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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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Frontale's Okubo wins award from city of Kawasaki

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Kawasaki Frontale striker Yoshito Okubo, J-League's golden boot winner for 2013, poses after receiving a special sports award from Kawasaki City at the city hall in Kanagawa Prefecture on Jan. 20, 2014.

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China's 2013 economic growth

BEIJING, China - Photo taken in February 2013 shows a development area in Guiyang, Guizhou Province. China said Jan. 20, 2014, that the country's economy grew 7.7 percent in 2013 from the previous year, exceeding the government's target of 7.5 percent.

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China's 2013 economic growth

BEIJING, China - Ma Jiantang (L), director of the National Bureau of Statistics of China, receives questions from reporters during a press conference in Beijing on Jan. 20, 2014, after announcing China's gross domestic product data. China's economy grew 7.7 percent in 2013 from the previous year, exceeding the government's target of 7.5 percent, Ma said.

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China's 2013 economic growth

BEIJING, China - Ma Jiantang, director of the National Bureau of Statistics of China, announces China's gross domestic product data in Beijing on Jan. 20, 2014. China's economy grew 7.7 percent in 2013 from the previous year, exceeding the government's target of 7.5 percent, Ma said.

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China's 2013 economic growth

BEIJING, China - Photo shows Ma Jiantang, director of the National Bureau of Statistics of China, during a press conference in Beijing on Jan. 20, 2014, in which Ma released China's gross domestic product data. China's economy grew 7.7 percent in 2013 from the previous year, exceeding the government's target of 7.5 percent, Ma said.

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China's 2013 economic growth

BEIJING, China - Photo taken Jan. 13, 2014, shows a site where a high-rise building is being built in central Beijing, China. China said Jan. 20 that the country's economy grew 7.7 percent in 2013 from the previous year, exceeding the government's target of 7.5 percent.

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Japan seeks to double no. of foreign visitors by 2020

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from R) speaks at a meeting of Cabinet ministers on efforts to boost tourism, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 17, 2014. Abe said the government aims to double the number of foreign visitors to Japan to 20 million a year by the 2020 Olympic Games, after the number topped 10 million in 2013 for the first time.

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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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'Kumamon,' popular mascot for Kumamoto

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows ''Kumamon,'' the official black bear mascot for the southwestern Japanese prefecture of Kumamoto, when it visited the Kyodo News headquarters in Tokyo on Jan. 25, 2013. Sales of products featuring Kumamon swelled to at least 29.36 billion yen in 2012, about 11 times more than those of the previous year, local officials said Feb. 20, 2013.

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'Kumamon,' popular mascot for Kumamoto

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows ''Kumamon,'' the official black bear mascot for the southwestern Japanese prefecture of Kumamoto, when it visited the Kyodo News headquarters in Tokyo on Jan. 25, 2013. Sales of products featuring Kumamon swelled to at least 29.36 billion yen in 2012, about 11 times more than those of the previous year, local officials said Feb. 20, 2013.

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'Kumamon,' popular mascot for Kumamoto

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows ''Kumamon,'' the official black bear mascot for the southwestern Japanese prefecture of Kumamoto, when it visited the Kyodo News headquarters in Tokyo on Jan. 25, 2013. Sales of products featuring Kumamon swelled to at least 29.36 billion yen in 2012, about 11 times more than those of the previous year, local officials said Feb. 20, 2013.

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Judo coach resigns over abuse scandal

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese women's judo coach Ryuji Sonoda (R) taking part in a training session in Tokyo on Dec. 20, 2012. Sonoda said Jan. 31, 2013, he will submit his resignation to the All Japan Judo Federation following revelations that 15 top female judo wrestlers sent a joint complaint to the Japan Olympic Committee at the end of 2012, alleging they had been subjected to harassment and physical violence by Sonoda and other coaching staff at a training camp in the buildup to the London Olympics.

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Nintendo slashes FY 2012 outlook

OSAKA, Japan - Nintendo Co. President Satoru Iwata holds a press conference in Osaka on Jan. 30, 2013. The game console maker revised downward its earnings outlook for fiscal 2012 ending March, forecasting a 20 billion yen group operating loss after seeing sluggish year-end sales.

