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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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Panel proposes preservation of tsunami-hit school

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - File photo taken on Jan. 22, 2014, shows a classroom of Kadonowaki Elementary School in the northeastern Japan city of Ishinomaki that was hit by the March 2011 tsunami and fire. An expert panel proposed on Dec. 22, 2014, that the school building be preserved in its current state to hand down the legacy of the disaster.

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Fukushima sake brewers promote new brews

TOKYO, Japan - Representatives of Fukushima Prefecture's sake brewers meet the press at a hotel in Tokyo on Jan. 22, 2014, to promote new brews. Stressing that their sake are all safe and have undergone strict inspections for radioactive contamination, they expressed hope to revive sales that have been dampened by the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.

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Tsunami-, fire-ravaged school in Ishinomaki left as it is

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - The inside of Kadowaki Elementary School in the coastal city of Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, remains in disorder on Jan. 22, 2014, as desks and walls have been covered with mud since a powerful earthquake and the ensuing tsunami and fire devastated the building in March 2011. The city government disclosed the site to members of the media.

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Disaster-hit primary school in Ishinomaki

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - The tsunami-hit Kadowaki Elementary School in the coastal city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, is shown to members of the media on Jan. 22, 2014. The school was ravaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, as well as fire, and the city government is considering preserving the school as a monument to remember the disaster.

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Nobel laureate Oe

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in Tokyo on April 22, 2011, shows Nobel literature laureate Kenzaburo Oe. Twenty-two Japanese writers, including Oe, have been invited to France's largest book fair, the Salon du Livre, to be held in March in Paris, the fair's organizer said on Jan. 11, 2012.

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Letters from Kobe

ONAGAWA, Japan - Photo taken March 22, 2011, shows an encouragement letter from a fifth-grader at Yamada Elementary School in Kobe, western Japan, to students at Onagawa Daini Elementary School in the town of Onagawa in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan. A wide area of northeastern and eastern Japan was struck by a devastating earthquake and tsunami on March 11, while Kobe was also devastated by a catastrophic earthquake on Jan. 17, 1995.

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Noda registers marriage

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Seiko Noda, former post and telecommunications minister and a House of Representatives member of the opposition Liberal Democratic Party. The 50-year-old lawmaker, who gave birth to a boy on Jan. 6, 2011, after in vitro fertilization, revealed on her blog Feb. 22, 2011, that she and her common-law husband had registered their marriage, with her husband adopting her family name, following the birth. Noda is a vocal advocate of a legal change to allow married couples to bear separate names.

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Turf-burning in Nara

NARA, Japan - Wakakusayama, a 342-meter hill in the ancient capital city of Nara, is engulfed in flames behind Yakushiji Temple's east pagoda during an annual turf-burning event on Jan. 22, 2011.

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Shirakawa-go World Heritage site in Gifu

SHIRAKAWA, Japan - Traditional thatched houses at the World Cultural Heritage site of Shirakawa-go in the central Japan prefecture of Gifu are lit up during an annual event on Jan. 22, 2011.

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Hakuho wins 6th straight title

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian grand champion Hakuho holds up a sea bream, a fish traditionally eaten on a festive occasion, at his stable in Tokyo on Jan. 22, 2011, after capturing his sixth consecutive Emperor's Cup on the penultimate day of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament.

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Shirakawa-go World Heritage site in Gifu

SHIRAKAWA, Japan - Traditional thatched houses at the World Cultural Heritage site of Shirakawa-go in the central Japan prefecture of Gifu are lit up during an annual event on Jan. 22, 2011.

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'Anime' song singer Ayane performs in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Japanese ''anime'' song singer Ayane performs on stage during the J-Pop in China 2011 event to promote Japanese pop culture in Beijing on Jan. 22, 2011.

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Hakuho wins 6th straight title

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian grand champion Hakuho leaves the ring with his winner's prize money after defeating Estonian ozeki Baruto and capturing his sixth consecutive Emperor's Cup on the penultimate day of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 22, 2011.

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Turf-burning in Nara

NARA, Japan - Fireworks erupt above Wakakusayama, as the 342-meter hill in the ancient capital city of Nara is engulfed in flames behind the five-story pagoda of Kofukuji Temple during an annual turf-burning event on Jan. 22, 2011.

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Hakuho wins 6th straight title

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian grand champion Hakuho gives a No. 6 sign with his hands, after capturing his sixth consecutive Emperor's Cup on the penultimate day of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 22, 2011.

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'Anime' song singer Ayane performs in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Japanese ''anime'' song singer Ayane performs on stage during the J-Pop in China 2011 event to promote Japanese pop culture in Beijing on Jan. 22, 2011.

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U.S. envoy Roos at Kyushu University

FUKUOKA, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos (2nd from L) finishes test driving a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle at Kyushu University's Ito campus in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 22, 2011.

