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Unrest in Central African Republic

BANGUI, Central African Republic - Photo taken Feb. 27, 2014, shows French soldiers on patrol in Bangui, the capital of Central African Republic. The country has been in a state of civil war since 2013 due to conflict between Christians and Muslims. (Photo by Tomoaki Nakano)

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Unrest in Central African Republic

BANGUI, Central African Republic - Photo taken Feb. 27, 2014, shows people living under an airplane in a camp for internally displaced people at the international airport in Bangui, the capital of Central African Republic. The country has been in a state of civil war since 2013 due to conflict between Christians and Muslims. (Photo by Tomoaki Nakano)

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Unrest in Central African Republic

BANGUI, Central African Republic - Photo taken Feb. 27, 2014, shows Christian militia members, including children, marching near the international airport in Bangui, the capital of Central African Republic. The country has been in a state of civil war since 2013 due to conflict between Christians and Muslims. (Photo by Tomoaki Nakano)

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3 months before World Cup in Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Photo shows a mural of Brazil's national soccer team players on a wall surrounding a construction site in Rio de Janeiro on Feb. 27, 2014, around three months before the start of the World Cup soccer finals in the country.

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Japanese breweries growing popular among foreign tourists

OSAKA, Japan - Foreign tourists and other visitors taste samples during a guided tour at the Suntory Yamazaki Distillery in Shimamoto, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 27, 2014. Amid the rising global popularity of Japanese cuisine, overseas tourists are showing an increasing interest in guided tours of Japanese breweries and distilleries.

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Visitors to Suntory's distillery hear accounts of stills

OSAKA, Japan - Visitors to Suntory Yamazaki Distillery in Shimamoto Town in Osaka Prefecture hear a plant tour guide's accounts of stills on Feb. 27, 2014.

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3 years after quake-tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Photos taken from Kyodo News helicopter show a coastal area of Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on April 10, 2011 (L), nearly a month after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, and on Feb. 27, 2014 (R).

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3 years after quake-tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Photos taken from Kyodo News helicopter show an area of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on March 25, 2011 (top), two weeks after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, and on Feb. 27, 2014 (bottom).

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3 years after quake-tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Photos taken from Kyodo News helicopter show an area of Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, on March 13, 2011 (top), two days after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, and on Feb. 27, 2014 (bottom).

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3 years after quake-tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Photos taken from Kyodo News helicopter show the Shishiori area of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 17, 2011 (top), six days after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, and on Feb. 27, 2014 (bottom).

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Halal soy sauce for Muslim market

FUKUI, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 27, 2014 in Eiheiji, Fukui Prefecture, shows bottles of the alcohol-free soy sauce-like seasoning named "Fukumurasaki."

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Halal soy sauce for Muslim market

FUKUI, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 27, 2014 in Eiheiji, Fukui Prefecture, shows Takashi Utagawa, specially appointed professor of applied microbiology at the Fukui Prefectural University, holding a bottle of the alcohol-free soy sauce-like seasoning named "Fukumurasaki."

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Daikin, Mercedes-Benz develop electric vehicle

OSAKA, Japan - Daikin Industries Ltd. and Mercedes-Benz Japan Co. take the wraps off a jointly developed electric vehicle, named "Smarpy," on Feb. 27, 2014. The vehicle with the face of Daikin's mascot character "Pichonkun" on its sides was unveiled at a Daikin showroom at Grand Front Osaka in Osaka, western Japan.

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Japan fisherman exposed to Bikini nuke fallout recalls ordeal

MAJURO, Marshall Islands - Former Japanese fisherman Matashichi Oishi speaks of his exposure to nuclear fallout from the 1954 U.S. H-bomb test on Bikini Atoll at a school in Majuro, the capital of the Marshall Islands republic, on Feb. 27, 2014. He was aboard the Fukuryu Maru No.5 near the atoll at that time.

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U.S. to seek U.N. resolution on N. Korean rights violations

WASHINGTON, United States - Uzra Zeya, acting assistant secretary at the U.S. State Department's Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Washington on Feb. 27, 2014. Zeya indicated Washington's intention to seek a strong U.N. Human Rights Council resolution against North Korea.

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Mazda holds ceremony to formally open Mexican plant

SALAMANCA, Mexico - Takashi Yamanouchi (far L, front), chairman of Mazda Motor Corp., and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto (far R, front) emerge from the Mazda3 compact car to attend a ceremony in the central Mexico city of Salamanca on Feb. 27, 2014, to formally open the Japanese automaker's first Mexican plant.

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Mazda holds ceremony to formally open Mexican plant

SALAMANCA, Mexico - Takashi Yamanouchi (L front), chairman of Mazda Motor Corp., and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto stand in front of the Mazda3 compact car during a ceremony in the central Mexico city of Salamanca on Feb. 27, 2014, to formally open the Japanese automaker's first Mexican plant.

