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THAILAND-CHINA-BUILT POWER TRANSMISSION LINE-INAUGURATION

(231220) -- PHATTHALUNG, Dec. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Dec. 20, 2023 shows a view of the China-built Thung Song-Songkhla 500kV Transmission Line Project in Phatthalung, Thailand. A China-built power transmission line project was inaugurated on Tuesday in Thailand's southern Phatthalung province after two years of construction. The Thung Song-Songkhla 500kV Transmission Line Project, known as the Thung Song Project, is the first 500kV Transmission Line in southern Thailand. The contracted section was undertaken by Henan Electric Power Transmission & Transformation Construction, spanning 105 km from Nakhon Si Thammarat Province in southern Thailand to Phatthalung Province. (Xinhua/Wang Teng)

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THAILAND-CHINA-BUILT POWER TRANSMISSION LINE-INAUGURATION

(231220) -- PHATTHALUNG, Dec. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Dec. 20, 2023 shows a view of the China-built Thung Song-Songkhla 500kV Transmission Line Project in Phatthalung, Thailand. A China-built power transmission line project was inaugurated on Tuesday in Thailand's southern Phatthalung province after two years of construction. The Thung Song-Songkhla 500kV Transmission Line Project, known as the Thung Song Project, is the first 500kV Transmission Line in southern Thailand. The contracted section was undertaken by Henan Electric Power Transmission & Transformation Construction, spanning 105 km from Nakhon Si Thammarat Province in southern Thailand to Phatthalung Province. (Xinhua/Wang Teng)

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THAILAND-CHINA-BUILT POWER TRANSMISSION LINE-INAUGURATION

(231220) -- PHATTHALUNG, Dec. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Dec. 19, 2023 shows a view of the China-built Thung Song-Songkhla 500kV Transmission Line Project in Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. A China-built power transmission line project was inaugurated on Tuesday in Thailand's southern Phatthalung province after two years of construction. The Thung Song-Songkhla 500kV Transmission Line Project, known as the Thung Song Project, is the first 500kV Transmission Line in southern Thailand. The contracted section was undertaken by Henan Electric Power Transmission & Transformation Construction, spanning 105 km from Nakhon Si Thammarat Province in southern Thailand to Phatthalung Province. (Xinhua/Wang Teng)

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THAILAND-CHINA-BUILT POWER TRANSMISSION LINE-INAUGURATION

(231220) -- PHATTHALUNG, Dec. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Dec. 20, 2023 shows a view of the China-built Thung Song-Songkhla 500kV Transmission Line Project in Phatthalung, Thailand. A China-built power transmission line project was inaugurated on Tuesday in Thailand's southern Phatthalung province after two years of construction. The Thung Song-Songkhla 500kV Transmission Line Project, known as the Thung Song Project, is the first 500kV Transmission Line in southern Thailand. The contracted section was undertaken by Henan Electric Power Transmission & Transformation Construction, spanning 105 km from Nakhon Si Thammarat Province in southern Thailand to Phatthalung Province. (Xinhua/Wang Teng)

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THAILAND-CHINA-BUILT POWER TRANSMISSION LINE-INAUGURATION

(231220) -- PHATTHALUNG, Dec. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Dec. 19, 2023 shows a view of the China-built Thung Song-Songkhla 500kV Transmission Line Project in Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. A China-built power transmission line project was inaugurated on Tuesday in Thailand's southern Phatthalung province after two years of construction. The Thung Song-Songkhla 500kV Transmission Line Project, known as the Thung Song Project, is the first 500kV Transmission Line in southern Thailand. The contracted section was undertaken by Henan Electric Power Transmission & Transformation Construction, spanning 105 km from Nakhon Si Thammarat Province in southern Thailand to Phatthalung Province. (Xinhua/Wang Teng)

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THAILAND-CHINA-BUILT POWER TRANSMISSION LINE-INAUGURATION

(231220) -- PHATTHALUNG, Dec. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Dec. 19, 2023 shows a view of the China-built Thung Song-Songkhla 500kV Transmission Line Project in Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. A China-built power transmission line project was inaugurated on Tuesday in Thailand's southern Phatthalung province after two years of construction. The Thung Song-Songkhla 500kV Transmission Line Project, known as the Thung Song Project, is the first 500kV Transmission Line in southern Thailand. The contracted section was undertaken by Henan Electric Power Transmission & Transformation Construction, spanning 105 km from Nakhon Si Thammarat Province in southern Thailand to Phatthalung Province. (Xinhua/Wang Teng)

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THAILAND-CHINA-BUILT POWER TRANSMISSION LINE-INAUGURATION

(231220) -- PHATTHALUNG, Dec. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Dec. 19, 2023 shows a view of the China-built Thung Song-Songkhla 500kV Transmission Line Project in Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. A China-built power transmission line project was inaugurated on Tuesday in Thailand's southern Phatthalung province after two years of construction. The Thung Song-Songkhla 500kV Transmission Line Project, known as the Thung Song Project, is the first 500kV Transmission Line in southern Thailand. The contracted section was undertaken by Henan Electric Power Transmission & Transformation Construction, spanning 105 km from Nakhon Si Thammarat Province in southern Thailand to Phatthalung Province. (Xinhua/Wang Teng)

