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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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Ivory Coast confusion

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast - Alassane Ouattara, former prime minister of Ivory Coast and the country's presidential claimant, waves to his supporters at a hotel in Abidjan, where he has been staying, on Jan. 3, 2011. The West African country has been in upheaval since a disputed presidential election in November 2010 that both Ouattara and incumbent Laurent Gbagbo claim to have won.

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Seven-colored Rainbow Bridge

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo's Rainbow Bridge is illuminated with by lights in seven colors Dec. 3, 2010, to give an appearance true to its name. The 798-meter-long bridge crossing northern Tokyo Bay is being lit up between nightfall and midnight until Jan. 3, 2011.

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Icicles form on airplane in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Icicles are seen hanging from the fuselage and wings of an airplane at Beijing airport Jan. 3, 2010. The bitter cold continued in the Chinese capital as the mercury fell to nearly minus 17C, the coldest level in 39 years for early January.

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Vancouver, host city of 2010 Winter Olympics

VANCOUVER, Canada - Photo taken Jan. 3, 2010, shows the central part of Vancouver, the host city of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. The domed stadium is BC Place, the venue for the opening and closing ceremonies.

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Dubai opens world's tallest tower

CAIRO, Egypt - This photo, taken Jan. 3, 2010, shows the Burj Dubai Tower, the world's tallest skyscraper in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. The tower, begun in September 2004 and costing around $1.5 billion, opened Jan. 4.

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Nikkei hits 15-month high on 2010 1st day

TOKYO, Japan - An electric board at a securities company in Tokyo's Yaesu district shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average at the Tokyo Stock Exchange rising 108.35 points to close at 10,654.79, the highest close since Oct. 3, 2008, on Jan. 4, 2010, the first trading day of this year.

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Japan foreign minister visits Bosporus Straits

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada (R) visits the construction site of an undersea subway tunnel at the Bosporus Straits in Istanbul on Jan. 3, 2010. Okada viewed the location as nearly half of the project expense is covered by Japanese foreign aid.

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Gov't to double credit line for Japan Airlines to 200 bil. yen

TOKYO, Japan - Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Seiji Maehara speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 3, 2010, after a meeting of Cabinet ministers in charge of a bailout for Japan Airlines Corp. The meeting decided that the state-owned Development Bank of Japan will double its credit line for JAL to 200 billion yen as a stopgap measure to keep the cash-strapped carrier afloat by the time its state-backed bailout is worked out later this month.

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Toyo wins 2nd straight Tokyo-Hakone ekiden title

TOKYO, Japan - Ryo Takami, the final runner of the Toyo University ekiden team, is tossed in the air in Tokyo on Jan. 3, 2010, after the team won the Tokyo-Hakone collegiate road relay. (Pool photo)

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Kajima downs Kansai Univ. to win Rice Bowl

TOKYO, Japan - Kajima Deers linebacker Takashi Makiuchi (42) and his teammates celebrate after beating the Kansai University Kaisers to win the national title Rice Bowl at Tokyo Dome on Jan. 3, 2010. Makiuchi was named the game's MVP.

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New Year's vacationers' 'return rush' to Tokyo peaks

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo-bound lane on the Tomei Expressway (L) in Isehara, Kanagawa Prefecture, is jammed on Jan. 3, 2010, with vehicles carrying travelers returning home after spending the New Year's holidays at their hometowns and resorts.

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New pension service body begins operations

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Akira Nagatsuma (R) and Takashi Kiriku, head of Japan Pension Service, shake hands after an inaugural ceremony for the organization in Tokyo's Suginami Ward on Jan. 3, 2010. Japan Pension Service began full operations the same day to succeed the Social Insurance Agency, which was shut down at the end of last month after a pension records mishandling scandal.

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Japan foreign minister visits Bosporus Straits

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada (R) visits the construction site of an undersea subway tunnel at the Bosporus Straits in Istanbul on Jan. 3, 2010. Okada viewed the location as nearly half of the project expense is covered by Japanese foreign aid.

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Peru's top court upholds 25-yr sentence for Fujimori

TOKYO, Japan - The Peruvian Supreme Court announced Jan. 3, 2010, that it upheld a 25-year prison sentence on the country's former President Alberto Fujimori (in this undated file photo) over his involvement in two human rights abuse cases in the early 1990s.

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Kajima downs Kansai Univ. to win Rice Bowl

TOKYO, Japan - Kajima Deers linebacker Takashi Makiuchi is tossed in the air by his teammates after his team beat the Kansai University Kaisers to win the national title Rice Bowl at Tokyo Dome on Jan. 3, 2010. Makiuchi was named the game's MVP.

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Kajima downs Kansai Univ. to win Rice Bowl

TOKYO, Japan - Kajima Deers wide receiver Yujiro Kojima (25) is tackled by Kansai University Kaisers linebacker Kenjiro Odate in the third quarter of the national Rice Bowl match at Tokyo Dome on Jan. 3, 2010. The Deers won the national crown beating the Kaisers 19-16.

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Toyo wins 2nd straight Tokyo-Hakone ekiden title

TOKYO, Japan - Ryo Takami of Toyo University breaks the tape in Tokyo's Otemachi business district on Jan. 3, 2010, to bring the university a victory in the Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay for the second consecutive year. Toyo completed the 217.9-kilometer round-trip race between Otemachi and the spa resort of Hakone in Kanagawa Prefecture in 11 hours, 10 minutes, 13 seconds, 3:46.

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Japan deputy PM speaks about JAL bailout

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 3, 2010. Kan attended a meeting with other Cabinet members on a bailout for cash-strapped Japan Airlines Corp.

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Kajima downs Kansai Univ. to win Rice Bowl

TOKYO, Japan - Kajima Deers players celebrate after beating the Kansai University Kaisers 19-16 to win the Rice Bowl, their first national crown in 12 years, at Tokyo Dome on Jan. 3, 2010.

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Watase wins Snow Brand Cup

SAPPORO, Japan - Yuta Watase soars through the air during the first round of the Snow Brand Cup ski jumping event at the K-90 Miyanomori hill in Sapporo on Jan. 3, 2010. Watase recorded the longest jumps in both rounds to win his first Snow Brand Cup title.

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Rookie pitcher Kikuchi works out despite snow

HANAMAKI, Japan - Seibu Lions rookie pitcher Yusei Kikuchi stretches during a workout at Hanamaki Higashi High School in Iwate Prefecture on Jan. 3, 2010.

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New Year vacationers' 'return rush' to Tokyo peaks

TOKYO, Japan - The Tomei Expressway, one of Japan's key highways, is crowded in Ebina, Kanagawa Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo, on Jan. 3, 2010 with vehicles carrying travelers returning home to the metropolitan area after spending the New Year's holidays in their hometowns or resorts.

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Transport minister speaks about JAL bailout

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese transport minister Seiji Maehara speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 3, 2010. Maehara attended a meeting with other Cabinet members on a bailout for cash-strapped Japan Airlines Corp.

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Toyo wins 2nd straight Tokyo-Hakone ekiden title

TOKYO, Japan - Toshiyuki Sakai, the head coach of Toyo University's ekiden road relay team, is tossed in the air in Tokyo's Otemachi business district on Jan. 3, 2010, after the team won the Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden race. Toyo completed the 217.9-kilometer round-trip race between Otemachi and the spa resort of Hakone in Kanagawa Prefecture in 11 hours, 10 minutes, 13 seconds, 3:46. (Pool photo)

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Kikuchi's 'fast ball' hits photographer

HANAMAKI, Japan - Seibu Lions rookie pitcher Yusei Kikuchi reacts after a snowball he threw at the request of the press hit a photographer at Hanamaki Higashi High School in Iwate Prefecture on Jan. 3, 2010.

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2 women, girl die in Tokyo residential fire

TOKYO, Japan - The wooden, two-story house of Setsuko Sakuragi in Tokyo's Ota Ward was gutted by a predawn fire on Jan. 3, 2010. Two women and a girl -- believed to be Sakuragi, 82, her second daughter Hiroko, 48, and Hiroko's daughter Natsumi, 9 -- were killed in the fire.

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Rookie pitcher Kikuchi works out despite snow

HANAMAKI, Japan - Seibu Lions rookie pitcher Yusei Kikuchi stretches during a workout at Hanamaki Higashi High School in Iwate Prefecture on Jan. 3, 2010.

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Watase wins Snow Brand Cup

SAPPORO, Japan - Yuta Watase celebrates after winning the Snow Brand Cup ski jumping event at the K-90 Miyanomori hill in Sapporo on Jan. 3, 2010. Watase recorded the longest jumps in both rounds to win his first Snow Brand Cup title.

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Toyo wins 2nd straight Tokyo-Hakone ekiden title

TOKYO, Japan - Ryo Takami of Toyo University breaks the tape in Tokyo's Otemachi business district on Jan. 3, 2010, to bring the university a victory in the Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay for the second consecutive year. Toyo completed the 217.9-kilometer round-trip race between Otemachi and the spa resort of Hakone in Kanagawa Prefecture in 11 hours, 10 minutes, 13 seconds, 3:46.