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A glimpse of Great Wall section in China's Hebei

STORY: A glimpse of Great Wall section in China's Hebei SHOOTING TIME: May 30, 2024 DATELINE: May 31, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:12 LOCATION: SHIJIAZHUANG, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Great Wall STORYLINE: Enjoy the beautiful scenery along sections of the Great Wall in north China's Hebei Province. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Shijiazhuang, China. (XHTV)

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92nd Houston Rodeo held in Texas, U.S.

STORY: 92nd Houston Rodeo held in Texas, U.S. SHOOTING TIME: March 9, 2024 DATELINE: March 11, 2024 LENGTH: 00:03:12 LOCATION: HOUSTON, U.S. CATEGORY: CULTURE/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the 92nd Rodeo STORYLINE: The three-week 92nd Houston Rodeo entered its last week. Coinciding with the local schools' spring break, the number of visitors surged. The event is divided into sections including the carnival, AGVENTURE, livestock exhibits, cowboy competitions, concerts, and more. The AGVENTURE area provides visitors with an all-around introduction to agriculture, where they can see nearly every type of livestock and interact with them up close. At the carnival, visitors can indulge in a variety of foods while having a great time, with the iconic La Grande XL Ferris wheel offering a bird's-eye view of the livestock show. Houston Rodeo started in 1932 as a regional event and later became one of the largest of its kind in the world. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Houston, U.S. (XHTV)

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Int'l Fajr Theater Festival wraps up in Iranian capital

STORY: Int'l Fajr Theater Festival wraps up in Iranian capital SHOOTING DATE: Feb. 1, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 3, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:09 LOCATION: Tehran CATEGORY: SOCIETY/CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of performances during the festival STORYLINE: The 42nd Fajr International Theater Festival came to an end on Thursday night in a ceremony in the Iranian capital Tehran, with the announcement of the winners, the official news agency IRNA reported. During the festival, hosted by the Roudaki Artistic Cultural Foundation, over 130 plays were performed in 12 different sections. The street theaters were also staged in seven outdoor areas across Tehran during the festival that lasted from Jan. 21 to Feb. 1. Out of the 160 nominated artists, 90 received their awards during the ceremony. The festival is annually held to mark the anniversary of Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Tehran. (XHTV)

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CHINA-GANSU-SCENERY-GREAT WALL (CN)

(231210) -- LANZHOU, Dec. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on July 12, 2023 shows a part of the Great Wall in Minqin County of Wuwei, northwest China's Gansu Province. Gansu Province is home to multiple sections of the Great Wall that add up to 3,654 kilometers in length. The Hexi Corridor, a critical part of the ancient Silk Road winding through south of the province, boasts more than 1,400 kilometers of the Wall built in the Han Dynasty (202 BC-220 AD), and over 1,200 kilometers erected in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Gansu is therefore dubbed "an open-air museum of the Great Wall." (Xinhua/Chen Zhonghao)

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Two Chinese sports films awarded Guirlande d'Honneur at 2023 FICTS Fest

STORY: Two Chinese sports films awarded Guirlande d'Honneur at 2023 FICTS Fest SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 11, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 12, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:50 LOCATION: MILAN, Italy CATEGORY: CULTURE/SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the 2023 Milano International Sport Movies & TV Festival 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WANG ZHENG, Producer and Director of "Me and My Winter Games" 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): GAO YUNCHAO, Deputy Secretary General of Beijing Olympic City Development Association STORYLINE: China's sports films "Beijing 2022" and "Me and My Winter Games" won the top prize Guirlande d'Honneur here on Saturday at the 2023 Milano International Sport Movies & TV Festival. 17 films and videos from China were selected into the 2023 edition of the festival hosted by the International Sport Movies TV Federation (FICTS), among which two won Guirlande d'Honneur while five others were nominated in different sections. "Beijing 2022," the official film of the Beijing Winter Olympics, was awarded Guirlande d'Honneur in "Olym

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Locarno Film Festival

Sina Ataeian Dena producer, with Iranian Zar Amir Ebrahimi and other winners of Leopards 2023 attending the photocall Golden Leopard 2023 best film Mantagheye bohrani (Critical Zone) by Ali Ahmadzadeh during the closing evening of the festival on the red carpet with winners of the various sections and the Iranian actress Zar Amir Ebrahimi at the Red carpet photocall Award 2023 of the Locarno Film Festival, in Locarno, Switzerland, on August 12, 2023. Photo by Nick Zonna/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Locarno Film Festival

Sina Ataeian Dena producer, with Iranian Zar Amir Ebrahimi and other winners of Leopards 2023 attending the photocall Golden Leopard 2023 best film Mantagheye bohrani (Critical Zone) by Ali Ahmadzadeh during the closing evening of the festival on the red carpet with winners of the various sections and the Iranian actress Zar Amir Ebrahimi at the Red carpet photocall Award 2023 of the Locarno Film Festival, in Locarno, Switzerland, on August 12, 2023. Photo by Nick Zonna/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Locarno Film Festival

