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CHINA-FUJIAN-FUZHOU PORT-VEHICLES-EXPORT(CN)

(240312) -- FUZHOU, March 12, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on March 12, 2024 shows vehicles for export parking at Jiangyin terminal of Fuzhou Port in Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province. Four thousand vehicles produced by the passenger car workshop of Ningde base of SAIC Motor Corporation Ltd. on Tuesday boarded the ro-ro cargo vessel "Wisdom Ace" at Jiangyin terminal of Fuzhou Port. This batch of vehicles will be sent to countries including the Netherlands, Egypt, and Britain. According to reports, this is the largest single load of export vehicles in Fujian Province, which include 2,800 new energy vehicles. Customs data showed that from January to February this year, Fujian Province exported 15,377 vehicles with a value of 2.07 billion yuan (about 288.41 million U.S. dollars), up 123 percent and 69 percent respectively compared with the same period last year. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)

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CHINA-FUJIAN-FUZHOU PORT-VEHICLES-EXPORT(CN)

(240312) -- FUZHOU, March 12, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on March 12, 2024 shows vehicles for export being loaded into a ro-ro cargo vessel at Jiangyin terminal of Fuzhou Port in Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province. Four thousand vehicles produced by the passenger car workshop of Ningde base of SAIC Motor Corporation Ltd. on Tuesday boarded the ro-ro cargo vessel "Wisdom Ace" at Jiangyin terminal of Fuzhou Port. This batch of vehicles will be sent to countries including the Netherlands, Egypt, and Britain. According to reports, this is the largest single load of export vehicles in Fujian Province, which include 2,800 new energy vehicles. Customs data showed that from January to February this year, Fujian Province exported 15,377 vehicles with a value of 2.07 billion yuan (about 288.41 million U.S. dollars), up 123 percent and 69 percent respectively compared with the same period last year. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)

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CHINA-FUJIAN-FUZHOU PORT-VEHICLES-EXPORT(CN)

(240312) -- FUZHOU, March 12, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on March 12, 2024 shows vehicles for export parking at Jiangyin terminal of Fuzhou Port in Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province. Four thousand vehicles produced by the passenger car workshop of Ningde base of SAIC Motor Corporation Ltd. on Tuesday boarded the ro-ro cargo vessel "Wisdom Ace" at Jiangyin terminal of Fuzhou Port. This batch of vehicles will be sent to countries including the Netherlands, Egypt, and Britain. According to reports, this is the largest single load of export vehicles in Fujian Province, which include 2,800 new energy vehicles. Customs data showed that from January to February this year, Fujian Province exported 15,377 vehicles with a value of 2.07 billion yuan (about 288.41 million U.S. dollars), up 123 percent and 69 percent respectively compared with the same period last year. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)

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CHINA-FUJIAN-FUZHOU PORT-VEHICLES-EXPORT(CN)

(240312) -- FUZHOU, March 12, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on March 12, 2024 shows vehicles for export being loaded into a ro-ro cargo vessel at Jiangyin terminal of Fuzhou Port in Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province. Four thousand vehicles produced by the passenger car workshop of Ningde base of SAIC Motor Corporation Ltd. on Tuesday boarded the ro-ro cargo vessel "Wisdom Ace" at Jiangyin terminal of Fuzhou Port. This batch of vehicles will be sent to countries including the Netherlands, Egypt, and Britain. According to reports, this is the largest single load of export vehicles in Fujian Province, which include 2,800 new energy vehicles. Customs data showed that from January to February this year, Fujian Province exported 15,377 vehicles with a value of 2.07 billion yuan (about 288.41 million U.S. dollars), up 123 percent and 69 percent respectively compared with the same period last year. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)

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CHINA-FUJIAN-FUZHOU PORT-VEHICLES-EXPORT(CN)

(240312) -- FUZHOU, March 12, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on March 12, 2024 shows vehicles for export being loaded into a ro-ro cargo vessel at Jiangyin terminal of Fuzhou Port in Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province. Four thousand vehicles produced by the passenger car workshop of Ningde base of SAIC Motor Corporation Ltd. on Tuesday boarded the ro-ro cargo vessel "Wisdom Ace" at Jiangyin terminal of Fuzhou Port. This batch of vehicles will be sent to countries including the Netherlands, Egypt, and Britain. According to reports, this is the largest single load of export vehicles in Fujian Province, which include 2,800 new energy vehicles. Customs data showed that from January to February this year, Fujian Province exported 15,377 vehicles with a value of 2.07 billion yuan (about 288.41 million U.S. dollars), up 123 percent and 69 percent respectively compared with the same period last year. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)

