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Jang Song Thaek

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo shows Jang Song Thaek (L), uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (R) and then vice chairman of the National Defense Commission, after viewing a military parade during a ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the birth of the late leader and Kim's father Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang on Feb. 16, 2012. Jang was executed Dec. 12, 2013, after being accused of attempting to overthrow the regime.

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Meteor strikes Russia

CHELYABINSK, Russia - Photo taken Feb. 16, 2013, in Chelyabinsk, Russia, shows a shop window broken due to the impact of a meteor, fragments of which struck the area. Around 1,200 people were injured in the incident.

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Meteor strikes Russia

CHELYABINSK, Russia - Photo taken Feb. 16, 2013, in Chelyabinsk, Russia, shows a shop window broken due to the impact of a meteor, fragments of which struck the area. Around 1,200 people were injured in the incident.

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Guam rampage

GUAM, United States - Photo taken Feb. 16, 2013, shows Guam Memorial Hospital where some people injured in a recent vehicle and knife attack in Guam are being treated. The Feb. 12 rampage left three Japanese dead and 11 others injured.

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Kim Jong Il's birthday

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Koreans pay tribute before bronze statues of the country's late leader Kim Jong Il and his father and state founder Kim Il Sung on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on Feb. 16, 2013, to mark Kim Jong Il's birthday.

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Kim Jong Il's birthday

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Women wearing traditional Korean attire visit Mansu Hill in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Feb. 16, 2013, the birthday of the country's late leader Kim Jong Il, to pay tribute to bronze statues of Kim and his father and state founder Kim Il Sung.

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Kim Jong Il's birthday

PYONGYANG, North Korea - An exhibit of paintings depicting North Korea's late leader Kim Jong Il is held in Pyongyang on Feb. 16, 2013, his birthday.

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Kim Jong Il's birthday

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Koreans dance in Pyongyang on Feb. 16, 2013, to celebrate the birthday of the country's late leader Kim Jong Il.

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Kim Jong Il's birthday

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Koreans bow before bronze statues of the country's late leader Kim Jong Il and his father and state founder Kim Il Sung on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on Feb. 16, 2013, to mark Kim Jong Il's birthday.

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Kim Jong Il's birthday

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Koreans dance in Pyongyang on Feb. 16, 2013, to celebrate the birthday of the country's late leader Kim Jong Il.

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Kim Jong Il's birthday

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Children roller-skate in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Feb. 16, 2013, the birthday of the country's late leader Kim Jong Il.

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Kim Jong Il's birthday

PYONGYANG, North Korea - People visit bronze statues of North Korea's late leader Kim Jong Il and his father and state founder Kim Il Sung on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on Feb. 16, 2013, to mark Kim Jong Il's birthday.

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Guam rampage

GUAM, United States - Kenneth Santos (R), vice mayor of the area in Guam where the suspect in a recent vehicle and knife attack resides, meets the press on Feb. 16, 2013. Santos said the family of Chad Ryan Desoto is remorseful for the tragedy. The Feb. 12 rampage left three Japanese dead and 11 others injured.

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Kim Jong Il's birthday

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Koreans bow before a huge portrait of the country's late leader Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang on Feb. 16, 2013, his birthday.

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Kim Jong Il's birthday

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Military personnel visit Mansu Hill in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Feb. 16, 2013, the birthday of the country's late leader Kim Jong Il, to pay tribute to bronze statues of Kim and his father and state founder Kim Il Sung.

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Kim Jong Il's birthday

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Military personnel holding flowers approach bronze statues of North Korea's late leader Kim Jong Il and his father and state founder Kim Il Sung on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on Feb. 16, 2013, to mark Kim Jong Il's birthday.

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Kim Jong Il's birthday

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Koreans bow before bronze statues of the country's late leader Kim Jong Il and his father and state founder Kim Il Sung on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on Feb. 16, 2013, to mark Kim Jong Il's birthday.

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Wrestling world body president ousted

PHUKET, Thailand - Raphael Martinetti, president of FILA, attends a bureau meeting of the world wrestling governing body in Phuket, Thailand, on Feb. 16, 2013. The organization ousted the Swiss from his post later in the day following the International Olympic Committee's axing of wrestling as a core sport for the 2020 Summer Games.

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Kim Jong Il's birthday

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Women wearing traditional Korean attire visit Mansu Hill in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Feb. 16, 2013, the birthday of the country's late leader Kim Jong Il, to lay flowers to bronze statues of Kim and his father and state founder Kim Il Sung.

