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US: Semi-Truck and Passenger Vehicle Collide in North Las Vegas

A semi-truck and passenger vehicle collided Thursday afternoon, April 8, near W. Carey Avenue and Simmons Street in North Las Vegas. Emergency crews responded to the scene as police and fire crews investigated the crash. Simmons Street was temporarily closed in both directions between Carey and Evans avenues.

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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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Zambian family praises Chinese medical team after successful surgery

STORY: Zambian family praises Chinese medical team after successful surgery SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 31, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 10, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:51 LOCATION: Lusaka CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of Mary Mbetwa 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MARY MBETWA, Resident in Lusaka 3. various of a Chinese doctor doing medical check-up for Mary Mbetwa 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): MARY MBETWA, Resident in Lusaka 5. various of Chinese doctors training local doctors 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): MARY MBETWA, Resident in Lusaka 7. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): MICHAEL MBETWA, Mary Mbetwa's husband 8. various of Mary Mbetwa talking with her Chinese doctor 9. SOUNDBITE 5 (English): MICHAEL MBETWA, Mary Mbetwa's husband STORYLINE: When Mary Mbetwa, a 46-year-old resident of Lusaka, the Zambian capital, started experiencing some discomfort in the right side of her nose in 2011, she did not pay much attention to it and dismissed it as one of those feelings that would go away. As the discomfort persisted, however, she decided to seek

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Tohoku firm on track for recovery

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Aki Murakami (L) and Akie Hoshi, who started work at Yagisawa Shoten after the March 2011 disaster, showcase products of the established maker and seller of soy sauce and miso at the company in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture on Jan. 31, 2013.

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Former volleyball coach Matsudaira dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japan men's national volleyball team head coach Yasutaka Matsudaira being tossed into the air by members of his team after winning the gold medal at the Munich Olympics in September 1972. The Japan Volleyball Association said Jan. 5, 2012, that Matsudaira died from a lung condition at a Tokyo hospital on Dec. 31, 2011. He was 81.

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Former volleyball coach Matsudaira dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in July 2001 shows former Japan men's national volleyball team head coach Yasutaka Matsudaira. Matsudaira, who steered the country to the gold medal at the 1972 Munich Olympics, died from a lung condition at a Tokyo hospital on Dec. 31, 2011, the Japan Volleyball Association said Jan. 5, 2012. He was 81.

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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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Sendai restaurant to serve oysters from tsunami-hit town

SENDAI, Japan - Takeshi Komatsu (R) hands over a package of cultured oysters from Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, to Yuji Tachibana, owner and chef of a French restaurant in the prefectural capital of Sendai, on Jan. 31, 2014. Kesennuma is a port city ravaged by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Last of 2011 quake debris from Iwate heads to Tokyo

MORIOKA, Japan - The last batch of debris caused by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami is loaded onto a container in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on the morning of Jan. 31, 2014, for disposal in Tokyo. The Tokyo metropolitan government has been engaged in the disposal of such debris in support of reconstruction efforts in the disaster-hit Tohoku region.

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Final debris from 2011 disaster leaves for Tokyo

MORIOKA, Japan - A truck carrying the final batch of wreckage from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami leaves for Tokyo from a debris collection and selection site in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 31, 2014.

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Project under way to see inside reactors with "muons"

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 31, 2014 in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, shows Haruo Miyadera, a Toshiba Corp. researcher who is engaged in a project to see into the interior of reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant which suffered meltdowns due to the earthquake and tsunami in March 2011 using elementary particles called "muons."

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Toyota Aqua hybrid compact car

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo shows Toyota Motor Corp.'s Aqua hybrid compact car. The automaker said Feb. 1, 2012, the number of orders placed for the Aqua as of Jan. 31, 2012, was about 120,000, greatly exceeding its sales goal of 12,000 units a month. The car was released on Dec. 26, 2011.

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Arsenal send Miyaichi to Bolton

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in Rotterdam on March 13, 2011, shows Japan's soccer player Ryo Miyaichi. Arsenal shipped the winger to Bolton Wanderers on loan for the remainder of the season as the European winter transfer market closed on Jan. 31, 2012.

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Chinese human rights activist Ni

BEIJING, China - Photo taken in May 2010 shows Chinese human rights activist Ni Yulan in Beijing. Ni, in detention awaiting trial, was announced as the winner of the 2011 Human Rights Defenders Tulip award. Ni's daughter has been put under 24-hour surveillance by Chinese authorities after being prevented from attending the award ceremony in the Netherlands slated for Jan. 31, 2012, on behalf of her mother, the daughter and others disclosed on Jan. 29, 2012.

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Japan records 1st trade deficit in 31 yrs

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in October 2011 shows Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd.'s plant producing vehicles for export in Ota, Gunma Prefecture. The Japanese government said Jan. 25, 2012, that the country recorded its first annual trade deficit in 31 years in 2011 amid slowing exports, affected by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, the strength of the yen, and a gloomier outlook for the world economy as a result of the eurozone sovereign debt crisis.