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CHINA-FUJIAN-FUZHOU PORT-VEHICLES-EXPORT(CN)

(240312) -- FUZHOU, March 12, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial panoramic drone photo taken on March 12, 2024 shows a view of Jiangyin terminal of Fuzhou Port in Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province. Four thousand vehicles produced by the passenger car workshop of Ningde base of SAIC Motor Corporation Ltd. on Tuesday boarded the ro-ro cargo vessel "Wisdom Ace" at Jiangyin terminal of Fuzhou Port. This batch of vehicles will be sent to countries including the Netherlands, Egypt, and Britain. According to reports, this is the largest single load of export vehicles in Fujian Province, which include 2,800 new energy vehicles. Customs data showed that from January to February this year, Fujian Province exported 15,377 vehicles with a value of 2.07 billion yuan (about 288.41 million U.S. dollars), up 123 percent and 69 percent respectively compared with the same period last year. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)

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CHINA-FUJIAN-FUZHOU PORT-VEHICLES-EXPORT(CN)

(240312) -- FUZHOU, March 12, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Customs officer Lin Zheng checks a vehicle for export at Jiangyin terminal of Fuzhou Port in Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, March 12, 2024. Four thousand vehicles produced by the passenger car workshop of Ningde base of SAIC Motor Corporation Ltd. on Tuesday boarded the ro-ro cargo vessel "Wisdom Ace" at Jiangyin terminal of Fuzhou Port. This batch of vehicles will be sent to countries including the Netherlands, Egypt, and Britain. According to reports, this is the largest single load of export vehicles in Fujian Province, which include 2,800 new energy vehicles. Customs data showed that from January to February this year, Fujian Province exported 15,377 vehicles with a value of 2.07 billion yuan (about 288.41 million U.S. dollars), up 123 percent and 69 percent respectively compared with the same period last year. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)

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CHINA-FUJIAN-FUZHOU PORT-VEHICLES-EXPORT(CN)

(240312) -- FUZHOU, March 12, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on March 12, 2024 shows vehicles for export ready to be loaded into a ro-ro cargo vessel at Jiangyin terminal of Fuzhou Port in Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province. Four thousand vehicles produced by the passenger car workshop of Ningde base of SAIC Motor Corporation Ltd. on Tuesday boarded the ro-ro cargo vessel "Wisdom Ace" at Jiangyin terminal of Fuzhou Port. This batch of vehicles will be sent to countries including the Netherlands, Egypt, and Britain. According to reports, this is the largest single load of export vehicles in Fujian Province, which include 2,800 new energy vehicles. Customs data showed that from January to February this year, Fujian Province exported 15,377 vehicles with a value of 2.07 billion yuan (about 288.41 million U.S. dollars), up 123 percent and 69 percent respectively compared with the same period last year. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)

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CHINA-FUJIAN-FUZHOU PORT-VEHICLES-EXPORT(CN)

(240312) -- FUZHOU, March 12, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on March 12, 2024 shows the ro-ro cargo vessel "Wisdom Ace" docking at Jiangyin terminal of Fuzhou Port in Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province. Four thousand vehicles produced by the passenger car workshop of Ningde base of SAIC Motor Corporation Ltd. on Tuesday boarded the ro-ro cargo vessel "Wisdom Ace" at Jiangyin terminal of Fuzhou Port. This batch of vehicles will be sent to countries including the Netherlands, Egypt, and Britain. According to reports, this is the largest single load of export vehicles in Fujian Province, which include 2,800 new energy vehicles. Customs data showed that from January to February this year, Fujian Province exported 15,377 vehicles with a value of 2.07 billion yuan (about 288.41 million U.S. dollars), up 123 percent and 69 percent respectively compared with the same period last year. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)

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CHINA-FUJIAN-FUZHOU PORT-VEHICLES-EXPORT(CN)

