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Zardari wins Pakistan's presidential election

STORY: Zardari wins Pakistan's presidential election SHOOTING TIME: March 9, 2024 DATELINE: March 10, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:23 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the voting, count of votes and announcement of the result STORYLINE: Ruling coalition candidate Asif Ali Zardari won the presidential election of Pakistan with an overwhelming lead on Saturday, the Election Commission of Pakistan announced. Zardari won the election by taking 411 votes from all the electoral colleges, including parliament and four provincial assemblies, the commission said. Zardari got 255 votes in the joint session of the two houses of the parliament, including the Senate and the National Assembly, 43 votes from the eastern Punjab province, eight from the northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, 47 votes from the southwest Balochistan province and 58 votes from the southern Sindh province. Zardari's rival Mahmood Khan Achakzai, joint candidate of the opposition parties, secured a total of 181 vot

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Suntory finish regular season unbeaten

KOBE, Japan - Hirotoki Onozawa of the Suntory Sungoliath scores a try against the Kobe Kobelco Steelers in the first half of a rugby Top League game at Home's Stadium Kobe in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on Jan. 6, 2013. As the regular season drew to a close, Suntory, already assured of top spot and No. 1 seeding for the playoffs, made it 13 wins from as many games as they downed Kobe 43-29.

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Chukyo wins 1st national high school c'ship in 43 years

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Players of Chukyodai Chukyo (front) and Nihon Bunri (back) parade at Koshien Stadium in Hyogo Prefecture on Aug. 24 after Chukyodai Chukyo beat Nihon Bunri 10-9 in the final of the national high school baseball championship.

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Chukyo wins 1st national high school c'ship in 43 years

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Toshiyuki Oofuji, manager of Chukyodai Chukyo baseball team, is tossed up by his players after winning the national high school baseball championship final at Koshien Stadium in Hyogo Prefecture on Aug. 24. Chukyo beat Nihon Bunri 10-9 to win its first championship in 43 years and a record seventh overall.

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Chukyo wins 1st national high school c'ship in 43 years

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Players of Chukyodai Chukyo celebrate after winning the national high school baseball championship final at Koshien Stadium in Hyogo Prefecure on Aug. 24. Chukyo beat Nihon Bunri 10-9 to win its first championship in 43 years and a record seventh overall.

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Shogi master Nakahara announces retirement

TOKYO, Japan - Makoto Nakahara, 61, the 16th master of Japanese shogi, said in Tokyo on March 11 he will retire from his professional career due to health reasons. During a 43-year professional career, he captured 1,308 tournament wins, second best in shogi history.

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Greece's Pitsolis wins 39th Athens Authentic Marathon

STORY: Greece's Pitsolis wins 39th Athens Authentic Marathon DATELINE: Nov. 14, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:51 LOCATION: Athens CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the 39th edition of the Athens Authentic Marathon STORYLINE: Greece's Charalampos Pitsolis won the 39th edition of the Athens Authentic Marathon on Sunday. The 29-year-old runner crossed the finish line at the Panathenaic Stadium in the center of Athens in two hours, 23 minutes and 43 seconds. Greece's Konstantinos Gkelaouzos, last year's winner, followed second, clocking 2:24:45, and Konstantinos Stamoulis ranked third in 2:25:37. Greek runner Vasiliki Konstantinopoulou was the first in the women's category, clocking 2:46:01. The classic course from Marathon city to Athens follows in the footsteps of Pheidippides who inspired the race. According to legend, the ancient soldier first ran the route from the battlefield of Marathon beach to Athens in 490 BC to inform Athenians of the victory against Persian forces. Kenya's Felix Kipchirchir Kandi

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Horse racing: Female jockey's record wins

Rookie Seina Imamura poses for a photo at Niigata Racecourse in Niigata northwest of Tokyo on Oct. 23, 2022, as she secures the 44th win of 2022, a record for the most wins in a year by a Japan Racing Association female jockey, eclipsing Nanako Fujita's 43 wins in 2019.

