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Ex-Thai PM Thaksin

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken Aug. 23, 2011, in Tokyo shows former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. The Thai foreign ministry reissued an ordinary passport to the ousted former prime minister on Oct. 26, 2011, after it concluded Thaksin's movements overseas do not harm the country, a Thai foreign ministry spokesman confirmed Dec. 16.

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Libyan amputee

TOKYO, Japan - Abu Baker Mehdi, who fought against forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi, sits on a bed in a hospital in Tripoli on Oct. 26, 2011. He had his right leg amputated after he was wounded in the country's civil war that saw former leader Muammar Gaddafi overthrown and killed.

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Flooding in Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - Photo taken on Oct. 26, 2011, shows Bhumibol Adulyadej Hospital in northern Bangkok. Flooding has expanded in the northern and western areas of the capital of Thailand.

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Flooding in Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - Rescue workers ride on an off-road vehicle with a boat on its roof through an inundated road in the Sai Mai district of northern Bangkok on Oct. 26, 2011. Flooding has expanded in the northern and western areas of the capital of Thailand.

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1st commercial flight of Boeing 787

HONG KONG, China - Passengers hold handmade boards during first commercial flight of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner passenger jet operated by All Nippon Airways Co., en route to Hong Kong from Narita international airport near Tokyo on Oct. 26, 2011.

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James Webb Space Telescope

BALTIMORE, Maryland - The National Aeronautics and Space Administration shows off a real-size model of the James Webb Space Telescope, now under development, to the public at the Maryland Science Center in Baltimore, Maryland, on Oct. 26, 2011.

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A-bomb survivors speak at U.N.

NEW YORK, United States - Photo taken on Oct. 26, 2011, shows Setsuko Thurlow (2nd from R) and Kazu Sueishi (2nd from L), who are survivors of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing on Hiroshima, attend an event at the U.N. Headquarters in New York. During the event, they spoke about their experiences of the bombing and answered questions from attendees.

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Flooding in Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - People wade through an inundated road in the Sai Mai district of northern Bangkok on Oct. 26, 2011. Flooding has expanded in the northern and western areas of the capital of Thailand.

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S. Korean President Lee, Chinese Vice Premier Li meet

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Lee Myung Bak (R) and Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang shake hands ahead of their talks at the presidential office in Seoul on Oct. 26, 2011. Li explained about his recent talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, and Lee said in response he hopes China will continue to play an important role in denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and the North's opening and reform.

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1st commercial flight of Boeing 787

HONG KONG, China - Photo shows a ceremony in Hong Kong to mark the completion of the first commercial flight of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner passenger jet operated by All Nippon Airways Co. on Oct. 26, 2011, after its arrival from Narita international airport near Tokyo.

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1st commercial flight of Boeing 787

NARITA, Japan - All Nippon Airways Co. President Shinichiro Ito (C) smiles at Narita international airport in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, on Oct. 26, 2011, prior to the first commercial flight of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner jet bound for Hong Kong.

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Boeing 787 departs on 1st commercial flight

NARITA, Japan - The Boeing 787 Dreamliner passenger jet takes its first commercial flight, departing on a route operated by All Nippon Airways Co. from Narita airport near Tokyo to Hong Kong on Oct. 26, 2011.

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New Olympus President Takayama

TOKYO, Japan - New Olympus Corp. President Shuichi Takayama gives a news conference at a Tokyo hotel on Oct. 26, 2011, as he replaced Tsuyoshi Kikukawa after the company suffered a plunge in its stock price following the dismissal of its British chief executive, who has since alleged the company made dubious payments over corporate acquisitions.

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Farmers against Pacific free trade

TOKYO, Japan - Farmers from the Hokkaido and Tohoku areas hold a rally at a Tokyo hotel on Oct. 26, 2011, demanding that Japan not join U.S.-led multilateral talks on a trans-Pacific free trade pact.

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Boeing 787 departs on 1st commercial flight

NARITA, Japan - The Boeing 787 Dreamliner passenger jet takes its first commercial flight, departing on a route operated by All Nippon Airways Co. from Narita airport near Tokyo to Hong Kong on Oct. 26, 2011.

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TPP supporters urge gov't to join negotiations

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Shiraishi (2nd from R), president of the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, hands a resolution urging the Japanese government to join the multilateral talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade framework to Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura (R) at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 26, 2011.

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Farmers against Pacific free trade

TOKYO, Japan - Farmers drive tractors in a demonstration near the Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 26, 2011, demanding that Japan not join U.S.-led multilateral talks on a trans-Pacific free trade pact.

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Boeing 787 departs on 1st commercial flight

NARITA, Japan - Passengers pose for photos against the backdrop of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner jet at Narita airport near Tokyo on Oct. 26, 2011, before the airplane took its first commercial flight, departing on a route operated by All Nippon Airways Co. from Narita to Hong Kong.

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Finance Minister Azumi on strong yen

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi talks to reporters at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 26, 2011, about the strength of the yen after the U.S. dollar briefly fell to a fresh postwar low against the Japanese currency.

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Okamoto's missing work recreated in photo

OSAKA, Japan - ''Chitei no Taiyo,'' a work by the late artist Taro Okamoto, is displayed after being recreated from a photo for an exhibition at the Expo '70 Commemorative Park in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, on Aug. 26, 2011. The work, literally meaning ''underground sun,'' was one of four works portraying a face that was part of the 1970 Osaka expo's symbolic structure ''Tower of the Sun'' and went missing afterward. The exhibition commemorating the 100th anniversary of Okamoto's birth is scheduled to be held from Aug. 27 through Oct. 10.

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Household radiation counter

TOKYO, Japan - A woman holds a home radiation counter as S.T. Corp. said on July 26, 2011, that it will launch the Air Counter dosimeter Oct. 20. Demand for such counters has risen following the radioactive contamination from the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

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Japan's newest bullet trains on test run

SENDAI, Japan - A shinkansen train combining the E6 model (R) and E5 model (L) enters JR Sendai Station in Miyagi Prefecture during a test run Oct. 26, 2010. The E5 series will debut in March 2011 on the extended Tohoku Shinkansen Line as the Hayabusa express while the E6 series will be introduced on the Akita Shinkansen Line in 2013.

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Okinawa calls for new development law

TOKYO, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima (C) speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 26, 2010 after attending the first meeting of a panel on promotion and development of Okinawa. Nakaima said he requested new legislation on the prefecture's development since the current law is scheduled to expire at the end of fiscal 2011, or March 2012.