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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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Japan seeks to double no. of foreign visitors by 2020

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from R) speaks at a meeting of Cabinet ministers on efforts to boost tourism, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 17, 2014. Abe said the government aims to double the number of foreign visitors to Japan to 20 million a year by the 2020 Olympic Games, after the number topped 10 million in 2013 for the first time.

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World's oldest woman

OSAKA, Japan - A Jan. 17, 2013, photo shows Misao Okawa, a 114-year-old resident of the western Japanese city of Osaka. She is expected to be recognized by the Guinness World Records as the world's oldest woman, people close to her said on Feb. 23, 2013.

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Abe in Southeast Asia

BANGKOK, Thailand - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra shake hands at the end of their joint press conference after their talks in Bangkok on Jan. 17, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Hostage crisis in Algeria

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga holds a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 17, 2013, about an unfolding hostage crisis in Algeria in which employees of Japanese engineering company JGC Corp. were taken hostage along with a number of foreign nationals from up to 10 countries.

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Abe in Southeast Asia

BANGKOK, Thailand - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (center R) is escorted by his Thai counterpart Yingluck Shinawatra during a welcoming ceremony for Abe in Bangkok on Jan. 17, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Abe in Southeast Asia

BANGKOK, Thailand - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra hold a joint press conference after their talks in Bangkok on Jan. 17, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Abe in Southeast Asia

BANGKOK, Thailand - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra hold a joint press conference after their talks in Bangkok on Jan. 17, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Hostage crisis in Algeria

TOKYO, Japan - Takeshi Endo, JGC Corp. spokesman, answers reporters' questions in Yokohama on Jan. 17, 2013, about an unfolding hostage crisis in Algeria, in which employees of the Japanese engineering company were taken hostage along with a number of foreign nationals from up to 10 countries.

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Abe in Southeast Asia

BANGKOK, Thailand - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and his Thai counterpart Yingluck Shinawatra shake hands at the outset of their talks in Bangkok on Jan. 17, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Abe in Southeast Asia

BANGKOK, Thailand - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and his Thai counterpart Yingluck Shinawatra shake hands at the outset of their talks in Bangkok on Jan. 17, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Abe in Southeast Asia

BANGKOK, Thailand - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from R front) holds talks with his Thai counterpart Yingluck Shinawatra (left side, C) in Bangkok on Jan. 17, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Abe in Southeast Asia

BANGKOK, Thailand - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from R) holds talks with his Thai counterpart Yingluck Shinawatra (L front) in Bangkok on Jan. 17, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Abe in Southeast Asia

BANGKOK, Thailand - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) has an audience with Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who is hospitalized, in Bangkok on Jan. 17, 2013. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Hanshin quake anniversary

KOBE, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a downtown area of Kobe, western Japan, on Jan. 17, 2013, the 18th anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake that claimed the lives of more than 6,400 people. Lights forming 1.17 can be seen at Higashi Yuenchi park (lower R), where a memorial event was held from the early morning.

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Dreamliner probe

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Safety board investigator Hideyo Kosugi answers reporters' questions at Takamatsu Airport in western Japan on Jan. 17, 2013, about the main battery of an All Nippon Airways Co. Boeing 787 Dreamliner jet that was removed following an emergency landing by the plane the previous day due to smoke in the cockpit. The investigation is focusing on the main battery.

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Hanshin quake anniversary

KOBE, Japan - A woman and her children light bamboo lanterns at a park in Kobe, western Japan, on Jan. 17, 2013, the 18th anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake that claimed the lives of more than 6,400 people.

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New Year Grand Sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese sekiwake Goeido (R) beats Bulgarian ozeki Kotooshu by the "sukuinage" technique on Jan. 17, 2013, the fifth day of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan hall in Tokyo.

