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Snowboarding World Cup

SOCHI, Russia - Japan's Taku Hiraoka wears the gold medal after the award ceremony of a halfpipe competition at a snowboard World Cup meet in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 14, 2013. Hiraoka won the test event for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics to claim his first World Cup title.

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Snowboarding World Cup

SOCHI, Russia - Japan's Taku Hiraoka gets air during a halfpipe competition at a snowboard World Cup meet in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 14, 2013. Hiraoka won the test event for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics to claim his first World Cup title.

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Valentine's heart made of Sandy debris

NEW YORK, United States - A couple hugs each other on a heart-shaped wooden installation in Times Square, New York, on Feb. 14, 2013. The "Heartwalk" is made of wood from boardwalks destroyed by Hurricane Sandy.

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N. Korea nuclear test

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Soldiers clap hands during a rally at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on Feb. 14, 2013, to celebrate North Korea's third nuclear test two days before.

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N. Korea nuclear test

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A rally is held at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on Feb. 14, 2013, to celebrate North Korea's third nuclear test two days before.

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Egyptian party chief

CAIRO, Egypt - Freedom and Justice Party leader Saad el-Katatni speaks with a group of Japanese reporters at the Egyptian ruling party's headquarters in Cairo on Feb. 14, 2013, ahead of his visit to Japan.

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N. Korea nuclear test

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A rally is held at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on Feb. 14, 2013, to celebrate North Korea's third nuclear test two days before.

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Ex-Japan spokesman in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Japan's former Chief Cabinet Secretary Yohei Kono (L) and South Korean President-elect Park Geun Hye shake hands before their talks in Seoul on Feb. 14, 2013. Japan may be reviewing Kono's 1993 statement that acknowledged the Japanese military's involvement in the forced recruitment of women into sexual servitude.

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Gasoline prices up in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A Feb. 14, 2013, photo shows a gas station in Tokyo. Government data showed the average retail price of regular gasoline in Japan rose for the 10th consecutive week -- to 153.80 yen per liter as of Feb. 12, up 2.10 yen from a week earlier.

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N. Korea nuclear test

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Soldiers clench their fists at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on Feb. 14, 2013, before a slogan celebrating North Korea's third nuclear test two days before.

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Palestinian Prime Minister Fayyad in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad (far L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (far R) hold talks at Abe's office in Tokyo on Feb. 14, 2013. Fayyad was in Japan to attend the Feb. 13-14 Conference on Cooperation among East Asian Countries for Palestinian Development.

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Palestinian Prime Minister Fayyad in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands prior to their talks at Abe's office in Tokyo on Feb. 14, 2013. Fayyad was in Japan to attend the Feb. 13-14 Conference on Cooperation among East Asian Countries for Palestinian Development.

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Gasoline prices up in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A Feb. 14, 2013, photo shows a gas station in Tokyo. Government data showed the average retail price of regular gasoline in Japan rose for the 10th consecutive week -- to 153.80 yen per liter as of Feb. 12, up 2.10 yen from a week earlier.

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Obama city to present pen to Obama

TOKYO, Japan - Koji Matsuzaki (L), mayor of Obama city in Fukui Prefecture, hands a lacquered pen to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the premier's office in Tokyo on Feb. 14, 2013. Abe will deliver the red lacquered pen, a local specialty, to U.S. President Barack Obama as a gift for his inauguration for a second four-year term as president, from the city with the same name.

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Judo federation to form independent committee

TOKYO, Japan - Hitoshi Saito, who is in charge of team development for the All Japan Judo Federation, apologizes for an abuse scandal, during a Japanese Olympic Committee emergency meeting in Tokyo on Feb. 14, 2013 of national sporting bodies' coaches responsible for team development. The AJJF announced the same day formation of a third-party advisory committee to handle crises management in the wake of a scandal in which 15 top female judo wrestlers accused their former coach of physical and verbal abuse.

