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Football: Pogba returns to pitch

Monaco's Paul Pogba meets the press after playing in a Ligue 1 football match against Stade Rennes in Rennes, France, on Nov. 22, 2025. The 32-year-old French midfielder, a former Manchester United and Juventus star, returned to the pitch for the first time in more than two years following a doping ban.

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Illustration - Pays-Basque

FRANCE. PYRENEES-ATLANTIQUES (64) AQUITAINE REGION. VILLAGE OF SAINT-PEE-SUR-NIVELLE. THE AUBERGE BASQUE. ITS CHEF CEDRIC BECHADE (32 YEARS-OLD) WHO LEARNED IN THE KITCHENS OF THE HOTEL DU PALAIS IN BIARRITZ AS WELL AS THE CRILLON AND PLAZA ATHENEE IN PARIS RECEIVED 1 STAR FROM THE MICHELIN GUIDE IN 2009 (A UNIQUE FEAT IN FRANCE FOR AN INN OR BED &BREAKFAST). CEDRIC BECHADE NONETHELESS DECIDED TO REFUSE IT TO ESCAPE THE SPIRIT OF COMPETITION AND THE STRESS CAUSED BY THIS SORT OF AWARD... Photo by Antoine Lorgnier/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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North China's millennium-old village sees thriving homestay industry

STORY: North China's millennium-old village sees thriving homestay industry SHOOTING TIME: Recent footage DATELINE: June 22, 2024 LENGTH: 00:03:32 LOCATION: TAIYUAN, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Taidu Village 2. various of homestays in Taidu Village STORYLINE: From a millennium-old village to a well-known rural tourism destination, Taidu Village in north China's Shanxi has achieved a beautiful transformation via homestay industry in just a number of years. In the past, Taidu Village, a small village with a population of less than a thousand, was an ordinary small village. The residents made their living on agriculture for generations. Since 2016, rural tourism has been developed, and changes have quietly occurred within the village. In 2021, led by the local government, a professional operation and management company was introduced to carry out a major renovation of the entire village, deeply explore the folk culture of the village, and carry out professional design while retaining t

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China's Shenzhou-18 manned spaceship docks with space station combination

STORY: China's Shenzhou-18 manned spaceship docks with space station combination SHOOTING TIME: April 26, 2024 DATELINE: April 26, 2024 LENGTH: 0:00:45 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. China's Shenzhou-18 manned spaceship docks with space station combination STORYLINE: China's Shenzhou-18 manned spaceship successfully docked with the space station combination early on Friday morning, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). The spaceship made a fast, automated rendezvous and docking with the radial port of the space station's core module Tianhe at 3:32 a.m. (Beijing Time). The whole process took approximately 6.5 hours, said the CMSA. The taikonaut trio aboard the spaceship will then enter the Tianhe module and the Shenzhou-17 crew have got ready for their arrival. The two crews with an average age of less than 40 years old are about to meet in the Tiangong space station. The spaceship, atop a Long March-2F carrier rocket, blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Cente

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Being a foreign aid doctor in Solomon Islands

STORY: Being a foreign aid doctor in Solomon Islands SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 4, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 7, 2024 LENGTH: 0:02:14 LOCATION: SYDNEY, Australia CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Chinese medical aid team working in the Solomon Islands 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): XU MING, Chinese doctor 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): XU MING, Chinese doctor 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): XU MING, Chinese doctor 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): XU MING, Chinese doctor 6. SOUNDBITE 5 (English/Chinese): ALL of people STORYLINE: After the establishment of bilateral diplomatic relations in 2019, China started to dispatch medical team including doctors and nurses to the Solomon Islands in early 2022. Currently, the second batch of Chinese medical team members are working here. One of them has shared his stories in the Pacific island country. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): XU MING, Chinese doctor "I'm Xu Ming, 32 years old. I'm an attending physician in the acupuncture department of the Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University. In Mar

