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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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Aftermath of strong earthquake in central Japan

Photo taken on Jan. 13, 2024, shows partitions between living spaces set up in an evacuation center in Kanazawa in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, following a strong earthquake on Jan. 1. The partitions developed by internationally famed Japanese architect Shigeru Ban, made of paper tubes and cloth, were also used for people displaced by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster in northeastern Japan and Ukrainian people living in shelters outside their country.

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Aftermath of strong earthquake in central Japan

Photo taken on Jan. 13, 2024, shows partitions between living spaces set up in an evacuation center in Kanazawa in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, following a strong earthquake on Jan. 1. The partitions developed by internationally famed Japanese architect Shigeru Ban, made of paper tubes and cloth, were also used for people displaced by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster in northeastern Japan and Ukrainian people living in shelters outside their country.

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Aftermath of strong earthquake in central Japan

Photo taken on Jan. 13, 2024, shows partitions between living spaces set up in an evacuation center in Kanazawa in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, following a strong earthquake on Jan. 1. The partitions developed by internationally famed Japanese architect Shigeru Ban, made of paper tubes and cloth, were also used for people displaced by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster in northeastern Japan and Ukrainian people living in shelters outside their country.

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Driving school ordered to pay damages over tsunami deaths

SENDAI, Japan - One of the plaintiffs (2nd from L) who sought damages from a driving school over the deaths of 25 students and a part-time employee in the March 2011 disaster meets with reporters in the northeastern Japan city of Sendai on Jan. 13, 2015. The Sendai District Court ordered the school to pay 1.9 billion yen to relatives of the victims, ruling it could have predicted the arrival of a tsunami after a massive earthquake hit.

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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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Aerial view of S. Sudan capital

JUBA, South Sudan - An aerial photo taken on Jan 13, 2012, shows many roads are not surfaced in Juba, capital of South Sudan, which became independent in July 2011. Infrastructure remains poor after a civil war lasting more than 20 years.

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Japanese, French foreign ministers

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (R) and French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe shake hands ahead of their talks at the Foreign Ministry's Iikura Guesthouse in Tokyo on Jan. 13, 2012. The meeting marked the first strategic dialogue between the foreign ministers of the two countries since Tokyo and Paris agreed in May 2011 to launch such a dialogue.

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Tanaka to become new defense minister

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Naoki Tanaka, a ruling Democratic Party of Japan member of the House of Councillors. Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, DPJ chief, has decided to appoint Tanaka as defense minister, replacing Yasuo Ichikawa who was censured in the upper house in December 2011, DPJ lawmakers said Jan. 13, 2012.

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Southern Sudan returnees

JUBA, Sudan - Women and children returning from northern Sudan camp out near a port in Juba, southern Sudan, on Jan. 13, 2011. Many people have been returning home from the north to vote in an independence referendum in the south which is scheduled to be concluded on Jan. 15, or to avoid conflicts in the north.

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Southern Sudan returnees

JUBA, Sudan - Southern Sudan returnees camp out around a port in Juba, southern Sudan, on Jan. 13, 2011. Many people have been returning home from the north to vote in an independence referendum in the south which is scheduled to be concluded on Jan. 15, or to avoid conflicts in the north.

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Toshiba deal in Egypt

CAIRO, Egypt - Toshiba Corp. Senior Vice President Masaaki Osumi (2nd from L) signs a deal in Cairo on Jan. 13, 2011, to set up Toshiba El Araby Visual Products Co., a joint venture with El Araby Group, to produce liquid crystal display televisions in Egypt.

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Japan beat Syria in Asian Cup soccer

DOHA, Qatar - Japan coach Alberto Zaccheroni celebrates after beating Syria 2-1 in the Asian Cup Group B match in Doha on Jan. 13, 2011.

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Japan beat Syria in Asian Cup soccer

DOHA, Qatar - Japan midfielder Keisuke Honda (R) congratulates Makoto Hasebe (L) after Hasebe scored their team's first goal in the 35th minute of the Asian Cup Group B match against Syria in Doha on Jan. 13, 2011. Japan beat Syria 2-1.

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Japan beat Syria in Asian Cup soccer

DOHA, Qatar - Combination photo shows (from top) Japan goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima scrambling with a Syrian player, then being given a red-card, which Japan players protest in the Asian Cup Group B match in Doha on Jan. 13, 2011. Japan beat Syria 2-1.

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Japan beat Syria in Asian Cup soccer

DOHA, Qatar - Japan midfielder Keisuke Honda (18) scores his team's second goal from a penalty kick in the 82nd minute of the Asian Cup Group B match against Syria in Doha on Jan. 13, 2011. Japan beat Syria 2-1.

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Brisbane floods

BRISBANE, Australia - Residents use boats to move around a flooded area of Brisbane, Australia on Jan. 13, 2011.

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Japan beat Syria in Asian Cup soccer

DOHA, Qatar - Japan midfielder Keisuke Honda (C) celebrates with Shinji Okazaki (L) and Yasuhito Endo (R) after scoring his team's second goal from a penalty kick in the 82nd minute of the Asian Cup Group B match against Syria in Doha on Jan. 13, 2011. Japan beat Syria 2-1.

