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Roller skating in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A man leads a chain of children around a roller skating facility in Pyongyang on June 23, 2013. The facility opened the previous year at the initiative of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. (Photo by Kota Endo)

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CIA whistleblower

MOSCOW, Russia - Journalists wait for the possible appearance of former CIA official and whistleblower Edward Snowden at Sheremetyevo airport near Moscow on June 23, 2013.

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Ex-prosecutor general

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Japan's former Prosecutor General Yusuke Yoshinaga, who died of pneumonia at 81 in a Tokyo hospital on June 23, 2013.

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Mongolia presidential election

ULAN BATOR, Mongolia - Supporters of Mongolian President Tsakhia Elbegdorj gather in a square in Ulan Bator on June 23, 2013, ahead of the presidential election on June 26.

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Mongolia presidential election

ULAN BATOR, Mongolia - Mongolian President Tsakhia Elbegdorj speaks in a square in Ulan Bator on June 23, 2013, ahead of the presidential election on June 26. Behind the president is the statue of Genghis Khan, ruler of the 13th century Mongol Empire.

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Mongolia presidential election

ULAN BATOR, Mongolia - Combination photos show Mongolian President Tsakhia Elbegdorj (L) speaking in Ulan Bator on June 23, 2013, and Badmaanyambuu Bat-Erdene of the Mongolian People's Party speaking in Ulan Bator on June 24, 2013. They are both running in the June 26, 2013, presidential election.

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Tokyo assembly election

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuo Shii, head of the Japanese Communist Party, holds a press conference in Tokyo shortly after midnight of June 23, 2013, after the party increased its seats from eight to 17 in the Tokyo metropolitan assembly election.

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Tokyo assembly election

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Yamada, head of the Tokyo chapter of the Japan Restoration Party, places a rose ornament above the name of the party's second successful candidate in the Tokyo metropolitan assembly election in Tokyo on June 23, 2013. The party, co-headed by former Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara and Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto, saw the number of its assembly members decrease to two from three.

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Human rights activist Chen in Taiwan

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Exiled Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng is pictured after arriving at an airport near Taipei, Taiwan, on June 23, 2013.

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Human rights activist Chen in Taiwan

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Exiled Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng (C) speaks to reporters after arriving at an airport near Taipei, Taiwan, on June 23, 2013.

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Human rights activist Chen in Taiwan

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Exiled Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng smiles to reporters after arriving at an airport near Taipei, Taiwan, on June 23, 2013.

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Old Timers Day

NEW YORK, United States - Former major league catcher Yogi Berra (back L) appears in the Old Timers Day event at Yankee Stadium in New York on June 23, 2013.

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Tokyo assembly election

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows rose ornaments attached above the names of all 59 candidates of the Liberal Democratic Party in the Tokyo metropolitan assembly election, showing all the LDP's candidates winning, at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on June 23, 2013.

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Tokyo assembly election

TOKYO, Japan - Goshi Hosono, secretary general of the Democratic Party of Japan, is pictured at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on June 23, 2013, following the DPJ's crushing defeat in the Tokyo metropolitan assembly election.

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Tokyo assembly election

TOKYO, Japan - Goshi Hosono, secretary general of the Democratic Party of Japan, is about to be interviewed on television at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on June 23, 2013, following the DPJ's crushing defeat in the Tokyo metropolitan assembly election.

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Polish woman to join professional shogi training program

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Karolina Styczynska, a 22-year-old Polish college student. The Japan Shogi Association said June 23, 2013, that Styczynska has passed an examination to join a program to train professional female players of the game, known as Japanese chess. She is the first foreign woman to join the Kenshukai training program. So far, no foreign woman has become a professional shogi player.

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Tokyo assembly election

TOKYO, Japan - Your Party leader Yoshimi Watanabe places a rose ornament above the name of the party's successful candidate in the Tokyo metropolitan assembly election in Tokyo on June 23, 2013. The number of the party's assembly members rose sharply to seven from one.

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Tokyo assembly election

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, answers a reporter's question in Tokyo on June 23, 2013, after the LDP won a sweeping victory in the Tokyo metropolitan assembly election.

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Kaesong added to World Heritage List

TOKYO, Japan - This December 2007 file photo shows Sonjuk Bridge in the ancient city of Kaesong in North Korea. The World Heritage Committee of UNESCO decided June 23, 2013, to add historic monuments and sites in Kaesong to the U.N. agency's World Heritage List.

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Okinawa war anniversary

ITOMAN, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos offers a flower during a ceremony in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, on June 23, 2013, marking the 68th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Okinawa, a World War II ground battle that claimed more than 200,000 lives. At front left is Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

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Okinawa war anniversary

ITOMAN, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) and other participants observe a moment of silence during a ceremony in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, on June 23, 2013, marking the 68th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Okinawa, a World War II ground battle that claimed more than 200,000 lives.

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Hot air balloon crash

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Photo shows a hot air balloon that crashed in the town of Itakura, Gunma Prefecture, on June 23, 2013. A 70-year-old man was killed in the accident.

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Japanese climber Miura

SAPPORO, Japan - Japanese climber Yuichiro Miura, who became the world's oldest man to scale Mt. Everest at the age of 80 on May 23, 2013, holds a press conference in Sapporo, northern Japan, on June 14. Miura lives in Sapporo.

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Kyogen actor Shigeyama Sensaku dies

TOKYO, Japan - A June 2009 file photo taken during a performance in Kyoto shows Kyogen actor Shigeyama Sensaku (L), who was designated as a Japanese living national treasure. He died at age 93 on May 23, 2013, of lung cancer at his home in Kyoto. At center is his son Shigeyama Sengoro and at right are Sensaku's twin great-grandsons Toramasa (far R) and Tatsumasa.