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Mainland, Taiwan experts hold dialogue in east China

STORY: Mainland, Taiwan experts hold dialogue in east China SHOOTING TIME: May 25, 2024 DATELINE: May 27, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:42 LOCATION: XIAMEN, China CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of experts from the Chinese mainland and Taiwan holding a dialogue STORYLINE: Experts from the Chinese mainland and Taiwan on Saturday held a dialogue on the one-China principle from the context of the Cairo Declaration in Xiamen University, in east China's Fujian Province. Chi Chia-lin, who heads the reunification alliance party in Taiwan, combed the historical context of a series of documents and announcements including the Cairo Declaration and the Potsdam Proclamation. Quoting and interpreting the original text, he analyzed that these documents have, from a legal point of view, "clarified the illegality of Japan's occupation of Taiwan and confirmed that Taiwan is Chinese territory." Chi demonstrated that the Cairo Declaration is a legal document with the effect of international law, adding that it not only has l

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IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships 2024

Jesse Puljujärvi #13 of Finland and Phillip Bruggisser #42 of Denmark vies the puck during the 2024 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships preliminary round group A match between Finland and Denmark in Prague on May 20, 2024. LEHTIKUVA / EMMI KORHONEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Emmi Korhonen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Slovak president-elect visits wounded PM Fico, describing coalition gov't "solid"

STORY: Slovak president-elect visits wounded PM Fico, describing coalition gov't "solid" SHOOTING TIME: May 16, 2024 DATELINE: May 17, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:42 LOCATION: BANSKA BYSTRICA, Slovakia CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Slovak president-elect's speech to media 2. various of F. D. Roosevelt University Hospital STORYLINE: Slovak's three-party coalition government is solid, Peter Pellegrini, Slovak president-elect, said Thursday after visiting wounded Prime Minister Robert Fico. One of the deputy prime ministers might temporarily take over the duties of Fico, who was shot Wednesday and is still in critical condition after a surgery at the F. D. Roosevelt University Hospital in Banska Bystrica. Pellegrini paid a short visit to Fico Thursday afternoon, saying that he "spoke with Fico for a few minutes" and the prime minister was "really really tired and in a really difficult situation at this moment." There will be "difficult hours and days" in front of Fico and "I told him we stand behind

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Jeremiah Manele elected as Solomon Islands' new PM

STORY: Jeremiah Manele elected as Solomon Islands' new PM SHOOTING TIME: May 2, 2024 DATELINE: May 2, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:42 LOCATION: Honiara CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Governor General of the Solomon Islands David Vunagi announcing the result 2. various of Jeremiah Manele speaking 3. various of the polling stations (April 17, 2024) 4. various of the Solomon Islands STORYLINE: Foreign minister Jeremiah Manele was elected as the Solomon Islands' new prime minister by members of parliament on Thursday, Governor General of the Solomon Islands David Vunagi announced. Manele defeated opposition leader Matthew Wale in a 31-to-18 vote in the newly elected 50-seat parliament, Vunagi said following a secret ballot on Thursday morning. One member of parliament did not participate in the vote because she could not arrive in Honiara in time due to a long distance to the capital, a source from the governing Ownership, Unity and Responsibility Party told Xinhua. Manele will take over the off

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French Victims Of The Attack By Hamas Against Israel Tribute - Paris

French leftist La France Insoumise (LFI) party coordniator and member of parliament Manuel Bompard during a ceremony to pay tribute to the French victims of the attack by Hamas against Israel on October 7, at the Invalides memorial complex in Paris, on February 7, 2024. The ceremony pays tribute to the 42 French and French-Israeli citizens killed in the attack on Israel by Hamas and the three others still missing, believed to be held hostage. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French Victims Of The Attack By Hamas Against Israel Tribute - Paris

