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Excavation of Koguryo tomb in Pyongyang

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Oct. 11, 2011, shows a Chinese character (C) on a wall of a stone chamber in the Kosan-dong No. 1 tomb dating back to the early sixth century, one of the Koguryo tombs in Pyongyang, North Korea.

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Excavation of Koguryo tomb in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo taken on Oct. 11, 2011, shows a black tortoise, one of the four guardian deities and the guardian of the north, painted on a stone chamber wall at the Kosan-dong No. 1 tomb, one of the Koguryo tombs in Pyongyang, North Korea, dating back to the early sixth century. The tomb was recently excavated by a team of Japanese and North Korean researchers after being first unearthed in 1936.

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TEPCO accident operation manuals with, without blackouts

TOKYO, Japan - Combination photo shows copies of a page which is mostly blacked out (L) and the same page without being blacked out (R) from Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s accident operation manuals for the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, which was crippled by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami. The governmental Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency publicized on Oct. 24, 2011, part of the manuals with few blacked-out parts, which TEPCO submitted at the agency's request, which was made after the utility submitted mostly blacked-out versions to parliament in September 2011 and drew public criticism.

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New levee prevented total power loss at nuclear plant

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in October 2008 shows the Tokai Daini nuclear power plant run by Japan Atomic Power Co. in Ibaraki Prefecture. The plant managed to avoid a total power loss during the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami thanks to a levee the company was reconstructing voluntarily, sources familiar with the matter said Oct. 23, 2011.

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U.S. wins women's team gold at world gymnastics c'ships

TOKYO, Japan - The members of the U.S. squad hold their gold medals at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo on Oct. 11, 2011, after winning the women's team division of the world gymnastics championships.

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Rangers' Tateyama vs Tigers in ALCS Game 3

DETROIT, United States - Yoshinori Tateyama of the Texas Rangers, who replaced Darren Oliver during the eighth inning, pitches against the Detroit Tigers in Game 3 of the American League Championship Series at Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan, on Oct. 11, 2011. Tateyama threw two-thirds of a scoreless inning. Texas led the best-of-seven series 2-1 after losing 5-2 to Detroit.

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Japan beat Tajikistan 8-0 in World Cup q'fier

OSAKA, Japan - Japan coach Alberto Zaccheroni (R) and Mike Havenaar touch hands as the forward is substituted in the second half of a World Cup qualifier match against Tajikistan at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, western Japan, on Oct. 11, 2011. Japan beat Tajikistan 8-0, with Havenaar scoring twice, both with a header.

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Liberian presidential election

MONROVIA, Liberia - Liberian President Ellen Sirleaf shows a registration card at the polls for the presidential election in Bomi County, western Liberia, on Oct. 11, 2011. The 2011 Nobel Peace Prize laureate is seeking a second term in the election, in which voting began the same day.

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Bhutan awaits royal wedding

THIMPHU, Bhutan - A decoration featuring a picture of the king of Bhutan, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, and his bride-to-be Jetsun Pema, is being installed in Thimphu, the country's capital, on Oct. 11, 2011, to celebrate the wedding scheduled to be held on Oct. 13.

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Rangers' Uehara in loss vs Tigers in ALCS Game 3

DETROIT, United States - Koji Uehara of the Texas Rangers, who replaced Colby Lewis during the sixth inning, pitches against the Detroit Tigers in Game 3 of the American League Championship Series at Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan, on Oct. 11, 2011. He was charged with 1 run in two thirds of an inning. Texas led the best-of-seven series 2-1 after losing 5-2 to Detroit.

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Hiroshima doctors arrive in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Shizuteru Usui (front), president of the Hiroshima Prefectural Medical Association, arrives in Pyongyang via Beijing on Oct. 11, 2011. Usui and other member doctors of the group are scheduled to stay in North Korea until Oct. 15 to conduct medical checks for North Koreans who were in Hiroshima at the time of the 1945 atomic bombing and were exposed to radiation in the western Japanese city.

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Amnesty move in Myanmar

YANGON, Myanmar - Reporters gather in front of the Insein prison in Yangon, Myanmar, on Oct. 11, 2011. State media reported the previous day more than 6,000 prisoners will be released starting on Oct. 11. Sources said some political detainees would be among those released.

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Japan beat Tajikistan 8-0 in World Cup q'fier

OSAKA, Japan - Forward Shinji Okazaki celebrates after scoring Japan's eighth goal in the second half of a World Cup qualifier match against Tajikistan at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, western Japan, on Oct. 11, 2011. Japan beat Tajikistan 8-0, with Okazaki scoring twice.

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Japan beat Tajikistan 8-0 in World Cup q'fier

OSAKA, Japan - Forward Mike Havenaar (C) celebrates with forward Shinji Kagawa (L), with forward Shinji Okazaki (R) approaching, after Havenaar scored Japan's fifth goal in the second half of a World Cup qualifier match against Tajikistan at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, western Japan, on Oct. 11, 2011. Japan beat Tajikistan 8-0.

