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File - Jessica Moretti at Cannes 2012

File picture dated May 2012 of Jessica Moretti (right) with Sacha Baron Cohen as The Dictator at the Cannes Film Festival; in 2012, Moretti was among a group of models hired to appear alongside Baron Cohen for a publicity stunt promoting the film, while the Moretti couple are now the main figures under investigation following the New Year’s Eve bar fire that left 40 people dead and 116 injured - Sacha Baron Cohen posing at 'The Dictator' photocall at the Carlton Hotel, as part of the 65th Cannes International Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 16, 2012. Photo by Aurore Marechal/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File - Jessica Moretti at Cannes 2012

File picture dated May 2012 of Jessica Moretti (right) with Sacha Baron Cohen as The Dictator at the Cannes Film Festival; in 2012, Moretti was among a group of models hired to appear alongside Baron Cohen for a publicity stunt promoting the film, while the Moretti couple are now the main figures under investigation following the New Year’s Eve bar fire that left 40 people dead and 116 injured - Sacha Baron Cohen posing at 'The Dictator' photocall at the Carlton Hotel, as part of the 65th Cannes International Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 16, 2012. Photo by Aurore Marechal/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File - Jessica Moretti at Cannes 2012

File picture dated May 2012 of Jessica Moretti (right) with Sacha Baron Cohen as The Dictator at the Cannes Film Festival; in 2012, Moretti was among a group of models hired to appear alongside Baron Cohen for a publicity stunt promoting the film, while the Moretti couple are now the main figures under investigation following the New Year’s Eve bar fire that left 40 people dead and 116 injured - Sacha Baron Cohen at a photocall for the film "The Dictator" held at Carlton hotel as part of the 65th Cannes international film festival, southern France, on May 16, 2012. Photo by Guignebourg-Genin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File - Jessica Moretti at Cannes 2012

File picture dated May 2012 of Jessica Moretti (right) with Sacha Baron Cohen as The Dictator at the Cannes Film Festival; in 2012, Moretti was among a group of models hired to appear alongside Baron Cohen for a publicity stunt promoting the film, while the Moretti couple are now the main figures under investigation following the New Year’s Eve bar fire that left 40 people dead and 116 injured - Sacha Baron Cohen at a photocall for the film "The Dictator" held at Carlton hotel as part of the 65th Cannes international film festival, southern France, on May 16, 2012. Photo by Guignebourg-Genin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File - Jessica Moretti at Cannes 2012

File picture dated May 2012 of Jessica Moretti (right) with Sacha Baron Cohen as The Dictator at the Cannes Film Festival; in 2012, Moretti was among a group of models hired to appear alongside Baron Cohen for a publicity stunt promoting the film, while the Moretti couple are now the main figures under investigation following the New Year’s Eve bar fire that left 40 people dead and 116 injured - Sacha Baron Cohen at a photocall for the film "The Dictator" held at Carlton hotel as part of the 65th Cannes international film festival, southern France, on May 16, 2012. Photo by Guignebourg-Genin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File - Jessica Moretti at Cannes 2012

File picture dated May 2012 of Jessica Moretti (right) with Sacha Baron Cohen as The Dictator at the Cannes Film Festival; in 2012, Moretti was among a group of models hired to appear alongside Baron Cohen for a publicity stunt promoting the film, while the Moretti couple are now the main figures under investigation following the New Year’s Eve bar fire that left 40 people dead and 116 injured - Sacha Baron Cohen at a photocall for the film "The Dictator" held at Carlton hotel as part of the 65th Cannes international film festival, southern France, on May 16, 2012. Photo by Laurene Favier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File - Jessica Moretti at Cannes 2012

File picture dated May 2012 of Jessica Moretti (right) with Sacha Baron Cohen as The Dictator at the Cannes Film Festival; in 2012, Moretti was among a group of models hired to appear alongside Baron Cohen for a publicity stunt promoting the film, while the Moretti couple are now the main figures under investigation following the New Year’s Eve bar fire that left 40 people dead and 116 injured - Sacha Baron Cohen at a photocall for the film "The Dictator" held at Carlton hotel as part of the 65th Cannes international film festival, southern France, on May 16, 2012. Photo by Laurene Favier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File - Jessica Moretti at Cannes 2012

