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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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Future Robot's customer-guiding robots shown at CES

LAS VEGAS, United States - South Korea's Future Robot Co. exhibits its service robots at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Jan. 6, 2015. The robots can guide customers at a shopping mall.

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DJI's drone shown at CES

LAS VEGAS, United States - Chinese drone manufacturer DJI displays its high-end model equipped with a 4K camera at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Jan. 6, 2015.

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WowWee's dinosaur-shaped robot toy at CES

LAS VEGAS, United States - Dinosaur-shaped robotic toys (front R) from Hong Kong's WowWee are seen on display at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Jan. 6, 2015.

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Panasonic shows off image taken by best-quality surveillance camera

LAS VEGAS, United States - Panasonic Corp. shows off an image captured by its surveillance camera with the highest quality in the world on Jan. 6, 2015, at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Sharp displays curved LCD panel at U.S. trade show

LAS VEGAS, United States - A wraparound liquid crystal display panel developed by Sharp Corp. of Japan is shown at the U.S. International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vega, Nevada, on Jan. 6, 2015.

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Tesla Motors exhibits new SUV at U.S. trade show

LAS VEGAS, United States - A Tesla Motors Inc. official gives an account of the U.S. electric car maker's new sport utility vehicle "Model X" at the U.S. International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vega, Nevada, on Jan. 6, 2015.

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Sony Pres. Hirai talks about cyberattack

LAS VEGAS, United States - Sony Corp. President Kazuo Hirai (L) speaks at a press conference in Las Vegas, where he was attending the International Consumer Electronics Show, on Jan. 6, 2015. Regarding the cyberattack in 2014 against Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., Sony's movie studio, Hirai said the company was unable to block it because it was a type never experienced before.

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Myanmar cardinal wants to become "voice of the voiceless"

YANGON, Myanmar - Photo taken Jan. 6, 2015, in Yangon shows Charles Maung Bo, a Myanmar archbishop recently chosen by the Roman Catholic pope to become the country's first cardinal. During an interview, he said he wants to serve as "the voice of the voiceless" in Myanmar, the poor and marginalized under "the yoke of injustice."

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Japanese business leaders stress need for pay hikes

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Business Federation Chairman Yasuchika Hasegawa (L), Japan Association of Corporate Executives Chairman Sadayuki Sakakibara (C) and Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry Chairman Akio Mimura clasp hands at a New Year's party in Tokyo on Jan. 6, 2015. They echoed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's call for pay hikes for company employees he made as a guest speaker.

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Japanese astronaut Yui calls on science minister

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui (L) pays a courtesy call on science minister Hakubun Shimomura at the latter's office in Tokyo on Jan. 6, 2015, ahead of his trip to the International Space Station aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft in May.

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Visitor buys 'daruma' good-luck doll at Japan temple

TAKASAKI, Japan - A visitor purchases a red "daruma" doll, a popular talisman of good luck, during an annual fair at Shorinzan Daruma-ji temple in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Jan. 6, 2015.

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Restoration of state guesthouse mulled in Tokyo park

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe announces on Jan. 6, 2015, a plan to restore the defunct "Enryokan" Western-style state guesthouse in Tokyo's Hama-rikyu public park, shown in this photo taken in May 2014, in time for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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Japanese astronaut Yui meets science minister in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui (L) explains about the International Space Station to science minister Hakubun Shimomura at the latter's office in Tokyo on Jan. 6, 2015, ahead of his trip to the station aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft in May.

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Visitors shop 'daruma' good-luck dolls at Japan temple

TAKASAKI, Japan - Visitors shop for red "daruma" dolls, a popular talisman of good luck, during an annual fair at Shorinzan Daruma-ji temple in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Jan. 6, 2015.

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Military papers on Hiroshima A-bombing damage found

HIROSHIMA, Japan - A series of books chronicling damage caused by the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima are shown on Jan. 6, 2015, in the western Japanese city. One of the books quotes a memo written by Bunro Saeki, commander at the now defunct Imperial Japanese Army's shipping command, which is believed to be based on written army rescue operation orders found recently at a Defense Ministry institute in Tokyo.

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N. Korea holds huge public meeting in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korean - A huge public meeting is held in Pyongyang on Jan. 6, 2015, with the year marking both the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Korean Peninsula from Japanese colonial rule and the foundation of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea.

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Tokyo stocks fall for 4th day

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic board in Tokyo shows the Nikkei stock index finishing down over 500 points at 16,883.19 on Jan. 6, 2015, its lowest close since Dec. 17. The decline was prompted by falling crude oil prices and fears that Greece could exit the eurozone.

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Japan's Nishikori practices for Brisbane tournament

BRISBANE, Australia - Top Japanese professional tennis player Kei Nishikori practices in Brisbane, Australia, on Jan. 6, 2015, ahead of a singles match at the Brisbane International tennis tournament.

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N. Korea holds huge public meeting in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korean - A huge public meeting is held in Pyongyang on Jan. 6, 2015, with the year marking both the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Korean Peninsula from Japanese colonial rule and the foundation of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea.

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Kakuryu announces engagement to Mongolian Munkhzaya

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian-born yokozuna Kakuryu (R) and Dashnyam Munkhzaya attend a press conference on Jan. 6, 2015, in Tokyo to announce their engagement. The couple are expecting their first child in May.

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Kakuryu announces engagement to Mongolian Munkhzaya

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian-born yokozuna Kakuryu (R) and Dashnyam Munkhzaya attend a press conference on Jan. 6, 2015, in Tokyo to announce their engagement. The couple are expecting their first child in May.

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Japan's Nishikori cuddles koala in Australia

BRISBANE, Australia - Top Japanese professional tennis player Kei Nishikori poses for media reporters cuddling a koala in his arms in Brisbane on Jan. 6, 2015, ahead of the Brisbane International tennis tournament in the eastern Australian city.

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Japan pro boxer Inoue gets domestic MVP award

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese professional boxer Naoya Inoue, shown in an undated photo, wins the 2014 Most Valuable Player award from the Japan Boxing Commission on Jan. 6, 2015, for setting a Japan record by needing just eight career fights to capture world championships in two weight categories -- super flyweight and light flyweight.

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Japan's Nishikori holds new year's 1st press conference

BRISBANE, Australia - Top Japanese professional tennis player Kei Nishikori holds his first press conference of this year in Brisbane on Jan. 6, 2015, ahead of the Brisbane International tennis tournament in the eastern Australian city.

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Kansai Electric chief to remain head of business lobby

OSAKA, Japan - Shosuke Mori, president of Kansai Electric Power Co., announces at a press conference in Osaka, western Japan, on Jan. 6, 2015, that he will continue to serve as head of the Kansai Economic Federation after his current term ends in May.

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Sharp to shift more production back to Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Kozo Takahashi, president of Sharp Corp., speaks during an interview in Osaka, Japan, on Jan. 6, 2015. Takahashi said the company plans to accelerate its move to shift production back to Japan, prompted by a sharply weaker yen.

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Copyright watchdog annuls contract with disgraced composer

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows composer Mamoru Samuragochi, whose works were penned by a ghostwriter. The Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers said on Jan. 6, 2015, that it has annulled a contract to manage Samuragochi's rights.

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Japan condemns N. Korea's alleged cyberattack against Sony

TOKYO, Japan - Combined photo shows Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (L) and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. Kishida told Kerry on Jan. 6, 2015, that Japan "strongly condemns" the cyberattack against Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. attributed to North Korea and appreciates the firm U.S. response. Both affirmed continued cooperation between Tokyo and Washington over the case.

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Firefighters' New Year event

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 6, 2015, shows water-discharge by fireboats during the annual New Year parade of fire brigades organized by the Tokyo Fire Department, in Tokyo's Koto Ward.

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Firefighters' New Year parade

TOKYO, Japan - Firefighters demonstrate ladder-top stunts during the annual New Year parade of fire brigades organized by the Tokyo Fire Department, in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Jan. 6, 2015.

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Seoul team joins New Year fire drill in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Members of a fire rescue team from Seoul participate in a drill held as part of the Tokyo Fire Department's customary New Year exercise at the Tokyo International Exhibition Center, better known as Tokyo Big Sight, in the Japanese capital on Jan. 6, 2015.

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LDP kicks off new year

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe addresses a meeting of his Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers in Tokyo on Jan. 6, 2015, to kick off another year of work.

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LDP kicks off new year

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe addresses a meeting of his Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers in Tokyo on Jan. 6, 2015, to kick off another year of work.

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Softbank Hawks pro baseball club starts 2015 season

TOKYO, Japan - Softbank Hawks chairman Sadaharu Oh (2nd from L) and other executives of the Japanese professional baseball team break the lid of a sake barrel with baseball bats during a ceremony on Jan. 6, 2015, to start the new year at its home Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 6, 2015.

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Tokyo stocks plunge on crude prices, Greece

TOKYO, Japan - A bulletin board in central Tokyo shows the Nikkei stock index falling below the 17,000 line in the morning on Jan. 6, 2015, in response to dropping crude oil prices and concerns about a Greek departure from the euro currency union.

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Firefighters' New Year parade

TOKYO, Japan - Firefighters form a line before the annual New Year parade of fire brigades organized by the Tokyo Fire Department, in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Jan. 6, 2015.

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Obokata fails to file appeal after panel condemns "STAP cell" study

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Haruko Obokata, a former researcher with the Riken research institute. The institute said on Jan. 6, 2015, that Obokata has not filed an appeal in response to a panel investigation finding in December, 2014 that "STAP cells" she claimed to have created almost certainly did not exist.

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Top Tokyo firefighter addresses New Year drill

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo fire chief Hidetoshi Oe address a New Year fire drill held at the Tokyo International Exhibition Center, better known as Tokyo Big Sight, in the Japanese capital on Jan. 6, 2015.

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Firefighters' New Year parade

TOKYO, Japan - Yoichi Masuzoe, the governor of Tokyo, addresses a ceremony for the annual New Year parade of fire brigades organized by the Tokyo Fire Department, in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Jan. 6, 2015.

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Honor guard marches during Tokyo New Year fire drill

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the Tokyo Fire Department's honor guard march during its traditional New Year fire drill held at the Tokyo International Exhibition Center, better known as Tokyo Big Sight, in the Japanese capital on Jan. 6, 2015.

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Lixil makes toilet bowl using 75,000 pieces of crystal glass

OSAKA, Japan - Japanese housing equipment maker Lixil Corp. displays a toilet bowl decorated by some 75,000 pieces of crystal glass, supplied by Swarovski AG of Austria, in Osaka on Dec. 22, 2014. The toilet bowl, which is not for sale, will be exhibited in Lixil's showroom in the Grand Front Osaka commercial complex until Jan. 6, 2015.