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8th anniversary of Zhao Ziyang's death

BEIJING, China - People visit the Beijing home of former Chinese Communist Party Secretary General Zhao Ziyang, to mourn him on Jan. 17, 2013, the eighth anniversary of his death. The 1989 prodemocracy student movement in Beijing caused his political downfall.

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8th anniversary of Zhao Ziyang's death

BEIJING, China - Chinese political dissident Hu Jia bows to the portrait of deceased former Chinese Communist Party Secretary General Zhao Ziyang at Zhao's Beijing home on Jan. 17, 2013, the eighth anniversary of his death. The 1989 prodemocracy student movement in Beijing caused the political downfall of Zhao, a reformist Chinese leader.

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8th anniversary of Zhao Ziyang's death

BEIJING, China - People visit the Beijing home of former Chinese Communist Party Secretary General Zhao Ziyang, to mourn him on Jan. 17, 2013, the eighth anniversary of his death. The 1989 prodemocracy student movement in Beijing caused his political downfall.

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8th anniversary of Zhao Ziyang's death

BEIJING, China - Mourners bow at the Beijing home of former Chinese Communist Party Secretary General Zhao Ziyang on Jan. 17, 2013, to mark the eighth anniversary of his death. The 1989 prodemocracy student movement in Beijing caused his political downfall.

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Boeing 787

NARITA, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 17, 2013, shows a United Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner jet after its arrival at Narita airport. The aircraft left Los Angeles before the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration announced on Jan. 16 local time that it would ask carriers to temporarily ground all Boeing 787 Dreamliners. The return flight to Los Angeles was cancelled.

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8th anniversary of Zhao Ziyang's death

BEIJING, China - Chinese political dissident Hu Jia signs a book at the Beijing home of former Chinese Communist Party Secretary General Zhao Ziyang on Jan. 17, 2013, the eighth anniversary of his death. The 1989 prodemocracy student movement in Beijing caused the political downfall of Zhao, a reformist Chinese leader.

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New Toyota Crown enjoying brisk orders

NAGOYA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda speaks at a ceremony to celebrate production of its fully remodeled Crown luxury sedan at the carmaker's Motomachi plant in the city of Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, on Jan. 17, 2013. Toyoda said orders for the new Crown had reached around 19,000 units by Jan. 15, three weeks after its launch, nearly five times higher than the company's monthly sales target.

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Dreamliner probe

TAKAMATSU, Japan - An aviation expert carries the main battery of an All Nippon Airways Co. Boeing 787 Dreamliner jet, after its removal from the aircraft, at Takamatsu airport in western Japan on Jan. 17, 2013. The aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing at the airport the previous day due to smoke in the cockpit. The investigation will focus on the main battery.

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Boeing 787

NARITA, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 17, 2013, shows a United Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner jet after its arrival at Narita airport. The aircraft left Los Angeles before the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration announced on Jan. 16 local time that it would ask carriers to temporarily ground all Boeing 787 Dreamliners. The return flight to Los Angeles was cancelled.

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Dreamliner probe

TAKAMATSU, Japan - An aviation expert carries the main battery of an All Nippon Airways Co. Boeing 787 Dreamliner jet, after its removal from the aircraft, at Takamatsu airport in western Japan on Jan. 17, 2013. The aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing at the airport the previous day due to smoke in the cockpit. The investigation will focus on the main battery.

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Dreamliner probe

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 17, 2013, at Takamatsu Airport in western Japan shows the main battery of an All Nippon Airways Co. Boeing 787 Dreamliner jet that was removed from the aircraft following its emergency landing the previous day due to smoke in the cockpit. Black material can be seen on the surface of the battery casing. The investigation will focus on the main battery.

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Dreamliner probe

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 17, 2013, at Takamatsu Airport in western Japan shows the main battery of an All Nippon Airways Co. Boeing 787 Dreamliner jet that was removed from the aircraft following its emergency landing the previous day due to smoke in the cockpit. Black material can be seen on the surface of the battery casing. The investigation will focus on the main battery.

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Abe in Southeast Asia

BANGKOK, Thailand - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrives in Bangkok on Jan. 17, 2013, with his wife Akie on the second leg of his Southeast Asian tour to Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia.

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Abe in Southeast Asia

BANGKOK, Thailand - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (front) arrives in Bangkok on Jan. 17, 2013, on the second leg of his Southeast Asian tour to Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia. Behind him is his wife Akie.

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Campbell in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Kurt Campbell, U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, answers reporters' questions after a meeting with Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida in Tokyo on Jan. 17, 2013.

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Hatoyama in China

NANJING, China - Former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and his wife Miyuki join hands at a Nanjing Massacre memorial hall in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China, on Jan. 17, 2013.

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Flood in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Motorcyclists drive through flood waters on a road in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Jan. 17, 2013 following heavy rain.

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Hatoyama in China

NANJING, China - Former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama lowers his head at a Nanjing Massacre memorial hall in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China, on Jan. 17, 2013. At left is his wife Miyuki.

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Hatoyama in China

NANJING, China - Former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (C) visits a Nanjing Massacre memorial hall in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China, on Jan. 17, 2013.

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Golan team returns home

NARITA, Japan - Members of the second batch of Japan's Self-Defense Forces personnel involved in U.N. peacekeeping operations in the Israeli-held Golan Heights are welcomed on arrival at Narita airport near Tokyo on Jan. 17, 2013. The 12 SDF members arrived home following the return of the 33-member first batch in late December, after Japan ordered their withdrawal due to worsening security conditions amid the civil war in Syria.

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Abe in Southeast Asia

HANOI, Vietnam - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks to reporters in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Jan. 17, 2013, about the hostage-taking of Japanese and other foreign nationals working at a gas facility in southeastern Algeria.

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Golan team returns home

NARITA, Japan - Maj. Fumihiro Kayanuma (front), head of Japan's Self-Defense Forces personnel involved in U.N. peacekeeping operations in the Israeli-held Golan Heights, and other members of the team are welcomed on arrival at Narita airport near Tokyo on Jan. 17, 2013. The 12 SDF members arrived home following the return of the 33-member first batch in late December, after Japan ordered their withdrawal due to worsening security conditions amid the civil war in Syria.

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Hanshin quake anniversary

KOBE, Japan - Mourners observe a moment of silence at a park in Kobe, western Japan, at 5:46 a.m. on Jan. 17, 2013, the moment the Great Hanshin Earthquake occurred, on the 18th anniversary of the disaster that claimed the lives of more than 6,400 people.

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Campbell in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Kurt Campbell, U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, enters the Japanese Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 17, 2013, for talks with Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida.

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Hanshin quake anniversary

KOBE, Japan - A man holds a family photo before a bamboo lantern at a park in Kobe, western Japan, in the early morning on Jan. 17, 2013, on the 18th anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake that claimed the lives of more than 6,400 people.

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Dreamliner probe

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Japanese aviation experts examine a Boeing 787 Dreamliner jet operated by All Nippon Airways Co. at Takamatsu Airport in western Japan on Jan. 17, 2013, following its emergency landing after the appearance of smoke inside the aircraft the previous day.

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Dreamliner probe

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Japanese aviation experts examine a Boeing 787 Dreamliner jet operated by All Nippon Airways Co. at Takamatsu Airport in western Japan on Jan. 17, 2013, following its emergency landing after the appearance of smoke inside the aircraft the previous day.

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Hanshin quake anniversary

KOBE, Japan - A man and his children light candles at a park in Kobe, western Japan, in the early morning on Jan. 17, 2013, on the 18th anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake that claimed the lives of more than 6,400 people.

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Abe in Southeast Asia

HANOI, Vietnam - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks to reporters in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Jan. 17, 2013, about the hostage-taking of Japanese and other foreign nationals working at a gas facility in southeastern Algeria.