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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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Kyoto Tower to be remodeled

OSAKA, Japan - The 131-meter-tall Kyoto Tower, a landmark in the ancient Japanese capital, is shown in this file photo taken in November 2014 from a Kyodo News helicopter. Keihan Electric Railway Co. announced on Jan. 7, 2015, plans to remodel the tower near Kyoto Station and build a new hotel nearby to meet an expected rise in visitors from abroad.

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Award-winning novelist Tomiko Miyao dies at 88

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in July 2008 shows award-winning novelist Tomiko Miyao. Miyao, who is known for her autobiographical and historical novels, died of natural causes on Dec. 30, 2014, her family said on Jan. 7, 2015. She was 88.

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'Station master' Tama lights up Xmas illumination

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Tama, the calico cat "station master" at Wakayama Electric Railway Co.'s Kishi Station in Kinokawa, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, attends the station's illumination ceremony on Dec. 7, 2014. The light-up attraction runs through Jan. 9, 2015.

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Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer

NEW YORK, United States - Marissa Mayer, chief executive officer of Yahoo! Inc., speaks in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Jan. 7, 2014.

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Shopping mall in Sochi before Winter Games

SOCHI, Russia - A shopping mall in Sochi, Russia, is seen on Jan. 28, 2014. The city is on alert against terrorism ahead of the Winter Olympic Games that will begin Feb. 7, 2014.

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Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken Jan. 7, 2014, shows the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building.

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Akutagawa award winner Oyamada

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken in Hiroshima, western Japan, on Jan. 7, 2014, shows Hiroko Oyamada. The 30-year-old Oyamada won the Akutagawa Prize for up-and-coming writers for her novel "Ana" (Hole), it was announced Jan. 16.

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Maker of "3-D ads" in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 7, 2014 shows a green dragon sculpture in Osaka's Chuo Ward above a ramen shop in the Dotombori district, the first so-called "3-D" ad created by Masahide Nakamura, president of Pop Kougei Co.

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Rodman in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Former U.S. basketball star Dennis Rodman (C) practices basketball with North Korean and American players in Pyongyang on Jan. 7, 2014. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un the following day attended an exhibition basketball game between players from the two countries, organized by Rodman, to mark his birthday.

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Rodman in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Former U.S. basketball star Dennis Rodman (front R) practices basketball with North Korean and American players in Pyongyang on Jan. 7, 2014. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un the following day attended an exhibition basketball game between players from the two countries, organized by Rodman, to mark his birthday.

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Rodman in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Former U.S. basketball star Dennis Rodman (R) practices basketball with North Korean and American players in Pyongyang on Jan. 7, 2014. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un the following day attended an exhibition basketball game between players from the two countries, organized by Rodman, to mark his birthday.

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International CES

LAS VEGAS, United States - Sony Corp. President Kazuo Hirai delivers a keynote address during the International CES, a global consumer electronics and consumer technology tradeshow, in Las Vegas on Jan. 7, 2014.

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International CES

LAS VEGAS, United States - Sony Corp. President Kazuo Hirai delivers a keynote address during the International CES, a global consumer electronics and consumer technology tradeshow, in Las Vegas on Jan. 7, 2014.

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Japan, Spanish foreign minister meet

MADRID, Spain - Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (L) and Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo hold hands before their talks in Madrid on Jan. 7, 2014.

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S. Korean foreign minister in U.S.

WASHINGTON, United States - South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung Se (L) and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry hold a joint press conference after their talks in Washington on Jan. 7, 2014. (Pool photo)

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A month before Sochi Olympics

SOCHI, Russia - Men and a child pose for photos at an Olympic monument in Sochi, Russia, on Jan. 7, 2014, a month before the opening of the winter Olympics in the Black Sea resort.

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Osako unveiled by new club in Germany

MUNICH, Germany - Japanese forward Yuya Osako holds his jersey during a press conference in Munich, Germany, on Jan. 7, 2014. Osako has joined German second-division club TSV 1860 Munich from J-League first-division side Kashima Antlers.

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TV personality Takajin Yashiki

TOKYO, Japan - A November 2008 file photo shows Takajin Yashiki, a popular TV personality and singer well known around the Kansai region in western Japan. A TV station official and other sources said on Jan. 7, 2014, that he died at the age of 64.

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Japan's business leaders

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Akio Mimura, chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Hiromasa Yonekura, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, and Yasuchika Hasegawa, chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, or Keizai Doyukai, shake hands during a joint press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Jan. 7, 2014.

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Turkish prime minister in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) shakes hands with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan after a joint press conference at the State Guest House in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Turkish prime minister in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan hold a joint press conference after their talks at the State Guest House in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Tokyo gubernatorial candidate

TOKYO, Japan - Former Air Self-Defense Force chief Toshio Tamogami tells a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2014, that he will run as an independent in the Feb. 9 Tokyo gubernatorial election.

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Ex-JFE Holdings chief Sudo to become TEPCO chairman

TOKYO, Japan - Fumio Sudo, former president of steelmaker JFE Holdings Inc., answers reporters' questions after meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2014. Sudo will become chairman of Tokyo Electric Power Co. on April 1, replacing Kazuhiko Shimokobe.

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Tokyo gubernatorial candidate

TOKYO, Japan - Former Air Self-Defense Force chief Toshio Tamogami (L) shakes hands with former Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara during a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2014, after Tamogami announced his candidacy in the Feb. 9 Tokyo gubernatorial election. Ishihara, now a House of Representatives lawmaker, attended the press conference to express his "personal" support for Tamogami.

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A month before Sochi Olympics

SOCHI, Russia - The main press center opens at the Olympic Park in Sochi, Russia, on Jan. 7, 2014, a month before the Winter Games opens in the Black Sea resort.

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A month before Sochi Olympics

SOCHI, Russia - The main press center opens at the Olympic Park in Sochi, Russia, on Jan. 7, 2014, a month before the Winter Games opens in the Black Sea resort.

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Turkish prime minister in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) receives a gift from Tomoaki Nakao, mayor of Shimonoseki, Istanbul's sister city in Yamaguchi Prefecture, in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2014.

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A month before Sochi Olympics

SOCHI, Russia - People pose for a photo at an Olympic countdown board in Sochi, Russia, on Jan. 7, 2014, a month before the Winter Games opens in the Black Sea resort.

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Turkish prime minister in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) receives a gift from Katsumasa Tashima, mayor of Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2014. When the Ottoman Navy frigate Ertugrul sank off the coast of Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, in September 1890, people from the coastal town of Kushimoto rescued 69 sailors, while 587 died, in an incident described by Erdogan as the one that serves as the most important event in the two countries' shared history.

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Turkish prime minister in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (far L) holds talks with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan (2nd from R) at the State Guest House in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Turkish prime minister in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) shakes hands with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan ahead of their talks at the State Guest House in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Japan's business leaders

TOKYO, Japan - Akio Mimura, chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, attends a joint press conference at a Tokyo hotel with leaders of two other major business organizations on Jan. 7, 2014.

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Japan's business leaders

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuchika Hasegawa, chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, or Keizai Doyukai, attends a joint press conference at a Tokyo hotel with leaders of two other major business organizations on Jan. 7, 2014.

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Japan's business leaders

TOKYO, Japan - Hiromasa Yonekura, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, attends a joint press conference at a Tokyo hotel with leaders of two other major business organizations on Jan. 7, 2014.

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Matsui becomes tourism ambassador for hometown

KANAZAWA, Japan - Teijiro Sakai (L), mayor of the city of Nomi in Ishikawa Prefecture, appoints former major leaguer and hometown hero Hideki Matsui (R) the city's tourism ambassador during a ceremony in the city on Jan. 7, 2014. Matsui, 39, a recipient of the People's Honor Award given by the Japanese government, played for the New York Yankees and several other major league teams following his move from the Japanese professional baseball team Yomiuri Giants.

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Tokyo gubernatorial candidate

TOKYO, Japan - Former Air Self-Defense Force chief Toshio Tamogami tells a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2014, that he will run as an independent in the Feb. 9 Tokyo gubernatorial election.

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Turkish prime minister in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech in Tokyo, Japan, on Jan. 7, 2014.

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Fuel reprocessing plant

TOKYO, Japan - A June 2012 photo shows the spent nuclear fuel reprocessing plant of Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd. in Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture, in northeastern Japan. The operator applied on Jan. 7, 2014, for a state safety assessment of the plant to put it onstream.

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National Security Council

TOKYO, Japan - Former Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi (L), head of Japan's new U.S.-style National Security Council, and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands at Abe's office in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2014.

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Turkish prime minister in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (2nd from L in front) and his wife Emine (L) attend a welcoming ceremony in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2014. 2nd from R in front is Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and R in front is Abe's wife Akie.