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Over 400 Afghan families receive China-donated aid, UNICEF assistance

STORY: Over 400 Afghan families receive China-donated aid, UNICEF assistance DATELINE: April 4, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:06 LOCATION: BAMYAN, Afghanistan CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the China-donated aid, UNICEF assistance in Bamyan province, Afghanistan 2. SOUNDBITE (Dari): RAJAB MOAHID, Recipient STORYLINE: Afghan authorities have distributed China-donated humanitarian aid and assistance provided by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) to needy families in the country's central Bamyan province over the past week, an official said on Monday. Each family received a bag of 50 kg rice and 50 kg wheat provided by China and a pocket of soap and a health kit assisted by the UNICEF, said Provincial Director for Natural Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs Mawlawi Shakir Tahir, appreciating China and the UNICEF for sending humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan at a critical stage where a majority of Afghans are suffering from poverty. The joint assistance of China and UNICEF has b

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400 Afghan families receive China-donated aid in western Nimroz province

STORY: 400 Afghan families receive China-donated aid in western Nimroz province DATELINE: March 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:11 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various shots of the China-donated humanitarian assistance distribution site in western Nimroz province, Afghanistan STORYLINE: Afghan authorities distributed China-donated humanitarian aid to 400 families in the western Nimroz province on Thursday, Mawlawi Sediqullah Nasrtat, the provincial director for refugees and repatriation affairs, said Friday. "We distributed China-donated humanitarian assistance to 400 poor families here in provincial capital Zaranj city yesterday afternoon and each family received a bag of 50 kg rice and 50 kg wheat," Nasrat told Xinhua. The assistance was distributed in the presence of Minister for Refugees and Repatriation Affairs Khalil Rahman Haqqani, the official said. China has provided foodstuff to nearly 1,800 families in Nimroz and neighboring Herat provinces over the past two months, officials said.

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China-donated aid distributed among 400 Afghan families

STORY: China-donated aid distributed among 400 Afghan families DATELINE: March 4, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:39 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of China-donated humanitarian aid in the western Herat province, Afghanistan 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Dari): SAYED ABDUL BAQI, Resident of Herat city 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Dari): ABDUL RAHMAN, Resident of Herat city 4. various of the China-donated humanitarian aid in the western Herat province, Afghanistan STORYLINE: Afghan authorities have distributed China-donated humanitarian aid to 400 needy families in the western Herat province, provincial deputy director for Natural Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs Mawlawi Inayatullah Saber said Thursday. Each aid package includes a 50 kg bag of rice, Saber told Xinhua. SOUNDBITE 1 (Dari): SAYED ABDUL BAQI, Resident of Herat city "Receiving China's assistance at this stage would solve a major part of our problems." SOUNDBITE 2 (Dari): ABDUL RAHMAN, Resident of Herat city "We were facing a food shortage and r

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China-donated aid distributed among 6,400 families in Afghanistan

STORY: China-donated aid distributed among 6,400 families in Afghanistan DATELINE: Dec. 22, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:10 LOCATION: HERAT, Afghanistan CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of distributing aid 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Pashto): MOHAMMAD HASHIM KHALID, Director for Natural Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs in Herat province 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Dari): OMAR TIMURI, Resident of Herat city STORYLINE: Afghan authorities have distributed China-donated humanitarian aid to 6,000 needy families in the western Herat province and 400 families in Herat's neighboring Nimroz province. SOUNDBITE 1 (Pashto): MOHAMMAD HASHIM KHALID, Director for Natural Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs in Herat province "In the provincial capital Herat city, we started distribution of China-donated aid to 6,000 destitute families on Monday. The aid package includes two bags of rice, each 50 kg, totaling 100 kg rice." Khalid added that, in addition to China-donated aid, the needy families also received wheat, biscuits, noo

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Ota places 13th in men's over 105-kg weightlifting

London, Britain - Japan's Kazuomi Ota is in action to lift 215 kilograms in the second clean and jerk of the men's weightlifting over 105-kg class at ExCeL London at the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 7, 2012. Ota lifted a combined total of 400 kg and placed 13th.