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THAILAND-CHINA-BUILT POWER TRANSMISSION LINE-INAUGURATION

(231220) -- PHATTHALUNG, Dec. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Dec. 20, 2023 shows a view of the China-built Thung Song-Songkhla 500kV Transmission Line Project in Phatthalung, Thailand. A China-built power transmission line project was inaugurated on Tuesday in Thailand's southern Phatthalung province after two years of construction. The Thung Song-Songkhla 500kV Transmission Line Project, known as the Thung Song Project, is the first 500kV Transmission Line in southern Thailand. The contracted section was undertaken by Henan Electric Power Transmission & Transformation Construction, spanning 105 km from Nakhon Si Thammarat Province in southern Thailand to Phatthalung Province. (Xinhua/Wang Teng)

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THAILAND-CHINA-BUILT POWER TRANSMISSION LINE-INAUGURATION

(231220) -- PHATTHALUNG, Dec. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Dec. 19, 2023 shows a view of the China-built Thung Song-Songkhla 500kV Transmission Line Project in Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. A China-built power transmission line project was inaugurated on Tuesday in Thailand's southern Phatthalung province after two years of construction. The Thung Song-Songkhla 500kV Transmission Line Project, known as the Thung Song Project, is the first 500kV Transmission Line in southern Thailand. The contracted section was undertaken by Henan Electric Power Transmission & Transformation Construction, spanning 105 km from Nakhon Si Thammarat Province in southern Thailand to Phatthalung Province. (Xinhua/Wang Teng)

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Japan marks centenary of Great Kanto Earthquake

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike observes a moment of silence at the time the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake struck at a venue in Tokyo's Marunouchi area where an emergency drill was held on Sept. 1, 2023. The quake that shook Tokyo and surrounding areas occurred 100 years ago the same day, leaving more than 105,000 people dead or missing.

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Egypt's population hits 105 mln: statistics agency

STORY: Egypt's population hits 105 mln: statistics agency DATELINE: June 4, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:42 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Nile River 2. various of Egyptian people walking on the street STORYLINE: Egypt's population reached 105 million on Saturday, showed the population clock of the country's statistics agency. On Oct. 1, 2022, Egypt's population stood at 104 million, meaning the population of the most populous Arab country has increased by 1 million in eight months, according to the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics. In the past few years, Egypt has been working on solutions to curb overpopulation. In March, the government said it will pay married women aged between 21 and 45 with no more than two children an annual incentive of 1,000 Egyptian pounds (32.42 U.S. dollars). They will receive the total amount when they turn 45. In February 2022, President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi launched a national family development project to tackle the health, ed

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New Hampshire to commemorate Portsmouth Peace Treaty

CONCORD, United States - New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch (front) signs a bill on Aug. 17, 2010, at Concord, New Hampshire, to designate Sept. 5 as Portsmouth Peace Treaty Day, commemorating the treaty which ended the 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War. The memorial day was designated 105 years after Portsmouth, a city in the state, hosted representatives from Japan and Russia to conclude the treaty mediated by then U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt.

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Traditional rice cake lifting event in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - A woman lifts a 90-kilogram rice cake during an annual event at Daigoji Temple in Kyoto's Fushimi Ward on Feb. 23. A total of 74 men and women aged between 12 and 64 competed to see how long they could keep holding up the rice cakes -- a 105-kg cake for men and a 90-kg one for women -- in the event, which has a history of more than 400 years.

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Japan couple wants to be recognized as oldest by Guinness

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Yoichi Gomi (L), a 104-year-old Japanese man, and his 103-year-old wife Kazono are planning to apply shortly to be recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's oldest married couple. They say their combined age is two years older than that of the current record holders, Philadelphia residents Herbert and Magda Brown aged 105 and 100, respectively. Photo taken July 26, 2005, at their home in Yokohama.

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Blind traveling singer Haru Kobayashi dies at 105

NIIGATA, Japan - Renown blind traveling singer and samisen player Haru Kobayashi (in undated file photo) died April 25 of old age at a nursing home in Kurokawa, Niigata Prefecture, the nursing home said. She was 105. Kobayashi, who lost her vision some three months after birth, joined a troupe of traveling entertainers called goze at the age of 5. Since then, she traveled, providing entertainment for people living in mountainous areas for 68 years until she entered a nursing home in 1973.

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Time capsule buried 105 years ago found

TOKYO, Japan - A metal box filled with students' theses, letters and lists of academic records, which was buried 105 years ago by students, is made public Sept. 18. The box was found in the yard of St. Paul's Junior High School in Tokyo's Toshima Ward in July.

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Xinjiang, My home: A dancing boy enjoys happy life with his family

STORY: Xinjiang, My home: A dancing boy enjoys happy life with his family DATELINE: May 30, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:06 LOCATION: URUMQI, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Chimengul's department store 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Uygur): CHIMENGUL, Owner of convenience store 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): IMRAN KURBAN, Son of Chimengul 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Uygur): CHIMENGUL, Owner of convenience store STORYLINE: Imran Kurban, a six-year-old boy, has gained over 50,000 online followers for his dancing videos. He enjoys a happy life with his family in the city of Artux, northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. SOUNDBITE 1 (Uygur): CHIMENGUL, Owner of convenience store "My name is Chimengul. I am a native of Artux City, Kizilsu Kirghiz Autonomous Prefecture. My husband and I run this convenience store. I have two children. We live in a happy family. Is it 305 yuan (45.9 U.S. dollars)? It's 105 yuan (15.8 U.S. dollars). My son Imran Kurban is six years old. He has loved dancing since he was little. Whenever he h

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Blind traveling singer Haru Kobayashi dies at 105

NIIGATA, Japan - Renown blind traveling singer and samisen player Haru Kobayashi (in undated file photo) died April 25 of old age at a nursing home in Kurokawa, Niigata Prefecture, the nursing home said. She was 105. Kobayashi, who lost her vision some three months after birth, joined a troupe of traveling entertainers called goze at the age of 5. Since then, she traveled, providing entertainment for people living in mountainous areas for 68 years until she entered a nursing home in 1973. (Kyodo)

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Japanese 105-year-old Miyazaki sets world record in 100 meters

Hidekichi Miyazaki, 105, celebrates after running the 100 meters in a time of 42.22 seconds at an athletic field in Kyoto on Sept. 23, 2015. Miyazaki, who celebrated his birthday the previous day, became the first person over 105 years old to set a record for the 100 meters, which was recognized by Guinness World Records. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese 105-year-old Miyazaki sets world record for shot put

Japan's Hidekichi Miyazaki, 105, throws a 3-kilogram shot put at an athletic field in Kyoto on Sept. 23, 2013. Miyazaki threw 3.25 meters, becoming the first person over 105 years old to set records recognized by Guinness World Records for the 100 meters and the shot put following his birthday the previous day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese 105-year-old Miyazaki sets world record for 100 meters

People watch 105-year-old Hidekichi Miyazaki running in the 100 meters at an athletic field in Kyoto on Sept. 23, 2015, a day after his birthday. Miyazaki finished in 42.22 seconds, becoming the first person over 105 years old to set a record for the event that was recognized by Guinness World Records. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese 105-year-old Miyazaki sets world record in 100 meters

Hidekichi Miyazaki, 105, receives flowers from his 5-year-old great-granddaughter Yui Motoba, at an athletic field in Kyoto on Sept. 23, 2015, after running the 100 meters in a time of 42.22 seconds. Miyazaki, who celebrated his birthday the previous day, became the first person over 105 years old to set a record for 100 meters, which was recognized by Guinness World Records. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese 105-year-old Miyazaki sets world record in 100 meters

Hidekichi Miyazaki crosses the finish line in the 100 meters with a time of 42.22 seconds at an athletic field in Kyoto on Sept. 23, 2015, a day after his 105th birthday. He became the first person over 105 years old to set a record for the 100 meters, which was recognized by Guinness World Records. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese 105-year-old Miyazaki sets world record in 100 meters

Hidekichi Miyazaki poses for photos at an athletic field in Kyoto on Sept. 23, 2015, after becoming the first person over 105 years old to set a record for the 100 meters, following his birthday the previous day. He ran the 100 meters in 42.22 seconds, which was recognized by Guinness World Records. Miyazaki also set a world record for a person over 105 for the 3-kilogram shot put of 3.25 meters. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan couple wants to be recognized as oldest by Guinness

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Yoichi Gomi (L), a 104-year-old Japanese man, and his 103-year-old wife Kazono are planning to apply shortly to be recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's oldest married couple. They say their combined age is two years older than that of the current record holders, Philadelphia residents Herbert and Magda Brown aged 105 and 100, respectively. Photo taken July 26, 2005, at their home in Yokohama. (Kyodo)

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Traditional rice cake lifting event in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - A woman lifts a 90-kilogram rice cake during an annual event at Daigoji Temple in Kyoto's Fushimi Ward on Feb. 23. A total of 74 men and women aged between 12 and 64 competed to see how long they could keep holding up the rice cakes -- a 105-kg cake for men and a 90-kg one for women -- in the event, which has a history of more than 400 years. (Kyodo)

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New Hampshire to commemorate Portsmouth Peace Treaty

CONCORD, United States - New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch (front) signs a bill on Aug. 17, 2010, at Concord, New Hampshire, to designate Sept. 5 as Portsmouth Peace Treaty Day, commemorating the treaty which ended the 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War. The memorial day was designated 105 years after Portsmouth, a city in the state, hosted representatives from Japan and Russia to conclude the treaty mediated by then U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt. (Kyodo)

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Time capsule buried 105 years ago found

TOKYO, Japan - A metal box filled with students' theses, letters and lists of academic records, which was buried 105 years ago by students, is made public Sept. 18. The box was found in the yard of St. Paul's Junior High School in Tokyo's Toshima Ward in July.