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Israel Rescues Bedouin Hostage

Qaid Farhan Alkadi, a hostage rescued from the Gaza Strip by Israeli forces, arrives at a medical center in Beer Sheva, southern Israel, on August 27, 2024. Israeli forces said Tuesday they have rescued the 52-year-old hostage from the Gaza Strip. The hostage, identified as Qaid Farhan Alkadi, is a Bedouin resident of Rahat city in southern Israel who was abducted in Hamas's attack in October last year, said the Israel Defense Forces and Shin Bet domestic security agency in a joint statement. Photo by IDF/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israel Rescues Bedouin Hostage

Qaid Farhan Alkadi, a hostage rescued from the Gaza Strip by Israeli forces, arrives at a medical center in Beer Sheva, southern Israel, on August 27, 2024. Israeli forces said Tuesday they have rescued the 52-year-old hostage from the Gaza Strip. The hostage, identified as Qaid Farhan Alkadi, is a Bedouin resident of Rahat city in southern Israel who was abducted in Hamas's attack in October last year, said the Israel Defense Forces and Shin Bet domestic security agency in a joint statement. Photo by IDF/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israel Rescues Bedouin Hostage

Qaid Farhan Alkadi, a hostage rescued by Israeli forces, is seen on a helicopter during an operation to release him from southern Gaza, on August 27, 2024. Israeli forces said Tuesday they have rescued the 52-year-old hostage from the Gaza Strip. The hostage, identified as Qaid Farhan Alkadi, is a Bedouin resident of Rahat city in southern Israel who was abducted in Hamas's attack in October last year, said the Israel Defense Forces and Shin Bet domestic security agency in a joint statement. Photo by IDF/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israel Rescues Bedouin Hostage

Qaid Farhan Alkadi, a hostage rescued by Israeli forces, is seen on a helicopter during an operation to release him from southern Gaza, on August 27, 2024. Israeli forces said Tuesday they have rescued the 52-year-old hostage from the Gaza Strip. The hostage, identified as Qaid Farhan Alkadi, is a Bedouin resident of Rahat city in southern Israel who was abducted in Hamas's attack in October last year, said the Israel Defense Forces and Shin Bet domestic security agency in a joint statement. Photo by IDF/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israel Rescues Bedouin Hostage

A helicopter carrying Qaid Farhan Alkadi, a hostage rescued from the Gaza Strip by Israeli forces, arrives at a medical center in Beer Sheva, southern Israel, on August 27, 2024. Israeli forces said Tuesday they have rescued the 52-year-old hostage from the Gaza Strip. The hostage, identified as Qaid Farhan Alkadi, is a Bedouin resident of Rahat city in southern Israel who was abducted in Hamas's attack in October last year, said the Israel Defense Forces and Shin Bet domestic security agency in a joint statement. Photo by IDF/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israel Rescues Bedouin Hostage

Qaid Farhan Alkadi, a hostage rescued by Israeli forces, is seen on a helicopter during an operation to release him from southern Gaza, on August 27, 2024. Israeli forces said Tuesday they have rescued the 52-year-old hostage from the Gaza Strip. The hostage, identified as Qaid Farhan Alkadi, is a Bedouin resident of Rahat city in southern Israel who was abducted in Hamas's attack in October last year, said the Israel Defense Forces and Shin Bet domestic security agency in a joint statement. Photo by IDF/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Free Julian Assange Rally - Paris

Founder of La France Insoumise (LFI) party Jean-Luc Melenchon and MP Mathilde Panot join a rally asking for the freedom of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, at Place de la Republique in Paris, France on February 20, 2024. The High Court in London will begin on February 20, 2024, hearing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's final UK appeal against extradition to the United States to face trial over publishing secret military and diplomatic files. Washington wants the 52-year-old Australian citizen extradited after he was charged there multiple times between 2018 and 2020 in connection with WikiLeaks' 2010 publication of files relating to the US-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Photo by Pierrick Villette/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Free Julian Assange Rally - Paris

Protesters rally asking for the freedom of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, at Place de la Republique in Paris, France on February 20, 2024. The High Court in London will begin on February 20, 2024, hearing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's final UK appeal against extradition to the United States to face trial over publishing secret military and diplomatic files. Washington wants the 52-year-old Australian citizen extradited after he was charged there multiple times between 2018 and 2020 in connection with WikiLeaks' 2010 publication of files relating to the US-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Photo by Pierrick Villette/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Free Julian Assange Rally - Paris

Protesters rally asking for the freedom of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, at Place de la Republique in Paris, France on February 20, 2024. The High Court in London will begin on February 20, 2024, hearing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's final UK appeal against extradition to the United States to face trial over publishing secret military and diplomatic files. Washington wants the 52-year-old Australian citizen extradited after he was charged there multiple times between 2018 and 2020 in connection with WikiLeaks' 2010 publication of files relating to the US-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Photo by Pierrick Villette/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Free Julian Assange Rally - Paris

Protesters rally asking for the freedom of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, at Place de la Republique in Paris, France on February 20, 2024. The High Court in London will begin on February 20, 2024, hearing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's final UK appeal against extradition to the United States to face trial over publishing secret military and diplomatic files. Washington wants the 52-year-old Australian citizen extradited after he was charged there multiple times between 2018 and 2020 in connection with WikiLeaks' 2010 publication of files relating to the US-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Photo by Pierrick Villette/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Free Julian Assange Rally - Paris

Protesters rally asking for the freedom of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, at Place de la Republique in Paris, France on February 20, 2024. The High Court in London will begin on February 20, 2024, hearing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's final UK appeal against extradition to the United States to face trial over publishing secret military and diplomatic files. Washington wants the 52-year-old Australian citizen extradited after he was charged there multiple times between 2018 and 2020 in connection with WikiLeaks' 2010 publication of files relating to the US-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Photo by Pierrick Villette/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Free Julian Assange Rally - Paris

Protesters rally asking for the freedom of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, at Place de la Republique in Paris, France on February 20, 2024. The High Court in London will begin on February 20, 2024, hearing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's final UK appeal against extradition to the United States to face trial over publishing secret military and diplomatic files. Washington wants the 52-year-old Australian citizen extradited after he was charged there multiple times between 2018 and 2020 in connection with WikiLeaks' 2010 publication of files relating to the US-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Photo by Pierrick Villette/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Free Julian Assange Rally - Paris

Protesters rally asking for the freedom of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, at Place de la Republique in Paris, France on February 20, 2024. The High Court in London will begin on February 20, 2024, hearing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's final UK appeal against extradition to the United States to face trial over publishing secret military and diplomatic files. Washington wants the 52-year-old Australian citizen extradited after he was charged there multiple times between 2018 and 2020 in connection with WikiLeaks' 2010 publication of files relating to the US-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Photo by Pierrick Villette/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Free Julian Assange Rally - Paris

Founder of La France Insoumise (LFI) party Jean-Luc Melenchon and MP Mathilde Panot join a rally asking for the freedom of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, at Place de la Republique in Paris, France on February 20, 2024. The High Court in London will begin on February 20, 2024, hearing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's final UK appeal against extradition to the United States to face trial over publishing secret military and diplomatic files. Washington wants the 52-year-old Australian citizen extradited after he was charged there multiple times between 2018 and 2020 in connection with WikiLeaks' 2010 publication of files relating to the US-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Photo by Pierrick Villette/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Free Julian Assange Rally - Paris

Protesters rally asking for the freedom of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, at Place de la Republique in Paris, France on February 20, 2024. The High Court in London will begin on February 20, 2024, hearing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's final UK appeal against extradition to the United States to face trial over publishing secret military and diplomatic files. Washington wants the 52-year-old Australian citizen extradited after he was charged there multiple times between 2018 and 2020 in connection with WikiLeaks' 2010 publication of files relating to the US-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Photo by Pierrick Villette/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Free Julian Assange Rally - Paris