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Ota places 13th in men's over 105-kg weightlifting

London, Britain - Japan's Kazuomi Ota successfully lifts 215 kilograms in the second clean and jerk of the men's weightlifting over 105-kg class at ExCeL London at the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 7, 2012. Ota lifted a combined total of 400 kg and placed 13th.

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Ota places 13th in men's over 105-kg weightlifting

London, Britain - Japan's Kazuomi Ota raises his fist after successfully lifting 185 kilograms in the third snatch of the men's weightlifting over 105-kg class at ExCeL London at the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 7, 2012. Ota lifted a combined total of 400 kg and placed 13th.

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Ota places 13th in men's over 105-kg weightlifting

London, Britain - Japan's Kazuomi Ota hoists 180 kilograms in the first snatch of the men's weightlifting over 105-kg class at ExCeL London at the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 7, 2012. Ota lifted a combined total of 400 kg and placed 13th.

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Traditional rice cake lifting event in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - A woman lifts a 90-kilogram rice cake during an annual event at Daigoji Temple in Kyoto's Fushimi Ward on Feb. 23. A total of 74 men and women aged between 12 and 64 competed to see how long they could keep holding up the rice cakes -- a 105-kg cake for men and a 90-kg one for women -- in the event, which has a history of more than 400 years.

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Smart technologies aid agricultural production in China's Henan

STORY: Smart technologies aid agricultural production in China's Henan DATELINE: Aug. 12, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:38 LOCATION: ZHENGZHOU, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY/AGRICULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZOU HUIYI, Farmer of Zouzhuang Village 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LI TONGGUO, Agricultural technician 3. various of the farmland in Xichuan County 3. various of the smart equipment STORYLINE: As a major grain-producing area in China, Henan Province has actively explored the construction of smart farmlands. Zou Huiyi, who has planted more than 100 mu (about 16.5 acres) of farmland, showed a smart irrigation system at his farmland in Zouzhuang Village of Xichuan County. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZOU HUIYI, Farmer of Zouzhuang Village "Irrigation is convenient now by using my phone. After downloading the app, I just need to speak to my phone to start or stop the irrigation. In the past, if you couldn't irrigate the farmlands properly, the yields were merely about 300 kg per mu (about 0.16 acres), or 400 kg

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Traditional rice cake lifting event in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - A woman lifts a 90-kilogram rice cake during an annual event at Daigoji Temple in Kyoto's Fushimi Ward on Feb. 23. A total of 74 men and women aged between 12 and 64 competed to see how long they could keep holding up the rice cakes -- a 105-kg cake for men and a 90-kg one for women -- in the event, which has a history of more than 400 years. (Kyodo)

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The Crown of St Agnes of Bohemia sculpture

Czech sculptor Daniel Ignac Trubac shows his 230 cm long and nearly 400 kg weighs sculpture Crown of St Agnes of Bohemia, on November 7, 2019, in Polesovice, Czech Republic. The sculpture will be given as a gift for Pope Francis during a three-day national pilgrimage to Rome. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

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The Crown of St Agnes of Bohemia sculpture

Czech sculptor Daniel Ignac Trubac (not seen) shows his 230 cm long and nearly 400 kg weighs sculpture Crown of St Agnes of Bohemia, on November 7, 2019, in Polesovice, Czech Republic. The sculpture will be given as a gift for Pope Francis during a three-day national pilgrimage to Rome. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

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The Crown of St Agnes of Bohemia sculpture

Czech sculptor Daniel Ignac Trubac shows his 230 cm long and nearly 400 kg weighs sculpture Crown of St Agnes of Bohemia, on November 7, 2019, in Polesovice, Czech Republic. The sculpture will be given as a gift for Pope Francis during a three-day national pilgrimage to Rome. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

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The Crown of St Agnes of Bohemia sculpture