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Returning home for the lunar New Year

BEIJING, China - Chen Lei, his father, mother and younger brother, who gathered at home for the lunar New Year holiday, warm their hands at a fireplace in their living room on Jan. 31, 2011 in Shihuazhen, Hubei Province. The family only get together once a year during the holiday, as Lei, his father and brother are migrant workers.

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Returning home for the lunar New Year

BEIJING, China - Chen Lei (C) plays mah-jong with other migrant workers who returned home for the lunar New Year in Shihuazhen in China's Hubei Province, on Jan. 31, 2011.

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Returning home for the lunar New Year

BEIJING, China - Chen Lei (L), a migrant worker in Beijing, takes a ride as he arrives at his hometown of Shihuazhen, a farming village in Hubei Province, after traveling 1,100 kilometers, on Jan. 31, 2011. Chen returned home for the lunar New Year, the only time of the year his family gets together.

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Volcano eruptions in southwestern Japan

KIRISHIMA, Japan - Combined photo taken from a helicopter on Jan. 27, 2011 (top), Jan. 31 (middle) and Feb. 2 shows the growth of a lava dome on Shinmoe Peak in the Kirishima volcanic group on the border of Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures.

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Japanese leaving Egypt

ROME, Italy - Japanese travelers arrive at Rome's Leonardo da Vinci International Airport late at night on Jan. 31, 2011, from Cairo aboard a plane chartered by the Japanese government to rescue Japanese nationals in Egypt from the growing unrest there.

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'Berubara' author sings at Palace of Versailles

PARIS, France - Riyoko Ikeda, the author of Japanese comic book series ''The Rose of Versailles,'' stands on stage during her vocal recital at the Palace of Versailles in France on Jan. 31, 2011.

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Nagatomo joins Inter Milan

TOKYO, Japan - Japan national team defender Yuto Nagatomo speaks with reporters in Milan on Jan. 31, 2011, as Inter Milan announced the same day they have signed Nagatomo from rival Cesena. The 24-year-old was a key man in Japan's Asian Cup victory Jan. 29.

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Uchiyama retains WBA crown with TKO after eight rounds

TOKYO, Japan - WBA super featherweight champion Takashi Uchiyama smiles after defeating challenger Takashi Miura at Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo on Jan. 31, 2011. Uchiyama stopped Miura with a technical knockout after the eighth round, successfully retaining his crown for the third time.

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Nagatomo joins Inter Milan

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Jan. 31, 2011, in Milan, shows Japan national team defender Yuto Nagatomo. Inter Milan announced the same day they have signed Nagatomo from rival Cesena. The 24-year-old was a key man in Japan's Asian Cup victory Jan. 29.

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Uchiyama retains WBA crown with TKO after eight rounds

TOKYO, Japan - WBA super featherweight champion Takashi Uchiyama (L) fights with challenger Takashi Miura at Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo on Jan. 31, 2011. Uchiyama stopped Miura with a technical knockout after the eighth round, successfully retaining his crown for the third time.

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Lee loses WBA title to Shimoda in unanimous decision

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese challenger Akifumi Shimoda (R) defeats WBA super bantamweight champion Retsuri Lee (L) in a unanimous decision after a 12-rounder at Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo on Jan. 31, 2011. Lee failed in his first title defense.

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Protests in Egypt

CAIRO, Egypt - Men transport bread from a factory to a shop in Cairo on Jan. 31, 2011. Long lines for bread formed in the Egyptian capital due to food shortages amid continuing antigovernment protests.

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Lee loses WBA title to Shimoda in unanimous decision

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese challenger Akifumi Shimoda (L) fights with WBA super bantamweight champion Retsuri Lee in a 12-rounder at Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo on Jan. 31, 2011. Lee failed in his first title defense, losing in a unanimous decision.

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Volcanic eruptions in southwestern Japan

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - A lava dome can be seen inside the crater of Mt. Shinmoe in the Kirishima mountain range straddling Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures in southwestern Japan in this photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 31, 2011. The Miyazaki Local Meteorological Observatory said the lava dome on the 1,421-meter volcano has been rising.

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Volcanic eruptions in southwestern Japan

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - A lava dome can be seen inside the crater of Mt. Shinmoe in the Kirishima mountain range straddling Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures in southwestern Japan in this photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 31, 2011. The Miyazaki Local Meteorological Observatory said the lava dome on the 1,421-meter volcano has been rising.

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Bird flu outbreak in Japan

TOYOHASHI, Japan - A bag containing culled chickens hangs prior to burial at a farm where bird flu infections have been confirmed in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, on Jan. 31, 2011.

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Heavy snow in Japan

FUKUI, Japan - Trucks are stranded due to heavy snow on a highway in Minamiechizen, Fukui Prefecture, on Jan. 31, 2011.

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Japan soccer team return home

NARITA, Japan - Japan national soccer coach Alberto Zaccheroni smiles as he holds the Asian Cup winner's trophy in Narita, east of Tokyo, on Jan. 31, 2011. Japan beat Australia 1-0 in the Asian Cup soccer final in Doha on Jan. 29, 2011.

