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.

Tiger lies in cage at Indonesian zoo

Tiger lies in cage at Indonesian zoo

SURABAYA, Indonesia - A tiger lies in a cage at a zoo in the Indonesian city of Surabaya on Jan. 16, 2014. The zoo has been dubbed a "zoo of death" following reports of a dozen animals dying each month due to starvation and other preventable causes.

Baby orangutan kept in pen at Indonesian 'zoo of death'

Baby orangutan kept in pen at Indonesian 'zoo of death'

JAKART, Indonesia - A baby orangutan is kept in a small cage at a zoo in the Indonesian city of Surabaya on Jan. 16, 2014. An adult orangutan died last year at the zoo, dubbed the "zoo of death" following reports of a dozen animals dying each month due to starvation and other preventable causes.

Pelicans jammed into small pen at Indonesian 'zoo of death'

Pelicans jammed into small pen at Indonesian 'zoo of death'

JAKARTA, Indonesia - More than 80 pelicans are crammed into a small cage at a zoo in the Indonesian city of Surabaya on Jan. 16, 2014. The zoo has been dubbed the "zoo of death" following reports of a dozen animals dying each month due to starvation and other preventable causes.

Octopus dolls popular as good luck charm for entrance exams

Octopus dolls popular as good luck charm for entrance exams

SENDAI, Japan - Octopus dolls are being made at a workshop in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on Jan. 16, 2014 as a good luck charm for students taking entrance examinations for higher education. "Octopus-kun," a character representing Minamisanriku where octopuses are a staple marine product, has become a symbol of rebuilding the northeastern Japanese town after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The Japanese word for octopus, "tako," sounds like part of a phrase meaning you are "most sought after."

Pakistani school headmistress speaks of Taliban attack

Pakistani school headmistress speaks of Taliban attack

PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Saira Daud Afridi (R), a headmistress of the Army Public School in Peshawar, describes the Dec. 16, 2014, deadly attack by Taliban militants on the school during an interview on Jan. 10, 2015, in Peshawar, northwestern Pakistan. Her son Shjee (L) survived the attack in which more than 130 students as well as the other principal of the school were killed.

Pakistani school principal speaks of Taliban attack

Pakistani school principal speaks of Taliban attack

PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Saira Daud Afridi (R), a headmistress of the Army Public School in Peshawar, speaks about the Dec. 16, 2014, deadly attack by Taliban militants on the school during an interview on Jan. 10, 2015, in Peshawar, northwestern Pakistan. More than 130 students and the other principal of the school were killed in the attack.

DPJ to hold leadership election in Jan.

DPJ to hold leadership election in Jan.

TOKYO, Japan - Banri Kaieda (R), the outgoing leader of the opposition Democratic Party of Japan, and other party executives hold a meeting at the DPJ's headquarters in Tokyo's Nagatacho district on Dec. 16, 2014. The DPJ decided to hold a presidential election in January to choose a successor to Kaieda who failed to retain his Diet seat and announced he will step down.

China's Jan.-March qtr economic growth

China's Jan.-March qtr economic growth

BEIJING, China - Sheng Laiyun, spokesman of China's National Bureau of Statistics, speaks on China's economic growth in the January-March quarter of 2014 in Beijing on April 16, 2014. China's economic growth slowed to 7.4 percent on year in the January-March quarter from 7.7 percent the previous three months, slipping below the government's gross domestic product growth target of 7.5 percent for 2014, government data showed the same day.

Stray dogs termination in Sochi ahead of Olympics

Stray dogs termination in Sochi ahead of Olympics

SOCHI, Russia - Stray dogs are pictured on Jan. 16, 2014, near the Fisht Olympic Stadium, the venue of the opening and closing ceremonies for the Sochi Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. Exterminators contracted by the city government said the plan to eradicate stray dogs in the area is nearly complete, ahead of the Feb. 7 opening of the Games.

Curling mecca opens in Kitami, Hokkaido

Curling mecca opens in Kitami, Hokkaido

KITAMI, Japan - People enjoy curling at the Advics Tokoro Curling Hall in the town of Tokoro in Kitami, Hokkaido, on Jan. 16, 2014. The hall is a refurbished Mecca for the sport opened in November 2013.

