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US: Brush Fire Erupts In Del Mar Heights, San Diego 3

A brush fire erupted in the Del Mar Heights neighborhood in San Diego on Tuesday morning, June 25. The fire near Mira Montana Drive off Del Mar Heights Road prompted the mandatory evacuation of 2,500 residents from the area. The fire's forward progress was stopped by about 5:30 p.m. and all evacuation orders and warnings have been lifted by 7:20 p.m.

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CHINA-HUNAN-CHANGSHA-PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES-EMPLOYMENT SERVICE (CN)

(240115) -- CHANGSHA, Jan. 15, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Xie Xiangqian (R) demonstrates an calligraphy work of Tan Huangfang (L), a member of the Shangshan Service Center for the Disabled, in Lianhuashan Village, Yuelu District of Changsha, central China's Hunan Province, Jan. 14, 2024. In 2013, a tragic fire left Xie Xiangqian with severe burns and physical disabilities. A year later, with the support of disabled persons federations, Xie founded the Shangshan Service Center for the Disabled in his hometown of Lianhuashan Village. The center has since become a hub for employment opportunities, offering jobs in electronic components processing, packaging, and various agricultural activities. Over the past decade, the Shangshan Service Center for the Disabled has not only provided agricultural training but also facilitated job placements for over 5,000 individuals with disabilities. Almost 200 of them have secured employment directly through the center. In recent years, Xie and fellow disabled individuals have ext

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CHINA-GUANGXI-MOUNTAIN VILLAGE-CHILDREN-CHANGE (CN)

(230603) -- NANNING, June 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows middle school student Lan Xiuxue studying at home on Jan. 16, 2023 (above) and 5-year-old Lan Xiuxue herding sheep on July 14, 2013 (below) in Nongyong Village of Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. TO GO WITH "Feature: Children in the photos witness changes in China mountain village" (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-TEENAGERS-HOMETOWN-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230122) -- DAHUA, Jan. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on July 14, 2013 shows a view of Nongding Village of Bansheng Town, Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Meng Xuanren and his younger brother Meng Xuantai were nicknamed "ladder teenagers" because they had to climb mountains and hanging ladders to get to school as children. They've all grown up and achieved their goals now. Meng Xuanren, 22, is a sophomore at the Liaoning Provincial College of Communications, and Xuantai, 19, works at an auto repair factory in south China's Guangdong Province after graduating from a vocational school. The brothers returned to Nongding Village in Bansheng Town for a family reunion during the Spring Festival. They have seen the transformation of transportation infrastructure, school facilities, and village housing in their hometown over the last decade. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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Ski slope in Sochi opens

SOCHI, Russia - Children prepare to head for a slope in a ski area that will be the venue for the Alpine ski events at the Sochi Winter Olympic Games next February, as it opened for this season's business on Dec. 14, 2013. The area will suspend business on Jan. 6, 2014, about one month before the opening of the Olympics.

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Ski slope in Sochi opens

SOCHI, Russia - People ski on a slope in Sochi in an area that will be the venue for the Alpine ski events at the Sochi Winter Olympic Games next February, as it opened for this season's business on Dec. 14, 2013. The area will suspend business on Jan. 6, 2014, about one month before the opening of the Olympics.

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Field burning

NARA, Japan - Photo multiply-exposed from 6:19 p.m. to 7:14 p.m. on Jan. 26, 2013, shows field burning on Mt. Wakakusa and fireworks as part of an annual early spring festival in the city of Nara. Seen in front R is the reconstructed Suzakumon gate of the ancient Heijo Palace.

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Former senior diplomat Togo gives interview

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuhiko Togo, former chief of the Foreign Ministry's European and Oceanic Affairs Bureau, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2013.

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U.S. motor show

DETROIT, United States - Photo shows a new Corolla of Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corp., unveiled at the annual North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan, on Jan. 14, 2013.

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U.S. motor show

DETROIT, United States - Honda Motor Co. President Takanobu Ito (L) and Executive Vice President Tetsuo Iwamura give a media interview in Detroit, Michigan, on Jan. 14, 2013, where the annual North American International Auto Show opened the same day.

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U.S. motor show

DETROIT, United States - Shigeki Terashi, president of Toyota Motor North America Inc., gives a media interview in Detroit, Michigan, on Jan. 14, 2013, where the annual North American International Auto Show opened the same day.

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U.S. motor show

DETROIT, United States - Photo shows a new Corolla of Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corp. exhibited at the annual North American International Auto Show that opened in Detroit, Michigan, on Jan. 14, 2013.

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Omae joins Dusseldorf

DUSSELDORF, Germany - Japan's Genki Omae smiles during a press conference in Dusseldorf, Germany, on Jan. 14, 2013, as he joined the German Bundesliga club Fortuna Dusseldorf.

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U.S. motor show

DETROIT, United States - Photo shows the exhibition of Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corp. at the annual North American International Auto Show that opened in Detroit, Michigan, on Jan. 14, 2013.

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Snowfall in Japan

NARITA, Japan - An airplane is guided on the ground in falling snow at Narita airport near Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2013.

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Snowfall in Japan

SENDAI, Japan - Photo shows Sendai airport in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, where the runways were closed due to heavy snow on Jan. 14, 2013.

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Snowfall in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Children make a snowman near the Tokyo Skytree in the Japanese capital on Jan. 14, 2013.

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Snowfall in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Women wearing formal kimono head to a Coming-of-Age ceremony in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2013 in the falling snow. Ceremonies were held throughout Japan that day for young Japanese turning 20 years old during the year.