Protesters rally asking for the freedom of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, at Place de la Republique in Paris, France on February 20, 2024. The High Court in London will begin on February 20, 2024, hearing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's final UK appeal against extradition to the United States to face trial over publishing secret military and diplomatic files. Washington wants the 52-year-old Australian citizen extradited after he was charged there multiple times between 2018 and 2020 in connection with WikiLeaks' 2010 publication of files relating to the US-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Photo by Pierrick Villette/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Free Julian Assange Rally - Paris

Founder of La France Insoumise (LFI) party Jean-Luc Melenchon and MP Mathilde Panot join a rally asking for the freedom of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, at Place de la Republique in Paris, France on February 20, 2024. The High Court in London will begin on February 20, 2024, hearing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's final UK appeal against extradition to the United States to face trial over publishing secret military and diplomatic files. Washington wants the 52-year-old Australian citizen extradited after he was charged there multiple times between 2018 and 2020 in connection with WikiLeaks' 2010 publication of files relating to the US-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Photo by Pierrick Villette/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Free Julian Assange Rally - Paris

Protesters rally asking for the freedom of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, at Place de la Republique in Paris, France on February 20, 2024. The High Court in London will begin on February 20, 2024, hearing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's final UK appeal against extradition to the United States to face trial over publishing secret military and diplomatic files. Washington wants the 52-year-old Australian citizen extradited after he was charged there multiple times between 2018 and 2020 in connection with WikiLeaks' 2010 publication of files relating to the US-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Photo by Pierrick Villette/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Free Julian Assange Rally - Paris

Founder of La France Insoumise (LFI) party Jean-Luc Melenchon and MP Mathilde Panot join a rally asking for the freedom of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, at Place de la Republique in Paris, France on February 20, 2024. The High Court in London will begin on February 20, 2024, hearing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's final UK appeal against extradition to the United States to face trial over publishing secret military and diplomatic files. Washington wants the 52-year-old Australian citizen extradited after he was charged there multiple times between 2018 and 2020 in connection with WikiLeaks' 2010 publication of files relating to the US-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Photo by Pierrick Villette/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Free Julian Assange Rally - Paris

Protesters rally asking for the freedom of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, at Place de la Republique in Paris, France on February 20, 2024. The High Court in London will begin on February 20, 2024, hearing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's final UK appeal against extradition to the United States to face trial over publishing secret military and diplomatic files. Washington wants the 52-year-old Australian citizen extradited after he was charged there multiple times between 2018 and 2020 in connection with WikiLeaks' 2010 publication of files relating to the US-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Photo by Pierrick Villette/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Free Julian Assange Rally - Paris

LA France Insoumise (LFI) MP Danielle Simonet joins a rally asking for the freedom of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, at Place de la Republique in Paris, France on February 20, 2024. The High Court in London will begin on February 20, 2024, hearing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's final UK appeal against extradition to the United States to face trial over publishing secret military and diplomatic files. Washington wants the 52-year-old Australian citizen extradited after he was charged there multiple times between 2018 and 2020 in connection with WikiLeaks' 2010 publication of files relating to the US-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Photo by Pierrick Villette/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Free Julian Assange Rally - Paris

Founder of La France Insoumise (LFI) party Jean-Luc Melenchon and MP Mathilde Panot join a rally asking for the freedom of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, at Place de la Republique in Paris, France on February 20, 2024. The High Court in London will begin on February 20, 2024, hearing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's final UK appeal against extradition to the United States to face trial over publishing secret military and diplomatic files. Washington wants the 52-year-old Australian citizen extradited after he was charged there multiple times between 2018 and 2020 in connection with WikiLeaks' 2010 publication of files relating to the US-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Photo by Pierrick Villette/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Free Julian Assange Rally - Paris

Founder of La France Insoumise (LFI) party Jean-Luc Melenchon and MP Mathilde Panot join a rally asking for the freedom of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, at Place de la Republique in Paris, France on February 20, 2024. The High Court in London will begin on February 20, 2024, hearing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's final UK appeal against extradition to the United States to face trial over publishing secret military and diplomatic files. Washington wants the 52-year-old Australian citizen extradited after he was charged there multiple times between 2018 and 2020 in connection with WikiLeaks' 2010 publication of files relating to the US-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Photo by Pierrick Villette/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Free Julian Assange Rally - Paris

