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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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(AmazingAnhui)CHINA-ANHUI-HEFEI-CHINA SPEECH VALLEY-ENTERPRISES (CN)

(240124) -- HEFEI, Jan. 24, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A staff member demonstrates the AI-powered large language model dubbed "Spark Desk" at the iFLYTEK Co. Ltd. in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, Jan. 19, 2024. China Speech Valley, located in the western suburbs of Hefei City, east China's Anhui Province, is China's first national-level industry base focusing on voice and AI. Founded in 2013, this base is now home to over 2,200 enterprises. iFLYTEK Co., Ltd. is the first enterprise settled in China Speech Valley. As a leading enterprise in China's intelligent voice industry, it has driven more and more relevant upstream and downstream enterprises to take root in Hefei. For years, from the initial voice synthesis and recognition to voice interaction, cognitive intelligence, and now the AI-powered large language model, iFLYTEK has continued to make breakthroughs in source technology innovation. Today, China Speech Valley, with iFLYTEK as its core, is actively embracing the new era of artificial general inte

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(AmazingAnhui)CHINA-ANHUI-HEFEI-CHINA SPEECH VALLEY-ENTERPRISES (CN)

(240124) -- HEFEI, Jan. 24, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A staff member introduces the iFLYTEK Smart VoiceBook at the iFLYTEK Co. Ltd. in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, Jan. 19, 2024. China Speech Valley, located in the western suburbs of Hefei City, east China's Anhui Province, is China's first national-level industry base focusing on voice and AI. Founded in 2013, this base is now home to over 2,200 enterprises. iFLYTEK Co., Ltd. is the first enterprise settled in China Speech Valley. As a leading enterprise in China's intelligent voice industry, it has driven more and more relevant upstream and downstream enterprises to take root in Hefei. For years, from the initial voice synthesis and recognition to voice interaction, cognitive intelligence, and now the AI-powered large language model, iFLYTEK has continued to make breakthroughs in source technology innovation. Today, China Speech Valley, with iFLYTEK as its core, is actively embracing the new era of artificial general intelligence, in an effort to bett

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(AmazingAnhui)CHINA-ANHUI-HEFEI-CHINA SPEECH VALLEY-ENTERPRISES (CN)

(240124) -- HEFEI, Jan. 24, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A staff member operates the iFLYTEK Smart Translator at the iFLYTEK Co. Ltd. in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, Jan. 19, 2024. China Speech Valley, located in the western suburbs of Hefei City, east China's Anhui Province, is China's first national-level industry base focusing on voice and AI. Founded in 2013, this base is now home to over 2,200 enterprises. iFLYTEK Co., Ltd. is the first enterprise settled in China Speech Valley. As a leading enterprise in China's intelligent voice industry, it has driven more and more relevant upstream and downstream enterprises to take root in Hefei. For years, from the initial voice synthesis and recognition to voice interaction, cognitive intelligence, and now the AI-powered large language model, iFLYTEK has continued to make breakthroughs in source technology innovation. Today, China Speech Valley, with iFLYTEK as its core, is actively embracing the new era of artificial general intelligence, in an effort to bette

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(AmazingAnhui)CHINA-ANHUI-HEFEI-CHINA SPEECH VALLEY-ENTERPRISES (CN)

(240124) -- HEFEI, Jan. 24, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A staff member demonstrates the intelligent translating system at the iFLYTEK Co. Ltd. in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, Jan. 19, 2024. China Speech Valley, located in the western suburbs of Hefei City, east China's Anhui Province, is China's first national-level industry base focusing on voice and AI. Founded in 2013, this base is now home to over 2,200 enterprises. iFLYTEK Co., Ltd. is the first enterprise settled in China Speech Valley. As a leading enterprise in China's intelligent voice industry, it has driven more and more relevant upstream and downstream enterprises to take root in Hefei. For years, from the initial voice synthesis and recognition to voice interaction, cognitive intelligence, and now the AI-powered large language model, iFLYTEK has continued to make breakthroughs in source technology innovation. Today, China Speech Valley, with iFLYTEK as its core, is actively embracing the new era of artificial general intelligence, in an effor