File picture dated May 2012 of Jessica Moretti (right) with Sacha Baron Cohen as The Dictator at the Cannes Film Festival; in 2012, Moretti was among a group of models hired to appear alongside Baron Cohen for a publicity stunt promoting the film, while the Moretti couple are now the main figures under investigation following the New Year’s Eve bar fire that left 40 people dead and 116 injured - Sacha Baron Cohen at a photocall for the film "The Dictator" held at Carlton hotel as part of the 65th Cannes international film festival, southern France, on May 16, 2012. Photo by Guignebourg-Genin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Returned Buddhist statue on public display

A 14th-century Buddhist statue recently returned to Japan from South Korea is displayed to the public at a museum on Tsushima Island in Nagasaki Prefecture on May 16, 2025. Stolen from the island's Kannonji temple in 2012, the statue was returned on May 12, 2025, after South Korea's Supreme Court ruled in 2023 that the temple is its rightful owner.

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Returned Buddha statue on public display

A 14th-century Buddha statue recently returned to Japan from South Korea is displayed to the public at a museum on Tsushima Island in Nagasaki Prefecture on May 16, 2025. Stolen from the island's Kannonji temple in 2012, the statue was returned on May 12, 2025, after South Korea's Supreme Court ruled in 2023 that the temple is its rightful owner.

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Stolen Buddha statue returned to Japan

Photo taken on May 15, 2025, at a museum in Tsushima in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Nagasaki shows a 14th-century Buddha statue that was recently returned to Kannonji temple in the city after it was stolen in 2012 and taken to South Korea. The statue, designated by Nagasaki Prefecture as a tangible cultural asset, was unveiled to the media the same day ahead of is public exhibition from May 16.

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Carlos Ghosn Targeted By A Second International Arrest Warrant

File photo dated February 16, 2012 of Carlos Ghosn CEO of Renault. Headquarters of the group. Presentation of 2011 results. Boulogne-Billancourt. - Carlos Ghosn targeted by a second international arrest warrant after he did not appear for his summons for his possible indictment on May 19, 2022. The former boss of Renault-Nissan, who has lived in Lebanon since his escape of Japan in December 2019, was already targeted by an international arrest warrant issued in April 2022. He is notably prosecuted for misuse of corporate assets and money laundering in an organized gang. Photo by Mario Fourmy/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Mud hoppers on increase

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows mud hoppers in Ogi, Saga Prefecture, in June 2012. The population of mud hoppers in the Ariake Sea in southwestern Japan has shown an eight-fold increase in the first survey in 16 years, as they have been able to easily survive winters amid a temperature rise, a research institute said on May 29, 2013.

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Ex-PM Hatoyama may not run in election

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan answers reporters' questions at his home in Tokyo on Nov. 20, 2012, after a senior DPJ lawmaker said Hatoyama may not run in the Dec. 16, 2012, House of Representatives election.

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Kiribati people in fear of submergence

TARAWA, Kiribati - A woman holds her grandchild as she sits on the site in Tarawa, Kiribati, on May 16, 2012, where her home used to be until rough waves washed it away. The South Pacific island nation is considered particularly vulnerable to global climate change.

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Kiribati people in fear of submergence

TARAWA, Kiribati - A coconut tree is seen withered from the impact of rising sea levels near the shore in Tarawa, Kiribati, on May 16, 2012. The South Pacific island nation is considered particularly vulnerable to global climate change.

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Kiribati people in fear of submergence

TARAWA, Kiribati - A man studies building construction at a job training school in Tarawa, Kiribati, on May 16, 2012, in the hope of finding work abroad. The South Pacific island nation is considered particularly vulnerable to global climate change.

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Landing practice for U.S. carrier-based aircraft

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - A U.S. Navy FA-18 fighter conducts touch-and-go landing practice on Iwoto Island in the village of Ogasawara, Tokyo, on May 16, 2012, which was open to the press. Japan's Defense Ministry is considering moving the drill for carrier-based aircraft on the island in the Pacific to Mage Island in Kagoshima Prefecture.

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73-yr-old Japanese woman conquers Mt. Everest

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in Tokyo on Feb. 16, 2005, shows Tamae Watanabe, a retired office worker from Yamanashi Prefecture. She stunned the mountaineering world on May 19, 2012, by successfully climbing Mt. Everest, the world's tallest mountain at the age of 73, becoming the oldest woman to achieve the feat.

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Ballet troupe from disaster-hit Sendai performs in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - Members of modern ballet troupe Yuko Takahashi Dance Company from Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, a city hard hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster, perform at a charity show in New York on May 16, 2012.