Eric Coquerel, Marine Le Pen, French leftist La France Insoumise (LFI) party coordniator and member of parliament Manuel Bompard, French leftist La France Insoumise (LFI) group at the National Assembly group Mathilde PanotFrancois Bayrou, Fabien Roussel, during a ceremony to pay tribute to the French victims of the attack by Hamas against Israel on October 7, at the Invalides memorial complex in Paris, France on February 7, 2024. The ceremony pays tribute to the 42 French citizens killed in the attack on Israel by Hamas and the three others still missing, believed to be held hostage. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French Victims Of The Attack By Hamas Against Israel Tribute - Paris

French leftist La France Insoumise (LFI) party coordniator and member of parliament Manuel Bompard, Francois Bayrou, Fabien Roussel, Eric Ciotti during a ceremony to pay tribute to the French victims of the attack by Hamas against Israel on October 7, at the Invalides memorial complex in Paris, France on February 7, 2024. The ceremony pays tribute to the 42 French citizens killed in the attack on Israel by Hamas and the three others still missing, believed to be held hostage. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French Victims Of The Attack By Hamas Against Israel Tribute - Paris

French leftist La France Insoumise (LFI) party coordniator and member of parliament Manuel Bompard, Francois Bayrou, Fabien Roussel, Eric Ciotti during a ceremony to pay tribute to the French victims of the attack by Hamas against Israel on October 7, at the Invalides memorial complex in Paris, France on February 7, 2024. The ceremony pays tribute to the 42 French citizens killed in the attack on Israel by Hamas and the three others still missing, believed to be held hostage. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French Victims Of The Attack By Hamas Against Israel Tribute - Paris

French leftist La France Insoumise (LFI) party coordniator and member of parliament Manuel Bompard, Francois Bayrou, Fabien Roussel, Eric Ciotti during a ceremony to pay tribute to the French victims of the attack by Hamas against Israel on October 7, at the Invalides memorial complex in Paris, France on February 7, 2024. The ceremony pays tribute to the 42 French citizens killed in the attack on Israel by Hamas and the three others still missing, believed to be held hostage. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French Victims Of The Attack By Hamas Against Israel Tribute - Paris

French leftist La France Insoumise (LFI) party coordniator and member of parliament Manuel Bompard, Francois Bayrou, Fabien Roussel, Eric Ciotti during a ceremony to pay tribute to the French victims of the attack by Hamas against Israel on October 7, at the Invalides memorial complex in Paris, France on February 7, 2024. The ceremony pays tribute to the 42 French citizens killed in the attack on Israel by Hamas and the three others still missing, believed to be held hostage. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French Victims Of The Attack By Hamas Against Israel Tribute - Paris

French leftist La France Insoumise (LFI) party coordniator and member of parliament Manuel Bompard, Francois Bayrou, Fabien Roussel, Eric Ciotti during a ceremony to pay tribute to the French victims of the attack by Hamas against Israel on October 7, at the Invalides memorial complex in Paris, France on February 7, 2024. The ceremony pays tribute to the 42 French citizens killed in the attack on Israel by Hamas and the three others still missing, believed to be held hostage. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French Victims Of The Attack By Hamas Against Israel Tribute - Paris

French leftist La France Insoumise (LFI) party coordniator and member of parliament Manuel Bompard, Francois Bayrou, Fabien Roussel, Eric Ciotti during a ceremony to pay tribute to the French victims of the attack by Hamas against Israel on October 7, at the Invalides memorial complex in Paris, France on February 7, 2024. The ceremony pays tribute to the 42 French citizens killed in the attack on Israel by Hamas and the three others still missing, believed to be held hostage. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French Victims Of The Attack By Hamas Against Israel Tribute - Paris

French leftist La France Insoumise (LFI) party coordniator and member of parliament Manuel Bompard, Francois Bayrou, Fabien Roussel, Eric Ciotti during a ceremony to pay tribute to the French victims of the attack by Hamas against Israel on October 7, at the Invalides memorial complex in Paris, France on February 7, 2024. The ceremony pays tribute to the 42 French citizens killed in the attack on Israel by Hamas and the three others still missing, believed to be held hostage. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French Victims Of The Attack By Hamas Against Israel Tribute - Paris

