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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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Space probe Hayabusa capsule at tsunami-hit city

OFUNATO, Japan - Children view a capsule brought back to Earth by Japan's Hayabusa unmanned space probe in 2010 at an exhibition in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, on Jan. 19, 2012. The exhibition featuring the capsule and other items from Hayabusa began that day in a bid to lift residents' spirits as the city tries to recover from the March 11 tsunami.

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Space probe Hayabusa capsule at tsunami-hit city

OFUNATO, Japan - Children view a capsule brought back to Earth by Japan's Hayabusa unmanned space probe in 2010 at an exhibition in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, on Jan. 19, 2012. The exhibition featuring the capsule and other items from Hayabusa began that day in a bid to lift residents' spirits as the city tries to recover from the March 11 tsunami.

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China's economy grows 10.3% in 2010

BEIJING, China - Photo taken on Jan. 19, 2011, shows a view of many high-rise buildings in Beijing. China said Jan. 20 its economy grew 10.3 percent in 2010 for the first double-digit expansion in three years.

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Obama calls on China to free jailed dissident Liu

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in a Beijing restaurant on July 30, 2008, shows Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, the imprisoned winner of the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize. U.S. President Barack Obama called for the release of Liu during his meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao in Washington on Jan. 19, 2011, as the two countries locked horns over human rights issues.

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Kisenosato stops Hakuho again

TOKYO, Japan - Kisenosato (R) pushes grand champion Hakuho out of the ring at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2011, halting the yokozuna's winning streak at 23. Hakuho's history-chasing bout winning streak was stopped at 63 by the same opponent in November 2010.

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Kisenosato stops Hakuho again

TOKYO, Japan - Kisenosato (L) pushes grand champion Hakuho out of the ring at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2011, halting the yokozuna's winning streak at 23. Hakuho's history-chasing bout winning streak was stopped at 63 by the same opponent in November 2010.

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JAL employees distribute messages cards promising recovery

OSAKA, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. employees hold up banners reading ''Thank you for boarding'' to passengers on board the carrier's domestic flights departing Osaka International Airport Jan. 25, 2010. JAL employees in Osaka and Tokyo participated in events where they held banners and distributed message cards that expressed the company's determination to achieve corporate recovery and their appreciation to customers, after Japan's largest carrier filed for bankruptcy protection on Jan. 19, 2010.

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China's Oct.-Dec. GDP grows 10.7% on year, 2009 GDP up 8.7%

BEIJING, China - Shoppers walk past a clothing store in a shopping district of Beijing, China, on Jan. 19, 2010. China said on Jan. 21 its economy grew 10.7 percent in the October-December quarter from the same period last year and expanded 8.7% for 2009.

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Post-quake lives in Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - A boy looks for metal objects to sell in piles of rubble and garbage in a Port-au-Prince suburb in the quake-hit Caribbean country on Jan. 19, 2010. The boy said he can earn some 100 gourde, or 230 yen, per day if he works hard all day.

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Post-quake lives in Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - People shop at a market in Port-au-Prince on Jan. 19, 2010. Some markets for clothes and vegetables have resumed business near the wreckage of buildings in the capital of quake-hit Caribbean country.

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Japan's antipiracy patrol flight over Gulf of Aden

DJIBOUTI, Djibouti - The pilot of a P-3C airplane of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force sees another flying over the Gulf of Aden off Somalia during an antipiracy patrol flight open to the press Jan. 19, 2010. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan's antipiracy patrol flight over Gulf of Aden

DJIBOUTI, Djibouti - Two crew members aboard a P-3C airplane of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force try to identify a ship sailing below in the Gulf of Aden off Somalia during an antipiracy patrol flight open to the press Jan. 19, 2010. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan's antipiracy patrol flight over Gulf of Aden

DJIBOUTI, Djibouti - The pilot of a P-3C airplane of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force sees another flying over the Gulf of Aden off Somalia during an antipiracy patrol flight open to the press Jan. 19, 2010. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan's antipiracy patrol flight over Gulf of Aden

DJIBOUTI, Djibouti - A P-3C airplane of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force flies over the MSDF's destroyer Takanami on an antipiracy patrol in the Gulf of Aden off Somalia on Jan. 19, 2010. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan's antipiracy patrol flight over Gulf of Aden

DJIBOUTI, Djibouti - A crew member looks through binoculars at the Gulf of Aden off Somalia from a P-3C airplane of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force during an antipiracy patrol flight Jan. 19, 2010. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Children ask questions to Noguchi in space

KUSHIRO, Japan - Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi, appearing on a large screen, waves to children during a space-to-Earth talk session at Kushiro Children's Museum Kodomo Yugakukan in Kushiro, Hokkaido, on Jan. 19, 2010. Children asked Noguchi, who is currently on a five-month mission at the International Space Station, about his experiences there via a satellite and TV telephone linkup at an event hosted by the museum and Rikubetsu Astronomical Observatory.

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Japan Airlines files for court protection

TOKYO, Japan - A screen in a Japan Airlines plane bound for Tokyo's Haneda airport from New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido shows a news program on JAL's filing for bankruptcy protection on Jan. 19, 2010.

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Ozawa to accept prosecutors request for questioning

TOKYO, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa leaves the Diet in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2010. Ozawa and prosecutors have begun arranging a date for his voluntary questioning over allegations that his fund management body failed to report money used to buy land in Tokyo in 2004, according to sources close to the case.

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Japan Airlines files for court protection

TOKYO, Japan - Haruka Nishimatsu (R), former president of Japan Airlines Corp., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2010, with Hiroshige Nishizawa, president of the state-backed Enterprise Turnaround Initiative Corp. of Japan, listening, after Japan's top air carrier filed for bankruptcy. Nishimatsu resigned from the post earlier in the day.

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Ozawa, prosecutors arranging questioning over funds scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa leaves the Diet in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2010. Ozawa and prosecutors have begun arranging a date for his voluntary questioning over allegations that his fund management body failed to report money used to buy land in Tokyo in 2004, according to sources closed to the case.

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Japan Airlines files for court protection

TOKYO, Japan - Haruka Nishimatsu, former president of Japan Airlines Corp., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2010, after Japan's top air carrier filed for bankruptcy. Nishimatsu resigned from the post earlier in the day.

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Ozawa to accept prosecutors request for questioning

TOKYO, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa closes his eyes during a plenary session of the House of Representatives in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2010. Ozawa and prosecutors have begun arranging a date for his voluntary questioning over allegations that his fund management body failed to report money used to buy land in Tokyo in 2004, according to sources close to the case.

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Japan Airlines files for bankruptcy protection

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. staff work at a check-in counter at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Jan. 19, 2010. Japan's top air carrier filed for bankruptcy protection the same day with group liabilities totaling over 2 trillion yen in the biggest nonfinancial corporate failure in Japan's postwar history.

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Japan Airlines files for court protection

TOKYO, Japan - Haruka Nishimatsu (C), former president of Japan Airlines Corp., bows in apology during a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2010, after Japan's top air carrier filed for bankruptcy. Nishimatsu resigned from the post earlier in the day.

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Gov't to help JAL rebuild itself if all employees try hard

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama speaks to reporters about Japan Airlines Corp.'s filing for bankruptcy protection at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2010. Hatoyama said the government is willing to help JAL rebuild itself under the court-led restructuring process if all its employees work hard to that end.

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Japan Airlines files for court protection

TOKYO, Japan - Haruka Nishimatsu (R), former president of Japan Airlines Corp., and Hiroshige Nishizawa, president of the state-backed Enterprise Turnaround Initiative Corp. of Japan, attend a joint news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2010, after Japan's top air carrier filed for bankruptcy protection. Nishimatsu resigned from the post earlier in the day.

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Japan Airlines files for bankruptcy protection

TOKYO, Japan - A notice in front of Japan Airlines Corp. check-in counters at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Jan. 19, 2010, states that JAL will continue business with support from the state-backed Enterprise Turnaround Initiative Corp. of Japan after the carrier filed for bankruptcy protection earlier in the day.

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Japan Airlines files for court protection

TOKYO, Japan - Haruka Nishimatsu, former president of Japan Airlines Corp., bows at the outset of a news conference on Jan. 19, 2010, after Japan's top air carrier filed for bankruptcy protection. Nishimatsu resigned from the post earlier in the day.

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Bankruptcy starting point for JAL's revival: transport minister

TOKYO, Japan - Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Seiji Maehara speaks at a news conference at his ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2010, after Japan Airlines Corp. filed for bankruptcy protection with the Tokyo District Court. Maehara said the filing for bankruptcy protection by JAL will be ''a starting point'' for the revival of the nation's biggest airline.

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Japan Airlines files for bankruptcy protection

TOKYO, Japan - Passengers use automated check-in machines of Japan Airlines Corp. at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Jan. 19, 2010. Japan's top air carrier filed for bankruptcy protection the same day with group liabilities totaling over 2 trillion yen in the biggest nonfinancial corporate failure in Japan's postwar history.

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Japan, U.S. vow to 'deepen' alliance

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa speaks at a news conference at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2010, the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Japan-U.S. security treaty. Kitazawa, Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada and their U.S. counterparts -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton -- issued a joint statement in which they pledged to build ''an unshakable Japan-U.S. alliance.''

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Bankruptcy starting point for JAL's revival: transport minister

TOKYO, Japan - Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Seiji Maehara speaks at a news conference at his ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2010, after Japan Airlines Corp. filed for bankruptcy protection with the Tokyo District Court. Maehara said the filing for bankruptcy protection by JAL will be ''a starting point'' for the revival of the nation's biggest airline.

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Change of gov't led to 'transparent' JAL rehabilitation process

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Naoto Kan speaks to reporters at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2010, after Japan Airlines Corp. filed for bankruptcy protection with the Tokyo District Court. Kan said the change of government in Japan last year paved the way for the implementation of a ''transparent'' rehabilitation scheme for JAL.

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Japan Airlines files for bankruptcy protection

TOKYO, Japan - The headquarters building of Japan Airlines Corp. is silhouetted against the early evening sky in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward on Jan. 19, 2010. Japan's top air carrier filed for bankruptcy protection the same day with group liabilities totaling over 2 trillion yen in the biggest nonfinancial corporate failure in Japan's postwar history.

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Change of gov't led to 'transparent' JAL rehabilitation process

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Naoto Kan speaks to reporters at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2010, after Japan Airlines Corp. filed for bankruptcy protection with the Tokyo District Court. Kan said the change of government in Japan last year paved the way for the implementation of a ''transparent'' rehabilitation scheme for JAL.

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Hakuho, Asa share lead as Baruto crashes at New Year basho

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian yokozuna (grand champion) Asashoryu (L) forces No. 4 maegashira Takekazo out of the ring on the 10th day of the 15-day New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 19, 2010, sharing the lead with compatriot yokozuna Hakuho in the event with ninth victories.

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Hakuho, Asa share lead as Baruto crashes at New Year basho

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian yokozuna (grand champion) Hakuho (R) pushes komusubi Kotoshogiku out of the ring on the 10th day of the 15-day New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 19, 2010, sharing the lead with compatriot yokozuna Asashoryu in the event with ninth victories.

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Business as usual as JAL files for court protection

TOKYO, Japan - Two people watch a Japan Airlines Corp. plane coming in to land in Tokyo's Haneda airport, as the sun sets in the background, on Jan. 19, 2010. Japan's largest carrier filed for bankruptcy protection the same day.

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Japan Airlines files for bankruptcy protection

TOKYO, Japan - A Japan Airlines Corp. plane comes in to land at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Jan. 19, 2010. Japan's top air carrier filed for bankruptcy protection the same day with group liabilities totaling over 2 trillion yen in the biggest nonfinancial corporate failure in Japan's postwar history.

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Japan, U.S. vow to 'deepen' alliance

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada speaks at a news conference at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2010, the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Japan-U.S. security treaty. Okada, Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa and their U.S. counterparts -- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Defense Secretary Robert Gates -- issued a joint statement in which they pledged to build ''an unshakable Japan-U.S. alliance.''

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JAL files for court protection

TOKYO, Japan - Flight attendants on a Japan Airlines Corp. flight leaving Tokyo's Haneda airport for Kushiro Airport in Hokkaido serve passengers on Jan. 19, 2010. Japan's largest carrier filed for bankruptcy protection the same day.

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Speed skating suit for Vancouver Olympics unveiled

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Olympic medal hopefuls Keiichiro Nagashima (back) and Joji Kato (front) pose in the new speed skating suit designed for the Vancouver Olympics in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2010. The suit, designed by Mizuno Corp., has lower air resistance than previous Olympic suits and comes in the same colors as the suits worn at the 1998 Nagano Olympics, when Japan won 3 speed skating medals.

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Speed skating suit for Vancouver Olympics unveiled

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Olympic medal hopefuls Keiichiro Nagashima (R) and Joji Kato pose in the new speed skating suit designed for the Vancouver Olympics in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2010. The suit, designed by Mizuno Corp., has lower air resistance than previous Olympic suits and comes in the same colors as the suits worn at the 1998 Nagano Olympics, when Japan won 3 speed skating medals.

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Hatoyama grilled in Diet over funding scandals

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama responds to questions from an opposition lawmaker during the plenary session of the House of Representatives in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2010. Hatoyama faced a fierce grilling from opposition lawmakers over funds scandals involving him and his ruling party's No. 2, Ichiro Ozawa.

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JAL shares briefly fall to record intraday low of 3 yen

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic display at a securities company in Tokyo's Yaesu business district shows the stock price of Japan Airlines Corp. finishing at 5 yen on Jan. 19, 2010. JAL shares briefly fell to a record intraday low of 3 yen ahead of its filing for bankruptcy protection later the same day.

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Hatoyama grilled in Diet over funding scandals

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama sits for the plenary session of the House of Representatives in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2010. Hatoyama faced a fierce grilling from opposition lawmakers over funds scandals involving him and his ruling party's No. 2, Ichiro Ozawa.

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Liberal Democratic Party calls for Ozawa to appear at Diet

TOKYO, Japan - Tadamori Oshima (front), secretary general of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, speaks at the plenary session of the House of Representatives in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2010. Oshima demanded that Ichiro Ozawa, secretary general of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, appear in the Diet to explain a funding scandal that has led to the arrest of three people close to him.

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Ozawa ready to submit to questioning by prosecutors

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa, kingpin of Japan's ruling Democratic Party of Japan, attends a DPJ parliamentarians' meeting at the Diet building Jan. 19, 2010. A source close to Ozawa said the same day that he is ready to accept a request from prosecutors to submit to questioning over a shady land purchase made by his fund management body.

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Ozawa ready to submit to questioning by prosecutors

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa (L), kingpin of Japan's ruling Democratic Party of Japan, leaves his office in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Jan. 19, 2010. A source close to Ozawa, DPJ secretary general, said the same day he is ready to accept a request from prosecutors to submit to questioning over a shady land purchase made by his fund management body.