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7th month anniv. of Japan tsunami

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - The gymnasium of an elementary school in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, stands empty on Oct. 11, 2011, after the departure of all of the evacuees who were staying there. Ishinomaki shut down about 20 remaining evacuation centers the same day, including the gymnasium that accommodated over 1,500 evacuees at one point, seven months after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Japan beat Tajikistan 8-0 in World Cup q'fier

OSAKA, Japan - Japan coach Alberto Zaccheroni raises his fist after forward Mike Havenaar scored Japan's first goal in the first half of a World Cup qualifier match against Tajikistan at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, western Japan, on Oct. 11, 2011. Japan beat Tajikistan 8-0.

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Liberian presidential election

MONROVIA, Liberia - Liberian President Ellen Sirleaf (front) casts her vote in the presidential election while in Bomi County, western Liberia, on Oct. 11, 2011. The 2011 Nobel Peace Prize laureate is seeking a second term in the election, in which voting began the same day.

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Japan beat Tajikistan 8-0 in World Cup q'fier

OSAKA, Japan - Forward Shinji Kagawa (R) celebrates with midfielder Kengo Nakamura after the latter scored Japan's sixth goal in the second half of a World Cup qualifier match against Tajikistan at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, western Japan, on Oct. 11, 2011. Japan beat Tajikistan 8-0.

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Japan beat Tajikistan 8-0 in World Cup q'fier

OSAKA, Japan - Forward Shinji Kagawa (R) celebrates with midfielder Kengo Nakamura after Kagawa scored Japan's fourth goal, with Nakamura's assist, in the first half of a World Cup qualifier match against Tajikistan at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, western Japan, on Oct. 11, 2011. Japan beat Tajikistan 8-0.

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Hiroshima doctors arrive in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Shizuteru Usui (L), president of the Hiroshima Prefectural Medical Association, is seen in Pyongyang shortly after arriving via Beijing on Oct. 11, 2011. Usui and other member doctors of the group are scheduled to stay in North Korea until Oct. 15 to conduct medical checks for North Koreans who were in Hiroshima at the time of the 1945 atomic bombing and were exposed to radiation in the western Japanese city.

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Tokaimura mayor calls for scrapping nuclear plant

TOKYO, Japan - Tatsuya Murakami (2nd from L), mayor of the village of Tokaimura, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Oct. 11, 2011 in Tokyo conveys a request to nuclear disaster minister Goshi Hosono (R) that the Tokai No. 2 nuclear power station in the village be decommissioned. The head of Tokaimura said during a meeting with Hosono that the plant does not meet location requirements because one million people live within a 30-kilometer radius.

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Japan beat Tajikistan 8-0 in World Cup q'fier

OSAKA, Japan - Forward Mike Havenaar (C) heads home, scoring Japan's fifth goal in the second half of a World Cup qualifier match against Tajikistan at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, western Japan, on Oct. 11, 2011. Japan beat Tajikistan 8-0.

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Japan beat Tajikistan 8-0 in World Cup q'fier

OSAKA, Japan - Forward Mike Havenaar (2nd from L) heads home, scoring Japan's first goal in the first half of a World Cup qualifier match against Tajikistan at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, western Japan, on Oct. 11, 2011. Japan beat Tajikistan 8-0.

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Japan beat Tajikistan 8-0 in World Cup q'fier

OSAKA, Japan - Forward Shinji Kagawa (L) celebrates with midfielder Kengo Nakamura after Kagawa scored Japan's fourth goal, with Nakamura's assist, in the first half of a World Cup qualifier match against Tajikistan at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, western Japan, on Oct. 11, 2011. Japan beat Tajikistan 8-0.

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Japan vs. Tajikistan in World Cup q'fier

OSAKA, Japan - Forward Mike Havenaar (16) heads home, scoring Japan's first goal in the first half of a World Cup qualifier match against Tajikistan at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, western Japan, on Oct. 11, 2011.

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Japan vs. Tajikistan in World Cup q'fier

OSAKA, Japan - Members of Japan's national soccer team celebrate after forward Mike Havenaar (bottom) headed home to score Japan's first goal in the first half of a World Cup qualifier match against Tajikistan at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, western Japan, on Oct. 11, 2011.

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Japan vs. Tajikistan in World Cup q'fier

OSAKA, Japan - Forward Mike Havenaar (front) celebrates after heading home to score Japan's first goal in the first half of a World Cup qualifier match against Tajikistan at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, western Japan, on Oct. 11, 2011.

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Japan vs. Tajikistan in World Cup q'fier

OSAKA, Japan - Forward Shinji Kagawa celebrates after scoring Japan's fourth goal in the first half of a World Cup qualifier match against Tajikistan at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, western Japan, on Oct. 11, 2011.

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Memorial mass in Italy for Japan disaster victims

CIVITAVECCHIA, Italy - A mass is held at a church in Civitavecchia, central Italy, on Oct. 11, 2011 to commemorate the victims of the March quake and tsunami disaster in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, as an event marking the 40th anniversary of the sister-city relationship between the two cities.

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Japan vs. Tajikistan in World Cup q'fier

OSAKA, Japan - Forward Shinji Okazaki celebrates after scoring Japan's second goal in the first half of a World Cup qualifier match against Tajikistan at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, western Japan, on Oct. 11, 2011.

