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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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Rankings announced for New Year tournament

FUNABASHI, Japan - Sumo wrestler Shohozan (R) shakes hands with his stablemaster Matsugane at their stable in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, on Dec. 24, 2012, after earning promotion to the fourth-highest rank of komusubi in the rankings for the Jan. 13-27 New Year Grand Sumo Tournament released the same day by the Japan Sumo Association. Shohozan is placed in the top four ranks of the sport for the first time in his career.

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Rankings announced for New Year tournament

MATSUDO, Japan - Sumo wrestler Kotoyuki (L) holds a new rankings list for the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament with his stablemaster Sadogatake at their stable in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, on Dec. 24, 2012. Kotoyuki, ranked as a No. 15 maegashira, is just one new face in the elite makuuchi division in the Jan. 13-27 tournament in Tokyo.

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Rankings announced for New Year basho

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian grand champion Hakuho holds a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2012, when the Japan Sumo Association released its rankings for the Jan. 13-27 New Year Grand Sumo Tournament. Hakuho, the east yokozuna, is looking for his 24th tournament championship, which would tie him for fourth on the all-time list with Kitanoumi.

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Iwakuma to head TSE after merger with OSE

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Hiroyuki Iwakuma, senior executive vice president of Tokyo Stock Exchange Group Inc. Iwakuma is to become president of the bourse operator after its merger on Jan. 1, 2013, with Osaka Securities Exchange Co., company sources said on Oct. 24, 2012.

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Humpback whale near Okinawa's Kerama Islands

NAHA, Japan - A humpback whale reveals its tailfin before diving deep off Tokashiki Island, Okinawa Prefecture, on Jan. 24, 2012. Humpback whales, migrating from waters near Alaska to warmer waters, are often sighted off the Kerama Islands between around January and March, becoming a major attraction for whale-watching tours in the area.

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Chinese dissident Yu in interview

WASHINGTON, United States - Chinese dissident Yu Jie is interviewed by Kyodo News in Washington on Jan. 24, 2012. The 38-year-old human rights activist said it is important for the international community to apply pressure on China to improve human rights conditions there. Yu, along with his family, arrived in the United States on Jan. 11 and has expressed his intention to seek asylum there.

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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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Snow in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a thin blanket of snow in front of the Diet building in Tokyo on Jan. 24, 2012. Japan's parliament convened the same day for a 150-day regular session.

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Darvish bids farewell to Fighters fans

SAPPORO, Japan - Fans of the Nippon Ham Fighters gather for a press conference at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Jan. 24, 2012, to hear Japanese pitcher Yu Darvish (C left), who has signed a six-year contract with the Texas Rangers, say ''sayonara'' to them. Darvish has played all seven years of his professional career with the Fighters.

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BOJ chief Shirakawa at press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa speaks during a press conference at the central bank's headquarters in Tokyo on Jan. 24, 2012, after a policy meeting. The BOJ revised downward its forecast for Japan's economic growth in fiscal 2011.

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Darvish bids farewell to Fighters' fans

SAPPORO, Japan - Japanese pitcher Yu Darvish who has signed a six-year contract with the Texas Rangers waves to the Nippon Ham Fighters' fans after a press conference at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Jan. 24, 2012. Darvish played with the Fighters for seven years and he explained about his move to the United States at the press conference.

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Darvish bids farewell to Fighters' fans

SAPPORO, Japan - Japanese pitcher Yu Darvish who has signed a six-year contract with the Texas Rangers bids farewell to the Nippon Ham Fighters' fans during a press conference at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Jan. 24, 2012. Darvish played with the Fighters for seven years.

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Economic, fiscal policy minister Furukawa at Diet

TOKYO, Japan - Motohisa Furukawa, minister in charge of economic and fiscal policy, delivers a speech at a plenary session of the House of Representatives in Tokyo on Jan. 24, 2012. Furukawa said Japan will pursue high-level free-trade agreements with major trading partners.

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Tokyo Marathon women's winner disqualified over doping

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Tatiana Aryasova of Russia finishing first in the women's race of the Tokyo Marathon on Feb. 27, 2011. Race organizers said Jan. 24, 2012, that it had been informed of an anti-doping rule violation by Aryasova and declared Noriko Higuchi of Japan as the winner of the race.