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Kinga, Ono join Arsenal Ladies

LONDON, Britain - Yukari Kinga (L) and Shinobu Ono, members of the "Nadeshiko Japan" women's national soccer team, pose for photos at a press conference in London on Feb. 27, 2014 on their joining Arsenal Ladies in England.

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Darvish after preseason debut

SURPRISE, United States - Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish attends a press conference after a game against the Kansas City Royals in Surprise, Arizona, on Feb. 27, 2014. Darvish started the game and struck out four in two scoreless innings in his preseason debut. The Rangers won 11-7.

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Armitage speaks at U.S.-Japan Research Institute debate

WASHINGTON, United States - Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage speaks at a discussion event hosted by the U.S.-Japan Research Institute in Washington on Feb. 27, 2014.

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Darvish in preseason debut

SURPRISE, United States - Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish watches a second-inning pop fly off the bat of Lorenzo Cain in a game against the Kansas City Royals in Surprise, Arizona, on Feb. 27, 2014. Darvish started the game and struck out four in two scoreless innings in his preseason debut. The Rangers won 11-7.

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Darvish in preseason debut

SURPRISE, United States - Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish starts in a game against the Kansas City Royals in Surprise, Arizona, on Feb. 27, 2014. Darvish struck out four in two scoreless innings in his preseason debut. The Rangers won 11-7.

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Darvish in preseason debut

SURPRISE, United States - Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish starts in a game against the Kansas City Royals in Surprise, Arizona, on Feb. 27, 2014. Darvish struck out four in two scoreless innings in his preseason debut. The Rangers won 11-7.

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Darvish in preseason debut

SURPRISE, United States - Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish starts in a game against the Kansas City Royals in Surprise, Arizona, on Feb. 27, 2014. Darvish struck out four in two scoreless innings in his preseason debut. The Rangers won 11-7.

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N. Korean Scud missile

PYONGYANG, North Korea - File photo shows a Scud ballistic missile during a military parade at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang in July 2013. North Korea fired four projectiles believed to be short-range missiles into the Sea of Japan on Feb. 27, 2014, South Korea's Defense Ministry said.

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Japan's Matsuyama tees off at Honda Classic PGA tourney

PALM BEACH GARDENS, United States - Hideki Matsuyama of Japan plays a shot on the first hole in the first round of the Honda Classic PGA tournament in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, on Feb. 27, 2014.

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N. Korean Scud missile

PYONGYANG, North Korea - File photo shows a Scud ballistic missile during a military parade at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang in July 2013. North Korea fired four projectiles believed to be short-range missiles into the Sea of Japan on Feb. 27, 2014, South Korea's Defense Ministry said.

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Japan's Ishikawa tees off at Honda Classic PGA tourney

PALM BEACH GARDENS, United States - Ryo Ishikawa of Japan plays a shot on the 11th hole in the first round of the Honda Classic PGA tournament in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, on Feb. 27, 2014.

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Ex-Thai Premier Abhisit

BANGKOK, Thailand - Former Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva is pictured during an interview with Kyodo News in Bangkok on Feb. 27, 2014.

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U.S. envoy in China

BEIJING, China - The outgoing U.S. ambassador to China, Gary Locke, holds a press conference in Beijing on Feb. 27, 2014.

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Yubari int'l film festival begins in northern Japan

YUBARI, Japan - Japanese screenwriter Kankuro Kudo (2nd from L), actor Masahiro Higashide (2nd from R) and actress Rina Takeda (R) stand with trophies on the stage at an opening ceremony of the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival 2014 in Yubari, Hokkaido, on Feb. 27, 2014. The three were honored for their contribution to the film industry.

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Photo of 1961 Ikeda-Kennedy meeting discovered

TOKYO, Japan - Minoru Terada, a House of Representatives member, shows on Feb. 27, 2014, a photo of the 1961 meeting in Washington between then Japanese Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda and U.S. President John F. Kennedy discovered at Ikeda's former residence in Tokyo. Terada is related to Ikeda.

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Cherry tree tunnel at shopping mall in Chiba, Japan

CHIBA, Japan - Visitors to the Aeon Mall Makuhari New City shopping complex in Mihama Ward, Chiba, east of Tokyo walk under an indoor tunnel formed by some 150 early-flowering cherry trees on Feb. 27, 2014. The trees were grown in Chikuhoku, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan.

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Ex-Japan premier

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama, 89, holds a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Feb. 27, 2014.

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Alleged S. Korean 'spy' speaks to reporters in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A man detained by North Korea allegedly as an intelligence agent from the South touches his glasses during a press conference in Pyongyang on Feb. 27, 2014. The man, going by the name of Kim Jeong Uk, repeatedly apologized for his "anti-state" activities.

