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Ataturk statue unveiled in western Japan town

WAKAYAMA, Japan - A bronze statue of modern Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk is unveiled during a ceremony in Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, on June 3, 2010, as part of events to mark the 120th anniversary of friendship between Japan and Turkey. The 4.2-meter-high, 4-ton statue was installed on May 20 near a lighthouse overlooking the wreck site of the Ertugrul, a Turkish warship that sank near the Pacific coast town in western Japan in 1890.

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South Africa awaits FIFA World Cup

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Construction workers and other people gather on May 3, 2010, at Soccer City stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa, the venue for the final of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, ahead of the June 11 opening of the soccer tournament.

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Kim Jong Il visits China for 1st time in 4 years

DALIAN, China - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il (C) gets into a car in front of a hotel in the northeastern Chinese city of Dalian on May 3, 2010. Kim is visiting China for the first time since January 2006.

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Kim Jong Il visits China for 1st time in 4 years

DALIAN, China - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il (L) is saluted by a police officer as he gets into a car in front of a hotel in the northeastern Chinese city of Dalian on May 3, 2010. Kim is visiting China for the first time since January 2006.

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Prince Tomohito in Turkey

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Japanese Prince Tomohito shakes hands with Turkish President Abdullah Gul in a ceremony to celebrate the 120-year friendship between the two countries in Istanbul on May 3, 2010. The prince, a cousin of Emperor Akihito, was in Turkey for the anniversary events.

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Kim Jong Il visits China for 1st time in 4 years

DALIAN, China - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il (C) gets into a car in front of a hotel in the northeastern Chinese city of Dalian on May 3, 2010. Kim is visiting China for the first time since January 2006.

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Angels' Matsui 1-for-4 against Red Sox

BOSTON, United States - Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Hideki Matsui returns the ball as he fields in the third inning of a game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston on May 3, 2010. Matsui went 1-for-4 in the Angels' 8-17 loss to the Red Sox.

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Angels' Matsui 1-for-4 against Red Sox

BOSTON, United States - Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Hideki Matsui returns to the dugout after coming home in the fourth inning of a game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston on May 3, 2010. Matsui went 1-for-4 in the Angels' 8-17 loss to the Red Sox.

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A-bomb icon Sadako's brother appeals for peace at N.Y. ceremony

NEW YORK, United States - Masahiro Sasaki (L) meets a relative (R) of a victim of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks on the United States in New York on May 3, 2010. Sasaki is the older brother of Sadako Sasaki, who died a decade after surviving the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima in August 1945.

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Angels' Matsui 1-for-4 against Red Sox

BOSTON, United States - Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Hideki Matsui singles to center in the fourth inning of a game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston on May 3, 2010. Matsui went 1-for-4 in the Angels' 8-17 loss to the Red Sox.

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A-bomb survivors open photo exhibition at U.N.

NEW YORK, United States - A man receives an explanation from an atom-bombing survivor (R) at a photo exhibition on the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at U.N. headquarters on May 3, 2010. A group of survivors opened the exhibition as a way to appeal for a nuclear weapons-free world as a key U.N. conference on reviewing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty which kicked off that day.

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Japanese transport minister Maehara visits Vietnam

HANOI, Vietnam - Vietnamese Transport Minister Ho Nghia Dung (L) shakes hands with his Japanese counterpart Seiji Maehara in Hanoi on May 3, 2010, prior to their meeting to discuss Japanese financial assistance to help Vietnam build a high-speed railway between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

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Kim Jong Il visits China for 1st time in 4 years

DALIAN, China - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il (C) gets into a car in front of a hotel in the northeastern Chinese city of Dalian on May 3, 2010. Kim is visiting China for the first time since January 2006.

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Emperor, empress visit national treasures exhibition

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (R) and Empress Michiko look at exhibits at the Newly Designated National Treasures and Important Cultural Properties Exhibition at the Tokyo National Museum in Tokyo's Ueno area on May 3, 2010. (Pool photo)

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Congestion on roads continues during Golden Week holidays

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo-bound lanes of the Chuo Expressway are congested in the city of Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, on May 3, 2010, as people return to urban areas after spending the Golden Week holidays in hometowns and resorts.

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Kim Jong Il visits China for 1st time in 4 years

DALIAN, China - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il (C) gets into a car in front of a hotel in the northeastern Chinese city of Dalian on May 3, 2010. Kim is visiting China for the first time since January 2006.

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Kim Jong Il visits China for 1st time in 4 years

DALIAN, China - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il (C) is saluted by a police officer as he gets into a car in front of a hotel in the northeastern Chinese city of Dalian on May 3, 2010. Kim is visiting China for the first time since January 2006.

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'Yabusame' mounted archery ritual in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - A man dressed in a medieval hunting clothes shoots an arrow at a wooden target while riding a galloping horse during the annual traditional ''yabusame'' mounted archery ritual at Shimogamo Shrine in Kyoto on May 3, 2010.

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Kim Jong Il visits China for 1st time in 4 years

DALIAN, China - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il (C) gets into a car in front of a hotel in the northeastern Chinese city of Dalian on May 3, 2010. Kim is visiting China for the first time since January 2006.

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Fukushima rewrites 200 nat'l record at Shizuoka meet

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Chisato Fukushima stands behind an electronic board displaying her new national record in the women's 200 meters at an international meet at Shizuoka Stadium Ecopa in the city of Fukuroi, Shizuoka Prefecture, on May 3, 2010. Fukushima clocked 22.89 seconds, shaving .11 second off her previous time of 23.00 set at the national championships in June last year.

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Jumbo carp streamer hoisted in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture

TOKYO, Japan - A jumbo carp streamer, measuring 100 meters in length and weighing 350 kilograms, is hoisted on a bank of the Tone River in the city of Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 3, 2010, as 100,000 people look on. The city has the highest output in Japan of carp streamers, which are hoisted to celebrate Children's Day on May 5.

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Jumbo carp streamer hoisted in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture

TOKYO, Japan - A jumbo carp streamer, measuring 100 meters in length and weighing 350 kilograms, is hoisted on a bank of the Tone River in the city of Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 3, 2010, as 100,000 people look on. The city has the highest output in Japan of carp streamers, which are hoisted to celebrate Children's Day on May 5.

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Jumbo carp streamer hoisted in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture

TOKYO, Japan - A jumbo carp streamer, measuring 100 meters in length and weighing 350 kilograms, is hoisted on a bank of the Tone River in the city of Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 3, 2010, as 100,000 people look on. The city has the highest output in Japan of carp streamers, which are hoisted to celebrate Children's Day on May 5.

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Jumbo carp streamer hoisted in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture

TOKYO, Japan - A jumbo carp streamer, measuring 100 meters in length and weighing 350 kilograms, is hoisted on a bank of the Tone River in the city of Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 3, 2010, as 100,000 people look on. The city has the highest output in Japan of carp streamers, which are hoisted to celebrate Children's Day on May 5.