Advanced Shadow Adjustment Technology adjusts dark areas within an image shot under backlit conditions so that a subject's face can be revealed even under strong lighting, and Hand-Held Starlight mode, which helps users at night by capturing multiple images and stitching them together into a single, crisp photo, can now be used with a flash.

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He enters his 2nd term in a strong position to lead the Congress out of its warfare mode into a solution-searching mode.

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For Japan, a strong yen could kill any chances they have to keep their economy in recovery mode, especially after the disasters earlier in the year.

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Under the shelter of strong government, humankind can enjoy "commodious living" - Hobbes' term for a civilised mode of life in which we can live and work together without fear.

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