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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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Tunisians celebrate 1st anniversary of revolution

TUNIS, Tunisia - People gather in Tunis, capital of Tunisia, on Jan. 14, 2012, to celebrate the first anniversary of the revolution that toppled the autocratic government.

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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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Yamaguchi's Halloween-like event

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Children hide themselves after placing a horse doll of straw at a house and wait for a resident (L) to replace the doll with sweets during a traditional festivity in the western Japanese city of Yamaguchi on Jan. 14, 2012. The event, called ''Toitoi,'' is said to have been performed since the Edo period (1603-1867) but its origin is unknown. Some say ''Toitoi'' derives from ''Trick or Treat,'' said by children going house to house collecting candy at Halloween, since there used to be a church in the area.

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Construction in S. Sudan

JUBA, South Sudan - People are pictured in and around a building under construction in Juba, South Sudan, on Jan. 14, 2012. Many construction works are being launched in the capital.

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Construction in S. Sudan

JUBA, South Sudan - Building workers labor in Juba, South Sudan on Jan. 14, 2012, where many construction works are being launched.

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Ma wins reelection as Taiwan president

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou (C) celebrates after winning reelection as president of the self-ruled island at the headquarters of his Nationalist Party in Taipei on the night of Jan. 14, 2012.

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Takanashi wins Youth Olympic Games women's ski jumping

SEEFELD, Austria - Japan's Sara Takanashi answers a reporter's question in Seefeld, Austria, on Jan. 14, 2012, after winning a women's individual ski jumping competition at the 1st Winter Youth Olympic Games.

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Computer software beats Japan shogi body chief

TOKYO, Japan - Kunio Yonenaga, head of the Japan Shogi Association, is pictured after losing to shogi computer software in a match in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2012.

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Ma wins reelection as Taiwan president

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou gestures victory to his supporters in front of the headquarters of his Nationalist Party in Taipei on the night of Jan. 14, 2012. He won reelection as president of the self-ruled island in the election the same day.

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Shinto ritual in snow

HAKODATE, Japan - A nearly naked man is splashed with cold water by another 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 the night of Jan. 14, 2012.

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Taiwan presidential election

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Supporters of Taiwan's incumbent President Ma Ying-jeou gather in front of the headquarters of his Nationalist Party in Taipei on Jan. 14, 2012. The ruling party declared victory for Ma in the island's presidential election the same day over his main challenger Tsai Ing-wen, chairwoman of the opposition Democratic Progressive Party, with over half of the ballots counted.

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Taiwan presidential election

NEW TAIPEI, Taiwan - A supporter of Tsai Ing-wen, chairwoman of Taiwan's opposition Democratic Progressive Party, cries in New Taipei City on the night of Jan. 14, 2012, after hearing the early returns from the island's presidential election the same day. Taiwan's ruling Nationalist Party declared victory for incumbent President Ma Ying-jeou over his main challenger Tsai, with over half of the ballots counted.

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Actor Watanabe in disaster-hit Iwate

OFUNATO, Japan - Japanese actor Ken Watanabe (C) heads for the stage on Jan. 14, 2012, in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, at a preview of the film ''Hayabusa -- Harukanaru Kikan,'' about the project in which the Hayabusa space probe successfully returned to Earth. Watanabe, who played the leading part in the film, encouraged the people from areas hit hard by last March's natural disasters.

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Tunisia celebrates 1st anniv. of revolution

TUNIS, Tunisia - People demand punishment for former Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and his wife Leila by using their images in Tunis, the capital of Tunisia, on Jan. 14, 2012. The country on the same day marked the first-year anniversary of the ''Jasmine Revolution,'' which ended Ben Ali's dictatorship as the couple fled to Saudi Arabia.

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Actor Watanabe in disaster-hit Iwate

OFUNATO, Japan - Japanese actor Ken Watanabe speaks to the audience on Jan. 14, 2012, in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, at a preview of the film ''Hayabusa -- Harukanaru Kikan,'' about the project in which the Hayabusa space probe successfully returned to Earth. Watanabe, who played the leading part in the film, encouraged the people from areas hit hard by last March's natural disasters.

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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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Tunisia celebrates 1st anniv. of revolution

TUNIS, Tunisia - People celebrate the first-year anniversary of the ''Jasmine Revolution'' in Tunis, the capital of Tunisia, on Jan. 14, 2012. The revolution not only ended Tunisia's dictatorship but also heralded the Arab Spring.

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Computer software beats Japan shogi body chief

TOKYO, Japan - Kunio Yonenaga, head of the Japan Shogi Association, is pictured after losing to shogi computer software in a match in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2012.

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Antinuclear conference in Yokohama

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A two-day global antinuclear conference begins in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Jan. 14, 2012. About 3,000 people from some 30 countries, including politicians, civic group members and environmental activists, are taking part in the event.

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Taiwan presidential election

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou waves to his supporters after casting his vote in the island's presidential election in a polling station in Taipei on Jan. 14, 2012.

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GSDF members leave for S. Sudan

NARITA, Japan - A 34-member group of Ground Self-Defense Force personnel leaves Narita airport, near Tokyo, on Jan. 14, 2012, for South Sudan to prepare for Japan's full-fledged participation in U.N. peacekeeping operations there. Japan plans to send around 210 members of the GSDF engineering unit to the country between mid-February and the end of March to build roads and bridges as part of the peacekeeping operations in the fledgling nation.

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Taiwan presidential election

NEW TAIPEI, Taiwan - Tsai Ing-wen, chairwoman of the opposition Democratic Progressive Party, casts her vote in the island's presidential election in a polling station in New Taipei City on Jan. 14, 2012.

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New abduction minister meets victim's parents

KAWASAKI, Japan - Jin Matsubara (R), minister in charge of the North Korean abduction issue, meets Shigeru Yokota (C) and his wife Sakie, whose daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korean agents at age 13 in 1977, at their residence in Kawasaki, near Tokyo, on Jan. 14, 2012. Matsubara assumed the portfolio the previous day.

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Taiwan presidential election

NEW TAIPEI, Taiwan - Tsai Ing-wen, chairwoman of the opposition Democratic Progressive Party, is pictured after casting her vote in the island's presidential election in a polling station in New Taipei City on Jan. 14, 2012.

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Boeing 787 debuts on international routes

HANEDA, Japan - All Nippon Airways Co. employees wave at the Boeing 787 Dreamliner jet as it departs for Beijing from Tokyo's Haneda airport on Jan. 14, 2012. The Japanese airline used the state-of-the-art aircraft for its regular international services for the first time.

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Unified college exams begin across Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Applicants of the annual unified college entrance examinations await the start of their exams at the University of Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2012. The exams began across Japan the same day, with more than 550,000 applicants and a record-high 835 public and private institutions taking part.