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			<image:caption><![CDATA[That's a wrap: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe issues the Yokohama Declaration 2013 during the Monday closing session of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development in Yokohama.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Opposition continues: Thousands of opponents of nuclear power gather near Tokyo Tower in Minato Ward to stage a march Sunday toward the Diet.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rallying the troops: Protesters march during a rally in support of U.S. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning outside of Fort Meade, Maryland, on Saturday. Manning, whose court-martial kicked off Monday, is accused of sending hundreds of thousands of classified records to whistle-blower website WikiLeaks while working as an intelligence analyst in Baghdad.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[All ears: Maruberu Co. President Hiroshi Mitsuzawa listens as a single-mother employee explains about food services for corporate customers in Taito Ward, Tokyo, in late April.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Studying up: Foreign youths study for the Japanese high school entrance exam during a class in Kani, Gifu Prefecture, in April. They were taking part in a program overseen by the nonprofit organization Kani International Exchange Association.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Final act: Democratic New Jersey Sen. Frank Lautenberg (right) listens as state Gov. Chris Christie addresses a gathering in Lincoln Park, New Jersey, in August 2011.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Hung up: Japan Airlines Co.'s first Boeing Co. 787 Dreamliner aircraft sits in a hangar during a media preview at Narita airport in March 2012.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Anti-ProSavana: National Peasants' Union President Augusto Mafigo, an opponent of a Japan-led agriculture development plan in Mozambique, speaks at a symposium Saturday in Yokohama.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Friend of Okinawa: Osaka Mayor  Toru Hashimoto says the airport in the adjacent city of  Yao should host Osprey training flights.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Briefing on brutality: Delegates raise placards requesting the floor after a report by the United Nations' independent commission of inquiry on Syria on Tuesday in Geneva.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Downward spiral: Naoki Sato and his girlfriend, Yoshie, in Sean McAllister's documentary "Japan: A Story of Love and Hate"]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Exactly alike, yet very different: Denmark's Crown Princess Mary, shown with her twin sons Joakim Sejer Poulsen and Jonas, is an ambassador for medical research on twins to determine how environmental and genetic factors impact their health.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Completed in 1983 with Japanese loan aid and technical assistance, the Matadi Bridge across the Congo River is a symbol of cooperation between Japan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Let's talk: British Prime Minister David Cameron, who is hosting the Group of Eight summit, greets Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[A makeshift cap is being built for the remnants of the reactor 4 containment building before Tokyo Electric Power Co. begins removing fuel rods from its spent-fuel pool in November.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Wiped off the map: These twin images show the city of Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on Monday, following the devastating tsunami, and in March last year.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yukio Hatoyama]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-06-25T20:53:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Point, counterpoint: Louis Foster, senior managing director at Cerberus, and Seibu Holdings President Takashi Goto speak separately with reporters Tuesday after the Seibu general shareholders' meeting in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-06-25T20:56:29+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Cuba NSA Surveillance Snowden]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Welcome to Cuba: Journalists surround an Aeroflot flight crew member at Havana's Jose Marti International Airport on Monday. Confusion over the whereabouts of Edward Snowden grew after flight SU150 flew from Moscow to Cuba with an empty seat booked in the former NSA contractor's name.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Clearing away the clouds: Naomi Haskell helps her son deal with the challenges presented by schizophrenia, her days torn between worry and hope. Here, Haskell hugs Spencer, 19, at her home in suburban Houston. Since he was diagnosed with a type of schizophrenia two years ago, her focus has been on keeping him well.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Communicating: A woman holds a booklet Friday in Kobe featuring non-Japanese children who have acted as medical interpreters.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Machine drum: Adam Mason (left) and Alan Yellowitz lead a rhythm enhancement session at Arden Courts Memory Care Community, home to a number of Alzheimer's patients, in Annandale, Virginia, earlier this month.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Noble effort: Lawyer Kazuo Hizumi poses for a photo in 2011, seven months before he died.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Search for evidence: A Japan Coast Guard boat approaches the Norwegian car carrier NOCC Oceanic off Sendai on Tuesday morning to determine whether it was involved in a collision Sunday with a tuna trawler, whose skipper remains missing.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Crosscheck: A pair of AirAsia Japan jetliners sit on the tarmac at Narita International Airport last July.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[Views Of Apple Store Ahead Of Apple, Samsung Ruling]]></image:title>
