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UK: Widespread Flooding Hits Greater Manchester Forcing Hundreds To Evacuate 4

Heavy rain caused severe flooding across Greater Manchester on New Year's Day forcing at least 13,000 people to evacuate. Emergency services declared a major incident.

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Traditional storytelling on Buddhism

OSAKA, Japan - Kyoko Okazawa, a storyteller to help laypersons understand Buddhism, explains about a "Nehan" painting of Buddha's deathbed and grieving followers and animals during her performance at a temple in Osaka's Tennoji Ward on Oct. 9, 2013.

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Children take kabuki lessons to learn Japan's culture

OSAKA, Japan - Yukino Tada (L), 2, is the youngest student at Matsuo Juku Kodomo Kabuki (kabuki cram school for children) in Osaka's Tennoji Ward.

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Children take kabuki lessons to learn Japan's culture

OSAKA, Japan - Mio Yamano, 6, receives a shamisen lesson from Toon Nakajima Katsusuke, at Matsuo Juku Kodomo Kabuki (kabuki cram school for children) in Osaka's Tennoji Ward.

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4,400 evacuated for WWII bomb disposal in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Ground Self-Defense Force members use a crane to pick up an unexploded World War II bomb at a construction site in Osaka's Tennoji Ward on Oct. 13. About 4,400 local residents were evacuated and train services were affected while experts defused the bomb, which was apparently dropped by U.S. forces during the war.

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(4)Hokkaido farmers angry over mad cow disease

OSAKA, Japan - A narrow street in Osaka's Tennoji Ward, reputed among locals as congregation of Korean-style barbecue restaurants, looks quiet Nov. 21, 2001 in the wake of a government announcement confirming a second case of mad cow disease in Japan.

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Koto musician Kikuhara dies at 102

OSAKA, Japan - Hatsuko Kikuhara, Japan's oldest koto performer seen in file photo taken in December 1999, died of pneumonia on Sept. 12 at a hospital in Osaka's Tennoji Ward. Kikuhara was deemed a living national treasure in 1979.

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Children sing about reuniting separated Koreans

OSAKA, Japan - Korean residents in Japan sing a song Aug. 10 about reuniting families which became separated as a result of the 1950-1953 Korean War, at the 16th One Korea Festival, at International House, Osaka, in the city's Tennoji Ward. The event brought together members of Japan-based groups representing North and South Korean permanent residents in Japan.

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Korean resident monks pray for reunification of N., S. Korea

OSAKA, Japan - Buddhist monks, all North and South Korean residents of Japan, hold a joint memorial service at a temple in Osaka City's Tennoji Ward on July 16 and pray for the reunification of North and South Korea.

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Calf of endangered rhino born

OSAKA, Japan - A calf of the endangered black rhinoceros was born Nov. 11 at Osaka Municipal Tennoji Zoological Gardens in Osaka's Tennoji Ward, zoo officials said Nov. 16. The newborn, whose parents are Tommy, a 16-year-old male, and Satchan, a 27-year-old female, is the first black rhino born this year in Japan. Two baby black rhinos were born last year at zoos in Yokohama and Hitachi, Ibaraki Prefecture.

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Hungarian coins found in Osaka vending machine

OSAKA, Japan - Two Hungarian 50 forint coins (L) were found in a cigarette vending machine at a convenience store in Tennoji Ward, Osaka, on Nov. 11. The coins are nearly the same size and weight as Japanese 500 yen coins (R), police said. It is believed the coins were used to obtain cigarettes as well as change from the vending machine.

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