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S. Korean pop star Rain enters boot camp

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean pop singer and actor Rain gives a salute to his fans in Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, on Oct. 11, 2011, before entering boot camp to do his military service.

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Liberian presidential election

MONROVIA, Liberia - Women holding their voter registration cards stand in line to vote in Bomi County, western Liberia, on Oct. 11, 2011. Voting in Liberia's presidential election began the same day.

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Putin in China

BEIJING, China - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (L) shakes hands with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao during their joint press conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Oct. 11, 2011. Putin arrived in China earlier in the day for a two-day visit. (Pool photo)

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Japan vs. Tajikistan in World Cup q'fier

OSAKA, Japan - Forward Shinji Okazaki (R) scores Japan's second goal in the first half of a World Cup qualifier match against Tajikistan at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, western Japan, on Oct. 11, 2011.

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Nippon Ham Fighters starter Darvish

SAPPORO, Japan - Nippon Ham Fighters starter Yu Darvish pitches against the Seibu Lions at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo on Oct. 11, 2011.

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Putin in China

BEIJING, China - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (C) holds talks with visiting Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Oct. 11, 2011. Putin arrived in China earlier in the day for a two-day visit. (Pool photo)

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Japan national soccer team supporters

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows supporters for Japan's national soccer team during a World Cup qualifier match against Tajikistan in Nagai Stadium, Osaka, in western Japan on Oct. 11, 2011.

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Japan vs. Tajikistan in World Cup q'fier

OSAKA, Japan - Forward Mike Havenaar (R top) heads home, scoring Japan's first goal in the first half of a World Cup qualifier match against Tajikistan at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, western Japan, on Oct. 11, 2011.

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Japan national soccer team supporters

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows supporters for Japan's national soccer team during a World Cup qualifier match against Tajikistan in Nagai Stadium, Osaka, in western Japan on Oct. 11, 2011.

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Putin in China

BEIJING, China - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (3rd from R) holds talks with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (3rd from L) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Oct. 11, 2011. Putin arrived in China earlier in the day for a two-day visit. (Pool photo)

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Japan vs. Tajikistan in World Cup q'fier

OSAKA, Japan - Forward Mike Havenaar (L) heads home, scoring Japan's first goal in the first half of a World Cup qualifier match against Tajikistan at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, western Japan, on Oct. 11, 2011.

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Putin in China

BEIJING, China - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (C) holds talks with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Oct. 11, 2011. Putin arrived in China earlier in the day for a two-day visit. (Pool photo)

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Japan national soccer team supporters

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows supporters for Japan's national soccer team during a World Cup qualifier match against Tajikistan in Nagai Stadium, Osaka, in western Japan on Oct. 11, 2011.

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80% of Toyota hybrid interior to be covered in bioplastic

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo shows the seats of Toyota Motor Corp.'s redesigned Sai hybrid sedan in Nagoya, central Japan, on Oct. 11, 2011. The automaker said the same day that 80 percent of the interior of the vehicle, to be released on Nov. 1 in Japan, is covered in bioplastic, up from 60 percent in the Sai model currently on sale.

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7th month anniv. of Japan tsunami

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - People view a coastal area of Ishinomaki, flattened by the March 11 tsunami, from a hill in the Miyagi Prefecture city on Oct. 11, 2011, the seventh month anniversary of the disaster. According to the National Police Agency, the disaster has claimed the lives of at least 15,822 people, with 3,923 still missing as of the same day.

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Ex-telecom exec to head budget airline Jetstar Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Miyuki Suzuki, who will become the chief executive officer of budget airline Jetstar Japan, holds a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Oct. 11, 2011. Japan Airlines Co., trading house Mitsubishi Corp. and the Qantas Group of Australia, which jointly set up Jetstar Japan, announced the same day the appointment of Suzuki, a former senior executive director of fixed-line phone service provider Japan Telecom Co., as the CEO of the airline that aims to begin flying by the end of 2012.

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Japanese destroyer leaves for Aden

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Relatives of Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force personnel wave farewell as a destroyer leaves the MSDF Yokosuka base, near Tokyo, on Oct. 11, 2011, for antipiracy operations in the Gulf of Aden off Somalia from early November.

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Hiroshima doctors to examine A-bomb victims in N. Korea

BEIJING, China - Shizuteru Usui (R), president of the Hiroshima Prefectural Medical Association, is pictured at Beijing airport en route to North Korea on Oct. 11, 2011. A medical delegation led by Usui plans to conduct medical checkups for North Koreans who survived the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima.

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ASDF official apologizes to Ishikawa gov. over accident

KANAZAWA, Japan - Japanese Air Self-Defense Force Maj. Gen. Shunji Izutsu (L), commander of Komatsu Air Base, offers an apology to Ishikawa Gov. Masanori Tanimoto in the prefectural government office on Oct. 11, 2011, over an accident Oct. 7 involving an F-15 fighter. In the accident, which caused no injuries, an empty fuel tank fell to the ground from an F-15 fighter stationed at the Komatsu base.

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Putin in China

BEIJING, China - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin arrives at Beijing international airport on Oct. 11, 2011, for a visit to China until Oct. 12.