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Trial of Stephane Plaza - Paris AJ

Illustration of a Police officer of the french national police during the trial of Stephane Plaza at the Paris Criminal Court in Paris, on January 9, 2025. The 54-year-old real estate agent is on trial for “habitual physical and/or psychological violence by cohabitee” between 2018 and 2022 on a former companion, Amandine, as well as for “habitual psychological violence by cohabitee” on another, Paola, between 2021 and 2022. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial of Stephane Plaza - Paris AJ

lawyers of the host Carlo Alberto Brusa and Helene Plumet speaks to the press during the trial of Stephane Plaza at the Paris Criminal Court in Paris, on January 9, 2025. The 54-year-old real estate agent is on trial for “habitual physical and/or psychological violence by cohabitee” between 2018 and 2022 on a former companion, Amandine, as well as for “habitual psychological violence by cohabitee” on another, Paola, between 2021 and 2022. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial of Stephane Plaza - Paris AJ

lawyers of the host Helene Plumet speaks to the press during the trial of Stephane Plaza at the Paris Criminal Court in Paris, on January 9, 2025. The 54-year-old real estate agent is on trial for “habitual physical and/or psychological violence by cohabitee” between 2018 and 2022 on a former companion, Amandine, as well as for “habitual psychological violence by cohabitee” on another, Paola, between 2021 and 2022. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial of Stephane Plaza - Paris AJ

lawyers of the host Carlo Alberto Brusa and Helene Plumet speaks to the press during the trial of Stephane Plaza at the Paris Criminal Court in Paris, on January 9, 2025. The 54-year-old real estate agent is on trial for “habitual physical and/or psychological violence by cohabitee” between 2018 and 2022 on a former companion, Amandine, as well as for “habitual psychological violence by cohabitee” on another, Paola, between 2021 and 2022. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial of Stephane Plaza - Paris AJ

lawyers of the host Carlo Alberto Brusa during the trial of Stephane Plaza at the Paris Criminal Court in Paris, on January 9, 2025. The 54-year-old real estate agent is on trial for “habitual physical and/or psychological violence by cohabitee” between 2018 and 2022 on a former companion, Amandine, as well as for “habitual psychological violence by cohabitee” on another, Paola, between 2021 and 2022. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial of Stephane Plaza - Paris AJ

lawyers of the host Carlo Alberto Brusa during the trial of Stephane Plaza at the Paris Criminal Court in Paris, on January 9, 2025. The 54-year-old real estate agent is on trial for “habitual physical and/or psychological violence by cohabitee” between 2018 and 2022 on a former companion, Amandine, as well as for “habitual psychological violence by cohabitee” on another, Paola, between 2021 and 2022. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial of Stephane Plaza - Paris AJ

lawyers of the host Carlo Alberto Brusa and Helene Plumet speaks to the press during the trial of Stephane Plaza at the Paris Criminal Court in Paris, on January 9, 2025. The 54-year-old real estate agent is on trial for “habitual physical and/or psychological violence by cohabitee” between 2018 and 2022 on a former companion, Amandine, as well as for “habitual psychological violence by cohabitee” on another, Paola, between 2021 and 2022. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial of Stephane Plaza - Paris AJ

lawyers of the host Carlo Alberto Brusa and Helene Plumet speaks to the press during the trial of Stephane Plaza at the Paris Criminal Court in Paris, on January 9, 2025. The 54-year-old real estate agent is on trial for “habitual physical and/or psychological violence by cohabitee” between 2018 and 2022 on a former companion, Amandine, as well as for “habitual psychological violence by cohabitee” on another, Paola, between 2021 and 2022. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial of Stephane Plaza - Paris AJ

lawyers of the host Carlo Alberto Brusa (L) and Helene Plumet during the trial of Stephane Plaza at the Paris Criminal Court in Paris, on January 9, 2025. The 54-year-old real estate agent is on trial for “habitual physical and/or psychological violence by cohabitee” between 2018 and 2022 on a former companion, Amandine, as well as for “habitual psychological violence by cohabitee” on another, Paola, between 2021 and 2022. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial of Stephane Plaza - Paris AJ

lawyers of the host Carlo Alberto Brusa speaks to the press during the trial of Stephane Plaza at the Paris Criminal Court in Paris, on January 9, 2025. The 54-year-old real estate agent is on trial for “habitual physical and/or psychological violence by cohabitee” between 2018 and 2022 on a former companion, Amandine, as well as for “habitual psychological violence by cohabitee” on another, Paola, between 2021 and 2022. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial of Stephane Plaza - Paris AJ

