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

(230603) -- NANNING, June 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows Meng Keyou, who is about to graduate from a vocational school, posing for a photo in front of his home on Jan. 16, 2023 (above) and 10-year-old Meng Keyou sitting for a rest on a cliff on his way to school on Sept. 5, 2012 (below) in Nonglei 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-MOUNTAIN VILLAGE-CHILDREN-CHANGE (CN)

(230603) -- NANNING, June 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows Meng Xuanzhao, who is making a living in Guangdong Province after graduating from a vocational school, posing for a photo in front of his new car on Jan. 21, 2023 (above) and 11-year-old Meng Xuanzhao (front) herding sheep during summer break on July 16, 2012 (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-MOUNTAIN VILLAGE-CHILDREN-CHANGE (CN)

(230603) -- NANNING, June 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows 10-year-old Meng Rouyu walking with her little brother Meng Xuanpeng on her back on July 16, 2012 (L) and Meng Rouyu, who has graduated from a school for kindergarten teachers, posing for a photo with her little brother Meng Xuanpeng on Jan. 20, 2023 (R) 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-MOUNTAIN VILLAGE-CHILDREN-CHANGE (CN)

(230603) -- NANNING, June 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows 4-year-old Meng Xuanhong in his sister's old dress playing with Lan Xiaoshuai on July 16, 2012 (L) and middle school students Meng Xuanhong and Lan Xiaoshuai posing for a photo on Jan. 21, 2023 (R) 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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Lawyer Takimoto

TOKYO, Japan - Lawyer Taro Takimoto answers reporters' questions after meeting Makoto Hirata, a former leading member of the AUM Shinrikyo cult, at a police station in Tokyo on Jan. 3, 2012. Hirata has been detained at the police station since turning himself in to police late on Dec. 31, 2011, after being on the run for more than 16 years.

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Obic wins Rice Bowl

TOKYO, Japan - Defensive back Masashi Fujimoto (L) of the Obic Seagulls competes for the ball with wide receiver Shunsuke Wada (16) of Kwansei Gakuin University during the first quarter of the Rice Bowl at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on Jan. 3, 2012. Obic of the corporate league won the game 38-28 for their second straight victory in the Rice Bowl, the Japanese championship of American football.

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Ex-AUM cult member Hirata taken to public prosecutors

TOKYO, Japan - A vehicle carrying Makoto Hirata, a former leading member of the AUM Shinrikyo cult, leaves Osaki Police Station in Tokyo on Jan. 2, 2012, as police officers take him for further questioning by public prosecutors. Hirata turned himself in to police on Dec. 31 after being on the run for more than 16 years. He was immediately arrested for suspected involvement in a conspiracy with AUM founder Shoko Asahara and other followers to abduct Kiyoshi Kariya, chief clerk at a notary office in Tokyo, in February 1995.

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Former Japanese army officer Onoda dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Hiroo Onoda, a former Imperial Japanese Army intelligence officer, riding a horse at his farm near Campo Grande, Brazil, in March 2012. Onoda, who continued fighting on a Philippine island for decades after Japan's surrender in World War II, died of heart failure at a Tokyo hospital on Jan. 16, 2014 at age 91.

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Kuroda becomes oldest Akutagawa literary award winner

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in Tokyo in December 2012 shows Natsuko Kuroda. Kuroda became the oldest Akutagawa award at age 75 on Jan. 16, 2013, in the almost 80-year history of the prestigious Japanese literary prize.

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N.Y. trade fair features textile makers from quake-hit area

NEW YORK, United States - A buyer examines a product at a trade fair opened in New York on Jan. 18, 2012, featuring 16 textile and knitting firms from three Japanese prefectures hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Smuggling via Strait of Hormuz

KHASAB, Oman - A boat carrying goods for smuggling to Iran runs through the Strait of Hormuz on Jan. 16, 2012.

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Smuggling via Strait of Hormuz

KHASAB, Oman - People load goods onto a boat at a port in Khasab, northern Oman, for smuggling into Iran via the Strait of Hormuz on Jan. 16, 2012.

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NLD issues journal

YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar opposition party the National League for Democracy publishes first edition of its journal D.Wave on Jan. 16, 2012, with the cover bearing a photo of party leader and democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi.

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Cruise ship wreckage off Italy

ROME, Italy - Photo taken Jan. 16, 2012, shows the cruise ship Costa Concordia three days after it ran aground and capsized near Giglio Island, central Italy.

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Shoppers in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Photo taken Jan. 16, 2012, shows shoppers in a commercial district of Beijing, China.

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Cruise ship wreckage off Italy

ROME, Italy - Photo taken Jan. 16, 2012, shows the cruise ship Costa Concordia three days after it ran aground and capsized near Giglio Island, central Italy.

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Condo construction site in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Photo taken Jan. 16, 2012, shows a condominium construction site in Beijing, China.

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Uno wins silver at Youth Olympic figure skating

INNSBRUCK, Austria - Japan's Shoma Uno performs during the free program of the men's figure skating at the Winter Youth Olympic Games in Innsbruck, Austria, on Jan. 16, 2012. The 14-year-old took the silver medal.

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Cruise ship capsized near Italy

ROME, Italy - Photo shows the cruise ship Costa Concordia on Jan. 16, 2012, three days after the vessel capsized near Giglio Island, central Italy.

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Cruise ship capsized near Italy

ROME, Italy - Photo shows the cruise ship Costa Concordia on Jan. 16, 2012, three days after the vessel capsized near Giglio Island, central Italy.

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Singer Hamasaki to divorce

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in Shanghai on April 20, 2007, shows Japanese pop singer Ayumi Hamasaki. She announced on Jan. 16, 2012, through the website of her official fan club that she intends to divorce U.S.-based Austrian actor Manuel Schwarz, whom she married on Jan. 1 the previous year.

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U.S. to review sanctions against Myanmar

YANGON, Myanmar - U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell (L) and Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi attend a joint press conference in Yangon on Jan. 16, 2012. The senator said the United States is likely to review economic sanctions after Myanmar holds parliamentary by-elections in April 2012.

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Cruise ship capsized near Italy

ROME, Italy - Photo shows the cruise ship Costa Concordia on Jan. 16, 2012, three days after the vessel capsized near Giglio Island, central Italy.

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High radiation at Fukushima condo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a site where stones were crushed for building materials in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, on Jan. 16, 2012. A local government said that a high radiation level was detected at a newly built apartment building in Nihonmatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, on Jan. 15, 2012, as concrete foundations on the first floor were made from crushed stones from the Namie site in the evacuation zone near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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U.S. envoy in Fukushima

IWAKI, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos (R) speaks to a man at a temporary home in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on Jan. 16, 2012, for evacuees from areas near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. The envoy visited the power plant the same day.

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High radiation at Fukushima condo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a site where stones were crushed for building materials in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, on Jan. 16, 2012. A local government said that a high radiation level was detected at a newly built apartment building in Nihonmatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, on Jan. 15, 2012, as concrete foundations on the first floor were made from crushed stones from the Namie site in the evacuation zone near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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Hawaiian Airlines to fly to Fukuoka

FUKUOKA, Japan - Hawaiian Airlines President Mark Dunkerley (C) poses for photos after a press conference in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 16, 2012, prior to the airline's launch of services between Honolulu and Fukuoka in April.

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Volkswagen aims to boost sales in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Gerasimos Dorizas, president of Volkswagen Group Japan KK, stands by a new model of the Golf hatchback at a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 16, 2012. German automaker Volkswagen AG said it aims to increase sales in Japan in 2012 by 18.5 percent from the previous year to 60,000 vehicles on the strength of new models.

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Athletics, Mariners managers in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Oakland Athletics manager Bob Melvin, Seattle Mariners manager Eric Wedge and former Mariners player Ken Griffey Jr. pose for photos after a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 16, 2012, about the two Major League teams opening the 2012 season in Tokyo in March.

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Athletics manager in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Oakland Athletics manager Bob Melvin speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 16, 2012. He spoke about the Athletics and the Seattle Mariners opening the 2012 season in Tokyo in March.

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PM Noda at DPJ convention

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda delivers a speech at a convention of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan in Tokyo on Jan. 16, 2012. Noda is wearing an eye patch as, a source close to him said, he bumped into something in the dark the previous night at the premier's official residence.

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Mariners manager in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Seattle Mariners manager Eric Wedge speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 16, 2012. He spoke about the Mariners and the Oakland Athletics opening the 2012 season in Tokyo in March.

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BOJ regional managers' meeting

TOKYO, Japan - The Bank of Japan holds a quarterly meeting of its regional managers at the bank's head office in Tokyo on Jan. 16, 2012. BOJ Governor Masaaki Shirakawa at the meeting said the sovereign debt problem in Europe remains the largest risk factor to the economy.

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Prefabricated school building in disaster-hit Iwate Pref.

KAMAISHI, Japan - Children arrive for the start of third term at a prefabricated school in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on Jan. 16, 2012, built near their original school that was destroyed by the March 2011 tsunami.

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Flowering dogwood sent by U.S. government in 1915

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in May 1997 at the University of Tokyo's Koishikawa Botanical Gardens in Tokyo shows a flowering dogwood sent by the United States in 1915 as a return gift of cherry trees sent from Japan to Washington in 1912. Sources involved in Japan-U.S. relations said Jan. 16, 2012 that the U.S. plans to present Japan dogwood seedlings to mark the 100th anniversary of the cherry tree gift.

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Kuroda signs with Yankees

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese pitcher Hiroki Kuroda in the Los Angeles Dodgers' uniform. The New York Yankees officially announced a one-year pact with the free agent right-handed starter on Jan. 26, 2012. Kuroda was 13-16 with a 3.07 ERA in 32 starts for the Dodgers the previous season.

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Ex-AUM cult member Hirata

TOKYO, Japan - Makoto Hirata, a former leading member of the AUM Shinrikyo cult, is escorted by a police officer to the Tokyo District Court in Tokyo on Jan. 3, 2012. Hirata turned himself in to police late on Dec. 31, 2011, after being on the run for more than 16 years. (Kyodo)

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Lawyer Takimoto

TOKYO, Japan - Lawyer Taro Takimoto answers reporters' questions after meeting Makoto Hirata, a former leading member of the AUM Shinrikyo cult, at a police station in Tokyo on Jan. 3, 2012. Hirata has been detained at the police station since turning himself in to police late on Dec. 31, 2011, after being on the run for more than 16 years. (Kyodo)

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Obic wins Rice Bowl

TOKYO, Japan - Defensive back Masashi Fujimoto (L) of the Obic Seagulls competes for the ball with wide receiver Shunsuke Wada (16) of Kwansei Gakuin University during the first quarter of the Rice Bowl at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on Jan. 3, 2012. Obic of the corporate league won the game 38-28 for their second straight victory in the Rice Bowl, the Japanese championship of American football. (Kyodo)

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Ex-AUM cult member held after 16 years on run

TOKYO, Japan - Makoto Hirata (L), a former leading member of the AUM Shinrikyo cult who has been on the run for more than 16 years, is escorted by police officers from Marunouchi Police Station to Osaki Police Station, both in Tokyo, on Jan. 1, 2012. Hirata, 46, turned himself in to police the previous night and was arrested for suspected involvement in a conspiracy with AUM founder Shoko Asahara and other followers to abduct Kiyoshi Kariya, chief clerk at a notary office in Tokyo, in February 1995. (Kyodo)

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Kuroda signs with Yankees

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese pitcher Hiroki Kuroda in the Los Angeles Dodgers' uniform. The New York Yankees officially announced a one-year pact with the free agent right-handed starter on Jan. 26, 2012. Kuroda was 13-16 with a 3.07 ERA in 32 starts for the Dodgers the previous season. (Kyodo)

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Smuggling via Strait of Hormuz

KHASAB, Oman - A boat carrying goods for smuggling to Iran runs through the Strait of Hormuz on Jan. 16, 2012. (Kyodo)

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Smuggling via Strait of Hormuz

KHASAB, Oman - People load goods onto a boat at a port in Khasab, northern Oman, for smuggling into Iran via the Strait of Hormuz on Jan. 16, 2012. (Kyodo)

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Ex-AUM cult member Hirata arrested

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Jan. 2, 2012, shows a poster with pictures of three ex-AUM Shinrikyo cult members wanted by police. The photo of Makoto Hirata (C), who turned himself in to police on Dec. 31 after being on the run for more than 16 years, is obscured by a sticker saying he has been arrested. The other two are Katsuya Takahashi (L) and Naoko Kikuchi, who are still wanted in connection with a string of heinous crimes committed by the cult in the 1990s. (Kyodo)

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Ex-AUM cult member Hirata taken to public prosecutors

TOKYO, Japan - A vehicle carrying Makoto Hirata, a former leading member of the AUM Shinrikyo cult, leaves Osaki Police Station in Tokyo on Jan. 2, 2012, as police officers take him for further questioning by public prosecutors. Hirata turned himself in to police on Dec. 31 after being on the run for more than 16 years. He was immediately arrested for suspected involvement in a conspiracy with AUM founder Shoko Asahara and other followers to abduct Kiyoshi Kariya, chief clerk at a notary office in Tokyo, in February 1995. (Kyodo)

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Ex-AUM cult member Hirata taken to public prosecutors

TOKYO, Japan - A vehicle carrying Makoto Hirata, a former leading member of the AUM Shinrikyo cult, leaves Osaki Police Station in Tokyo on Jan. 2, 2012, as police officers take him for further questioning by public prosecutors. Hirata turned himself in to police on Dec. 31 after being on the run for more than 16 years. He was immediately arrested for suspected involvement in a conspiracy with AUM founder Shoko Asahara and other followers to abduct Kiyoshi Kariya, chief clerk at a notary office in Tokyo, in February 1995. (Kyodo)

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N.Y. trade fair features textile makers from quake-hit area

NEW YORK, United States - A buyer examines a product at a trade fair opened in New York on Jan. 18, 2012, featuring 16 textile and knitting firms from three Japanese prefectures hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo)

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NLD issues journal

YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar opposition party the National League for Democracy publishes first edition of its journal D.Wave on Jan. 16, 2012, with the cover bearing a photo of party leader and democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi. (Kyodo)

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Cruise ship wreckage off Italy

ROME, Italy - Photo taken Jan. 16, 2012, shows the cruise ship Costa Concordia three days after it ran aground and capsized near Giglio Island, central Italy. (Kyodo)