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U.S. Deploys Two B-52H Stratofortress To Romania

Handout file photo dated February 22, 2011 shows a U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortess has just been refueled by a KC-135 Stratotanker. On July 21, 2024, two B-52H Stratofortress aircraft from the U.S. Air Force’s 2nd Bomb Wing, stationed at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana, landed at Mihail Kogalniceanu Airbase in Romania as part of Bomber Task Force 24-4. During their flight over the Barents Sea, the B-52s, operating in international airspace in compliance with international law, were intercepted by two Russian aircraft around 8 a.m. Central European Time. Despite the interception, the B-52s maintained their flight path and continued their mission as planned, including integration exercises with NATO fighter jets, before landing at Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Angelita M. Lawrence via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Frederic Mitterrand Dies Aged 76

File photo dated July 11, 2011 of Frederic Mitterrand and Liza Minnelli. - The nephew of former president François Mitterrand was a figure of television, cinema, and literature, and served in government under Nicolas Sarkozy. He died on March 21, at the age of 76. Photo by Patrick Davy/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CHINA-CHENGDU-FRANCE-MONTPELLIER-FRIENDSHIP (CN)

(230721) -- BEIJING, July 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on July 18, 2023 shows the Chengdu Primary School in Montpellier, France. The Chengdu Universiade is just around the corner, and college athletes from all over the world will gather in Chengdu to strive for their dreams. Chengdu has many sister cities around the world. In 1981, Chengdu and Montpellier of France became the first pair of sister cities of the two countries. In 2011, the Montpellier Chengdu Primary School and the Chengdu Montpellier Primary School were built in Montpellier and Chengdu respectively to mark the 30th anniversary of the establishment of sister cities relationship between the two cities. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)

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CHINA-CHENGDU-FRANCE-MONTPELLIER-FRIENDSHIP (CN)

(230721) -- BEIJING, July 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A father and his child are seen by a fountain in Montpellier, France, July 17, 2023. The Chengdu Universiade is just around the corner, and college athletes from all over the world will gather in Chengdu to strive for their dreams. Chengdu has many sister cities around the world. In 1981, Chengdu and Montpellier of France became the first pair of sister cities of the two countries. In 2011, the Montpellier Chengdu Primary School and the Chengdu Montpellier Primary School were built in Montpellier and Chengdu respectively to mark the 30th anniversary of the establishment of sister cities relationship between the two cities. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)

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CHINA-CHENGDU-FRANCE-MONTPELLIER-FRIENDSHIP (CN)

(230721) -- BEIJING, July 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on July 17, 2023 shows the Promenade du Peyrou in Montpellier, France. The Chengdu Universiade is just around the corner, and college athletes from all over the world will gather in Chengdu to strive for their dreams. Chengdu has many sister cities around the world. In 1981, Chengdu and Montpellier of France became the first pair of sister cities of the two countries. In 2011, the Montpellier Chengdu Primary School and the Chengdu Montpellier Primary School were built in Montpellier and Chengdu respectively to mark the 30th anniversary of the establishment of sister cities relationship between the two cities. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)

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CHINA-CHENGDU-FRANCE-MONTPELLIER-FRIENDSHIP (CN)

(230721) -- BEIJING, July 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- The Sun and Immortal Bird Gold Ornament is seen on the dome of the Jinsha Site Museum in Chengdu of southwest China's Sichuan Province on March 10, 2022. The Chengdu Universiade is just around the corner, and college athletes from all over the world will gather in Chengdu to strive for their dreams. Chengdu has many sister cities around the world. In 1981, Chengdu and Montpellier of France became the first pair of sister cities of the two countries. In 2011, the Montpellier Chengdu Primary School and the Chengdu Montpellier Primary School were built in Montpellier and Chengdu respectively to mark the 30th anniversary of the establishment of sister cities relationship between the two cities. (Photo by Zhang Yan/Xinhua)

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CHINA-CHENGDU-FRANCE-MONTPELLIER-FRIENDSHIP (CN)

(230721) -- BEIJING, July 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on April 19, 2023 shows the stadium for the opening ceremony of the Chengdu Universiade and other sports venues at Dong'an Lake Sports Park in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province. The Chengdu Universiade is just around the corner, and college athletes from all over the world will gather in Chengdu to strive for their dreams. Chengdu has many sister cities around the world. In 1981, Chengdu and Montpellier of France became the first pair of sister cities of the two countries. In 2011, the Montpellier Chengdu Primary School and the Chengdu Montpellier Primary School were built in Montpellier and Chengdu respectively to mark the 30th anniversary of the establishment of sister cities relationship between the two cities. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

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(230721) -- BEIJING, July 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on July 18, 2023 shows a residential building called Arbre blanc in Montpellier, France. The Chengdu Universiade is just around the corner, and college athletes from all over the world will gather in Chengdu to strive for their dreams. Chengdu has many sister cities around the world. In 1981, Chengdu and Montpellier of France became the first pair of sister cities of the two countries. In 2011, the Montpellier Chengdu Primary School and the Chengdu Montpellier Primary School were built in Montpellier and Chengdu respectively to mark the 30th anniversary of the establishment of sister cities relationship between the two cities. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)

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CHINA-CHENGDU-FRANCE-MONTPELLIER-FRIENDSHIP (CN)

(230721) -- BEIJING, July 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on July 17, 2023 shows the Fountain of the Three Graces at Place de la Comedie in Montpellier, France. The Chengdu Universiade is just around the corner, and college athletes from all over the world will gather in Chengdu to strive for their dreams. Chengdu has many sister cities around the world. In 1981, Chengdu and Montpellier of France became the first pair of sister cities of the two countries. In 2011, the Montpellier Chengdu Primary School and the Chengdu Montpellier Primary School were built in Montpellier and Chengdu respectively to mark the 30th anniversary of the establishment of sister cities relationship between the two cities. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)

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CHINA-CHENGDU-FRANCE-MONTPELLIER-FRIENDSHIP (CN)

(230721) -- BEIJING, July 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on June 4, 2021 shows a city view of Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province. The Chengdu Universiade is just around the corner, and college athletes from all over the world will gather in Chengdu to strive for their dreams. Chengdu has many sister cities around the world. In 1981, Chengdu and Montpellier of France became the first pair of sister cities of the two countries. In 2011, the Montpellier Chengdu Primary School and the Chengdu Montpellier Primary School were built in Montpellier and Chengdu respectively to mark the 30th anniversary of the establishment of sister cities relationship between the two cities. (Photo by Shen Jun/Xinhua)

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CHINA-CHENGDU-FRANCE-MONTPELLIER-FRIENDSHIP (CN)

(230721) -- BEIJING, July 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on April 20, 2021 shows the Panda Tower in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province. The Chengdu Universiade is just around the corner, and college athletes from all over the world will gather in Chengdu to strive for their dreams. Chengdu has many sister cities around the world. In 1981, Chengdu and Montpellier of France became the first pair of sister cities of the two countries. In 2011, the Montpellier Chengdu Primary School and the Chengdu Montpellier Primary School were built in Montpellier and Chengdu respectively to mark the 30th anniversary of the establishment of sister cities relationship between the two cities. (Photo by Zhang Xiangsheng/Xinhua)

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CHINA-CHENGDU-FRANCE-MONTPELLIER-FRIENDSHIP (CN)

(230721) -- BEIJING, July 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This undated photo shows a night view in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province. The Chengdu Universiade is just around the corner, and college athletes from all over the world will gather in Chengdu to strive for their dreams. Chengdu has many sister cities around the world. In 1981, Chengdu and Montpellier of France became the first pair of sister cities of the two countries. In 2011, the Montpellier Chengdu Primary School and the Chengdu Montpellier Primary School were built in Montpellier and Chengdu respectively to mark the 30th anniversary of the establishment of sister cities relationship between the two cities. (Photo by Jiang Xiaoyi/Xinhua)

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CHINA-CHENGDU-FRANCE-MONTPELLIER-FRIENDSHIP (CN)

(230721) -- BEIJING, July 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on July 17, 2023 shows the Montpellier Arc de Triomphe in Montpellier, France. The Chengdu Universiade is just around the corner, and college athletes from all over the world will gather in Chengdu to strive for their dreams. Chengdu has many sister cities around the world. In 1981, Chengdu and Montpellier of France became the first pair of sister cities of the two countries. In 2011, the Montpellier Chengdu Primary School and the Chengdu Montpellier Primary School were built in Montpellier and Chengdu respectively to mark the 30th anniversary of the establishment of sister cities relationship between the two cities. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)

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(230721) -- BEIJING, July 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on April 21, 2021 shows a view of Jiaozi park and a financial center in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province. The Chengdu Universiade is just around the corner, and college athletes from all over the world will gather in Chengdu to strive for their dreams. Chengdu has many sister cities around the world. In 1981, Chengdu and Montpellier of France became the first pair of sister cities of the two countries. In 2011, the Montpellier Chengdu Primary School and the Chengdu Montpellier Primary School were built in Montpellier and Chengdu respectively to mark the 30th anniversary of the establishment of sister cities relationship between the two cities. (Photo by Du Ruijia/Xinhua)

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CHINA-CHENGDU-FRANCE-MONTPELLIER-FRIENDSHIP (CN)

(230721) -- BEIJING, July 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on July 18, 2023 shows the Chengdu Primary School in Montpellier, France. The Chengdu Universiade is just around the corner, and college athletes from all over the world will gather in Chengdu to strive for their dreams. Chengdu has many sister cities around the world. In 1981, Chengdu and Montpellier of France became the first pair of sister cities of the two countries. In 2011, the Montpellier Chengdu Primary School and the Chengdu Montpellier Primary School were built in Montpellier and Chengdu respectively to mark the 30th anniversary of the establishment of sister cities relationship between the two cities. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)

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CHINA-CHENGDU-FRANCE-MONTPELLIER-FRIENDSHIP (CN)

(230721) -- BEIJING, July 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on April 25, 2021 shows the Jincheng Lake Park in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province. The Chengdu Universiade is just around the corner, and college athletes from all over the world will gather in Chengdu to strive for their dreams. Chengdu has many sister cities around the world. In 1981, Chengdu and Montpellier of France became the first pair of sister cities of the two countries. In 2011, the Montpellier Chengdu Primary School and the Chengdu Montpellier Primary School were built in Montpellier and Chengdu respectively to mark the 30th anniversary of the establishment of sister cities relationship between the two cities. (Photo by Du Ning/Xinhua)

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CHINA-CHENGDU-FRANCE-MONTPELLIER-FRIENDSHIP (CN)

(230721) -- BEIJING, July 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on July 18, 2023 shows the Place de l'Europe in Montpellier, France. The Chengdu Universiade is just around the corner, and college athletes from all over the world will gather in Chengdu to strive for their dreams. Chengdu has many sister cities around the world. In 1981, Chengdu and Montpellier of France became the first pair of sister cities of the two countries. In 2011, the Montpellier Chengdu Primary School and the Chengdu Montpellier Primary School were built in Montpellier and Chengdu respectively to mark the 30th anniversary of the establishment of sister cities relationship between the two cities. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)

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CHINA-CHENGDU-FRANCE-MONTPELLIER-FRIENDSHIP (CN)

(230721) -- BEIJING, July 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A sight-seeing vehicle runs on a street in Montpellier, France, July 19, 2023. The Chengdu Universiade is just around the corner, and college athletes from all over the world will gather in Chengdu to strive for their dreams. Chengdu has many sister cities around the world. In 1981, Chengdu and Montpellier of France became the first pair of sister cities of the two countries. In 2011, the Montpellier Chengdu Primary School and the Chengdu Montpellier Primary School were built in Montpellier and Chengdu respectively to mark the 30th anniversary of the establishment of sister cities relationship between the two cities. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)

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CHINA-CHENGDU-FRANCE-MONTPELLIER-FRIENDSHIP (CN)

(230721) -- BEIJING, July 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on July 17, 2023 shows the Fountain of the Three Graces at Place de la Comedie in Montpellier, France. The Chengdu Universiade is just around the corner, and college athletes from all over the world will gather in Chengdu to strive for their dreams. Chengdu has many sister cities around the world. In 1981, Chengdu and Montpellier of France became the first pair of sister cities of the two countries. In 2011, the Montpellier Chengdu Primary School and the Chengdu Montpellier Primary School were built in Montpellier and Chengdu respectively to mark the 30th anniversary of the establishment of sister cities relationship between the two cities. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)

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CHINA-CHENGDU-FRANCE-MONTPELLIER-FRIENDSHIP (CN)

(230721) -- BEIJING, July 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on July 17, 2023 shows the Aqueduc Saint-Clément at Promenade du Peyrou in Montpellier, France. The Chengdu Universiade is just around the corner, and college athletes from all over the world will gather in Chengdu to strive for their dreams. Chengdu has many sister cities around the world. In 1981, Chengdu and Montpellier of France became the first pair of sister cities of the two countries. In 2011, the Montpellier Chengdu Primary School and the Chengdu Montpellier Primary School were built in Montpellier and Chengdu respectively to mark the 30th anniversary of the establishment of sister cities relationship between the two cities. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)

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CHINA-CHENGDU-FRANCE-MONTPELLIER-FRIENDSHIP (CN)

(230721) -- BEIJING, July 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Aug. 27, 2021 shows a night view in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province. The Chengdu Universiade is just around the corner, and college athletes from all over the world will gather in Chengdu to strive for their dreams. Chengdu has many sister cities around the world. In 1981, Chengdu and Montpellier of France became the first pair of sister cities of the two countries. In 2011, the Montpellier Chengdu Primary School and the Chengdu Montpellier Primary School were built in Montpellier and Chengdu respectively to mark the 30th anniversary of the establishment of sister cities relationship between the two cities. (Photo by Zhang Yan/Xinhua)

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Tour in Fukushima town reeling from nuclear accident

TOMIOKA, Japan - Tour participants visit on July 21, 2014, Tomioka, a Fukushima prefectural town in northeastern Japan, where decontamination work is under way following the 2011 nuclear accident stemming from a powerful earthquake and tsunami. In the background is Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daini nuclear power plant.

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Residents of quake-hit town hold tour

TOMIOKA, Japan - Tour participants visiting on July 21, 2014, Tomioka, a Fukushima prefectural town in northeastern Japan that was stricken by a devastating earthquake and tsunami in 2011, look at a police car that was driven by a police officer who was swept away by the tsunami and died while getting residents to evacuate. Yoshiyuki Endo (3rd from R), a town resident who has evacuated to Iwaki, gives a briefing to the participants.

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Residents of Fukushima town hold tour

TOMIOKA, Japan - Tour participants visit on July 21, 2014, Tomioka, a Fukushima prefectural town in northeastern Japan, where residents remain evacuated from their homes following the 2011 nuclear accident. Yoshiyuki Endo, in the back, is a resident of the town, giving a briefing to the participants.

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Eustoma from Fukushima hit market for 1st time since 2011

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Flower farmer Yoichi Kanno (L) and his wife Namiko (R) harvest eustoma in the town of Kawamata, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 21, 2014. The flowers were shipped to the market for the first time since the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant disaster.

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Upper house election in Japan

NATORI, Japan - Residents of temporary housing (in background) of the 2011 killer tsunami listen to a stump speech by a candidate in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 4, 2013, the day official campaigning started for the July 21 upper house election that will be a key test of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's leadership over the past seven months.

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London Games send-off ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - Women's wrestling champion Saori Yoshida (L), Japan Olympic delegation Hinomaru flag-bearer, attaches a good-luck charm to her jacket during a send-off ceremony for the national team to the London Olympics, at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo on July 21, 2012. To the right is javelin thrower Yukifumi Murakami (R), Japan Olympic team captain. They received good-luck charms made of debris from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, and made by children in disaster-stricken areas.

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Del Piero at charity match in Japan

KASHIMA, Japan - Former Juventus striker Alessandro Del Piero (C) plays in a charity soccer match in Kashima, Ibaraki Prefecture, on July 21, 2012, to support restoration of areas hit by the 2011 quake and tsunami.

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Del Piero at charity match in Japan

KASHIMA, Japan - Former Juventus striker Alessandro Del Piero (10) scores in a charity soccer match in Kashima, Ibaraki Prefecture, on July 21, 2012, to support restoration of areas hit by the 2011 quake and tsunami.

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Del Piero at charity match in Japan

KASHIMA, Japan - Former Juventus striker Alessandro Del Piero (10) scores in a charity soccer match in Kashima, Ibaraki Prefecture, on July 21, 2012, to support restoration of areas hit by the 2011 quake and tsunami.

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Del Piero at charity match in Japan

KASHIMA, Japan - Former Juventus striker Alessandro Del Piero (C) plays in a charity soccer match in Kashima, Ibaraki Prefecture, on July 21, 2012, to support restoration of areas hit by the 2011 quake and tsunami.

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Fukushima Daiichi workers

TOKYO, Japan - File photo in November 2011 shows workers wrapping up the day's work at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station of Tokyo Electric Power Co. in Fukushima Prefecture. They carry alarm pocket dosimeters, or radiation monitoring meters, around the left chest inside their protective suits. Sources said on July 21, 2012, that an executive from a TEPCO subcontractor tried to force its workers at the plant to cover their APDs with plates made of lead in an apparent attempt to underreport radiation exposure.

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Oi No. 4 reactor begins generating power

OI, Japan - Photo shows the No. 4 reactor (L) at the Oi nuclear power plant of Kansai Electric Power Co. in Fukui Prefecture on July 21, 2012. The No. 4 reactor started generating and transmitting electricity later in the day. The reactor is the second to go back online after all of Japan's commercial reactors were taken offline for regular checks in the wake of the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident. The first to resume operation was the Oi plant's No. 3 reactor (R).

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Japan's K-pop fans turn to promising new faces

TOKYO, Japan - Excited Japanese women shake hands with members of Apeace, a recently formed pop group consisting of 21 young South Korean men, after seeing them dance and sing at K Theater Tokyo in the Japanese capital's Ebisu district on July 21, 2011.

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Antinuclear actor Yamamoto

SAGA, Japan - File photo shows actor Taro Yamamoto. Prosecutors said on Sept. 21, 2011, they have accepted a criminal complaint against Yamamoto on suspicion of trespassing at a local government building in Saga, southwestern Japan, when he entered the facility in July to file an antinuclear power protest with some other 150 people.

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Stray kittens from disaster-hit Sendai

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows stray kittens from disaster-hit Sendai, northern Japan, being kept in Tokyo. The first group of such kittens arrived in Tokyo on July 21, 2011, and Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward and volunteers looked for new owners for them.

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Vladivostok has fewer swimmers

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Photo shows a beach near Vladivostok in the Russian Far East on July 21, 2011. Local travel agencies said beaches in the area have seen fewer swimmers in July than previous summers due to fears of radioactive contamination from Japan's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. Russian authorities have said no radiation contamination has been detected.

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Lindsay Hawker's family leaves Japan

NARITA, Japan - A crying Bill Hawker (R front), the father of slain British woman Lindsay Hawker, and other family members are pictured at Narita airport outside Tokyo ahead of their departure for home on July 23, 2011. The family was in Japan for the verdict July 21 at the Chiba District Court, which sentenced Tatsuya Ichihashi to life imprisonment for raping and murdering Hawker in 2007.

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Junior high students from Nagano awarded in global video contest

LOS ANGELES, United States - Female students from Nagawa Junior High School in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, line up for group photos in Hollywood on July 21, 2011, after winning the best documentary award -- for their five-minute film about the construction of a dam -- at the Kid Witness News, a global video contest for children around the world, run by Panasonic Corp. of Japan.

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IAEA chief to visit Fukushima nuclear plant

VIENNA, Austria - Yukiya Amano, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, speaks to reporters at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna on July 21, 2011. Amano, a Japanese, said he plans to visit the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan for the first time on July 25.

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Todaiji temple to open museum

NARA, Japan - Kosei Morimoto (R), a priest at Todaiji temple in Nara, western Japan, holds a poster about a new museum on July 21, 2011. The temple, part of the World Heritage site in Nara, will open the museum on its premises on Oct. 10 to exhibit its Buddhist sculptures and other artworks.

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'Patience' written on industry minister Kaieda's palm

TOKYO, Japan - Banri Kaieda (L), minister of economy, trade and industry, raises his left hand to speak during a House of Councillors Budget Committee session in the Diet building in Tokyo on July 21, 2011. The Chinese character ''nin,'' meaning patience, is written on his left palm.

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Sawa practices before hundreds of people

OSAKA, Japan - Homare Sawa (L), captain of Japan's women's national soccer team, leaves the training ground in Ashiya, Hyogo Prefecture, on July 21, 2011, as hundreds of photographers and fans look on, after taking part in her first practice session for her INAC team since returning to Japan from Germany, where the national squad won the Women's World Cup.

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Court rejects suit against enshrinement of Koreans at Yasukuni

TOKYO, Japan - South Korean plaintiffs hold a press conference in Tokyo on July 21, 2011, after losing a suit earlier in the day at the Tokyo District Court, in which they called for the removal of their deceased relatives' names from a list of those enshrined collectively at the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo.

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Toyota demonstrates collision prevention system

NAGOYA, Japan - A vehicle, equipped with a collision prevention system consisting of radar and camera detectors, automatically slows after recognizing a mock pedestrian and comes to a stop at Toyota Motor Corp.'s Higashi Fuji Technical Center in Susono, Shizuoka Prefecture, on July 21, 2011. Toyota demonstrated the system, still under development for future use, to reporters.

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Citizen judges in Ichihashi trial

CHIBA, Japan - Citizen judges hold a press conference at the Chiba District Court in Chiba, east of Tokyo, on July 21, 2011, after the court sentenced Tatsuya Ichihashi to life imprisonment earlier in the day for raping and murdering British woman Lindsay Hawker in 2007. Professional and citizen judges took part in the trial. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Gov't designates new 'hot spots' near Fukushima plant

MINAMISOMA, Japan - A radiation counter (L bottom) shows 4.30 microsieverts per hour of radiation in Takanokura in the city of Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 21, 2011. The government the same day newly designated 59 households in Takanokura and three other areas in Minamisoma, near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, as located in ''hot spots'' recommended for evacuation.

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Kitajima practices in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, China - Two-time double Olympic breaststroke champion Kosuke Kitajima of Japan practices in the main competition pool of the world swimming championships at Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai on July 21, 2011.

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Kitajima practices in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, China - Two-time double Olympic breaststroke champion Kosuke Kitajima of Japan is pictured after finishing his practice in the main competition pool of the world swimming championships at Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai on July 21, 2011.

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China-ASEAN foreign ministerial meeting

NUSA DUA, Indonesia - The foreign ministers of China and member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations hold a meeting in Indonesia's Bali on July 21, 2011. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)