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Vingegaard wins maiden Tour de France title

STORY: Vingegaard wins maiden Tour de France title DATELINE: July 26, 2022 LENGTH: 00:04:20 LOCATION: Paris CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: various of the matchvarious of audiences cheeringvarious of the awarding ceremony STORYLINE: Jonas Vingegaard of Denmark claimed his first Tour de France title in the 109th edition of the most prestigious road cycling race in Paris on Sunday. Vingegaard, who finished second behind Tadej Pogacar last year, has become the first Danish rider to have won the competition since Bjarne Riis in 1996. The 25-year-old Dane finished the three-week race two minutes and 43 seconds ahead of Pogacar, thanks to his excellent performance in the mountain stages. He also won the polka-dot jersey for the mountains classification. White jersey holder Pogacar finished runner-up overall, and the 2018 winner Geraint Thomas rounded out the podium. Vingegaard's teammate Wout van Aert became the winner of the green sprint jersey, and team Jumbo-Visma combined for six stage wi

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GLOBALink | Chinese economy wins global vote of confidence

STORY: Chinese economy wins global vote of confidence DATELINE: June 18, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:43 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): KRISTALINA GEORGIEVA, IMF Managing Director 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ANEEL SALMAN, Economist at Comsats University Islamabad 3. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): BORGE BRENDE, World Economic Forum President 4. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): JERRY ZHANG, Chief executive officer, Standard Chartered Bank (China) 5. SOUNDBITE 5 (English): AADITYA MATTOO, World Bank East Asia and Pacific Chief Economist STORYLINE: A series of recently-released economic barometers indicate that the Chinese economy has bounced back after having weathered shocks of the latest COVID-19 resurgence, revealing resilience and certainty in the still faltering global recovery. China's foreign trade rebounded in May. Its total imports and exports went up 9.6 percent year on year to 3.45 trillion yuan (510 billion U.S. dollars) last month on top of April's 0.1-percent expansion. As C

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Preliminary results show Ferdinand Marcos Jr. wins Philippine presidential election

STORY: Preliminary results show Ferdinand Marcos Jr. wins Philippine presidential election DATELINE: May 10, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:59 LOCATION: Manila CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (English): YANG YUNQI, Xinhua correspondent 2. previous campaign rally of Marcos Jr. 3. various of Marcos Jr.' campaign poster 4. various of Marcos Jr. STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE (English): YANG YUNQI, Xinhua correspondent "Behind me is the vote-counting center for this year's election. Preliminary result shows that Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has won the election. Marcos will be the Philippines' 17th president after the formal confirmation from the commission on elections and the Congress." Ferdinand Marcos Jr. won Monday's presidential election over his main rival, incumbent Vice President Maria Leonor Robredo, according to 83.1 percent of unofficial votes counted. Marcos' running mate, Sara Duterte-Carpio, the 43-year-old daughter of outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte, also won the vice presidential race. Filipinos voted to el

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Shogi master Nakahara announces retirement

TOKYO, Japan - Makoto Nakahara, 61, the 16th master of Japanese shogi, said in Tokyo on March 11 he will retire from his professional career due to health reasons. During a 43-year professional career, he captured 1,308 tournament wins, second best in shogi history. (Kyodo)

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Fiji win 1st-ever rugby sevens gold

A woman at Deodoro stadium celebrates as Fuji wins the first Olympic gold medal in men's rugby sevens by beating Britain 43-7 at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 11, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chukyo wins 1st national high school c'ship in 43 years

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Players of Chukyodai Chukyo (front) and Nihon Bunri (back) parade at Koshien Stadium in Hyogo Prefecture on Aug. 24 after Chukyodai Chukyo beat Nihon Bunri 10-9 in the final of the national high school baseball championship. (Kyodo)

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Chukyo wins 1st national high school c'ship in 43 years

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Toshiyuki Oofuji, manager of Chukyodai Chukyo baseball team, is tossed up by his players after winning the national high school baseball championship final at Koshien Stadium in Hyogo Prefecture on Aug. 24. Chukyo beat Nihon Bunri 10-9 to win its first championship in 43 years and a record seventh overall. (Kyodo)

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Chukyo wins 1st national high school c'ship in 43 years

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Players of Chukyodai Chukyo celebrate after winning the national high school baseball championship final at Koshien Stadium in Hyogo Prefecure on Aug. 24. Chukyo beat Nihon Bunri 10-9 to win its first championship in 43 years and a record seventh overall. (Kyodo)