Czech sculptor Daniel Ignac Trubac (not seen) shows his 230 cm long and nearly 400 kg weighs sculpture Crown of St Agnes of Bohemia, on November 7, 2019, in Polesovice, Czech Republic. The sculpture will be given as a gift for Pope Francis during a three-day national pilgrimage to Rome. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

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The Crown of St Agnes of Bohemia sculpture

Czech sculptor Daniel Ignac Trubac (not seen) shows his 230 cm long and nearly 400 kg weighs sculpture Crown of St Agnes of Bohemia, on November 7, 2019, in Polesovice, Czech Republic. The sculpture will be given as a gift for Pope Francis during a three-day national pilgrimage to Rome. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

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The Crown of St Agnes of Bohemia sculpture

Czech sculptor Daniel Ignac Trubac (not seen) shows his 230 cm long and nearly 400 kg weighs sculpture Crown of St Agnes of Bohemia, on November 7, 2019, in Polesovice, Czech Republic. The sculpture will be given as a gift for Pope Francis during a three-day national pilgrimage to Rome. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

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The Crown of St Agnes of Bohemia sculpture

Czech sculptor Daniel Ignac Trubac (not seen) shows his 230 cm long and nearly 400 kg weighs sculpture Crown of St Agnes of Bohemia, on November 7, 2019, in Polesovice, Czech Republic. The sculpture will be given as a gift for Pope Francis during a three-day national pilgrimage to Rome. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

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The Crown of St Agnes of Bohemia sculpture

Czech sculptor Daniel Ignac Trubac (not seen) shows his 230 cm long and nearly 400 kg weighs sculpture Crown of St Agnes of Bohemia, on November 7, 2019, in Polesovice, Czech Republic. The sculpture will be given as a gift for Pope Francis during a three-day national pilgrimage to Rome. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

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The Crown of St Agnes of Bohemia sculpture

Czech sculptor Daniel Ignac Trubac shows his 230 cm long and nearly 400 kg weighs sculpture Crown of St Agnes of Bohemia, on November 7, 2019, in Polesovice, Czech Republic. The sculpture will be given as a gift for Pope Francis during a three-day national pilgrimage to Rome. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

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The Crown of St Agnes of Bohemia sculpture

Czech sculptor Daniel Ignac Trubac (not seen) shows his 230 cm long and nearly 400 kg weighs sculpture Crown of St Agnes of Bohemia, on November 7, 2019, in Polesovice, Czech Republic. The sculpture will be given as a gift for Pope Francis during a three-day national pilgrimage to Rome. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

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The Crown of St Agnes of Bohemia sculpture

Czech sculptor Daniel Ignac Trubac (not seen) shows his 230 cm long and nearly 400 kg weighs sculpture Crown of St Agnes of Bohemia, on November 7, 2019, in Polesovice, Czech Republic. The sculpture will be given as a gift for Pope Francis during a three-day national pilgrimage to Rome. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

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The Crown of St Agnes of Bohemia sculpture

Czech sculptor Daniel Ignac Trubac shows his 230 cm long and nearly 400 kg weighs sculpture Crown of St Agnes of Bohemia, on November 7, 2019, in Polesovice, Czech Republic. The sculpture will be given as a gift for Pope Francis during a three-day national pilgrimage to Rome. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

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The Crown of St Agnes of Bohemia sculpture

Czech sculptor Daniel Ignac Trubac (not seen) shows his 230 cm long and nearly 400 kg weighs sculpture Crown of St Agnes of Bohemia, on November 7, 2019, in Polesovice, Czech Republic. The sculpture will be given as a gift for Pope Francis during a three-day national pilgrimage to Rome. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

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The Crown of St Agnes of Bohemia sculpture

Czech sculptor Daniel Ignac Trubac shows his 230 cm long and nearly 400 kg weighs sculpture Crown of St Agnes of Bohemia, on November 7, 2019, in Polesovice, Czech Republic. The sculpture will be given as a gift for Pope Francis during a three-day national pilgrimage to Rome. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)