Protesters rally asking for the freedom of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, at Place de la Republique in Paris, France on February 20, 2024. The High Court in London will begin on February 20, 2024, hearing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's final UK appeal against extradition to the United States to face trial over publishing secret military and diplomatic files. Washington wants the 52-year-old Australian citizen extradited after he was charged there multiple times between 2018 and 2020 in connection with WikiLeaks' 2010 publication of files relating to the US-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Photo by Pierrick Villette/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Free Julian Assange Rally - Paris

Protesters rally asking for the freedom of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, at Place de la Republique in Paris, France on February 20, 2024. The High Court in London will begin on February 20, 2024, hearing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's final UK appeal against extradition to the United States to face trial over publishing secret military and diplomatic files. Washington wants the 52-year-old Australian citizen extradited after he was charged there multiple times between 2018 and 2020 in connection with WikiLeaks' 2010 publication of files relating to the US-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Photo by Pierrick Villette/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Free Julian Assange Rally - Paris

Protesters rally asking for the freedom of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, at Place de la Republique in Paris, France on February 20, 2024. The High Court in London will begin on February 20, 2024, hearing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's final UK appeal against extradition to the United States to face trial over publishing secret military and diplomatic files. Washington wants the 52-year-old Australian citizen extradited after he was charged there multiple times between 2018 and 2020 in connection with WikiLeaks' 2010 publication of files relating to the US-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Photo by Pierrick Villette/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Free Julian Assange Rally - Paris

Protesters rally asking for the freedom of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, at Place de la Republique in Paris, France on February 20, 2024. The High Court in London will begin on February 20, 2024, hearing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's final UK appeal against extradition to the United States to face trial over publishing secret military and diplomatic files. Washington wants the 52-year-old Australian citizen extradited after he was charged there multiple times between 2018 and 2020 in connection with WikiLeaks' 2010 publication of files relating to the US-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Photo by Pierrick Villette/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Free Julian Assange Rally - Paris

Protesters rally asking for the freedom of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, at Place de la Republique in Paris, France on February 20, 2024. The High Court in London will begin on February 20, 2024, hearing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's final UK appeal against extradition to the United States to face trial over publishing secret military and diplomatic files. Washington wants the 52-year-old Australian citizen extradited after he was charged there multiple times between 2018 and 2020 in connection with WikiLeaks' 2010 publication of files relating to the US-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Photo by Pierrick Villette/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Free Julian Assange Rally - Paris

Protesters rally asking for the freedom of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, at Place de la Republique in Paris, France on February 20, 2024. The High Court in London will begin on February 20, 2024, hearing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's final UK appeal against extradition to the United States to face trial over publishing secret military and diplomatic files. Washington wants the 52-year-old Australian citizen extradited after he was charged there multiple times between 2018 and 2020 in connection with WikiLeaks' 2010 publication of files relating to the US-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Photo by Pierrick Villette/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Free Julian Assange Rally - Lille

Protesters rally asking for the freedom of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in Lille, north of France, on February 20, 2024. The High Court in London began on February 20, hearing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's final UK appeal against extradition to the United States to face trial over publishing secret military and diplomatic files. Washington wants the 52-year-old Australian citizen extradited after he was charged there multiple times between 2018 and 2020 in connection with WikiLeaks' 2010 publication of files relating to the US-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Photo by Christophe Forestier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Free Julian Assange Rally - Lille

Protesters rally asking for the freedom of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in Lille, north of France, on February 20, 2024. The High Court in London began on February 20, hearing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's final UK appeal against extradition to the United States to face trial over publishing secret military and diplomatic files. Washington wants the 52-year-old Australian citizen extradited after he was charged there multiple times between 2018 and 2020 in connection with WikiLeaks' 2010 publication of files relating to the US-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Photo by Christophe Forestier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Free Julian Assange Rally - Lille

