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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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Historical diary of Japanese 'wine king' found

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 17, 2012, shows albums, notebooks and other items that belonged to Kanae Nagasawa (1852-1934) and were recently found in the United States on display at the Ichikikushikino city hall in Kagoshima Prefecture. Nagasawa was sent to Britain at the age of 13 by the Satsuma domain of feudal Japan to study Western civilizations, and later moved to the United States, where he established himself as a successful wine maker.

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Historical diary of Japanese 'wine king' found

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 17, 2012, shows a diary (L) and a notebook that belonged to Kanae Nagasawa (1852-1934) and were recently found in the United States on display at the Ichikikushikino city hall in Kagoshima Prefecture. Nagasawa was sent to Britain at the age of 13 by the Satsuma domain of feudal Japan to study Western civilizations, and later moved to the United States, where he established himself as a successful wine maker.

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Cleaning up 'nail land mines' in Jakarta

JAKARTA, Indonesia - A member of a volunteer group working to remove ''nail land mines'' in Jakarta collects nails with a hand-made tool using a magnet on a street in the Indonesian capital on Jan. 17, 2012. As the number of vehicles continues to rise in Indonesia on the back of its buoyant economy, there has been an increase in the number of ''nail land mine'' cases, in which car tires go flat after being driven over nails believed to have been deliberately left by operators of tire repair businesses.

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Abandoned tank in S. Sudan

JUBA, South Sudan - A tank used during a civil war lies abandoned on Jan. 17, 2012, beside a road in 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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Market in S. Sudan capital

JUBA, South Sudan - Women sell vegetables on Jan. 17, 2012, at the largest market in Juba, capital of South Sudan, which became independent in July 2011.

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Cruise ship wreckage off Italy

ROME, Italy - Photo taken Jan. 17, 2012, shows the cruise ship Costa Concordia four days after it ran aground and capsized near Giglio Island, central Italy.

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Japan, U.S., S. Korea senior diplomats hold talks

WASHINGTON, United States - Shinsuke Sugiyama, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, gives a press conference in Washington on Jan. 17, 2012, after holding talks with senior diplomats from the United States and South Korea on issues related to North Korea.

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Pencil with sculpted tip

KOFU, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 17, 2012, in Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture, in central Japan, shows a pencil with its graphite tip sculptured into the word ''gokaku,'' meaning passing the exam or selection process. Toshiyuki Yamazaki, a local pencil sculptor, creates and sells the pencil for 8,000 yen (about $104) as a gift for students taking entrance exams or going for job interviews.

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Aoki signs 2-year deal with Brewers

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in Tokyo on Nov. 10, 2011, shows Japanese outfielder Norichika Aoki. The Milwaukee Brewers said Jan. 17, 2012, that the 30-year-old three-time Central League batting title winner has signed a two-year contract with the major league team.

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Literary awards

TOKYO, Japan - Writers (from R) To Enjo, Shinya Tanaka and Rin Hamuro pose for photos in Tokyo on Jan. 17, 2012, as Enjo and Tanaka shared the Akutagawa literary award and Hamuro won the Naoki Prize for seasoned writers.

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NLD issues journal

YANGON, Myanmar - A man in Yangon on Jan. 17, 2012, reads the first edition of D.Wave, a journal published by Myanmar opposition party the National League for Democracy, with the cover bearing a photo of party leader and democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi.

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JAL names Ueki to replace Onishi as president

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Japan Airlines Co. President Masaru Onishi, Senior Managing Executive Officer Yoshiharu Ueki and Chairman Kazuo Inamori pose for photos during a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 17, 2012. JAL, currently undergoing a rehabilitation process, named Ueki to succeed Onishi as president in February 2012. Onishi will be appointed as chairman and Inamori as honorary chairman.

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Smuggling stimulants in auto tire

OSAKA, Japan - Smuggled stimulant drugs are shown to reporters at the Osaka Customs office in Osaka, western Japan, on Jan. 17, 2012. The same day prosecutors indicted two men for trying to smuggle the drugs into Japan by concealing them in the spare tire (front) of a car brought by container ship from Canada.

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Toyota celebrates Aqua production in Iwate Pref.

MORIOKA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda (C) attends a tape-cutting ceremony to celebrate the start of production of its new Aqua hybrid compact car at a plant operated by subsidiary Kanto Auto Works Ltd. in Kanegasaki, Iwate Prefecture, on Jan. 17, 2012.

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7th anniversary of Zhao Ziyang's death

BEIJING, China - People bow before a building used as a study room by deceased Chinese Communist Party Secretary General Zhao Ziyang in Beijing on Jan. 17, 2012, to mark the seventh anniversary of his death. The 1989 prodemocracy student movement in Beijing caused his political downfall.

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7th anniversary of Zhao Ziyang's death

BEIJING, China - People offer flowers at the former home of deceased Chinese Communist Party Secretary General Zhao Ziyang in Beijing on Jan. 17, 2012, to mark the seventh anniversary of his death. The 1989 prodemocracy student movement in Beijing caused his political downfall.

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Univ. of Tokyo's Tanaka to head JICA

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows University of Tokyo Vice President Akihiko Tanaka. Tanaka, a professor of international politics, will replace Sadako Ogata as president of the Japan International Cooperation Agency effective April 1, 2012, Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba said Jan. 17, 2012.

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MLB-bound Chen at press conference in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - Taiwan-born left-hander Chen Wei-ying gives a press conference at the Chunichi Dragons' office in Nagoya on Jan. 17, 2012, expressing his gratitude to the Dragons. The MLB club Baltimore Orioles have signed Chen to a three-year contract with a club option for 2015.

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Abductees' kin meet with abduction minister Matsubara

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeo Iizuka (C), chairman of the Association of the Families of Victims Kidnapped by North Korea, and Teruaki Masumoto (R), secretary general of the association, meet with Jin Matsubara, minister in charge of the abduction issue, at the National Police Agency in Tokyo on Jan. 17, 2012. Matsubara vowed to make every effort to settle the long-standing issue.

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U.S. special adviser Einhorn in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Deputy Foreign Minister Kim Jae Shin (R) and Robert Einhorn, special adviser for nonproliferation and arms control at the U.S. Department of State, hold talks in Seoul on Jan. 17, 2012. Einhorn, who also serves as the U.S. coordinator for the implementation of sanctions related to Iran, asked Seoul to reduce its purchase of crude oil from Iran to tighten sanctions on Tehran over its nuclear program.

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China's economy posts slowest growth in 10 qtrs

BEIJING, China - Ma Jiantang, director of the National Bureau of Statistics of China, announces China's gross domestic product data for the October-December quarter at a press conference in Beijing on Jan. 17, 2012. China's economy grew 8.9 percent in the quarter from a year earlier, marking the slowest rate of growth in two and a half years.

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U.S. special adviser Einhorn in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Deputy Foreign Minister Kim Jae Shin (R) and Robert Einhorn, special adviser for nonproliferation and arms control at the U.S. Department of State, shake hands before holding talks in Seoul on Jan. 17, 2012. Einhorn, who also serves as the U.S. coordinator for the implementation of sanctions related to Iran, asked Seoul to reduce its purchase of crude oil from Iran to tighten sanctions on Tehran over its nuclear program.

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U.S. envoy Roos in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos (L) holds talks with Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato at the Fukushima prefectural government office in the city of Fukushima on Jan. 17, 2012. (Pool photo)

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Japan Tourism Agency head Mizohata in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Japan Tourism Agency Commissioner Hiroshi Mizohata speaks during a press conference for the South Korean media in Seoul on Jan. 17, 2012, in efforts to attract more tourists to Japan.

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U.S. envoy Roos in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos (L) receives locally grown strawberries from Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato at the Fukushima prefectural government office in the city of Fukushima on Jan. 17, 2012. (Pool photo)

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17th anniv. of Great Hanshin quake in Japan

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - People in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, in northeastern Japan, the area hit hardest by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, observe a moment of silence to commemorate the victims of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake at 5:46 a.m. on Jan. 17, 2012, the exact time the quake hit western Japan 17 years ago.

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17th anniv. of Great Hanshin quake in Japan

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - People observe a moment of silence in front of a clock which was stopped by the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake, in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, in western Japan, at 5:46 a.m. on Jan. 17, 2012, the exact time the quake struck the area 17 years ago.