French far-right Rassemblement National (RN) party President Jordan Bardella next to French leftist La France Insoumise (LFI) party coordniator and member of parliament Manuel Bompard during a ceremony to pay tribute to the French victims of the attack by Hamas against Israel on October 7, at the Invalides memorial complex in Paris, France on February 7, 2024. The ceremony pays tribute to the 42 French citizens killed in the attack on Israel by Hamas and the three others still missing, believed to be held hostage. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French Victims Of The Attack By Hamas Against Israel Tribute - Paris

French far-right Rassemblement National (RN) party President Jordan Bardella next to French leftist La France Insoumise (LFI) party coordniator and member of parliament Manuel Bompard during a ceremony to pay tribute to the French victims of the attack by Hamas against Israel on October 7, at the Invalides memorial complex in Paris, France on February 7, 2024. The ceremony pays tribute to the 42 French citizens killed in the attack on Israel by Hamas and the three others still missing, believed to be held hostage. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French Victims Of The Attack By Hamas Against Israel Tribute - Paris

French leftist La France Insoumise (LFI) party coordniator and member of parliament Manuel Bompard during a ceremony to pay tribute to the French victims of the attack by Hamas against Israel on October 7, at the Invalides memorial complex in Paris, France on February 7, 2024. The ceremony pays tribute to the 42 French citizens killed in the attack on Israel by Hamas and the three others still missing, believed to be held hostage. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French Victims Of The Attack By Hamas Against Israel Tribute - Paris

French far-right Rassemblement National (RN) party President Jordan Bardella next to French leftist La France Insoumise (LFI) party coordniator and member of parliament Manuel Bompard during a ceremony to pay tribute to the French victims of the attack by Hamas against Israel on October 7, at the Invalides memorial complex in Paris, France on February 7, 2024. The ceremony pays tribute to the 42 French citizens killed in the attack on Israel by Hamas and the three others still missing, believed to be held hostage. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French Victims Of The Attack By Hamas Against Israel Tribute - Paris

President of French leftist La France Insoumise (LFI) group at the National Assembly group Mathilde Panot and French leftist La France Insoumise (LFI) party coordniator and member of parliament Manuel Bompard during a ceremony to pay tribute to the French victims of the attack by Hamas against Israel on October 7, at the Invalides memorial complex in Paris, France on February 7, 2024. The ceremony pays tribute to the 42 French citizens killed in the attack on Israel by Hamas and the three others still missing, believed to be held hostage. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French Victims Of The Attack By Hamas Against Israel Tribute - Paris

President of French leftist La France Insoumise (LFI) group at the National Assembly group Mathilde Panot and French leftist La France Insoumise (LFI) party coordniator and member of parliament Manuel Bompard during a ceremony to pay tribute to the French victims of the attack by Hamas against Israel on October 7, at the Invalides memorial complex in Paris, France on February 7, 2024. The ceremony pays tribute to the 42 French citizens killed in the attack on Israel by Hamas and the three others still missing, believed to be held hostage. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French Victims Of The Attack By Hamas Against Israel Tribute - Paris

Fabien Roussel, President of French leftist La France Insoumise (LFI) group at the National Assembly group Mathilde Panot and French leftist La France Insoumise (LFI) party coordniator and member of parliament Manuel Bompard during a ceremony to pay tribute to the French victims of the attack by Hamas against Israel on October 7, at the Invalides memorial complex in Paris, France on February 7, 2024. The ceremony pays tribute to the 42 French citizens killed in the attack on Israel by Hamas and the three others still missing, believed to be held hostage. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French Victims Of The Attack By Hamas Against Israel Tribute - Paris

President of French leftist La France Insoumise (LFI) group at the National Assembly group Mathilde Panot and French leftist La France Insoumise (LFI) party coordniator and member of parliament Manuel Bompard during a ceremony to pay tribute to the French victims of the attack by Hamas against Israel on October 7, at the Invalides memorial complex in Paris, France on February 7, 2024. The ceremony pays tribute to the 42 French citizens killed in the attack on Israel by Hamas and the three others still missing, believed to be held hostage. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French Victims Of The Attack By Hamas Against Israel Tribute - Paris

