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Iraqi female musical ensemble holds 1st concert in Baghdad

STORY: Iraqi female musical ensemble holds 1st concert in Baghdad DATELINE: Dec. 23, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:11 LOCATION: Baghdad CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Iraqi female ensemble holding first concert 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): ALAA MAJEED, Maestro 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): ZAHRAA, Ensemble member STORYLINE: An Iraqi female ensemble held its first concert on Thursday evening at the Iraqi National Theater in Baghdad. The newly formed ensemble of female musicians, named Sumeryat Musical Ensemble and led by Maestro Alaa Majeed, performed many pieces of Iraqi folk music and songs. The ensemble's 49-member female musicians mainly use traditional musical instruments and some modern instruments. The concert was attended by the Iraqi Minister of Culture, Ahmed Fakkak al-Badrani, and a large audience. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): ALAA MAJEED, Maestro "The message that we want from forming this ensemble is a message of love and peace to all the world, and a message of reassurance to the whole world that Iraq

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Japanese rescue team returns home from Thailand

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Donors pledge over $5 billion in aid to Pakistan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone (R) and Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi (L) attend a news conference at a Tokyo hotel on April 17 after a 49-member donors conference pledged over $5 billion in aid to Pakistan in a move to help the country bolster its faltering economy and combat terrorism.

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Donors pledge over $5 billion in aid to Pakistan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone (R) and Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi (L) attend a news conference at a Tokyo hotel on April 17 after a 49-member donors conference pledged over $5 billion in aid to Pakistan in a move to help the country bolster its faltering economy and combat terrorism.

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Donors pledge over $5 billion in aid to Pakistan

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Japanese rescue team returns home from Thailand

NARITA, Japan - A 49-member Japanese rescue team returns to Narita airport from Thailand on Jan. 8 after ending its activities there for the Dec. 26 quake-tsunami victims. (Kyodo)

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Japan emergency rescue team leaves for quake-hit Pakistan

NARITA, Japan - A 49-member Japanese emergency rescue team leaves Narita airport, outside Tokyo, on Oct. 9 for Pakistan which was struck by a major earthquake on Oct. 8. (Kyodo)

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Donors pledge over $5 billion in aid to Pakistan

TOKYO, Japan - Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari (R) voices his determination to ''fight this tremendous challenge'' and calls for broad support at a 49-member donors conference held in Tokyo on April 17, saying defeat for the nation of 170 million people is not an option. ''We do not and cannot afford it.'' (Kyodo)

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Donors pledge over $5 billion in aid to Pakistan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone (R) and Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi (L) attend a news conference at a Tokyo hotel on April 17 after a 49-member donors conference pledged over $5 billion in aid to Pakistan in a move to help the country bolster its faltering economy and combat terrorism. (Kyodo)

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Donors pledge over $5 billion in aid to Pakistan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone (R) and Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi (L) attend a news conference at a Tokyo hotel on April 17 after a 49-member donors conference pledged over $5 billion in aid to Pakistan in a move to help the country bolster its faltering economy and combat terrorism. (Kyodo)

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ASEM finance chiefs seek Europe's growth-friendly fiscal reform

MILAN, Italy - Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso speaks at a news conference in Milan, Italy, on Sept. 12, 2014, after a one-day meeting of finance ministers from 49 member countries of the Asia-Europe Meeting. (Kyodo)