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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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Osaka shopping arcade gearing up for foreign tourists

OSAKA, Japan - Signs in Chinese, Hangul and English are seen in the Sennichimae Doguyasuji shopping arcade in Osaka, western Japan, on Jan. 10, 2015. The arcade and other shopping streets in Osaka are making efforts to improve customer services in anticipation of more foreign tourists.

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Schools reopen in Pakistan 28 days after massacre

PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Photo taken Jan. 10, 2015, shows an army-run school in Peshawar, Pakistan, at which 150 people, including 134 students, were killed in a deadly attack by militants the previous month. Schools and other educational institutions opened across Pakistan on Jan. 12, 28 days after the attack.

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Pakistani school headmistress speaks of Taliban attack

PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Saira Daud Afridi (R), a headmistress of the Army Public School in Peshawar, describes the Dec. 16, 2014, deadly attack by Taliban militants on the school during an interview on Jan. 10, 2015, in Peshawar, northwestern Pakistan. Her son Shjee (L) survived the attack in which more than 130 students as well as the other principal of the school were killed.

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Pakistani school principal speaks of Taliban attack

PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Saira Daud Afridi (R), a headmistress of the Army Public School in Peshawar, speaks about the Dec. 16, 2014, deadly attack by Taliban militants on the school during an interview on Jan. 10, 2015, in Peshawar, northwestern Pakistan. More than 130 students and the other principal of the school were killed in the attack.

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Japan's Matsuyama at 5th at Hyundai Tournament of Champions

KAPALUA, United States - Hideki Matsuyama of Japan lines up his putt on the 18th green during the second round of the PGA Tour's Hyundai Tournament of Champions at the Plantation Course at the Kapalua Resort in Maui, Hawaii, on Jan. 10, 2015. Matsuyama came in fifth with a 10-under 136.

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Japan's Matsuyama at 5th at Hyundai Tournament of Champions

KAPALUA, United States - Hideki Matsuyama of Japan hits his approach shot on the ninth hole during the second round of the PGA Tour's Hyundai Tournament of Champions at the Plantation Course at the Kapalua Resort in Maui, Hawaii, on Jan. 10, 2015. Matsuyama came in fifth with a 10-under 136.

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Japan's Matsuyama at 5th at Hyundai Tournament of Champions

KAPALUA, United States - Hideki Matsuyama of Japan hits out of the bunker on the first hole during the second round of the PGA Tour's Hyundai Tournament of Champions at the Plantation Course at the Kapalua Resort in Maui, Hawaii, on Jan. 10, 2015. Matsuyama came in fifth with a 10-under 136.

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Japan information center opens in western Indian city

AHMEDABAD, India - Japanese and Indian officials pose for photos at an opening ceremony for the Japan Information and Study Center in Ahmedabad, western India, on Jan. 10, 2015. The center was built by local private-sector groups in cooperation with Japanese companies.

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Publications about Japan on show at new info center in India

AHMEDABAD, India - Publications about Japan are displayed in the library of the Japan Information and Study Center opened in Ahmedabad, western India, on Jan. 10, 2015. The center was built by local private-sector groups in cooperation with Japanese companies.

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Police stand guard near scene of New Year's Eve stampede

SHANGHAI, China - A Chinese police officer stands guard on Jan. 10, 2015, near a wall erected around Chen Yi Square in Shanghai where 36 people were killed in a stampede on New Year's Eve. The square is in the Bund waterfront area that draws tourists for its scenic view of European-style buildings.

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Shanghai square closed after New Year's Eve stampede

SHANGAI, China - Chen Yi Square in Shanghai, China, remains closed on Jan. 10, 2015, following a stampede on New Year's Eve. The incident, which claimed 36 lives, occurred on the steps seen in the middle of this photo.

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Japanese student speaks at coming-of-age event in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Japanese student Eka Watanabe who studies at Peking University makes a speech at a Japan-China joint coming-of-age ceremony at the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Jan. 10, 2015. Some 250 young people, including about 130 Chinese, attended the ceremony.

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Winners of national Japanese card game competition

OTSU, Japan - Satoshi Kishida (R) and Tsubasa Tsubota hold trophies as the winners of the men's and women's divisions respectively at an annual national "karuta" Japanese card game competition in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 10, 2015. Kishida retained the "Meijin" (Master) title for the third straight year and Tsubota won the "Queen" title for the first time.

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Joint coming-of-age event held in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Young people toast at a Japan-China joint coming-of-age ceremony at the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Jan. 10, 2015. Some 250 young people, including about 130 Chinese, attended the event.

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Asada stages year's 1st public performance on ice

OSAKA, Japan - Japanese three-time world figure skating champion Mao Asada makes her first public performance this year during a "Stars on Ice" show in Osaka, western Japan, on Jan. 10, 2015.

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Asada makes year's 1st public appearance on ice

OSAKA, Japan - Japanese three-time world figure skating champion Mao Asada performs during a "Stars on Ice" show in Osaka, western Japan, on Jan. 10, 2015, in her first public appearance this year.

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Japanese, Chinese attend joint coming-of-age ceremony

BEIJING, China - Young Japanese and Chinese nationals hold up their first calligraphies of the year in a joint coming-of-age ceremony at the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Jan. 10, 2015. Some 250 young people, including about 130 Chinese, attended the event.

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Yokozuna Hakuho aims for his 33rd tourney title

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Hakuho, bidding for an unprecedented 33rd career championship, poses in front of his framed pictures at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 10, 2015, a day before the opening of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament.

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Actress Yoshinaga receives Tsubouchi Shoyo Award

GIFU, Japan - Actress Sayuri Yoshinaga makes a speech after receiving the Tsubouchi Shoyo Award in Minokamo, hometown of the renowned author (1859-1935) in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, on Jan. 10, 2015. She said she wants to keep going strong in her acting career and in the peace movement.

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Chinese version of Japanese children's tale published

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsuyuki Shiraishi, head of Japanese publisher Kodansha Ltd.'s subsidiary in Beijing, speaks during an event in the Chinese capital on Jan. 10, 2015, to release the Chinese translation of "The Little Girl at the Window," a best-selling children's book written by Japanese TV personality Tetsuko Kuroyanagi.

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"Dohyo-matsuri" ritual ahead of New Year sumo tourney

TOKYO, Japan - A customary "dohyo-matsuri" ritual is held at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 10, 2015, on the eve of the start of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament to pray for the safety of the tourney.

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Actress Yoshinaga gets Tsubouchi Shoyo Award

GIFU, Japan - Actress Sayuri Yoshinaga receives the Tsubouchi Shoyo Award in Minokamo, hometown of the renowned author (1859-1935) in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, on Jan. 10, 2015, for her long acting career and poetry readings against nuclear weapons.

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Fukushima evacuees hold doll market to retain tradition

IWAKI, Japan - Red "daruma" dolls, a popular talisman of good luck, of various sizes await customers at the Futaba Daruma Market held in a temporary residential area in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 10, 2015. The evacuees from Futaba, forced to flee their homes close to the crippled Fukushima Daiichi atomic power plant following the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and ensuing nuclear disaster, organized the event in hopes of maintaining their hometown's tradition.

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"Dohyo-matsuri" ritual ahead of New Year tourney

TOKYO, Japan - A customary "dohyo-matsuri" ritual is held at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 10, 2015, on the eve of the start of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament to pray for the safety of the tourney.

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Yokozuna Hakuho attends "dohyo-matsuri" ritual

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Hakuho, aiming to capture an unprecedented 33rd career championship, attends a customary "dohyo-matsuri" ritual at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan to pray for safety of the 15-day tourney on Jan. 10, 2015, a day before the start of the New Year tournament there.

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Ex-soccer player urges proper use of emergency call

OSAKA, Japan - Former Japanese football player Hiroaki Morishima shows off his ball skills as chief for the day at the Minami Police Station in Osaka, western Japan, on Jan. 10, 2015, during an event to promote the proper use of the 110 emergency phone call number.

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Takanashi soars to 1st victory of season

SAPPORO, Japan - Sara Takanashi smiles after capturing her first title of the season with an overwhelming victory on home soil at a World Cup event in Sapporo, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 10, 2015.

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New adults light memorial flame on 20th anniv. of 1995 quake

KOBE, Japan - Two representatives of new adults celebrating their coming of age in 2015 light a flame from sunlight in Kobe, western Japan, on Jan. 10, 2015, for use for lanterns at a memorial ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake on Jan. 17.

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New adults light memorial flame on 20th anniv. of 1995 quake

KOBE, Japan - Two representatives of new adults celebrating their coming of age in 2015 transfer a flame lit from sunlight to a lantern in Kobe, western Japan, on Jan. 10, 2015. The flame was used during a memorial ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake on Jan. 17.

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Kobe museum shows expressway portion damaged by 1995 quake

OSAKA, Japan - Visitors listen to a guide explain about a twisted steel bridge girder resulting from the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake at the Hanshin Expressway Technology Center's Earthquake Museum in Kobe, western Japan, on Jan. 10, 2015. Hanshin Expressway Co. opened the museum to the public during a two-day event ahead of the quake's 20th anniversary on Jan. 17.

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Takanashi soars to 1st victory of season

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo shows the first jump of Sara Takanashi at a World Cup event in the northeastern Japan city of Sapporo on Jan. 10, 2015. Takanashi captured her first title of the season with an overwhelming victory on home soil.

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Huge painting of Fukushima nuke accident on display

KOBE, Japan - A woman looks at a huge watercolor painting drawn by Japanese artist Hiroshige Kagawa depicting a scene from the Fukushima nuclear crisis at an exhibition in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 10, 2015. The nine-day show featuring paintings and other exhibits associated with the 2011 northeastern Japan disaster and the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake is under way until Jan. 18.

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Kobe city holds exhibition on 20th anniv. of 1995 quake

KOBE, Japan - A man looks at photos showing destruction in Kobe, western Japan, during the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake at a special exhibition held by the Kobe city office on Jan. 10, 2015, ahead of the disaster's 20th anniversary on Jan. 17. The exhibition, featuring about 400 photo panels as well as footage taken in the aftermath, runs through Jan. 23.

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Women compete in national Japanese card game contest

OTSU, Japan - Tsubasa Tsubota (L) and Yuri Yamazoe compete for the "Queen" title at an annual national "karuta" Japanese card game tournament in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Jan. 10, 2015. Tsubota won the title in the women's division for the first time.

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Celebrities, geisha parade at annual 'Ebisu' festival

OSAKA, Japan - A dazzling good luck palanquin parade, featuring kabuki actor Nakamura Ganjiro (C) and other celebrities as well as geisha female entertainers, march through downtown Osaka in western Japan on Jan. 10, 2015, the main day of the annual "Toka Ebisu" festival, during which people pray to Ebisu, the patron deity of commerce, for business success.

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Top 3 'lucky man' race finishers hold up character, pictures

OSAKA, Japan - The top three finishers of an annual race to pick a "Fuku-otoko" (lucky man) raise a framed Chinese kanji character and paintings, all suggesting luck, at Nishinomiya Shrine in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 10, 2015. From R: runner-up Yuya Koike, winner Tomonori Shiwa and third-place Koki Ishida.

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Women compete in national card game contest

OTSU, Japan - Tsubasa Tsubota (L) and Yuri Yamazoe compete for the Queen title at an annual national tournament of the "karuta" Japanese card game in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 10, 2015. Tsubota won the title in the women's division for the first time.

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Men compete in national Japanese card game contest

OTSU, Japan - Satoshi Kishida (R) and Kentaro Haruno compete for the "Meijin" (Master) title at an annual national "karuta" Japanese card game tournament in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 10, 2015. Kishida retained the title in the men's division for the third year in a row.

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Kobe museum shows expressway structure damaged by 1995 quake

OSAKA, Japan - Visitors look at a section of the Hanshin Expressway filled with cracks resulting from the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake at the Hanshin Expressway Technology Center's Earthquake Museum in Kobe, western Japan, on Jan. 10, 2015. Hanshin Expressway Co. opened the museum to the public during a two-day event ahead of the quake's 20th anniversary on Jan. 17.

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Male card game champion retains title in national contest

OTSU, Japan - Satoshi Kishida (R) and Kentaro Haruno compete for the "Meijin" (Master) title at an annual national tournament of the "karuta" Japanese card game in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 10, 2015. Kishida retained the title in the men's division for the third year in a row.

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Winner of 'lucky man race' at Shinto shrine in west Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Tomonori Shiwa raises the Chinese kanji character "fuku" or luck in a frame as the winner of an annual race to pick a "Fuku-otoko" (lucky man) at Nishinomiya Shrine in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 10, 2015. He reached the main hall of the Shinto shrine ahead of other participants to be crowned the year's lucky man.

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'Lucky man race' held at Shinto shrine in west Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Participants dash as the gate opens for an annual race to pick a "Fuku-otoko" (lucky man) at Nishinomiya Shrine in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 10, 2015. The first man to reach the main hall of the Shinto shrine is crowned the year's lucky man.

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Artists' village opened on RP isle by ex-Japan engineer

KOBE, Japan - Locals attend a ceremony to open an artists' village on Siquijor, an islet off Negros island in the southern Philippines, on Jan. 10, 2015, in a project led by Koji Kuwabara, a former Japanese nuclear power engineer. The two young men on the extreme left have learned painting from Kuwabara. (Photo by Kenichi Iinuma)