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Iraqi medics call for public awareness of drug problem

STORY: Iraqi medics call for public awareness of drug problem DATELINE: June 10, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:32 LOCATION: Baghdad CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Ibn Rushd Psychiatric Hospital in Baghdad 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): ADNAN YASIN, Head of Ibn Rushd Psychiatric Hospital 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): AHMED MOHAMMED SHAKER, Psychotherapist at Ibn Rushd Psychiatric Hospital 4. various of Fakher Monther speaking at a drug control symposium STORYLINE: For the past two decades, the spread of drugs, particularly among young people, has become one of Iraq's most pressing and intricate issues. Iraqi medics have emphasized that the Iraqi government's challenges in drug control stem from social instability, a high unemployment rate, poverty, an underdeveloped healthcare system, and public unawareness of the dangers posed by drugs. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): ADNAN YASIN, Head of Ibn Rushd Psychiatric Hospital "In general, most of the people that come to our hospital range between 20-40 years old, and there are i

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(SP)CHINA-CHONGQING-PARKOUR(CN)

(230510) -- BEIJING, May 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Dec. 9, 2021 shows a night view of an old street in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality. Chongqing, a city built on mountains, features a city scape of ups and downs and scattered buildings. The road is often seen being built on the roof, and the light rail running through the buildings in the southwest China's metropolitan. With the natural advantages for parkour, also known as free-running, Chongqing provides the practitioners of parkour a playground where they overcome obstacles in the urban landscape without assistive equipment in the fastest and most efficient way possible. Wen Shunyao, 32, a parkour club teacher, first learned about parkour in a movie when he was a studednt in university. After a few years of traning, he met more friends sharing same passion for parkour. They participated in competitions together and Wen gradually gained his fame. After graduating from university, Wen Shunyao turned his passion into wor

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(SP)CHINA-CHONGQING-PARKOUR(CN)

(230510) -- BEIJING, May 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Dec. 10, 2021 shows a night view of an old street in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality. Chongqing, a city built on mountains, features a city scape of ups and downs and scattered buildings. The road is often seen being built on the roof, and the light rail running through the buildings in the southwest China's metropolitan. With the natural advantages for parkour, also known as free-running, Chongqing provides the practitioners of parkour a playground where they overcome obstacles in the urban landscape without assistive equipment in the fastest and most efficient way possible. Wen Shunyao, 32, a parkour club teacher, first learned about parkour in a movie when he was a studednt in university. After a few years of traning, he met more friends sharing same passion for parkour. They participated in competitions together and Wen gradually gained his fame. After graduating from university, Wen Shunyao turned his passion into wo

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Palestinian farmer makes profit in growing saffron in West Bank

STORY: Palestinian farmer makes profit in growing saffron in West Bank DATELINE: Feb. 3, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:32 LOCATION: Gaza CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Jaber Bani Taha at his farm 2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): JABER BANI TAHA, Nablus-based Palestinian farmer STORYLINE: Jaber Bani Taha, a Palestinian farmer living in Nablus, has earned himself good money by planting saffron in the West Bank. "I came up with the idea to grow saffron in 2012 when I watched a number of documentary films that showed its benefits for people's health," the 46-year-old farmer told Xinhua. As the first person to grow the plant on the West Bank, Taha came across many challenges. He had little money and couldn't afford to buy the bulbs from overseas. A project funded by the non-government Agricultural Relief helped him to import 17,000 bulbs from the Netherlands. Taha said he kept cultivating the bulbs for three years to harvest more saffron that would be enough to sell them. "Every year the number of bulbs increa

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Vlog: Foreign students tour Spring Festival shopping fair in rural China

