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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Passengers use a ladder to disembark from a JR Sobu Line train Monday after it was stopped between Iikura and Yokaichiba stations in Chiba Prefecture by a strong morning earthquake.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Masami (right) displays her Philippine passport as her mother, Rossana, shows the Japanese passport of the girl's younger sister at a Tuesday news conference in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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