Protesters rally asking for the freedom of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in Lille, north of France, on February 20, 2024. The High Court in London began on February 20, hearing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's final UK appeal against extradition to the United States to face trial over publishing secret military and diplomatic files. Washington wants the 52-year-old Australian citizen extradited after he was charged there multiple times between 2018 and 2020 in connection with WikiLeaks' 2010 publication of files relating to the US-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Photo by Christophe Forestier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Free Julian Assange Rally - Lille

Protesters rally asking for the freedom of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in Lille, north of France, on February 20, 2024. The High Court in London began on February 20, hearing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's final UK appeal against extradition to the United States to face trial over publishing secret military and diplomatic files. Washington wants the 52-year-old Australian citizen extradited after he was charged there multiple times between 2018 and 2020 in connection with WikiLeaks' 2010 publication of files relating to the US-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Photo by Christophe Forestier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Free Julian Assange Rally - Lille

Protesters rally asking for the freedom of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in Lille, north of France, on February 20, 2024. The High Court in London began on February 20, hearing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's final UK appeal against extradition to the United States to face trial over publishing secret military and diplomatic files. Washington wants the 52-year-old Australian citizen extradited after he was charged there multiple times between 2018 and 2020 in connection with WikiLeaks' 2010 publication of files relating to the US-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Photo by Christophe Forestier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Gazan farmer dreams big on dragon fruit cultivation

STORY: Gazan farmer dreams big on dragon fruit cultivation DATELINE: Aug. 9, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:53 LOCATION: GAZA, Palestine CATEGORY: AGRICULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Aaed Abu Ramadan and his assistant on the farm 2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): AAED ABU RAMADAN, Farmer in Gaza 3. various of Aaed Abu Ramadan and his assistant on the farm STORYLINE: For the fourth year in a row, Aaed Abu Ramadan, a Palestinian farmer from the coastal enclave, has harvested dragon fruit, also known as "pitaya," and marketed his produce in local markets. The 52-year-old father of six came up with the idea of growing dragon fruit in Gaza five years ago when he saw it for the first time in China. He bought about 800 seedlings of dragon fruit with 10,000 U.S. dollars from merchants who used to visit China, and cultivated them on his 500-hectare farm. He succeeded in harvesting about 150 kg of dragon fruit in 2020. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): AAED ABU RAMADAN, Farmer in Gaza "Dragon fruit is native to South America, and was transported to

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Floods Leave 13 Dead And Force 13000 From Their Homes - Italy

The citizens are intent on getting rid of the mud left by the flood of the Savio. In the photo, 52-year-old Giovanna Governali intent on clearing a room devastated by water and mud Cesena, Italy, May 18, 2023. More than 20 rivers have burst their banks in Italy, leaving 13 people dead and forcing thousands from their homes after six months' rainfall fell in a day and a half. More bodies were found on Thursday after almost every river flooded between Bologna and the north-east coast 115km away. Photo by Alessandro Mazza/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Agricultural expert in China's Tianjin dedicated to improving seed quality

STORY: Agricultural expert in China's Tianjin dedicated to improving seed quality DATELINE: March 28, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:35 LOCATION: TIANJIN, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the expert working 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): JI HELIANG, Manager of a local seed company 3. various of crops STORYLINE: Ji Heliang, a 52-year-old seed breeder from north China's Tianjin Municipality, has dedicated himself to improving the quality and resistance of crops. After graduating from university, he worked at a vegetable research institute in the city. In 2002, he decided to return to his rural hometown and established a seed company and a breeding cooperative. He hoped to help farmers in his hometown increase their incomes by cultivating better-quality seeds with new varieties. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): JI HELIANG, Manager of a local seed company "Seeing farmers profit from a new variety we create, we are even happier than them from the bottom of our hearts. We believe that seeds are 'chips' in the agricultural i

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Filipino seeks to return war-era Japanese photos to owners

MANILA, Philippines - Rey Florentino, a 52-year-old architect, shows a 15-page photo album he found seven years ago in an old abandoned house in the northern Philippines that was used by the Japanese military during World War II.