President of French leftist La France Insoumise (LFI) group at the National Assembly group Mathilde Panot and French leftist La France Insoumise (LFI) party coordniator and member of parliament Manuel Bompard during a ceremony to pay tribute to the French victims of the attack by Hamas against Israel on October 7, at the Invalides memorial complex in Paris, France on February 7, 2024. The ceremony pays tribute to the 42 French citizens killed in the attack on Israel by Hamas and the three others still missing, believed to be held hostage. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Xi attends welcome ceremony held by Vietnam's Trong

STORY: Xi attends welcome ceremony held by Vietnam's Trong SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 12, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 12, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:42 LOCATION: Hanoi CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the welcome ceremony STORYLINE: Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese president, attended on Tuesday a welcome ceremony held by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong. Xi arrived in the Southeast Asian country for a two-day state visit. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Hanoi. (XHTV)

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UEFA Europa Conference League HJK vs. PAOK

Konstantinos Koulierakis of PAOK (L), Bojan Radulovic of HJK and goalkeeper Dominik Kotarski (42) of PAOK during the football UEFA Europa Conference League match HJK vs. PAOK in Helsinki, Finland, on 21st September, 2023. LEHTIKUVA / VESA MOILANEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Vesa Moilanen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Japan's dumping of nuke wastewater draws ire from int'l community

STORY: Japan's dumping of nuke wastewater draws ire from int'l community DATELINE: Aug. 24, 2023 LENGTH: 00:04:42 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant 2. various of protesters 3. STANDUP 1 (English): ZHANG LI, Xinhua correspondent 4. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ZAFAR ULLAH KORESHI, Dean of Graduate Studies, Air University, Pakistan 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): LEONARD SIMANJUNTAK, Country Director of Greenpeace Indonesia 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): Prof. TIMOTHY MOUSSEAU, Department of Biological Sciences at University of South Carolina 7. SOUNDBITE 4 (Japanese): MIZUHO FUKUSHIMA, Head of Social Democratic Party "Radioactive materials, once discharged, cannot be retrieved, so they must be intensively managed. Such materials would be beyond management if they are discharged into the ocean. We can't allow such a thing to happen." 8. SOUNDBITE 5 (Korean): KIM YOUNG-CHUL, Executive Chief, Federation of Korean Fishermen's Associations 9. SOUNDBITE 6

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China's Bijie balances growth, green drive

STORY: China's Bijie balances growth, green drive DATELINE: Aug. 4, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:42 LOCATION: GUIYANG, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of views in Guizhou 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHANG XIURONG, Project manager of Guizhou Yongju Eco-Agriculture Co., Ltd. 3. various of workers and farmers in Guizhou 4. various of views in Guizhou 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): YANG JUN, Party official of Jinxing Village 6. various of workers and farmers in Guizhou 7. various of views in Guizhou 8. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): JIN JI, Head of local breeding base 9. various of views in Guizhou STORYLINE: Bijie City was one of the areas most severely affected by rocky desertification in southwest China's Guizhou Province. In recent years, the city has been striving to balance ecology protection and economic growth. With green transformation, Bijie completed the afforestation of 7.17 million mu (478,493 hectares) and reclaimed 862.69 square kilometers of rocky desertification from 2017 to 2022. During the same p

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Turkish police foil 2 terror plots in Istanbul: report

STORY: Turkish police foil 2 terror plots in Istanbul: report DATELINE: Aug. 4, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:42 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. footage about special operations police raiding the house in Istanbul, Türkiye 2. footage about police finding explosives during a house search in Istanbul, Türkiye 3. footage about police officers taking suspects captured during operations to police headquarters in Istanbul, Türkiye STORYLINE: Turkish counter-terror police have foiled two plots to launch terror attacks in Istanbul, the biggest Turkish city, local media reported on Thursday. Police arrested two suspects who entered a shopping center in the Bayrampasa district with explosives. One of the suspects carried a bag that suddenly caught fire while they were walking through the shopping center, the daily Hurriyet reported. The two suspects, affiliated with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), listed as a terror group by Türkiye, admitted that they planned to leave the ba

