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Young ibis flies

SADO, Japan - A young crested ibis flies in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on May 31, 2012. The bird was one of three crested ibis chicks born in late April 2012 to a 3-year-old male and a 2-year-old female released in March 2011. They are believed to have begun learning to fly between May 25 and 27, 2012, becoming the first crested ibises to do so in the wild for 38 years in Japan. (Pool photo)

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Young ibis on rooftop

SADO, Japan - A young crested ibis is perched on a rooftop in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on May 31, 2012. The bird was one of three crested ibis chicks born in late April 2012 to a 3-year-old male and a 2-year-old female released in March 2011. The one-month-old birds are believed to have begun learning to fly between May 25 and 27, 2012, becoming the first crested ibises to do so in the wild for 38 years in Japan. (Pool photo)

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Young ibis on tree

SADO, Japan - A young crested ibis stands on a tree branch in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on May 31, 2012. The bird was one of three crested ibis chicks born in late April 2012 to a 3-year-old male and a 2-year-old female released in March 2011. The one-month-old birds are believed to have begun learning to fly between May 25 and 27, 2012, becoming the first crested ibises to do so in the wild for 38 years in Japan. (Pool photo)

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Young ibis flies

SADO, Japan - A young crested ibis flies in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on May 31, 2012. The bird was one of three crested ibis chicks born in late April 2012 to a 3-year-old male and a 2-year-old female released in March 2011. They are believed to have begun learning to fly between May 25 and 27, 2012, becoming the first crested ibises to do so in the wild for 38 years in Japan. (Pool photo)

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Young ibis flies

SADO, Japan - A young crested ibis (top) flies in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on May 31, 2012. The bird was one of three crested ibis chicks born in late April 2012 to a 3-year-old male and a 2-year-old female released in March 2011. They are believed to have begun learning to fly between May 25 and 27, 2012, becoming the first crested ibises to do so in the wild for 38 years in Japan. At bottom is one of its parents. (Pool photo)

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Young ibis flies

SADO, Japan - A young crested ibis flies in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on May 31, 2012. The bird was one of three crested ibis chicks born in late April 2012 to a 3-year-old male and a 2-year-old female released in March 2011. They are believed to have begun learning to fly between May 25 and 27, 2012, becoming the first crested ibises to do so in the wild for 38 years in Japan. (Pool photo)

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Chinese human rights activist Ni

BEIJING, China - Photo taken in May 2010 shows Chinese human rights activist Ni Yulan in Beijing. Ni, in detention awaiting trial, was announced as the winner of the 2011 Human Rights Defenders Tulip award. Ni's daughter has been put under 24-hour surveillance by Chinese authorities after being prevented from attending the award ceremony in the Netherlands slated for Jan. 31, 2012, on behalf of her mother, the daughter and others disclosed on Jan. 29, 2012.

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Police in China's Inner Mongolia

BEIJING, China - Armed police officers stand guard at a square in Hohhot, the capital of China's Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region, on May 31, 2011. A series of antigovernment demonstrations were staged around the area.

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Uniqlo's Super Cool Biz promotional event

TOKYO, Japan - Fast Retailing Co., the operator of Uniqlo casual clothing stores, holds a promotional event in Tokyo on May 31, 2011, the day before the start of the government's Super Cool Biz summer casual attire campaign to cut down on electricity use.

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ASEAN goodwill mission to Japan

JAKARTA, Japan - Surin Pitsuwan (L), secretary general of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, speaks in a press conference in Jakarta on May 31, 2011. He will lead a goodwill mission of volunteers from ASEAN to Japan to support areas hit by the devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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China tourism chief in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Shao Qiwei (R), director general of the China National Tourism Administration, and Japan's Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Akihiro Ohata shake hands during a gathering of tourism exchange in Tokyo on May 31, 2011.

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China's Inner Mongolia

HOHHOT, China - Armed police officers watch students in front of Inner Mongolia Normal University in Hohhot, the capital of China's Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region, on May 31, 2011. Tension has risen in the region following a series of antigovernment demonstrations.

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China's Inner Mongolia

HOHHOT, China - Armed police officers blockade a square in Hohhot, the capital of China's Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region, on May 31, 2011, as there was a demonstration of students near the location the previous day. Tension has risen in the region following a series of antigovernment demonstrations.

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Computer show in Taiwan

TAIPEI, Taiwan - A woman holds a Padfone, Asustek Computer Inc.'s Android smartphone that can be plugged into a tablet computer, as Computex Taipei 2011 opens in Taipei, Taiwan, on May 31, 2011. The event is Asia's largest and the world's second-largest computer show.

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China tourism chief in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Shao Qiwei, director general of the China National Tourism Administration, speaks during a gathering of tourism exchange in Tokyo on May 31, 2011.

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Fishermen demand compensation

IWAKI, Japan - Tetsu Nozaki (R), head of a local fishing cooperative in Fukushima Prefecture, hands a letter of compensation demand to an official of Tokyo Electric Power Co. in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 31, 2011. The cooperative demanded 1.4 billion yen in compensation for damage to the local fishing industry due to the nuclear crisis at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station.

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Japan, Peru sign free trade pact

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto (R) and Peruvian Foreign Trade and Tourism Minister Eduardo Ferreyros shake hands after signing a bilateral free trade agreement in Tokyo on May 31, 2011.

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Halo around sun

SAITAMA, Japan - A halo is observed around the sun in Tsurugashima, Saitama Prefecture, on May 31, 2011.

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Power-saving business wear

TOKYO, Japan - Fast Retailing Co. shows combinations of Uniqlo brand casual wear, to be worn in offices that are being mildly air-conditioned to save power, during a press conference in Tokyo on May 31, 2011.

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JR Hokkaido raided over derailment

SAPPORO, Japan - Investigators go to the head office of Hokkaido Railway Co. in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on May 31, 2011, for a search over a train derailment and fire that injured 36 people on board.

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JR Hokkaido raided over derailment

SAPPORO, Japan - Investigators carry out boxes of seized materials from the head office of Hokkaido Railway Co. in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on May 31, 2011, over a train derailment and fire that injured 36 people on board.

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Edano at reconstruction committee session

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano speaks at a meeting of the House of Representatives' special committee on postquake reconstruction in Tokyo on May 31, 2011.

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Kan at reconstruction committee session

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks at a meeting of the House of Representatives' special committee on postquake reconstruction in Tokyo on May 31, 2011.

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Nagatomo back in Japan for Kirin Cup

NARITA, Japan - Inter Milan defender Yuto Nagatomo shows an Italian Cup medal at Narita airport in Chiba Prefecture on May 31, 2011, as he arrives in Japan to join the Japanese national team for the three-nation Kirin Cup.

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Large ship offered as shelter for evacuees

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the 14,500-ton Techno Super Liner cargo-passenger ship docking at Ishinomaki Port in Miyagi Prefecture on May 16, 2011. About 2,400 people affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in the city are expected to stay on the ship for free from the following day through May 31, 2011.

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Chinese pavilion of Shanghai Expo reopens

SHANGHAI, China - People line up on Dec. 1, 2010, to purchase tickets for the Chinese pavilion that featured at the World Expo in Shanghai. The expo ended in October, but the Chinese pavilion, one of the expo's most popular attractions, has reopened through May 31, 2011.

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China pavilion of Shanghai Expo reopens

SHANGHAI, China - People visit the Chinese pavilion that featured at the World Expo in Shanghai on Dec. 1, 2010. The expo ended in October, but the Chinese pavilion, one of the expo's most popular attractions, has reopened through May 31, 2011.