(240312) -- FUZHOU, March 12, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Customs officers Lin Zheng (L) and Chen Jianzhou check a vehicle for export at Jiangyin terminal of Fuzhou Port in Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, March 12, 2024. Four thousand vehicles produced by the passenger car workshop of Ningde base of SAIC Motor Corporation Ltd. on Tuesday boarded the ro-ro cargo vessel "Wisdom Ace" at Jiangyin terminal of Fuzhou Port. This batch of vehicles will be sent to countries including the Netherlands, Egypt, and Britain. According to reports, this is the largest single load of export vehicles in Fujian Province, which include 2,800 new energy vehicles. Customs data showed that from January to February this year, Fujian Province exported 15,377 vehicles with a value of 2.07 billion yuan (about 288.41 million U.S. dollars), up 123 percent and 69 percent respectively compared with the same period last year. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)

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CHINA-FUJIAN-FUZHOU PORT-VEHICLES-EXPORT(CN)

(240312) -- FUZHOU, March 12, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on March 12, 2024 shows vehicles for export being loaded into a ro-ro cargo vessel at Jiangyin terminal of Fuzhou Port in Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province. Four thousand vehicles produced by the passenger car workshop of Ningde base of SAIC Motor Corporation Ltd. on Tuesday boarded the ro-ro cargo vessel "Wisdom Ace" at Jiangyin terminal of Fuzhou Port. This batch of vehicles will be sent to countries including the Netherlands, Egypt, and Britain. According to reports, this is the largest single load of export vehicles in Fujian Province, which include 2,800 new energy vehicles. Customs data showed that from January to February this year, Fujian Province exported 15,377 vehicles with a value of 2.07 billion yuan (about 288.41 million U.S. dollars), up 123 percent and 69 percent respectively compared with the same period last year. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)

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CHINA-FUJIAN-FUZHOU PORT-VEHICLES-EXPORT(CN)

(240312) -- FUZHOU, March 12, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Vehicles for export are being loaded into a ro-ro cargo vessel at Jiangyin terminal of Fuzhou Port in Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, March 12, 2024. Four thousand vehicles produced by the passenger car workshop of Ningde base of SAIC Motor Corporation Ltd. on Tuesday boarded the ro-ro cargo vessel "Wisdom Ace" at Jiangyin terminal of Fuzhou Port. This batch of vehicles will be sent to countries including the Netherlands, Egypt, and Britain. According to reports, this is the largest single load of export vehicles in Fujian Province, which include 2,800 new energy vehicles. Customs data showed that from January to February this year, Fujian Province exported 15,377 vehicles with a value of 2.07 billion yuan (about 288.41 million U.S. dollars), up 123 percent and 69 percent respectively compared with the same period last year. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-QINZHOU-RAIL-SEA INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATION (CN)

(231027) -- QINZHOU, Oct. 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Oct. 26, 2023 shows the Qinzhou Port in Qinzhou City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. As of Oct. 26 this year, some 700,000 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) containers of goods had been transported by rail-sea intermodal trains through the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor, up 14.8 percent year on year, data from the China Railway Nanning Group Co., Ltd. showed. The corridor now covers 18 provinces and 69 cities in China, and its reach has been expanded to 473 ports in 120 countries and regions. (Xinhua/Zhang Ailin)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-QINZHOU-RAIL-SEA INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATION (CN)

(231027) -- QINZHOU, Oct. 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Oct. 26, 2023 shows a container terminal at the Qinzhou Port in Qinzhou City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. As of Oct. 26 this year, some 700,000 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) containers of goods had been transported by rail-sea intermodal trains through the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor, up 14.8 percent year on year, data from the China Railway Nanning Group Co., Ltd. showed. The corridor now covers 18 provinces and 69 cities in China, and its reach has been expanded to 473 ports in 120 countries and regions. (Xinhua/Zhang Ailin)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-QINZHOU-RAIL-SEA INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATION (CN)

(231027) -- QINZHOU, Oct. 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Oct. 26, 2023 shows trains and trucks transporting containers at a railway freight yard in Qinzhou City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. As of Oct. 26 this year, some 700,000 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) containers of goods had been transported by rail-sea intermodal trains through the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor, up 14.8 percent year on year, data from the China Railway Nanning Group Co., Ltd. showed. The corridor now covers 18 provinces and 69 cities in China, and its reach has been expanded to 473 ports in 120 countries and regions. (Xinhua/Zhang Ailin)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-QINZHOU-RAIL-SEA INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATION (CN)

(231027) -- QINZHOU, Oct. 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Oct. 26, 2023 shows trucks transporting containers at a railway freight yard in Qinzhou City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. As of Oct. 26 this year, some 700,000 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) containers of goods had been transported by rail-sea intermodal trains through the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor, up 14.8 percent year on year, data from the China Railway Nanning Group Co., Ltd. showed. The corridor now covers 18 provinces and 69 cities in China, and its reach has been expanded to 473 ports in 120 countries and regions. (Xinhua/Zhang Ailin)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-QINZHOU-RAIL-SEA INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATION (CN)

(231027) -- QINZHOU, Oct. 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Oct. 9, 2023 shows a freight train running along the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor, in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. As of Oct. 26 this year, some 700,000 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) containers of goods had been transported by rail-sea intermodal trains through the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor, up 14.8 percent year on year, data from the China Railway Nanning Group Co., Ltd. showed. The corridor now covers 18 provinces and 69 cities in China, and its reach has been expanded to 473 ports in 120 countries and regions. (Xinhua/Zhang Ailin)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-QINZHOU-RAIL-SEA INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATION (CN)

(231027) -- QINZHOU, Oct. 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Oct. 26, 2023 shows the Qinzhou Port in Qinzhou City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. As of Oct. 26 this year, some 700,000 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) containers of goods had been transported by rail-sea intermodal trains through the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor, up 14.8 percent year on year, data from the China Railway Nanning Group Co., Ltd. showed. The corridor now covers 18 provinces and 69 cities in China, and its reach has been expanded to 473 ports in 120 countries and regions. (Xinhua/Zhang Ailin)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-QINZHOU-RAIL-SEA INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATION (CN)

(231027) -- QINZHOU, Oct. 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A freight train departs from Qinzhou Port East Railway Station in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Oct. 9, 2023. As of Oct. 26 this year, some 700,000 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) containers of goods had been transported by rail-sea intermodal trains through the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor, up 14.8 percent year on year, data from the China Railway Nanning Group Co., Ltd. showed. The corridor now covers 18 provinces and 69 cities in China, and its reach has been expanded to 473 ports in 120 countries and regions. (Xinhua/Zhang Ailin)

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Turkish prime minister in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) receives a gift from Katsumasa Tashima, mayor of Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2014. When the Ottoman Navy frigate Ertugrul sank off the coast of Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, in September 1890, people from the coastal town of Kushimoto rescued 69 sailors, while 587 died, in an incident described by Erdogan as the one that serves as the most important event in the two countries' shared history.

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Leading ceramic artist Yu Fujiwara dies at 69

OKAYAMA, Japan - Yu Fujiwara (file photo), a ceramic artist specializing in Bizen ware who was named a Living National Treasure by the government, died of multiple organ failure on Oct. 29 at an Okayama Prefecture hospital. He was 69. Bizen ware is unglazed stoneware made in the western Japan prefecture. In 1963, Fujiwara won the grand prize at an international ceramics exhibition in Barcelona. He later held one-man shows in countries such as the United States.

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Japanese athletes arrive in Sydney for Paralympic Games

SYDNEY, Australia - Japanese athletes taking part in the upcoming Sydney Paralympic Games arrive at Sydney International Airport on Oct. 14. Some 4,000 athletes from 69 countries will compete in the Oct. 18-29 games, which will see medals awarded in 550 events contested in 18 sports.

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Paralympic village opens

SYDNEY, Australia - Three-time Paralympian Daphne Ceeney of Australia cuts the ribbon to open the Sydney Paralympic Games athletes' village on Oct. 11. More than 2,500 Paralympic athletes from 69 countries checked in the village for the Oct. 18-29 Paralympic Games. The Sydney Olympic Games are the first where athletes from both the Olympic and Paralympic Games have been invited to stay under the same roof.

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69 countries say no to interference in China's internal affairs

STORY: 69 countries say no to interference in China's internal affairs DATELINE: June 15, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:39 LOCATION: GENEVA, Switzerland CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the general views of UN office in Geneva and the meeting 2. SOUNDBITE (English): Cuba's representative STORYLINE: A group of countries said on Tuesday that issues concerning Xinjiang, Hong Kong and Tibet are China's internal affairs, expressing opposition to politicization of human rights, double standards and interference in China's internal affairs under the pretext of human rights. In a joint statement read by Cuba on behalf of 69 cross-regional countries at the ongoing 50th session of the UN Human Rights Council, these countries said that respect for sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of states and non-interference in internal affairs of sovereign states represent basic norms governing international relations. SOUNDBITE (English): Cuba's representative "Xinjiang, Hong Kong and Tibet related issues ar

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Leading ceramic artist Yu Fujiwara dies at 69

OKAYAMA, Japan - Yu Fujiwara (file photo), a ceramic artist specializing in Bizen ware who was named a Living National Treasure by the government, died of multiple organ failure on Oct. 29 at an Okayama Prefecture hospital. He was 69. Bizen ware is unglazed stoneware made in the western Japan prefecture. In 1963, Fujiwara won the grand prize at an international ceramics exhibition in Barcelona. He later held one-man shows in countries such as the United States.

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Special plane begins service between Turkey and Japan

Kushimoto Mayor Katsumasa Tashima makes a speech at Kansai airport in Osaka Prefecture on Dec. 3, 2015, during a send-off ceremony for a Turkish Airlines jet which began its service between Istanbul and the western Japanese airport the same day. The jet, painted to resemble the Turkish Airlines plane that was used to evacuate Japanese nationals from Tehran during the Iran-Iraq War, is named "KUSHIMOTO" after the Japanese coastal town where an Ottoman frigate sank in an 1890 typhoon. The name celebrates the friendship between the two countries, as 69 of the 587 people aboard the warship survived due to rescue efforts by local people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tatra Around the World 2 expedition

Many fans saw off the members of the Tatra around the World 2 expedition in Prague, Czech Republic, February 22, 2020. The travellers plan to cross 69 countries in five continents and cover over 270,000 kilometres in three years. This expedition wants to follow up the Tatra around the World from the end of the 1980s. Like more than 30 years ago, one of its main goals is to spread the good name of the Czech Republic and Czech products in the world. In the 1980s, the expedition used a modified Tatra T 815 GTC. Its successor has a special version of Tatra T 815 4x4, adjusted for the expedition. There are 14 seats in the vehicle and 20 places for sleeping. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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Tatra Around the World 2 expedition

Many fans saw off the members of the Tatra around the World 2 expedition in Prague, Czech Republic, February 22, 2020. The travellers plan to cross 69 countries in five continents and cover over 270,000 kilometres in three years. This expedition wants to follow up the Tatra around the World from the end of the 1980s. Like more than 30 years ago, one of its main goals is to spread the good name of the Czech Republic and Czech products in the world. In the 1980s, the expedition used a modified Tatra T 815 GTC. Its successor has a special version of Tatra T 815 4x4, adjusted for the expedition. There are 14 seats in the vehicle and 20 places for sleeping. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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Tatra Around the World 2 expedition

Many fans saw off the members of the Tatra around the World 2 expedition in Prague, Czech Republic, February 22, 2020. The travellers plan to cross 69 countries in five continents and cover over 270,000 kilometres in three years. This expedition wants to follow up the Tatra around the World from the end of the 1980s. Like more than 30 years ago, one of its main goals is to spread the good name of the Czech Republic and Czech products in the world. In the 1980s, the expedition used a modified Tatra T 815 GTC. Its successor has a special version of Tatra T 815 4x4, adjusted for the expedition. There are 14 seats in the vehicle and 20 places for sleeping. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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Tatra Around the World 2 expedition

Many fans saw off the members of the Tatra around the World 2 expedition in Prague, Czech Republic, February 22, 2020. The travellers plan to cross 69 countries in five continents and cover over 270,000 kilometres in three years. This expedition wants to follow up the Tatra around the World from the end of the 1980s. Like more than 30 years ago, one of its main goals is to spread the good name of the Czech Republic and Czech products in the world. In the 1980s, the expedition used a modified Tatra T 815 GTC. Its successor has a special version of Tatra T 815 4x4, adjusted for the expedition. There are 14 seats in the vehicle and 20 places for sleeping. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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Tatra Around the World 2 expedition

Many fans saw off the members of the Tatra around the World 2 expedition in Prague, Czech Republic, February 22, 2020. The travellers plan to cross 69 countries in five continents and cover over 270,000 kilometres in three years. This expedition wants to follow up the Tatra around the World from the end of the 1980s. