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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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Court accepts match-fixing claim involving Aguirre

BRISBANE, Australia - Japan coach Javier Aguirre attends a training session of his team for the Asian Cup in Brisbane, Australia, on Jan. 14, 2015. It has been reported that a Valencia court has accepted a claim filed by Spanish prosecutors alleging Aguirre and 40 others were involved in fixing a match between his former club Real Zaragoza and Levante in 2011.

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Court accepts match-fixing claim involving Aguirre

BRISBANE, Australia - Japan coach Javier Aguirre attends a training session of his team for the Asian Cup in Brisbane, Australia, on Jan. 14, 2015. It has been reported that a Valencia court has accepted a claim filed by Spanish prosecutors alleging Aguirre and 40 others were involved in fixing a match between his former club Real Zaragoza and Levante in 2011.

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Fabric woven by 2,700 people in sympathy with disaster victims

KOBE, Japan - A "Saori-ori" freely woven piece involving about 2,700 people affected by big disasters, including tsunami-hit Thais, is shown in Kobe on Jan. 14, 2015, en route to completion on Jan. 17, 2015, with the ultimate length of 311 meters to signify the 3/11 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster of 2011 in northeastern Japan. Jan. 17 marked the 20th anniversary of the devastating 1995 quake that hit Kobe and vicinity.

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Diet building illumination resumes

TOKYO, Japan - The Diet building in Tokyo is illuminated on Jan. 24, 2014, as nighttime illumination of the Japanese parliament resumes after a nearly three-year hiatus. The illumination, which started in 1990 to mark the centennial of the launch of the Diet, was halted on March 14, 2011, three days after the massive earthquake and tsunami that triggered the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, leading to power shortages in Japan.

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Diet building illumination resumes

TOKYO, Japan - The Diet building in Tokyo is illuminated on Jan. 24, 2014, as nighttime illumination of the Japanese parliament resumes after a nearly three-year hiatus. The illumination, which started in 1990 to mark the centennial of the launch of the Diet, was halted on March 14, 2011, three days after the massive earthquake and tsunami that triggered the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, leading to power shortages in Japan.

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Quake survivors help Syrians

MORIOKA, Japan - Aid worker Maiko Sato sorts cardboard boxes containing clothing in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on Jan. 14, 2014. A group of Japanese citizens displaced by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami that ravaged Japan's northeast were sending warm clothing and other supplies to Syrian refugees stranded in the Turkish border city of Kilis.

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Latvia introduces euro

RUJIENA, Latvia - Latvian President Andris Berzins (L) and Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves hold euro coins they exchanged in Rujiena, Latvia, on Jan. 2, 2014. Latvia became the 18th eurozone country on Jan. 14, 2014. Estonia introduced the euro in January 2011.

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Latvia introduces euro

RUJIENA, Latvia - Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves (L) and Latvian President Andris Berzins select ice cream in Rujiena, Latvia, on Jan. 2, 2014. Latvia became the 18th eurozone country on Jan. 14, 2014. Estonia introduced the euro in January 2011.

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Road in S. Sudan capital

JUBA, South Sudan - People walk on an unsurfaced road on Jan. 14, 2012, in Juba, the capital of South Sudan, which gained independence in July 2011. Infrastructure remains poor as the result of a civil war which lasted more than 20 years.

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Japan foreign minister views disputed isle

NEMURO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba views one of the Russian-held islands claimed by Japan aboard a Japan Coast Guard vessel off Hokkaido on Jan. 14, 2012. Gemba viewed the disputed islands for the first time since taking up the post in September 2011. (Pool photo)

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Japan's Fukushima, partner Kaido ranked in top 100 global thinkers

TOKYO, Japan - Combined file photo shows Mizuho Fukushima (L), leader of the Japanese minor opposition Social Democratic Party, and her partner, lawyer Yuichi Kaido, in images taken on Dec. 6, 2010, and on Jan. 14, 2009, respectively. The couple were ranked 29th in the U.S. magazine Foreign Policy's top 100 global thinkers of 2011 for their antinuclear activism.

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Haneda's int'l terminal attracting tourists

TOKYO, Japan - Visitors flock to restaurants at the international terminal of Haneda airport in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2011. The terminal building has been a major attraction for tourists since its opening in October 2010.

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Prominent TV director Wada dies at 80

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in February 1987 shows prominent TV director Ben Wada who died of esophageal cancer at a nursing home in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Jan. 14, 2011. He was 80.

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Chinese comic book artist

TOKYO, Japan - L Dart, real name Liu Chong, a Chinese comic artist who will debut in a popular comic magazine in Japan, speaks about his work in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2011.

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Kubota president in interview

OSAKA, Japan - Yasuo Masumoto, president of agricultural machinery builder Kubota Corp., speaks during an interview with Kyodo News at the company's headquarters in Osaka on Jan. 14, 2011. He said Kubota will seek to double group sales to 2 trillion yen in five years from some 930 billion yen in fiscal 2009.

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U.N. chief sets priorities

NEW YORK, United States - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon speaks in a press conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Jan. 14, 2011. Ban outlined eight priorities to tackle this year, including efforts toward nuclear disarmament.

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Cabinet reshuffle in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Kaoru Yosano, Japan's new minister in charge of economic and fiscal policy and social security reform, speaks in a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2011, after a Cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister Naoto Kan on the same day. Yosano, who left the small opposition Sunrise Party of Japan which he co-headed before joining Kan's Cabinet, expressed his willingness to tackle the country's fiscal woes.

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Cabinet reshuffle in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Koichiro Gemba, Japanese state minister for national policy, speaks in a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2011, after a Cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister Naoto Kan on the same day. Gemba expressed earlier in the day his willingness to work on issues like negotiations for an expanded trans-Pacific free trade agreement.

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Cabinet reshuffle in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's new National Public Safety Commission chief Kansei Nakano speaks in a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2011, after a Cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister Naoto Kan on the same day. Nakano is also in charge of addressing North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals and civil service reform.

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Japan Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's new Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Akihiro Ohata speaks in a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2011, after a Cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister Naoto Kan on the same day. Ohata replaced Sumio Mabuchi.

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Cabinet reshuffle in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa speaks in a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2011, after a Cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister Naoto Kan on the same day. Kitazawa who remained in his post indicated he will visit Okinawa soon to discuss the relocation plan of a key U.S. Marine base in the prefecture.

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Cabinet reshuffle in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (2nd from L), Justice Minister Satsuki Eda (2nd from R), Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara (L) and Kaoru Yosano (R), state minister for economic and fiscal policy, attend the first Cabinet meeting at the prime minister's office in Tokyo after Kan's Cabinet reshuffle on Jan. 14, 2011.

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Japan Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's new Justice Minister Satsuki Eda speaks in a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2011, after a Cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister Naoto Kan on the same day. Eda, a former judge, said the country's capital punishment system has problems.

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Japan Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's new Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Banri Kaieda speaks in a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2011, after a Cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister Naoto Kan on the same day. Kaieda expressed willingness to step up efforts toward Japan's formal participation in the trans-Pacific free trade talks.

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Japanese Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (C front row) and members of his reshuffled Cabinet line up on a staircase at the prime minister's office in Tokyo for a group photograph to commemorate its launch on Jan. 14, 2011.

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Japanese Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (C) and members of his reshuffled Cabinet hold their first meeting at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2011.

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Japanese Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) walks in front of some members of his reshuffled Cabinet to give a press conference at his office in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2011. (Pool photo taken by Kyodo News)

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Ice hotel

SAPPORO, Japan - Women lie down in sleeping bags inside a dome-shaped ice ''hotel'' in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Jan. 14, 2011. The facility will open Jan. 15 for a month-long operation.

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Japanese Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Justice Minister Satsuki Eda (C) fixes the tie of Kaoru Yosano, minister in charge of economic and fiscal policy, ahead of a group photograph of members of the new Cabinet of Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (L) at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2011. Eda and Yosano were among the newcomers to the Cabinet.

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Japan Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's retained Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2011. Prime Minister Naoto Kan reshuffled his Cabinet the same day.

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Actor Toshiyuki Hosokawa dies

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in November 1996 shows Japanese actor Toshiyuki Hosokawa, who died of acute subdural hematoma at a Tokyo hospital on Jan. 14, 2011, aged 70.

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Japan Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's retained Financial Services Minister Shozaburo Jimi enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2011. Prime Minister Naoto Kan reshuffled his Cabinet the same day.

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Japanese Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's national policy minister Koichiro Gemba enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2011. Gemba was among the ministers left unaffected by Prime Minister Naoto Kan's Cabinet reshuffle the same day.

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Japan Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's retained Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Yoshihiro Katayama enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2011. Prime Minister Naoto Kan reshuffled his Cabinet the same day.

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Ice hotel

SAPPORO, Japan - Women demonstrate an ''ice hotel'' facility, located inside a dome made of ice at the Alpha Resort Tomamu, in the village of Shimukappu, Hokkaido, on Jan. 14, 2011. The facility began accepting guests on Jan. 15 through Feb. 15, 2011.

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Japan Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's retained state minister for government revitalization Renho enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2011. Prime Minister Naoto Kan reshuffled his Cabinet the same day.

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Japan Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's new Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano announces the lineup of Prime Minister Naoto Kan's reshuffled Cabinet at the premier's office in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2011. Edano replaced Yoshito Sengoku.

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Japan Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's new Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Akihiro Ohata enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2011. Prime Minister Naoto Kan reshuffled his Cabinet the same day.

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Japan Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's new Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Banri Kaieda enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2011. Prime Minister Naoto Kan reshuffled his Cabinet the same day.

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Japan Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Kaoru Yosano, Japan's new minister in charge of economic and fiscal policy, and social security reform, enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2011. Prime Minister Naoto Kan reshuffled his Cabinet the same day.

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Japan Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's new Justice Minister Satsuki Eda enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2011. Prime Minister Naoto Kan reshuffled his Cabinet the same day.

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Japan Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's retained Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2011. Prime Minister Naoto Kan reshuffled his Cabinet the same day.

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Japan Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's new National Public Safety Commission chief Kansei Nakano enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2011. Prime Minister Naoto Kan reshuffled his Cabinet the same day.

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New Year poem reading

TOKYO, Japan - New Year poems under the theme of ''leaf'' are recited at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2011. Emperor Akihito, Empress Michiko and other imperial family members attended the New Year Poetry Reading Ceremony. (Pool photo)

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New Year poem reading

TOKYO, Japan - New Year poems under the theme of ''leaf'' are recited at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2011. Emperor Akihito, Empress Michiko and other imperial family members attended the New Year Poetry Reading Ceremony. (Pool photo)

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Rediscovered fish on display

KYOTO, Japan - Samples of kunimasu freshwater salmon, a Japanese indigenous species thought to have become extinct over 70 years ago and rediscovered in December 2010, are displayed at the Kyoto University Museum in Kyoto on Jan. 14, 2011.

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Japan Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Veteran lawmaker Kaoru Yosano is surrounded by reporters in front of his home in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2011, before his anticipated assignment to the post of minister in charge of economic and fiscal policy in a Cabinet reshuffle later in the day.

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Japan Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshito Sengoku leaves the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2011, before his anticipated replacement in a Cabinet reshuffle later in the day.

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Historic hotel being torn down

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Demolition work begins on Jan. 14, 2011, on the Sanyo Hotel building in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, which used to accommodate guests including members of Japan's imperial family and U.S. baseball legend Babe Ruth.