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Indonesia: Mount Dukono Erupts, Spewing Volcanic Ash 1,600 Meters High

Mount Dukono, located on Indonesia's Halmahera Island, erupted on June 23, spewing 1,600 meters of volcanic ash into the sky.

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US: Tornado-Warned Storm Sweeps Through Houston Area, Leaving Significant Damage 9

An intense, tornado-warned storm of unprecedented scale swept through the Houston metropolitan area on Thursday, May 16. The storm blew out windows of high-rise buildings downtown, leaving a trail of significant damage and hundreds of thousands of people without power. This video shows debris from the windows of high-rise buildings in downtown being blown away by strong winds.

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Hasuike's parents want Koizumi to revisit N. Korea

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Hidekazu (R) and Hatsui (L) Hasuike, the parents of Kaoru Hasuike, one of five Japanese abductees to North Korea, speak during an interview with Kyodo News at their home in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, on Oct. 3. They expressed discontent over the Japanese government's efforts to resolve the abduction issue.

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Chimuras to stay at Hasuikes' home

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Yasushi Chimura (2nd from R) and his wife Fukie (3rd from R), two of the five Japanese now back home after being abducted to North Korea in 1978, were invited to stay at the home of the Hasuikes in Niigata Prefecture on the way back to their home in Fukui Prefecture after a reunion of the five in Niigata Prefecture. (From L to R) are Yukiko Hasuike, her husband Kaoru, and his mother Hatsui. At right is Kaoru's father Hidekazu. (Pool photo)

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(5)Japan, N. Korea resume normalization talks

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Hidekazu Hasuike (L) and his wife Hatsui, who had their son Kaoru abducted by North Korea in 1978, watch TV newscast reporting on the resumption of Japan-North Korea talks on normalization of relations in Kuala Lumpur at their home in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, on Oct. 29. (Pool photo)

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(6)Abductees glad to be in homeland

TOKYO, Japan - Yukiko Okudo (2nd from L) and Kaoru Hasuike (3rd from L) are seated at a joint news conference at a Tokyo hotel, flanked by Okudo's father Kazuo (L) and Hasuike's mother Hatsui (R). Okudo and Hasuike married in North Korea. ''I am happy to meet all of you. Thank you very much,'' a smiling Hamamoto said before handing the microphone over to her husband.

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Koizumi vows to families to settle abduction problem+

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (L) listens at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on March 19 to an appeal by Hatsui Hasuike (2nd from R), whose 20-year-old son Kaoru disappeared in 1978 in Niigata Prefecture, for the government to solve the issue of the alleged abduction to North Korea of 11 Japanese.

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Koizumi vows to families to settle abduction problem+

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (L) listens at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on March 19 to an appeal by Hatsui Hasuike (2nd from R), whose 20-year-old son Kaoru disappeared in 1978 in Niigata Prefecture, for the government to solve the issue of the alleged abduction to North Korea of 11 Japanese.

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(6)Abductees glad to be in homeland

TOKYO, Japan - Yukiko Okudo (2nd from L) and Kaoru Hasuike (3rd from L) are seated at a joint news conference at a Tokyo hotel, flanked by Okudo's father Kazuo (L) and Hasuike's mother Hatsui (R). Okudo and Hasuike married in North Korea. ''I am happy to meet all of you. Thank you very much,'' a smiling Hamamoto said before handing the microphone over to her husband. (Kyodo)

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Hasuike's parents want Koizumi to revisit N. Korea

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Hidekazu (R) and Hatsui (L) Hasuike, the parents of Kaoru Hasuike, one of five Japanese abductees to North Korea, speak during an interview with Kyodo News at their home in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, on Oct. 3. They expressed discontent over the Japanese government's efforts to resolve the abduction issue. (Kyodo)

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Chimuras to stay at Hasuikes' home

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Yasushi Chimura (2nd from R) and his wife Fukie (3rd from R), two of the five Japanese now back home after being abducted to North Korea in 1978, were invited to stay at the home of the Hasuikes in Niigata Prefecture on the way back to their home in Fukui Prefecture after a reunion of the five in Niigata Prefecture. (From L to R) are Yukiko Hasuike, her husband Kaoru, and his mother Hatsui. At right is Kaoru's father Hidekazu. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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(5)Japan, N. Korea resume normalization talks

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Hidekazu Hasuike (L) and his wife Hatsui, who had their son Kaoru abducted by North Korea in 1978, watch TV newscast reporting on the resumption of Japan-North Korea talks on normalization of relations in Kuala Lumpur at their home in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, on Oct. 29. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)