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"Total Dictation" held in Russia

STORY: "Total Dictation" held in Russia SHOOTING TIME: April 20, 2024 DATELINE: April 21, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:07 LOCATION: ST. PETERSBURG, Russia CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the "Total Dictation" event in St. Petersburg, Russia STORYLINE: The International Russian Language Grammar Test "Total Dictation" was held simultaneously on Saturday in dozens of cities in Russia and worldwide. During the annual cultural event, people got together to write down a dictation in the Russian language, which will be checked and nominated by a special grammar commission. According to the organizer, this year's event took place in over 40 countries and regions. Total Dictation was created to draw attention to literacy and to develop a culture of literate writing in the Russian language. The first such event was organized by philology students from Novosibirsk, Russia on March 11, 2004. Since 2012, the Total Dictation has become an international event that was supported by Russians abroad and people studying

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(ChineseToday)CHINA-YUNNAN-MUSEUM-NEW VITALITY-NPC DEPUTY (CN)

(240302) -- KUNMING, March 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Guo Jin works on a fossil at a museum of Chengjiang Fossil site in Chengjiang City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Feb. 21, 2024. Guo Jin, a deputy to the 14th National People's Congress (NPC), is the deputy director of a museum of Chengjiang Fossil site in Chengjiang City of Yunnan Province. In the past 17 years, he has devoted himself to paleontology research and participated in the preparation work for the world heritage application of the Chengjiang Fossil site. The fossil site was approved to join the World Heritage List in 2012. Guo and his team leveraged modern technological means in exhibiting and injected new vitality into fossils through 3D restoration animation videos and interactive designs. By participating in the design of cultural and creative products, introducing new technologies like AR (augmented reality), 4D cinema, 8K spherical theater, they kept exploring new ways of science popularization. Guo insisted on listening and respo

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CHINA-GUANGXI-MOUNTAIN VILLAGE-CHILDREN-CHANGE (CN)

(230603) -- NANNING, June 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows 6-year-old Wei Kangtao having class at school in Dahua Township on March 27, 2012 (L, photo taken by Xinhua photographer Huang Xiaobang) and Wei Kangtao, who is a senior high school student now, posing for a photo on May 21, 2023 (R, photo taken by Xinhua photographer Hu Xingyu) in Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. TO GO WITH "Feature: Children in the photos witness changes in China mountain village" (Xinhua)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-DAHUA-WATER SUPPLY-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230321) --DAHUA, March 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Aug. 18, 2016 shows villagers carrying water pipes on a mountain road in Nonglei Village of Bansheng Township, Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Situated at the center of the Karst landforms in west Guangxi, Dahua Yao Autonomous County had suffered from severe water deficit for ages. Since 2012, local government has been managing the water deficit through various measures like building water tanks or reservoirs to collect water or constructing water supply projects which could divert river water onto mountain areas to ease water shortage and provide safe drinking water for local people. Afters years of efforts, safe and convenient water supply is no longer a problem for the over 200,000 rural population in Dahua. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-DAHUA-WATER SUPPLY-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230321) --DAHUA, March 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on March 20, 2023 shows Hongshui River, the water source of the drought resisting emergency water supply project in Bahao Village in Bansheng Township, Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Situated at the center of the Karst landforms in west Guangxi, Dahua Yao Autonomous County had suffered from severe water deficit for ages. Since 2012, local government has been managing the water deficit through various measures like building water tanks or reservoirs to collect water or constructing water supply projects which could divert river water onto mountain areas to ease water shortage and provide safe drinking water for local people. Afters years of efforts, safe and convenient water supply is no longer a problem for the over 200,000 rural population in Dahua. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-DAHUA-WATER SUPPLY-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230321) --DAHUA, March 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Nov. 24, 2014 shows pupils washing and cooking rice with rainwater stored in plastic buckets at Bahao elementary school in Bansheng Township, Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Situated at the center of the Karst landforms in west Guangxi, Dahua Yao Autonomous County had suffered from severe water deficit for ages. Since 2012, local government has been managing the water deficit through various measures like building water tanks or reservoirs to collect water or constructing water supply projects which could divert river water onto mountain areas to ease water shortage and provide safe drinking water for local people. Afters years of efforts, safe and convenient water supply is no longer a problem for the over 200,000 rural population in Dahua. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-DAHUA-WATER SUPPLY-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230321) --DAHUA, March 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Feb. 7, 2021 shows cadres checking on a drought resisting emergency water supply equipment at Bahao Village in Bansheng Township, Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Situated at the center of the Karst landforms in west Guangxi, Dahua Yao Autonomous County had suffered from severe water deficit for ages. Since 2012, local government has been managing the water deficit through various measures like building water tanks or reservoirs to collect water or constructing water supply projects which could divert river water onto mountain areas to ease water shortage and provide safe drinking water for local people. Afters years of efforts, safe and convenient water supply is no longer a problem for the over 200,000 rural population in Dahua. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-DAHUA-WATER SUPPLY-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230321) --DAHUA, March 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Feb. 12, 2015 shows a villager collecting rainwater on rooftop after a heavy rainfall in Nongyong Village of Bansheng Township, Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Situated at the center of the Karst landforms in west Guangxi, Dahua Yao Autonomous County had suffered from severe water deficit for ages. Since 2012, local government has been managing the water deficit through various measures like building water tanks or reservoirs to collect water or constructing water supply projects which could divert river water onto mountain areas to ease water shortage and provide safe drinking water for local people. Afters years of efforts, safe and convenient water supply is no longer a problem for the over 200,000 rural population in Dahua. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-DAHUA-WATER SUPPLY-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230321) --DAHUA, March 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Feb. 6, 2021 shows a water purifier installed in Shanghe Village of Jiangnan Township, Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Situated at the center of the Karst landforms in west Guangxi, Dahua Yao Autonomous County had suffered from severe water deficit for ages. Since 2012, local government has been managing the water deficit through various measures like building water tanks or reservoirs to collect water or constructing water supply projects which could divert river water onto mountain areas to ease water shortage and provide safe drinking water for local people. Afters years of efforts, safe and convenient water supply is no longer a problem for the over 200,000 rural population in Dahua. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-DAHUA-WATER SUPPLY-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230321) --DAHUA, March 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combined photo shows villager Lan Caihong displaying a water heater and a laundry machine installed at his home in Nongyong Village of Bansheng Township, Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (Top, taken on Jan. 21, 2023) and villager Lan Caihong collecting rainwater with buckets and pots under his roof at his home in Nongyong Village (taken on Feb. 14, 2015) . Situated at the center of the Karst landforms in west Guangxi, Dahua Yao Autonomous County had suffered from severe water deficit for ages. Since 2012, local government has been managing the water deficit through various measures like building water tanks or reservoirs to collect water or constructing water supply projects which could divert river water onto mountain areas to ease water shortage and provide safe drinking water for local people. Afters years of efforts, safe and convenient water supply is no longer a problem for the over 200,000 rural population in

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CHINA-GUANGXI-DAHUA-WATER SUPPLY-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230321) --DAHUA, March 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on March 20, 2023 shows a girl washing her bowl with tap water at Bahao elementary school in Bansheng Township, Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Situated at the center of the Karst landforms in west Guangxi, Dahua Yao Autonomous County had suffered from severe water deficit for ages. Since 2012, local government has been managing the water deficit through various measures like building water tanks or reservoirs to collect water or constructing water supply projects which could divert river water onto mountain areas to ease water shortage and provide safe drinking water for local people. Afters years of efforts, safe and convenient water supply is no longer a problem for the over 200,000 rural population in Dahua. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-DAHUA-WATER SUPPLY-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230321) --DAHUA, March 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on March 15, 2021 shows the Wanglie reservoir construction site in Qibainong Township, Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Situated at the center of the Karst landforms in west Guangxi, Dahua Yao Autonomous County had suffered from severe water deficit for ages. Since 2012, local government has been managing the water deficit through various measures like building water tanks or reservoirs to collect water or constructing water supply projects which could divert river water onto mountain areas to ease water shortage and provide safe drinking water for local people. Afters years of efforts, safe and convenient water supply is no longer a problem for the over 200,000 rural population in Dahua. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-DAHUA-WATER SUPPLY-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230321) --DAHUA, March 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Sept. 3, 2012 shows a villager collecting water at a low-lying area on a mountain in Nonglei Village of Bansheng Township, Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Situated at the center of the Karst landforms in west Guangxi, Dahua Yao Autonomous County had suffered from severe water deficit for ages. Since 2012, local government has been managing the water deficit through various measures like building water tanks or reservoirs to collect water or constructing water supply projects which could divert river water onto mountain areas to ease water shortage and provide safe drinking water for local people. Afters years of efforts, safe and convenient water supply is no longer a problem for the over 200,000 rural population in Dahua. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-DAHUA-WATER SUPPLY-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230321) --DAHUA, March 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Feb. 6, 2021 shows household water tanks in Shanghe Village of Jiangnan Township, Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Situated at the center of the Karst landforms in west Guangxi, Dahua Yao Autonomous County had suffered from severe water deficit for ages. Since 2012, local government has been managing the water deficit through various measures like building water tanks or reservoirs to collect water or constructing water supply projects which could divert river water onto mountain areas to ease water shortage and provide safe drinking water for local people. Afters years of efforts, safe and convenient water supply is no longer a problem for the over 200,000 rural population in Dahua. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-DAHUA-WATER SUPPLY-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230321) --DAHUA, March 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Sept. 2, 2017 shows villagers building a household water tank in Nongyong Village of Bansheng Township, Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Situated at the center of the Karst landforms in west Guangxi, Dahua Yao Autonomous County had suffered from severe water deficit for ages. Since 2012, local government has been managing the water deficit through various measures like building water tanks or reservoirs to collect water or constructing water supply projects which could divert river water onto mountain areas to ease water shortage and provide safe drinking water for local people. Afters years of efforts, safe and convenient water supply is no longer a problem for the over 200,000 rural population in Dahua. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-DAHUA-WATER SUPPLY-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230321) --DAHUA, March 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on July 16, 2012 shows a villager go uphill to carry water in Nongyong Village of Bansheng Township, Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Situated at the center of the Karst landforms in west Guangxi, Dahua Yao Autonomous County had suffered from severe water deficit for ages. Since 2012, local government has been managing the water deficit through various measures like building water tanks or reservoirs to collect water or constructing water supply projects which could divert river water onto mountain areas to ease water shortage and provide safe drinking water for local people. Afters years of efforts, safe and convenient water supply is no longer a problem for the over 200,000 rural population in Dahua. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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Japan, N. Korea to hold governmental talks

TOKYO, Japan - Combination photo shows Junichi Ihara (L), head of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, and Song Il Ho, North Korea's ambassador for talks to normalize relations with Japan. The Japanese Foreign Ministry said March 21, 2014, that Japan and North Korea will hold intergovernmental talks in Beijing on March 30 to 31 for the first time since November 2012.

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Tetrapod robot to view places too risky for humans

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in Yokohama on Nov. 21, 2012, shows Toshiba Corp.'s tetrapod robot climbing up stairs. Toshiba said the same day it has developed the tetrapod robot to inspect locations too risky for humans such as the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant crippled since the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Comedian completes 9-day marathon across quake-hit area

IWAKI, Japan - Comedian Kampei Hazama (C) finishes his nine-day marathon at Spa Resort Hawaiians in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 21, 2012. Hazama ran around 460 kilometers across the three northeastern prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima that were hit hardest by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in an effort to encourage those living there.

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Comedian completes 9-day marathon across quake-hit area

IWAKI, Japan - Comedian Kampei Hazama (C) is seen shortly after finishing his nine-day marathon at Spa Resort Hawaiians in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 21, 2012. Hazama ran around 460 kilometers across the three northeastern prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima that were hit hardest by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in an effort to encourage those living there.

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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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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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Abandoned animals in Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in the town of Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 21, 2012, shows dogs that have been abandoned by their owners. The town remains nearly deserted as the government in April 2011 designated it and other municipalities within a 20-kilometer ring around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant as a no-go zone. The plant's reactors suffered meltdowns after being struck by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, spewing massive amounts of radioactive materials into the air and sea.

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Paralympics returns to country of its birth

LONDON, Britain - Georgina Friend (R), a sports therapy worker, plays basketball with patients from Stoke Mandeville Hospital at a local gym on March 21, 2012 in Stoke Mandeville, a small town in the British countryside. Stoke Mandeville Hospital was the site of a competition for disabled athletes held in 1948 which is recognized as the precursor to the Paralympic games.

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Red Sox manager

BRADENTON, United States - Boston Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine pitches at batting practice before a preseason game in Bradenton, Florida, on March 21, 2012.

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Chongqing after Bo dismissal

CHONGQING, China - An exhibition of photos on an anti-organized crime drive of Bo Xilai is still seen continuing at a public facility in Chongqing, China, on March 21, 2012, nearly a week after he was sacked as head of the Chongqing municipality.

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Chongqing after Bo dismissal

CHONGQING, China - Residents and tourists are seen at a square in front of the municipal office of Chongqing, China, on March 21, 2012.

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Kuwaiti ruler in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito (center R) hosts a banquet for Kuwaiti ruler Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah (center L) at the imperial palace in Tokyo on March 21, 2012. (Pool photo)

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Kuwaiti ruler in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito (R) hosts a banquet for Kuwaiti ruler Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah (L) at the imperial palace in Tokyo on March 21, 2012. (Pool photo)

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Kuwaiti ruler in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Kuwaiti ruler Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah (R) and Japanese industry minister Yukio Edano shake hands prior to their talks at the State Guest House in Tokyo on March 21, 2012.

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Shooting rampage in France

TOULOUSE, France - Children are escorted by their parents to go to school, the site of a shooting rampage, in the southwestern French city of Toulouse on March 21, 2012. The incident at a Jewish school March 19 claimed the lives of three children and a teacher.

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Promoting Japan-made denim

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsukoshi and Matsuya department stores in Ginza, Tokyo, begin their joint promotional event March 21, 2012, to introduce and sell products using denim made in Japan.

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Shooting rampage in France

TOULOUSE, France - Police vehicles and ambulances surround a building in the southwestern French city of Toulouse on March 21, 2012. A 23-year-old man, suspected of killing three children and a teacher at a local Jewish school March 19, is inside his apartment in the building.

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Container-like vegetable plant

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken March 21, 2012, in Nara, western Japan, shows the exterior of the agri-cube, a container-like facility for growing lettuce and other plants, to be sold beginning April 5 by Daiwa House Industry Co.

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Attracting Russian tourists to Japan

MOSCOW, Russia - A salesman (C), dressed as an Edo-era (1603-1867) man, from the Edo Wonderland theme park in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, explains about the facility at the Moscow International Exhibition Travel and Tourism on March 21, 2012.

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Olympus to sell new medical equipment products

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken March 21, 2012, in Tokyo shows a new gastrointestinal videoscope to be launched by Olympus Corp. beginning in April in overseas markets.

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Container-like vegetable plant

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken March 21, 2012, in Nara, western Japan, shows the inside of the agri-cube, a container-like facility for growing lettuce and other plants, to be sold beginning April 5 by Daiwa House Industry Co.

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Steller sea lion back to Fukushima aquarium

CHIBA, Japan - A Steller sea lion called Fuku is hoisted in a cage by crane at Kamogawa Seaworld in Kamogawa, Chiba Prefecture, on March 21, 2012, to be transported to Aquamarine Fukushima in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture. Fuku was evacuated to the Chiba aquarium after the March 2011 quake and tsunami, and is the last evacuee of the Fukushima aquarium to be sent home.

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Baruto falls to 2nd loss

OSAKA, Japan - Estonian ozeki Baruto (L) is defeated by Bulgarian ozeki Kotooshu at Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium on March 21, 2012, the 11th day of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament. It was the second loss in the tournament for Baruto, who is seeking promotion to yokozuna after winning the New Year meet in January.

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Baruto falls to 2nd loss

OSAKA, Japan - Estonian ozeki Baruto is seen after being defeated by Bulgarian ozeki Kotooshu at Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium on March 21, 2012, the 11th day of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament. It was the second loss in the tournament for Baruto, who is seeking promotion to yokozuna after winning the New Year meet in January.

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Nissan to sell Datsun vehicles in India

TOKYO, Japan - Nissan Motor Co. President Carlos Ghosn speaks at a press conference at the Nissan headquarters in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on March 21, 2012. He said the automaker plans to release a model under its revived Datsun brand in India for about $4,000, or around 330,000 yen.

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Emperor meets Kuwait ruler

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (R) and Kuwaiti ruler Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah are pictured at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on March 21, 2012. (Pool photo)

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Rape blossoms in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken March 21, 2012, shows a bride and groom amid rape blossoms in the Hamarikyu garden in Tokyo.

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Emperor meets Kuwait ruler

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (C) and Empress Michiko (R) walk with Kuwaiti ruler Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on March 21, 2012. (Pool photo)

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Rare metal exploration vessel

TOKYO, Japan - The marine resources exploration vessel Hakurei is unveiled to the media at Harumi wharf in Tokyo on March 21, 2012, after its completion in February. It will explore for various rare metals and other resources beneath the seabed.

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Rare metal exploration vessel

TOKYO, Japan - The marine resources exploration vessel Hakurei is unveiled to the media at Harumi wharf in Tokyo on March 21, 2012, after its completion in February. It will explore for various rare metals and other resources beneath the seabed.

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Plastic minesweeper

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Photo taken in Yokohama on March 21, 2012, shows Enoshima, the Maritime Self-Defense Force's new minesweeper vessel made of fiber reinforced plastic, which entered service the same day, becoming the first minesweeper in the MSDF fleet not made of wood.

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'Recovery' boxed meal

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken March 21, 2012, in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, shows a boxed meal product, named ''Fukko (recovery) Soraben (boxed meal sold at airport).'' The meal, using ingredients grown in areas near Sendai airport, will be put on sale at the airport, hit by the March 2011 tsunami, on March 25, 2012.

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Cherry blossoms bloom in Kochi

KOCHI, Japan - Photo taken in the city of Kochi on March 21, 2012, shows blossoms of the ''someiyoshino'' breed of cherry tree. The cherry blossoms bloomed the same day in the city, western Japan, with the city reporting Japan's first blossoms of the season, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

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Suzuki begins new eco-car sales in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - A new model of the Swift small car is shown at its unveiling ceremony held by Suzuki Motor (Thailand) Co. in Bangkok on March 21, 2012. The Suzuki subsidiary in Thailand announced the same day the start of sales of the vehicle being produced at its new plant in the eastern part of the country.