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Australia: Altocumulus Clouds Appear Over Brisbane, Signaling Weather Shift

Queensland braces for a cold, rainy start to August, with maximum temperatures dropping up to 10 degrees below average. Altocumulus clouds, commonly known as "mackerel skies," were seen over Brisbane. These wave-like cloud patterns often signal changing weather or approaching atmospheric instability.

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US: Severe Thunderstorm Brings Damaging Hailstorm to Central Texas

A severe thunderstorm swept through Central Texas on Thursday, May 22, bringing hail that caused widespread damage across multiple counties.

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Japan denies 2012 deadline for U.S. military realignment

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe speaks at a press conference on Nov. 10. The top government spokesman dismissed the revelation that Japan and the United States have set a goal of implementing all agreed U.S. military realignment plans in Okinawa by 2012. ''There is no fact of a 2012 deadline,'' Abe said, referring to the revelation made by U.S. Defense Deputy Undersecretary for Asian and Pacific Affairs Richard Lawless in an interview on Nov. 8.

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U.S. accepts Japan's Futemma plan

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Deputy Undersecretary of Defense Richard Lawless briefs reporters at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on Oct. 26 about U.S. acceptance of Japan's proposal on a replacement facility for the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in Okinawa.

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(1)Abductees' kin meet White House, Pentagon officials

WASHINGTON, United States - Relatives (four persons from L) of three Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea meet Richard Lawless (R), deputy assistant secretary of defense for Asian and Pacific affairs, in Washington on March 6. Shigeru Yokota (3rd from L), who heads a group for the families of abductees, and three others have been in Washington since March 3 to seek support from the U.S. government and Congress members in solving the abduction issue.

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U.S. accepts Japan's Futemma plan

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Deputy Undersecretary of Defense Richard Lawless briefs reporters at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on Oct. 26 about U.S. acceptance of Japan's proposal on a replacement facility for the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in Okinawa. (Kyodo)

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Japan denies 2012 deadline for U.S. military realignment

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe speaks at a press conference on Nov. 10. The top government spokesman dismissed the revelation that Japan and the United States have set a goal of implementing all agreed U.S. military realignment plans in Okinawa by 2012. ''There is no fact of a 2012 deadline,'' Abe said, referring to the revelation made by U.S. Defense Deputy Undersecretary for Asian and Pacific Affairs Richard Lawless in an interview on Nov. 8. (Kyodo)

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Japan denies 2012 deadline for U.S. military realignment

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe speaks at a press conference on Nov. 10. The top government spokesman dismissed the revelation that Japan and the United States have set a goal of implementing all agreed U.S. military realignment plans in Okinawa by 2012. ''There is no fact of a 2012 deadline,'' Abe said, referring to the revelation made by U.S. Defense Deputy Undersecretary for Asian and Pacific Affairs Richard Lawless in an interview on Nov. 8. (Kyodo)

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BEDTIME STORIES GUY PEARCE, RICHARD GRIFFITHS, TERESA PALMER, LUCY LAWLESS Date: 2008

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(1)Abductees' kin meet White House, Pentagon officials

WASHINGTON, United States - Relatives (four persons from L) of three Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea meet Richard Lawless (R), deputy assistant secretary of defense for Asian and Pacific affairs, in Washington on March 6. Shigeru Yokota (3rd from L), who heads a group for the families of abductees, and three others have been in Washington since March 3 to seek support from the U.S. government and Congress members in solving the abduction issue. (Kyodo)