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Japanese author translates Chinese novel by Liu Liu

BEIJING, China - Japanese writer Akiko Aoki holds the book "Shanghai: Katatsumuri no Ie" (Snail House), her Japanese translation of the Chinese novel written by Liu Liu, in Beijing on Sept. 14, 2012. The book is a comedy depicting the rollercoaster life of a young couple striving to leave their tiny "snail shell" house to buy a bigger home during a time of soaring house prices.

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Nature in Guiana Highlands

CANAIMA, Venezuela - Tourists walk on a trail behind Sapo Falls in the Guiana Highlands, southeastern Venezuela, on Sept. 14, 2012.

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Nature in Guiana Highlands

CANAIMA, Venezuela - Photo taken on Sept. 14, 2012, shows Sapo Falls in the Guiana Highlands, southeastern Venezuela.

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Darvish gets 15th win

ARLINGTON, United States - Texas Rangers right-hander Yu Darvish pitches against the Seattle Mariners at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, on Sept. 14, 2012. Darvish allowed one run on two hits, and struck out nine -- including his 200th strikeout in his first season in the major leagues -- over seven innings, to notch his 15th win of the season as the Rangers won 9-3.

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Japan designer's work at London Design Festival

LONDON, Britain - Japanese designer Oki Sato sits on a white chair, part of artwork by a design studio led by Oki, at the London Design Festival at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London on Sept. 14, 2012. The event showcases the artwork, comprising a series of white chair installations, appearing in different locations throughout the museum.

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Japanese-British artist's work at London Design Festival

LONDON, Britain - Photo taken on Sept. 14, 2012, shows a piece by a Britain-based Japanese-British artist, Keiichi Matsuda, on display at the London Design Festival at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London on Sept. 14, 2012. The work expresses everyday London scenes on a multifaceted sculpture.

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Anti-U.S. protest in Cairo

CAIRO, Egypt - Egyptians demonstrate near Tahrir Square in Cairo on Sept. 14, 2012, to protest a film shot in the United States and regarded as insulting the Prophet Muhammad.

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Eurogroup meeting

NICOSIA, Cyprus - Eurogroup head and Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean Claude Junker (C) speaks in a press conference after a meeting of Eurogroup finance ministers in Nicosia, Cyprus, on Sept. 14, 2012.

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Anti-U.S. protest in Cairo

CAIRO, Egypt - People hurl rocks near the U.S. Embassy in Cairo on Sept. 14, 2012, to protest a film shot in the United States and regarded as insulting the Prophet Muhammad.

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Website run by top court altered

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Sept. 14, 2012, shows the altered homepage of a Japanese courts website run by the Supreme Court, in which the image of a Chinese flag flying over an island and a message proclaiming China's sovereignty over a group of Japan-controlled islands in the East China Sea, is posted.

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Eurogroup meeting

NICOSIA, Cyprus - Eurogroup head and Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean Claude Junker speaks in a press conference after a meeting of Eurogroup finance ministers in Nicosia, Cyprus, on Sept. 14, 2012.

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Anti-U.S. protest in Jakarta

JAKARATA, Indonesia - Indonesians demonstrate in front of the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta on Sept. 14, 2012, to protest a film shot in the United States and regarded as insulting the Prophet Muhammad.

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Ainu descendants sue university for ancestral remains

SAPPORO, Japan - Ryukichi Ogawa (R) holds a press conference in Sapporo on Sept. 14, 2012. Ogawa and two other descendants of the Ainu, an indigenous ethnic group in northern Japan, filed a lawsuit earlier the same day against Hokkaido University for damages and the return of the remains of their ancestors, saying the university removed the remains from a cemetery for research without permission and infringed on their freedom of faith to honor their forebears.

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Anti-U.S. protest in Jakarta

JAKARATA, Indonesia - Indonesians demonstrate in front of the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta on Sept. 14, 2012, to protest a film shot in the United States and regarded as insulting the Prophet Muhammad.

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Anti-Japan protest in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Dozens of demonstrators gather for a fourth day in front of the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Sept. 14, 2012. They were protesting the Japanese government's purchase of land on three islets of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea from their Japanese owners. China claims sovereignty over the islets and calls them the Diaoyu Islands.

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Japan-China territorial row

NAHA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News aircraft shows the Chinese marine surveillance ship Haijian 51 in Japanese territorial waters near the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Sept. 14, 2012. China also claims the islets and calls them the Diaoyu Islands.

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Japan-China territorial row

NAHA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News aircraft shows the Chinese marine surveillance ship Haijian 51 (bottom) and the Japan Coast Guard patrol ship Ishigaki in Japanese territorial waters near Uotsuri Island, part of the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, on Sept. 14, 2012. China also claims the islets and calls them the Diaoyu Islands.

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Japan-China territorial row

NAHA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News aircraft shows the Chinese marine surveillance ship Haijian 51 (L) and the Japan Coast Guard patrol ship Ishigaki (R) in Japanese territorial waters near Uotsuri Island (in background), part of the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, on Sept. 14, 2012. China also claims the islets and calls them the Diaoyu Islands.

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Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill in Japan

HAKODATE, Japan - Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill (C) offers prayers for Saint Nicholas at Hakodate Orthodox Church in Hokkaido on Sept. 14, 2012. The bishop is visiting Japan to commemorate the centennial of the death of Saint Nicholas, who introduced the Eastern Orthodox Church to Japan.

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Japan-China territorial row

NAHA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News aircraft shows the Chinese marine surveillance ship Haijian 51 and a P3C patrol aircraft of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force in Japanese territorial waters near Uotsuri Island, part of the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, on Sept. 14, 2012. China also claims the islets and calls them the Diaoyu Islands.

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People queue in Tokyo to order iPhone 5

TOKYO, Japan - People queue at an electronics store in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Sept. 14, 2012, to place orders for the iPhone 5. KDDI Corp. and Softbank Mobile Corp. unveiled retail handset prices and subscription plans for Apple Inc.'s iPhone 5 as they started taking orders the same day ahead of the smartphone's launch on Sept. 21.

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People queue in Tokyo to order iPhone 5

TOKYO, Japan - People queue at an electronics store in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Sept. 14, 2012, to place orders for the iPhone 5. KDDI Corp. and Softbank Mobile Corp. unveiled retail handset prices and subscription plans for Apple Inc.'s iPhone 5 as they started taking orders the same day ahead of the smartphone's launch on Sept. 21.

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Eurogroup meeting

NICOSIA, Cyprus - Spanish Economy Minister Luis de Guindos enters the venue of a meeting of Eurogroup finance ministers in Nicosia, Cyprus, on Sept. 14, 2012.

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Anti-Japan protest in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Dozens of demonstrators gather for a fourth day in front of the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Sept. 14, 2012. They were protesting the Japanese government's purchase of land on three islets of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea from their Japanese owners. China claims sovereignty over the islets and calls them the Diaoyu Islands.

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Anti-Japan protest in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Dozens of demonstrators gather for a fourth day in front of the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Sept. 14, 2012. They were protesting the Japanese government's purchase of land on three islets of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea from their Japanese owners. China claims sovereignty over the islets and calls them the Diaoyu Islands.

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Anti-Japan protest in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Dozens of demonstrators gather for a fourth day in front of the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Sept. 14, 2012. They were protesting the Japanese government's purchase of land on three islets of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea from their Japanese owners. China claims sovereignty over the islets and calls them the Diaoyu Islands.

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Japan, Australia meeting

SYDNEY, Australia - (from L) Japanese Defense Minister Satoshi Morimoto, Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba, Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr and Australian Defense Minister Stephen Smith attend a joint press conference after their meeting in Sydney on Sept. 14, 2012.

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LDP leadership race

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshimasa Hayashi, a former economic and fiscal policy minister, speaks during an event for Liberal Democratic Party leadership election candidates to make speeches at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2012. Five men including Hayashi filed their candidacies in the Sept. 26, 2012, presidential election of the Japanese main opposition party.

