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N. Korean unmanned air vehicle

PYONGYANG, North Korea - File photo shows a North Korean unmanned air vehicle shown for the first time during a military parade in Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on April 15, 2012. North Korea on March 20, 2013, staged unmanned combat air vehicle and anti-cruise missile "rocket" exercises in the presence of the country's leader Kim Jong Un, the North's official Korean Central News Agency reported.

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N. Korean unmanned air vehicle

PYONGYANG, North Korea - File photo shows a North Korean unmanned air vehicle shown for the first time during a military parade in Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on April 15, 2012. North Korea on March 20, 2013, staged unmanned combat air vehicle and anti-cruise missile "rocket" exercises in the presence of the country's leader Kim Jong Un, the North's official Korean Central News Agency reported.

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Lady Gaga's teacup donated to disaster-hit area

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken at Miyagi prefectural government offices on Feb. 20, 2013 shows a teacup that pop icon Lady Gaga used. The teacup, which was sold for 6 million yen at a charity auction in May 2012 to support the recovery from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, is given to Miyagi Prefecture, a northeastern Japan area hit hard by the disaster, on Feb. 20, 2013. Lady Gaga sipped from the teacup at a news conference in Tokyo in June, 2011. It is smeared with her lipstick and the phrase "We pray for Japan" is written in Japanese across the front.

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Lady Gaga's teacup donated to disaster-hit area

SENDAI, Japan - Miyagi Gov. Yoshihiro Murai (L) receives a teacup that pop icon Lady Gaga used, at the prefectural government offices on Feb. 20, 2013. The teacup, which was sold for 6 million yen at a charity auction in May 2012 to support the recovery from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, is presented to Miyagi Prefecture, a northeastern Japan area hit hard by the disaster, on Feb. 20, 2013. Lady Gaga sipped from the teacup at a news conference in Tokyo in June, 2011. It is smeared with her lipstick and the phrase "We pray for Japan" is written in Japanese across the front.

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'Outsider' supporters help disaster-hit residents rebuild

SENDAI, Japan - A workshop for ''reconstruction supporters'' is held on Dec. 20, 2012, in Sendai to discuss the challenges and problems in helping victims of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Miss Japan 2012 Hara

LAS VEGAS, United States - Ayako Hara, who represented Japan at the Miss Universe 2012 pageant in Las Vegas, is interviewed by Kyodo News in the U.S. city on Dec. 20, 2012. Hara, 24, who is from Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, an area devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, failed to make it to the shortlist of 16 competitors in the pageant held the previous day, which was won by American Olivia Culpo, 20.

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Abandoned animals in Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - In this photo taken in the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 20, 2012, an ostrich walks by the remains of another that starved to death after they were left abandoned at a breeding facility. In April 2011, the government designated Okuma 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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Chinese tourists in Fukushima

IWAKI, Japan - Fukushima Vice Gov. Fumio Murata (C) and Chinese tourists make a toast at Spa Resort Hawaiians, a leisure complex in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 20, 2012. The tourists were part of the first tour group from the Chinese mainland to visit the prefecture since the March 2011 disaster.

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1st China mainland tour group since disaster visits Fukushima

IWAKI, Japan - Wang Zhenghua, chairman of budget carrier Spring Airlines, receives a lei after arriving at Spa Resort Hawaiians, a leisure complex in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 20, 2012, in the first tourist group from China's mainland to visit Japan's Fukushima Prefecture since the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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Children in E. Timor

DILI, East Timor - Photo shows children playing near Dili, the capital of East Timor, in March 2012. The country will mark the 10th anniversary of its independence from Indonesia on May 20, 2012.

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Life in Somaliland

HARGEISA, Somalia - A woman makes crepes on March 20, 2012, in Hargeisa, capital of the unrecognized breakaway republic of Somaliland in northwestern Somalia. The international community sees Somaliland as part of Somalia despite the former's self-declared independence in 1991.

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Documentary film about Japanese-Brazilian youths

HAMAMATSU, Japan - (From L) Kimihiro Tsumura, professor at Hamamatsu Gakuin University, Pablo Nadayoshi, a Japanese-Brazilian living in Japan, and film director Mayu Nakamura pose for photos in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on March 20, 2012. They hold a poster of ''Kodoku na Tsubame tachi'' (lonely swallows), their documentary film about Japanese-Brazilian youths living in Japan.