Florence Porcel during the trial of Stephane Plaza at the Paris Criminal Court in Paris, on January 9, 2025. The 54-year-old real estate agent is on trial for “habitual physical and/or psychological violence by cohabitee” between 2018 and 2022 on a former companion, Amandine, as well as for “habitual psychological violence by cohabitee” on another, Paola, between 2021 and 2022. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial of Stephane Plaza - Paris AJ

lawyers of the host Carlo Alberto Brusa and Helene Plumet speaks to the press during the trial of Stephane Plaza at the Paris Criminal Court in Paris, on January 9, 2025. The 54-year-old real estate agent is on trial for “habitual physical and/or psychological violence by cohabitee” between 2018 and 2022 on a former companion, Amandine, as well as for “habitual psychological violence by cohabitee” on another, Paola, between 2021 and 2022. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial of Stephane Plaza - Paris AJ

lawyers of the host Carlo Alberto Brusa (L) and Helene Plumet during the trial of Stephane Plaza at the Paris Criminal Court in Paris, on January 9, 2025. The 54-year-old real estate agent is on trial for “habitual physical and/or psychological violence by cohabitee” between 2018 and 2022 on a former companion, Amandine, as well as for “habitual psychological violence by cohabitee” on another, Paola, between 2021 and 2022. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial of Stephane Plaza - Paris AJ

lawyers of the host Carlo Alberto Brusa (L) and Helene Plumet during the trial of Stephane Plaza at the Paris Criminal Court in Paris, on January 9, 2025. The 54-year-old real estate agent is on trial for “habitual physical and/or psychological violence by cohabitee” between 2018 and 2022 on a former companion, Amandine, as well as for “habitual psychological violence by cohabitee” on another, Paola, between 2021 and 2022. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial of Stephane Plaza - Paris AJ

lawyers of the host Helene Plumet speaks to the press during the trial of Stephane Plaza at the Paris Criminal Court in Paris, on January 9, 2025. The 54-year-old real estate agent is on trial for “habitual physical and/or psychological violence by cohabitee” between 2018 and 2022 on a former companion, Amandine, as well as for “habitual psychological violence by cohabitee” on another, Paola, between 2021 and 2022. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial of Stephane Plaza - Paris AJ

lawyers of the host Carlo Alberto Brusa and Helene Plumet speaks to the press during the trial of Stephane Plaza at the Paris Criminal Court in Paris, on January 9, 2025. The 54-year-old real estate agent is on trial for “habitual physical and/or psychological violence by cohabitee” between 2018 and 2022 on a former companion, Amandine, as well as for “habitual psychological violence by cohabitee” on another, Paola, between 2021 and 2022. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial of Stephane Plaza - Paris AJ

lawyers of the host Carlo Alberto Brusa (L) and Helene Plumet during the trial of Stephane Plaza at the Paris Criminal Court in Paris, on January 9, 2025. The 54-year-old real estate agent is on trial for “habitual physical and/or psychological violence by cohabitee” between 2018 and 2022 on a former companion, Amandine, as well as for “habitual psychological violence by cohabitee” on another, Paola, between 2021 and 2022. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial of Stephane Plaza - Paris AJ

lawyers of the host Carlo Alberto Brusa speaks to the press during the trial of Stephane Plaza at the Paris Criminal Court in Paris, on January 9, 2025. The 54-year-old real estate agent is on trial for “habitual physical and/or psychological violence by cohabitee” between 2018 and 2022 on a former companion, Amandine, as well as for “habitual psychological violence by cohabitee” on another, Paola, between 2021 and 2022. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial of Stephane Plaza - Paris AJ

lawyers of the host Carlo Alberto Brusa (L) and Helene Plumet during the trial of Stephane Plaza at the Paris Criminal Court in Paris, on January 9, 2025. The 54-year-old real estate agent is on trial for “habitual physical and/or psychological violence by cohabitee” between 2018 and 2022 on a former companion, Amandine, as well as for “habitual psychological violence by cohabitee” on another, Paola, between 2021 and 2022. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial of Stephane Plaza - Paris AJ

lawyers of the host Carlo Alberto Brusa speaks to the press during the trial of Stephane Plaza at the Paris Criminal Court in Paris, on January 9, 2025. The 54-year-old real estate agent is on trial for “habitual physical and/or psychological violence by cohabitee” between 2018 and 2022 on a former companion, Amandine, as well as for “habitual psychological violence by cohabitee” on another, Paola, between 2021 and 2022. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial of Stephane Plaza - Paris AJ

lawyers of the host Carlo Alberto Brusa (L) and Helene Plumet during the trial of Stephane Plaza at the Paris Criminal Court in Paris, on January 9, 2025. The 54-year-old real estate agent is on trial for “habitual physical and/or psychological violence by cohabitee” between 2018 and 2022 on a former companion, Amandine, as well as for “habitual psychological violence by cohabitee” on another, Paola, between 2021 and 2022. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial of Stephane Plaza - Paris AJ

