 2013. Tachimoto defeated Ortiz, who was disqualified for her fourth penalty, and won the gold.

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Paris Grand Slam judo

PARIS, France - Japan's Megumi Tachimoto (L) takes on Cuba's London Olympic champion Idalys Ortiz during the women's over-78 kilogram final at the Paris Grand Slam judo competition in the French capital on Feb. 10, 2013. Tachimoto defeated Ortiz, who was disqualified for her fourth penalty, and won the gold.

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Kim Jong Il statue

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Combination photo shows the remodeled statue of former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il (L) wearing a type of jacket on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on Feb. 10, 2013, compared with one with an overcoat in December 2012.

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Four Continents figure skating championships

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's Mao Asada performs in the women's free skate at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships at Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium in Osaka on Feb. 10, 2013. Asada won the competition with a total of 205.45 points, the world's highest score of the season.

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Nordic combined World Cup in Kazakhstan

ALMATY, Kazakhstan - (From L) Akito Watabe of Japan, Christoph Bieler of Austria and Miroslav Dvorak of the Czech Republic stand on the podium at a World Cup Nordic combined event in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on Feb. 10, 2013. Bieler won the competition and Watabe and Dvorak finished second and third respectively.

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter some 1,500 meters above ground shows the full view of the troubled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on Feb. 10, 2013.

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Four Continents figure skating championships

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's Akiko Suzuki performs in the women's free skate at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships at Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium in Osaka on Feb. 10, 2013. Suzuki took the silver medal with a total of 190.08 points.

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter some 1,500 meters above ground shows the building housing the No. 4 reactor of the troubled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on Feb. 10, 2013. At top are the base of a facility under construction to remove spent fuel from the pool in the building.

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Four Continents figure skating championships

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's Mao Asada performs in the women's free skate at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships at Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium in Osaka on Feb. 10, 2013. Asada won the competition with a total of 205.45 points, the world's highest score of the season.

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter some 1,500 meters above ground shows the troubled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on Feb. 10, 2013. From bottom right to top left are the buildings housing the No. 1 to No. 4 reactors.

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Four Continents figure skating championships

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's Mao Asada performs in the women's free skate at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships at Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium in Osaka on Feb. 10, 2013. Asada won the competition with a total of 205.45 points, the world's highest score of the season.

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the troubled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on Feb. 10, 2013. Seen in front are tanks containing water contaminated by radioactive materials. In the background are the buildings housing (from L) the No. 1 to No. 4 reactors.

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Four Continents figure skating championships

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's Mao Asada performs in the women's free skate at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships at Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium in Osaka on Feb. 10, 2013. Asada won the competition with a total of 205.45 points, the world's highest score of the season.

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Four Continents figure skating championships

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's Mao Asada performs in the women's free skate at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships at Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium in Osaka on Feb. 10, 2013. Asada won the competition with a total of 205.45 points, the world's highest score of the season.

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Four Continents figure skating championships

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's Mao Asada performs in the women's free skate at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships at Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium in Osaka on Feb. 10, 2013. Asada won the competition with a total of 205.45 points, the world's highest score of the season.

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Four Continents figure skating championships

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's Kanako Murakami performs in the women's free skate at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships at Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium in Osaka on Feb. 10, 2013. Murakami took the bronze medal with a total of 181.03 points.

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Four Continents figure skating championships

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's Mao Asada performs in the women's free skate at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships at Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium in Osaka on Feb. 10, 2013. Asada won the competition with a total of 205.45 points, the world's highest score of the season.

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Lunar New Year in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Koreans visit Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on the Lunar New Year on Feb. 10, 2013.

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter some 1,500 meters above ground shows the troubled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on Feb. 10, 2013. At top right are the buildings housing the No. 1 to No. 4 reactors. At bottom left are tanks containing water contaminated by radioactive materials.

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Lunar New Year in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korean children roller-skate at a square in Pyongyang on the Lunar New Year on Feb. 10, 2013.

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Lunar New Year in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Soldiers offer flowers at Mansu Hill, where statues of North Korean founder Kim Il Sung and former leader Kim Jong Il are located, in Pyongyang on the Lunar New Year on Feb. 10, 2013.

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Lunar New Year in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - People visit Mansu Hill, where statues of North Korean founder Kim Il Sung (L) and former leader Kim Jong Il are located, in Pyongyang on the Lunar New Year on Feb. 10, 2013. North Korea has unveiled the remodeled Kim Jong Il statue wearing a type of jacket, compared with a previous overcoat.

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Fireworks to celebrate Lunar New Year

BEIJING, China - Photo taken in Beijing in the early hours of Feb. 10, 2013, shows fireworks set off to celebrate the Lunar New Year.

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Online threats cases

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Photo taken on Feb. 10, 2013 on Enoshima Island in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, shows a cat thought to have been used by the man suspected of sending a series of threatening e-mails in 2012. A memory card containing a virus that can remotely control computers had been attached to the collar of a cat on the small island. A man caught on a security camera (back C) approaching the cat resembles a man arrested in Tokyo on Feb. 10, 2013, over the e-mails, the police said.

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E-mail threats arrest

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Photo taken on Feb. 10, 2013 on Enoshima Island in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, shows a cat thought to have been used by the man suspected of sending a series of threatening e-mails in 2012. A memory card containing a virus that can remotely control computers had been attached to the collar of a cat on the small island. A man caught on a security camera (upper right) approaching the cat resembles a man arrested in Tokyo on Feb. 10, 2013, over the e-mails, the police said.

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Hindu festival in India

ALLAHABAD, India - Sadhus, or ascetics, bathe near the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna River during the holy Hindu festival of Kumbh Mela, in Allahabad, northern India, on Feb. 10, 2013.

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Lunar New Year in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korean children roller-skate at a square in Pyongyang on the Lunar New Year on Feb. 10, 2013.

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E-mail threats arrest

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Photo taken on Feb. 10, 2013 on Enoshima Island in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, shows a cat thought to have been used by the man suspected of sending a series of threatening e-mails in 2012. A memory card containing a virus that can remotely control computers had been attached to the collar of a cat on the small island. A man caught on a security camera approaching the cat resembles a man arrested in Tokyo on Feb. 10, 2013, over the e-mails, the police said.

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Hindu festival in India

ALLAHABAD, India - Sadhus, or ascetics, head to bathing during the holy Hindu festival of Kumbh Mela, in Allahabad, northern India, on Feb. 10, 2013.

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Takanashi sweeps doubleheader at Zao

YAMAGATA, Japan - Photo shows the first jump of Japan's Sara Takanashi at a World Cup women's ski jumping event at Zao in Yamagata Prefecture on Feb. 10, 2013. Takanashi swept a doubleheader that day.

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Deep sea exploration vessel Chikyu

NAGOYA, Japan - Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corp. unveils to the press the deep sea exploration vessel Chikyu at Shimizu port in Shizuoka Prefecture on Feb. 10, 2012, ahead of its departure Feb. 12 for Pacific waters off central Japan where it will conduct preparatory drilling for the world's first seabed methane hydrate production tests in early 2013.