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International Olympic Committee (IOC) Vice President John Coates, center left, delivers speech as Yoshiro Mori, center right, president of the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, listens to him during the IOC/ TOKYO 2020 joint press conference in Tokyo, Friday, April 4, 2014. Coates and other IOC officials are in Tokyo for a two-day IOC-Tokyo 2020 First Project Review. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
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International Olympic Committee (IOC) Vice President John Coates rubs his eyes during the IOC/ TOKYO 2020 Joint Press Conference in Tokyo, Friday, April 4, 2014. Coates and other IOC officials are in Tokyo for a two-day IOC-Tokyo 2020 First Project Review. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
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International Olympic Committee (IOC) Vice President John Coates, center, and Yoshiro Mori, president of the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, right, snake hands at IOC/ TOKYO 2020 joint press conference in Tokyo, Friday, April 4, 2014. Coates and other IOC officials are in Tokyo for a two-day IOC-Tokyo 2020 First Project Review. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
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International Olympic Committee (IOC) Vice President John Coates attends the IOC/ TOKYO 2020 joint press conference in Tokyo, Friday, April 4, 2014. Coates and other IOC officials are in Tokyo for a two-day IOC-Tokyo 2020 First Project Review. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
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** FILE ** In this Sunday, March 30, 2014, file photo, the Australian navy ship Ocean Shield lies docked at naval base HMAS Stirling while being fitted with a towed pinger locator to aid in her roll in the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in Perth, Australia. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith, File)
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FILE - In this Aug. 3, 2012, file photo, a small amount of water is seen in a pond in the cattle pasture that serves as the water source for a cattle ranch in Tallula, Ill. Industry groups and more than a dozen GOP senators are urging the Obama administration to reconsider a proposal by the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers. The new rule seeks to clarify which waters or wetlands would trigger federal requirements, such as permitting and state water quality certification. Seasonal and rain-dependent streams, and wetlands near rivers and streams, would be covered; others would be considered on a case-by-case basis to determine if they play a significant role in the quality of downstream waters. Landowners and developers say the government has gone too far in regulating isolated ponds or marshes with no direct connection to navigable waterways. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)
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FILE - In this July 17, 2013, file photo, a corn plant is surrounded by water in a field in Edmond, Okla., following rain in central Oklahoma. Industry groups and more than a dozen GOP senators are urging the Obama administration to reconsider a proposal by the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers. The new rule seeks to clarify which waters or wetlands would trigger federal requirements, such as permitting and state water quality certification. Seasonal and rain-dependent streams, and wetlands near rivers and streams, would be covered; others would be considered on a case-by-case basis to determine if they play a significant role in the quality of downstream waters. Landowners and developers say the government has gone too far in regulating isolated ponds or marshes with no direct connection to navigable waterways. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)
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FILE - In this April 2, 2002, file photo, dairy farmer Paul Peter stands by his emergency pond near his house at Castleton-on-Hudson, N.Y. Industry groups and more than a dozen GOP senators are urging the Obama administration to reconsider a proposal by the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers. The new rule seeks to clarify which waters or wetlands would trigger federal requirements, such as permitting and state water quality certification. Seasonal and rain-dependent streams, and wetlands near rivers and streams, would be covered; others would be considered on a case-by-case basis to determine if they play a significant role in the quality of downstream waters. Landowners and developers say the government has gone too far in regulating isolated ponds or marshes with no direct connection to navigable waterways. (AP Photo/Jim McKnight, File)
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FILE - In this March 31, 2014 file photo released by the South Korea Defense Ministry Wednesday, April 2, 2014, an unmanned drone lies on the ground damaged on Baengnyeong Island, South Korea, near the West Sea border with North Korea when the two Koreas fired hundreds of artillery shells into each other's waters. South Korean experts say two small drones believed to have been flown across the border by the North amid rising military tensions were crude and decidedly low-tech - with cameras available on the Internet for hundreds of dollars - but underscore a potential new threat that must be taken seriously. (AP Photo/South Korea Defense Ministry, File )