Florence Porcel during the trial of Stephane Plaza at the Paris Criminal Court in Paris, on January 9, 2025. The 54-year-old real estate agent is on trial for “habitual physical and/or psychological violence by cohabitee” between 2018 and 2022 on a former companion, Amandine, as well as for “habitual psychological violence by cohabitee” on another, Paola, between 2021 and 2022. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial of Stephane Plaza - Paris AJ

Woman who accuses the host, Irma Paola Rivero Esqueda during the trial of Stephane Plaza at the Paris Criminal Court in Paris, on January 9, 2025. The 54-year-old real estate agent is on trial for “habitual physical and/or psychological violence by cohabitee” between 2018 and 2022 on a former companion, Amandine, as well as for “habitual psychological violence by cohabitee” on another, Paola, between 2021 and 2022. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial of Stephane Plaza - Paris AJ

Florence Porcel during the trial of Stephane Plaza at the Paris Criminal Court in Paris, on January 9, 2025. The 54-year-old real estate agent is on trial for “habitual physical and/or psychological violence by cohabitee” between 2018 and 2022 on a former companion, Amandine, as well as for “habitual psychological violence by cohabitee” on another, Paola, between 2021 and 2022. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial of Stephane Plaza - Paris AJ

Woman who accuses the host, Amandine Bourgeois during the trial of Stephane Plaza at the Paris Criminal Court in Paris, on January 9, 2025. The 54-year-old real estate agent is on trial for “habitual physical and/or psychological violence by cohabitee” between 2018 and 2022 on a former companion, Amandine, as well as for “habitual psychological violence by cohabitee” on another, Paola, between 2021 and 2022. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial of Stephane Plaza - Paris AJ

Florence Porcel during the trial of Stephane Plaza at the Paris Criminal Court in Paris, on January 9, 2025. The 54-year-old real estate agent is on trial for “habitual physical and/or psychological violence by cohabitee” between 2018 and 2022 on a former companion, Amandine, as well as for “habitual psychological violence by cohabitee” on another, Paola, between 2021 and 2022. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial of Stephane Plaza - Paris AJ

Florence Porcel during the trial of Stephane Plaza at the Paris Criminal Court in Paris, on January 9, 2025. The 54-year-old real estate agent is on trial for “habitual physical and/or psychological violence by cohabitee” between 2018 and 2022 on a former companion, Amandine, as well as for “habitual psychological violence by cohabitee” on another, Paola, between 2021 and 2022. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial of Stephane Plaza - Paris AJ

Woman who accuses the host, Irma Paola Rivero Esqueda during the trial of Stephane Plaza at the Paris Criminal Court in Paris, on January 9, 2025. The 54-year-old real estate agent is on trial for “habitual physical and/or psychological violence by cohabitee” between 2018 and 2022 on a former companion, Amandine, as well as for “habitual psychological violence by cohabitee” on another, Paola, between 2021 and 2022. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial of Stephane Plaza - Paris AJ

Woman who accuses the host, Amandine Bourgeois during the trial of Stephane Plaza at the Paris Criminal Court in Paris, on January 9, 2025. The 54-year-old real estate agent is on trial for “habitual physical and/or psychological violence by cohabitee” between 2018 and 2022 on a former companion, Amandine, as well as for “habitual psychological violence by cohabitee” on another, Paola, between 2021 and 2022. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial of Stephane Plaza - Paris AJ

Woman who accuses the host, Amandine Bourgeois during the trial of Stephane Plaza at the Paris Criminal Court in Paris, on January 9, 2025. The 54-year-old real estate agent is on trial for “habitual physical and/or psychological violence by cohabitee” between 2018 and 2022 on a former companion, Amandine, as well as for “habitual psychological violence by cohabitee” on another, Paola, between 2021 and 2022. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial of Stephane Plaza - Paris AJ

lawyers of the host Carlo Alberto Brusa (L) and Helene Plumet during the trial of Stephane Plaza at the Paris Criminal Court in Paris, on January 9, 2025. The 54-year-old real estate agent is on trial for “habitual physical and/or psychological violence by cohabitee” between 2018 and 2022 on a former companion, Amandine, as well as for “habitual psychological violence by cohabitee” on another, Paola, between 2021 and 2022. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial of Stephane Plaza - Paris AJ

Woman who accuses the host, Irma Paola Rivero Esqueda during the trial of Stephane Plaza at the Paris Criminal Court in Paris, on January 9, 2025. The 54-year-old real estate agent is on trial for “habitual physical and/or psychological violence by cohabitee” between 2018 and 2022 on a former companion, Amandine, as well as for “habitual psychological violence by cohabitee” on another, Paola, between 2021 and 2022. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial of Stephane Plaza - Paris AJ

Woman who accuses the host, Irma Paola Rivero Esqueda during the trial of Stephane Plaza at the Paris Criminal Court in Paris, on January 9, 2025. The 54-year-old real estate agent is on trial for “habitual physical and/or psychological violence by cohabitee” between 2018 and 2022 on a former companion, Amandine, as well as for “habitual psychological violence by cohabitee” on another, Paola, between 2021 and 2022. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial of Stephane Plaza - Paris AJ

Woman who accuses the host, Irma Paola Rivero Esqueda during the trial of Stephane Plaza at the Paris Criminal Court in Paris, on January 9, 2025. The 54-year-old real estate agent is on trial for “habitual physical and/or psychological violence by cohabitee” between 2018 and 2022 on a former companion, Amandine, as well as for “habitual psychological violence by cohabitee” on another, Paola, between 2021 and 2022. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trial of Stephane Plaza - Paris AJ

Woman who accuses the host, Irma Paola Rivero Esqueda during the trial of Stephane Plaza at the Paris Criminal Court in Paris, on January 9, 2025. The 54-year-old real estate agent is on trial for “habitual physical and/or psychological violence by cohabitee” between 2018 and 2022 on a former companion, Amandine, as well as for “habitual psychological violence by cohabitee” on another, Paola, between 2021 and 2022. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Cable car accident kills 1, wounds 17 in Türkiye's Antalya

STORY: Cable car accident kills 1, wounds 17 in Türkiye's Antalya SHOOTING TIME: April 13, 2024 DATELINE: April 14, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:51 LOCATION: ANTALYA, Türkiye CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the cable car accident site in Antalya and rescue efforts (courtesy of Ihlas news agency) STORYLINE: One person was killed and 17 others injured late Friday when a cable car smashed into a pole in Türkiye's southern resort province of Antalya, the country's Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said Saturday. The injured have been subsequently hospitalized, the health minister said on social media platform X. Dozens of people were stranded in mid-air in many other pods for hours because the entire system had to be shut down by local authorities. A total of 137 people have been rescued, the semi-official Anadolu Agency reported, noting the individual killed was a 54-year-old Turkish man and that among the injured were two children. Emergency service workers were still on-site on Saturday afternoon to rescue

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Cambodian patients praise Chinese "Peace Angel" medics for offering free medical services

STORY: Cambodian patients praise Chinese "Peace Angel" medics for offering free medical services DATELINE: Sept. 24, 2023 LENGTH: 00:05:08 LOCATION: Phnom Penh CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the free medical services 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Khmer): YOU SEAVKHENG, 51-year-old patient from Phnom Penh 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Khmer): EM SOTHEA, 54-year-old patient from southeastern Svay Rieng province 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): ZHANG YI, Leader of "Peace Angel" medical team STORYLINE: For You Seavkheng, a 51-year-old Cambodian patient, free medical services provided by a Chinese "Peace Angel" medical team have not only helped improve her health, but also saved her money on medical expenses. Seavkheng, who has been suffering from a chronic daily headache and high blood pressure for two years, had her health conditions checked and been treated by the medical team on Friday at the Preah Ket Mealea Hospital, known as the military hospital, here in the country's capital Phnom Penh. SOUNDBITE 1 (Khmer): YOU SEAVKHENG,

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Former Asian breaststroke king's turn of life in Hong Kong

STORY: Former Asian breaststroke king's turn of life in Hong Kong DATELINE: July 11, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:40 LOCATION: HONG KONG, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the training of China's Hong Kong swimming team 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): CHEN JIANHONG, General coach of China's Hong Kong swimming team 3. various of Chen Jianhong's photos 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): CHEN JIANHONG, General coach of China's Hong Kong swimming team 5. various of Chen Jianhong coaching 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): CHEN JIANHONG, General coach of China's Hong Kong swimming team 7. various of the training of China's Hong Kong swimming team 8. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): CHEN JIANHONG, General coach of China's Hong Kong swimming team STORYLINE: Chen Jianhong, the former men's 100m breaststroke Asian record holder, now is the general coach of China's Hong Kong swimming team. The 54-year-old has made a stunning turn of life in Hong Kong while continuing his beloved cause, which started in east China's Anhui province, his birthplac

