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17th Annual Kyiv Security Forum in Kyiv

17th Annual Kyiv Security Forum in Kyiv

General David Petraeus (L), the KSF Security Council Member, Commander of the US Central Command (2008 -2010), Director of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (2011-2012), and Arseniy Yatsenyuk, the KSF Chairman and Prime Minister of Ukraine (2014-2016), attend the 17th Annual Kyiv Security Forum, Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 9, 2025. (Photo by Pavlo Bahmut/Ukrinform)

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17th Annual Kyiv Security Forum in Kyiv

17th Annual Kyiv Security Forum in Kyiv

General David Petraeus (L), the KSF Security Council Member, Commander of the US Central Command (2008 -2010), Director of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (2011-2012), and Arseniy Yatsenyuk, the KSF Chairman and Prime Minister of Ukraine (2014-2016), attend the 17th Annual Kyiv Security Forum, Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 9, 2025. (Photo by Pavlo Bahmut/Ukrinform)

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17th Annual Kyiv Security Forum in Kyiv

17th Annual Kyiv Security Forum in Kyiv

General David Petraeus (C), the KSF Security Council Member, Commander of the US Central Command (2008 -2010), Director of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (2011-2012), and Arseniy Yatsenyuk (R), the KSF Chairman and Prime Minister of Ukraine (2014-2016), attend the 17th Annual Kyiv Security Forum, Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 9, 2025. (Photo by Pavlo Bahmut/Ukrinform)

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17th Annual Kyiv Security Forum in Kyiv

17th Annual Kyiv Security Forum in Kyiv

General David Petraeus, the KSF Security Council Member, Commander of the US Central Command (2008 -2010), Director of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (2011-2012), attends the 17th Annual Kyiv Security Forum, Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 9, 2025. (Photo by Pavlo Bahmut/Ukrinform)

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17th Annual Kyiv Security Forum in Kyiv

17th Annual Kyiv Security Forum in Kyiv

General David Petraeus, the KSF Security Council Member, Commander of the US Central Command (2008 -2010), Director of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (2011-2012), attends the 17th Annual Kyiv Security Forum, Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 9, 2025. (Photo by Pavlo Bahmut/Ukrinform)

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17th Annual Kyiv Security Forum in Kyiv

17th Annual Kyiv Security Forum in Kyiv

General David Petraeus (L), the KSF Security Council Member, Commander of the US Central Command (2008 -2010), Director of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (2011-2012), and Arseniy Yatsenyuk, the KSF Chairman and Prime Minister of Ukraine (2014-2016), attend the 17th Annual Kyiv Security Forum, Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 9, 2025. (Photo by Pavlo Bahmut/Ukrinform)

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17th Annual Kyiv Security Forum in Kyiv

17th Annual Kyiv Security Forum in Kyiv

General David Petraeus (L), the KSF Security Council Member, Commander of the US Central Command (2008 -2010), Director of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (2011-2012), and Arseniy Yatsenyuk, the KSF Chairman and Prime Minister of Ukraine (2014-2016), attend the 17th Annual Kyiv Security Forum, Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 9, 2025. (Photo by Pavlo Bahmut/Ukrinform)

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Asma Al-Assad Said To Have ’50/50′ Chance Of Survival As Leukemia Returns

Asma Al-Assad Said To Have ’50/50′ Chance Of Survival As Leukemia Returns

File photo dated December 9, 2010 of Syrian First Lady Asma El Assad receives various French culture and education figures (Louvre, Ecole du Louvre, ENA..) at hotel Bristol, in Paris, France. Asma al-Assad, the wife of ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, is said to have a 50% chance of survival after an aggressive form of blood cancer is believed to have returned following treatment for the disease earlier this year, the UK’s Telegraph newspaper reports. According to the report, the exiled former first lady, who was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in May of this year, is completely isolated in Moscow as she undergoes treatment for the aggressive cancer. Photo by Ammar Abd Rabbo/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japanese wins world cocktail title

Japanese wins world cocktail title

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in May 2010 shows Takafumi Yamada, a Japanese bartender who won the World Cocktail Championship in Poland on Nov. 9, 2011, with an original cocktail on the theme of reconstruction from the March 11 disaster in Japan. Yamada said he created the vodka-based cocktail, Great Sunrise, in hope that ''a wonderful sunrise will shine all over Japan.''