STORY: Vlog: Foreign students tour Spring Festival shopping fair in rural China DATELINE: Jan. 22, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:32 LOCATION: YINCHUAN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the market 2. SOUNDBITE (English): RUEANG NGAM NAMRIN, Thai student, Ningxia Medical University STORYLINE: Rueang Ngam Namrin, a Thai student with Ningxia Medical University in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, spends her first Spring Festival in China. She went to a century-old fair in a county with her Bengali friend, Sultana Albida, to buy New Year's goods and feel the festive atmosphere in rural China. SOUNDBITE (English): RUEANG NGAM NAMRIN, Thai student, Ningxia Medical University "Let's go. So here we are at the Jingui market. It has a very long history of about 100 years and Chinese come here for the Spring Festival. They come here for shopping. We're here for shopping. Yeah. We're also here for shopping. What did you shop today? That's just a cotton candy, waiting for more. Yeah, waiting for more

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Monkey boss

OITA, Japan - Male monkey ''Benz,'' believed to be 32 years old, ''attends'' a ceremony Feb. 11, 2011, to mark his becoming the boss of an 816-monkey group at a wilderness park in Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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4-year-old skater girl's brave try

STORY: 4-year-old skater girl's brave try DATELINE: Dec. 15, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:32 LOCATION: GUANGZHOU, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of girl's skating STORYLINE: In Guangzhou, China, 4-year-old girl Yaoyao is skating off a 3-meter-high platform confidently under her father's instruction. The girl started learning skating at only one and a half years old. Now she's already an experienced little skater. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Guangzhou, China. (XHTV)

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Sugiyama celebrates her birthday in Wimbledon

WIMBLEDON, England - Ai Sugiyama of Japan smiles behind her birthday cake at the All England Club as she turns 32 years old on July 5.

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Man convicted in 1963 Sayama murder case still seeking retrial

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuo Ishikawa (L), who was given a life sentence and spent almost 32 years in prison over a 1963 murder in Sayama, Saitama Prefecture, before being released on parole, meets the press with his lawyer (R) after filing his third petition for a retrial with the Tokyo High Court on May 23, insisting he is innocent. Ishikawa, 67, was convicted of the murder of a 16-year-old female high school student in the city near Tokyo in a case that became known as the ''Sayama Incident.''

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GLOBALink | Chinese voyager embarks on journey to North Pole

Chinese explorer Yang Jianxin has embarked on a solo sailing journey to the North Pole. The 53-year-old left Tangshan in China's Hebei Province on Thursday. He plans to make a no-stopping, no-replenishment solo sailing round trip from Tangshan to the North Pole. There was no person in history navigating this route with a single sail on his or her own. Several years ago, Yang had completed a 32-day solo sailing on the seas off China's eastern and southern coastlines. Produced by Xinhua Global Service

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Chinese voyager embarks on journey to North Pole

STORY: Chinese voyager embarks on journey to North Pole DATELINE: June 24, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:44 LOCATION: SHIJIAZHUANG, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Yang Jianxin starts his solo sailing journey STORYLINE: Chinese explorer Yang Jianxin has embarked on a solo sailing journey to the North Pole. The 53-year-old left Tangshan in China's Hebei Province on Thursday. He plans to make a no-stopping, no-replenishment solo sailing round trip from Tangshan to the North Pole. There was no person in history navigating this route with a single sail on his or her own. Several years ago, Yang had completed a 32-day solo sailing on the seas off China's eastern and southern coastlines. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Shijiazhuang, China. (XHTV)

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Explore century-old hydropower station in SW China

STORY: Explore century-old hydropower station in SW China DATELINE: May 29, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:54 LOCATION: KUNMING, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Shilongba hydropower station 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): FAN YONGSHENG, Party chief, Shilongba Power Plant 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): PU GANG, General manager, Shilongba Power Plant STORYLINE: The Shilongba hydropower station is China's first hydropower station. After being put into use in 1912, it is still in operation today. Built on the Tanglangchuan river in southwestern Yunnan Province, it provides power to the provincial capital of Kunming through a 32-km-long power line. The hydropower station has been expanded seven times and now has four units with a total installed capacity of 7,360 kW. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): FAN YONGSHENG, Party chief, Shilongba Power Plant "Over the past 110 years, although very small, it has supplied more than 1 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity." SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): PU GANG, General manage