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Hakuho wins 6th straight title

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian grand champion Hakuho throws down Estonian ozeki Baruto on the penultimate day of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 22, 2011. Hakuho captured his sixth consecutive Emperor's Cup with a 13-1 record.

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Analysis of space particles in Hayabusa

SAYO, Japan - Akira Tsuchiyama, a professor at Osaka University, explains equipment that is being used to analyze particles found inside a container of Japan's Hayabusa unmanned space probe, which returned from the asteroid Itokawa, at the large SPring-8 synchrotron radiation facility in Sayo, Hyogo Prefecture, on Jan. 22, 2011.

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Japanese rocket carrying cargo heads for space station

TANEGASHIMA ISLAND, Japan - The H-2B Launch Vehicle No. 2 carrying an unmanned cargo transporter blasts off into space from Tanegashima Space Center on Tanegashima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture on Jan. 22, 2011. The Japanese rocket will deliver the cargo to the International Space Station.

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LDP Tanigaki and Ishihara

TOKYO, Japan - Opposition Liberal Democratic Party leader Sadakazu Tanigaki (L) and LDP Secretary General Nobuteru Ishihara attend a meeting with secretaries general of their party's local chapters at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Jan. 22, 2011.

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Japanese rocket carrying cargo heads for space station

TANEGASHIMA ISLAND, Japan - The H-2B Launch Vehicle No. 2 carrying an unmanned cargo transporter blasts off from the pad at Tanegashima Space Center on Tanegashima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture on Jan. 22, 2011. The Japanese rocket will deliver the cargo to the International Space Station.

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6 chickens confirmed with highly pathogenic flu virus

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Inspectors in protective gear transport containers with culled chickens at a poultry farm in the city of Miyazaki on Jan. 22, 2011, after an outbreak of a highly pathogenic avian flu virus at the farm.

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Japanese rocket carrying cargo heads for space station

TANEGASHIMA ISLAND, Japan - The H-2B Launch Vehicle No. 2 carrying an unmanned cargo transporter blasts off into space from Tanegashima Space Center on Tanegashima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture on Jan. 22, 2011. The Japanese rocket will deliver the cargo to the International Space Station.

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'Rakugo' storyteller Hayashiya Sampei, actress Kokubu to marry

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese ''rakugo'' storyteller Hayashiya Sampei. The 40-year-old comedian will marry actress Sachiko Kokubu, their agencies said Jan. 22, 2011.

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Japanese rocket carrying cargo heads for space station

TANEGASHIMA ISLAND, Japan - The H-2B Launch Vehicle No. 2 carrying an unmanned cargo transporter blasts off into space from Tanegashima Space Center on Tanegashima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture on Jan. 22, 2011. The Japanese rocket will deliver the cargo to the International Space Station.

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Edano visits Okinawa peace park

ITOMAN, Japan - Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano stands before the ''flame of peace'' at Peace Memorial Park in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, on Jan. 22, 2011. Edano, who doubles as minister in charge of Okinawa Prefecture issues, visited the southern island prefecture aiming to learn how the central government can reduce Okinawa's burden of hosting the bulk of U.S. bases in Japan.

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Japanese rocket carrying cargo heads for space station

TANEGASHIMA ISLAND, Japan - The H-2B Launch Vehicle No. 2 carrying an unmanned cargo transporter blasts off from the pad at Tanegashima Space Center on Tanegashima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture on Jan. 22, 2011. The Japanese rocket will deliver the cargo to the International Space Station.

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6 chickens confirmed with highly pathogenic flu virus

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Inspectors in protective gear enter a poultry farm in the city of Miyazaki on Jan. 22, 2011, after an outbreak of a highly pathogenic avian flu virus at the farm.

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Futenma Air Station in Okinawa Pref.

GINOWAN, Japan - Photo taken on Jan. 22, 2011, shows the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture. The Japanese and U.S. governments plan to relocate it to a less populated coastal area within the prefecture as part of a road map for the realignment of U.S. forces in Japan agreed upon in 2006, but the local people want it moved out of the prefecture.

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Futenma Air Station in Okinawa Pref.

GINOWAN, Japan - Photo taken on Jan. 22, 2011, shows the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture. The Japanese and U.S. governments plan to relocate it to a less populated coastal area within the prefecture as part of a road map for the realignment of U.S. forces in Japan agreed upon in 2006, but the local people want it moved out of the prefecture.

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Hepatitis B sufferers to accept court proposal

TOKYO, Japan - Mieko Taniguchi, the leader of plaintiffs suffering from hepatitis B, speaks at a meeting in Tokyo on Jan. 22, 2011. The plaintiffs decided the same day to accept a court-proposed settlement plan for lawsuits against the government on condition that the state offers an apology and blanket compensation.