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Kenya holds commemoration for dam burst victims

STORY: Kenya holds commemoration for dam burst victims SHOOTING TIME: May 9, 2024 DATELINE: May 11, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:02 LOCATION: NAKURU, Kenya CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the commemoration 2. SOUNDBITE (English): RIGATHI GACHAGUA, Kenyan deputy president 3. various of the commemoration STORYLINE: Kenyan officials and hundreds of community members attended a commemoration on Thursday in honor of 60 people who were killed in a dam burst. Pictures of the victims were put up in remembrance. A dam burst on April 29 in the town of Mai Mahiu, about 60 kilometers north of the Kenyan capital of Nairobi, after a nearby river overflowed due to flash floods. SOUNDBITE (English): RIGATHI GACHAGUA, Kenyan deputy president "I want to ask Kenyans to be responsible. I want to ask the people of Kenya to take care of their lives and their own safety first, even before the government can support and help." According to Kenyan authorities, floods have killed more than 260 people and displaced over 378,000

Lebanese official calls for protecting civilians during conflicts

STORY: Lebanese official calls for protecting civilians during conflicts SHOOTING TIME: May 6, 2024 DATELINE: May 8, 2024 LENGTH: 00:03:48 LOCATION: Beirut CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. shots of ambulances carrying corpses of victims of the Israeli air raid on the border village of Mays al-Jabal 2. shots of villagers participating in the funerals of the Israeli air raid victims 3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): MELHEM KHALAF, Member of Lebanese parliament 4. various of smoke resulting from Israeli shelling on the outskirts of the border town of Alma el Shaab STORYLINE: During the funerals held on Monday for the victims of an Israeli airstrike on the Lebanese village of Mays al-Jabal, member of the parliament Melhem Khalaf called for restoring the principles of human rights and for protecting civilians during conflicts. Four people were killed and three others injured on Sunday in the Israeli airstrike, Lebanese military sources told Xinhua. Mays al-Jabal has been a regular target of the Israeli army since last yea

Namibia's annual crayfish festival boosts economic growth, says VP

STORY: Namibia's annual crayfish festival boosts economic growth, says VP SHOOTING TIME: May 3, 2024 DATELINE: May 5, 2024 LENGTH: 00:03:05 LOCATION: Windhoek CATEGORY: ECONOMY/CULTURE/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the annual crayfish festival, Luderitz Town, southern part of Namibia STORYLINE: Namibian Vice President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah said on Friday that the annual crayfish festival held in the southern coastal town of Luderitz provides an investment opportunity and boosts tourism, which in turn contributes significantly to the country's economic growth. During the official opening ceremony on Friday, she emphasized the festival's positive impact on the local community, adding that it has ignited an entrepreneurial spirit in the town. "The inclusion of small and medium enterprises and financial services in the festival demonstrates its impact on social and economic progress. The festival also takes place against the backdrop of oil discoveries and emerging green industries that will drive economi

Legislation protecting Xinjiang ancient city comes into force

STORY: Legislation protecting Xinjiang ancient city comes into force SHOOTING TIME: recent footage and file DATELINE: May 1, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:58 LOCATION: URUMQI, China CATEGORY: CULTURE/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the old town area of Kashgar City 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): MAWLAN TURAK, Shop owner in the old town of Kashgar 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): YAKUPJAN XIRALI, Resident in the old town of Kashgar 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): NAWBAHAR ALI, Painter in the old town of Kashgar 5. various of the old town area of Kashgar City STORYLINE: A new legislation aimed at protecting the traditional culture and buildings in the old town area of Kashgar City in China's Xinjiang entered into force on Wednesday. The regulation, enacted on March 31, forbids demolition of or damage to historical architecture in the old town while stipulating that reconstruction of buildings must receive official approvals. A top tourist destination in Xinjiang, the old town of Kashgar is home to one of the largest surviving earthen

Ammunition warehouse blaze in western Cambodia kills 20 soldiers: PM

STORY: Ammunition warehouse blaze in western Cambodia kills 20 soldiers: PM SHOOTING TIME: April 27, 2024 DATELINE: April 28, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:47 LOCATION: Phnom Penh CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the ammunition warehouse STORYLINE: Twenty soldiers were killed on Saturday as fire swept through an ammunition warehouse in western Cambodia, setting off a series of explosions, the country's Prime Minister Hun Manet said. The blaze broke out at 2:30 p.m. local time at the ammunition depot in the Third Military Command in Chamkar Doung village of Kampong Speu province's Chbar Mon town. Kampong Speu Provincial Police Chief Major General Sam Samuon told Xinhua that an investigation has been launched to determine the cause of the incident. The extent of the damage to the ammunition depot remains under assessment. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Phnom Penh. (XHTV)

Magnitude-5.6 earthquake rocks northern Turkish province of Tokat: AFAD

STORY: Magnitude-5.6 earthquake rocks northern Turkish province of Tokat: AFAD SHOOTING TIME: April 18, 2024 DATELINE: April 19, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:15 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Tokat after the quake (courtesy of ihlas news agency) STORYLINE: A magnitude-5.6 earthquake rocked the northern Turkish province of Tokat on Thursday, according to the country's disaster management authority AFAD. The earthquake struck at 6:11 p.m. local time (1511 GMT), with its epicenter located in the town of Sulusaray in Tokat province, approximately 450 kilometers east of the capital Ankara, according to AFAD. There were no immediate reports of casualties. The quake was felt in neighboring provinces, private broadcaster NTV reported. Teams from the AFAD and other relevant agencies were investigating the situation at the scene, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on social media platform X. Türkiye is crisscrossed by active seismic faultlines. In February 2023, two powerful ea

Xinhua Headlines: Chinese economy sustains recovery momentum, makes notable progress in Q1

(240416) -- BEIJING, April 16, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A worker checks the growth of seedlings at an intelligent seedling breeding base in Shuangxing Village of Xianlong Town, southwest China's Chongqing, March 12, 2024. (Xinhua/Huang Wei)

Pakistani PM visits Dasu project camp to console Chinese personnel

STORY: Pakistani PM visits Dasu project camp to console Chinese personnel SHOOTING TIME: April 1, 2024 DATELINE: April 2, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:17 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Pakistani PM visiting Chinese employees of the Dasu hydropower project STORYLINE: Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday visited the Dasu Hydropower project's camp in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province to console Chinese personnel of the project. Addressing the workers, Sharif expressed deep condolences for the victims of the Dasu terrorist attack and sincere consolation to the relatives of the victims and the Chinese personnel of the project. It is the responsibility of the Pakistani government to protect the safety of the Chinese brothers and sisters who came to Pakistan to help its development and progress, the prime minister said, promising that his government will hunt down the culprits at all costs and spare no effort to protect the safety of Chinese citizens and projects i

LEBANON-NAQOURA-FUNERAL-ISRAELI RAID

(240329) -- NAQOURA, March 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People attend the funeral of the victims killed in an Israeli raid in Naqoura, Lebanon, on March 28, 2024. Lebanese military sources told Xinhua that an Israeli raid targeted a house in the town of Naqoura in southwest Lebanon, killing a member of the Amal Movement and three members of the Islamic Al-Risala Scout Association affiliated with the Amal Movement and wounding four civilians on Wednesday. (Photo by Ali Hashisho/Xinhua)

INDONESIA-EAST JAVA-EARTHQUAKE-AFTERMATH

(240325) -- BAWEAN ISLAND, March 25, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A staff member unloads aid from Indonesia's National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) in Bawean Island, East Java, Indonesia, March 25, 2024. Multiple earthquakes struck off Indonesia's province of East Java last Friday without triggering a tsunami. Indonesia, an archipelagic nation, is prone to earthquakes as it sits in a vulnerable quake-hit zone, called the "Pacific Ring of Fire." (Photo by Sahlan Kurniawan/Xinhua)

(7)Niigata quake victims weary, worried of more damage

HORINOUCHI, Japan - Work is in progress in the town of Jonouchi in central Niigata Prefecture on Oct. 26 to repair the Kanetsu Expressway which was heavily damaged by the Oct. 23 earthquakes. (Kyodo)

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