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Japanese Prime Minister visits controversial war shrine

Japanese Prime Minister visits controversial war shrine

Shizuo Kambayashi/AP Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (right), followed by a security officer, visits Yasukuni Shrine to pay respect for the war dead in Tokyo. TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited Yasukuni war shrine Thursday in a move sure to infuriate China and South Korea. Visits to Yasukuni by Japanese politicians have long been a point of friction ...

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Justin Bieber visits Philippine typhoon victims

Justin Bieber visits Philippine typhoon victims

AP Justin Bieber greeted children-survivors of Typhoon Haiyan during his visit to Tacloban city, Leyte province in central Philippines on Tuesday. Teen heartthrob Justin Bieber visited young victims of Typhoon Haiyan on Tuesday, traveling to the Philippines after launching a worldwide campaign to help those affected by the deadly storm. Bieber arrived from Australia and flew to Tacloban, the devastated ...

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Chinese president visits victims of oil pipeline blasts

Chinese president visits victims of oil pipeline blasts

ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images Cars are scattered like toys in the aftermath of Friday’s oil pipeline explosions in Qingdao, China. The death toll rose to 52 on Sunday. BEIJING (AP) — China’s president on Sunday visited hospitalized victims of deadly explosions that ripped through residential and commercial roads from a ruptured pipeline owned by the country’s largest oil refiner. The ...

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