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Xinjiang, My home: A 9-year-old boy's happy family

STORY: Xinjiang, My home: A 9-year-old boy's happy family DATELINE: March 11, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:32 LOCATION: URUMQI, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): WANIHAR QEYSER's family members STORYLINE: Wanihar Qeyser, a 9-year-old boy living in Artux in Xinjiang, China, loves to help clean his mom's hair salon. He has a family of five members, mom, dad, elder sister and brother, and him. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): WANIHAR QEYSER's family members "Mom, does my sister want to be a hairdresser like you when she grows up?" "Your sister would do whatever she likes." "I'm Wanihar Qeyser and I'm 9 years old. My mother's name is Patigul Arken, and she is a hairdresser. My mom opened a hair salon. I would go for help if my mom was busy. I can help clean the floor." "You are cleaning the floor, aren't you? How lovely you are. Give me a kiss." "My mom is the most beautiful woman to me. My brother likes running. Sometimes we run together. Just play for a minute. My sister is preparing for the college

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Gazans resort to "Musicotherapy" to reduce psychological stress

STORY: Gazans resort to "Musicotherapy" to reduce psychological stress DATELINE: Feb. 27, 2022 LENGTH: 00:05:00 LOCATION: GAZA CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of a music therapy session 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): JULIA AHMED, Young Palestinian woman from Gaza 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): MAHMOUD AHMED, Gaza-based young man 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): TAGHREED AL-SAQQA, Gaza-based psychotherapist STORYLINE: For 45 minutes, Julia Ahmed, a young Palestinian woman from Gaza, sits on a sofa, listening to musical chants mixed with the sounds of sea waves, in a bid to get rid of her psychological pressure. For many years, the 32-year-old mother of a child suffered from various problems, which brought her to a state of depression and rejection of the reality she was living in. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): JULIA AHMED, Young Palestinian woman from Gaza "I came here to receive music therapy because I believe that music is for good people as it radiates peace and positive energy. I am the kind of person who listens t

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IRAQ-NINEVEH-WOMEN-TRAINING

(220209) -- BAGHDAD, Feb. 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Local women participate in a training session to make yogurt in al-Hamdaniya, Nineveh province, Iraq, Nov. 29, 2021. Learning to make yogurt, butter and cream gives 32-year-old Zainab Hazem and her Iraqi counterparts new hope they can support their families in the war-torn town of al-Hamdaniya in Iraq's Nineveh province.TO GO WITH "Feature: Iraqi women learn to earn "bread and butter" after years of conflict, displacement" (WFP/Handout via Xinhua)

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IRAQ-NINEVEH-WOMEN-TRAINING

(220209) -- BAGHDAD, Feb. 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Local women participate in a training session to make yogurt in al-Hamdaniya, Nineveh province, Iraq, Nov. 29, 2021. Learning to make yogurt, butter and cream gives 32-year-old Zainab Hazem and her Iraqi counterparts new hope they can support their families in the war-torn town of al-Hamdaniya in Iraq's Nineveh province.TO GO WITH "Feature: Iraqi women learn to earn "bread and butter" after years of conflict, displacement" (WFP/Handout via Xinhua)

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IRAQ-NINEVEH-WOMEN-TRAINING

(220209) -- BAGHDAD, Feb. 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Local women participate in a poultry hatching project in al-Hamdaniya, Nineveh province, Iraq, Nov. 29, 2021. Learning to make yogurt, butter and cream gives 32-year-old Zainab Hazem and her Iraqi counterparts new hope they can support their families in the war-torn town of al-Hamdaniya in Iraq's Nineveh province.TO GO WITH "Feature: Iraqi women learn to earn "bread and butter" after years of conflict, displacement" (WFP/Handout via Xinhua)