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

(230122) -- DAHUA, Jan. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo shows Nongyong primary school under construction in Bansheng Town of Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Dec. 19, 2013. 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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Mizuho Bank president

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Bank President Yasuhiro Sato holds a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 26, 2013. Earlier in the day, the Financial Services Agency ordered the megabank to suspend some of its affiliated loans between Jan. 20 and Feb. 19 over the lender's involvement in transactions with "antisocial forces."

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Mizuho Bank president

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Bank President Yasuhiro Sato bows during a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 26, 2013. Earlier in the day, the Financial Services Agency ordered the megabank to suspend some of its affiliated loans between Jan. 20 and Feb. 19 over the lender's involvement in transactions with "antisocial forces."

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JAL Dreamliner arrives at Narita

NARITA, Japan - Photo shows a Japan Airlines Co. Boeing 787 Dreamliner after arriving at Narita airport near Tokyo on May 19, 2013. The jet had been parked at Boston's Logan International Airport after a fire broke out from a battery on the aircraft at the airport on Jan. 7, 2013, local time.

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JAL Dreamliner arrives at Narita

NARITA, Japan - Photo shows a Japan Airlines Co. Boeing 787 Dreamliner after arriving at Narita airport near Tokyo on May 19, 2013. The jet had been parked at Boston's Logan International Airport after a fire broke out from a battery on the aircraft at the airport on Jan. 7, 2013, local time.

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Funeral for sumo legend Taiho

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Hakuho attends the funeral of former yokozuna Taiho in Tokyo on Jan. 31, 2013. Taiho, whose 32 tournament championships are the most in sumo history, died at the age of 72 of heart disease on Jan. 19, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Funeral for sumo legend Taiho

TOKYO, Japan - Portraits of former yokozuna Taiho are displayed at an altar during his funeral in Tokyo on Jan. 31, 2013. Taiho, whose 32 tournament championships are the most in sumo history, died at the age of 72 of heart disease on Jan. 19, 2013. (Pool photo)

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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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Algeria hostage crisis

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga tells a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 21, 2013, that seven Japanese nationals, who were employees of engineering firm JGC Corp., have been confirmed dead following a hostage crisis in Algeria. Islamist militants attacked a gas plant in In Amenas, southeast Algeria, on Jan. 16, taking workers of many nationalities hostage. The Algerian military ended the standoff on Jan. 19.

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Counterguerilla drill in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean children touch guns that have been used by North Korean agents, during an exhibition of the weapons in Seoul on Jan. 19, 2013. The South Korean military held the exhibition to commemorate the 45th anniversary of the 1968 incident in which the military and North Korean agents had a gun battle near the Blue House official residence of the South Korean president in Seoul.

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Snow-covered 'gassho-zukuri' houses lit up

SHIRAKAWA, Japan - Houses with thatched and steeply slanting roofs, built in the style known as gassho-zukuri, are lit up for tourists in the snow-blanketed village of Shirakawa in Gifu Prefecture on Jan. 19, 2013. The area has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Sumo legend Taiho dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows sekiwake Taiho (C, front) and his supporters after he earned his first championship at the Kyushu tournament in November 1960. Taiho, who was later promoted to yokozuna and whose 32 tournament championships are the most in sumo history, died of heart disease at the age of 72 on Jan. 19, 2013.

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Algeria hostage crisis

PARIS, France - Koichi Kawana, president of Japanese engineering company JGC Corp., arrives in Paris on Jan. 19, 2013, en route to Algeria to deal with a hostage crisis involving JGC staff. A total of 17 Japanese nationals were working at a gas plant in southeastern Algeria for JGC when Islamist militants seized the facility on Jan. 16.

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Snow-covered 'gassho-zukuri' houses lit up

SHIRAKAWA, Japan - Houses with thatched and steeply slanting roofs, built in the style known as gassho-zukuri, are lit up for tourists in the snow-blanketed village of Shirakawa in Gifu Prefecture on Jan. 19, 2013. The area has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Snow-covered 'gassho-zukuri' houses lit up

SHIRAKAWA, Japan - Houses with thatched and steeply slanting roofs, built in the style known as gassho-zukuri, are lit up for tourists in the snow-blanketed village of Shirakawa in Gifu Prefecture on Jan. 19, 2013. The area has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Algeria hostage crisis

PARIS, France - Koichi Kawana, president of Japanese engineering company JGC Corp., arrives in Paris on Jan. 19, 2013, en route to Algeria to deal with a hostage crisis involving JGC staff. A total of 17 Japanese nationals were working at a gas plant in southeastern Algeria for JGC when Islamist militants seized the facility on Jan. 16.

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S. Korean pop star Rain

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean pop star Rain (C) is surrounded by fans during a South Korean military event in Seoul on Jan. 19, 2013. Rain was punished by the military earlier in the month for a disciplinary offense by dating actress Kim Tae Hee.

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Ski run in Roppongi

TOKYO, Japan - A freestyle skier gets ready to run down a roughly 15-meter slope installed at Roppongi Hills Arena in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2013, during an event hosted by the Tokyo metropolitan government to promote the city's bid for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games.

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S. Korean pop star Rain

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean pop star Rain salutes during a South Korean military event in Seoul on Jan. 19, 2013. Rain was punished by the military earlier in the month for a disciplinary offense by dating actress Kim Tae Hee.

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Mercury poisoning treaty

GENEVA, Switzerland - Japanese government representatives applaud after negotiators agreed, in accordance with Japan's proposal, to name a new international treaty on regulating mercury trading as the "Minamata Convention," at the United Nations in Geneva on Jan. 19, 2013. Minamata is a city in Japan's Kumamoto Prefecture that has given its name to a mercury-poisoning disease that was caused by the discharge of mercury-laced wastewater by a local chemical plant.

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Sumo legend Taiho dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan in October 2009 shows former yokozuna Taiho. Taiho, whose 32 tournament championships are the most in sumo history, died of heart disease at the age of 72 on Jan. 19, 2013.

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Myanmar Development Cooperation Forum

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - The first Myanmar Development and Cooperation Forum begins in the capital Naypyitaw on Jan. 19, 2013.

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Russian Orthodox Epiphany

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - People take a dip in a section of Amur Bay, from which ice has been removed in the Russian Far East city of Vladivostok on Jan. 19, 2013, to celebrate the Russian Orthodox Epiphany.

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Myanmar Development Cooperation Forum

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - Myanmar President Thein Sein gives an opening speech at the first Myanmar Development and Cooperation Forum in the capital Naypyitaw on Jan. 19, 2013.

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Mercury poisoning treaty

GENEVA, Switzerland - Government-level talks are held at the United Nations in Geneva on Jan. 19, 2013, on the draft of a new international treaty to regulate mercury trading to help prevent environmental pollution and health damage from the toxic substance.

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New Toyota Crown enjoying brisk orders

NAGOYA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda speaks at a ceremony to celebrate production of its fully remodeled Crown luxury sedan at the carmaker's Motomachi plant in the city of Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, on Jan. 17, 2013. Toyoda said orders for the new Crown had reached around 19,000 units by Jan. 15, three weeks after its launch, nearly five times higher than the company's monthly sales target.

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"Microplastics" collected from Tokyo Bay

Some "microplastics" or tiny plastic beads collected by Hideshige Takada, a professor at the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, from Tokyo Bay in 2013 are displayed in this file photo taken on Jan. 19, 2015. Discarded plastic pieces, reduced to less than 5 millimeters in size by ultraviolet rays and waves, are feared to affect the ecological system through the food chain. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo