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Baseball: Ichiro becomes 1st Asian elected to U.S. Hall of Fame

File photo shows Ichiro Suzuki of the New York Yankees taking batting position in a game against the Seattle Mariners in Seattle on July 23, 2012. He became the first Asian player elected to the U.S. National Baseball Hall of Fame on Jan. 21, 2025.

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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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Tunisian journalist's impressions of China

STORY: Tunisian journalist's impressions of China SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 30, 2023 DATELINE: Jan. 3, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:21 LOCATION: Tunis CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Tunisian journalist and views in China 2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): WAJIH HAFFOUDHI, Tunisian journalist STORYLINE: A Tunisian journalist, who has visited China several times, described it as "a developed, beautiful, and highly civilized country." SOUNDBITE (Arabic): WAJIH HAFFOUDHI, Tunisian journalist "I had two very important feelings when I visited China for the first time. The first one was that I was very shocked. As some media describe it, China is an advanced, very beautiful, and highly civilized country. I am very concerned about environmental issues. I visited China for the first time in 2012. Frankly speaking, sometimes I saw serious air pollution problem at that time. I have actually been paying attention to the relevant policies and actions of the Chinese government in the past ten years. When I visited China four years

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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 Lan Qiuyan, who has just graduated from a college, posing for a photo when she comes back home for the Spring Festival on Jan. 21, 2023 (above) and 11-year-old Lan Qiuyan in a yellow top walking home on a mountain road from school on July 4, 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 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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CHINA-GUANGXI-DAHUA-WATER SUPPLY-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230321) --DAHUA, March 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combined photo shows villager Lan Caihong displaying a water heater and a laundry machine installed at his home in Nongyong Village of Bansheng Township, Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (Top, taken on Jan. 21, 2023) and villager Lan Caihong collecting rainwater with buckets and pots under his roof at his home in Nongyong Village (taken on Feb. 14, 2015) . Situated at the center of the Karst landforms in west Guangxi, Dahua Yao Autonomous County had suffered from severe water deficit for ages. Since 2012, local government has been managing the water deficit through various measures like building water tanks or reservoirs to collect water or constructing water supply projects which could divert river water onto mountain areas to ease water shortage and provide safe drinking water for local people. Afters years of efforts, safe and convenient water supply is no longer a problem for the over 200,000 rural population in

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N. Korea's rocket

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows a North Korean long-range rocket lifting off from the Sohae Space Center in Tongchang-ri, North Korea, on Dec. 12, 2012. North Korea is presumed to have independently built most key parts of the rocket, while some commercially available materials were imported, South Korea's Defense Ministry said in a statement on Jan. 21, 2013.

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Rush of holiday travelers peaks in Japan

NARITA, Japan - The departure lobby is crowded with passengers at Narita international airport near Tokyo on Dec. 29, 2012. Some 44,000 people were expected to leave the country from the airport the same day to spend their New Year holidays abroad. The number of travelers departing from the airport between Dec. 21 and Jan. 6 is estimated to reach around 600,000, up 7 percent from the previous year.

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Imperial Palace illuminated

TOKYO, Japan - The Imperial Household Agency conducts a rehearsal on Dec. 21, 2012 for illuminating the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, ahead of illuminating the palace between Dec. 23, the birthday of Emperor Akihito, and Jan. 6, 2013.

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Imperial Palace illuminated

TOKYO, Japan - The Imperial Household Agency conducts a rehearsal on Dec. 21, 2012 for illuminating the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, ahead of illuminating the palace between Dec. 23, the birthday of Emperor Akihito, and Jan. 6, 2013.

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Quake-hit Sendai firm to join N.Y. trade fair

KYOTO, Japan - Kenichi Aizawa (L), president of T-shirt manufacturer Azoth Co. in Sendai, takes a look at a T-shirt in Kyoto on Jan. 21, 2012. Azoth, devastated by the March 2011 earthquake, will exhibit its products at a New York trade fair with help from Toshio Hara (C), president of textile dyeing firm Harasenko in Kyoto. Business partner Hara provided Aizawa with a line at his factory for free.

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Ishioka, designer and Oscar winner, dies at 73

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in 1993 shows renowned designer Eiko Ishioka holding an Oscar trophy. Ishioka, winner of an Academy Award for costume design for the 1992 movie ''Bram Stoker's Dracula,'' died of pancreatic cancer on Jan. 21, 2012, in Tokyo at the age of 73, according to media reports.

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Indigenous Ainu launch party

SAPPORO, Japan - Shiro Kayano (L), leader of the Ainu Party of Japan, speaks during a meeting in Ebetsu, Hokkaido, on Jan. 21, 2012, as members of the Ainu indigenous group, who primarily reside in Hokkaido, launch the party, aiming to field 10 candidates in the House of Councillors election in 2013. To the right is vice leader Shizue Ukaji.

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Myanmar dissidents back Suu Kyi's election bid

YANGON, Myanmar - Min Ko Naing (C) and other prominent Myanmar dissidents announce during a press conference in Yangon on Jan. 21, 2012, that they will back pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in a parliamentary by-election in April 2012.

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Japan lawmakers survey disputed isles from boat

ISHIGAKI, Japan - House of Representatives members Yoshitaka Shindo (L) and Koichi Mukoyama hold a press conference in Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture, on Jan. 21, 2012, after surveying the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea from a fishing boat earlier in the day.

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Fukuhara wins 1st singles title at nat'ls

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese table tennis player Ai Fukuhara holds the championship trophy after defeating Kasumi Ishikawa in the final of the women's singles at the national championships at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on Jan. 21, 2012. The 23-year-old Fukuhara, ranked ninth in the world, won the singles title at the championships for the first time.

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Japan lawmakers survey disputed isles from boat

ISHIGAKI, Japan - House of Representatives members Yoshitaka Shindo (L) and Koichi Mukoyama (C) return to the port in Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture, on Jan. 21, 2012, after surveying the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea from a fishing boat earlier in the day.

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Indigenous Ainu launch party

SAPPORO, Japan - Shiro Kayano (2nd from L), leader of the Ainu Party of Japan, speaks during a meeting in Ebetsu, Hokkaido, on Jan. 21, 2012, as members of the Ainu indigenous group, who primarily reside in Hokkaido, launch the party, aiming to field 10 candidates in the House of Councillors election in 2013.

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Fukuhara wins 1st singles title at nat'ls

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese table tennis player Ai Fukuhara plays Kasumi Ishikawa in the final of the women's singles at the national championships at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on Jan. 21, 2012. The 23-year-old Fukuhara, ranked ninth in the world, won the singles title at the championships for the first time.

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Fukuhara wins 1st singles title at nat'ls

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese table tennis player Ai Fukuhara is seen after defeating Kasumi Ishikawa in the final of the women's singles at the national championships at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on Jan. 21, 2012. The 23-year-old Fukuhara, ranked ninth in the world, won the singles title at the championships for the first time.

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Fukuhara wins 1st singles title at nat'ls

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese table tennis player Ai Fukuhara plays Kasumi Ishikawa in the final of the women's singles at the national championships at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on Jan. 21, 2012. The 23-year-old Fukuhara, ranked ninth in the world, won the singles title at the championships for the first time.

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Baseball: Hanamaki Higashi v Osaka Toin

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 13 Kyodo - Shintaro Fujinami (R) of Osaka Toin Senior High School allows a solo home run to Shohei Ohtani of Hanamaki Higashi High School in the bottom of the second inning of a national high school baseball invitational tournament game at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, western Japan, on March 21, 2012.

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Hanamaki Higashi's Ohtani determined to play in U.S.

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 13 Kyodo - Shohei Ohtani (L) of Hanamaki Higashi High School, accompanied by his father Toru, attends a press conference in the Iwate Prefecture city of Hanamaki, northeastern Japan, on Oct. 21, 2012. Ohtani said he aims to play in the U.S. majors after graduating from high school.

