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BEIJING, China - China's top prosecutor Cao Jianming reports to an annual session of the National People's Congress in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 10, 2014. He said more than 50,000 Chinese public servants were charged with embezzlement or bribery in 2013, up 8.4 percent from the year before.

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China corruption

BEIJING, China - China's top prosecutor Cao Jianming (bottom) reports to an annual session of the National People's Congress in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 10, 2014. He said more than 50,000 Chinese public servants were charged with embezzlement or bribery in 2013, up 8.4 percent from the year before. At left in the top row is Chinese President Xi Jinping and 2nd from left in the top row is Premier Li Keqiang.

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show the Akahama area in the town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on April 10, 2011 (L), about a month after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years later on Sept. 6, 2013 (R). A pleasure boat that was washed up on the roof of an inn (upper in the former) by the tsunami was dismantled, but the town government of Otsuchi now plans to restore it to preserve the memory of the disaster.

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Girl's dream to become designer lives on in handkerchiefs

IWAKI, Japan - Takashi Suzuki (R), father of Himeka who was killed at age 10 by the tsunami triggered by the March 2011 earthquake, takes a walk along the coast in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, together with one of her two younger brothers on July 10, 2013. In the back is the Shioyasaki lighthouse overlooking the Pacific Ocean, the subject of an award-winning painting by Himeka.

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Girl's dream to become designer lives on in handkerchiefs

IWAKI, Japan - Takashi Suzuki (R), father of Himeka who was killed at age 10 by the tsunami triggered by the March 2011 earthquake, takes a walk along the coast in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, together with one of her two younger brothers on July 10, 2013. In the back is the Shioyasaki lighthouse overlooking the Pacific Ocean, the subject of an award-winning painting by Himeka.

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Panasonic incurs huge net loss in FY 2012

TOKYO, Japan - Panasonic Corp. Managing Director Hideaki Kawai answers a reporter's question at a news conference in Tokyo on May 10, 2013. The electronics maker said the same day it incurred a group net loss of 754.25 billion yen in the business year ended March 2013, suffering a massive loss for the second straight year.

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Temple decides not to buy pro-Pyongyang group's land

FUJISAWA, Japan - Ekan Ikeguchi, head of Saifuku temple in Kagoshima Prefecture, holds a press conference in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, on May 10, 2013. The chief priest of the Buddhist temple officially announced that it has dropped a plan to buy the land and head office building of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, known as Chongryon. The temple won the bidding for the site of the pro-Pyongyang group in March.

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Miyazaki zoo amuses visitors with "flying flamingo show"

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Toshihisa Deguchi, head of Miyazaki City Phoenix Zoo, has a Blue-fronted Amazon named Tiffany on his arm at the zoo in Miyazaki Prefecture on March 10, 2013.

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Miyazaki zoo amuses visitors with "flying flamingo show"

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Toshihisa Deguchi, head of Miyazaki City Phoenix Zoo, stands near an elephant which takes a walk at the zoo in Miyazaki Prefecture on March 10, 2013.

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Miyazaki zoo amuses visitors with "flying flamingo show"

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Photo shows flamingos flying over a pond during a show at Miyazaki City Phoenix Zoo in Miyazaki Prefecture on March 10, 2013. The "Flying Flamingo Show" started in the spring of 2012.

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Security tight in Tibet

LHASA, China - A March 10, 2013, photo shows worshippers in full-body bowing ritual outside Jokhang monastery in Lhasa in the Tibetan Autonomous Region. Chinese authorities have tightened security measures in the core areas of the Tibetan capital in the run-up to the fifth anniversary on March 14 of bloody ethnic riots in Lhasa that killed as many as 200 people.

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Security tight in Tibet

LHASA, China - A March 10, 2013, photo shows a checkpoint outside Potala Palace in Lhasa in the Tibetan Autonomous Region. Chinese authorities have tightened security measures in the core areas of the Tibetan capital in the run-up to the fifth anniversary on March 14 of bloody ethnic riots in Lhasa that killed as many as 200 people.

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Japan quake commemoration in U.S.

NEW YORK, United States - Attendees offer a silent prayer at a church in New York on March 10, 2013, during a ceremony commemorating the second anniversary of the massive earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan on March 11, 2011.

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Japan quake commemoration in U.S.

NEW YORK, United States - Attendees sing the Japanese song "Furusato" (hometown) at a church in New York on March 10, 2013, during a ceremony commemorating the second anniversary of the massive earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan on March 11, 2011.

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Japan quake commemoration in U.S.

NEWPORT, United States - Part of a pier from Misawa, Aomori Prefecture, that was swept away by the March 11, 2011, tsunami goes on display in Newport, Oregon, on March 10, 2013. The pier washed up near Newport after floating across the Pacific Ocean.

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Japan quake commemoration in U.S.

NEWPORT, United States - Japanese Consul General in Portland Hirofumi Murabayashi (R) and former Newport Mayor Mark McConnell stand in front of part of a pier from Misawa, Aomori Prefecture, on March 10, 2013, the day the pier went on display in the Oregon city. The pier was swept away by the March 11, 2011, tsunami and washed up near Newport after floating across the Pacific Ocean.

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Japan vs. Netherlands in WBC

TOKYO, Japan - Hayato Sakamoto of Japan watches the ball after hitting a grand slam in the seventh inning of a World Baseball Classic second-round game against the Netherlands at Tokyo Dome on March 10, 2013. Japan won 16-4 to advance to the final round in San Francisco. The game was called in the bottom of the seventh inning.

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Japan vs. Netherlands in WBC

TOKYO, Japan - Hayato Sakamoto of Japan hits a grand slam in the seventh inning of a World Baseball Classic second-round game against the Netherlands at Tokyo Dome on March 10, 2013, in front of catcher Sebastiaan Nooij. Japan won 16-4 to advance to the final round in San Francisco. The game was called in the bottom of the seventh inning.

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Japan vs. Netherlands in WBC

TOKYO, Japan - Hayato Sakamoto of Japan hits a grand slam in the seventh inning of a World Baseball Classic second-round game against the Netherlands at Tokyo Dome on March 10, 2013. Japan won 16-4 to advance to the final round in San Francisco. The game was called in the bottom of the seventh inning.

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Japan vs. Netherlands in WBC

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshio Itoi of Japan hits a three-run home run in the fourth inning of a World Baseball Classic second-round game against the Netherlands at Tokyo Dome on March 10, 2013, in front of catcher Dashenko Ricardo. Japan won 16-4 to advance to the final round in San Francisco. The game was called in the bottom of the seventh inning.

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Japan vs. Netherlands in WBC

TOKYO, Japan - Atsunori Inaba of Japan hits a solo home run in the third inning of a World Baseball Classic second-round game against the Netherlands at Tokyo Dome on March 10, 2013. Japan won 16-4 to advance to the final round in San Francisco. The game was called in the bottom of the seventh inning.

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Suu Kyi reelected as NLD leader

YANGON, Myanmar - Aung San Suu Kyi (R) answers a reporter's question in Yangon on March 10, 2013, after the closing of the two-day national congress of the National League for Democracy, the first in its 25-year history, in which she was reelected as leader of Myanmar's main opposition party.

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Japan vs. Netherlands in WBC

TOKYO, Japan - Seiichi Uchikawa of Japan hits a three-run home run in the second inning of a World Baseball Classic second-round game against the Netherlands at Tokyo Dome on March 10, 2013, in front of catcher Dashenko Ricardo. Japan won 16-4 to advance to the final round in San Francisco. The game was called in the bottom of the seventh inning.

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Japan vs. Netherlands in WBC

TOKYO, Japan - Seiichi Uchikawa of Japan watches the ball after hitting a three-run home run in the second inning of a World Baseball Classic second-round game against the Netherlands at Tokyo Dome on March 10, 2013. Japan won 16-4 to advance to the final round in San Francisco. The game was called in the bottom of the seventh inning.

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Japan vs. Netherlands in WBC

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuhiro Matsuda of Japan hits a two-run home run in the second inning of a World Baseball Classic second-round game against the Netherlands at Tokyo Dome on March 10, 2013. Japan won 16-4 to advance to the final round in San Francisco. The game was called in the bottom of the seventh inning.

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Japan vs. Netherlands in WBC

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Toritani of Japan hits a home run to open the scoring in the first inning of a World Baseball Classic second-round game against the Netherlands at Tokyo Dome on March 10, 2013, in front of catcher Dashenko Ricardo. Japan won 16-4 to advance to the final round in San Francisco. The game was called in the bottom of the seventh inning.

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Japan vs. Netherlands in WBC

TOKYO, Japan - Japan starter Kenta Maeda pitches against the Netherlands in a World Baseball Classic second-round game at Toyo Dome on March 10, 2013. Japan won 16-4 to advance to the final round in San Francisco. The game was called in the bottom of the seventh inning.

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Dusty haze covers Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter in Tokyo on March 10, 2013, shows Tokyo Sky Tree looking blurred as a dense dusty haze covered the capital.

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Morita wins Daikin Orchid Ladies

NANJO, Japan - Japan's Rikako Morita holds the victor's trophy after defeating compatriot Sakura Yokomine in a playoff to win her third career title at the season-opening Daikin Orchid Ladies at Ryukyu Golf Club in Okinawa Prefecture on March 10, 2013.

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Suu Kyi reelected as NLD leader

YANGON, Myanmar - Photo shows delegates at the two-day national congress of the National League for Democracy in Yangon on March 10, 2013, the first in its 25-year history, in which Aung San Suu Kyi was reelected as leader of the Myanmar's main opposition party.

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Hot weather in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Women wearing short sleeve shirts walk along a street in Tokyo's Ginza district on March 10, 2013. At Otemachi in central Tokyo, the mercury rose as high as 25.3 C, making it the earliest day that the temperature in Tokyo reached 25 C in March since records began in 1876, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

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Hot weather with dusty haze in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Men with children wearing short sleeve shirts walk along a street in Tokyo's Ginza district on March 10, 2013, while a dense dusty haze covered the capital. At Otemachi in central Tokyo, the mercury rose as high as 25.3 C, making it the earliest day that the temperature in Tokyo reached 25 C in March since records began in 1876, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

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Dusty haze covers Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Skytree tower is seen through a dense dusty haze that covered the capital on March 10, 2013.

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Dusty haze covers Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken through glass in Tokyo's Higashishimbashi district on March 10, 2013, shows Tokyo Tower (L back) looking blurred as a dense dusty haze covered the capital.

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Memorial service for 2011 disaster victims

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - A memorial service is held in the city of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, for more than 1,500 residents who lost their lives in the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster, on March 10, 2013, a day before the second anniversary of the disaster.

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Suu Kyi reelected as NLD leader

YANGON, Myanmar - Aung San Suu Kyi speaks with reporters in Yangon on March 10, 2013, after the closing of the two-day national congress of the National League for Democracy, the first in its 25-year history, in which she was reelected as leader of Myanmar's main opposition party.

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Nagoya Women's Marathon

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo shows Berhane Dibaba of Ethiopia who finished second in a time of 2 hours, 23 minutes and 51 seconds, in the Nagoya Women's Marathon at Nagoya Dome in Aichi Prefecture on March 10, 2013.

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Japanese anthropologist Yamaguchi dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in 2005 shows Japanese anthropologist Masao Yamaguchi. Yamaguchi died of pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital on March 10, 2013. He was 81.

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Nagoya Women's Marathon

NAGOYA, Japan - Mizuki Noguchi of Japan finishes third in a time of 2 hours, 24 minutes and 5 seconds, in the Nagoya Women's Marathon at Nagoya Dome in Aichi Prefecture on March 10, 2013.

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Nagoya Women's Marathon

NAGOYA, Japan - Ryoko Kizaki of Japan breaks the finishing tape, winning the Nagoya Women's Marathon in 2 hours, 23 minutes and 34 seconds, at Nagoya Dome in Aichi Prefecture on March 10, 2013.

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2 years after quake

OTSUCHI, Japan - Photos show an area in the town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on April 10, 2011 (L), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 4, 2013, with a shipyard having been reconstructed and the pleasure boat Hamayuri that was washed up on the roof of an inn having been removed.

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2 years after quake

KAMAISHI, Japan - Aerial photos taken by Kyodo News show the area around Kamaishi port in Iwate Prefecture on April 10, 2011 (L), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 1, 2013, with the large cargo vessel having been removed.

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WBC Japan manager Yamamoto

TOKYO, Japan - Koji Yamamoto speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 10, 2012, after he was named Japan team manager for the World Baseball Classic in March 2013.

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WBC Japan manager Yamamoto

TOKYO, Japan - Koji Yamamoto speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 10, 2012, after he was named Japan team manager for the World Baseball Classic in March 2013.

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WBC Japan manager Yamamoto

TOKYO, Japan - Koji Yamamoto poses with mannequins wearing new Japan team uniforms in Tokyo on Oct. 10, 2012, after he was named Japan manager for the World Baseball Classic in March 2013.