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Soccer: Moriyasu stays on as Japan manager after World Cup run

The Japan Football Association retained Hajime Moriyasu as men's national team manager Wednesday after he led them to the round of 16 at this year's World Cup in Qatar after topping their tough group. The 54-year-old becomes the first manager to remain in the post following a World Cup since Japan's 1998 debut in France and will be tasked with steering the Samurai Blue toward the 2026 World Cup, to be co-hosted by the United States, Mexico and Canada. "I'm extremely honored while also bracing myself for the difficult mission ahead and the weight of responsibility that comes with the job,

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Managing officer Yasunaga named as new Mitsui president

TOKYO, Japan - Tatsuo Yasunaga, a 54-year-old Mitsui & Co. managing officer who will become the company's new president in April, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 20, 2015.

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Cambodia's celebrated elephant Sambo to retire soon

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Photo taken on Nov. 25, 2014, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, shows the 54-year-old female elephant Sambo. Sambo, celebrated for having entertained children and tourists for over four decades in the capital, will be retired to a protected forest soon and allowed to live out the remainder of her life with other elephants.

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Man arrested over shooting wife dead

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on the night of July 6, 2014, shows a cafe of a hotel in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district, shortly after a man allegedly shot his wife dead there. The man, a 54-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo's Itabashi Ward, was seized by cafe employees and arrested at the scene by police.

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Sasaki reappointed as coach of women's soccer team

TOKYO, Japan - Norio Sasaki, who guided Japan to a remarkable victory at the 2011 Women's World Cup soccer final and the silver medal at the 2012 London Olympics, smiles at a press conference in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Nov. 1, 2012. The 54-year-old Sasaki will continue as Nadeshiko coach, the Japan Football Association said the same day.

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Muraki assumes post after acquittal

TOKYO, Japan - Atsuko Muraki, a 54-year-old senior government official who was acquitted of fraud charges, fields questions from reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 27, 2010, after being presented with a letter of appointment for a new post of director general for policy planning at the Cabinet Office. Muraki was arrested over a postal abuse case in June 2009.

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JAL decides to appoint subsidiary chief Onishi as new president

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp., which recently filed for bankruptcy protection, said on Jan. 27 it will appoint Masaru Onishi (file photo), head of a JAL subsidiary, as its new president to oversee the company's state-led rehabilitation process. Onishi, the 54-year-old president of Japan Air Commuter Co., will officially take his position as president and group chief operating officer on Feb. 1, along with Kyocera Corp. founder Kazuo Inamori, who has already agreed to become the company's chairman.

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Roos wants to strengthen 'special bond' as next envoy to Japan

WASHINGTON, United States - John Roos, nominee for the next U.S. ambassador to Japan, testifies during a Senate confirmation hearing on July 23. The 54-year-old California-based lawyer pledged to work hard to solidify the ''special bond'' between the two nations if his nomination is confirmed.

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Briton deported after being acquitted of marijuana smuggling

NARITA, Japan - A 54-year-old British national (C) is deported from Japan on June 13, nearly a month and a half after he was cleared of charges of smuggling marijuana from South Africa to Japan in August 2007. The man, who was detained for nearly 10 months after his arrest, left Narita International Airport, outside Tokyo, for South Africa where he was residing.

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Okamoto to be inducted into Hall of Fame

TOKYO, Japan - Ayako Okamoto, the 54-year-old Japanese golfer, expressed excitement on May 23 over her scheduled induction into the World Golf Hall of Fame in Augustine, Florida. Okamoto is the third Japanese to join the Hall of Fame following the inductions of Hisako Higuchi in 2003 and Isao Aoki in 2004, and has plans to attend an induction ceremony in Florida on Nov. 14.

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2 univ. profs nabbed over exam questions leaks

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Kenji Kusunoki, a 54-year-old former professor of the private Ohu University in Fukushima Prefecture, leaves his home in the prefectural capital at 6:30 a.m. Jan. 6 before being arrested later in the day on charges of leaking and helping to leak questions on last year's National Dentistry Examination to his students. Itsuo Ueda, a 59-year-old Health Sciences University of Hokkaido professor who served on the national exam board and is suspected of providing the questions to Kusunoki, was also arrested by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police the same day.

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Boy held over fatal stabbing of Shizuoka man

SHIMIZU, Japan - Photo shows an apartment in Shimizu, Shizuoka Prefecture where a 14-year-old boy allegedly stabbed to death a 57-year-old man. The second-year junior high school student was arrested after resident Kazuhiro Sugiyama was found dead near a second-floor passageway with an abdominal stab wound. A 54-year-old woman who lived with Sugiyama discovered his body and notified police.