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Writer Eikan Kyu dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Eikan Kyu, a prizewinning writer and economic critic dubbed the ''god of moneymaking'' for his aggressive stock and real estate investments. Kyu died of cardiac failure on May 16, 2012. He was 88.

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Facebook headquarters

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Photo shows the headquarters of Facebook Inc., operator of the world's largest social networking site, in Menlo Park, California, on May 16, 2012. Facebook is expected to go public on the Nasdaq market on May 18, 2012.

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Ballet troupe from disaster-hit Sendai performs in N.Y.

New York, United States - Members of Yuko Takahashi Dance Company from Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, rehearse at a high school in New York on May 16, 2012. The modern ballet troupe from the city, which was severely hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster in Japan, held a charity performance the following day in New York.

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Darvish beats A's for 6th win

ARLINGTON, United States - The Texas Rangers' Yu Darvish was the starting pitcher in a game against the Oakland Athletics at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, on May 16, 2012. Darvish moved into a five-way tie for most wins in the major leagues with his sixth victory as the Rangers won 4-1.

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Darvish beats A's for 6th win

ARLINGTON, United States - The Texas Rangers' Yu Darvish was the starting pitcher in a game against the Oakland Athletics at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, on May 16, 2012. Darvish moved into a five-way tie for most wins in the major leagues with his sixth victory as the Rangers won 4-1.

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Emperor, empress head for Britain

LONDON, Britain - Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko chat on a plane heading for Britain on May 16, 2012. The imperial couple will attend celebrations for Queen Elizabeth II's diamond jubilee. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Darvish beats A's for 6th win

ARLINGTON, United States - The Texas Rangers' Yu Darvish was the starting pitcher in a game against the Oakland Athletics at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, on May 16, 2012. Darvish moved into a five-way tie for most wins in the major leagues with his sixth victory as the Rangers won 4-1.

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New int'l terminal at Atlanta airport

ATLANTA, United States - A new international terminal marks completion at Atlanta international airport in Georgia on May 16, 2012.

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Emperor, empress head for Britain

LONDON, Britain - Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko chat on a plane heading for Britain on May 16, 2012. The imperial couple will attend celebrations for Queen Elizabeth II's diamond jubilee. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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9 nations note 'better-than-expected progress' in TPP talks

DALLAS, United States - Trade officials from nine countries involved in negotiations on a trans-Pacific free trade agreement attend a press conference after their 12th round of talks in Dallas, Texas, on May 16, 2012. The chief U.S. negotiator noted ''better-than-expected progress.''

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Emperor, empress arrive in Britain

LONDON, Britain - Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko arrive in London on May 16, 2012, to attend celebrations for Queen Elizabeth II's diamond jubilee.

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Emperor, empress arrive in Britain

LONDON, Britain - Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko arrive in London on May 16, 2012, to attend celebrations for Queen Elizabeth II's diamond jubilee.

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Japan business leader Yonekura in China

BEIJING, China - Hiromasa Yonekura (L), chairman of the Japan Business Federation, known as Keidanren, and Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai are pictured before their talks in Beijing on May 16, 2012.

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Emperor, empress arrive in Britain

LONDON, Britain - Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko arrive in London on May 16, 2012, to attend celebrations for Queen Elizabeth II's diamond jubilee.

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Nuclear, biological, chemical reconnaissance vehicle

TOKYO, Japan - A nuclear, biological and chemical reconnaissance vehicle of the Ground Self-Defense Force is shown to reporters at a base in Saitama, north of Tokyo, on May 16, 2012.

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Japanese judge resigns from Khmer Rouge court in Cambodia

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Motoo Noguchi, a Japanese judge who has presided over the Khmer Rouge court in Cambodia since 2006. Noguchi announced his resignation on May 16, 2012, according to a statement by the court.

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ChubuSat-1 satellite developed by Japanese consortium

NAGOYA, Japan - Hiroyasu Tajima, professor at the Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory at Nagoya University, gives a briefing about a prototype of the ChubuSat-1 satellite in Nagoya on May 16, 2012. A consortium of universities and aerospace companies in the Chubu region of central Japan that jointly developed the satellite, with sides measuring 50 centimeters and weighing 50 kilograms, said the same day it will be launched into space on a Russian rocket in December.

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Nuclear, biological, chemical reconnaissance vehicle

TOKYO, Japan - A nuclear, biological and chemical reconnaissance vehicle of the Ground Self-Defense Force is shown to reporters at a base in Saitama, north of Tokyo, on May 16, 2012.

