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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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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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'Kumamon,' popular mascot for Kumamoto

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows ''Kumamon,'' the official black bear mascot for the southwestern Japanese prefecture of Kumamoto, when it visited the Kyodo News headquarters in Tokyo on Jan. 25, 2013. Sales of products featuring Kumamon swelled to at least 29.36 billion yen in 2012, about 11 times more than those of the previous year, local officials said Feb. 20, 2013.

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'Kumamon,' popular mascot for Kumamoto

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows ''Kumamon,'' the official black bear mascot for the southwestern Japanese prefecture of Kumamoto, when it visited the Kyodo News headquarters in Tokyo on Jan. 25, 2013. Sales of products featuring Kumamon swelled to at least 29.36 billion yen in 2012, about 11 times more than those of the previous year, local officials said Feb. 20, 2013.

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'Kumamon,' popular mascot for Kumamoto

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows ''Kumamon,'' the official black bear mascot for the southwestern Japanese prefecture of Kumamoto, when it visited the Kyodo News headquarters in Tokyo on Jan. 25, 2013. Sales of products featuring Kumamon swelled to at least 29.36 billion yen in 2012, about 11 times more than those of the previous year, local officials said Feb. 20, 2013.

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Judo coach resigns over abuse scandal

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese women's judo coach Ryuji Sonoda (R) taking part in a training session in Tokyo on Dec. 20, 2012. Sonoda said Jan. 31, 2013, he will submit his resignation to the All Japan Judo Federation following revelations that 15 top female judo wrestlers sent a joint complaint to the Japan Olympic Committee at the end of 2012, alleging they had been subjected to harassment and physical violence by Sonoda and other coaching staff at a training camp in the buildup to the London Olympics.

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BOJ to conclude review on inflation goal in Jan.

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa (R) holds a press conference at the BOJ's head office in Tokyo on Dec. 20, 2012. The BOJ decided the same day to further ease its monetary policy and said it aims to conclude a review of its inflation goal at its next policy meeting in January 2013, as demanded by presumptive Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who has proposed setting an inflation target of 2 percent.

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BOJ to conclude review on inflation goal in Jan.

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa ends a press conference at the BOJ's head office in Tokyo on Dec. 20, 2012. The BOJ decided the same day to further ease its monetary policy and said it aims to conclude a review of its inflation goal at its next policy meeting in January 2013, as demanded by presumptive Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who has proposed setting an inflation target of 2 percent.

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BOJ to conclude review on inflation goal in Jan.

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa holds a press conference at the BOJ's head office in Tokyo on Dec. 20, 2012. The BOJ decided the same day to further ease its monetary policy and said it aims to conclude a review of its inflation goal at its next policy meeting in January 2013, as demanded by presumptive Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who has proposed setting an inflation target of 2 percent.

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BOJ to conclude review on inflation goal in Jan.

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in December 2011 shows the Bank of Japan's head office in Tokyo. The BOJ decided Dec. 20, 2012, to further ease its monetary policy and said it aims to conclude a review of its inflation goal at its next policy meeting in January 2013, as demanded by presumptive Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who has proposed setting an inflation target of 2 percent.

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BOJ to conclude review on inflation goal in Jan.

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa holds a press conference at the BOJ's head office in Tokyo on Dec. 20, 2012. The BOJ decided the same day to further ease its monetary policy and said it aims to conclude a review of its inflation goal at its next policy meeting in January 2013, as demanded by presumptive Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who has proposed setting an inflation target of 2 percent.

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BOJ to conclude review on inflation goal in Jan.

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa explains the BOJ's monetary policy using a chart during a press conference at the BOJ's head office in Tokyo on Dec. 20, 2012. The BOJ decided the same day to further ease its monetary policy and said it aims to conclude a review of its inflation goal at its next policy meeting in January 2013, as demanded by presumptive Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who has proposed setting an inflation target of 2 percent.

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Merger of Tokyo, Osaka stock exchanges

OSAKA, Japan - Michio Yoneda, president of Osaka Securities Exchange Co., holds a press conference in Osaka on Nov. 20, 2012. Shareholders of Tokyo Stock Exchange Group Inc. and Osaka Securities Exchange Co. approved the same day the bourses' merger on Jan. 1 and the founding of Japan Exchange Group Inc., a holding company for the two exchanges.

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Merger of Tokyo, Osaka stock exchanges

TOKYO, Japan - Atsushi Saito, president of Tokyo Stock Exchange Group Inc., holds a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 20, 2012. Shareholders of Tokyo Stock Exchange Group Inc. and Osaka Securities Exchange Co. approved the same day the bourses' merger on Jan. 1 and the founding of Japan Exchange Group Inc., a holding company for the two exchanges.

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Merger of Tokyo, Osaka stock exchanges

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 20, 2012, shows the Osaka Securities Exchange in Osaka's Chuo Ward. Shareholders of Tokyo Stock Exchange Group Inc. and Osaka Securities Exchange Co. approved the same day the bourses' merger on Jan. 1 and the founding of Japan Exchange Group Inc., a holding company for the two exchanges.

