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In this June 23, 2014 photo released by Tsering Woeser, well-known Tibetan writer Tsering Woeser poses for a photo in Inner Mongolia in northern China. She said Wednesday, July 9, 2014 that she and her husband have been placed under house arrest in Beijing as China plays host to U.S. State Secretary John Kerry for the latest round of U.S.-China talks. (AP Photo/Wang Lixiong)
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Tibetan activist gets home arrest as Kerry arrives

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Women walk amid strong winds on a street in Naha, Okinawa, southern Japan, Tuesday, July 8, 2014. Powerful Typhoon Neoguri pounded across the southern Japanese islands of Okinawa on Tuesday, as residents took refuge from destructive winds, towering waves and storm surges. Airports closed and residents were evacuated from low-lying areas and shorelines as the typhoon passed over Okinawa, packing sustained winds of 175 kilometers (108 miles) per hour and gusts up to 250 kph (154 mph), the Japan Meteorological Agency said. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, CREDIT MANDATORY
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Typhoon heads toward Kyushu after slamming Okinawa

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In this Tuesday, July 8, 2014 image made from video, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrives for a commemoration ceremony to mark the 20th anniversary of the death of its first leader, Kim Il Sung, in Pyongyang, North Korea. Kim seemed to have somehow hurt his leg enough to require a slight, but visible, limp as he marched across the stage Tuesday to assume his position of honor. He limped again as he left the room when the event was over. (AP Photo/KRT via AP Video) TV OUT, NORTH KOREA OUT
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North Korean leader limps at televised event

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FILE - In this July 4, 2014 file photo, Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and South Korean President Park Geun-hye attend the Korea China Investment Forum at a hotel in Seoul, South Korea. Moscow is cozying up to its old rival China. China is holding hands with Seoul. Tokyo is striking deals with Pyongyang. In the ever-shifting game of Asian alliances, where just about everybody has a dispute over something or can actually remember a shooting war with their neighbors, past grudges run deep. But expedience and pragmatism often run deeper. (AP Photo/Kim Hong-ji, Pool, File)
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Expedience, pragmatism shape new Asian alliances

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In this June 27, 2014 photo, tears roll down the face of Shamshu Nahad after she learned that her newly born daughter has died in Dar Paing, a camp for Rohingya Muslims in north of Sittwe, Rakhine state, Myanmar. Living under apartheid-like conditions, she and other residents have little or no access to life-saving medical care, food, clean water, or jobs. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
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Myanmar camp baby a brief chapter in painful story

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In this photo taken on Thursday, Aug. 28, 2003, North Korean women hold national flags to cheer at the Daegu Universiade Games in Daegu, south of Seoul, South Korea. North Korea said Monday, July 7, 2014, it will send a cheering squad to the coming Asian Games in rival South Korea that its athletes plan to attend.(AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
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North Korea to send cheering squad to Asian Games

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In this image taken from video, China's President Xi Jinping speaks during a ceremony marking the 77th anniversary of the start of a war with Japan amid rising tensions between Beijing and Tokyo, at the Museum of the War of the Chinese People's Resistance Against Japanese Aggression Monday, July 7, 2014, in Beijing, China. This year's unusually high-profile commemoration of the 1937 Marco Polo Bridge Incident, including a nationally televised speech by Xi, comes amid an anti-Japanese propaganda campaign by Beijing. (AP Photo/CCTV via AP Video) CHINA OUT, NO SALES, NO ARCHIVES, EDITORIAL USE ONLY
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China holds ceremony to mark China-Japan war

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Pope Francis celebrates the Angelus noon prayer from his studio window overlooking St. Peter's square, at the Vatican, Sunday, July 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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Pope’s visit seen encouraging Catholics in Asia

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Chinese President Xi Jinping waves to students and audience after his lecture at Seoul National University in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, July 4, 2014. With a single meeting Thursday, the leaders of China and South Korea simultaneously snubbed North Korea, bolstered their already booming trade relationship and gave the U.S. and Japan a look at Beijing's growing influence south of the Korean Demilitarized Zone. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
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Xi rebukes Japan for brutality in China, Koreas

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South Korean President Park Geun-hye, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping arrive to hold their press conference at the presidential house in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, July 3, 2014. With a single meeting Thursday, the leaders of China and South Korea simultaneously snubbed North Korea, bolstered their already booming trade relationship and gave the U.S. and Japan a look at Beijing's growing influence south of the Korean Demilitarized Zone. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, Pool)
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China leader snubs North Korea in visit to Seoul

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