Sina Ataeian Dena producer, with Iranian Zar Amir Ebrahimi and other winners of Leopards 2023 attending the photocall Golden Leopard 2023 best film Mantagheye bohrani (Critical Zone) by Ali Ahmadzadeh during the closing evening of the festival on the red carpet with winners of the various sections and the Iranian actress Zar Amir Ebrahimi at the Red carpet photocall Award 2023 of the Locarno Film Festival, in Locarno, Switzerland, on August 12, 2023. Photo by Nick Zonna/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Mega BRI railway in Bangladesh enters final phase of construction

STORY: Mega BRI railway in Bangladesh enters final phase of construction DATELINE: June 12, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:16 LOCATION: FARIDPUR, Bangladesh CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the construction site 2. SOUNDBITE (English): NURUL ISLAM SUJAN, Bangladeshi Railway Minister 3. various of the construction site STORYLINE: A major railway project under the Belt and Road Initiative has entered the final phase of construction in Bangladesh. The Padma Bridge Railway Link Project is being implemented in three sections. A track-laying ceremony was held for the last section of the project from Bhanga to Jessore on Saturday. SOUNDBITE (English): NURUL ISLAM SUJAN, Bangladeshi Railway Minister "This project is very important for the Bangladesh railway and the rail track starts from Dhaka to Jessore, 172 kilometers. And the duration of the project is estimated to be completed by next year. We hope that in time, that is next year, June, the whole project will be completed and now we are laying down the track st

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2 years after quake

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Photos show an area near Rikuzenyahagi Station on the JR Ofunato Line in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 (L), the day after the massive earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan, and the same location on March 3, 2013. Train services on some sections of the line, including the station, have been suspended since the disaster.

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Baseball: Rakuten dominate All-star fan voting

SENDAI, Japan - Seven Rakuten Eagles players named July 2 to the upcoming All-Star series pose for photographers at Fullcast Stadium in Sendai. (Back row, from L to R) rookie pitcher Masahiro Tanaka, slugger Takeshi Yamasaki, outfielder Teppei, catcher Motohiro Shima. (Front row, from L to R) outfielder Koichi Isobe, infielder Yosuke Takasu, pitcher Kazuo Fukumori. Yamasaki, who has hit 28 home runs and 61 RBIs this season -- both Pacific League highs -- was the top vote-getter overall with 1,094,803 as Rakuten, with eight players named to the All-Stars, dominated the 12 sections in the PL for the July 20-21 series at Tokyo Dome and Fullcast Stadium.

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2 Koreas to resume ministerial talks Aug. 12-14

MT. KUMGANG, North Korea - Choe Song Ik (L), chief of Secretariat Sections of North Korea's Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Fatherland, and Rhee Bong Jo (L), South Korea's assistant unification minister for policy, shake hands at Mt. Kumgang after issuing a five-point press statement. They have agreed to resume a seventh round of ministerial talks on Aug. 12-14 in Seoul. (Pool photo)

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Japanese official says Japanese rice aid being distributed to al

BEIJING, China - Masaharu Kono, deputy director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian Affairs Bureau, holds up in Beijing on Aug. 12 a label that North Korea is putting on bags of rice provided by Japan as aid. Kono said after a five-day visit to North Korea that he believes Japanese rice aid is reaching all sections of the country's population.

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Grand Canal gets refilled with water in all dried-out sections

STORY: Grand Canal gets refilled with water in all dried-out sections DATELINE: April 28, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:12 LOCATION: DEZHOU, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Grand Canal STORYLINE: The Grand Canal, a vast waterway connecting the northern and southern parts of China, has seen all of its dried-out sections refilled with water on Thursday after a 14-day water-supply project. Launched by Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei and Shandong -- four of the regions the canal flows through, this project injected about 515 million cubic meters of water into the northern part of the canal. This project is expected to increase the water surface of the Grand Canal by 9.5 square km from a year earlier and will also help improve the ecosystems along the canal. With a history of more than 2,500 years, the Grand Canal connects Beijing and Hangzhou in east China's Zhejiang Province, which served as a significant transportation artery in ancient China. The longest and oldest artificial waterway in the world, the

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Baseball: Rakuten dominate All-star fan voting

SENDAI, Japan - Seven Rakuten Eagles players named July 2 to the upcoming All-Star series pose for photographers at Fullcast Stadium in Sendai. (Back row, from L to R) rookie pitcher Masahiro Tanaka, slugger Takeshi Yamasaki, outfielder Teppei, catcher Motohiro Shima. (Front row, from L to R) outfielder Koichi Isobe, infielder Yosuke Takasu, pitcher Kazuo Fukumori. Yamasaki, who has hit 28 home runs and 61 RBIs this season -- both Pacific League highs -- was the top vote-getter overall with 1,094,803 as Rakuten, with eight players named to the All-Stars, dominated the 12 sections in the PL for the July 20-21 series at Tokyo Dome and Fullcast Stadium. (Kyodo)

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Japanese official says Japanese rice aid being distributed to al

BEIJING, China - Masaharu Kono, deputy director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian Affairs Bureau, holds up in Beijing on Aug. 12 a label that North Korea is putting on bags of rice provided by Japan as aid. Kono said after a five-day visit to North Korea that he believes Japanese rice aid is reaching all sections of the country's population.