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Kim Jong Un visit

Kim Jong Un visit

BEIJING, China - This photo printed in the Dec. 22, 2010 edition of the Rodong Sinmun shows a sign at a factory in North Korea's Chagang Province indicating the country's leader-in-waiting visited there together with Kim Jong Il. The sign reads, ''A production facility visited by the venerable comrade Kim Jong Un on May 9, 2009.''

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Noda hints at proposing sales tax hike at next general election

Noda hints at proposing sales tax hike at next general election

TOKYO, Japan - New Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda speaks in an interview with a group of reporters at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on June 9, 2010. Noda hinted that the Democratic Party of Japan-led government may propose raising the consumption tax at the next general election that must be held by fall 2013.

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Noda hints at proposing sales tax hike at next general election

Noda hints at proposing sales tax hike at next general election

TOKYO, Japan - New Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda speaks in an interview with a group of reporters at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on June 9, 2010. Noda hinted that the Democratic Party of Japan-led government may propose raising the consumption tax at the next general election that must be held by fall 2013.

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L.A. Angels' Matsui hits 2-run homer against Seattle Mariners

L.A. Angels' Matsui hits 2-run homer against Seattle Mariners

ANAHEIM, United States - Los Angeles Angels left fielder Hideki Matsui catches a fly by Seattle Mariners designated hitter Mike Sweeney in the fifth inning of their game at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, on May 30, 2010. Matsui went 1-for-3 with three RBIs as the Angels won 9-7.

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Seattle Mariners' Ichiro 2-for3 against L.A. Angels

Seattle Mariners' Ichiro 2-for3 against L.A. Angels

ANAHEIM, United States - Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki hits a double in the eighth inning of a game against the Los Angeles Angels at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, on May 30, 2010. Ichiro went 2-for-3 with an RBI in a 9-7 loss to the Angels.

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Seattle Mariners' Ichiro 2-for3 against L.A. Angels

Seattle Mariners' Ichiro 2-for3 against L.A. Angels

ANAHEIM, United States - Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki hits an RBI single to center in the second inning of a game against the Los Angeles Angels at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, on May 30, 2010. Ichiro went 2-for-3 with an RBI in a 9-7 loss to the Angels.

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L.A. Angels' Matsui hits 2-run homer against Seattle Mariners

L.A. Angels' Matsui hits 2-run homer against Seattle Mariners

ANAHEIM, United States - Los Angeles Angels left fielder Hideki Matsui (L) and his teammates celebrate their 9-7 walk-off victory over the Seattle Mariners at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, on May 30, 2010. Matsui went 1-for-3 with three RBIs.

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L.A. Angels' Matsui hits 2-run homer against Seattle Mariners

L.A. Angels' Matsui hits 2-run homer against Seattle Mariners

ANAHEIM, United States - Los Angeles Angels left fielder Hideki Matsui celebrates with his teammates after hitting a two-run homer over the right-field fence in the first inning of a game against the Seattle Mariners at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, on May 30, 2010. Matsui went 1-for-3 with three RBIs as the Angels won 9-7.

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L.A. Angels' Matsui hits 2-run homer against Seattle Mariners

L.A. Angels' Matsui hits 2-run homer against Seattle Mariners

ANAHEIM, United States - Los Angeles Angels left fielder Hideki Matsui hits a two-run homer over the right-field fence in the first inning of a game against the Seattle Mariners at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, on May 30, 2010. Matsui went 1-for-3 with three RBIs as the Angels won 9-7.

