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Second Batch Of Palestinian Prisoners Arrive In Ramallah

Israeli troops gather with their vehicles inside the Ofer military prison complex, located between Ramallah and Beitunia in the occupied West Bank, on January 25, 2025. Israel is set to free 200 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for four Israeli women hostages in a swap on January 25, as part of a ceasefire deal with Hamas in Gaza, Palestinian Photo by Mohammad Nazal/Middle East Images/AABACAPRESS.COM

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Second Batch Of Palestinian Prisoners Arrive In Ramallah

Israeli troops gather with their vehicles inside the Ofer military prison complex, located between Ramallah and Beitunia in the occupied West Bank, on January 25, 2025. Israel is set to free 200 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for four Israeli women hostages in a swap on January 25, as part of a ceasefire deal with Hamas in Gaza, Palestinian Photo by Mohammad Nazal/Middle East Images/AABACAPRESS.COM

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Second Batch Of Palestinian Prisoners Arrive In Ramallah

People watch from a hilltop as Israeli troops gather with their vehicles inside the Ofer military prison complex, located between Ramallah and Beitunia in the occupied West Bank, on January 25, 2025. Israel is set to free 200 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for four Israeli women hostages in a swap on January 25, as part of a ceasefire deal with Hamas in Gaza, Palestinian Photo by Mohammad Nazal/Middle East Images/AABACAPRESS.COM

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Second Batch Of Palestinian Prisoners Arrive In Ramallah

People watch from a hilltop as Israeli troops gather with their vehicles inside the Ofer military prison complex, located between Ramallah and Beitunia in the occupied West Bank, on January 25, 2025. Israel is set to free 200 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for four Israeli women hostages in a swap on January 25, as part of a ceasefire deal with Hamas in Gaza, Palestinian Photo by Mohammad Nazal/Middle East Images/AABACAPRESS.COM

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CubaDupa Festival held in Wellington, New Zealand

STORY: CubaDupa Festival held in Wellington, New Zealand SHOOTING TIME: March 24, 2024 DATELINE: March 25, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:19 LOCATION: Wellington CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the CubaDupa Festival STORYLINE: CubaDupa, a free arts festival in New Zealand's capital city of Wellington, concluded on Sunday. Founded in 1998, the yearly event is a diverse and inclusive festival that takes over Wellington's Cuba Street in March. This year, the weekend-long family-friendly music and arts extravaganza transformed the Cuba Street precinct into a colorful and creative wonderland. It hosted more than 200 theater, music and dance acts, featuring more than 1,200 performers. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Wellington. (XHTV)

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(InTibet)CHINA-XIZANG-XIGAZE-TRADE FAIR (CN)

(231215) -- XIGAZE, Dec. 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A vendor is seen at his silverware stall at a trade fair in Kangmar County of Xigaze, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Dec. 13, 2023. The five-day fair closed on Dec. 14 in Kangmar County of Xigaze, which had provided more than 200 free stalls to vendors. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

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(InTibet)CHINA-XIZANG-XIGAZE-TRADE FAIR (CN)

(231215) -- XIGAZE, Dec. 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People buy hats at a trade fair in Kangmar County of Xigaze, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Dec. 13, 2023. The five-day fair closed on Dec. 14 in Kangmar County of Xigaze, which had provided more than 200 free stalls to vendors. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

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(InTibet)CHINA-XIZANG-XIGAZE-TRADE FAIR (CN)

(231215) -- XIGAZE, Dec. 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Accessories are seen at a trade fair in Kangmar County of Xigaze, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Dec. 13, 2023. The five-day fair closed on Dec. 14 in Kangmar County of Xigaze, which had provided more than 200 free stalls to vendors. (Xinhua/Kelsang Namgyai)

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(InTibet)CHINA-XIZANG-XIGAZE-TRADE FAIR (CN)

