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LIBYA-GARRABULLI-ILLEGAL MIGRANTS-RESCUE

(230426) -- GARRABULLI, April 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Rescued illegal migrants arrive in Garrabulli, Libya, on April 25, 2023. The Libyan Coast Guard on Tuesday rescued 61 illegal migrants and recovered 11 bodies off the coast of Garrabulli, some 55 km east of the capital Tripoli. (Photo by Hamza Turkia/Xinhua)

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LIBYA-GARRABULLI-ILLEGAL MIGRANTS-RESCUE

(230426) -- GARRABULLI, April 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Rescued illegal migrants are seen after disembarking from boats in Garrabulli, Libya, on April 25, 2023. The Libyan Coast Guard on Tuesday rescued 61 illegal migrants and recovered 11 bodies off the coast of Garrabulli, some 55 km east of the capital Tripoli. (Photo by Hamza Turkia/Xinhua)

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LIBYA-GARRABULLI-ILLEGAL MIGRANTS-RESCUE

(230426) -- GARRABULLI, April 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Rescued illegal migrants are seen in Garrabulli, Libya, on April 25, 2023. The Libyan Coast Guard on Tuesday rescued 61 illegal migrants and recovered 11 bodies off the coast of Garrabulli, some 55 km east of the capital Tripoli. (Photo by Hamza Turkia/Xinhua)

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LIBYA-GARRABULLI-ILLEGAL MIGRANTS-RESCUE

(230426) -- GARRABULLI, April 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Dead bodies of illegal migrants are seen in Garrabulli, Libya, on April 25, 2023. The Libyan Coast Guard on Tuesday rescued 61 illegal migrants and recovered 11 bodies off the coast of Garrabulli, some 55 km east of the capital Tripoli. (Photo by Hamza Turkia/Xinhua)

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61 illegal migrants rescued off Libyan coast

STORY: 61 illegal migrants rescued off Libyan coast DATELINE: April 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:19 LOCATION: Tripoli CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the sea 2. various of the migrants STORYLINE: The Libyan Coast Guard on Tuesday rescued 61 illegal migrants and recovered 11 bodies off the coast of Garrabulli, some 55 km east of the capital Tripoli. "We recovered 11 bodies, including a child. The total number of illegal migrants rescued today is 61 of different African, Asian and Arab nationalities," Esa al-Zarrug, a Coast Guard officer, told Xinhua. Because of the insecurity and chaos in the country since the fall of late leader Muammar Gaddafi's regime in 2011, many migrants, mostly Africans, choose to cross the Mediterranean Sea to European shores from Libya. A total of 4,335 illegal migrants have been rescued or intercepted by the Libyan authorities so far this year. Meanwhile, 310 illegal migrants have died and 227 others have gone missing on the central Mediterranean route off the Libyan coast,

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Opening of Shin-Tomei Expressway stretch to be delayed

NAGOYA, Japan - Yoshihito Miyaike, president of Central Nippon Expressway Co., meets the press in Toyota in the central Japan prefecture of Aichi on July 23, 2014, to announce a one-year delay to early 2015 in the completion of a 55-km stretch of the Shin-Tomei Expressway connecting the Hamamatsu Inasa junction in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Toyota Higashi junction in Toyota due to difficulties such as landslides.

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Afghan gov't begins reconstruction of major highway in southern region

STORY: Afghan gov't begins reconstruction of major highway in southern region DATELINE: Oct. 10, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:43 LOCATION: KANDAHAR, Afghanistan CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the reconstruction of highway in Kandahar province, Afghanistan STORYLINE: The Taliban-run caretaker administration has started the reconstruction of a major highway in the southern Kandahar province, officials have said. In the first phase, 55 km of the road linking Kandahar to the neighboring Zabul province would be reconstructed, followed by the reconstruction of highways linking Kandahar to Kabul and Kandahar to Herat, said Bakht Mohammad, who is with the reconstruction project. The first phase project will be finished in five months with funds provided by the administration, the official said. Abdul Baqi, another official with the reconstruction project, told Xinhua that the reconstruction of the Kandahar-Zabul highway requires 250 million afghanis (2.84 million U.S. dollars) and is financed by the M

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Mega infrastructure project facilitates trade in Greater Bay Area

STORY: Mega infrastructure project facilitates trade in Greater Bay Area DATELINE: Sept. 17, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:09 LOCATION: GUANGZHOU, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY/TECHNOLOGY/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge 4. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WENG XIPENG, Executive Director of Zhuhai Haimiao Aquaculture Import and Export Co., Ltd. 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): GUO YANHAI, Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Customs 6. various of Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Customs 8. various of trucks STORYLINE: The world's longest sea-crossing bridge, the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, opened to traffic in Oct. 2018. The 55-km bridge is seen as an engineering marvel in China. Over the years, it not only made travel easier. With fast customs clearance, the bridge has also helped facilitate trade and development in the region. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WENG XIPENG, Executive Director of Zhuhai Haimiao Aquaculture Import And Export Co., Ltd. "The most important thing about aquatic products is that they must be f

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4th Turkish drilling vessel sails for E. Mediterranean

STORY: 4th Turkish drilling vessel sails for E. Mediterranean DATELINE: Aug. 10, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:57 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the drilling vessel STORYLINE: Türkiye's fourth drilling ship sailed for the Eastern Mediterranean as part of the country's plan to explore energy resources in the region, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday. The new drilling vessel, named Abdulhamid Han, will carry out work in the Yorukler 1 Well, 55 km off the Gazipasa district of Antalya province, Erdogan said at the launching ceremony of the ship in the southern Mersin province. "Yorukler 1 Well is the first step of our comprehensive work plan in the Eastern Mediterranean. Drilling works are in our jurisdiction. We do not need to get permission from anyone for this," he said. The president stressed that the Abdulhamid Han symbolizes Türkiye's new vision of energy. "We have entered a new period in which we run by ourselves the processes of seismic exploration, drilling an

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Opening of Shin-Tomei Expressway stretch to be delayed

NAGOYA, Japan - Yoshihito Miyaike, president of Central Nippon Expressway Co., meets the press in Toyota in the central Japan prefecture of Aichi on July 23, 2014, to announce a one-year delay to early 2015 in the completion of a 55-km stretch of the Shin-Tomei Expressway connecting the Hamamatsu Inasa junction in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Toyota Higashi junction in Toyota due to difficulties such as landslides. (Kyodo)