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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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Day before GOP's Iowa caucuses

BOONE, United States - Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum speaks to supporters in Boone, Iowa, on Jan. 2, 2012, a day before the Iowa caucuses, when the state kicks off the 2012 presidential campaign.

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Day before GOP's Iowa caucuses

BOONE, United States - Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum speaks to supporters in Boone, Iowa, on Jan. 2, 2012, a day before the Iowa caucuses, when the state kicks off the 2012 presidential campaign.

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Day before GOP's Iowa caucuses

DES MOINES, United States - Republican presidential candidate and Texas Congressman Ron Paul is pictured as he gives a speech at a hotel in Des Moines, Iowa, on Jan. 2, 2012, a day before the Iowa caucuses, when the state kicks off the 2012 presidential campaign.

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Lawyer meets ex-AUM cult member Hirata

TOKYO, Japan - Lawyer Taro Takimoto speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Jan. 2, 2012, after meeting with Makoto Hirata, a former leading member of the AUM Shinrikyo cult who turned himself in to police on Dec. 31. Takimoto said Hirata, 46, who had been on the wanted list since May 1995, thinks that AUM founder Shoko Asahara ''deserves the death penalty'' and that he does not believe in the cult anymore.

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Toyo Univ. leads after 1st day of Tokyo-Hakone ekiden

HAKONE, Japan - Toyo University anchor Ryuji Kashiwabara cuts the tape in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Jan. 2, 2012, after pacing his team to a commanding lead of more than 5 minutes after the first day of the Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden relay race. Kashiwabara and his four teammates covered the 108-kilometer course from Tokyo's Otemachi district to the spa resort of Hakone in a record 5 hours, 24 minutes, 45 seconds.

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Day before GOP's Iowa caucuses

DES MOINES, United States - Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney holds a rally near Des Moines, Iowa, on Jan. 2, 2012, a day before the Iowa caucuses, when the state kicks off the 2012 presidential campaign.

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Rush of travelers returning from New Year holidays

TOKYO, Japan - JR Tokyo Station is packed with holidaymakers returning home on Jan. 2, 2012. The rush of travelers returning to the Tokyo metropolitan region from New Year holidays in their hometowns or other travel destinations began the same day, jamming trains, flights and expressways across Japan.

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Emperor offers New Year's greetings

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L front), with Empress Michiko standing by his side, greets New Year's well-wishers from a balcony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Jan. 2, 2012. Standing behind them are Crown Prince Naruhito (L back) and Crown Princess Masako.

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Ex-AUM cult member Hirata taken to public prosecutors

TOKYO, Japan - A vehicle carrying Makoto Hirata, a former leading member of the AUM Shinrikyo cult, leaves Osaki Police Station in Tokyo on Jan. 2, 2012, as police officers take him for further questioning by public prosecutors. Hirata turned himself in to police on Dec. 31 after being on the run for more than 16 years. He was immediately arrested for suspected involvement in a conspiracy with AUM founder Shoko Asahara and other followers to abduct Kiyoshi Kariya, chief clerk at a notary office in Tokyo, in February 1995.

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Toyo Univ. leads after 1st day of Tokyo-Hakone ekiden

HAKONE, Japan - Toyo University anchor Ryuji Kashiwabara approaches the finishing line in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Jan. 2, 2012, the first day of the Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden relay race. Kashiwabara and his four teammates covered the 108-kilometer course from Tokyo's Otemachi district to the spa resort of Hakone in a record 5 hours, 24 minutes, 45 seconds, to take a commanding lead of more than 5 minutes at the halfway point.

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Rush of travelers returning from New Year holidays

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 2, 2012, shows the Chugoku Expressway jammed with vehicles in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture. The rush of travelers returning to the Tokyo metropolitan region from New Year holidays in their hometowns or other travel destinations began the same day, jamming trains, flights and expressways across Japan.

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Dortmund's Kagawa departs for Germany

OSAKA, Japan - Borussia Dortmund's Japan international midfielder Shinji Kagawa speaks to reporters at Osaka International Airport, western Japan, on Jan. 2, 2012, before leaving for Germany.

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Toyo Univ. leads after 1st day of Tokyo-Hakone ekiden

HAKONE, Japan - (From L to R) Toshiyuki Sakai, Toyo University's ekiden team coach, and team members Hiroyuki Uno, Keita Shitara, Kenji Yamamoto and Ryuji Kashiwabara celebrate in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Jan. 2, 2012, after winning the first day of the Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay. Anchor Kashiwabara and his four teammates covered the 108-kilometer course from Tokyo's Otemachi district to the spa resort in a record 5 hours, 24 minutes, 45 seconds.

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Emperor offers New Year's greetings

TOKYO, Japan - Imperial family members wave from a balcony to well-wishers at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Jan. 2, 2012.

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Emperor offers New Year's greetings

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko wave from a balcony to well-wishers at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Jan. 2, 2012.

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Dept. stores begin 2012 business with 'lucky bags'

TOKYO, Japan - Customers buy ''lucky bags'' at the flagship store of Mitsukoshi Ltd. in Tokyo's Nihombashi district on Jan. 2, 2012. Major department stores kicked off business for 2012 the same day as crowds of shoppers sought ''lucky bags'' filled with discount goods and other New Year bargains.

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Popovic named as new manager of FC Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken on July 20, 2009, shows Ranko Popovic. On Jan. 2, 2012, the 44-year-old Serbian and former Oita Trinita boss was named manager of FC Tokyo, the newly crowned Emperor's Cup winner.

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Dept. stores begin 2012 business with 'lucky bags'

TOKYO, Japan - Customers buy ''lucky bags'' at the flagship store of Mitsukoshi Ltd. in Tokyo's Nihombashi district on Jan. 2, 2012. Major department stores kicked off business for 2012 the same day as crowds of shoppers sought ''lucky bags'' filled with discount goods and other New Year bargains.

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Tunnel after ceiling collapse

KOSHU, Japan - The inbound lanes in the Sasago Tunnel on the Chuo Expressway in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, are shown to reporters on Jan. 15, 2013, for the first time since the fatal collapse of interior roof on Dec. 2, 2012.

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Tunnel after ceiling collapse

KOSHU, Japan - The inbound lanes in the Sasago Tunnel on the Chuo Expressway in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, are shown to reporters on Jan. 15, 2013, for the first time since the fatal collapse of interior roof on Dec. 2, 2012.

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Tunnel after ceiling collapse

KOSHU, Japan - The inbound lanes in the Sasago Tunnel on the Chuo Expressway in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, are shown to reporters on Jan. 15, 2013, for the first time since the fatal collapse of interior roof on Dec. 2, 2012.

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'World's last sunset' in American Samoa

POLOA, American Samoa - Villagers look at the sunset in the village of Poloa, the westernmost part of American Samoa, on Jan. 2, 2012. It is the last sunset to be seen each day in the world.

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Senegalese singer N'Dour

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in December 2000 shows prominent Senegalese singer Youssou N'Dour. According to Reuters, N'Dour announced on Nov. 26, 2011, the cancellation of concert dates from Jan. 2, 2012, as he would be entering politics, but did not say whether he would run in Senegal's presidential election slated for February.

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Ultraman, Ultraseven exhibition at museum in Mito

MITO, Japan - Photo shows figures of Ultraman (L) and Ultraseven (R), characters from popular Japanese TV hero series aired since the 1960s, on display at the Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki, in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Nov. 2, 2011. An exhibition entitled ''Ultraman Art! Times and creation Ultraman & Ultraseven'' runs from Nov. 3, 2011, through Jan. 15, 2012.