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In this June 5, 2009 photo, workers give the final check on newly assembled new 2010 Prius hybrid vehicles at Toyota Tsutsumi Plant in Toyota, central Japan. Toyota Motor Corp. is recalling nearly 200,000 of its signature Prius green cars in Japan for braking problems, the latest in a string of embarrassing safety lapses at the world's largest automaker. Toyota president Akio Toyoda will hold a news conference at the automaker's Tokyo office later Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010 to outline details of the braking problem, including plans for a possible recall in the U.S., a company official told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)AP - Toyota says it is recalling about 437,000 Prius and other hybrid vehicles worldwide to fix brake problems — the latest in a string of embarrassing safety lapses at the world's largest automaker.


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AP - A Chinese court Tuesday sentenced an activist who investigated the deaths of thousands of schoolchildren in the country's massive 2008 earthquake to five years in jail for inciting subversion of state power, the man's lawyer said.
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Ukraine's Prime Minister and presidential candidate Yulia Tymoshenko speaks to the media in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. Tymoshenko's impassioned leadership of the 2004 Orange protests against a rigged presidential ballot made her an international celebrity, and she fought hard in recent weeks to rekindle the heady emotions of those days, at one point debating an empty lectern to dramatize her opponent's refusal to meet her head-to-head.(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)AP - Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has refused to concede the presidential race to opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych and plans to legally challenge the results, Ukrainian and Russian media reported Tuesday.


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Farmers work their field near a reservoir in the outskirts of Beijing. China on has named pollution from farms as a major cause for concern, as the world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gases released its first nationwide survey on sources of environmental degradation.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AP - China has revealed its most ambitious measure of what explosive development has done to its environment, saying Tuesday its first national pollution census has mapped nearly 6 million sources of industrial, residential and agricultural waste.


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U.S. Marines from the 2nd MEB, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines gather at their tents at Belleau Wood outpost outside Marjah in Afghanistan's Helmand province Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)AP - Take a desert of yellow-orange dust so flat it looks like Mars, with a freezing wind that blows so hard it can lift a large tent.


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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell answers a question during a news conference Friday, Feb. 5, 2010 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The New Orleans Saints will play the Indianapolis Colts in Super Bowl XLIV Sunday, Feb. 7, at Sun Life Stadium in Miami. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)AP - A memorable season capped by a super title game with a record TV audience has NFL executives and fans beaming.


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Los Angeles Lakers guard Shannon Brown (12) flies by San Antonio Spurs forward Antonio McDyess for a basket on a fast break in the first half of an NBA basketball game, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, in Los Angeles.(AP Photo/Gus Ruelas)AP - Pau Gasol had 21 points and 19 rebounds to lead five players in double figures, and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the San Antonio Spurs 101-89 Monday night without injured Kobe Bryant and Andrew Bynum.


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AP - Kobe Bryant isn't sure if he'll play in this weekend's NBA All-Star game in Dallas because of his sore left ankle.
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An advance by Los Angeles Kings center Anze Kopitar (11), of Slovenia, is stopped by Anaheim Ducks defenseman Brett Festerling, left, in the first period of an NHL hockey game in Anaheim, Calif., Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Lori Shepler)AP - Although the longest winning streak in the Los Angeles Kings' history finally was stopped by their closest rivals, they hope the momentum from that confidence-building run will extend all the way into the spring.


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AP - The Mountain West Conference is doing some serious climbing.
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