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Arc de Triomphe

PARIS, France - A Jan. 20, 2013, file photo shows Arc de Triomphe de l'Etoile in Paris.

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Arc de Triomphe

PARIS, France - A Jan. 20, 2013, file photo shows Arc de Triomphe de l'Etoile in Paris.

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Arc de Triomphe

PARIS, France - A Jan. 20, 2013, file photo shows Arc de Triomphe de l'Etoile in Paris.

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Arc de Triomphe

PARIS, France - A Jan. 20, 2013, file photo shows Arc de Triomphe de l'Etoile in Paris.

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Orchid festival in Tottori

YONAGO, Japan - An orchid festival starts at Tottori Hanakairo park in the town of Nambu, Tottori Prefecture, on Jan. 26, 2013, displaying some 2,500 flowers of about 20 different species.

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Japan's oldest elephant

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 20, 2013, shows Hanako, Japan's oldest Asian elephant, at Inokashira Park Zoo in western Tokyo. The zoo held an event the same day to celebrate Hanako's 66th birthday.

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Japanese executives locked up in China in labor dispute

SHANGHAI, China - Photo taken on Jan. 20, 2013, shows a factory of an electronic parts maker in Shanghai owned by Japan's Shinmei Electric Co. Workers at the plant locked up around 10 Japanese executives for two days to press their demands for better pay and working conditions, releasing them early on Jan. 20 after police intervention.

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Wedding ceremony at ice church

SAPPORO, Japan - A couple hold a wedding ceremony Jan. 20, 2013, at a church made of ice in the village of Shimukappu, Hokkaido, in northern Japan.

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Myanmar Development Cooperation Forum

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - The first Myanmar Development and Cooperation Forum ends in the capital Naypyitaw on Jan. 20, 2013.

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Myanmar Development Cooperation Forum

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - Kan Zaw, Myanmar's minister for national planning and economic development, serves as chairman of the first Myanmar Development and Cooperation Forum in the capital Naypyitaw on Jan. 20, 2013.

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JGC head office

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 20, 2013, shows the building housing the head office of Japanese engineering company JGC Corp. in Yokohama, near Tokyo. Staff of the company were involved in a hostage crisis in Algeria.

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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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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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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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Archery event at Kyoto temple

KYOTO, Japan - Young women who are or will turn 20 years old as of April 1 wearing traditional attire take aim in the "Toshiya" archery event at Sanjusangendo temple in Kyoto on Jan. 13, 2013. Around 1,500 people from across the country, including those celebrating their coming of age, took part in the event.

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Archery event at Kyoto temple

KYOTO, Japan - Young women who are or will turn 20 years old as of April 1 wearing traditional attire take aim in the "Toshiya" archery event at Sanjusangendo temple in Kyoto on Jan. 13, 2013. Around 1,500 people from across the country, including those celebrating their coming of age, took part in the event.

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Archery event at Kyoto temple

KYOTO, Japan - Young women who are or will turn 20 years old as of April 1 wearing traditional attire take aim in the "Toshiya" archery event at Sanjusangendo temple in Kyoto on Jan. 13, 2013. Around 1,500 people from across the country, including those celebrating their coming of age, took part in the event.

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TEPCO's Fukushima headquarters starts operations

NARAHA, Japan - (From L to R) Tokyo Electric Power Co. Vice President Yoshiyuki Ishizaki, President Naomi Hirose and Chairman Kazuhiko Shimokobe attend a ceremony to launch TEPCO's Fukushima headquarters in Naraha, some 20 kilometers south of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on Jan. 4, 2013. The utility set up the headquarters to better deal with issues stemming from the nation's worst-ever nuclear accident at the plant.

