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			<image:caption><![CDATA["Yamahoko" floats are paraded Saturday in Kyoto's Gion Festival.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Repatriated abductee Hitomi Soga takes a walk Friday with her two daughters, Mika (center) and Belinda, at Shinjuku Gyoen Park in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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