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Tests of Fukushima wastewater release facility spark outcry

STORY: Tests of Fukushima wastewater release facility spark outcry DATELINE: June 13, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:42 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: POLITICS/ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of Japan 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Japanese): MIZUHO FUKUSHIMA, Head of Social Democratic Party 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Japanese): TOSHIKO OKADA, Member of a citizens' group 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Japanese): MUKAI, Sanya Labor Center member 5. screenshots of netizens' comments 6. various of Japan STORYLINE: The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has begun testing the equipment to discharge nuclear-contaminated water into the Pacific amid fierce opposition from home and abroad. Fears of nuclear contamination are growing, as many are worried that the environmental impact will be irreversible and can not be tested. SOUNDBITE 1 (Japanese): MIZUHO FUKUSHIMA, Head of Social Democratic Party "Radioactive materials, once discharged, cannot be retrieved, so they must be intensively managed. Such materials would be beyond management i

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IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships 2023

Dejected Team Finland after the 2023 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships quarterfinal match between Canada and Finland in Tampere on May 25, 2023, Kasperi Kapanen (42) wipes his eyes. Canada beat Finland 4-1. LEHTIKUVA / JUSSI NUKARI - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Jussi Nukari/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Reading, a way of life for Xi Jinping

STORY: Reading, a way of life for Xi Jinping DATELINE: April 22, 2023 LENGTH: 00:06:42 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): XI JINPING, Chinese President 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LIANG YUJIN, Villager of Liangjiahe, Shaanxi Province, China 3. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): WU HUI, Former primary school teacher in Liangjiahe Village, Shaanxi Province, China 4. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): XI JINPING, Chinese President 5. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): XI JINPING, Chinese President 6. SOUNDBITE 6 (Chinese): WU HUI, Former primary school teacher in Liangjiahe Village, Shaanxi Province, China 7. SOUNDBITE 7 (Chinese): LI JINXIAN, Then office director of Ningde Prefecture Party committee, Fujian Province 8. SOUNDBITE 8 (Chinese): YANG CHAOMING, Confucian scholar, Shandong University 9. SOUNDBITE 9 (Chinese): WANG WEIJIA, Party secretary of School of Marxism, Communication University of China 10. SOUNDBITE 10 (Chinese): MA YICHEN, Copy-editor, Duzhe Publishing Group 11. SOUNDBITE 11 (Chinese): YANG J

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FIS Nordic Ski World Championships in Planica 2023

Kerttu Niskanen (L, nr 2) of Finland, Frida Karlsson (3) of Sweden, Linn Svahn (42) of Sweden and Anne Kjersti Kalvå (7) of Norway compete during women's 30km mass start classic style cross-country skiing competition at the FIS Nordic Ski World Championships in Planica on March 4, 2023. LEHTIKUVA / EMMI KORHONEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Emmi Korhonen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Basketball world championships qualifyhing match Finland vs Germany

Daniel Dolenc of Finland (42) during FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 qualifying match Finland vs. Germany in Espoo, Finland, on February 27, 2023. LEHTIKUVA / ANTTI HÄMÄLÄINEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Antti Hämäläinen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Lebanese lawmakers continue sit-in to push for new president election

STORY: Lebanese lawmakers continue sit-in to push for new president election DATELINE: Jan. 22, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:42 LOCATION: Beirut CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of MPs implementing a sit-in inside the parliament 2. various of protesters demonstrating near the parliament 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): ELIAS HANKASH, Parliament member 4. various of people demonstrating 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): ADNAN ABDALLAH, Local citizen 6. various of protests 7. various of the parliament STORYLINE: Around 10 Lebanese parliament members (MPs) on Saturday continued their sit-in inside the parliament as lawmakers failed for the 11th time on Thursday to elect a new president for the republic. The sit-in started on Thursday with two parliament members only, who were later joined by others, vowing not to leave the parliament until a new president is elected. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): ELIAS HANKASH, Parliament member "I believe this is our duty to be here with them. We are here since yesterday as the Lebanese Kataeb Party.

