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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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Hong Kong restaurant gives disabled youth chance to work

STORY: Hong Kong restaurant gives disabled youth chance to work SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 15, 2024 DATELINE: March 13, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:00 LOCATION: HONG KONG, China CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Holy Cafe 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): MARIA SUNG LAW MAN-KWAN, Founder of Holy Cafe 3. various of Holy Cafe 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): MARIA SUNG LAW MAN-KWAN, Founder of Holy Cafe 5. various of Holy Cafe 6. various of Holy Cafe distributing lunch boxes to the elderly 7. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): MARIA SUNG LAW MAN-KWAN, Founder of Holy Cafe STORYLINE: A restaurant in Hong Kong's Cheung Sha Wan provides job opportunities and training for people with disabilities, helping them to develop their capacity for self-care and integration into society. The restaurant, named Holy Cafe, was opened in 2011 by Maria Sung Law Man-kwan. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): MARIA SUNG LAW MAN-KWAN, Founder of Holy Cafe "I hope the staff members can learn different catering skills here. My restaurant used to serve Western-style food. Some o

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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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New Year ladder-top stunts by firefighters

TOKYO, Japan - A firefighter holds a scroll bearing a message of encouragement for the Tohoku region, which was hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, while seated atop a 7-meter ladder in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Jan. 6, 2012, in a demonstration of ladder-top stunts dating back to Japan's feudal Edo period during the annual New Year parade of fire brigades organized by the Tokyo Fire Department.

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Dolphin hunt in Taiji

TAIJI, Japan - Local fishermen corner a pod of bottlenose dolphins in a bay in the town of Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 7, 2011. The coastal town is known as the oldest whaling town in Japan.

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Asian Cup in Doha

TOKYO, Japan - Combined photo shows women smiling without covering their faces (above) and women hiding their faces at the opening game between Qatar and Uzbekistan of the Asian Cup in Doha on Jan. 7, 2011.

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Soccer fans in Doha

TOKYO, Japan - Fans cheer for the Qatar national team during the opening game against Uzbekistan of the Asian Cup at Khalifa Stadium in Doha on Jan. 7, 2011. Soccer fever in Qatar has heated up as the country hosted the Asian Cup and is scheduled to host the 2022 World Cup.

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British papers on BBC atomic bomb joke controversy

LONDON, England - Photo shows British newspapers reporting on a controversy over a BBC program that joked about Japanese atomic-bomb survivor Tsutomu Yamaguchi. The Japanese Embassy in London protested Jan. 7, 2011, over the show which aired the previous month but the general public interest in the dispute did not appear strong.

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Issey Miyake honored by Hiroshima

TOKYO, Japan - Fashion designer Issey Miyake shows a certificate issued by the city of Hiroshima bestowing on him the title of honorary citizen at an award ceremony in Tokyo on Jan. 28, 2011. The city praised Miyake's efforts to call for peace and the abolition of nuclear weapons. The 72-year-old designer was 7 when he survived the atomic bombing of the western Japan city in 1945.

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Hakuho beats Tochiozan

TOKYO, Japan - Grand champion Hakuho (L) pushes komusubi Tochiozan out of the ring on Jan. 15, 2011, during the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. The Mongolian yokozuna improved to a 7-0 mark.

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Canon chairman Mitarai in interview

TOKYO, Japan - Canon Inc. Chairman Fujio Mitarai speaks during an interview in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2011. Mitarai said the company plans to spend up to 1 trillion yen through 2015 on mergers and acquisitions in the medical and robot businesses considering a strong yen.

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China's J-20 stealth fighter

CHENGDU, China - A test model of the Chinese J-20 stealth fighter is seen at an airfield in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, on Jan. 7, 2011. Its schedule for test flights is believed to have been delayed, although it has conducted taxiing tests.

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Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS, United States - Visitors take a look at the Osaka-based Vstone Co.'s humanoid ''Robovie R3'' exhibited at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Jan. 7, 2011.

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Dark Ducks chorus group member Takamizawa dies

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in November 1991 shows Hiromu Takamizawa (L), a member of the male chorus group Dark Ducks, singing during a concert commemorating the 40th anniversary of the chorus group at Carnegie Hall in New York. Takamizawa died at his home in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Jan. 7, 2011, at the age of 77.

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Independence referendum in Sudan

JUBA, Sudan - A boy is seen wearing a poster urging people to vote in an independence referendum in Juba, southern Sudan, on Jan. 7, 2011, a day before the voting begins. Southern Sudan has suffered through decades of internal strife and war with the north.

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Independence referendum in Sudan

JUBA, Sudan - People in Juba, southern Sudan, call for the independence for the region on Jan. 7, 2011, a day before it begins voting in a referendum. Southern Sudan has suffered through decades of internal strife and war with the north.

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Japan gear up for Asian Cup

DOHA, Qatar - Japan midfielder Keisuke Honda of CSKA Moscow practices during a workout session in Doha on Jan. 7, 2011, ahead of the Asian Cup soccer tournament. Honda told reporters that the team is aiming at nothing but the tournament victory.

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Japan figure skaters at exhibition

NAGOYA, Japan - Daisuke Takahashi performs during an exhibition event at Nihon Gaishi Hall in Nagoya on Jan. 7, 2011.

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Japan gear up for Asian Cup

DOHA, Qatar - Members of the Japan squad work out in Doha on Jan. 7, 2011, ahead of the Asian Cup soccer tournament.

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Japan gear up for Asian Cup

DOHA, Qatar - Japan midfielder Shinji Kagawa of Borussia Dortmund works out during a practice session for the national team in Doha on Jan. 7, 2011, ahead of the Asian Cup soccer tournament.

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Japan gear up for Asian Cup

DOHA, Qatar - Japan midfielder Keisuke Honda of CSKA Moscow (C, facing camera) takes it easy with teammates during a workout in Doha on Jan. 7, 2011, ahead of the Asian Cup soccer tournament.

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Japan gear up for Asian Cup

DOHA, Qatar - Japan midfielder Daisuke Matsui (R), who plays for Russian club Tom Tomsk, and striker Shinji Okazaki (C) practice with teammates in Doha on Jan. 7, 2011, ahead of the Asian Cup soccer tournament.

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Japan figure skaters at exhibition

NAGOYA, Japan - Kanako Murakami performs during an exhibition event at Nihon Gaishi Hall in Nagoya on Jan. 7, 2011.

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Kan appears on live Net program

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (L) speaks during a live Internet program at a studio of the online broadcaster Video News Network Inc. in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2011. Kan said he will review a set of policy pledges of his Democratic Party of Japan in the face of a chronic budget deficit. (Pool photo)

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Japan figure skaters at exhibition

NAGOYA, Japan - Miki Ando performs during an exhibition event at Nihon Gaishi Hall in Nagoya on Jan. 7, 2011.

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Japan figure skaters at exhibition

NAGOYA, Japan - Mao Asada performs during an exhibition event at Nihon Gaishi Hall in Nagoya on Jan. 7, 2011.

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New commander of U.S. forces in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Lt. Gen. Kenneth Glueck (R) of the U.S. Marine Corps receives a flag as he assumes command of U.S. military forces in Okinawa during a ceremony at Camp Forster in the southern Japan prefecture on Jan. 7, 2011. Glueck replaced Lt. Gen. Terry Robling.

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Ishikawa in Royal Trophy tournament

HUA HIN, Thailand - Ryo Ishikawa of Japan tees off on the third hole during the first round of the Royal Trophy golf tournament at Black Mountain Golf Club in Hua Hin, Thailand, on Jan. 7, 2011.

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Ishikawa in Royal Trophy tournament

HUA HIN, Thailand - Ryo Ishikawa of Japan tees off on the first hole during the first round of the Royal Trophy golf tournament at Black Mountain Golf Club in Hua Hin, Thailand, on Jan. 7, 2011.

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Geisha mark start of new year

KYOTO, Japan - Junior geisha take part in a ceremony to mark the start of a new year at Gion Kobu Kaburenjo Theater in Kyoto on Jan. 7, 2011.

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Twins' Nishioka works out

OSAKA, Japan - Tsuyoshi Nishioka works out ahead of spring training for the major league club Minnesota Twins, at a field in Osaka Prefecture, on Jan. 7, 2011.

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Geisha mark start of new year

KYOTO, Japan - Junior geisha sip sake during a ceremony to mark the start of a new year at Gion Kobu Kaburenjo Theater in Kyoto on Jan. 7, 2011.

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U.S. nuclear envoy in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Stephan Bosworth, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, speaks to reporters at the Japanese Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2011, after meeting with Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Kenichiro Sasae to discuss the situation on the Korean Peninsula.

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Japanese state minister Gemba in S. Korea

SEOUL, Japan - South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Kim Sung Hwan (L) and Koichiro Gemba, Japanese state minister in charge of national policy, shake hands in Seoul on Jan. 7, 2011. The two agreed to work toward resumption of stalled negotiations for an economic partnership agreement between the two countries.

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Whale shark at Osaka aquarium sent for examination

OSAKA, Japan - Divers put whale shark Dai into a container at the Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan in Osaka on Jan. 7, 2011. The aquarium sent the male shark, which has been showing a weak appetite, to its research facility in Tosashimizu, Kochi Prefecture, for examination.

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Japanese state minister Gemba in S. Korea

SEOUL, Japan - South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Kim Sung Hwan (R) and Koichiro Gemba (L), Japanese state minister in charge of national policy, meet in Seoul on Jan. 7, 2011. The two agreed to work toward resumption of stalled negotiations for an economic partnership agreement between the two countries.

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New Year's tea ceremony

KYOTO, Japan - Sen Soshitsu (L), grand master of the Urasenke tea ceremony school, serves green tea to guests at the school's first tea ceremony gathering of the year at the Konnichian tea house in Kyoto on Jan. 7, 2011. Grand masters of other tea ceremony schools as well as local government and business leaders, including Kyoto Gov. Keiji Yamada, took part in the ceremony.

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U.S. nuclear envoy in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Stephan Bosworth, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, enters the Japanese Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2011, for a discussion with Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Kenichiro Sasae on the situation on the Korean Peninsula.

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Whale shark at Osaka aquarium sent for examination

OSAKA, Japan - Divers try to push whale shark Dai into a container at the Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan in Osaka on Jan. 7, 2011. The aquarium sent the male shark, which has been showing a weak appetite, to its research facility in Tosashimizu, Kochi Prefecture, for examination.

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Celebration of 'coming of age' for tour guides

TOKYO, Japan - Sightseeing tour guides of Hato Bus Co. pose for photos in their kimono in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2011. The company, which offers sightseeing bus services in and around the capital, annually holds its own celebration event for guides who are or will turn 20 years old as of April 1 ahead of the actual Coming of Age Day holiday, when the guides will be at work in Tokyo instead of celebrating in their own hometowns.

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New Year's tea ceremony

KYOTO, Japan - Sen Soshitsu (L), grand master of the Urasenke tea ceremony school, serves green tea to guests at the school's first tea ceremony gathering of the year at the Konnichian tea house in Kyoto on Jan. 7, 2011. Grand masters of other tea ceremony schools as well as local government and business leaders, including Kyoto Gov. Keiji Yamada, took part in the ceremony.

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Mitsubishi Motors' premium Pajero Mini

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Mitsubishi Motors Corp.'s Pajero Mini Premium Selection. The automaker will release the model equipped with a rear view camera system on Jan. 7, 2011, at a price of 1.63 million yen in Japan.

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10 years after March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Photo taken Jan. 7, 2021, shows a soccer field in Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, where those who died in the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami were buried after the disaster. Faced with insufficient capacity for cremation, some parts of the country buried the deceased without cremation, an unusual practice in Japan.

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Whale shark at Osaka aquarium sent for examination

OSAKA, Japan - Divers put whale shark Dai into a container at the Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan in Osaka on Jan. 7, 2011. The aquarium sent the male shark, which has been showing a weak appetite, to its research facility in Tosashimizu, Kochi Prefecture, for examination. (Kyodo)

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Whale shark at Osaka aquarium sent for examination

OSAKA, Japan - Divers try to push whale shark Dai into a container at the Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan in Osaka on Jan. 7, 2011. The aquarium sent the male shark, which has been showing a weak appetite, to its research facility in Tosashimizu, Kochi Prefecture, for examination. (Kyodo)

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Dolphin hunt in Taiji

TAIJI, Japan - Local fishermen corner a pod of bottlenose dolphins in a bay in the town of Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 7, 2011. The coastal town is known as the oldest whaling town in Japan. (Kyodo)

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Asian Cup in Doha

TOKYO, Japan - Combined photo shows women smiling without covering their faces (above) and women hiding their faces at the opening game between Qatar and Uzbekistan of the Asian Cup in Doha on Jan. 7, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Soccer fans in Doha

TOKYO, Japan - Fans cheer for the Qatar national team during the opening game against Uzbekistan of the Asian Cup at Khalifa Stadium in Doha on Jan. 7, 2011. Soccer fever in Qatar has heated up as the country hosted the Asian Cup and is scheduled to host the 2022 World Cup. (Kyodo)

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Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS, United States - Visitors take a look at the Osaka-based Vstone Co.'s humanoid ''Robovie R3'' exhibited at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Jan. 7, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Japan gear up for Asian Cup

DOHA, Qatar - Japan midfielder Keisuke Honda of CSKA Moscow practices during a workout session in Doha on Jan. 7, 2011, ahead of the Asian Cup soccer tournament. Honda told reporters that the team is aiming at nothing but the tournament victory. (Kyodo)