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IRAQ-NINEVEH-WOMEN-TRAINING

(220209) -- BAGHDAD, Feb. 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A woman participates in a training session to make yogurt in al-Hamdaniya, Nineveh province, Iraq, Nov. 29, 2021. Learning to make yogurt, butter and cream gives 32-year-old Zainab Hazem and her Iraqi counterparts new hope they can support their families in the war-torn town of al-Hamdaniya in Iraq's Nineveh province.TO GO WITH "Feature: Iraqi women learn to earn "bread and butter" after years of conflict, displacement" (WFP/Handout via Xinhua)

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IRAQ-NINEVEH-WOMEN-TRAINING

(220209) -- BAGHDAD, Feb. 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Zainab Hazem participates in a training session to make yogurt in al-Hamdaniya, Nineveh province, Iraq, Nov. 29, 2021. Learning to make yogurt, butter and cream gives 32-year-old Zainab Hazem and her Iraqi counterparts new hope they can support their families in the war-torn town of al-Hamdaniya in Iraq's Nineveh province.TO GO WITH "Feature: Iraqi women learn to earn "bread and butter" after years of conflict, displacement" (WFP/Handout via Xinhua)

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Sugiyama celebrates her birthday in Wimbledon

WIMBLEDON, England - Ai Sugiyama of Japan smiles behind her birthday cake at the All England Club as she turns 32 years old on July 5. (Kyodo)

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Mother given 14 yrs in prison for killing 4-yr-old son

AKITA, Japan - File photo of Mika Shindo, a 32-year-old woman who was sentenced to 14 years in prison on Aug. 6 for abusing and killing her 4-year-old son in Daisen, Akita Prefecture last year. According to the Akita District Court's ruling, Shindo was together with her son and her boyfriend Hiroshi Hatakeyama, 44, inside a car on the day when she beat him on the head, seized him by the throat and later left him to die in an irrigation ditch near her home. The two were allegedly irritated by Ryosuke's presence in their date. (Kyodo)

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Man convicted in 1963 Sayama murder case still seeking retrial

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuo Ishikawa (L), who was given a life sentence and spent almost 32 years in prison over a 1963 murder in Sayama, Saitama Prefecture, before being released on parole, meets the press with his lawyer (R) after filing his third petition for a retrial with the Tokyo High Court on May 23, insisting he is innocent. Ishikawa, 67, was convicted of the murder of a 16-year-old female high school student in the city near Tokyo in a case that became known as the ''Sayama Incident.'' (Kyodo)

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Monkey boss

OITA, Japan - Male monkey ''Benz,'' believed to be 32 years old, ''attends'' a ceremony Feb. 11, 2011, to mark his becoming the boss of an 816-monkey group at a wilderness park in Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan. (Kyodo)

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Karel GOTT, Ivana MACHACKOVA GOTTOVA, NELLY SOFIE

Karel Gott, 68, the popular Czech pop singer and his wife Ivana, 32, pose with their newborn daughter Nelly Sofie in Prague Monday, June 2, 2008. The girl is Gottｴs second daughter by Ivana, whom he married in Las Vegas this January. The first daughter, Charlotte Ella, is two years old now. Karel Gott became father for the fourth time on Wednesday evening when his wife Ivana gave birth to a second daughter. Nelly Sofie weighs 3.160 kg and is 49 cm long. Besides, Gott has two daughters, aged 33 and 20, by his previous girl-friends. (CTK PHOTO/ Veronika Simkova) ***FILE PHOTO*** Most popular Czech pop singer Karel Gott died at 80 on Tuesday, October 1, 2019, before midnight at home in his family circle, in Prague, Czech Republic, his spokeswoman Stolzova said on October 2, 2019.