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Pettitte practices pitching

TAMPA, United States - New York Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte practices in the bullpen in Tampa, Florida, on March 20, 2012, in the team's spring training. The Yankees said on March 16 that Pettitte, who announced his retirement in February 2011, signed a one-year minor-league contract with the team.

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Princess Diana's dresses

LONDON, Britain - Dresses worn by Princess Diana are on display at Kensington Palace in London on March 20, 2012. Five dresses including three never before put on public display in Britain -- the black long dress (front) is among them -- will be shown to the public from March 26 through Sept. 2 as the palace reopens to public after restoration.

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Cherry blossom festival in Washington

WASHINGTON, United States - Cherry trees are in full bloom along the Tidal Basin in the center of Washington on March 20, 2012, with the Washington Monument visible in the background. The National Cherry Blossom Festival began in the U.S. capital the same day and runs through April 27. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the planting of cherry trees in the city.

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Japanese astronaut Hoshide may venture outside ISS

HOUSTON, United States - (From R to L) Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko and NASA astronaut Sunita Williams give a news conference at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, on March 20, 2012. The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration said the same day that Hoshide may have the opportunity to venture outside the International Space Station during his four-month stay aboard the ISS beginning in July.

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Cherry blossom festival in Washington

WASHINGTON, United States - Cherry trees are in full bloom at the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial in Washington on March 20, 2012. The National Cherry Blossom Festival began in the U.S. capital the same day and runs through April 27. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the planting of cherry trees in the city.

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Pettitte practices pitching

TAMPA, United States - New York Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte practices in the bullpen in Tampa, Florida, on March 20, 2012, in the team's spring training. The Yankees said on March 16 that Pettitte, who announced his retirement in February 2011, signed a one-year minor-league contract with the team.

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S. Korea wary of North's satellite launch plan

SEOUL, South Korea - Members of a conservative group protest in Seoul on March 20, 2012, over North Korea's plan to launch a rocket carrying a satellite between April 12 and 16.

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U.S., S. Korea joint exercise

SEOUL, South Korea - U.S. Army Stryker armored vehicles are shown to the media at Busan port in South Korea on March 20, 2012, after they were shipped from Hawaii for U.S.-South Korean joint exercise Foal Eagle taking place from March 1 to April 30.

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N. Korea official heads home

BEIJING, China - North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho is at Beijing airport on March 20, 2012, before he heads home. He held talks in Beijing with Wu Dawei, China's special representative for Korean Peninsula affairs.

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Disaster monument

KYOTO, Japan - Sculptor Junkyu Muto unveils a one-third-scale image model of a monument commemorating the victims of the March 2011 quake and tsunami at an exhibition in Kyoto on March 20, 2012.

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N. Korea official heads home

BEIJING, China - North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho (L) is at Beijing airport on March 20, 2012, before he heads home. He held talks in Beijing with Wu Dawei, China's special representative for Korean Peninsula affairs.

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Nerve gas attack anniversary

TOKYO, Japan - Employees offer a moment of silence at the subway's Kasumigaseki Station in Tokyo on March 20, 2012, during an event to commemorate the 17th anniversary of the Aum Shinrikyo cult's 1995 sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system. In the attack, 13 people were killed and more than 6,000 others were sickened.

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Minamisoma mayor to run in Tokyo Marathon

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Katsunobu Sakurai, mayor of Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, runs on the morning of Feb. 20, 2012, in the city, which was hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and ensuing nuclear disaster. Sakurai plans to participate in the Tokyo Marathon 2012 on Feb. 26 to run the full race.

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Minamisoma mayor to run in Tokyo Marathon

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Katsunobu Sakurai, mayor of Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, runs on the morning of Feb. 20, 2012, in the city, which was hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and ensuing nuclear disaster. Sakurai plans to participate in the Tokyo Marathon 2012 on Feb. 26 to run the full race.

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Reporters allowed to visit Fukushima complex

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - A man puts on protective gear before heading for work at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture on Feb. 20, 2012. Reporters were allowed to enter the premises of the power plant the same day for the second time since the start of the crisis in March 2011. (Pool photo)

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Reporters allowed to visit Fukushima complex

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 20, 2012, shows a worker having his body screened for radiation after completing work at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture. Reporters were allowed to enter the premises of the power plant the same day for the second time since the start of the crisis in March 2011. (Pool photo)

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Reporters allowed to visit Fukushima complex

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 20, 2012, shows reporters and others at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture. Reporters were allowed to enter the premises of the power plant the same day for the second time since the start of the crisis in March 2011. (Pool photo)

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Reporters allowed to visit Fukushima complex

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 20, 2012, shows a worker resting in an earthquake-proof building at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture. Reporters were allowed to enter the premises of the power plant the same day for the second time since the start of the crisis in March 2011. (Pool photo)

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Reporters allowed to visit Fukushima complex

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 20, 2012, shows Tokyo Electric Power Co. employees working in the emergency response room of the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture. Reporters were allowed to enter the premises of the power plant the same day for the second time since the start of the crisis in March 2011. (Pool photo)

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Reporters allowed to visit Fukushima complex

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 20, 2012, shows workers putting on protective masks before heading for work at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture. Reporters were allowed to enter the premises of the power plant the same day for the second time since the start of the crisis in March 2011. (Pool photo)

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Reporters allowed to visit Fukushima complex

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Takeshi Takahashi, chief of the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, answers questions from reporters at the plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Feb. 20, 2012. Reporters were allowed to enter the premises of the power plant the same day for the second time since the accident happened in March 2011. (Pool photo)

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Reporters allowed to visit Fukushima complex

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 20, 2012, shows (from R) the Nos. 4, 3, 2 reactor buildings of the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture. Reporters were allowed to enter the premises of the power plant the same day for the second time since the accident happened in March 2011. (Pool photo)

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Reporters allowed to visit Fukushima complex

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 20, 2012, shows workers (R top) at the No. 4 reactor building of the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture. The lid of the reactor container can be seen in the left bottom. Reporters were allowed to enter the premises of the power plant the same day for the second time since the accident happened in March 2011. (Pool photo)

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Ash from incinerated debris

SHIMADA, Japan - A local resident measures radiation levels at the city hall of Shimada, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Feb. 20, 2012, of ash from incinerated debris generated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The Shimada city government said the same day it has confirmed the safety of the ash from the debris it has accepted from a disaster-hit town in Iwate Prefecture.

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Reporters allowed to visit Fukushima complex

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 20, 2012, shows workers (R bottom) at the No. 4 reactor building of the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture. Behind them is a fuel handling machine. Reporters were allowed to enter the premises of the power plant the same day for the second time since the accident happened in March 2011. (Pool photo)

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Reporters allowed to visit Fukushima complex

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 20, 2012, shows workers (R top) at the No. 4 reactor building of the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture. The lid of the reactor container can be seen in the left center. Reporters were allowed to enter the premises of the power plant the same day for the second time since the accident happened in March 2011. (Pool photo)

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Ash from incinerated debris

SHIMADA, Japan - Reporters surround a local resident measuring radiation levels at the city hall of Shimada, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Feb. 20, 2012, of ash from incinerated debris generated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The Shimada city government said the same day it has confirmed the safety of the ash from the debris it has accepted from a disaster-hit town in Iwate Prefecture.

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Photographer Hori's works disclosed to media

MATSUE, Japan - Photographs taken by Japanese photographer Ichiro Hori (1879-1969), including portraits of Japanese Adm. Heihachiro Togo (L front) and Japanese bacteriologist Hideyo Noguchi's wife Mary (2nd from L, front), are disclosed to the media at Matsue History Museum in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 24, 2012. The photos, kept at the home of Kosaku Sano, Hori's nephew, in Kawaguchi, Saitama Prefecture, are scheduled to be exhibited at the museum from March 20, 2012.

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E. Timorese president in disaster-hit Sendai

SENDAI, Japan - East Timorese President Jose Ramos-Horta puts the country's traditional cotton fabric on Narumi Osawa, an 18-year-old student at a high school in Sendai, on Jan. 20, 2012. Ramos-Horta visited the high school in the city hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami to cheer up some 800 students there.

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Panasonic to scale down TV business

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter in December 2009 shows Panasonic Corp.'s No. 3 plant in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture. The production of plasma television display panels at the factory will be ceased by the end of March 2012 as company sources said on Oct. 20, 2011, that the electronics appliance maker has decided to sharply scale down its money-losing television-making business, reducing production of plasma display panels and cutting over 1,000 jobs.

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FY 2011 budget to cap gov't spending at 71 tril. yen

TOKYO, Japan - (from L) Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda, Prime Minister Naoto Kan and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshito Sengoku attend a budget meeting of Cabinet ministers at the premier's office in Tokyo on July 20, 2010. The Cabinet decided to cap the government's annual spending at 71 trillion yen for the year through March 2012.