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Cuban dissident talks about police raid, subsequent injury

Cuban dissident Sonia Garro points at the bullet wound in her leg sustained in a police raid at her home in April 2012 in an interview with Kyodo News in Havana on Jan. 21, 2015. She was arrested on various charges, including anti-government activities, and was detained for two years and eight months. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Quake-hit Sendai firm to join N.Y. trade fair

KYOTO, Japan - Kenichi Aizawa (L), president of T-shirt manufacturer Azoth Co. in Sendai, takes a look at a T-shirt in Kyoto on Jan. 21, 2012. Azoth, devastated by the March 2011 earthquake, will exhibit its products at a New York trade fair with help from Toshio Hara (C), president of textile dyeing firm Harasenko in Kyoto. Business partner Hara provided Aizawa with a line at his factory for free. (Kyodo)

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Ishioka, designer and Oscar winner, dies at 73

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in 1993 shows renowned designer Eiko Ishioka holding an Oscar trophy. Ishioka, winner of an Academy Award for costume design for the 1992 movie ''Bram Stoker's Dracula,'' died of pancreatic cancer on Jan. 21, 2012, in Tokyo at the age of 73, according to media reports. (Kyodo)

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Indigenous Ainu launch party

SAPPORO, Japan - Shiro Kayano (2nd from L), leader of the Ainu Party of Japan, speaks during a meeting in Ebetsu, Hokkaido, on Jan. 21, 2012, as members of the Ainu indigenous group, who primarily reside in Hokkaido, launch the party, aiming to field 10 candidates in the House of Councillors election in 2013. (Kyodo)

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Myanmar dissidents back Suu Kyi's election bid

YANGON, Myanmar - Min Ko Naing (C) and other prominent Myanmar dissidents announce during a press conference in Yangon on Jan. 21, 2012, that they will back pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in a parliamentary by-election in April 2012. (Kyodo)

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Indigenous Ainu launch party

SAPPORO, Japan - Shiro Kayano (L), leader of the Ainu Party of Japan, speaks during a meeting in Ebetsu, Hokkaido, on Jan. 21, 2012, as members of the Ainu indigenous group, who primarily reside in Hokkaido, launch the party, aiming to field 10 candidates in the House of Councillors election in 2013. To the right is vice leader Shizue Ukaji. (Kyodo)

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Japan lawmakers survey disputed isles from boat

ISHIGAKI, Japan - House of Representatives members Yoshitaka Shindo (L) and Koichi Mukoyama (C) return to the port in Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture, on Jan. 21, 2012, after surveying the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea from a fishing boat earlier in the day. (Kyodo)

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Fukuhara wins 1st singles title at nat'ls

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese table tennis player Ai Fukuhara is seen after defeating Kasumi Ishikawa in the final of the women's singles at the national championships at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on Jan. 21, 2012. The 23-year-old Fukuhara, ranked ninth in the world, won the singles title at the championships for the first time. (Kyodo)

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Fukuhara wins 1st singles title at nat'ls

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese table tennis player Ai Fukuhara plays Kasumi Ishikawa in the final of the women's singles at the national championships at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on Jan. 21, 2012. The 23-year-old Fukuhara, ranked ninth in the world, won the singles title at the championships for the first time. (Kyodo)

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Japan lawmakers survey disputed isles from boat

ISHIGAKI, Japan - House of Representatives members Yoshitaka Shindo (L) and Koichi Mukoyama hold a press conference in Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture, on Jan. 21, 2012, after surveying the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea from a fishing boat earlier in the day. (Kyodo)

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Fukuhara wins 1st singles title at nat'ls

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese table tennis player Ai Fukuhara holds the championship trophy after defeating Kasumi Ishikawa in the final of the women's singles at the national championships at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on Jan. 21, 2012. The 23-year-old Fukuhara, ranked ninth in the world, won the singles title at the championships for the first time. (Kyodo)

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Fukuhara wins 1st singles title at nat'ls

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese table tennis player Ai Fukuhara plays Kasumi Ishikawa in the final of the women's singles at the national championships at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on Jan. 21, 2012. The 23-year-old Fukuhara, ranked ninth in the world, won the singles title at the championships for the first time. (Kyodo)