(231215) -- XIGAZE, Dec. 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A woman selects head accessories at a trade fair in Kangmar County of Xigaze, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Dec. 13, 2023. The five-day fair closed on Dec. 14 in Kangmar County of Xigaze, which had provided more than 200 free stalls to vendors. (Xinhua/Kelsang Namgyai)

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(InTibet)CHINA-XIZANG-XIGAZE-TRADE FAIR (CN)

(231215) -- XIGAZE, Dec. 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Vendors promote freshly ground coffee via livestreaming at a trade fair in Kangmar County of Xigaze, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Dec. 13, 2023. The five-day fair closed on Dec. 14 in Kangmar County of Xigaze, which had provided more than 200 free stalls to vendors. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

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(InTibet)CHINA-XIZANG-XIGAZE-TRADE FAIR (CN)

(231215) -- XIGAZE, Dec. 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Dec. 13, 2023 shows a view of a trade fair in Kangmar County of Xigaze, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region. The five-day fair closed on Dec. 14 in Kangmar County of Xigaze, which had provided more than 200 free stalls to vendors. (Xinhua/Jin Meiduoji)

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BENIN-COTONOU-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-FREE CATARACT PROJECT

(231115) -- COTONOU, Nov. 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Ambassador to Benin Peng Jingtao (R) and Beninese Health Minister Benjamin Hounkpatin attend the launching ceremony of project "Marche vers la lumière" at Benin Ministry of Health in Cotonou, Benin, Nov. 14, 2023. A Chinese medical team of ophthalmologists from China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region launched a project to provide free cataract surgeries in Benin on Tuesday. The project, launched in the country's southern city of Cotonou, is one of the outcomes of Beninese President Patrice Athanase Guillaume Talon's visit to China in September and aims to implement the bilateral cooperation documents signed between the two countries in health care. Under the project named "Marche vers la lumière" (Walk towards Light), the six-member Chinese ophthalmology medical team will carry out free surgeries for 200 cataract patients in the Mono-Couffo Departmental Hospital Center in Benin's southwestern city of Lokossa. (Photo by Seraphin Zounyekpe/Xinhua)

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BENIN-COTONOU-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-FREE CATARACT PROJECT

(231115) -- COTONOU, Nov. 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Ambassador to Benin Peng Jingtao (2nd L, front) visits patients with cataract at a hospital in Lokossa, Benin, Nov. 14, 2023. A Chinese medical team of ophthalmologists from China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region launched a project to provide free cataract surgeries in Benin on Tuesday. The project, launched in the country's southern city of Cotonou, is one of the outcomes of Beninese President Patrice Athanase Guillaume Talon's visit to China in September and aims to implement the bilateral cooperation documents signed between the two countries in health care. Under the project named "Marche vers la lumière" (Walk towards Light), the six-member Chinese ophthalmology medical team will carry out free surgeries for 200 cataract patients in the Mono-Couffo Departmental Hospital Center in Benin's southwestern city of Lokossa. (Photo by Seraphin Zounyekpe/Xinhua)

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Afghan youth volunteers promote education among poor children

STORY: Afghan youth volunteers promote education among poor children DATELINE: July 8, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:42 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1. various of students studying at the Today Child Mobile School 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Pashto): WAZIR KHAN, Volunteer teacher 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Pashto): SAFA, Student STORYLINE: Over 1,000 students have benefited from a volunteer-run educational center that teaches basic literacy skills to village children from poor families on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan's capital. The center, called "Today Child Mobile School," was founded by 23-year-old Wazir Khan a year ago in Khak, a destitute village near Kabul. He offers free education to the children of needy families. Each class is composed of 100 to 200 children, mostly from extremely unprivileged families. SOUNDBITE 1 (Pashto): WAZIR KHAN, Volunteer teacher "Today Child Mobile School is virtually a mobile school and has been providing education to children over the past year. The children didn't have access

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CHINA-HAINAN-IMPORT AND EXPORT-INCREASE (CN)

(230115) -- HAINAN, Jan. 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Jan. 13, 2023 shows a view of the container terminal of Haikou Port in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province. After exceeding 100 billion yuan (about 14.92 billion U.S. dollars) for the first time in 2021, the total import and export value of Hainan Free Trade Port exceeded 200 billion yuan (about 29.84 billion U.S. dollars) to reach 200.95 billion yuan (about 29.98 billion U.S. dollars) in 2022, an increase of 36.8 percent. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)

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CHINA-HAINAN-IMPORT AND EXPORT-INCREASE (CN)

(230115) -- HAINAN, Jan. 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A customer trys out products at a duty-free shop in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, Dec. 17, 2022. After exceeding 100 billion yuan (about 14.92 billion U.S. dollars) for the first time in 2021, the total import and export value of Hainan Free Trade Port exceeded 200 billion yuan (about 29.84 billion U.S. dollars) to reach 200.95 billion yuan (about 29.98 billion U.S. dollars) in 2022, an increase of 36.8 percent. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)

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CHINA-HAINAN-IMPORT AND EXPORT-INCREASE (CN)

(230115) -- HAINAN, Jan. 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Products are displayed at a duty-free shop in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, Dec. 17, 2022. After exceeding 100 billion yuan (about 14.92 billion U.S. dollars) for the first time in 2021, the total import and export value of Hainan Free Trade Port exceeded 200 billion yuan (about 29.84 billion U.S. dollars) to reach 200.95 billion yuan (about 29.98 billion U.S. dollars) in 2022, an increase of 36.8 percent. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)

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CHINA-HAINAN-IMPORT AND EXPORT-INCREASE (CN)

(230115) -- HAINAN, Jan. 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Nov. 5, 2022 shows a view of the Yangpu Free Trade Port in the Yangpu Economic Development Zone, south China's Hainan Province. After exceeding 100 billion yuan (about 14.92 billion U.S. dollars) for the first time in 2021, the total import and export value of Hainan Free Trade Port exceeded 200 billion yuan (about 29.84 billion U.S. dollars) to reach 200.95 billion yuan (about 29.98 billion U.S. dollars) in 2022, an increase of 36.8 percent. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)

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CHINA-HAINAN-IMPORT AND EXPORT-INCREASE (CN)

(230115) -- HAINAN, Jan. 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Nov. 5, 2022 shows a view of the Yangpu international container terminal in the Yangpu Economic Development Zone, south China's Hainan Province. After exceeding 100 billion yuan (about 14.92 billion U.S. dollars) for the first time in 2021, the total import and export value of Hainan Free Trade Port exceeded 200 billion yuan (about 29.84 billion U.S. dollars) to reach 200.95 billion yuan (about 29.98 billion U.S. dollars) in 2022, an increase of 36.8 percent. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)

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CHINA-HAINAN-IMPORT AND EXPORT-INCREASE (CN)

(230115) -- HAINAN, Jan. 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken at the Dongfang Lingang Industrial Park shows the Basuo Port in Dongfang City, south China's Hainan Province, Oct. 23, 2022. After exceeding 100 billion yuan (about 14.92 billion U.S. dollars) for the first time in 2021, the total import and export value of Hainan Free Trade Port exceeded 200 billion yuan (about 29.84 billion U.S. dollars) to reach 200.95 billion yuan (about 29.98 billion U.S. dollars) in 2022, an increase of 36.8 percent. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)

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CHINA-HAINAN-IMPORT AND EXPORT-INCREASE (CN)

(230115) -- HAINAN, Jan. 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Jan. 13, 2023 shows a view of the container terminal of Haikou Port in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province. After exceeding 100 billion yuan (about 14.92 billion U.S. dollars) for the first time in 2021, the total import and export value of Hainan Free Trade Port exceeded 200 billion yuan (about 29.84 billion U.S. dollars) to reach 200.95 billion yuan (about 29.98 billion U.S. dollars) in 2022, an increase of 36.8 percent. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)

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Abe calls for quick signing of free trade deal with India

NEW DELHI, India - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at a meeting of Japanese and Indian business leaders in New Delhi on Aug. 21. In an address to the meeting, Abe expressed his willingness to quickly conclude a bilateral free trade agreement with India. Abe is accompanied by 200 Japanese business executives on his weeklong tour of Indonesia, India and Malaysia.