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Urban Animal Album

OSAKA, Japan - A Japanese pond turtle, a species endemic to Japan, hatches from an egg at the house of Katsuya Yamamoto in the city of Kobe on Sept. 11, 2013. Yamamoto, a 52-year-old glasses shop owner who has been protecting the endangered turtle species, plans to raise the baby turtle for a few years before releasing it in a pond where nonnative species such as red-eared sliders have been removed.

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Jokowi exudes confidence ahead of presidential election

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Jakarta Gov. Joko Widodo, the front-runner in Indonesia's presidential election to be held July 9, flashes a V sign at a gathering in Jakarta on June 4, 2014. The 52-year-old governor will face Prabowo Subianto, a former army general, in the election.

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Japanese actor Watanabe in Davos

DAVOS, Switzerland - Japanese actor Ken Watanabe holds a press conference in Davos, Switzerland, after giving a speech at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum there on Jan. 25, 2012. The 52-year-old actor's speech was about the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan.

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Japanese actor Watanabe in Davos

DAVOS, Switzerland - Japanese actor Ken Watanabe holds a press conference in Davos, Switzerland, after giving a speech at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum there on Jan. 25, 2012. The 52-year-old actor's speech was about the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan.

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Pakistani calls bin Laden operation U.S. 'propaganda'

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan - Malik Mahammad Raban, a 52-year-old newspaper vendor, sits at his stand in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on May 10, 2011. Raban called the U.S. operation that assassinated al-Qaida terrorist leader Osama bin Laden ''propaganda to undermine Pakistan.''

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Kagame reelected Rwandan president

KIGALI, Rwanda - This file photo taken July 30, 2010, shows Rwandan President Paul Kagame, who the country's election commission announced Aug. 11 has won reelection. The 52-year-old Kagame has won another 7-year term after securing 93 percent of the vote in Rwanda's second presidential election since the 1994 genocide. (Photo by Tomoaki Nakano)

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Light plane crashes onto nat'l highway in Osaka Pref.

OSAKA, Japan - A destroyed twin-seat light plane is seen on a national highway in Yao, Osaka Prefecture, on Aug. 19 after it crashed at a crossroad. The pilot and the one passenger onboard, a 52-year-old photographer, suffered minor injuries in the accident.

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Light plane crashes onto nat'l highway in Osaka Pref.

OSAKA, Japan - A destroyed twin-seat light plane is seen on a national highway in Yao, Osaka Prefecture, on Aug. 19 after it crashed at a crossroad. The pilot and the one passenger onboard, a 52-year-old photographer, suffered minor injuries in the accident.

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52-year-old 'Tommy' Nakajima wins Taiheiyo Masters

GOTEMBA, Japan - Tsuneyuki ''Tommy'' Nakajima holds up his trophy after winning the Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters at the Taiheiyo Club's Gotemba Course in Shizuoka Prefecture on Nov. 12.

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Frenchman runs across five full continents

TOKYO, Japan - Serge Girard, a 52-year-old Frenchman, celebrates as he nears the finishing line in Tokyo on Sept. 3 of his 260-day, 19,100-km trans-Eurasia run which started in Paris on Dec. 17 last year. By completing the Eurasia run, Girard has crossed five continents -- first North America in 1997, followed by Australia, South America and Africa.

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Frenchman runs across five full continents

TOKYO, Japan - Serge Girard, a 52-year-old Frenchman, waves in front of a hotel in Tokyo on Sept. 3 after completing his 260-day, 19,100-km trans-Eurasia run which started in Paris on Dec. 17 last year. With the Eurasia run, Girard has crossed five continents -- first North America in 1997, followed by Australia, South America and Africa.

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(1)S. Korea's Grand National Party chooses new leader

SEOUL, South Korea - Park Geun Hye waves at her supporters after being elected leader of South Korea's opposition Grand National Party (GNP) in a Seoul hotel on March 23. The 52-year-old Park, eldest daughter of former President Park Chung Hee, got 2,614 votes, 51.8%, in a five-way race to easily best former party floor leader Hong Sa Duk, who got 1,453 votes.