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Egypt cracks down on travel agencies over Hajj trip frauds

STORY: Egypt cracks down on travel agencies over Hajj trip frauds SHOOTING TIME: Recent footage DATELINE: June 23, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:41 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: LAW SHOTLIST: 1. various of the cabinet headquarters 2. shot of Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly speaking STORYLINE: The Egyptian government is set to ban the operation of 16 travel agencies for arranging "fraudulent" Hajj trips to Saudi Arabia for unregistered pilgrims. At a Hajj deaths crisis unit meeting held on Saturday, Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said he has ordered the license of these agencies to be revoked and those involved persons and entities transferred to public prosecution, according to an Egyptian cabinet statement. The statement did not detail which agencies or concerned persons were behind organizing such trips through fraudulence or other illicit means for unregistered pilgrims to Mecca. Madbouly updated that among more than 50,000 registered Egyptian pilgrims, a total of 31 people with "chronic dis

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Inaugural New Zealand-China products expo unveils growth

STORY: Inaugural New Zealand-China products expo unveils growth SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 15, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 16, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:41 LOCATION: AUCKLAND, New Zealand CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of New Zealand-China products expo STORYLINE: The 2023 New Zealand China Products Expo kicked off in Auckland on Friday. The two-day event, built up from last year's New Zealand-Guangdong Products Expo, is the first comprehensive national-level expo held in New Zealand in the name of China and New Zealand. The expo is jointly organized by prominent business entities, including the China Chamber of Commerce in New Zealand, the New Zealand China Trade Association, the Employers and Manufacturers Association (EMA), the Auckland Chamber of Commerce, and the Canton Chamber of Commerce in New Zealand. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Auckland, New Zealand. (XHTV)

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LEAD: Comsn's at-home nursing-care operations to be sold to 16 entities

TOKYO, Japan - Tsutomu Hotta (L), chairman of a third-party panel of scandal-tainted care service company Comsn Inc., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 4 where the panel says it has selected 16 entities to buy the company's at-home nursing-care operations.

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U.N. panel slaps sanctions on 5 N. Korean officials, 5 entities

NEW YORK, United States - Fazil Corman, deputy permanent representative of Turkey to the United Nations, who chairs the sanctions committee of the U.N. Security Council, speaks about a new set of sanctions on North Korea at the U.N. headquarters in New York on July 16.

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Nobel laureate Oe wins award in China

BEIJING, China - Writer and Nobel laureate Kenzaburo Oe (C) receives a bouquet of flowers after receiving a Chinese literary award for foreign literary works issued by a major Chinese publisher and other entities at the prize-giving ceremony at a Beijing hotel on Jan. 16.

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Nobel laureate Oe wins award in China

BEIJING, China - Writer and Nobel laureate Kenzaburo Oe gives a speech after receiving a Chinese literary award for foreign literary works issued by a major Chinese publisher and other entities at the prize-giving ceremony at a Beijing hotel on Jan. 16.

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(2)Japan committed to attaining Kyoto Protocol target

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda speaks at a press conference as the Kyoto Protocol to curb global warming came into effect on Feb. 16. Hosoda said the target set for Japan under the treaty is attainable if private businesses, households and public entities cooperate to fight global warming.

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(2)Japan committed to attaining Kyoto Protocol target

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda speaks at a press conference as the Kyoto Protocol to curb global warming came into effect on Feb. 16. Hosoda said the target set for Japan under the treaty is attainable if private businesses, households and public entities cooperate to fight global warming. (Kyodo)

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LEAD: Comsn's at-home nursing-care operations to be sold to 16 e

TOKYO, Japan - Tsutomu Hotta (L), chairman of a third-party panel of scandal-tainted care service company Comsn Inc., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 4 where the panel says it has selected 16 entities to buy the company's at-home nursing-care operations. (Kyodo)

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Nobel laureate Oe wins award in China

BEIJING, China - Writer and Nobel laureate Kenzaburo Oe (C) receives a bouquet of flowers after receiving a Chinese literary award for foreign literary works issued by a major Chinese publisher and other entities at the prize-giving ceremony at a Beijing hotel on Jan. 16. (Kyodo)

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Nobel laureate Oe wins award in China

BEIJING, China - Writer and Nobel laureate Kenzaburo Oe gives a speech after receiving a Chinese literary award for foreign literary works issued by a major Chinese publisher and other entities at the prize-giving ceremony at a Beijing hotel on Jan. 16. (Kyodo)