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		<lastmod>2013-06-26T00:48:51+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rallying figure: Protesters shout slogans in support of former U.S. National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden as they march to the U.S. Consulate in Hong Kong on June 13.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shin Shin, a female giant panda, is seen Monday at  Tokyo's Ueno Zoo. Although she had shown symptoms unique to pregnant pandas, prompting public viewing to be suspended June 4, officials at the zoo said  Tuesday that she does not appear to be with cub. The zoo will continue to keep watch until reaching a final conclusion.  STORY: PAGE 2]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Outside bet: Members of environmental group Greenpeace display a roulette board likening nuclear energy to gambling, while investors walk to Tokyo Electric Power Co's shareholders' meeting in Tokyo on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Yen observer: Takatoshi Kato, president of the Japan Center for International Finance, is interviewed in July 2011.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-07-02T00:10:44+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-07-02T00:11:27+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-07-02T00:28:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Off for Finland: Japan Airlines employees see off JAL's first Boeing 787 flight to Helsinki at Narita airport in Chiba Prefecture on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-07-02T00:41:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Workers engage in efforts to reinforce the plant to protect the complex from natural disasters.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/02/national/politics-diplomacy/lawmakers-income-rose-first-time-in-five-years-in-2012/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-02T00:43:07+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/01/national/okayama-surgeons-transplant-part-of-moms-lung-into-son-3/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-02T01:56:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Blazing new trail: Doctors transplant part of a mother's lung into her 3-year-old son at Okayama University Hospital in Okayama on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/01/national/politics-diplomacy/japan-envoys-among-u-s-spy-targets/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-02T02:01:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-07-02T02:04:04+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Honored: Reisha Raney, a descendant of Thomas Jefferson's family, poses beside a bust of the third U.S. president in DAR Constitution Hall in Washington on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/06/20/national/media-national/is-japan-going-loopy-in-a-world-so-alien/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-02T11:10:38+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-07-02T12:07:38+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[All downhill from here: Hikers shout "banzai" as they face the sunrise Monday atop Mount Fuji on the first day of the summer climbing season. Despite the clouds, the turnout was large.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/07/18/national/media-national/japans-media-laps-up-poll-parade/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-02T15:00:32+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Prime digits: Liberal Democratic Party bigwigs point their forefingers to the sky on July 11.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/07/11/national/media-national/media-fixated-with-chinas-new-wealth/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-02T15:00:55+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/07/11/national/science-health/viewing-dolphins-as-taiji-could-show-them/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-02T15:18:02+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[fe20100711rha.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Free spirits: Bottlenose dolphins frolicking in the Gulf of Amvrakikos in Greece. Though not hunted and killed as they are in some places in Japan — such as Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, as shown in the Oscar-winning film "The Cove" — Mediterranean dolphins similarly suffer from a build-up of toxins such as mercury in their bodies.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/07/11/national/media-national/smap-bled-for-rotten-tomatoes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-02T15:18:17+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/07/04/national/media-national/playing-spot-the-political-difference/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-02T16:27:02+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/07/18/national/media-national/youth-is-wasted-on-the-dwindling-young/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-02T16:27:11+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-07-02T17:48:13+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cultured group: Kyoto Journal founder John Einarsen (far right, front) and photojournalist Everett Kennedy Brown (third from right, back) were among those given awards for promoting Japanese culture abroad by Cultural Affairs Agency Commissioner Seiichi Kondo (center, front).]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/07/04/national/media-national/only-connect-japan-struggles-to-bond/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-02T18:12:52+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-07-02T20:55:56+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-07-03T00:00:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-07-03T00:00:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-07-03T00:00:56+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-07-03T00:01:14+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-07-03T00:02:40+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-07-03T00:02:44+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Retrospective: Tetsu Murakami of the Kumamoto Prefectural Museum of Art introduces works by Leonard Tsuguharu Foujita (1886-1968) at an exhibition that opened Tuesday in the city of Kumamoto.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/03/national/politics-diplomacy/nagoya-mayors-%c2%a58-million-salary-cap-approved/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-03T00:03:33+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Takashi Kawamura]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/03/national/rights-activists-demand-end-to-exploitative-trainee-program/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-03T00:03:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nn20130703f4a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Outing abuses: Ippei Torii, secretary-general of the Solidarity Network with Migrants Japan, speaks at a symposium Saturday in Tokyo on human trafficking.]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/03/world/u-k-paper-punches-way-above-its-weight/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-03T00:03:56+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/03/world/power-shifts-to-heros-eldest-daughter/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-03T00:03:56+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mandla Mandela]]></image:caption>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/03/business/firms-send-new-hires-out-to-gain-street-smarts/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-03T00:03:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Thumbs up: Two new employees attempt to hitch a ride on April 12 in Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, during a training program for new recruits.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/03/business/salarymens-allowance-falls-to-1982-level/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-03T00:03:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[nb20130703a4a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Not much jingling: Morning commuters exit Tokyo Station last week. The average Japanese husband's monthly allowance slumped to the lowest level since 1982.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/03/business/honda-seeks-to-make-cars-pedestrian-safer/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-03T00:03:57+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ready to play in Peoria: Honda vehicles sit outside Bob Lindsay Honda in Peoria, Illinois, on June 25.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cause for concern: Photos of Public Security Intelligence Agency officials are seen stabbed through with a knife. The photos were discovered during an on-site inspection of a facility run by Aleph, the group that succeeded Aum Shinrikyo, the cult that masterminded the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-07-03T00:04:55+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/03/world/social-issues-world/portugals-baby-bust-feeding-vicious-cycle/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ben Bernanke]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/03/national/imported-bee-threatening-hokkaido-ecosystem/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Invader: An imported buff-tailed bumblebee that has gone feral is seen in Hokkaido.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/03/national/manufacturer-turns-to-fashion-to-help-quake-hit-town/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Safety in numbers: Students go to school in groups Monday in Nerima Ward, Tokyo, after three boys were attacked there June 28. At far left is Isamu Hiroto, 71, the crossing guard who fought with the assailant.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Head to head: Nagoya University sumo club member Alexandre Tonitti from Switzerland takes part in a practice at the school.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Blackened: Kanebo Cosmetics' popular skin whitening products, including the Blanchir Superior series, are removed from shelves at a drug store in Shinjuku  Ward, Tokyo, on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Slaking a thirst: Nobuhiro Torii, president of Suntory Beverage &amp; Food Ltd., is interviewed Friday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-07-05T23:13:11+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[DNC CONVENTION KERRY]]></image:title>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Restart what?: Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Naomi Hirose faces reporters Friday after he met Niigata Gov. Hirohiko Izumida at the prefectural office.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Shinzo Abe]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-07-06T22:19:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Ready to swoop: An attack helicopter flies over a street near the presidential palace in Cairo on Friday. A top Muslim Brotherhood leader, Mohammed Badie, has vowed to restore ousted President Mohammed Morsi to office, saying Egyptians will not accept "military rule" for another day.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Read my eyes: An activist sports pink glasses on which the words "stop spying" are written across the lenses during a protest against alleged privacy violations by the U.S. National Security Agency in Washington on Thursday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Alternative offer: John de Jong, senior vice president at Pearson English, a division of Pearson PLC, is interviewed at the firm's Japan office in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, on Monday.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-07-06T22:26:42+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sinister trap?: A Trappist monk passes graffiti in Hebrew reading "Jesus is a monkey" and "mutual guarantee, Ramat Migron and Maoz Ester" (West Bank settlements) at the monastery of Latrun, between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, in September.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-07-06T23:03:41+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Two's company: Noel Biderman, CEO of Ashley Madison, and Eleonora Heidi, director of international operations, at the site's recent Japan launch in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Easy target: The alleged insurance fraud by the father of TV personality Rola (above) is just the kind of thing tabloid reporters think they are supposed to cover.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA["No more Nagasakis": Senji Yamaguchi, a Nagasaki A-bombing survivor and a leading figure in Japan's anti-nuclear movement, addresses the second U.N. special session on disarmament in New York in June 1982, holding up a photo of the injuries he sustained in the August 1945 attack.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-07-07T02:00:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Calling the shots: The all-powerful Egyptian military has blocked economic reform efforts, sent thousands of civilians before closed tribunals and enabled elections before the drafting of a new constitution.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Time bombs: The United States is struggling to deal with enormous amounts of still-hot radioactive waste accumulating at commercial nuclear reactors in more than 30 states.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Better luck next time: Customers play slot machines at the Mohegan Sun casino at Pocono Downs in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, in August 2006.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[The plumbing of privacy: Cables of all colors are shown at a Google data center in The Dalles, Oregon. The company, whose motto is "Don't be evil," says color-coding makes its networking feats less technical: "Hand me a blue one."]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Inspired: Supporters of brash Internet entrepreneur Takafumi Horie, the former president and CEO of Livedoor Co. Ltd., pose in masks representing Horie in front of the Tokyo District Court in March 2007.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-07-10T11:00:37+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Mixed race: Although most Japanese share attributes such as black hair, their lineage bears genetic influence from the Jomon, Yayoi and even Ainu people. Accepting this could help to ease tensions in East Asia.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-07-10T12:29:43+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Casting for votes: Kan Suzuki (right), a Democratic Party of Japan member of the Upper House, holds a talk show with business strategist Kenichi Omae at his Net broadcast station Suzu Sta in Shinjuku in May.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-07-10T21:07:17+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Inside job: Kids play with the indoor Dancing Sand kit during a June promotional event in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/10/national/parents-give-kids-early-start-in-english/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Building blocks: An instructor teaches young children in English, using a DNA model, at S&amp;S International School in Yokohama on May 29.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Top-down approach: CEO  Yoon  Young-doo leaves Asiana Airlines' HQ in Seoul on  Tuesday bound for San Francisco.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Libor coup: Stock specialists work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange just after the closing bell July 3.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-07-10T23:13:31+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Smart scooter: Toru Tokushige, president of Terra Motors Corp., touches an iPhone mounted on his company's electric A4000i scooter in Koto Ward, Tokyo, on Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/10/business/economy-business/wholesale-prices-rise-for-third-consecutive-month/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-10T23:16:18+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-07-10T23:18:30+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Seiji Manabe]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/10/national/politics-diplomacy/pro-nuke-ldps-candidate-quiet-on-ehime-reactor-restart-bid/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2013-07-10T23:45:28+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Water woes:  The Nuclear Regulation Authority said on Wednesday it strongly suspects highly radioactive water at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant is seeping into the ground and contaminating the Pacific Ocean.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Reversal in works?: The Grand Bench of the Supreme Court is seen Wednesday before it heard disputes over a Civil Code provision calling for illegitimate children to be awarded less inheritance. One of the 15 justices, Itsuro Terada, refrained from participating as he has worked at the Civil Affairs Bureau of the Justice Ministry.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/07/10/national/social-issues/politicians-silent-on-curbing-hate-speech/</loc>
		<lastmod>2013-07-10T23:57:35+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-07-11T11:23:32+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-07-11T11:30:03+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-07-11T11:30:14+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-07-11T21:55:22+09:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2013-07-11T21:55:24+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Litter by litter: A tigress would prefer a female cub since she will most likely have at least the average number of cubs.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Start of a new marathon: Accused Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev makes his first appearance in court Wednesday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Factory-fresh?: A chef displays sandwiches at a restaurant in Paris. A new study shows that a third of French restaurants are adding frozen meats to their dishes because they are cheaper and easier to manage.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Koichi Hamada]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-07-11T22:43:14+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Smooth sailing?: Officials from the Osaka Municipal Government and Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry tour the cruise ship Diamond Princess on May 8.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[No fault: Japan Atomic Power Co. President Yasuo Hamada faces reporters Thursday in Tokyo.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Looking for reset: Vice Foreign Minister Akitaka Saiki (left) and his South Korean counterpart, Kim Kyou-hyun, strike an amicable pose Thursday ahead of their fence-mending talks in Seoul.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Reaching out: Muslim students share "iftar" (evening meal) Tuesday with Japanese students at Tokyo Camii, the largest mosque in Japan, in Shibuya Ward.]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2013-07-12T02:00:22+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Damage control: Masao Yoshida (left), the late former chief of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, speaks to reporters at the plant in November 2011 as Goshi Hosono, then Cabinet minister in charge of the crisis, looks on.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/09/26/national/media-national/yakuza-groups-shoveled-aside-by-japans-frustrated-contractors/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Sign of the crimes: A sign declaring "Gangsters not welcome" and "Making a peaceful town" is displayed at the construction site of the Tokyo Sky Tree (top) in Tokyo's Sumida Ward.]]></image:caption>
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