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Japan-China territorial row

BEIJING, China - Dozens of demonstrators gather for a fourth day in front of the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Sept. 14, 2012. They were protesting the Japanese government's purchase of land on three islets of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea from their Japanese owners. China claims sovereignty over the islets and calls them the Diaoyu Islands.

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Japan-China territorial row

BEIJING, China - Dozens of demonstrators gather for a fourth day in front of the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Sept. 14, 2012. They were protesting the Japanese government's purchase of land on three islets of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea from their Japanese owners. China claims sovereignty over the islets and calls them the Diaoyu Islands.

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LDP leadership race

TOKYO, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Nobuteru Ishihara speaks during an event for LDP leadership election candidates to make speeches at the party headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2012. Five men including Ishihara filed their candidacies in the Sept. 26, 2012, presidential election of the Japanese main opposition party.

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Japan-China territorial row

BEIJING, China - Dozens of demonstrators gather for a fourth day in front of the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Sept. 14, 2012. They were protesting the Japanese government's purchase of land on three islets of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea from their Japanese owners. China claims sovereignty over the islets and calls them the Diaoyu Islands.

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Japan-China territorial row

NAHA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News aircraft shows the Chinese marine surveillance ship Haijian 51 (front) in Japanese territorial waters near the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Sept. 14, 2012. China also claims the islets and calls them the Diaoyu Islands. At back is a patrol ship of the Japan Coast Guard.

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LDP leadership race

TOKYO, Japan - Former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during an event for Liberal Democratic Party leadership election candidates to make speeches at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2012. Five men including Ishiba filed their candidacies in the Sept. 26, 2012, presidential election of the Japanese main opposition party.

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Japan-S. Korea territorial row

SEOUL, South Korea - Visitors view exhibitions at a museum featuring a group of disputed isles in the Sea of Japan as the facility opened in Seoul on Sept. 14, 2012. The group of South Korean-controlled islets claimed by Japan is called Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea.

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LDP leadership race

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during an event for Liberal Democratic Party leadership election candidates to make speeches at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2012. Five men including Abe filed their candidacies in the Sept. 26, 2012, presidential election of the Japanese main opposition party.

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LDP leadership race

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura speaks during an event for Liberal Democratic Party leadership election candidates to make speeches at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2012. Five men including Machimura filed their candidacies in the Sept. 26, 2012, presidential election of the Japanese main opposition party.

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Japan-China territorial row

NAHA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News aircraft shows the Chinese marine surveillance ship Haijian 51 (front) in Japanese territorial waters near the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Sept. 14, 2012. China also claims the islets and calls them the Diaoyu Islands. At back is a patrol ship of the Japan Coast Guard.

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Japan-S. Korea territorial row

SEOUL, South Korea - Visitors view exhibitions at a museum featuring a group of disputed isles in the Sea of Japan as the facility opened in Seoul on Sept. 14, 2012. The group of South Korean-controlled islets claimed by Japan is called Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea.

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Japan-China territorial row

NAHA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News aircraft shows a crew member watching out aboard the Chinese marine surveillance ship Haijian 51 in Japanese territorial waters near the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Sept. 14, 2012. China also claims the islets and calls them the Diaoyu Islands.

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Japan-China territorial row

NAHA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News aircraft shows the Chinese marine surveillance ship Haijian 51 in Japanese territorial waters near the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Sept. 14, 2012. China also claims the islets and calls them the Diaoyu Islands.

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LDP leadership race

TOKYO, Japan - (from L) Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba, former Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura, Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Nobuteru Ishihara and Yoshimasa Hayashi, a former economic and fiscal policy minister, attend an event to make speeches at the headquarters of the main opposition party in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2012. The five men filed their candidacies in the Sept. 26, 2012, LDP presidential election.

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Japan, Australia meeting

SYDNEY, Australia - (from L) Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba, Japanese Defense Minister Satoshi Morimoto, Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr and Australian Defense Minister Stephen Smith meet in Sydney on Sept. 14, 2012.

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Japan lowers economic assessment

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (2nd from L in front) attends a meeting of Cabinet ministers concerned on the government's monthly economic report at the premier's office in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2012. The government downgraded its basic assessment of the Japanese economy for the second straight month in the report.