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Civil war in Syria

MAALOULA, Syria - Photo taken May 14, 2014, shows St. Thecla Monastery in the Christian village of Maaloula, southern Syria, where a burned column is seen. Government forces recaptured the town in April through fierce battles against Islamic extremists after the rebels launched an attack in September 2013.

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Civil war in Syria

MAALOULA, Syria - Photo taken May 14, 2014, shows St. Thecla Monastery in the Christian village of Maaloula, southern Syria, the inside of which was heavily damaged in fierce battles between government forces and Islamic extremists. The government forces recaptured the town after the rebels launched an attack in September 2013.

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Arms control meeting

GENEVA, Switzerland - The Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons holds a conference in Geneva, Switzerland, on Nov. 14, 2013. The meeting through Nov. 15 agreed to convene a meeting of experts in May 2014 to address the issue of so-called "killer robots."

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Nurse at quake-hit hospital awarded by Red Cross

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken May 14, 2013, shows Aiko Kin, deputy director and head nurse at the Ishinomaki Japanese Red Cross Hospital in Miyagi Prefecture, who was awarded the Florence Nightingale Medal by the International Committee of the Red Cross earlier in the year for her dedication to victims of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan. Kin was among 32 nurses from 16 countries to receive the medal, which honors "exceptional courage and devotion to victims of armed conflict or natural disaster."

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Hat-like bicycle helmets

SAITAMA, Japan - Photo taken in Tokyo on May 14, 2013, shows hat-like helmets for cyclists designed by Nippon Parade, a company making orchestra uniforms, and the Tokyo Foundation for Employment Services, a job placement group for senior citizens. The helmets, originally developed to prevent accidents involving senior riders, have been generating interest from riders both old and young since their release in October 2012, according to the company.

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Beautician promoting makeup for deceased

TOKYO, Japan - Teruko Kobayashi, a beautician who promotes makeup for deceased people, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News on May 14, 2013, in Tokyo.

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Abe adviser meets N. Korea party secretary

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Isao Iijima, an adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, arrives at Pyongyang's airport on May 14, 2013. Iijima held talks the following day with Kim Yong Il, a secretary of North Korea's Workers' Party of Korea, in Pyongyang, the North's official Korean Central News Agency reported.

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Brewers' Aoki against Pirates

PITTSBURGH, United States - Milwaukee Brewers leadoff man Norichika Aoki hits an infield single during the fifth inning of a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on May 14, 2013. Aoki went 3-for-6 and scored a run in the Brewers' 4-3, 12-inning loss.

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Myanmar president

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - Myanmar President Thein Sein speaks during an exclusive interview with Kyodo News in Myanmar's capital Naypyitaw on May 14, 2013.

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Myanmar president

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - Myanmar President Thein Sein speaks during an exclusive interview with Kyodo News in Myanmar's capital Naypyitaw on May 14, 2013.

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Sharp's new president

TOKYO, Japan - Sharp Corp. President Takashi Okuda (L) and Executive Vice President Kozo Takahashi shake hands during a press conference in Tokyo on May 14, 2013. Takahashi will be promoted to president replacing Okuda.

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Sharp's new president

TOKYO, Japan - Sharp Corp. Executive Vice President Kozo Takahashi (R) speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on May 14, 2013. Takahashi will be promoted to president, replacing Takashi Okuda (L).

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Sharp's new president

TOKYO, Japan - Sharp Corp. Executive Vice President Kozo Takahashi answers questions during a press conference on the company's earnings, in Tokyo on May 14, 2013. Sharp said Takahashi will be promoted to president, replacing Takashi Okuda.

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Taiwan nuclear power plant

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Foreign reporters visit the fourth nuclear power plant under construction in New Taipei City in Taiwan on May 14, 2013.

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Japan official in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Isao Iijima (R), an adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, shakes hands with Kim Chol Ho, vice director of the North Korean Foreign Ministry's Asian Affairs Department, upon arrival at Pyongyang airport in North Korea on May 14, 2013.

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Japan official in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Isao Iijima, an adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, arrives at Pyongyang airport in North Korea on May 14, 2013.

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Taiwan nuclear power plant

TAIPEI, Taiwan - The fourth nuclear power plant under construction in New Taipei City in Taiwan is shown to foreign reporters on May 14, 2013.

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Hashimoto's controversial remarks on 'comfort women'

TOKYO, Japan - Shintaro Ishihara (R) and Takeo Hiranuma, lawmakers from the opposition Japan Restoration Party, attend a plenary session of the House of Representatives in the Diet in Tokyo on May 14, 2013. Ishihara, the former Tokyo governor who co-heads the party with Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto, defended the same day Hashimoto's controversial remarks on wartime sexual servitude by women, saying that "Any military is commonly associated with prostitution and that is like a principle of history."

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Japan official in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Isao Iijima (C), an adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, arrives at Pyongyang airport in North Korea on May 14, 2013.

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Solar power plant

OITA, Japan - Japan's biggest solar power plant built by JGC Corp. is completed in a seaside industrial area in Oita City, southwestern Japan, on May 14, 2013. The power plant's output capacity is 26,500 kilowatts -- the biggest in Japan, according to JGC.

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Japan official in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Isao Iijima (R), an adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, arrives at Pyongyang airport in North Korea on May 14, 2013.

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Davies in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Kim Nam Shik (L), vice minister of the Ministry of Unification in charge of inter-Korean affairs, shakes hands with Glyn Davies, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, in Seoul on May 14, 2013.

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Ghosn at Tochigi factory

KAMINOKAWA, Japan - Nissan Motor Co. CEO Carlos Ghosn (R, below) visits the company's factory in the town of Kaminokawa, Tochigi Prefecture, on May 14, 2013.

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Rhone Glacier

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in September 2007 shows the Rhone Glacier in the Alps, southern Switzerland. The area of the glacier decreased to 1,900 square kilometers in 2012, down nearly 40 percent since the late 1960s to early 1970s, Swiss experts said May 14, 2013.

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Michelin Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Bernard Delmas, president of Nihon Michelin Tire Co., speaks during an event in Hiroshima on May 14, 2013, marking the publishing of Michelin Guide Hiroshima 2013 special edition giving ratings to restaurants and hotels in Hiroshima Prefecture.

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Michelin Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Bernard Delmas (L), president of Nihon Michelin Tire Co., attends a ceremony in Hiroshima on May 14, 2013, marking the publishing of Michelin Guide Hiroshima 2013 special edition giving ratings to restaurants and hotels in Hiroshima Prefecture.

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Mercedes-Benz new E-Class models

TOKYO, Japan - Mercedes-Benz Japan Co. launches its new E-Class models in Tokyo on May 14, 2013.

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Hashimoto's controversial remarks on 'comfort women'

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto. Japanese ministers denounced Hashimoto on May 14, 2013, a day after he said sexual servitude by women was "necessary" for Japan's soldiers during World War II to maintain discipline in the military.

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Kagawa won't extend contract with Dortmund

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese midfielder Shinji Kagawa of Borussia Dortmund. Kagawa has officially rejected an offer for an extension of his contract until the summer of 2013 with the Bundesliga champions, major German newspapers reported May 14, 2012.