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Gathering held at N.Y. church to pray for world peace

NEW YORK, United States - Some 200 people attend a gathering at a New York church on Aug. 5, 2014, to pray for the realization of a world free from nuclear weapons as a bell sounds at 7:15 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, or 8:15 a.m. in Japan, when an atomic bomb was dropped 69 years ago on Hiroshima, western Japan.

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Schmitt wins Olympic 200 free

LONDON, Britain - Allison Schmitt of the United States celebrates after she wins the women's 200 freestyle of the London Olympics at the Aquatics Centre on July 31, 2012.

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Pellegrini wins 200 free at world c'ships

SHANGHAI, China - Italy's Federica Pellegrini celebrates after she wins the women's 200 free at the world swimming championships in Shanghai on July 27, 2011. She has also won the women's 400 free at the event.

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Pellegrini wins 200 free at world c'ships

SHANGHAI, China - Italy's Federica Pellegrini celebrates after she wins the women's 200 free at the world swimming championships in Shanghai on July 27, 2011. She has also won the women's 400 free at the event.

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Participants perform in exhibition at World Team Trophy

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Mao Asada performs in the exhibition at the ISU World Team Trophy at Yoyogi national gymnasium in Tokyo on April 19. Asada took first place in the women's free skate at the tourney on April 18 with a total of 201.87 points -- the first time she has broken the 200-point barrier.

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Asada dazzles but U.S. wins World Team Trophy

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Mao Asada performs in the free skate at the ISU World Team Trophy at Yoyogi national gymnasium in Tokyo on April 18, taking first with a total of 201.87 points -- the first time she has broken the 200-point barrier. The United States, however, won the three-day competition, followed by Canada and Japan.

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Asada dazzles but U.S. wins World Team Trophy

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Mao Asada executes a triple axel during her free skate at the ISU World Team Trophy at Yoyogi national gymnasium in Tokyo on April 18. She took first with a total of 201.87 points -- the first time she has broken the 200-point barrier. The United States, however, won the three-day competition, followed by Canada and Japan.

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Lefty Noguchi joins Giants on 2-year contract

TOKYO, Japan - Tatsunori Hara (L), manager of the Yomiuri Giants baseball club, and free agent left-hander Shigeki Noguchi shake hands at a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Nov. 17. Noguchi signed a two-year contract worth an estimated 200 million yen with the Central League baseball team.

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Rebels accused of burning schools, martial law in Aceh slammed

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - Pupils at an elementary school look at the ruins of their burnt school building in Banda Aceh, the capital of the restive Indonesian province of Aceh, on May 20. Military and ppolice officers have claimed that almost 200 schools in Aceh were burnt down by the separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM), which has so far not responded to the allegations.

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DJIBOUTI-DJIBOUTI INTERNATIONAL FREE TRADE ZONE

(220920) -- DJIBOUTI CITY, Sept. 20, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People communicate at the exhibition area of cross-border e-commerce products at the Djibouti International Free Trade Zone in Djibouti, Sept. 14, 2022. Inaugurated in 2018 with a planned construction area of 48.2 square km, the Djibouti International Free Trade Zone has attracted more than 200 companies, providing competitive digital services and products. (Xinhua/Dong Jianghui)

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DJIBOUTI-DJIBOUTI INTERNATIONAL FREE TRADE ZONE

(220920) -- DJIBOUTI CITY, Sept. 20, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Sept. 15, 2022 shows the Djibouti International Free Trade Zone in Djibouti. Inaugurated in 2018 with a planned construction area of 48.2 square km, the Djibouti International Free Trade Zone has attracted more than 200 companies, providing competitive digital services and products. (Xinhua/Liu Chang)

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DJIBOUTI-DJIBOUTI INTERNATIONAL FREE TRADE ZONE

(220920) -- DJIBOUTI CITY, Sept. 20, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Sept. 14, 2022 shows the warehouse area at the Djibouti International Free Trade Zone in Djibouti. Inaugurated in 2018 with a planned construction area of 48.2 square km, the Djibouti International Free Trade Zone has attracted more than 200 companies, providing competitive digital services and products. (Xinhua/Dong Jianghui)

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DJIBOUTI-DJIBOUTI INTERNATIONAL FREE TRADE ZONE

(220920) -- DJIBOUTI CITY, Sept. 20, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People view cross-border e-commerce products at the Djibouti International Free Trade Zone in Djibouti, Sept. 14, 2022. Inaugurated in 2018 with a planned construction area of 48.2 square km, the Djibouti International Free Trade Zone has attracted more than 200 companies, providing competitive digital services and products. (Xinhua/Dong Jianghui)

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DJIBOUTI-DJIBOUTI INTERNATIONAL FREE TRADE ZONE

(220920) -- DJIBOUTI CITY, Sept. 20, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A man learns about cross-border e-commerce products via a mobile phone at the Djibouti International Free Trade Zone in Djibouti, Sept. 14, 2022. Inaugurated in 2018 with a planned construction area of 48.2 square km, the Djibouti International Free Trade Zone has attracted more than 200 companies, providing competitive digital services and products. (Xinhua/Dong Jianghui)

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DJIBOUTI-DJIBOUTI INTERNATIONAL FREE TRADE ZONE

(220920) -- DJIBOUTI CITY, Sept. 20, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Sept. 15, 2022 shows the Djibouti International Free Trade Zone in Djibouti. Inaugurated in 2018 with a planned construction area of 48.2 square km, the Djibouti International Free Trade Zone has attracted more than 200 companies, providing competitive digital services and products. (Xinhua/Liu Chang)

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DJIBOUTI-DJIBOUTI INTERNATIONAL FREE TRADE ZONE

(220920) -- DJIBOUTI CITY, Sept. 20, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Sept. 14, 2022 shows the gate of the Djibouti International Free Trade Zone in Djibouti. Inaugurated in 2018 with a planned construction area of 48.2 square km, the Djibouti International Free Trade Zone has attracted more than 200 companies, providing competitive digital services and products. (Xinhua/Dong Jianghui)

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CHINA-ANHUI-LANGXI-YANGTZE ALLIGATORS-RELEASE TO THE WILD (CN)

(220602) -- LANGXI, June 2, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Staff members prepare to set an artificially-bred Chinese alligator free to the wild at a national nature reserve in Langxi County, east China's Anhui Province, June 2, 2022. Over 370 artificially-bred Chinese rare alligators, also known as the Yangtze alligator, will be released to the wild at a national nature reserve from June 2. The Yangtze alligator has lived on earth for over 200 million years. It is a first-class protected animal endemic to China. Since 2019, protections of the species, including reintroduction to the wild and habitat conservation, have been implemented in the province to restore its population. Thanks to the efforts, the population of the Chinese alligators living in the wild has surpassed 1,000. Those alligators have adapted to the wild environment and successively reproduced. (Xinhua/Du Yu)

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CHINA-ANHUI-LANGXI-YANGTZE ALLIGATORS-RELEASE TO THE WILD (CN)

(220602) -- LANGXI, June 2, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Staff members prepare to set an artificially-bred Chinese alligator free to the wild at a national nature reserve in Langxi County, east China's Anhui Province, June 2, 2022. Over 370 artificially-bred Chinese rare alligators, also known as the Yangtze alligator, will be released to the wild at a national nature reserve from June 2. The Yangtze alligator has lived on earth for over 200 million years. It is a first-class protected animal endemic to China. Since 2019, protections of the species, including reintroduction to the wild and habitat conservation, have been implemented in the province to restore its population. Thanks to the efforts, the population of the Chinese alligators living in the wild has surpassed 1,000. Those alligators have adapted to the wild environment and successively reproduced. (Xinhua/Du Yu)

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Abe calls for quick signing of free trade deal with India

NEW DELHI, India - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at a meeting of Japanese and Indian business leaders in New Delhi on Aug. 21. In an address to the meeting, Abe expressed his willingness to quickly conclude a bilateral free trade agreement with India. Abe is accompanied by 200 Japanese business executives on his weeklong tour of Indonesia, India and Malaysia. (Kyodo)

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Asada dazzles but U.S. wins World Team Trophy

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Mao Asada executes a triple axel during her free skate at the ISU World Team Trophy at Yoyogi national gymnasium in Tokyo on April 18. She took first with a total of 201.87 points -- the first time she has broken the 200-point barrier. The United States, however, won the three-day competition, followed by Canada and Japan. (Kyodo)

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Asada dazzles but U.S. wins World Team Trophy

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Mao Asada performs in the free skate at the ISU World Team Trophy at Yoyogi national gymnasium in Tokyo on April 18, taking first with a total of 201.87 points -- the first time she has broken the 200-point barrier. The United States, however, won the three-day competition, followed by Canada and Japan. (Kyodo)

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Participants perform in exhibition at World Team Trophy

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Mao Asada performs in the exhibition at the ISU World Team Trophy at Yoyogi national gymnasium in Tokyo on April 19. Asada took first place in the women's free skate at the tourney on April 18 with a total of 201.87 points -- the first time she has broken the 200-point barrier. (Kyodo)

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Lefty Noguchi joins Giants on 2-year contract

TOKYO, Japan - Tatsunori Hara (L), manager of the Yomiuri Giants baseball club, and free agent left-hander Shigeki Noguchi shake hands at a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Nov. 17. Noguchi signed a two-year contract worth an estimated 200 million yen with the Central League baseball team. (Kyodo)

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Rebels accused of burning schools, martial law in Aceh slammed

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - Pupils at an elementary school look at the ruins of their burnt school building in Banda Aceh, the capital of the restive Indonesian province of Aceh, on May 20. Military and ppolice officers have claimed that almost 200 schools in Aceh were burnt down by the separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM), which has so far not responded to the allegations. (Kyodo)

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Whale beached in western Japan, rescued

Fishermen and police officers work to guide a debilitated whale, beached in Anan, western Japan, back into the ocean on Jan. 20, 2016. Around 200 onlookers cheered their efforts to free the 10-meter-long mammal, believed to be a sperm whale. While continuing to splash seawater on the whale's skin to prevent it from drying, the rescuers put a rope around its body and pulled it free with a boat. The whale then swam into deeper waters. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Whale beached in western Japan, rescued

Fishermen and police officers work to guide a debilitated whale, beached in Anan, western Japan, back into the ocean on Jan. 20, 2016. Around 200 onlookers cheered their efforts to free the 10-meter-long mammal, believed to be a sperm whale. While continuing to splash seawater on the whale's skin to prevent it from drying, the rescuers put a rope around its body and pulled it free with a boat. The whale then swam into deeper waters. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Colorful images illuminate Nijo Castle gate in Kyoto

Colorful images are projected onto the Karamon Gate of Nijo Castle, a World Heritage site, in Kyoto, western Japan, during a press preview on March 19, 2015, before opening to the public from March 20 through April 12. Admission is free for visitors dressed in Japanese kimono, or otherwise 400 yen for adults and 200 yen for elementary to high school students. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan city to start tracking service for missing dementia sufferers

Photo taken on Sept. 29, 2015, shows a Bluetooth tag (L) to be leased by the western Japanese city of Nagaokakyo to help find missing dementia patients. In the first attempt in Japan, the city will start providing 200 tags for free from February 2016 and installing receivers at 18 locations, including at the foot of a mountain. The city will ask people to download a dedicated app so their smartphones can work as receivers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo