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First Public Trial for Suspects in the Coastal Sectarian Violence - Syria

Syrian judges open the first public hearing for suspects accused of involvement in the sectarian coastal violence that occurred last March and resulted in hundreds of deaths. Four defendants appeared before the court in an open session attended by families of victims and local media, in Aleppo, Syria, on November 18, 2025. Photo by Mohammad Daher/ABACAPRESS.COM

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First Public Trial for Suspects in the Coastal Sectarian Violence - Syria

Syrian judges open the first public hearing for suspects accused of involvement in the sectarian coastal violence that occurred last March and resulted in hundreds of deaths. Four defendants appeared before the court in an open session attended by families of victims and local media, in Aleppo, Syria, on November 18, 2025. Photo by Mohammad Daher/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Chinese culinary contest wows Egyptian enthusiasts

STORY: Chinese culinary contest wows Egyptian enthusiasts SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 17, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 19, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:39 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Chinese dishes 2. various of the awarding ceremony 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WANG GUOHUA, Chef of the China Cultural Center, Judge of the contest 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): YASMIN FESHAWY, Visitor STORYLINE: In the festive air of the Chinese Spring Festival, an annual Chinese Cuisine Culinary Competition has concluded in Cairo. The final race of this year's contest, themed "Chinese Taste Night," was held Saturday night in a hotel with 18 Chinese food lovers and professional chefs from across Egypt cooking two dishes on site for judges to score on skills and tastes. One of the two dishes is designated as Hot Spicy Boiled Beef (Shui Zhu Niu Rou), a classic dish from Sichuan cuisine. In the final, a first-prize winner, three second-prize winners, and six third prizes were selected. The race was organized by the Chinese Cultur

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Tanzanian university students show prowess in Chinese language competition

STORY: Tanzanian university students show prowess in Chinese language competition DATELINE: June 18, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:28 LOCATION: DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the 22nd Chinese Bridge-Chinese Proficiency Competition at the University of Dar es Salaam 2. various of the performance at the competition 3. various of the awards ceremony 4. SOUNDBITE (English): EVERIUS GOZIBETH RWABANGI, Student at the University of Dar es Salaam STORYLINE: Twelve students from Tanzania's three higher learning institutions showed their skills in the Chinese language during the 22nd Chinese Bridge-Chinese Proficiency Competition held here Friday. At the competition organized by Confucius Institute (CI) at the University of Dar es Salaam, in collaboration with the CI at the University of Dodoma and Confucius Classroom at the State University of Zanzibar, the contestants were assessed by a panel of judges in their skills in the Chinese language, including Chinese oral speech, knowledge about

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China's Anhui holds grain loss reduction competition during summer harvest season

STORY: China's Anhui holds grain loss reduction competition during summer harvest season DATELINE: June 5, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:18 LOCATION: FUNAN, China CATEGORY: AGRICULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the grain loss reduction competition 2. STANDUP 1 (English): ZHAO JINZHENG, Xinhua correspondent 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WANG YE, Judge 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): WU JING, Director of Fuyang Agricultural Mechanization Development Center 5. STANDUP 2 (English): ZHAO JINZHENG, Xinhua correspondent STORYLINE: STANDUP 1 (English): ZHAO JINZHENG, Xinhua correspondent "I am now standing by the 'golden ocean' of wheat plants in Funan County, east China's Anhui Province. Here, a special competition is to be held. As you can see, 10 harvesters are deployed in the wheat field, and 10 skilled machine operators will try their best reaping all the wheat plants with the lowest possible food loss rate. Let's go and check this out! Together the machine operators need to finish the reaping within a limited time span. Judges will

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Kenya holds Chinese language proficiency contest for college students

STORY: Kenya holds Chinese language proficiency contest for college students DATELINE: May 13, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:28 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the contest 2. various of performances 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): EUNICE WAWUDA, Student 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): EMMA WAITHIRA NDUNGU, Contestant STORYLINE: The 22nd Chinese bridge-Chinese language proficiency competition for foreign college students was held Friday at the University of Nairobi in Kenya. In the first round of the competition, 18 college students competed in speech-making in the Chinese language as well as a question-and-answer session. The second round focused on a talent show. The contestants impressed judges and the audience with their language skills and other talents. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): EUNICE WAWUDA, Student "This year's competition there seems to be a lot of excitement. The turnout is huge. This hall can accommodate at least 300 people and it's already full. More people are still streaming in." SOUN

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Ex-Pakistani President Musharraf

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf walks in the premises of his home in Islamabad on April 15, 2013. A Pakistani high court judge on April 18, 2013, ordered Musharraf to be arrested relating to his having ordered nearly 60 judges of apex courts to be placed under house arrest when he imposed emergency rule and suspended the Constitution in 2007.

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Japan launches court for intellectual property rights

TOKYO, Japan - Katsumi Shinohara, the first president of the newly instituted Intellectual Property High Court, speaks at a press conference at the Tokyo High Court on April 1. The new court, a special division of the Tokyo High Court, has 18 judges and specialized investigators, as well as external experts to advise the judges.

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ISU chief meets the press

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - International Skating Union President Ottavio Cinquanta speaks at a news conference in Salt Lake City on Feb. 18. He said that the number of judges will be increased to 14 from nine, with the scores of only seven judges -- selected at random by computer -- to be count

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3 sentenced to life for downing Malaysia Airlines flight MH17

STORY: 3 sentenced to life for downing Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 DATELINE: Nov. 18, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:18 LOCATION: THE HAGUE, the Netherlands CATEGORY: LAW SHOTLIST: 1. various of the court on Nov. 17, 2022 on the trial of suspects for downing the flight STORYLINE: Dutch judges on Thursday sentenced three suspects in absentia to life imprisonment for their involvement in the downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 in 2014, which led to the loss of 298 people. A fourth suspect, a Russian citizen also in absentia, was acquitted. The three were also ordered to pay more than 16 million euros (16.5 million U.S. dollars) in damages to the relatives of the victims. The sentences were announced following a two-hour hearing in a high-security court house near Amsterdam in the presence of the victims' relatives. "The court considers it proven that flight MH17 was hit by a Buk missile fired from an agricultural field near (the village of) Pervomaiskyi in Ukraine. This was in separatist-controlled territory

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Japan launches court for intellectual property rights

TOKYO, Japan - Katsumi Shinohara, the first president of the newly instituted Intellectual Property High Court, speaks at a press conference at the Tokyo High Court on April 1. The new court, a special division of the Tokyo High Court, has 18 judges and specialized investigators, as well as external experts to advise the judges. (Kyodo)

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ISU chief meets the press

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - International Skating Union President Ottavio Cinquanta speaks at a news conference in Salt Lake City on Feb. 18. He said that the number of judges will be increased to 14 from nine, with the scores of only seven judges -- selected at random by computer -- to be count