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Political deadlock in U.S. Congress over speakership persists

STORY: Political deadlock in U.S. Congress over speakership persists DATELINE: Jan. 5, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:42 LOCATION: NEW YORK, U.S. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): XIA LIN, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of the U.S. Congress STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): XIA LIN, Xinhua correspondent "Members of a paralyzed U.S. House of Representatives failed to elect a new speaker again on Jan. 4, 2023. Congressman Kevin McCarthy, a Republican from California, failed to secure enough votes for the fourth, fifth and sixth times, after at least 20 lawmakers of his own party didn't vote for him. On Jan. 3, the opening day of the divided 118th Congress, the House also voted three times, but McCarthy fell short of the necessary 218 votes to be the next speaker. It was the first time a House speaker hadn't been elected on the first ballot in 100 years. 'How do you think this looks to the rest of the world?' U.S. President Joe Biden told reporters. 'It's not a good look. It's not a good thing.' 'Republican

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Suu Kyi to take parliament oath of office

YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi speaks to reporters at the headquarters of her National League for Democracy party in Yangon on April 30, 2012. She said she and 42 party colleagues who won in the April 1 by-elections will travel to the administrative capital Naypyitaw to take the oath of office and take up their seats in parliament.

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'Koizumi's Children' blown away by winds of change

TOKYO, Japan - Yukari Sato, one of the 83 Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers who were elected in 2005 for the first time on the back of the popularity of then Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, bows to supporters at her campaign office in Tokyo on Aug. 30, 2009, after losing her seat in the House of Representatives. Sato, a former chief economist at Credit Suisse First Boston who became one of Koizumi's ''assassin'' candidates fielded against LDP dissidents, was defeated in her constituency in Tokyo by the DPJ's Yoshio Tezuka, 42, who served two terms in the lower house before losing his seat in 2005.

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Ex-bureaucrat wins Niigata governorship election

TOKYO, Japan - Hirohiko Izumida (C) and his supporters celebrate Izumi's victory in the Niigata gubernatorial election at his election campaign office in Niigata on Oct. 17. Izumida, a former Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry bureaucrat backed by the Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner New Komeito, becomes the youngest governor in Japan at 42.

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Teenager assaults DPJ lawmaker Maeda in Aichi Pref.

NAGOYA, Japan - House of Representatives lawmaker Yukichi Maeda tells how he was assaulted by an 18-year-old youth Oct. 28 while making a speech in front of Gakuden Station on the Nagoya Railroad Line in Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture. According to the police, the teenager hit the 42-year-old lawmaker from the opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) in the stomach and twisted his right hand. Maeda was uninjured.

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14 attend 1st Kato faction meeting after breakup

TOKYO, Japan - Koichi Kato (standing), former secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), addresses a meeting of his faction in Tokyo on Feb. 1. Fourteen LDP members attended the meeting, a day after 42 members defected and launched a new faction headed by former trade minister Mitsuo Horiuchi.

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Mongolia's ex-Communists win parliamentary election

ULAN BATOR, Mongolia - Nambariin Enkhabayar (C), the 42-year-old leader of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP), and party members toast on the early morning of July 3 at party headquarters in Ulan Bator to their landslide victory over democratic parties in parliamentary elections on July 2. The MPRP had ruled until 1996 mostly under Soviet patronage.

