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Baseball: Softbank picks right-hander Oba in draft

TOKYO, Japan - Obliging a request from the press, Toyo University right-hander Shota Oba puts on a Softbank cap after he was picked by the Softbank Hawks in the first round of Japanese baseball's amateur draft on Nov. 19. The Hawks won the six-team lottery for Oba, who has set Tohto University Baseball League records with 14 straight wins and 410 strikeouts. The Orix Buffaloes, Yokohama BayStars, Hanshin Tigers, Nippon Ham Fighters and Yomiuri Giants also named him in the first round of bids.

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6-way envoys reach tentative deal

BEIJING, China - Japan's chief negotiator Kenichiro Sasae responds to questions from reporters at a Beijing hotel on Sept. 30 after negotiators from six countries reached a tentative deal obliging North Korea to disable its nuclear facilities by year-end, but decided to make the document public only after receiving final approval from their capitals. (Pool Photo by Kyodo News)

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6-way envoys reach tentative deal

BEIJING, China - Negotiators from six countries join hands at Beijing's Diaoyutai State Guesthouse on Sept. 30. They reached a tentative deal obliging North Korea to disable its nuclear facilities by year-end, but decided to make the document public only after receiving final approval from their capitals. From L to R are Alexander Losyukov from Russia, Chun Yung Woo from South Korea, Kim Kye Gwan from North Korea, Wu Dawei from China, Christopher Hill from the United States and Kenichiro Sasae from Japan. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Baseball: Softbank picks right-hander Oba in draft

TOKYO, Japan - Obliging a request from the press, Toyo University right-hander Shota Oba puts on a Softbank cap after he was picked by the Softbank Hawks in the first round of Japanese baseball's amateur draft on Nov. 19. The Hawks won the six-team lottery for Oba, who has set Tohto University Baseball League records with 14 straight wins and 410 strikeouts. The Orix Buffaloes, Yokohama BayStars, Hanshin Tigers, Nippon Ham Fighters and Yomiuri Giants also named him in the first round of bids. (Kyodo)

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OBLIGING YOUNG LADY

OBLIGING YOUNG LADY RKO PICTURES PIERRE WATKIN, EVE ARDEN Picture from the Ronald Grant Archive OBLIGING YOUNG LADY RKO PICTURES PIERRE WATKIN, EVE ARDEN Date: 1942

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6-way envoys reach tentative deal

BEIJING, China - Negotiators from six countries join hands at Beijing's Diaoyutai State Guesthouse on Sept. 30. They reached a tentative deal obliging North Korea to disable its nuclear facilities by year-end, but decided to make the document public only after receiving final approval from their capitals. From L to R are Alexander Losyukov from Russia, Chun Yung Woo from South Korea, Kim Kye Gwan from North Korea, Wu Dawei from China, Christopher Hill from the United States and Kenichiro Sasae from Japan. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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6-way envoys reach tentative deal

BEIJING, China - Japan's chief negotiator Kenichiro Sasae responds to questions from reporters at a Beijing hotel on Sept. 30 after negotiators from six countries reached a tentative deal obliging North Korea to disable its nuclear facilities by year-end, but decided to make the document public only after receiving final approval from their capitals. (Pool Photo by Kyodo News)