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World Uyghur Congress leader Kadeer in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Rebiya Kadeer, leader of the World Uyghur Congress, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on May 16, 2012.

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ChubuSat-1 satellite developed by Japanese consortium

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken in Nagoya on May 16, 2012, shows a prototype of the ChubuSat-1 satellite. A consortium of universities and aerospace companies in the Chubu region of central Japan that jointly developed the satellite, with sides measuring 50 centimeters and weighing 50 kilograms, said the same day it will be launched into space on a Russian rocket in December.

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Kisenosato moves 2 wins clear at summer sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Ozeki Kisenosato (R) pushes ozeki Kakuryu out of the ring on May 16, 2012, the 11th day of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament, at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. Kisenosato improved to 10-1, moving two wins clear of the field.

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NTT Docomo's new smartphones

TOKYO, Japan - NTT Docomo Inc. unveils a lineup of new smartphones for the summer season, including the smartphone version of its ''Raku-Raku'' user-friendly mobile phone series targeting the elderly (far R), at its promotional event at a Tokyo hotel on May 16, 2012. The lineup of 16 smartphones also includes models compatible with its ''Xi'' high-speed data communication service.

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NTT Docomo's new smartphones

TOKYO, Japan - NTT Docomo Inc. unveils a lineup of new smartphones for the summer season at its promotional event at a Tokyo hotel on May 16, 2012. The lineup of 16 smartphones includes the smartphone version of its ''Raku-Raku'' user-friendly mobile phone series targeting the elderly, and models compatible with its ''Xi'' high-speed data communication service.

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NTT Docomo's new smartphones

TOKYO, Japan - Actress Maki Horikita (L) and actor Ken Watanabe appear in NTT Docomo Inc.'s promotional event for its new lineup of smartphones for the summer season, at a Tokyo hotel on May 16, 2012. NTT Docomo unveiled a lineup of 16 new smartphones including the smartphone version of its ''Raku-Raku'' user-friendly mobile phone series targeting the elderly, while adding models compatible with its ''Xi'' high-speed data communication service.

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Aoi festival in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Participants in the annual Aoi Matsuri, one of the three main festivals of Kyoto, move in a procession in the western Japanese city on May 16, 2012. Some 500 participants, dressed as nobles of the Heian Period (794-1185), walked with decorated ox carts and horses around eight kilometers from Kyoto Imperial Palace to Shimogamo and Kamigamo shrines, during the ancient capital's major festival dating back 1,400 years.

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Aoi festival in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Participants in the annual Aoi Matsuri, one of the three main festivals of Kyoto, move in a procession in the western Japanese city on May 16, 2012. Some 500 participants, dressed as nobles of the Heian Period (794-1185), walked with decorated ox carts and horses around eight kilometers from Kyoto Imperial Palace to Shimogamo and Kamigamo shrines, during the ancient capital's major festival dating back 1,400 years.

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Emperor, empress leave for Queen Elizabeth's jubilee

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (far L) and Empress Michiko (next to emperor) are seen off by Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (C) and others at Tokyo's Haneda airport on May 16, 2012, shortly before departure for Britain to attend celebrations for Queen Elizabeth II's diamond jubilee. The emperor has maintained contact with the queen since he attended her coronation in 1953 as a 19-year-old crown prince.

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Aoi festival in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Participants in the annual Aoi Matsuri, one of the three main festivals of Kyoto, move in a procession in the western Japanese city on May 16, 2012. Some 500 participants, dressed as nobles of the Heian Period (794-1185), walked with decorated ox carts and horses around eight kilometers from Kyoto Imperial Palace to Shimogamo and Kamigamo shrines, during the ancient capital's major festival dating back 1,400 years.

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Aoi festival in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Participants in the annual Aoi Matsuri, one of the three main festivals of Kyoto, move in a procession in the western Japanese city on May 16, 2012. Some 500 participants, dressed as nobles of the Heian Period (794-1185), walked with decorated ox carts and horses around eight kilometers from Kyoto Imperial Palace to Shimogamo and Kamigamo shrines, during the ancient capital's major festival dating back 1,400 years.

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Emperor, empress leave for Queen Elizabeth's jubilee

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko leave from Tokyo's Haneda airport on May 16, 2012, for Britain to attend celebrations for Queen Elizabeth II's diamond jubilee. The emperor has maintained contact with the queen since he attended her coronation in 1953 as a 19-year-old crown prince.