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TEPCO's Fukushima headquarters starts operations

NARAHA, Japan - Representing the Tokyo head office of Tokyo Electric Power Co., Vice President Yoshiyuki Ishizaki (R in the background) gives a speech during a ceremony to launch TEPCO's Fukushima headquarters in Naraha, some 20 kilometers south of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on Jan. 4, 2013. The utility set up the headquarters to better deal with issues stemming from the nation's worst-ever nuclear accident at the plant.

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TEPCO's Fukushima headquarters starts operations

NARAHA, Japan - Representing the Tokyo head office of Tokyo Electric Power Co., Vice President Yoshiyuki Ishizaki gives a speech during a ceremony to launch TEPCO's Fukushima headquarters in Naraha, some 20 kilometers south of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on Jan. 4, 2013. The utility set up the headquarters to better deal with issues stemming from the nation's worst-ever nuclear accident at the plant.

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New Year sales

TOKYO, Japan - Shoppers buy "lucky bags" filled with discount goods at the Seibu department store in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, on Jan. 1, 2013. Some 20,000 people lined up for New Year sales at the store.

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New Year sales

TOKYO, Japan - Shoppers crowd the Seibu department store in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, on Jan. 1, 2013. Some 20,000 people lined up for New Year sales at the store.

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BOJ to conclude review on inflation goal in Jan.

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa (R) holds a press conference at the BOJ's head office in Tokyo on Dec. 20, 2012. The BOJ decided the same day to further ease its monetary policy and said it aims to conclude a review of its inflation goal at its next policy meeting in January 2013, as demanded by presumptive Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who has proposed setting an inflation target of 2 percent.

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BOJ to conclude review on inflation goal in Jan.

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa ends a press conference at the BOJ's head office in Tokyo on Dec. 20, 2012. The BOJ decided the same day to further ease its monetary policy and said it aims to conclude a review of its inflation goal at its next policy meeting in January 2013, as demanded by presumptive Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who has proposed setting an inflation target of 2 percent.

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BOJ to conclude review on inflation goal in Jan.

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa holds a press conference at the BOJ's head office in Tokyo on Dec. 20, 2012. The BOJ decided the same day to further ease its monetary policy and said it aims to conclude a review of its inflation goal at its next policy meeting in January 2013, as demanded by presumptive Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who has proposed setting an inflation target of 2 percent.

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BOJ to conclude review on inflation goal in Jan.

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in December 2011 shows the Bank of Japan's head office in Tokyo. The BOJ decided Dec. 20, 2012, to further ease its monetary policy and said it aims to conclude a review of its inflation goal at its next policy meeting in January 2013, as demanded by presumptive Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who has proposed setting an inflation target of 2 percent.

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BOJ to conclude review on inflation goal in Jan.

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa holds a press conference at the BOJ's head office in Tokyo on Dec. 20, 2012. The BOJ decided the same day to further ease its monetary policy and said it aims to conclude a review of its inflation goal at its next policy meeting in January 2013, as demanded by presumptive Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who has proposed setting an inflation target of 2 percent.

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BOJ to conclude review on inflation goal in Jan.

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa explains the BOJ's monetary policy using a chart during a press conference at the BOJ's head office in Tokyo on Dec. 20, 2012. The BOJ decided the same day to further ease its monetary policy and said it aims to conclude a review of its inflation goal at its next policy meeting in January 2013, as demanded by presumptive Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who has proposed setting an inflation target of 2 percent.

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Tokyo, Osaka stock exchanges to merge

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Securities Exchange Co. shareholders enter the venue of their extraordinary meeting in Osaka on Nov. 20, 2012. Tokyo Stock Exchange Group Inc. separately held an extra shareholders meeting the same day. Both the meetings gave consent to an agreement on the exchanges' merger on Jan. 1, 2013, and to create Japan Exchange Group Inc., a holding company for the two exchanges.

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Tokyo, Osaka stock exchanges to merge

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Stock Exchange Group Inc. holds an extraordinary meeting of shareholders in Tokyo on Nov. 20, 2012. Osaka Securities Exchange Co. separately held an extra shareholders meeting the same day. Both meetings gave consent to an agreement on the exchanges' merger on Jan. 1, 2013, and to create Japan Exchange Group Inc., a holding company for the two exchanges.