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Jeon wins Yonex Open

Jeon wins Yonex Open

NAGAOKA, Japan - South Korea's Jeon Mi Jeong holds up the trophy after winning her second consecutive Yonex Ladies title at Yonex Country Club in Niigata Prefecture on May 30, 2010. Jeon finished at 9-under 207.

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Japan's Nikkei closes below 9,500

Japan's Nikkei closes below 9,500

TOKYO, Japan - A board in Tokyo's Yaesu district shows Japan's key Nikkei stock index plunging more than 3 percent on May 25, 2010, to close at 9,459.89, or below 9,500 for the first time in nearly six months as a stronger yen and weak Asian stocks took their toll on already fragile investor sentiment amid eurozone woes.

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Matsuzaka allows 9 hits, 7 runs to Yankees

Matsuzaka allows 9 hits, 7 runs to Yankees

NEW YORK, United States - Boston Red Sox starter Daisuke Matsuzaka pitches in a game against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium in New York on May 17, 2010. Matsuzaka hurled four and two thirds innings, allowing nine hits and seven runs as the Red Sox lost 9-11.

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Matsuzaka allows 9 hits, 7 runs to Yankees

Matsuzaka allows 9 hits, 7 runs to Yankees

NEW YORK, United States - Boston Red Sox starter Daisuke Matsuzaka looks down on the mound after allowing a run in the fifth inning of a game against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium in New York on May 17, 2010. Matsuzaka hurled four and two thirds innings, allowing nine hits and seven runs as the Red Sox lost 9-11.

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Matsuzaka allows 9 hits, 7 runs to Yankees

Matsuzaka allows 9 hits, 7 runs to Yankees

NEW YORK, United States - Boston Red Sox manager Terry Francona (C) pulls starter Daisuke Matsuzaka (R) from the mound in the fifth inning of a game against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium in New York on May 17, 2010. Matsuzaka hurled four and two thirds innings, allowing nine hits and seven runs as the Red Sox lost 9-11.

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Matsuzaka allows 9 hits, 7 runs to Yankees

Matsuzaka allows 9 hits, 7 runs to Yankees

NEW YORK, United States - Boston Red Sox starter Daisuke Matsuzaka pitches in a game against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium in New York on May 17, 2010. Matsuzaka hurled four and two thirds innings, allowing nine hits and seven runs as the Red Sox lost 9-11.

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Matsuzaka allows 9 hits, 7 runs to Yankees

Matsuzaka allows 9 hits, 7 runs to Yankees

NEW YORK, United States - Boston Red Sox starter Daisuke Matsuzaka pitches in a game against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium in New York on May 17, 2010. Matsuzaka hurled four and two thirds innings, allowing nine hits and seven runs as the Red Sox lost 9-11.

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Shanghai World Expo

Shanghai World Expo

SHANGHAI, China - A woman sells knock-off dolls of Shanghai World Expo mascot Haibao outside the site of the event on May 9, 2010. The China Pavilion can be seen in the background.

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Japan World Cup soccer squad named

Japan World Cup soccer squad named

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Photo from a chartered helicopter shows a lit-up Soccer City, the main stadium for soccer's World Cup finals, and Soweto, a traditionally black township from the former apartheid government, behind it in Johannesburg taken on May 9, 2010. Japan on May 10, 2010, announced its 23-man squad for the finals.

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Japan World Cup soccer squad named

Japan World Cup soccer squad named

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Photo from a chartered helicopter shows a lit-up Soccer City, the main stadium for soccer's World Cup finals, and Soweto, a traditionally black township from the former apartheid government, behind it in Johannesburg taken on May 9, 2010. Japan on May 10, 2010, announced its 23-man squad for the finals.

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Mariners' Ichiro 3-for-5 with 3 stolen bases against Angels

Mariners' Ichiro 3-for-5 with 3 stolen bases against Angels

SEATTLE, United States - Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki steals second in the seventh inning of a game against the Los Angeles Angels at Safeco Field in Seattle on May 9, 2010. Ichiro went 3-for-5 with 3 stolen bases as the Mariners won 8-1.

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Mariners' Ichiro 3-for-5 with 3 stolen bases against Angels

Mariners' Ichiro 3-for-5 with 3 stolen bases against Angels

SEATTLE, United States - Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki runs to steal second in the seventh inning of a game against the Los Angeles Angels at Safeco Field in Seattle on May 9, 2010. Ichiro went 3-for-5 with 3 stolen bases as the Mariners won 8-1.

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Mariners' Ichiro 3-for-5 with 3 stolen bases against Angels

Mariners' Ichiro 3-for-5 with 3 stolen bases against Angels

SEATTLE, United States - Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki smiles after his team beat the Los Angeles Angels 8-1 at Safeco Field in Seattle on May 9, 2010. Ichiro went 3-for-5 with 3 stolen bases as the Mariners won 8-1.

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Mariners' Ichiro 3-for-5 with 3 stolen bases against Angels

Mariners' Ichiro 3-for-5 with 3 stolen bases against Angels

SEATTLE, United States - Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki smiles after scoring from second on a double hit by Franklin Gutierrez in the fifth inning of a game against the Los Angeles Angels at Safeco Field in Seattle on May 9, 2010. Ichiro went 3-for-5 with 3 stolen bases as the Mariners won 8-1.

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Mariners' Ichiro 3-for-5 with 3 stolen bases against Angels

Mariners' Ichiro 3-for-5 with 3 stolen bases against Angels

SEATTLE, United States - Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki steals second in the third inning of a game against the Los Angeles Angels at Safeco Field in Seattle on May 9, 2010. Ichiro went 3-for-5 with 3 stolen bases as the Mariners won 8-1.

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Mariners' Ichiro 3-for-5 with 3 stolen bases against Angels

Mariners' Ichiro 3-for-5 with 3 stolen bases against Angels

SEATTLE, United States - Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki watches his single to left in the seventh inning of a game against the Los Angeles Angels at Safeco Field in Seattle on May 9, 2010. Ichiro went 3-for-5 with 3 stolen bases as the Mariners won 8-1.

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Braves' Kawakami suffers season's 6th loss against Phillies

Braves' Kawakami suffers season's 6th loss against Phillies

PHILADELPHIA, United States - Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Kenshin Kawakami reacts after allowing two runs in the first inning of a game against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia on May 9, 2010. Kawakami allowed seven hits, including three homers, and five runs in 6-2/3 innings, suffering this season's sixth loss. The Phillies won 5-3.

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Mariners' Ichiro 3-for-5 with 3 stolen bases against Angels

Mariners' Ichiro 3-for-5 with 3 stolen bases against Angels

SEATTLE, United States - Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki runs to first base after hitting a single to left in the fifth inning of a game against the Los Angeles Angels at Safeco Field in Seattle on May 9, 2010. Ichiro went 3-for-5 with 3 stolen bases as the Mariners won 8-1.

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Braves' Kawakami suffers season's 6th loss against Phillies

Braves' Kawakami suffers season's 6th loss against Phillies

PHILADELPHIA, United States - Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Kenshin Kawakami reacts after Philadelphia Phillies' Shane Victorino hit a home run in the seventh inning of their game at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia on May 9, 2010. Kawakami allowed seven hits, including three homers, and five runs in 6-2/3 innings, suffering this season's sixth loss. The Phillies won 5-3.

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Baruto wins 1st match as ozeki

Baruto wins 1st match as ozeki

TOKYO, Japan - Newly promoted Estonian ozeki Baruto smacks down Georgian maegashira Tochinoshin during the first day of the 15-day Summer Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on May 9, 2010. Baruto sent Tochinoshin sprawling with a stab to the head in his first match at sumo's second-highest rank.

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Mariners' Ichiro 3-for-5 with 3 stolen bases against Angels

Mariners' Ichiro 3-for-5 with 3 stolen bases against Angels

SEATTLE, United States - Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki hits a single to center in the third inning of a game against the Los Angeles Angels at Safeco Field in Seattle on May 9, 2010. Ichiro went 3-for-5 with 3 stolen bases as the Mariners won 8-1.

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Braves' Kawakami suffers season's 6th loss against Phillies

Braves' Kawakami suffers season's 6th loss against Phillies

PHILADELPHIA, United States - Atlanta Braves starter Kenshin Kawakami pitches against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia on May 9, 2010. Kawakami allowed seven hits, including three homers, and five runs in 6-2/3 innings, suffering this season's sixth loss. The Phillies won 5-3.

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Braves' Kawakami suffers season's 6th loss against Phillies

Braves' Kawakami suffers season's 6th loss against Phillies

PHILADELPHIA, United States - Atlanta Braves starter Kenshin Kawakami pitches against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia on May 9, 2010. Kawakami allowed seven hits, including three homers, and five runs in 6-2/3 innings, suffering this season's sixth loss. The Phillies won 5-3.

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Ramirez all smiles after homer

Ramirez all smiles after homer

NIIGATA, Japan - Yomiuri Giants slugger Alex Ramirez smiles as he leaves the Hard Off Eco Stadium in Niigata on May 9, 2010, after his three-run homer led the club to victory over the Yokohama BayStars 7-5.

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Hakuho off to winning start

Hakuho off to winning start

TOKYO, Japan - Grand champion Hakuho (L) pushes komusubi Tochiozan out of the ring during the first day of the 15-day Summer Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on May 9, 2010. Hakuho is aiming to win his 13th career Emperor's Cup at the tourney as the lone yokozuna.

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Sumo wrestlers' flips cause excitement

Sumo wrestlers' flips cause excitement

TOKYO, Japan - Tosayutaka (R) throws Toyohibiki out of the ring during a rank-and-filers' match on the first day of the 15-day Summer Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on May 9, 2010.

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Danon Chantilly wins NHK Cup

Danon Chantilly wins NHK Cup

TOKYO, Japan - Veteran jockey Katsumi Ando celebrates after the victory of his mount Danon Chantilly in the NHK Mile Cup at Tokyo Racecourse on May 9, 2010. The 3-year-old colt pulled out a record-breaking run to win his first Grade One title in Japan.

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Pressel gets 1st title in Japan

Pressel gets 1st title in Japan

TSUKUBAMIRAI, Japan - American Morgan Pressel acknowledges the gallery after winning her first title in Japan at the World Ladies Championship Salonpas Cup at Ibaraki Golf Club in Tsukubamirai, Ibaraki Prefecture, on May 9, 2010. The 21-year-old shot a 2-under 70.

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Danon Chantilly breaks record at NHK Cup

Danon Chantilly breaks record at NHK Cup

TOKYO, Japan - Favorite Danon Chantilly (C), ridden by jockey Katsumi Ando, races in the NHK Mile Cup at Tokyo Racecourse on May 9, 2010. The 3-year-old colt pulled out a record-breaking run to win his first Grade One title in Japan.

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Pressel gets 1st title in Japan

Pressel gets 1st title in Japan

TSUKUBAMIRAI, Japan - American Morgan Pressel holds up her trophies after winning her first title in Japan at the World Ladies Championship Salonpas Cup at Ibaraki Golf Club in Tsukubamirai, Ibaraki Prefecture, on May 9, 2010. The 21-year-old shot a 2-under 70.

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U.S. diplomat Campbell on Myanmar trip

U.S. diplomat Campbell on Myanmar trip

BANGKOK, Thailand - Kurt Campbell, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, speaks at a news conference in Bangkok on May 9, 2010, prior to leaving for Myanmar for a series of meetings with junta representatives as well as detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

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Kuroda solid as Dodgers sink Pirates

Kuroda solid as Dodgers sink Pirates

LOS ANGELES, United States - Los Angeles Dodgers starter Hiroki Kuroda pitches against the Pittsburg Pirates at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on May 2, 2010. Kuroda took the win after giving up just one run on five hits in eight innings as the Dodgers beat the Pirates 9-3.

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