Postwar model train magazine publishes 800th edition

Postwar model train magazine publishes 800th edition

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 16, 2014 shows Haruo Ishibashi, editor in chief of the monthly magazine "Tetsudo Mokei Shumi" (model railway hobby), at the office of its publisher Kigei Publishing Co. in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward. Launched in 1947, the magazine issued its 800th edition in January 2014.

Market in Myanmar

Market in Myanmar

BAGAN, Myanmar - Photo shows a market near Ananda Temple in Bagan, Myanmar, on Jan. 16, 2014.

150th Naoki Prize winners Himeno and Asai

150th Naoki Prize winners Himeno and Asai

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Jan. 16, 2014, shows Kaoruko Himeno (L) and Makate Asai, winners of the 150th Naoki Prize for popular literature, in Tokyo. Himeno and Asai received the award for their novels "Showa no Inu" (Dog in the Era of Showa) and "Renka" (Love Poem), respectively.

China, Mongolia foreign ministers confer in Beijing

China, Mongolia foreign ministers confer in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (right) and his Mongolian counterpart Luvsanvandan Bold shake hands before their talks in Beijing on Jan. 16, 2014.

Former Japanese army officer Onoda dies

Former Japanese army officer Onoda dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Hiroo Onoda, a former Imperial Japanese Army intelligence officer, riding a horse at his farm near Campo Grande, Brazil, in March 2012. Onoda, who continued fighting on a Philippine island for decades after Japan's surrender in World War II, died of heart failure at a Tokyo hospital on Jan. 16, 2014 at age 91.

Former Japanese army officer Onoda dies

Former Japanese army officer Onoda dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in March 1974 shows Hiroo Onoda (C) saluting after handing over a military sword on Lubang Island in the northwestern Philippines. Onoda, a former Imperial Japanese Army intelligence officer who remained on the island for nearly 29 years without knowledge of Japan's surrender in World War II, died of heart failure at a Tokyo hospital on Jan. 16, 2014. He was 91.

Former Japanese army officer Onoda dies

Former Japanese army officer Onoda dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken by a rescue team in March 1974 shows a former Imperial Japanese Army intelligence officer Hiroo Onoda (L) receiving a pack of cigarettes from his former commanding officer on Lubang Island in the northwestern Philippines. Onoda, who remained on the island for nearly 29 years without knowledge of Japan's surrender in World War II, died of heart failure at a Tokyo hospital on Jan. 16, 2014. He was 91.

Japan lawmaker returns from N. Korea

Japan lawmaker returns from N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese lawmaker Antonio Inoki holds a press conference at Tokyo's Haneda airport on the night of Jan. 16, 2014, after returning from North Korea.

Former Japanese army officer Onoda dies

Former Japanese army officer Onoda dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in March 1974 shows Hiroo Onoda (R) shaking hands with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos at Malacanang Palace in Manila, as the president's wife Imelda (L front) looks on. Onoda, a former Imperial Japanese Army intelligence officer who remained on Lubang Island in the northwestern Philippines for nearly 29 years without knowledge of Japan's surrender in World War II, died of heart failure at a Tokyo hospital on Jan. 16, 2014. He was 91.

Bulgarian wrestler obtains Japanese nationality

Bulgarian wrestler obtains Japanese nationality

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Bulgarian sekiwake Kotooshu. The 30-year-old Kotooshu, whose real name is Kaloyan Mahlyanov, has obtained Japanese nationality, it was learned on Jan. 16, 2014. He is the first European wrestler to become a naturalized Japanese.

Former Japanese army officer Onoda dies

Former Japanese army officer Onoda dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in 2005 shows Hiroo Onoda. Onoda, a former Imperial Japanese Army intelligence officer who remained on Lubang Island in the northwestern Philippines for nearly 29 years without knowledge of Japan's surrender in World War II before returning to Japan in March 1974, died of heart failure at a Tokyo hospital on Jan. 16, 2014. He was 91.

"The Wind Rises" among Oscar nominees

"The Wind Rises" among Oscar nominees

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Japanese animation director Hayao Miyazaki. Miyazaki's latest work, "The Wind Rises," which he says will be his last, was among five nominees on Jan. 16, 2014, for the 2014 Academy Award for Animated Feature Film.

Ricketts on Tanaka

Ricketts on Tanaka

PARADISE VALLEY, United States - Chicago Cubs owner Tom Ricketts is questioned by reporters about Japanese pitcher Masahiro Tanaka in Paradise Valley, Arizona, on Jan. 16, 2014. A number of major league teams are interested in signing Tanaka.

Naoki award winner Himeno

Naoki award winner Himeno

TOKYO, Japan - Kaoruko Himeno, 55, speaks with reporters at a hotel in Tokyo on Jan. 16, 2014, after winning the Naoki Prize for popular literature for her story "Showa no Inu" (Dog in the Era of Showa).

Balentien at press conference

Balentien at press conference

MIAMI, United States - Tokyo Yakult Swallows slugger Wladimir Balentien holds a press conference in Miami, Florida, on Jan. 16, 2014, the day after being released on bail following his arrest on charges of domestic violence.

Naoki award winner Asai

Naoki award winner Asai

TOKYO, Japan - Makate Asai, 54, speaks with reporters at a Tokyo hotel on Jan. 16, 2014, after winning the Naoki Prize for popular literature for her novel "Renka" (Love Song).

BOJ meeting

BOJ meeting

TOKYO, Japan - The Bank of Japan holds a quarterly meeting of the central bank's branch managers at the BOJ head office in Tokyo on Jan. 16, 2014.

Tokyo's Olympic bid presentation coach

Tokyo's Olympic bid presentation coach

TOKYO, Japan - Martin Newman, a presentation coach who helped Tokyo in its winning bid for the 2020 Olympic Games, holds a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 16, 2014.

China detains Uyghur scholar

China detains Uyghur scholar

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Ilham Tohti, an associate professor at the Beijing-based Minzu University of China. On Jan. 16, 2014, China acknowledged it has detained the Uyghur scholar but disclosed no details on what he is alleged to have done.

Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal's new president

Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal's new president

TOKYO, Japan - Kosei Shindo, vice president of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp., holds a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 16, 2014, after being named president. Shindo will assume the presidency on April 1, replacing Hiroshi Tomono.

19th anniv. of Great Hanshin Earthquake

19th anniv. of Great Hanshin Earthquake

ITAMI, Japan - People stand in a circle around pictures made with candles and offer prayers for the victims of the Great Hanshin Earthquake at a memorial event in the city of Itami in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 16, 2014. The earthquake on Jan. 17, 1995, claimed more than 6,400 lives.

Taiwan shinkansen attendants in Japan

Taiwan shinkansen attendants in Japan

FUKUOKA, Japan - Chiu Shu-chuan (L) is pictured during a training session aboard a bullet train between Hakata and Kagoshima-Chuo station of the Kyushu Shinkansen Line in southwestern Japan on Jan. 16, 2014. Chiu is one of five attendants on Taiwanese bullet trains built with Japanese technology who started on-the-job training aboard Kyushu Railway Co. shinkansen trains the same day.

1 year after Algeria hostage crisis

1 year after Algeria hostage crisis

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Flags are hoisted at half mast in front of JGC Corp.'s headquarters in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Jan. 16, 2014, a year after a hostage crisis took place in Algeria, which caused the deaths of many foreigners including 10 Japanese nationals. All the Japanese victims were working for JGC.

Japan's H-2A rocket

Japan's H-2A rocket

NAGOYA, Japan - The core of the 23rd H-2A rocket is shown to reporters at a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. factory in the village of Tobishima, Aichi Prefecture, on Jan. 16, 2014. The rocket is scheduled to be launched in February.