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Kim Jong Il's birthday

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Military personnel salute before bronze statues of North Korea's late leader Kim Jong Il and his father and state founder Kim Il Sung on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on Feb. 16, 2013, to mark Kim Jong Il's birthday.

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Kim Jong Il's birthday

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A child offers flowers before bronze statues of North Korea's late leader Kim Jong Il and his father and state founder Kim Il Sung on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on Feb. 16, 2013, to mark Kim Jong Il's birthday.

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Meteor strikes Russia

CHELYABINSK, Russia - Photo taken Feb. 16, 2013, in Chelyabinsk, Russia, shows a destroyed wall of a factory due to the impact of a meteor, fragments of which struck the area. Around 1,200 people were injured in the incident.

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Meteor strikes Russia

CHELYABINSK, Russia - Photo taken Feb. 16, 2013, in Chelyabinsk, Russia, shows a destroyed wall of a factory due to the impact of a meteor, fragments of which struck the area. Around 1,200 people were injured in the incident.

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Meteor strikes Russia

CHELYABINSK, Russia - Photo taken Feb. 16, 2013, in Chelyabinsk, Russia, shows a building with shattered windowpanes, covered with plastic sheets, due to the impact of a meteor, fragments of which struck the area. Around 1,200 people were injured in the incident.

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N. Korea purges leader's uncle

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Jang Song Thaek (L), uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (R) and a vice chairman of the National Defense Commission, after viewing a military parade during a ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the birth of the late leader and Kim's father Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang on Feb. 16, 2012. North Korea said Dec. 9, 2013, that Jang, widely seen as the second most powerful figure in the country after Kim, has been stripped of all his posts for committing "anti-party" and "counter-revolutionary factional acts."

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Meteor strikes Russia

CHELYABINSK, Russia - Photo taken Feb. 16, 2013, shows a hole about 8 meters in diameter on the ice of Chebarkul Lake in the Russian region of Chelyabinsk, with news crews making reports. The hole is believed to have been made by one of the meteor fragments that fell on the region the previous day, which left around 1,200 people injured.

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Meteor strikes Russia

CHELYABINSK, Russia - Photo taken Feb. 16, 2013, shows a hole about 8 meters in diameter on the ice of Chebarkul Lake in the Russian region of Chelyabinsk. The hole is believed to have been made by one of the meteor fragments that fell on the region the previous day, which left around 1,200 people injured.

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Takanashi claims 7th World Cup win of season

LJUBNO, Slovenia - Japanese teenager Sara Takanashi (C) stands on the podium after securing her third consecutive victory and seventh of the season by winning the women's ski jumping World Cup event in Ljubno, Slovenia, on Feb. 16, 2013. American Sarah Hendrickson (L) was second and Frenchwoman Coline Mattel (R) was third.

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Takanashi claims 7th World Cup win of season

LJUBNO, Slovenia - Japanese teenager Sara Takanashi (C) stands on the podium after securing her third consecutive victory and seventh of the season by winning the women's ski jumping World Cup event in Ljubno, Slovenia, on Feb. 16, 2013. American Sarah Hendrickson (L) was second and Frenchwoman Coline Mattel (R) was third.

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Kim Jong Il's birthday

PYONGYANG, North Korea - An exhibit of paintings depicting North Korea's late leader Kim Jong Il is held in Pyongyang on Feb. 16, 2013, his birthday.

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G-20 meeting

MOSCOW, Russia - Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso (L) and Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa hold a press conference in Moscow, Russia, on Feb. 16, 2013, after a meeting of the Group of 20 finance chiefs.

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Wrestling world body president ousted

PHUKET, Thailand - Nenad Lalovic of Serbia holds a press conference in Phuket, Thailand, on Feb. 16, 2013, after being appointed acting president of FILA. At a bureau meeting of the world wrestling governing body in the Thai resort, Raphael Martinetti was ousted from the post of president following the International Olympic Committee's axing of wrestling as a core sport for the 2020 Summer Games.

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G-20 meeting

MOSCOW, Russia - Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso (L) and Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa hold a press conference in Moscow, Russia, on Feb. 16, 2013, after a meeting of the Group of 20 finance chiefs.

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Guam rampage

GUAM, United States - People pray on Feb. 16, 2013 at the site of the incident for the victims of a recent vehicle and knife attack that took place in Guam. The Feb. 12 rampage left three Japanese dead and 11 others injured.