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Excessive cesium levels found in more Fukushima rice

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Yoshihito Suzuki (L), chief of the Fukushima prefectural government's agriculture and fisheries department, attends a press conference in the city of Fukushima on the night of Nov. 28, 2011, to announce rice harvested in Date in the prefecture has been found to contain excessive levels of radioactive cesium, and that 9 kilograms of the rice was sold earlier the same month. In mid-November, excessive levels of radioactive cesium were found in rice harvested at a farm in the city of Fukushima, but none of the rice produced at the farm this year has been shipped to markets.

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Fishing around Senkaku Islands

TOKYO, Japan - Rocks are seen sunk at the former site of a pier under an unmanned lighthouse on Uotsuri Island of the disputed Senkaku Islands on the East China Sea in mid-November 2011 in a photo taken from a fishing boat from Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Prefecture.

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Fishing around Senkaku Islands

TOKYO, Japan - An unmanned lighthouse is seen lit on Uotsuri Island of the disputed Senkaku Islands on the East China Sea in mid-November 2011 in a photo taken from a fishing boat from Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Prefecture.

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Fishing around Senkaku Islands

TOKYO, Japan - Fishing boats from Ishigaki and Miyako islands, Okinawa Prefecture, run through rough seas off Uotsuri Island of the disputed Senkaku Islands on the East China Sea in mid-November 2011 in a photo taken from an Ishigaki Island fishing boat.

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Fishing around Senkaku Islands

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese fishermen from Okinawa Prefecture work on a fishing boat near Minamikojima island of the disputed Senkaku Islands on the East China Sea in mid-November 2011.

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Fishing around Senkaku Islands

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Coast Guard officers examine a list of crew for fishing boats setting off to the East China Sea areas around the disputed Senkaku Islands before departure on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Prefecture, in mid-November 2011.

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Flooding in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - A family with a baby who fled from the massive flooding in Thailand continue taking refuge at Don Muang airport, northern Bangkok, on Nov. 15, 2011. More than 4,000 people had taken shelter at the airport but most of them moved to other locations in late October after the airport itself was flooded. About 450 people were staying at the airport as of mid-November.

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Fishing around Senkaku Islands

TOKYO, Japan - An unmanned lighthouse is seen lit on Uotsuri Island of the disputed Senkaku Islands on the East China Sea in mid-November 2011 in a photo taken from a fishing boat from Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Fishing around Senkaku Islands

TOKYO, Japan - Rocks are seen sunk at the former site of a pier under an unmanned lighthouse on Uotsuri Island of the disputed Senkaku Islands on the East China Sea in mid-November 2011 in a photo taken from a fishing boat from Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Fishing around Senkaku Islands

TOKYO, Japan - Fishing boats from Ishigaki and Miyako islands, Okinawa Prefecture, run through rough seas off Uotsuri Island of the disputed Senkaku Islands on the East China Sea in mid-November 2011 in a photo taken from an Ishigaki Island fishing boat. (Kyodo)

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Fishing around Senkaku Islands

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese fishermen from Okinawa Prefecture work on a fishing boat near Minamikojima island of the disputed Senkaku Islands on the East China Sea in mid-November 2011. (Kyodo)

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Fishing around Senkaku Islands

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Coast Guard officers examine a list of crew for fishing boats setting off to the East China Sea areas around the disputed Senkaku Islands before departure on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Prefecture, in mid-November 2011. (Kyodo)

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Excessive cesium levels found in more Fukushima rice

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Yoshihito Suzuki (L), chief of the Fukushima prefectural government's agriculture and fisheries department, attends a press conference in the city of Fukushima on the night of Nov. 28, 2011, to announce rice harvested in Date in the prefecture has been found to contain excessive levels of radioactive cesium, and that 9 kilograms of the rice was sold earlier the same month. In mid-November, excessive levels of radioactive cesium were found in rice harvested at a farm in the city of Fukushima, but none of the rice produced at the farm this year has been shipped to markets. (Kyodo)

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Flooding in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - A family with a baby who fled from the massive flooding in Thailand continue taking refuge at Don Muang airport, northern Bangkok, on Nov. 15, 2011. More than 4,000 people had taken shelter at the airport but most of them moved to other locations in late October after the airport itself was flooded. About 450 people were staying at the airport as of mid-November. (Kyodo)