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Tokyo, Osaka stock exchanges to merge

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Securities Exchange Co. shareholders enter the venue of their extraordinary meeting in Osaka on Nov. 20, 2012. Tokyo Stock Exchange Group Inc. separately held an extra shareholders meeting the same day. Both the meetings gave consent to an agreement on the exchanges' merger on Jan. 1, 2013, and to create Japan Exchange Group Inc., a holding company for the two exchanges.

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Tokyo, Osaka stock exchanges to merge

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Stock Exchange Group Inc. holds an extraordinary meeting of shareholders in Tokyo on Nov. 20, 2012. Osaka Securities Exchange Co. separately held an extra shareholders meeting the same day. Both meetings gave consent to an agreement on the exchanges' merger on Jan. 1, 2013, and to create Japan Exchange Group Inc., a holding company for the two exchanges.

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Japanese universities consider big change to academic year

TOKYO, Japan - University of Tokyo President Junichi Hamada (L) speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 20, 2012, over a plan to shift the beginning of its academic year to fall from spring. Results released Jan. 25, 2012, of a Kyodo News survey showed more than 40 percent of Japan's national universities, as well as many of the country's top private universities, will consider following the University of Tokyo's lead in switching to start their academic year in the autumn.

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Photographer Hori's works disclosed to media

MATSUE, Japan - Photographs taken by Japanese photographer Ichiro Hori (1879-1969), including portraits of Japanese Adm. Heihachiro Togo (L front) and Japanese bacteriologist Hideyo Noguchi's wife Mary (2nd from L, front), are disclosed to the media at Matsue History Museum in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 24, 2012. The photos, kept at the home of Kosaku Sano, Hori's nephew, in Kawaguchi, Saitama Prefecture, are scheduled to be exhibited at the museum from March 20, 2012.

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Darvish holds Rangers uniform

ARLINGTON, United States - New Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish (C) holds his uniform during a press conference at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, on Jan. 20, 2012. To the left is Rangers manager Ron Washington and to the right is general manager Jon Daniels.

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Darvish introduced as new Texas Rangers pitcher

ARLINGTON, United States - New Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish stands on the mound at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, on Jan. 20, 2012. Two days earlier, the 25-year-old Japanese right-hander and the major league team agreed on a six-year contract.

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Italian Ambassador to UN Ragaglini

NEW YORK, United States - Italian Ambassador to the United Nations Cesare Maria Ragaglini speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in New York on Jan. 20, 2012.

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Darvish introduced as new Texas Rangers pitcher

ARLINGTON, United States - New Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish puts on his jersey at a press conference at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, on Jan. 20, 2012. To his front is the team's manager Ron Washington. Two days earlier, the 25-year-old Japanese right-hander and the major league team agreed on a six-year contract.

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Darvish introduced as new Texas Rangers pitcher

ARLINGTON, United States - New Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish speaks at a press conference at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, on Jan. 20, 2012. Two days earlier, the 25-year-old Japanese right-hander and the major league team agreed on a six-year contract.

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Darvish introduced as new Texas Rangers pitcher

ARLINGTON, United States - New Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish (2nd from R) is seen at a press conference at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, on Jan. 20, 2012. To his right is the team's manager Ron Washington. Two days earlier, the 25-year-old Japanese right-hander and the major league team agreed on a six-year contract.

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Darvish and Hamilton

ARLINGTON, United States - New Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish (R) shakes hands with outfielder Josh Hamilton at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, on Jan. 20, 2012.

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Darvish introduced as new Texas Rangers pitcher

ARLINGTON, United States - New Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish (C) is seen at a press conference at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, on Jan. 20, 2012. To his right is the team's manager Ron Washington. Two days earlier, the 25-year-old Japanese right-hander and the major league team agreed on a six-year contract.

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Darvish introduced as new Texas Rangers pitcher

ARLINGTON, United States - New Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish stands on the mound at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, on Jan. 20, 2012. Two days earlier, the 25-year-old Japanese right-hander and the major league team agreed on a six-year contract.

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Darvish introduced as new Texas Rangers pitcher

ARLINGTON, United States - New Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish heads for the mound after a press conference at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, on Jan. 20, 2012. Two days earlier, the 25-year-old Japanese right-hander and the major league team agreed on a six-year contract.

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Darvish introduced as new Texas Rangers pitcher

ARLINGTON, United States - New Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish (C), flanked by the team's manager Ron Washington (L) and general manager Jon Daniels, is introduced along with his jersey during a press conference at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, on Jan. 20, 2012. Two days earlier, the 25-year-old Japanese right-hander and the major league team agreed on a six-year contract.

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Darvish introduced as new Texas Rangers pitcher

ARLINGTON, United States - New Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish puts on his cap at a press conference at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, on Jan. 20, 2012. Two days earlier, the 25-year-old Japanese right-hander and the major league team agreed on a six-year contract.