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Japanese PM, deputy premier at Diet

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (front) delivers a policy speech at a plenary session of the House of Representatives in Tokyo on Jan. 24, 2012, as Japan's parliament convened the same day. Deputy Prime Minister Katsuya Okada (L back) is seen behind Noda.

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Foreign Minister Gemba at Diet

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba delivers his first foreign policy address to parliament at a plenary session of the House of Representatives in Tokyo on Jan. 24, 2012.

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Finance Minister Azumi at Diet

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi delivers a speech during a plenary session of the House of Representatives in Tokyo on Jan. 24, 2012. Azumi expressed his determination to realize social security and tax reform.

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Reporter publishes book on Kim Jong Nam

TOKYO, Japan - Yoji Gomi, a reporter for the Tokyo Shimbun newspaper, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 24, 2012. He published a book based on interviews with and emails from Kim Jong Nam, the eldest son of the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.

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Emperor speaks at cancer center ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (C) speaks at a ceremony to mark the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the National Cancer Center in Tokyo on Jan. 24, 2012. Empress Michiko (C right) also attended the ceremony.

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PM Noda at regular Diet session

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda delivers a policy speech at a plenary session of the House of Representatives in Tokyo at the start of a 150-day regular Diet session on Jan. 24, 2012.

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Regular Diet session begins

TOKYO, Japan - The opening ceremony of a 150-day regular Diet session is held in the presence of Emperor Akihito (center, back) at the main hall of the House of Councillors in Tokyo on Jan. 24, 2012.

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Regular Diet session begins

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito gives a speech during the opening ceremony of a 150-day regular Diet session at the main hall of the House of Councillors in Tokyo on Jan. 24, 2012.

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Explosions rock science room at Osaka school

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 24, 2012, shows window frames of a science room after explosions there at Kiyoe Elementary School in Suminoe Ward in Osaka City. A fire broke out at the school the same day after a string of explosions in the science room, prompting 250 pupils and teachers to evacuate the school, but no injuries were reported, police and firefighters said.

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Nishikori in Australian newspaper

MELBOURNE, Australia - The Age, a newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, runs on Jan. 24, 2012, as the top story in its sport section an article titled ''The rising son'' about Japanese tennis player Kei Nishikori, who defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France the previous day to book a quarterfinals berth in the men's singles at the Australian Open.

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Explosions rock science room at Osaka school

OSAKA, Japan - Pupils of Kiyoe Elementary School in Suminoe Ward in Osaka City are pictured after evacuating from the school to a nearby place on Jan. 24, 2012. A fire broke out at the school the same day after a string of explosions in a science room, prompting 250 pupils and teachers to evacuate, but no injuries were reported, police and firefighters said.

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Snow falls in Tokyo, vicinity

TOKYO, Japan - A photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a truck that fell on its side on Chuo Expressway in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Jan. 24, 2012. A number of traffic accidents occurred as vehicles skidded on slippery roads after a big snow fall in Tokyo and its vicinity.

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Snow covers Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows skyscrapers in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward covered with snow on Jan. 24, 2012.

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Snow covers Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a downtown area in Tokyo's Sumida Ward covered with snow on Jan. 24, 2012. The Tokyo Sky Tree is seen in the foreground.

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Snow covers Tokyo

FUCHU, Japan - An elementary schoolgirl and a man walk hand in hand on an icy pavement in Fuchu, western Tokyo, on the morning of Jan. 24, 2012. Tokyo had its first snow of the season the previous night.

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Snow covers Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a section of Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward covered with snow on Jan. 24, 2012. The Diet building (lower R), the Imperial Palace (C) and the Tokyo Sky Tree (upper R) can be seen.

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Snow covers Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A worker scatters snow melting agent on the icy road surface in front of JR Shimbashi Station in Tokyo on Jan. 24, 2012. Some train services in the metropolitan area were disrupted following Tokyo's first snow of the season the previous night.

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Shirakawa heads for BOJ policy meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa enters the central bank's head office in Tokyo to attend a policy meeting on Jan. 24, 2012. The BOJ started the two-day policy meeting the previous day. (Pool photo)

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Snow covers Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A woman walks on an icy street in front of JR Shimbashi Station in Tokyo on Jan. 24, 2012. Some train services in the metropolitan area were disrupted following Tokyo's first snow of the season the previous night.

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Snow covers Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A man takes a picture of the snow-covered plaza in front of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Jan. 24, 2012.

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Snow covers Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Snow blankets the plaza in front of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Jan. 24, 2012.