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Ethiopia Tigray in Crisis

35-year-old Letebrahan sits outside the tent she shares with her one-year-old daughter Zenehawit in Mekele, Ethiopia, on March 20, 2025. The last aid they received was 9 kilograms of wheat per person from the NGO Samaritan’s Purse. The family can no longer afford essential medicine, previously covered by USAID. The suspension of USAID and cuts from other aid organisations have severely impacted citizens, leaving displaced communities without adequate food or medicine. Photo by Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rose plantation promises rosy future for farmers in China's Xinjiang

STORY: Rose plantation promises rosy future for farmers in China's Xinjiang DATELINE: May 24, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:35 LOCATION: YUTIAN, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of villagers picking roses in the rose farm 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Uygur): ZORHEGULI YAKUF, Villager 3. various of rose-related products 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): YAN YONGJUN, Chairman of Xinjiang Yutian Guimi Biological Technology Co., Ltd. STORYLINE: Diverse varieties of roses have become a source of vitality for the local economy in Yutian County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Located on the southern edge of China's largest desert, the Taklamakan, Yutian County in Hotan Prefecture has a long rose planting history. SOUNDBITE 1 (Uygur): ZORHEGULI YAKUF, Villager "Every May, when the roses bloom, I come here to pick them. Picking one kilogram of roses can earn me 3 yuan (about 0.42 U.S. dollars). I pick over 40 kilograms a day, and that'll make me nearly 150 yuan (about 21.23 U.S. dollars). My folks, friends, and f

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Robot climbing ladder

OSAKA, Japan - A robot climbs a ladder during a demonstration in Osaka on Oct. 26, 2010. The Yume Robo, 1.4 meters tall and 35 kilograms in weight, has been shown at the Japanese Pavilion of the Shanghai World Expo. A group of 15 small companies in Osaka Prefecture developed the humanoid.

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(3)Toyota Motor unveils human-assisting partner robots

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Fujio Cho poses with two humanoid robots which his company unveiled at a press conference in Tokyo on March 11. One of the two is a ''walking'' type, 120 centimeters in height and 35 kilograms in weight. The other is a ''rolling'' type 1 meter in height and 35 kg in weight.

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440 families receive Chinese humanitarian aid in north Afghanistan

STORY: 440 families receive Chinese humanitarian aid in north Afghanistan DATELINE: Oct. 6, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:35 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: POLITICS/OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the China-donated humanitarian assistance distributed in Jawzjan province 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Pashto): MAWLAWI SARAJUDIN SARAJI, Provincial head for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Dari): ABDUL BASHIR, Resident of Jawzjan province 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Dari): SHAFA KHAN, Resident of Jawzjan province STORYLINE: A total of 440 families received China-donated humanitarian assistance in Shiberghan city, the capital of northern Afghanistan's Jawzjan province on Wednesday. Before the distribution, Mawlawi Sarajudin Saraji, provincial head for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs, thanked China for its assistance and said that the package to each family included 25 kilograms of rice. SOUNDBITE 1 (Pashto): MAWLAWI SARAJUDIN SARAJI, Provincial head for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs "Today (Wedne

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Robot climbing ladder

OSAKA, Japan - A robot climbs a ladder during a demonstration in Osaka on Oct. 26, 2010. The Yume Robo, 1.4 meters tall and 35 kilograms in weight, has been shown at the Japanese Pavilion of the Shanghai World Expo. A group of 15 small companies in Osaka Prefecture developed the humanoid. (Kyodo)

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(3)Toyota Motor unveils human-assisting partner robots

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Fujio Cho poses with two humanoid robots which his company unveiled at a press conference in Tokyo on March 11. One of the two is a ''walking'' type, 120 centimeters in height and 35 kilograms in weight. The other is a ''rolling'' type 1 meter in height and 35 kg in weight. (Kyodo)