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Karel GOTT, Ivana MACHACKOVA GOTTOVA, NELLY SOFIE

Karel Gott, 68, the popular Czech pop singer and his wife Ivana, 32, pose with their newborn daughter Nelly Sofie in Prague Monday, June 2, 2008. The girl is Gottｴs second daughter by Ivana, whom he married in Las Vegas this January. The first daughter, Charlotte Ella, is two years old now. Karel Gott became father for the fourth time on Wednesday evening when his wife Ivana gave birth to a second daughter. Nelly Sofie weighs 3.160 kg and is 49 cm long. Besides, Gott has two daughters, aged 33 and 20, by his previous girl-friends. (CTK PHOTO/ Veronika Simkova) ***FILE PHOTO*** Most popular Czech pop singer Karel Gott died at 80 on Tuesday, October 1, 2019, before midnight at home in his family circle, in Prague, Czech Republic, his spokeswoman Stolzova said on October 2, 2019.

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KAREL GOTT

The popular Czech pop singer Karel Gott shows thumb-up as he leaves the maternal hospital in Prague Podoli on Thursday, May 29, 2008. Karel Gott became father for the fourth time on Wednesday evening, May 28, when his wife Ivana, 32, gave birth to a daughter. The girl, named Nelly Sofie, is Gottｴs second daughter by Ivana, whom he married in Las Vegas this January. The first daughter, Charlotte Ella, is two years old now. Besides, Gott has two daughters, aged 33 and 20, by his previous girl-friends. (CTK Photo/Veronika Simkova) ***FILE PHOTO*** Most popular Czech pop singer Karel Gott died at 80 on Tuesday, October 1, 2019, before midnight at home in his family circle, in Prague, Czech Republic, his spokeswoman Stolzova said on October 2, 2019.

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KAREL GOTT

The popular Czech pop singer Karel Gott, presented with a bunch of roses by a press photographer, talks with journalists as he leaves the maternal hospital in Prague Podoli on Thursday, May 29, 2008. Karel Gott became father for the fourth time on Wednesday evening, May 28, when his wife Ivana, 32, gave birth to a daughter. The girl, named Nelly Sofie, is Gottｴs second daughter by Ivana, whom he married in Las Vegas this January. The first daughter, Charlotte Ella, is two years old now. Besides, Gott has two daughters, aged 33 and 20, by his previous girl-friends. (CTK Photo/Veronika Simkova) ***FILE PHOTO*** Most popular Czech pop singer Karel Gott died at 80 on Tuesday, October 1, 2019, before midnight at home in his family circle, in Prague, Czech Republic, his spokeswoman Stolzova said on October 2, 2019.

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KAREL GOTT

The popular Czech pop singer Karel Gott leaves the maternal hospital in Prague Podoli on Thursday, May 29, 2008. Karel Gott became father for the fourth time on Wednesday evening, May 28, when his wife Ivana, 32, gave birth to a daughter. The girl, named Nelly Sofie, is Gottｴs second daughter by Ivana, whom he married in Las Vegas this January. The first daughter, Charlotte Ella, is two years old now. Besides, Gott has two daughters, aged 33 and 20, by his previous girl-friends. (CTK Photo/Veronika Simkova) ***FILE PHOTO*** Most popular Czech pop singer Karel Gott died at 80 on Tuesday, October 1, 2019, before midnight at home in his family circle, in Prague, Czech Republic, his spokeswoman Stolzova said on October 2, 2019.

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High court finds city mayor guilty in bribery case

Minokamo Mayor Hiroto Fujii heads to a press conference on Nov. 28, 2016, after the Nagoya High Court (back) sentenced the 32-year-old city mayor in Gifu Prefecture to one and a half years in prison, suspended for three years, for taking bribes, overturning an acquittal by a district court. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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High court finds city mayor guilty in bribery case

Minokamo Mayor Hiroto Fujii leaves the Nagoya High Court on Nov. 28, 2016, after the court sentenced the 32-year-old city mayor in Gifu Prefecture to one and a half years in prison, suspended for three years, for taking bribes, overturning an acquittal by a district court. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo