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Mandela statue

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Photo shows a statue of late former South African President Nelson Mandela, as a boxer when he was young, in Johannesburg on Nov. 30, 2013. Visible in the background is the building that formerly housed Mandela's law firm.

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Japanese cartoonist Shigeru Mizuki dies at 93

TOKYO, Nov. 30 Kyodo - Photo taken in February 2013 shows Japanese cartoonist Shigeru Mizuki, known for the popular horror comic series "Gegege no Kitaro." He died of multiple organ failure on Nov. 30, 2015, at age 93.

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Network of volunteers making IT-based audio books

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 30, 2013, shows volunteers taking a course in Tokyo on making "audio books" by means of information technology for people suffering low vision or blindness. Image data made by scanning books and other publications is processed into a text file format that can be read aloud by almost any computer.

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Sochi environmental havoc

SOCHI, Russia - A resident stands outside her home in Sochi, a Black Sea resort city in Russia, on Nov. 30, 2013. The ground is cracked and her home is leaning due to a landslide attributed to the weight of illegally dumped waste from the construction of facilities for the 2014 Winter Olympics. Visible in back center is the main stadium of the Games under construction.

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Sochi environmental havoc

SOCHI, Russia - A resident stands by her home in Sochi, a Black Sea resort in Russia, on Nov. 30, 2013. The building has plunged due to a landslide attributed to the weight of waste from the construction of facilities for the 2014 Winter Olympics illegally dumped nearby.

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Sochi environmental havoc

SOCHI, Russia - A resident stands outside her home in Sochi, a Black Sea resort city in Russia, on Nov. 30, 2013. The ground is cracked and her home is leaning due to a landslide attributed to the weight of illegally dumped waste from the construction of facilities for the 2014 Winter Olympics.

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Emperor, empress arrive in India

NEW DELHI, India - Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko arrive at a hotel in New Delhi on Nov. 30, 2013, the first day of a weeklong visit to India at the invitation of the Indian government to commemorate the 60th anniversary in 2012 of bilateral diplomatic ties. (Pool photo)

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Emperor, empress arrive in India

NEW DELHI, India - Japanese Emperor Akihito (C) and Empress Michiko (behind emperor) are greeted by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (L) and his wife Gursharan Kaur (2nd from L) and others upon their arrival in New Delhi on Nov. 30, 2013, the first day of a weeklong visit to India at the invitation of the Indian government to commemorate the 60th anniversary in 2012 of bilateral diplomatic ties. (Pool photo)

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Emperor, empress arrive in India

NEW DELHI, India - Japanese Emperor Akihito (front L) and Empress Michiko (next to emperor) are greeted by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (R) and his wife Gursharan Kaur (2nd from R) upon their arrival in New Delhi on Nov. 30, 2013, the first day of a weeklong visit to the country at the invitation of the Indian government to commemorate the 60th anniversary in 2012 of bilateral diplomatic ties. (Pool photo)

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Emperor, empress arrive in India

NEW DELHI, India - Japanese Emperor Akihito (L front) and Empress Michiko (behind emperor) are greeted by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (shaking hands with emperor) and his wife Gursharan Kaur (R front) upon their arrival in New Delhi on Nov. 30, 2013, the first day of a weeklong visit to India at the invitation of the Indian government to commemorate the 60th anniversary in 2012 of bilateral diplomatic ties. (Pool photo)

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Emperor, empress arrive in India

NEW DELHI, India - Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko arrive in New Delhi on Nov. 30, 2013, the first day of a weeklong visit to India at the invitation of the Indian government to commemorate the 60th anniversary in 2012 of bilateral diplomatic ties. (Pool photo)

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Emperor, empress arrive in India

NEW DELHI, India - Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko (2nd from L) are greeted by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (R) and his wife Gursharan Kaur upon their arrival in New Delhi on Nov. 30, 2013, the first day of a weeklong visit to the country at the invitation of the Indian government to commemorate the 60th anniversary in 2012 of bilateral diplomatic ties. (Pool photo)

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Imperial couple's visit to India

NEW DELHI, India - Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko chat on a government airplane heading for India on Nov. 30, 2013. The imperial couple arrived in New Delhi the same day for a weeklong visit to the country at the invitation of the Indian government to commemorate the 60th anniversary in 2012 of bilateral diplomatic ties. (Pool photo)

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Emperor, empress arrive in India

NEW DELHI, India - Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko arrive in New Delhi on Nov. 30, 2013, the first day of a weeklong visit to India at the invitation of the Indian government to commemorate the 60th anniversary in 2012 of bilateral diplomatic ties. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Emperor, empress arrive in India

NEW DELHI, India - Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko arrive in New Delhi on Nov. 30, 2013, the first day of a weeklong visit to India at the invitation of the Indian government to commemorate the 60th anniversary in 2012 of bilateral diplomatic ties. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan-Myanmar JV industrial complex

YANGON, Myanmar - Yoshihiko Isozaki (R front), Japanese parliamentary vice minister of economy, trade and industry, attends a ceremony near Yangon on Nov. 30, 2013, marking the start of construction of a joint venture industrial complex between Japanese and Myanmar companies.

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Yingluck in interview

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra speaks in an interview with Japanese media at a police facility in Bangkok on Nov. 30, 2013.

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Elderly U.S. tourist detained in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Undated photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on Nov. 30, 2013, shows Merrill Newman, an 85-year-old man from California, reading aloud a statement of apology to the North Korean government. KCNA said Newman, a Korean War veteran who had been on a 10-day organized trip to North Korea when seized, is in custody for committing "hostile acts," acknowledging his detention for the first time since he was prevented from leaving the country a month ago.

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Elderly U.S. tourist detained in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Undated photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on Nov. 30, 2013, shows a statement of apology written by Merrill Newman, an 85-year-old man from California, to the North Korean government. KCNA said Newman, a Korean War veteran who had been on a 10-day organized trip to North Korea when seized, is in custody for committing "hostile acts," acknowledging his detention for the first time since he was prevented from leaving the country a month ago.

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Elderly U.S. tourist detained in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Undated photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on Nov. 30, 2013, shows Merrill Newman, an 85-year-old man from California, apologizing to the North Korean government. KCNA said Newman, a Korean War veteran who had been on a 10-day organized trip to North Korea when seized, is in custody for committing "hostile acts," acknowledging his detention for the first time since he was prevented from leaving the country a month ago.

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Japan, S. Korea lawmakers

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese and South Korean lawmakers working to promote bilateral exchanges are pictured after holding a joint general meeting in Tokyo on Nov. 30, 2013. The lawmakers issued a joint statement urging their governments and China to produce jointly Northeast Asian history textbooks.

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Nippon Steel to buy U.S. auto steel sheet plant

TOKYO, Japan - Shinya Higuchi, vice president of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp., holds a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 30, 2013. Higuchi said Nippon Steel has agreed to acquire Germany's ThyssenKrupp AG's U.S. automobile steel sheet plant jointly with ArcelorMittal S.A. for about $1.55 billion.

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Japan, S. Korea lawmakers

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese and South Korean lawmakers working to promote bilateral exchanges hold a joint general meeting in Tokyo on Nov. 30, 2013. The lawmakers issued a joint statement later that day urging respective governments and China to produce jointly Northeast Asian history textbooks.

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Emperor, empress leave for India

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (far L) is seen off by his two sons and their wives -- Crown Prince Naruhito (2nd from L), his wife Crown Princess Masako (3rd from L), Prince Akishino (2nd from R) and his wife Princess Kiko (far R) -- on his departure for India from Tokyo's Haneda airport on Nov. 30, 2013. The emperor and Empress Michiko departed on a weeklong trip to India at the invitation of the Indian government to commemorate the 60th anniversary the previous year of bilateral diplomatic ties.

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Onodera on China

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera speaks with reporters at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Nov. 30, 2013. Onodera denied China's claim that it had scrambled fighters in response to flights by Japanese and U.S. military aircraft in its new air defense identification zone above the East China Sea.

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Emperor, empress leave for India

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko depart for India from Tokyo's Haneda airport on Nov. 30, 2013. The couple departed on a weeklong trip to India at the invitation of the Indian government to commemorate the 60th anniversary the previous year of bilateral diplomatic ties.

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Osaka test illumination

OSAKA, Japan - A space of the flagship outlet of Kintetsu Department Store Co. in the Abeno Harukas building in Osaka's Abeno Ward is lit up in an illumination test on Oct. 30, 2013. Illumination in the area will start Nov. 1, lasting until Jan. 31, 2014.

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Osaka test illumination

OSAKA, Japan - A concourse in the west side of Kintetsu Railway's Osaka Abenobashi Station in Osaka is lit up in an illumination test on Oct. 30, 2013. Illumination in the area will start Nov. 1, lasting until Jan. 31, 2014.

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Osaka test illumination

OSAKA, Japan - A concourse in the west side of Kintetsu Railway's Osaka Abenobashi Station in Osaka is lit up in an illumination test on Oct. 30, 2013. Illumination in the area will start Nov. 1, lasting until Jan. 31, 2014.

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Vanilla Air

TOKYO, Japan - Tomonori Ishii (C), president of budget airline AirAsia Japan, poses for photos in Tokyo on Sept. 30, 2013, after unveiling new designs for crew uniforms and flights. The low-cost carrier wholly owned by ANA Holdings Inc. will operate under the name of Vanilla Air from Nov. 1, 2013.