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Taiwan, China to share weather, quake data

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Chen Deming (L), head of China's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits, and Lin Join-sane, head of Taiwan's semiofficial Straits Exchange Foundation, shake hands in Taipei on Feb. 27, 2014. They signing of deals on sharing weather data will allow both sides instant access to weather data of the Taiwan Strait and neighboring areas to better forecast the weather.

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Uehara of Japan tees off at HSBC Women's Champions

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Japan's Ayako Uehara tees off on the second hole during the first round of the HSBC Women's Champions at the Sentosa Golf Club in Singapore on Feb. 27, 2014.

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A. Miyazato of Japan tees off at HSBC Women's Champions

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Japan's Ai Miyazato tees off on the fifth hole during the first round of the HSBC Women's Champions at the Sentosa Golf Club in Singapore on Feb. 27, 2014.

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Hiroshima mayor's letter handed to Marshall Islands president

MAJURO, Republic of Marshall Islands - Yasuyoshi Komizo (R), head of the Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation, presents a letter from Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui to President Christopher Loeak of the Marshall Islands in the South Pacific republic's capital of Majuro on Feb. 27, 2014, before the 60th anniversary on March 1 of the 1954 U.S. hydrogen bomb test, codenamed "Bravo," at Bikini Atoll.

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Alleged S. Korean 'spy' speaks to reporters in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A man detained by North Korea allegedly as an intelligence agent from the South speaks at a packed press conference at the People's Palace of Culture in Pyongyang on Feb. 27, 2014. The man, going by the name of Kim Jeong Uk, repeatedly apologized for his "anti-state" activities.

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Honda, Kagawa picked for World Cup warm-up vs. New Zealand

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's national soccer team coach Alberto Zaccheroni announces his 23-man squad in Tokyo on Feb. 27, 2014, for a World Cup warm-up game against New Zealand. The squad for the March 5 game includes AC Milan midfielder Keisuke Honda and Manchester United midfielder Shinji Kagawa.

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Israeli Embassy donates Anne Frank books

TOKYO, Japan - Peleg Lewi (L), deputy chief of mission at the Israeli Embassy in Tokyo, hands Anne Frank-related books to Ryo Tanaka, mayor of the ward of Suginami, Tokyo, at the Suginami municipal hall in the Japanese capital on Feb. 27, 2014. The embassy and the Jewish community of Japan plan to donate 300 Anne Frank books to Tokyo libraries after hundreds of such books were vandalized.

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Panasonic's new lighting equipment

TOKYO, Japan - Panasonic Corp. demonstrates the projection of flowers and butterflies on a table as it unveiled new lighting equipment in Tokyo on Feb. 27, 2014. The spotlight-shaped Space Player that can project menus on restaurant walls, descriptions adjacent to artworks and different clothes on mannequins will be launched on July 1, 2014.

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Panasonic's new lighting equipment

TOKYO, Japan - Panasonic Corp. demonstrates the projection of flowers on a table as it unveiled new lighting equipment in Tokyo on Feb. 27, 2014. The spotlight-shaped Space Player that can project menus on restaurant walls, descriptions adjacent to artworks and different clothes on mannequins will be launched on July 1, 2014.

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Japan's ruling party lawmakers form group to promote Kabuki

TOKYO, Japan - Kabuki actor Hashinosuke Nakamura speaks at a meeting on Feb. 27, 2014, to inaugurate an association formed by lawmakers from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party to promote the traditional Japanese theatrical art. Nakamura is flanked by former culture minister Hirofumi Nakasone (L) and Junichi Sakomoto, president of Shockiku Co., operator of the Kabuki-za theater.

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Panasonic's new lighting equipment

TOKYO, Japan - Panasonic Corp. unveils in Tokyo on Feb. 27, 2014, new lighting equipment that can project menus on restaurant walls, descriptions adjacent to artworks and different clothes on mannequins. The spotlight-shaped Space Player will be launched on July 1, 2014.

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M. Miyazato of Japan tees off at HSBC Women's Champions

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Japan's Mika Miyazato tees off on the fifth hole during the first round of the HSBC Women's Champions at the Sentosa Golf Club in Singapore on Feb. 27, 2014.

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Hot spring inns' proprietresses-to-be promote Japanese sake

YONAGO, Japan - Two young women undergoing training to become owners of Japanese inns in the Kaike hot spring area in Yonago, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, pose with bottles of locally made Japanese sake on Feb. 27, 2014. Each 500-milliliter bottle of the "Kamidai" brand sake sells for 2,100 yen.

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Sochi medalist Takeuchi arrives in Hokkaido hometown

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Sochi Olympics women's snowboard parallel giant slalom silver medalist Tomoka Takeuchi of Japan smiles upon arrival at her hometown's Asahikawa airport in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Feb. 27, 2014.

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Paralympics logo set up at Sochi Olympic Park station

SOCHI, Russia - The Sochi Paralympics logo is set up outside the Olympic Park station in Sochi, Russia, as seen in this photo taken on Feb. 27, 2014. The Winter Paralympics open on March 7.