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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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Defense minister Ichikawa, consumer affairs minister Yamaoka

TOKYO, Japan - Combined file photo shows Defense Minister Yasuo Ichikawa (L) and consumer affairs minister Kenji Yamaoka. Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda is set to remove Ichikawa and Yamaoka, who were both censured in parliament, from the posts possibly on Jan. 13, 2012, according to political sources.

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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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Japan minister in Myanmar

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - Japanese trade minister Yukio Edano (L) and Myanmar Energy Minister Than Htay meet in the Myanmar capital Naypyitaw on Jan. 13, 2012.

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Japan Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's new Deputy Prime Minister Katsuya Okada speaks in a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 13, 2012, following a Cabinet reshuffle.

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Japan Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's new Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka speaks in a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 13, 2012, following a Cabinet reshuffle.

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Japan promotes high-speed train technology in India

NEW DELHI, India - Tsutomu Morimura (L), a senior executive director of Central Japan Railway Co., explains his company's exhibit to Indian Railways Minister Dinesh Trivedi (2nd from L) as Japan hosts a high-speed train technology seminar in New Delhi on Jan. 13, 2012, as part of efforts to sell its shinkansen bullet-train system to India.

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Taiwan presidential election

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui (R) attends a gathering in New Taipei City to rally support for Democratic Progressive Party Chairwoman and presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen (L) on Jan. 13, 2012, a day before the island's presidential election.

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Japan Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's new education minister Hirofumi Hirano speaks in a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 13, 2012, following a Cabinet reshuffle.

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Taiwan presidential election

KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan - Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou shakes hands with supporters in Kaohsiung on Jan. 13, 2012, a day before the island's presidential election.

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Japan Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's new Justice Minister Toshio Ogawa speaks in a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 13, 2012, following a Cabinet reshuffle.

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Japan Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's new National Public Safety Commission Chairman Jin Matsubara speaks in a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 13, 2012, following a Cabinet reshuffle.

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Kyoto Univ. institute to publish journal

KYOTO, Japan - Norio Nakatsuji, professor and director at Kyoto University's Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences, speaks during a press conference in Kyoto on Jan. 13, 2012. He said the institute will launch a journal this year titled ''Biomaterial Science'' to be published jointly with Britain's Royal Society of Chemistry.

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Gilded dish picked best souvenir

TOKYO, Japan - The Japan Tourism Agency said Jan. 13, 2012, that a gilded traditional fan-shaped dish from Ishikawa Prefecture has been chosen as the most attractive Japanese souvenir for foreign visitors by panels of foreign and Japanese judges.

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Japan Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (front C) and members of his reshuffled Cabinet pose for photos at the premier's office in Tokyo on Jan. 13, 2012. Right of Noda is new Deputy Prime Minister Katsuya Okada.

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Taiwan presidential election

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Democratic Progressive Party Chairwoman and presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen (C) calls for support in Taipei on Jan. 13, 2012, a day before Taiwan's presidential election.

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Myanmar freeing all political prisoners

YANGON, Myanmar - Former Myanmar Prime Minister Khin Nyunt (front) speaks to reporters in Yangon after being released from house arrest on Jan. 13, 2012. Myanmar's government the same day granted freedom to all 591 political prisoners whose release had been demanded by democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy, according to official sources.

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Japan trade minister in Myanmar

YANGON, Myanmar - Japanese trade minister Yukio Edano (3rd from L) attends a meeting with Myanmar business executives in Yangon on Jan. 13, 2012.

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Escaped inmate likely sneaked into house

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Investigators from the Hiroshima prefectural police gather in a residential area in the city of Hiroshima's Nishi Ward on Jan. 13, 2012. Li Guolin, a 40-year-old Chinese man who remains at large after escaping from Hiroshima Prison on Jan. 11, is believed to have sneaked into a private home in the area and consumed food and stolen clothing and other items on Jan. 12.

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French foreign minister in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe (L) and Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba attend a joint press conference after their meeting in Tokyo on Jan. 13, 2012.

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Chinese prison escapee captured

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Reporters gather in Hiroshima on Jan. 13, 2012, following the recapture by police of Chinese convict Li Guolin in the area two days after he escaped from Hiroshima Prison. Li was serving a 23-year term for crimes including firing a gun at a police officer after breaking into a house to commit theft in 2005.

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Malt, yeast from space station used for 'shochu' spirit

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - A line of bottled ''shochu'' distilled spirit made using rice malt and yeast kept on the International Space Station is displayed at Kagoshima University in Kagoshima, western Japan, on Jan. 13, 2012. The university and an association of distillers in Kagoshima Prefecture said they have jointly developed the shochu named Uchu Dayori.

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Apple store in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Police officers guard an Apple store in Beijing on Jan. 13, 2012, after customers protested as the iPhone 4S was not sold at the store despite a prior announcement.

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Japan to invest in LNG project in Australia

DARWIN, Australia - Naoki Kuroda (2nd from L), chairman of Japanese oil developer Inpex Corp., celebrates in Darwin, Australia, on Jan. 13, 2012, after confirming the final investment decision on the Ichthys LNG Project. The project is a liquefied natural gas joint venture between the Inpex group of companies and the French oil giant Total S.A. group of companies, based on resources from the Ichthys Field, in the Browse Basin offshore Western Australia.

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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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JAL flies Hello Kitty plane

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows an airplane with Sanrio Co.'s Hello Kitty character painted on its body at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Jan. 13, 2012. Japan Airlines Co. started flying the airplane the same day to support a campaign to raise awareness about cervical cancer and its prevention.

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New education minister Hirano

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Hirofumi Hirano, Diet affairs chief of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan. DPJ chief and Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda appointed Hirano on Jan. 13, 2012, as education minister to replace Masaharu Nakagawa, while giving Hirano's party post to DPJ Deputy Secretary General Koriki Jojima.

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Outgoing national public safety chief Yamaoka

TOKYO, Japan - Kenji Yamaoka, chairman of the National Public Safety Commission and consumer affairs minister, attends a press conference at the National Police Agency in Tokyo on Jan. 13, 2012. Yamaoka, who was censured in the House of Councillors in December, was replaced by senior vice transport minister Jin Matsubara the same day.

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Japan to invest in LNG project in Australia

DARWIN, Australia - Naoki Kuroda (2nd from L), chairman of Japanese oil developer Inpex Corp., signs a document in Darwin, Australia, on Jan. 13, 2012, for the final investment decision on the Ichthys LNG Project. The project is a liquefied natural gas joint venture between the Inpex group of companies and the French oil giant Total S.A. group of companies, based on resources from the Ichthys Field, in the Browse Basin offshore Western Australia.

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DPJ lawmaker Okada

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Katsuya Okada, former secretary general of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan. Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has decided to appoint Okada on Jan. 13, 2012, as deputy prime minister, political sources said.

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JAL's Ueki likely to become next president

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Japan Airlines Co. Senior Managing Executive Officer Yoshiharu Ueki. The airline is considering promoting Ueki to president by March 31, 2012, replacing Masaru Onishi, sources close to the move said Jan. 13, 2012.

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Outgoing Defense Minister Ichikawa

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Yasuo Ichikawa heads for a Cabinet meeting at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 13, 2012. Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has decided to replace Ichikawa with Naoki Tanaka, a ruling Democratic Party of Japan member in the House of Councillors, later in the day.

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New consumer affairs minister Matsubara

Undated file photo shows senior vice transport minister Jin Matsubara. Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda appointed Matsubara on Jan. 13, 2012, as public safety commission chief and consumer affairs minister, succeeding Kenji Yamaoka, who was censured in the House of Councillors in December.

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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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Noda to reshuffle Cabinet

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda enters his office in Tokyo on the morning of Jan. 13, 2012. Noda is set to reshuffle his Cabinet later in the day with the hope of pushing forward talks with the opposition camp on his policy goal of raising the country's sales tax rate.