Japanese referee trio chosen for World Cup

Japanese referee trio chosen for World Cup

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in Tokyo on Jan. 16, 2014, shows the Japanese trio appointed to officiate at the 2014 World Cup soccer finals in Brazil -- (from L) assistant referee Toshiyuki Nagi, referee Yuichi Nishimura and assistant referee Toru Sagara.

Japanese minister for territorial integrity

Japanese minister for territorial integrity

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Ichita Yamamoto, Japan's minister for ocean policy and territorial integrity, answers a question after giving a speech in Singapore, organized by the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies, on Jan. 16, 2014.

Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal's new president

Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal's new president

TOKYO, Japan - Kosei Shindo, vice president of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp., holds a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 16, 2014, after being named president. Shindo will assume the presidency on April 1, replacing Hiroshi Tomono.

Local officials inspect contaminated-water tanks at Fukushima plant

Local officials inspect contaminated-water tanks at Fukushima plant

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Members of a Fukushima prefectural government council monitoring the decommissioning of nuclear power reactors inspect tanks storing contaminated water at the Fukushima Daiichi plant in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 16, 2014.

Japan's H-2A rocket

Japan's H-2A rocket

NAGOYA, Japan - The core of the 23rd H-2A rocket is shown to reporters at a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. factory in the village of Tobishima, Aichi Prefecture, on Jan. 16, 2014. The rocket is scheduled to be launched in February.

Niigata governor

Niigata governor

NIIGATA, Japan - Niigata Gov. Hirohiko Izumida speaks with reporters after a meeting with Naomi Hirose, president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., at the prefectural government offices on Jan. 16, 2014.

Air pollution in Beijing

Air pollution in Beijing

BEIJING, China - A man wearing a mask practices Tai Chi at a park in Beijing on Jan. 16, 2014, as the Chinese capital is hit by heavy air pollution. Decorations to celebrate the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year are seen in the background.

Air pollution in Beijing

Air pollution in Beijing

BEIJING, China - The sun looks hazy and orange due to air pollution in Beijing on Jan. 16, 2014.

Air pollution in Beijing

Air pollution in Beijing

BEIJING, China - A park in Beijing is smoggy due to air pollution on Jan. 16, 2014.

Collision between fishing boat, MSDF vessel

Collision between fishing boat, MSDF vessel

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a leisure fishing boat being lifted from the Seto Inland Sea off the city of Otake, Hiroshima Prefecture on Jan. 16, 2014, following a collision the previous day with Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force transport vessel Osumi. The death toll in the accident rose to two, after one of the three anglers on board the boat died Jan. 16, following the death of the captain the previous day.

TEPCO president

TEPCO president

NIIGATA, Japan - Naomi Hirose, president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., meets the press after holding talks with Niigata Gov. Hirohiko Izumida at the prefectural government offices on Jan. 16, 2014.

Japan lawmaker returns from N. Korea

Japan lawmaker returns from N. Korea

BEIJING, China - Japanese lawmaker Antonio Inoki answers reporters' questions at Beijing airport en route to Japan on Jan. 16, 2014, after wrapping up his visit to North Korea.

Collision between fishing boat, MSDF vessel

Collision between fishing boat, MSDF vessel

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a leisure fishing boat after it had been lifted from the Seto Inland Sea off the city of Otake, Hiroshima Prefecture on Jan. 16, 2014, following a collision the previous day with Japan's Maritime Self-Defense transport vessel Osumi. The death toll in the accident rose to two, after one of the three anglers on board the boat died Jan. 16, following the death of the captain the previous day.

Collision between fishing boat, MSDF vessel

Collision between fishing boat, MSDF vessel

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a leisure fishing boat being lifted from the Seto Inland Sea off the city of Otake, Hiroshima Prefecture on Jan. 16, 2014, following a collision the previous day with Japan's Maritime Self-Defense transport vessel Osumi. The death toll in the accident rose to two, after one of the three anglers on board the boat died Jan. 16, following the death of the captain the previous day.

Kennedy visits Tokyo police

Kennedy visits Tokyo police

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (R) shakes hands with Yasuhiko Nishimura, superintendent general of the Metropolitan Police Department, during her visit to its headquarters in Tokyo on Jan. 16, 2014.