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Japan beat Syria in Asian Cup soccer

DOHA, Qatar - Japan midfielder Makoto Hasebe (R) celebrates after scoring his team's first goal in the 35th minute of the Asian Cup Group B match against Syria in Doha on Jan. 13, 2011. Japan beat Syria 2-1.

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Japan beat Syria in Asian Cup soccer

DOHA, Qatar - Japan midfielder Keisuke Honda (18) scores his team's second goal from a penalty kick in the 82nd minute of the Asian Cup Group B match against Syria in Doha on Jan. 13, 2011. Japan beat Syria 2-1.

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Commuter train in Taiwan

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo shows an image of a commuter train to be built by Taiwan Rolling Stock Co., a joint venture between Japanese rail car manufacturer Nippon Sharyo Ltd., trading house Sumitomo Corp. and their Taiwanese partners. The two Japanese firms said Jan. 13, 2011 that the joint venture has won an order for 296 commuter train cars from the Taiwan Railways Administration.

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Japan beat Syria in Asian Cup soccer

DOHA, Qatar - Japan midfielder Makoto Hasebe (L) scores his team's first goal in the 35th minute of the Asian Cup Group B match against Syria in Doha on Jan. 13, 2011. Japan beat Syria 2-1.

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U.S. defense chief in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa (L) and U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates attend a joint press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 13, 2011. They agreed in a meeting the same day to pursue talks on possibly providing a jointly developed sea-based missile shield system to other countries and reaffirmed cooperation on regional issues such as tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

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Hakuho marches on at New Year sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian grand champion Hakuho (R) yanks down Yoshikaze by the back of the neck to floor the second-ranked maegashira at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo on Jan. 13, 2011.

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Shinto ritual in snow

HAKODATE, Japan - An almost naked young man is splashed with cold water by another young man in the snow during a 180-year-old Shinto ritual for bumper fish and farm crops at a shrine in the town of Kikonai, Hokkaido, in northern Japan, on Jan. 13, 2011.

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DPJ convention

CHIBA, Japan - Executives of the Democratic Party of Japan chant a morale-boosting slogan during the ruling party's annual convention in the city of Chiba, Japan, on Jan. 13, 2011. They are (from left to right) DPJ leader and Prime Minister Naoto Kan, DPJ Secretary General Katsuya Okada, national policy minister and the DPJ's policy chief Koichiro Gemba, Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara and Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda.

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DPJ convention

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (L), leader of the Democratic Party of Japan, claps hands standing next to DPJ Secretary General Katsuya Okada during the ruling party's annual convention in the city of Chiba, Japan, on Jan. 13, 2011.

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Ex-WBA flyweight champ Sakata retires

TOKYO, Japan - Former WBA flyweight champion Takefumi Sakata announces his retirement from the ring at a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 13, 2011, citing his declining physical capacity.

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DPJ convention

TOKYO, Japan - Yukio Edano, acting secretary general of the Democratic Party of Japan, attends the ruling party's annual convention in the city of Chiba, Japan, on Jan. 13, 2011. Edano is expected to succeed Yoshito Sengoku as chief Cabinet secretary when DPJ leader and Prime Minister Naoto Kan reshuffles his Cabinet on Jan. 14, 2011.

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U.S. defense chief in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa (2nd from L) and U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates (R) head to their meeting at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 13, 2011, over bilateral defense issues and tensions on the Korean Peninsula. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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DPJ convention

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan, who heads the Democratic Party of Japan, smiles after the end of the ruling party's annual convention in the city of Chiba, Japan, on Jan. 13, 2011.

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DPJ convention

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan, who heads the Democratic Party of Japan, makes a speech during the ruling party's annual convention in the city of Chiba, Japan, on Jan. 13, 2011.

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Japan Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Veteran lawmaker Kaoru Yosano (C) answers reporters' questions in Tokyo after notifying the tiny opposition Sunrise Party of Japan on Jan. 13, 2011, of his intention to leave. Prime Minister Naoto Kan is expected to appoint Yosano to a government post in an anticipated Cabinet reshuffle.

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Japan Cabinet reshuffle

CHIBA, Japan - Yukio Edano (C), acting secretary general of the Democratic Party of Japan, heads for a meeting with local DPJ lawmakers at a hotel in Chiba on Jan. 13, 2011. Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan was expected to appoint Edano as chief Cabinet secretary in a Cabinet reshuffle planned for the following day.

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Japan Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshito Sengoku speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 13, 2011. Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan was expected to replace Sengoku and appoint him to the post of acting president of the Democratic Party of Japan.

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Redress for acquitted man

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Toshikazu Sugaya (C), who was acquitted in a retrial for a 1990 murder, walks into the Utsunomiya District Court in Tochigi Prefecture on Jan. 13, 2011. The court told him the same day that he will receive around 80 million yen in compensation for his wrongful conviction, the amount that he had requested.

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U.S. defense chief in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) and U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates shake hands before their meeting in Tokyo on Jan. 13, 2011. Gates was in Japan to discuss defense issues.

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U.S. defense chief in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara (L) and U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates shake hands before their meeting in Tokyo on Jan. 13, 2011. Gates was in Japan to discuss defense issues. (Pool photo)