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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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Nikkei hits 22-month high

TOKYO, Japan - A signboard at a Tokyo office of money broker Gaitame.com Co. shows the closing level of Japan's Nikkei stock index on the afternoon of Jan. 4, 2013. It ended the day's session at 10,688.11, up 292.93 points from the previous session on Dec. 28 and its highest close since March 4, 2011. The U.S. dollar trading in the upper 87 yen range is also shown.

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Decontamination work in Fukushima

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 4, 2011, shows workers wearing protective suits using a high-pressure water sprayer to wash the premises of the Okuma town office in Fukushima Prefecture to reduce radioactive materials in the wake of the nuclear crisis. The Environment Ministry said Jan. 26, 2012, it plans to complete decontamination activities in part of the evacuation zones around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant by March 2014.

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U.S. sailor weathers storms, races for berth in London Olympics

EAST HAVEN, United States - U.S. sailor Alice Leonard speaks in front of a storm-damaged house in her East Haven, Connecticut neighborhood on Jan. 4, 2012. Hurricane Irene struck the area on Aug. 28, 2011, destroying at least 25 houses and causing extensive damage. (Photo by Meg Maruyama)

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Hosokawa clan's artifacts

FUKUOKA, Japan - Former Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa stands in front of some artifacts from the Eisei-Bunko Museum, which holds treasures of the Hosokawa clan, during a preview on Dec. 26, 2011, of a special exhibition to be held from Jan. 1, 2012, through March 4, 2012, at Kyushu National Museum in Dazaifu, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan. Hosokawa is the 18th head of the clan that has lasted some 700 years and ruled the Kumamoto domain in feudal Japan.

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Madame Tussauds waxworks in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A woman poses for a photo with a waxwork of late movie star Audrey Hepburn (L) on display at an exhibition organized by London's Madame Tussauds wax museum at Decks Tokyo Beach in Tokyo's Daiba district on Oct. 6, 2011. The ''Madame Tussauds Tokyo'' exhibition through Jan. 4, 2012, features around 20 waxworks of celebrities and characters.

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Madame Tussauds waxworks in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Yuko Oshima (L), a member of Japanese pop idol group AKB48, poses with a waxwork of herself on display at an exhibition organized by London's Madame Tussauds wax museum at Decks Tokyo Beach in Tokyo's Daiba district on Oct. 19, 2011. The ''Madame Tussauds Tokyo'' exhibition through Jan. 4, 2012, features around 20 waxworks of celebrities and characters.

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Madame Tussauds waxworks in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A woman poses for a photo with a waxwork of American actor Johnny Depp on display at an exhibition organized by London's Madame Tussauds wax museum at Decks Tokyo Beach in Tokyo's Daiba district on Oct. 6, 2011. The ''Madame Tussauds Tokyo'' exhibition through Jan. 4, 2012, features around 20 waxworks of celebrities and characters.

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Bosworth arrives in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - U.S. special representative for North Korea policy Stephen Bosworth arrives at Incheon International Airport, South Korea, on Jan. 4, 2011, to discuss ways to get long-stalled multilateral talks on North Korea's denuclearization restarted, saying ''serious negotiations'' with Pyongyang are needed.

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Kan visits Ise Jingu shrine

ISE, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan (C) visits Ise Jingu shrine in Mie Prefecture on Jan. 4, 2011.

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Bosworth arrives in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - U.S. special representative for North Korea policy Stephen Bosworth responds to reporters' questions after arriving at Incheon International Airport, South Korea, on Jan. 4, 2011, to discuss ways to get long-stalled multilateral talks on North Korea's denuclearization restarted, saying ''serious negotiations'' with Pyongyang are needed.

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Hiroshima Mayor Akiba not to seek 4th term

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba (C) attends a New Year party in Hiroshima on Jan. 4, 2011. The 68-year-old advocate of global nuclear disarmament said he will not seek a fourth term in the mayoral election slated for April 10.

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Hiroshima Mayor Akiba not to seek 4th term

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba (C) attends a New Year party in Hiroshima on Jan. 4, 2011. The 68-year-old advocate of global nuclear disarmament said he will not seek a fourth term in the mayoral election slated for April 10.

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Comedian Hazama back in Japan

FUKUOKA, Japan - Japanese comedian Kampei Hazama resumes running on Jan. 4, 2011, after arriving in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on the final leg of his run-and-sail ''Earth Marathon.'' Hazama plans to complete his round-the-world odyssey on Jan. 21 in Osaka, where he started on Dec. 17, 2008.

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Ancient football

KYOTO, Japan - Men in Heian era (eighth to 12th centuries) aristocratic attire demonstrate ''kemari'' (ancient football) in an event at Shimogamo Shrine in Kyoto on Jan. 4, 2011.

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LDP's Tanigaki visits Ise Jingu

ISE, Japan - Sadakazu Tanigaki, president of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, speaks during a news conference in Ise, Mie Prefecture, on Jan. 4, 2011, after visiting Ise Jingu, a Shinto shrine in the prefecture. Tanigaki criticized Prime Minister Naoto Kan's call for cross-party cooperation over the country's tax and social security system in his New Year address.

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LDP's Tanigaki visits Ise Jingu

ISE, Japan - Sadakazu Tanigaki (C), president of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, waves during a New Year visit to Ise Jingu, a Shinto shrine in Mie Prefecture, on Jan. 4, 2011. Tanigaki criticized Prime Minister Naoto Kan's call for cross-party cooperation over the country's tax and social security system in his New Year address.

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Ozawa appears on satellite TV

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa, former leader of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, appears on a satellite TV program in Tokyo on Jan. 4, 2011. Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan prodded Ozawa the same day to resign as a lawmaker as he faces indictment over a political funds scandal.

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Kan holds New Year press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan leaves the news conference room of the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 4, 2011. Kan pledged to eradicate money-tainted politics and called for cross-party cooperation to rebuild the country's troubled public finances. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Hiroshima Mayor Akiba not to seek 4th term

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba. The 68-year-old advocate of global nuclear disarmament said Jan. 4, 2011, that he will not run for his fourth term in the mayoral election slated for April 10.

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Comedian Hazama back in Japan

FUKUOKA, Japan - Japanese comedian Kampei Hazama (R) shakes hands with well-wishers after setting foot in Japan at Fukuoka Marina in southwestern Japan on Jan. 4, 2011, about two years after leaving Osaka, western Japan, for his run-and-sail ''Earth Marathon.'' Hazama plans to complete his round-the-world odyssey in Osaka on Jan. 21.

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Japan stock markets open

TOKYO, Japan - People including young women wearing festive Japanese kimono attend the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in the capital's Nihombashi Kabutocho area Jan. 4, 2011, after the New Year holidays.

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Japan stock markets open

TOKYO, Japan - Financial Services Minister Shozaburo Jimi (C) rings a bell during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in the capital's Nihombashi Kabutocho area Jan. 4, 2011, after the New Year holidays.

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Missing aircraft search under way

ASO, Japan - Police and Self-Defense Force vehicles head for a search for a small aircraft on Jan. 4, 2011, in Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture, after it went missing the previous day with two people aboard in the southwestern prefecture.

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Japan stock markets open

OSAKA, Japan - Young women wearing festive Japanese kimono strike wooden clappers during the opening event of the Osaka Securities Exchange in Osaka's Chuo Ward on Jan. 4, 2011, after the New Year holidays.

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Ishikawa talks about Masters

NARITA, Japan - Japanese golfer Ryo Ishikawa (L) speaks to media at Narita airport in Chiba Prefecture on Jan. 4, 2011, before heading to Thailand to participate in the Royal Trophy tournament. The golfing sensation will play in the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia for the third straight year.

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Ishikawa talks about Masters

NARITA, Japan - Japanese golfer Ryo Ishikawa shows his invitation to the Masters Tournament at Narita airport in Chiba Prefecture on Jan. 4, 2011 before heading to Thailand to participate in the Royal Trophy tournament. The golfing sensation will play in the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia for the third straight year.

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Comedian Hazama back in Japan

FUKUOKA, Japan - Japanese comedian Kampei Hazama (R), with his wife Mitsuyo, celebrates his return to Japan at Fukuoka Marina in southwestern Japan on Jan. 4, 2011, two years after setting sail on the Pacific for his run-and-sail ''Earth Marathon.'' Hazama will complete the globetrotting journey in Osaka on Jan. 21.

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New Year offering at Kyoto shrine

KYOTO, Japan - Bank employees count the amount of offerings collected during the three-day New Year holidays at Fushimi Inari Taisha, a Shinto shrine in Kyoto on Jan. 4, 2011. The number of visitors at the shrine during the holidays reached 2.76 million, up 30,000 from the previous year.

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Comedian Hazama back in Japan

FUKUOKA, Japan - Japanese comedian Kampei Hazama responds to cheers from supporters as he arrives at Fukuoka Marina in southwestern Japan on Jan. 4, 2011, two years after setting sail on the Pacific for his run-and-sail ''Earth Marathon.'' Hazama will complete the globetrotting journey in Osaka on Jan. 21.

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Missing aircraft search under way

ASO, Japan - Self-Defense Force vehicles head for a search for a small aircraft in Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture, on Jan. 4, 2011, that went missing the previous day with two people aboard in the southwestern prefecture.

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New Year offering at Kyoto shrine

KYOTO, Japan - Bank employees count the amount of offerings collected during the three-day New Year holidays at Fushimi Inari Taisha, a Shinto shrine in Kyoto on Jan. 4, 2011. The number of visitors at the shrine during the holidays reached 2.76 million, up 30,000 from the previous year.

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Japan stock markets open

OSAKA, Japan - People including young women wearing festive Japanese kimono attend the opening event of the Osaka Securities Exchange in Osaka's Chuo Ward on Jan. 4, 2011, after the New Year holidays.

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New Year globefish auction in Shimonoseki

SHIMONOSEKI, Japan - Brokers take part in the year's first auction for globefish at the Haedomari market in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on Jan. 4, 2011. The highest bid reached 28,000 yen per kilogram, more than double the previous year's top price.