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Snowfall in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Women wearing formal kimono walk after attending a Coming-of-Age ceremony in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2013 in the falling snow. Ceremonies were held throughout Japan that day for young Japanese turning 20 years old during the year.

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Snowfall in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A woman holds a broken umbrella in snow and strong wind in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2013. She is wearing a formal kimono for a Coming-of-Age ceremony held for young Japanese turning 20 years old during the year.

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Workers, police crash in Beijing

BEIJING, China - About 50 migrant workers from rural areas (back) demand wage payments in front of the residence of a company executive in Beijing on Jan. 14, 2013. At front are armed police officers guarding the area.

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Workers, police crash in Beijing

BEIJING, China - A police officer seizes a man after about 50 migrant workers from rural areas demanded wage payments in front of the residence of a company executive in Beijing on Jan. 14, 2013.

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Workers, police crash in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Armed police officers remove about 50 migrant workers from rural areas who demanded wage payments in front of the residence of a company executive in Beijing on Jan. 14, 2013.

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Workers, police crash in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Armed police officers remove about 50 migrant workers from rural areas who demanded wage payments in front of the residence of a company executive in Beijing on Jan. 14, 2013.

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Snowfall in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Women wearing formal kimono walk after attending a Coming-of-Age ceremony in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2013 in the falling snow. Ceremonies were held throughout Japan that day for young Japanese turning 20 years old during the year.

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Workers, police crash in Beijing

BEIJING, China - About 50 migrant workers from rural areas (front) demand wage payments in front of the residence of a company executive in Beijing on Jan. 14, 2013. At back are armed police officers guarding the area.

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Ovum bank plan

TOKYO, Japan - Sachiko Kishimoto, representative of Oocyte Donation Network, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2013. The private entity promoting egg donation for fertility treatment will start recruiting women willing to donate eggs for free to launch an "ovum bank," in the first such endeavor by a private-sector group in Japan.

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Ovum bank plan

TOKYO, Japan - Sachiko Kishimoto, representative of Oocyte Donation Network, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2013. The private entity promoting egg donation for fertility treatment will start recruiting women willing to donate eggs for free to launch an "ovum bank," in the first such endeavor by a private-sector group in Japan.

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Coming-of-Age Day

TOKYO, Japan -Around 1,200 young Japanese who turn 20 years old this year attend a Coming-of-Age ceremony on Jan. 14, 2013, a national holiday, at Tokyo Disneyland in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo.

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Coming-of-Age Day

TOKYO, Japan -Around 1,200 young Japanese who turn 20 years old this year attend a Coming-of-Age ceremony on Jan. 14, 2013, a national holiday, at Tokyo Disneyland in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo.

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Coming-of-Age Day

TOKYO, Japan -Around 1,200 young Japanese who turn 20 years old this year attend a Coming-of-Age ceremony on Jan. 14, 2013, a national holiday, at Tokyo Disneyland in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo.

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Coming-of-age ceremony in disaster-hit northeast

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Young men and women offer silent prayers during a ceremony on Jan. 13, 2013, in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, which was devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, ahead of the Coming-of-Age Day national holiday on Jan. 14.

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Japan's Takarazuka Revue to make 2nd tour of Taiwan

Rio Asumi (R) and Maria Kano, the two top stars of the Flower Troupe of the Japanese all-female Takarazuka Revue, perform at a press conference in Taipei on Jan. 27, 2015. The musical theater group announced that it will perform 14 shows at the National Theater in Taipei from Aug. 8 to 16 in its second appearance before a Taiwanese audience following its first in April 2013. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bike to Heaven memorial, Jan Bouchal, Kristof Kintera

The 14-metre high Bike to Heaven monument by Czech artist and sculptor Kristof Kintera, which commemorates Auto*Mat initiative co-founder Jan Bouchal and all cyclists killed on the streets of Prague, was unveiled on 2013 in the Holesovice district of Prague, Czech Republic, January 10, 2019. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

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Bike to Heaven memorial, Jan Bouchal, Kristof Kintera

The 14-metre high Bike to Heaven monument by Czech artist and sculptor Kristof Kintera, which commemorates Auto*Mat initiative co-founder Jan Bouchal and all cyclists killed on the streets of Prague, was unveiled on 2013 in the Holesovice district of Prague, Czech Republic, January 10, 2019. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

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Bike to Heaven memorial, Jan Bouchal, Kristof Kintera

The 14-metre high Bike to Heaven monument by Czech artist and sculptor Kristof Kintera, which commemorates Auto*Mat initiative co-founder Jan Bouchal and all cyclists killed on the streets of Prague, was unveiled on 2013 in the Holesovice district of Prague, Czech Republic, January 10, 2019. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

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Bike to Heaven memorial, Jan Bouchal, Kristof Kintera

The 14-metre high Bike to Heaven monument by Czech artist and sculptor Kristof Kintera, which commemorates Auto*Mat initiative co-founder Jan Bouchal and all cyclists killed on the streets of Prague, was unveiled on 2013 in the Holesovice district of Prague, Czech Republic, January 10, 2019. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

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Bike to Heaven memorial, Jan Bouchal, Kristof Kintera

The 14-metre high Bike to Heaven monument by Czech artist and sculptor Kristof Kintera, which commemorates Auto*Mat initiative co-founder Jan Bouchal and all cyclists killed on the streets of Prague, was unveiled on 2013 in the Holesovice district of Prague, Czech Republic, January 10, 2019. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)