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Tourist yachts now granted visa within 30 mins at Egyptian ports: Transport Ministry

STORY: Tourist yachts now granted visa within 30 mins at Egyptian ports: Transport Ministry DATELINE: July 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:04 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. Transport Ministry 2. various shots of several yachts STORYLINE: Egypt's Ministry of Transport announced on Saturday that foreign tourist yachts can now apply electronically for tourist port visas via an online portal, receiving them within 30 minutes, instead of a 15 - 30 day waiting time for approvals. The online portal lets applicants upload documents like yacht/passenger info, arrival time, chosen port/marina, and the tourist program, the ministry added. Visas will be paid in U.S. dollars, the ministry affirmed. The procedure comes within the framework of the ministry's promotional campaign to attract and optimize yacht tourism in Egypt, in addition to speeding up the steps. Unlike before, yachts can now leave from any tourist port, not just where they arrived, granting greater flexibility in planning their itineraries.

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30 foreign applicants pass nursing examination in Japan

KOBE, Japan - Laraswaty Suyono, an Indonesian nurse, holds a press conference at a hospital in Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, where she works on March 25, 2013. Suyono is among a total of 30 applicants from the Philippines and Indonesia who have passed an examination held in February qualifying them to work as nurses in Japan.

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'Gal Mikoshi,' portable shrine carried by girls

OSAKA, Japan - Young women carry a 200-kilogram ''mikoshi,'' or portable shrine, during the 31st ''Gal Mikoshi'' festival in Osaka, western Japan, on July 23, 2011. A total of 80 women aged 15 to 30, selected from among 330 applicants after undergoing tests to check their physical strength, took part in the event.

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Inedible pure gold soft-serve ice-cream

TOKYO, Japan - Convenience store operator Ministop Co. said May 11, 2010, it will give away ''soft-serve ice cream'' ornaments made of pure gold by lot to three applicants who send in pictures of themselves with soft-serve ice-cream by May 30. The prized ornament is 10 centimeters tall, 90 grams in weight and worth about 300,000 yen.

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Egypt to give investors three-month golden license

STORY: Egypt to give investors three-month golden license DATELINE: Oct. 30, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:51 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Egyptian President attending inauguration of a number of projects of the National Initiative for Industrial Development 2. various of an exhibition STORYLINE: Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi announced on Saturday that the government will give a three-month golden license to investor applicants to facilitate procedures for establishing priority projects for the state. According to this license, investors will obtain a state's single approval that enables them to buy and rent lands, operate, and manage their projects. The license could be extended for additional three months in case of achieving progress. The president's announcement came during his inauguration of a number of projects of the National Initiative for Industrial Development at the International Manufacturing Convention and Exhibition, which lasts for three days in New Cairo. Xinh

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Last US Soldier In Afghanistan Major General Chris Donahue

Handout photo dated August 30, 2021 of Major General Chris Donahue, commander of the U.S. Army 82nd Airborne Division, XVIII Airborne Corps, boards a C-17 cargo plane at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. Maj. Gen. Donahue is the final American service member to depart Afghanistan; his departure closes the U.S. mission to evacuate American citizens, Afghan Special Immigrant Visa applicants, and vulnerable Afghans. Photo by Jack Holt/U.S. Central Command via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Successful applicants for Takarazuka Music School

Successful applicants to enter the Takarazuka Music School are pictured in Takarazuka in Hyogo Prefecture, on March 30, 2021, after the school announced those who passed the annual test. The institution in the western Japan city trains young women for two years to become actresses in the Takarazuka Revue, an all-female musical theater troupe.

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Spring arrives for 40 wannabe Takarazuka actresses

TAKARAZUKA, Japan - Four girls pose March 30 in front of a board showing that they are among 40 applicants who have passed this year's entrance exam for the noted Takarazuka Music School in Hyogo Prefecture. The 40 successful applicants, selected from 1,106, will study at the all-girl academy hoping to join the Takarazuka Revue after two years. (Kyodo)

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'Gal Mikoshi,' portable shrine carried by girls

OSAKA, Japan - Young women carry a 200-kilogram ''mikoshi,'' or portable shrine, during the 31st ''Gal Mikoshi'' festival in Osaka, western Japan, on July 23, 2011. A total of 80 women aged 15 to 30, selected from among 330 applicants after undergoing tests to check their physical strength, took part in the event. (Kyodo)

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Inedible pure gold soft-serve ice-cream

TOKYO, Japan - Convenience store operator Ministop Co. said May 11, 2010, it will give away ''soft-serve ice cream'' ornaments made of pure gold by lot to three applicants who send in pictures of themselves with soft-serve ice-cream by May 30. The prized ornament is 10 centimeters tall, 90 grams in weight and worth about 300,000 yen. (Kyodo)

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Applicants for Japan's "Takarazuka" all-female musical theater

Applicants look for their numbers on a board to see if they have passed tests to enter the Takarazuka Music School, the institution to train young women for two years to become actresses in Takarazuka Revue, Japan's all-female musical theater, in Takarazuka, Hyogo Prefecture, in western Japan on March 30, 2017. Only the graduates of the school can join the revue company. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Applicants for Japan's "Takarazuka" all-female musical theater

Successful applicants (R side) to enter the Takarazuka Music School are congratulated by students of the school, the institution to train young women for two years to become actresses in Takarazuka Revue, Japan's all-female musical theater, in Takarazuka, Hyogo Prefecture, in western Japan on March 30, 2017, after the school announced those who passed three rounds of tests. Only the graduates of the school can join the revue company. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo