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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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Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo taken Jan. 30, 2013, in Pyongyang, North Korea, shows a signboard with a message praising the successful launch of what North Korea claims was a satellite. Many other countries suspect the launch Dec. 12, 2012, was a covert test of long-range missile technology in violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions.

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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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China press freedom

BEIJING, China - Photo taken in Beijing on Jan. 12, 2013, shows a smartphone displaying an image -- a cat lying on the Southern Weekly -- on the chat app Weixin. A Chinese journalist known as Anti had originally posted the image, saying the cat also supported the weekly newspaper in Guangdong Province, whose staff went on strike after an editorial was altered by a government censor.

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Chinese idol group

SHANGHAI, China - Members of SNH48, the Shanghai version of the Japanese pop idol group AKB48, perform in their first concert in Shanghai, China, on Jan. 12, 2013.

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Ski jumping World Cup in Hinterzarten

HINTERZARTEN, Germany - Sarah Hendrickson of the United States (R) and Japan's Sara Takanashi wave during the award ceremony of a women's ski jumping World Cup competition after finishing first and second respectively in Hinterzarten, Germany, on Jan. 12, 2013.

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Ski jumping World Cup in Hinterzarten

HINTERZARTEN, Germany - Japan's Sara Takanashi answers a reporter's question after finishing second in a women's ski jumping World Cup competition in Hinterzarten, Germany, on Jan. 12, 2013. Sarah Hendrickson of the United States won the event.

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Chinese idol group

SHANGHAI, China - Members of SNH48, the Shanghai version of the Japanese pop idol group AKB48, pose for photos before their first concert in Shanghai, China, on Jan. 12, 2013.

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Abe in disaster area

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) visits a shipyard on Jan. 12, 2013, in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, an area hit by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.