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Japan soccer team return home

NARITA, Japan - Japan coach Alberto Zaccheroni (R front) receives a bouquet as he arrives at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on Jan. 31, 2011. His team beat Australia 1-0 in the Asian Cup soccer final in Doha on Jan. 29, 2011.

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Ozawa indicted over fund misreporting

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese political bigwig Ichiro Ozawa speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Jan. 31, 2011. He was indicted earlier the same day over accounting irregularities involving his political funds body, a move that has cast doubt on the former Democratic Party of Japan leader's political future.

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Japanese travelers return from Egypt

NARITA, Japan - Japanese travelers arrive at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on Jan. 31, 2011, returning from Egypt where massive antigovernment protests continue.

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Ozawa indicted over fund misreporting

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese political bigwig Ichiro Ozawa (C) speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Jan. 31, 2011. He was indicted earlier the same day over accounting irregularities involving his political funds body, a move that has cast doubt on the former Democratic Party of Japan leader's political future.

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Ozawa indicted over fund misreporting

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa, a former leader of the Democratic Party of Japan, shakes hands with a voter in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on Jan. 23, 2011, while visiting the prefecture to support candidates in a prefectural assembly election. Ozawa was indicted on Jan. 31, 2011, over accounting irregularities involving his political funds body.

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Knuckleball princess heads to U.S.

NARITA, Japan - Japanese female knuckleballer Eri Yoshida departs from Narita airport near Tokyo for the United States on Jan. 31, 2011. Yoshida said she hopes to receive an offer from a U.S. independent league club for the second year in a row by pitching well in the Arizona Winter League in February.

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Ozawa indicted over fund misreporting

TOKYO, Japan - Former Democratic Party of Japan leader Ichiro Ozawa speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 28, 2010, expressing his will to appear before a parliamentary ethics panel to explain his alleged involvement in a funds scandal. Ozawa was indicted on Jan. 31, 2011, over accounting irregularities involving his political funds body.

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S. Korea's Park Ji Sung retires from international soccer

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean soccer star Park Ji Sung speaks during a press conference in Seoul on Jan. 31, 2011, announcing his retirement from international football.

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Northern Japan cities to co-host 2017 Asian Winter Games

ASTANA, Kazakhstan - Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda (L) and Olympic Council of Asia President Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah shake hands in Astana, Kazakhstan, on Jan. 31, 2011. The OCA decided the same day that the cities of Sapporo and Obihiro, both in Hokkaido, northern Japan, will co-host the 2017 Asian Winter Games.

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Kan urges early passage of budget

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan calls for the opposition bloc's cooperation to ensure the early passage of the fiscal 2011 budget during a session of the House of Representatives Budget Committee at the Diet in Tokyo on Jan. 31, 2011.

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Myanmar parliament convenes

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - Officers examine a bus carrying parliamentarians on a road leading to the Union Parliament in Myanmar's administrative capital of Naypyitaw on Jan. 31, 2011. Military-ruled Myanmar convened its first session of parliament in 22 years the same day.

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Heavy snowfall in Hokuriku

FUKUI, Japan - A bus with thick snow on its rooftop runs past a snow plow (L) on a street in Fukui on Jan. 31, 2011. Heavy snowfall was observed in the Hokuriku areas along the Sea of Japan.

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Volcanic eruptions continue in southwestern Japan

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a continuing volcanic eruption of Mt. Shinmoe in the Kirishima mountain range, running through the border of Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures, on Jan. 31, 2011. Local officials in Takaharu in Miyazaki Prefecture recommended the previous day that about 500 households evacuate, citing the danger of avalanches of earth and rocks occurring around the mountain.

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People take refuge due to eruption

TAKAHARU, Japan - Evacuees gather at a shelter in Takaharu, Miyazaki Prefecture, in southwestern Japan, in the early hours of Jan. 31, 2011, after the local government recommended the previous day that about 500 households evacuate, citing the danger of avalanches of earth and rocks occurring around erupting Mt. Shinmoe.

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Heavy snow in Japan

FUKUI, Japan - Trucks are stranded due to heavy snow on a highway in Echizen, Fukui Prefecture, on Jan. 31, 2011.

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Travelers stranded in Cairo airport

CAIRO, Egypt - Japanese tourists rest in the lobby of Cairo International Airport on Jan. 30, 2011, after their flights were cancelled due to widespread unrest in the country. The Japanese government decided Jan. 31 to use chartered aircraft to rescue Japanese stranded in Egypt.

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Suspect in Briton's murder to release book

NAHA, Japan - Photo, taken on Jan. 24, 2011, shows the remains of a furnace found inside a concrete building on the remote island of Oha in Okinawa in which Tatsuya Ichihashi, the man indicted in the 2007 murder of British woman Lindsay Hawker in Japan, is believed to have temporarily holed up during his 31-month fugitive life. Ichihashi will publish a book about his life as a fugitive on Jan. 26, 2011, in Japan.