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Darvish introduced as new Texas Rangers pitcher

ARLINGTON, United States - New Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish shakes hands with teammate outfielder Josh Hamilton after a press conference at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, on Jan. 20, 2012. Two days earlier, the 25-year-old Japanese right-hander and the major league team agreed on a six-year contract.

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Darvish introduced as new Texas Rangers pitcher

ARLINGTON, United States - New Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish is seen at a press conference at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, on Jan. 20, 2012. Two days earlier, the 25-year-old Japanese right-hander and the major league team agreed on a six-year contract.

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Darvish introduced as new Texas Rangers pitcher

ARLINGTON, United States - New Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish speaks at a press conference at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, on Jan. 20, 2012. Two days earlier, the 25-year-old Japanese right-hander and the major league team agreed on a six-year contract.

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Olympus survives as publicly traded company

TOKYO, Japan - Makoto Minoguchi, official of Tokyo Stock Exchange Group Inc., speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 20, 2012. He said the bourse has decided not to delist Olympus Corp. despite the camera and medical equipment maker's accounting fraud.

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Quran tower in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Photo shows a 15-meter tower with wooden panels bearing pages from the Quran after its completion at an Islamic boarding school in Palembang, Indonesia, on Jan. 20, 2012.

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Baruto clinches 1st title at New Year sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Baruto (R) toasts with his stablemaster Onoe in Tokyo on Jan. 20, 2012, to celebrate his winning of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament the same day. The Estonian ozeki became the ninth foreign-born wrestler and second from Europe to win a championship.

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Quran tower in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia - A man cleans a 15-meter tower with wooden panels bearing pages from the Quran at an Islamic boarding school in Palembang, Indonesia, on Jan. 20, 2012.

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Japanese defense chief, U.S. ambassador

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's new Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka (L) holds talks with U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos at the ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 20, 2012. During their meeting, Roos, who paid a courtesy call on Tanaka, reaffirmed the importance of the bilateral alliance.

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Baruto clinches 1st title at New Year sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Baruto waves as he is surrounded by fans who gathered at Onoe stable in Tokyo following his winning of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament on Jan. 20, 2012. The Estonian ozeki became the ninth foreign-born wrestler and second from Europe to win a championship.

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Darvish leaves for Texas

NARITA, Japan - Japanese pitcher Yu Darvish is pictured at Narita airport near Tokyo on Jan. 20, 2012, prior to his departure for the United States. The 25-year-old right-hander, who has agreed to terms with the Texas Rangers on a six-year contract, is scheduled to attend a news conference in Texas the same day in U.S. time to be introduced to the Texas media.

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New defense chief meets Okinawa gov.

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's new Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka (L) holds talks with Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima at the ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 20, 2012. The governor reiterated his call for the central government to reconsider its plan to relocate a key U.S. base within Okinawa Prefecture.

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Baruto clinches 1st title at New Year sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Baruto waves as he leaves Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan after winning the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament on Jan. 20, 2012. The Estonian ozeki became the ninth foreign-born wrestler and second from Europe to win a championship.

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Baruto clinches 1st title at New Year sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Baruto (R) lifts Kotoshogiku during a bout at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 20, 2012. Baruto's victory in the bout, coupled with a loss by yokozuna Hakuho, allowed the Estonian ozeki to win the tournament, his first career title, the same day.

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Baruto clinches 1st title at New Year sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Baruto (L) defeats Kotoshogiku during a bout at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 20, 2012. Baruto's victory, coupled with a loss by yokozuna Hakuho, allowed the Estonian ozeki to win the tournament, his first career title, the same day.

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Baruto clinches 1st title at New Year sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Baruto (standing) defeats Kotoshogiku during a bout at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 20, 2012. Baruto's victory, coupled with a loss by yokozuna Hakuho, allowed the Estonian ozeki to win the tournament, his first career title, the same day.

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New defense chief meets Okinawa gov.

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's new Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka (R) and Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima bow to each other when they met at the ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 20, 2012. The governor reiterated his call for the central government to reconsider its plan to relocate a key U.S. base within Okinawa Prefecture.

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Gujarat Chief Minister Modi

GANDHINAGAR, India - Narendra Damodardas Modi, chief minister of the west Indian state of Gujarat, speaks before a visiting delegation of the Japan External Trade Organization in Gandhinagar, the capital of Gujarat, on Jan. 20, 2012.

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EU market commissioner Barnier

TOKYO, Japan - European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services Michel Barnier gives a speech in Tokyo on Jan. 20, 2012. Barnier said that European countries will survive the ongoing sovereign debt crisis by taking such steps as closer economic coordination among eurozone countries and enhancing financial regulations.

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E. Timorese president in disaster-hit Sendai

SENDAI, Japan - East Timorese President Jose Ramos-Horta puts the country's traditional cotton fabric on Narumi Osawa, an 18-year-old student at a high school in Sendai, on Jan. 20, 2012. Ramos-Horta visited the high school in the city hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami to cheer up some 800 students there.