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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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New Year in disaster area

KESENNUMA, Japan - The New Year sunrise lights up an area devastated by the March 2011 tsunami in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on Jan. 1, 2012. The tsunami reached three-fourths of the height of the tower seen in the center.

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New Year in disaster area

ONAGAWA, Japan - A former residential area in the town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, devastated by the March 2011 tsunami is lit by the New Year's sunrise on Jan. 1, 2012.

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Panasonic launches new group structure

OSAKA, Japan - The logo at the Sanyo Electric Co. headquarters in Moriguchi, Osaka Prefecture, is seen replaced with ''Panasonic'' on Dec. 30, 2011. Japan's major electronics maker Panasonic Corp. launched its new group structure on Jan. 1, 2012, reorganizing its business divisions and two wholly owned units -- Sanyo Electric Co. and Panasonic Electric Works Co. -- into three main groups as it places greater emphasis on energy-related businesses.

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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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Hosokawa clan's artifacts

FUKUOKA, Japan - Former Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa stands in front of some artifacts from the Eisei-Bunko Museum, which holds treasures of the Hosokawa clan, during a preview on Dec. 26, 2011, of a special exhibition to be held from Jan. 1, 2012, through March 4, 2012, at Kyushu National Museum in Dazaifu, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan. Hosokawa is the 18th head of the clan that has lasted some 700 years and ruled the Kumamoto domain in feudal Japan.

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Volcanic eruptions in southwestern Japan

KIRISHIMA, Japan - Volcanic smoke billows from Shinmoe Peak in the Kirishima mountain range, as seen from Kirishima, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 1, 2011. The mountain erupted the same day for the fourth time since Jan. 26.

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Police raid Tokyo Dome over roller coaster death

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the Metropolitan Police Department investigate the site of a deadly accident at Tokyo Dome City Attractions on Feb. 1, 2011. Police are investigating if the park operator failed to take adequate safety measures, causing a man to fall from a moving roller coaster and die on Jan. 30.

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Megabank personnel shake-up

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. Senior Managing Director Takeshi Kunibe (L) and Koichi Miyata, another senior managing director of the major Japanese bank. Kunibe will succeed Masayuki Oku as president of SMBC, while Miyata will replace Teisuke Kitayama as president of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc., SMBC's holding company, on April 1, 2011, the two firms said Jan. 28, 2011.

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Pyongyang on New Year's Day

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korean citizens visit the statue of North Korean founder Kim Il Sung in Pyongyang on Jan. 1, 2011.

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Pyongyang on New Year's Day

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Young women take a New Year's walk in Pyongyang on Jan. 1, 2011.

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Pyongyang on New Year's Day

PYONGYANG, North Korea - This photo shows a propaganda picture released in Pyongyang on Jan. 1, 2011. The slogan urges North Koreans to ''completely carry out the New Year's Day editorial.''

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Kashima win Emperor's Cup

TOKYO, Japan - Kashima Antlers' Takuya Nozawa takes the free kick from which he scored the game-winning goal against Shimizu S-Pulse in the 77th minute of the Emperor's Cup final at National Stadium in Tokyo on Jan. 1, 2011. Kashima won 2-1 to clinch the cup.

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Snow hits western Japan

DAISEN, Japan - A Ground Self-Defense Force member refuels a car stranded on a snowy road in Daisen, Tottori Prefecture, on Jan. 1, 2011. Heavy snow blanketed the western Japan region causing about 1,000 motor vehicles to get stuck in traffic.

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Snow hits western Japan

DAISEN, Japan - Trucks get stuck on a snowy road in Daisen, Tottori Prefecture on Jan. 1, 2011. Snow blanketed a wide area in the western Japan region before New Year's Day.

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Snow hits western Japan

DAISEN, Japan - Cars get stuck on a snowy road in Daisen, Tottori Prefecture on Jan. 1, 2011. Snow blanketed a wide area in the western Japan region before New Year's Day.