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Japan, Indonesia hold joint anti-piracy drill

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Photo taken Feb. 14, 2013, shows a scene from an antipiracy drill jointly held by Japan and Indonesia in waters off Jakarta.

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Kabuki actor Onoe Kikunosuke engaged

TOKYO, Japan - Kabuki actor Onoe Kikunosuke (L) and Yoko Namino, daughter of kabuki actor Nakamura Kichiemon, pose for photos after a press conference to announce their engagement in Tokyo on Feb. 14, 2013.

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Quake exhibition in New Zealand

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - Photo taken Feb. 14, 2013, in Christchurch, New Zealand, shows "Quake City" (back), a facility displaying remnants of the February 2011 earthquake and other exhibits related to the disaster. The facility was shown to the media the same day, prior to opening to the public on Feb. 15.

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Quake exhibition in New Zealand

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - Photo taken Feb. 14, 2013, in Christchurch, New Zealand, shows the spire of a cathedral damaged in the February 2011 earthquake, at "Quake City", a facility displaying remnants of the earthquake and other exhibits related to the disaster. The facility was shown to the media the same day, prior to its opening to the public on Feb. 15.

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Japan economy contracts in 4th qtr

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese economic and fiscal policy minister Akira Amari holds a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 14, 2013, on the country's gross domestic product data for the fourth quarter of 2012, released earlier in the day. Japan's economy shrank an annualized real 0.4 percent in October-December for the third straight quarterly contraction.

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Unnamed donor sends gold ingots to Miyagi fish market

SENDAI, Japan - Kunio Suno, president of a fish market in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, holds two gold ingots worth around 10 million yen in total, on Feb. 14, 2013. The ingots were sent to the fish market in the disaster-hit city by an unnamed donor in Nagano.

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Unnamed donor sends gold ingots to Miyagi fish market

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 14, 2013, in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, shows two gold ingots worth around 10 million yen in total that were sent to a fish market in the disaster-hit city by an unnamed donor in Nagano.

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Knife and vehicle attack in Guam

GUAM, United States - A Japanese family prays for the victims of a knife and vehicle attack after placing offerings at the site of the incident in Guam on Feb. 14, 2013. A knife-wielding man stabbed bystanders on the night of Feb. 12 after crashing his car into a convenience store in a major tourist area on the Pacific resort island, killing three Japanese and injuring 10 other Japanese and one local.

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Knife and vehicle attack in Guam

GUAM, United States - Photo taken in Guam on Feb. 14, 2013, shows a tire track left at the site of a knife and vehicle attack. A knife-wielding man stabbed bystanders on the night of Feb. 12 after crashing his car into a convenience store in a major tourist area on the Pacific resort island, killing three Japanese and injuring 10 other Japanese and one local.

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Fukushima kids find comfort at school in Saitama

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Students, including children from Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, practice a medley of songs in a classroom at Kisai Elementary School in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture on Feb. 14, 2013.

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China study scholar Nakajima dies

TOKYO, Japan - An April 2009 file photo shows Mineo Nakajima, a scholar in modern Chinese studies, who died of pneumonia at the age of 76 at a hospital in Akita, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 14, 2013. Nakajima was president of Akita International University and formerly president of the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.

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Protest in Bahrain

MANAMA, Bahrain - Protesters flee as tear gas spreads during clashes between antigovernment demonstrators and riot police in the suburbs of Manama, capital of Bahrain, on Feb. 13, 2013. The island state off the eastern coast of Saudi Arabia on Feb. 14, 2012, marked the first anniversary of the large-scale Shiite-led uprising against the Sunni dynasty in power.

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Protest in Bahrain

MANAMA, Bahrain - Tear gas spreads as antigovernment demonstrators and riot police clash in the suburbs of Manama, capital of Bahrain, on Feb. 13, 2013. The island state off the eastern coast of Saudi Arabia on Feb. 14, 2012, marked the first anniversary of the large-scale Shiite-led uprising against the Sunni dynasty in power.