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CPC to make greater achievements in future: former Japanese PM

STORY: CPC to make greater achievements in future: former Japanese PM DATELINE: Oct. 25, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:42 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of views in China 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Japanese): YUKIO HATOYAMA, Former Japanese prime minister 3. various of views in China and Japan 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Japanese): YUKIO HATOYAMA, Former Japanese prime minister STORYLINE: In a recent interview with Xinhua, former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama applauded China's achievements in the past decade and expressed confidence in its path forward under the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC). SOUNDBITE 1 (Japanese): YUKIO HATOYAMA, Former Japanese prime minister "It (the CPC) has put forward the extraordinary Belt and Road Initiative and the concept of building a human community with a shared future. It has defended international fairness and justice, and upheld and practiced true multilateralism. In the face of future challenges, the CPC will continue to press forward and make new achi

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CPC'S 20th National Congress is a milestone in China's modern history: former Egyptian diplomat

STORY: CPC'S 20th National Congress is a milestone in China's modern history: former Egyptian diplomat DATELINE: Oct. 24, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:42 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of relevant shots of CPC'S 20th National Congress 2. various of China 3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): ALI EL-HEFNY, Egypt's former ambassador to China STORYLINE: The week-long 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) concluded on Saturday in Beijing, which has mapped out a blueprint for China's future development. Egypt's former ambassador to China Ali el-Hefny, who had stayed in China for four years, has said the 20th CPC National Congress is a milestone in China's modern history. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): ALI EL-HEFNY, Egypt's former ambassador to China "The 20th CPC National Congress is a milestone in China's modern history because there is a will and determination to take China and its experience of implementing socialism with its own characteristics to a new era, characterized by modernization. It

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China remains important stabilizer, driving force of global growth: spokesperson

STORY: China remains important stabilizer, driving force of global growth: spokesperson DATELINE: Oct. 15, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:42 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): SUN YELI, Spokesperson for the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China STORYLINE: China remains an important anchor of stability and driving force of global economic growth, a spokesperson for the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China said Saturday. All things considered, China's development still has many favorable conditions, Sun Yeli, spokesperson for the congress, told a press conference. "The Chinese economy has strong resilience, great potential and robust vitality, and the fundamentals for its long-term positive growth remain unchanged," he said. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Beijing. (XHTV)

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Italy selects leadership for two houses of parliament

STORY: Italy selects leadership for two houses of parliament DATELINE: Oct. 15, 2022 LENGTH: 00:08:01 LOCATION: Rome CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of La Russa speaking 2. various of La Russa meeting Sergio Mattarella 4. various of new deputies 5. various of voting 6. Lorenzo Fontana entering the hall 7. Fontana elected STORYLINE: Lorenzo Fontana, a two-time minister from a party likely to be a junior member of the next Italian government coalition, was selected on Friday as speaker of the lower house of Italy's parliament. Fontana's selection as speaker of the Chamber of Deputies followed the selection of Ignazio La Russa Thursday as president of the Senate, the upper house of parliament. Fontana, 42-year-old, received 222 votes, 25 more than he needed to be confirmed in the fourth round of voting. Fontana is a former European affairs minister and a former minister of family and disabilities. He is a member of the League, which won 8.8 percent of the vote for the Chamber of Deputies in Italy's

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Xi says Xinjiang is a hub in Belt and Road cooperation

STORY: Xi says Xinjiang is a hub in Belt and Road cooperation DATELINE: July 17, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:42 LOCATION: Urumqi CATEGORY: POLITICS/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): CHENG YAXU, Staff member of China Railway Urumqi Bureau Group Co., Ltd. 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): XIE PING, Staff member at Wuchang Customs 3. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): RABIYA TUMVR, Staff member of China Railway Urumqi Bureau Group Co., Ltd. 4. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): MA CHUNLEI, Party chief and Chairman of Xinjiang Int'l Land Port 5. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): XIE PING, Staff member at Wuchang Customs STORYLINE: July 12 Urumqi Xinjiang, China Chinese President Xi Jinping visits Urumqi International Land Port Area President Xi speaks with staff members and others during the visit Xi notes that Xinjiang has morphed from a relatively enclosed hinterland into the forefront of opening up as the country is promoting the expansion of opening up, the development of the western regions, and the joint building of the Belt and Road Xi str

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GLOBALink | Voting opens in Australian federal election

Voting opened in Australia's general election on Saturday morning. Polling booths across the country opened to millions of Australians at 8 a.m. local time on Saturday and will remain open until 6 p.m. local time when counting votes will start. In order to form a majority government, either the coalition or the Labor must win at least 76 out of 151 seats in the lower house of Parliament -- the House of Representatives. According to Australia's opinion poll Newspoll published on Friday night, the Labor leads the coalition 53-47 on a two-party preferred basis. Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Labor leader Anthony Albanese were tied in their personal battle, with 42 percent of respondents picking each as their preferred prime minister. The poll found that 36 percent of voters intend to vote for the Labor as their first preference and 35 percent for the coalition. If neither the Labor nor the coalition wins enough seats to form a clear majority, the election result will be declared a "hung p

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Beijing ensures daily necessities supply amid COVID-19 resurgence

STORY: Beijing ensures daily necessities supply amid COVID-19 resurgence DATELINE: May 5, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:00 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: HEALTH/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of a supermarket in Beijing 2. various of nucleic acid testing in Beijing 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHANG XINYU, Deputy general manager, Beijing Hema Network Technology Co., Ltd. 4. various of a residential community in Chaoyang District, Beijing 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): SONG WEI, Party chief, Hexieyayuan Residential Community, Chaoyang District 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): BI KAIYU, Vice manager, Operational headquarters of Beijing Jingkelong Company Ltd. 7. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): WANG XIANGYING, Head of Jiulongshan station of Cainiao Network STORYLINE: Beijing's wholesale markets, supermarkets and online grocery platforms are going all out to stock up on daily necessities, and increase supply amid the latest COVID-19 resurgence which started on April 22. The city reported 42 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases on Wednesday.

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Beijing racing against time to curb new COVID-19 resurgence

STORY: Beijing racing against time to curb new COVID-19 resurgence DATELINE: April 28, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:33 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: SOCIETY/HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of Beijing 2. STANDUP (English): PANG YUANYUAN, Xinhua correspondent 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHANG XINYU, Deputy general manager, Beijing Hema Network Technology Co., Ltd. 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): XU LINA, Party chief of Wumart Group STORYLINE: China's capital Beijing is racing against time to curb the new COVID-19 resurgence. According to local authorities, Beijing reported 42 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases and four asymptomatic cases between 4 p.m. Tuesday and 3 p.m. Wednesday. A total of 138 local infections have been logged since April 22, involving eight districts. Beijing is conducting three rounds of nucleic acid testing from Monday to Saturday to curb the risk of COVID-19. The first round has been completed, with over 19.8 million residents sampled for testing. Three communities in Beijing were classified as

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Xi calls for blazing new path to develop China's world-class universities

STORY: Xi calls for blazing new path to develop China's world-class universities DATELINE: April 26, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:42 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: EDUCATION/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Renmin University of China 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WANG YI, Party chief of School of Marxism, RUC 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): XUE SIQI, Undergraduate student of School of Marxism, RUC 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): GAO JIALU, Undergraduate student of School of Marxism, RUC 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): WANG YUE, PhD candidate of School of Environment, RUC 6. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): XI JINPING, Chinese President STORYLINE: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday arrived at the Renmin University of China (RUC) for inspection ahead of China's Youth Day, which falls on May 4. Xi stressed that the fundamental issues of education have always been "the education for whom, to whom, and how to educate." Xi stressed China's universities should be deeply rooted in China and avoid simply copying foreign standards and models. Xi said

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FRANCE-PARIS-PRESIDENTIAL RUNOFF

(220424) -- PARIS, April 24, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Marine Le Pen, candidate of the far-right National Rally party, delivers a speech at a rally after the presidential runoff in Paris, France, on April 24, 2022. French incumbent President Emmanuel Macron won the 2022 French presidential runoff with 58 percent of the votes, according to the preliminary exit poll released Sunday evening by French television BFMTV. Macron's rival, far-right wing candidate Marine Le Pen, gained 42 percent of the votes. (Xinhua)