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Kashima win Emperor's Cup

TOKYO, Japan - Kashima Antlers midfielder Fellype Gabriel (C) celebrates with teammates Koji Nakata (L) and Takeshi Aoki after scoring the opener against Shimizu S-Pulse in the 26th minute of the Emperor's Cup final at National Stadium in Tokyo on Jan. 1, 2011. Kashima won 2-1 to clinch the cup.

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Kashima win Emperor's Cup

TOKYO, Japan - The members of Kashima Antlers celebrate their winning the Emperor's Cup after beating Shimizu S-Pulse 2-1 at National Stadium in Tokyo on Jan. 1, 2011.

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Kashima win Emperor's Cup

TOKYO, Japan - The members of Kashima Antlers celebrate their winning the Emperor's Cup after beating Shimizu S-Pulse 2-1 at National Stadium in Tokyo on Jan. 1, 2011.

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Kashima win Emperor's Cup

TOKYO, Japan - Kashima Antlers' Takuya Nozawa (8) scores the game-winning goal from a free kick against Shimizu S-Pulse in the 77th minute of the Emperor's Cup final at National Stadium in Tokyo on Jan. 1, 2011. Kashima won 2-1 to clinch the cup.

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New Year sunrise from Mt. Fuji

KOFU, Japan - Photographers and tourists watch the sun coming up from behind Mt. Fuji, Japan's tallest mountain southwest of Tokyo, near Lake Motosu on Jan. 1, 2011.

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Kashima win Emperor's Cup

TOKYO, Japan - Kashima Antlers' Takuya Nozawa (C facing camera) is congratulated by teammates after scoring the game-winning goal from a free kick against Shimizu S-Pulse in the 77th minute of the Emperor's Cup final at National Stadium in Tokyo on Jan. 1, 2011. Kashima won 2-1 to clinch the cup.

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Kashima win Emperor's Cup

TOKYO, Japan - Kashima Antlers midfielder Fellype Gabriel (L) heads his club's opener against Shimizu S-Pulse in the 26th minute of the Emperor's Cup final at National Stadium in Tokyo on Jan. 1, 2011. Kashima won 2-1 to clinch the cup.

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Snow hits western Japan

DAISEN, Japan - A train of West Japan Railway Co. is stranded in heavy snow on the track of the Sanin Line in Daisen, Tottori Prefecture, on Jan. 1, 2011. Snow blanketed a wide area in the western Japan region before New Year's Day.

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Kashima win Emperor's Cup

TOKYO, Japan - Kashima Antlers' Takuya Nozawa celebrates his game-winning goal from a free kick against Shimizu S-Pulse in the 77th minute of the Emperor's Cup final at National Stadium in Tokyo on Jan. 1, 2011. Kashima won 2-1 to clinch the cup.

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New Year's greeting card delivery

TOKYO, Japan - Postmen dressed in old uniforms from the Meiji Era deliver New Year's greeting cards in Tokyo's Nihombashi district Jan. 1, 2011.

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Sea lion's New Year calligraphy

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A male sea lion demonstrates its skill in Japanese calligraphy at Hakkeijima Sea Paradise in Yokohama on Jan. 1, 2011. The sea lion with a brush in its mouth ''wrote'' the Chinese character for rabbit, the animal for 2011 in the Chinese zodiac, during the event on New Year's Day.

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Snow hits western Japan

DAISEN, Japan - Motor vehicles get stuck on a snowy road in Daisen, Tottori Prefecture on Jan. 1, 2011. Snow blanketed a wide area in the western Japan region before New Year's Day.

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Diva Hamasaki to marry actor Schwarz

TOKYO, Japan - This undated file photo shows Japanese pop singer Ayumi Hamasaki who her agency said Jan. 1, 2011, will marry Austrian actor Manuel Schwarz.

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Kan celebrates New Year's Day

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan addresses a ceremony at Japan Post Service Co.'s Nihombashi branch in Tokyo on Jan. 1, 2011, to mark the start of deliveries of New Year's greeting cards. Kan said he will make efforts to maintain postal networks ''from one end of the country to the other.''

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New Year's greeting card delivery

TOKYO, Japan - Postmen on bicycles leave the post office in Tokyo's Nihombashi district Jan. 1, 2011, to deliver New Year's greeting cards.