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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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McDonald's in Australia

SYDNEY, Australia - A McDonald's hamburger restaurant holds a signboard reading "Macca's" in Sydney, Australia, on Jan. 9, 2013. Some of McDonald's outlets in Australia have changed their signboards for a limited time as part of campaigns related to the Jan. 26 Australia Day as many Australians call McDonald's "Macca's."

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Japan TV industry pinning hopes on ultra high-definition tech

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 9, 2013, shows a 360-inch super hi-vision screen displayed at NHK Studio Park in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward.

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Nissan's Leaf electric vehicle

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Nissan Motor Co.'s Leaf electric vehicle. Nissan announced Jan. 9, 2013, that it will begin assembling the vehicle at its Smyrna, Tennessee factory later in the week, aiming to produce there by 2015 85 percent of the Leaf cars sold in North America.

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JAL's Dreamliner jet hit by trouble again

NARITA, Japan - Photo shows the left wing of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner operated by Japan Airlines Co. after the jet arrived at Narita airport from Boston on Jan. 9, 2013. The jet was forced to return to the terminal at Boston's Logan International Airport on Jan. 8 after a fuel leak was found just before takeoff, the second time in two days a brand-new Boeing 787 in JAL's fleet has been hit by trouble at the airport. JAL said the fuel leaked from the fuel tank in the left wing due to problems with its valve.

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JAL's Dreamliner jet hit by trouble again

NARITA, Japan - Photo shows a Boeing 787 Dreamliner operated by Japan Airlines Co. after the jet arrived at Narita airport from Boston on Jan. 9, 2013. The jet was forced to return to the terminal at Boston's Logan International Airport on Jan. 8 after a fuel leak was found just before takeoff, the second time in two days a brand-new Boeing 787 in JAL's fleet has been hit by trouble at the airport.

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JAL's Dreamliner jet hit by trouble again

NARITA, Japan - Photo shows a Boeing 787 Dreamliner operated by Japan Airlines Co. after the jet arrived at Narita airport from Boston on Jan. 9, 2013. The jet was forced to return to the terminal at Boston's Logan International Airport on Jan. 8 after a fuel leak was found just before takeoff, the second time in two days a brand-new Boeing 787 in JAL's fleet has been hit by trouble at the airport.

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1st meeting of revived key economic policy panel

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks at a meeting of the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 9, 2013. The meeting of the key economic policy panel was the first in three and a half years.

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Osaka Gov. Matsui

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Gov. Ichiro Matsui, secretary general of the Japan Restoration Party, the second-largest opposition party, answers reporters' questions at the Osaka prefectural hall in Osaka on Jan. 9, 2013.

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Censorship in China

GUANGZHOU, China - Government supporters gather near the office of the Southern Weekly to criticize the newspaper in Guangzhou in China's Guangdong Province on Jan. 9, 2013. The government altered the paper's New Year editorial greeting, prompting public demonstrations.

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1st meeting of revived key economic policy panel

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from L) speaks at a meeting of the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 9, 2013. The meeting of the key economic policy panel was the first in three and a half years. Economic and fiscal policy minister Akira Amari (far L) and Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa (far R) also attended the meeting.

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Protest over press freedom in China

GUANGZHOU, China - People protesting against the government's violation of press freedom (L side) squabble with police officers who told them to leave near the office of the Southern Weekly newspaper in Guangzhou in China's Guangdong Province on Jan. 9, 2013. The demonstrators were showing support for the newspaper after its New Year editorial greeting was altered by the government.

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Censorship in China

GUANGZHOU, China - People listen to supporters of the Southern Weekly newspaper near its office in Guangzhou in China's Guangdong Province on Jan. 9, 2013, after the government altered the paper's New Year editorial greeting.

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Burning Daruma dolls

MAEBASHI, Japan - Around 100 Daruma (Dharma) dolls are burned during a rite to thank the talisman for the accomplishment of wishes at Maebashi Hachimangu shrine in Gunma Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on Jan. 9, 2013.

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Chairman of S. Korea's Saenuri Party

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and Hwang Woo Yea, chairman of South Korea's ruling Saenuri Party, shake hands at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 9, 2013. Hwang, a close aide to South Korean President-elect Park Geun Hye, was visiting Japan as leader of a delegation of the Korea-Japan Parliamentarians' Union.

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Censorship in China

GUANGZHOU, China - Protesters call for press freedom near the office of the Southern Weekly newspaper in Guangzhou in China's Guangdong Province on Jan. 9, 2013, after the government altered the paper's New Year editorial greeting.

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Censorship in China

BEIJING, China - Photo taken Jan. 9, 2013, shows the New Year issue of the Guangzhou-based Southern Weekly newspaper, which was sold in Beijing. The government altered the paper's New Year editorial greeting, prompting public demonstrations.

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Beijing News' tacit support for Southern Weekly

BEIJING, China - Photo shows a gourmet article carried by The Beijing News newspaper on Jan. 9, 2013. The story took up "rice porridges from southern China," which has a similar pronunciation in Chinese to "Southern Weekly," and the article was believed to suggest the Beijing News' support for the newspaper in Guangdong Province after its article was altered by the government.

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Chairman of S. Korea's Saenuri Party

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L, front) and Hwang Woo Yea (R, front), chairman of South Korea's ruling Saenuri Party, hold talks at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 9, 2013. Hwang, a close aide to South Korean President-elect Park Geun Hye, was visiting Japan as leader of a delegation of the Korea-Japan Parliamentarians' Union.

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Tokyo's Olympic bid

NARITA, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose answers reporters' questions at Narita airport near the Japanese capital on Jan. 9, 2013, before leaving for London to attend a press conference as head of the Tokyo bid team for the 2020 summer Olympics.

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Quake measures on shinkansen

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Central Japan Railway Co. shows reporters a rail (back) with anti-derailment gears in case of a major quake on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line at JR Mishima Station in Shizuoka Prefecture on Jan. 9, 2013.

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ASEAN secretary general

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Vietnam's Le Luong Minh, new secretary general of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, speaks at the ASEAN secretariat in Jakarta on Jan. 9, 2013.

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Tokyo's Olympic bid

NARITA, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose leaves Narita airport near the Japanese capital for London on Jan. 9, 2013, to attend a press conference as head of the Tokyo bid team for the 2020 summer Olympics.

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Discount veggies

TOKYO, Japan - Customers buy discount vegetables at an Ito-Yokado supermarket in Tokyo's Katsushika Ward on Jan. 9, 2013, as the supermarket chain began vegetable discounts at its shops across Japan amid rising vegetable prices due to the cold weather.

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Quake measures on shinkansen

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Central Japan Railway Co. shows reporters a rail with anti-derailment gears in case of a major quake on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line at Mishima Station in Shizuoka Prefecture on Jan. 9, 2013.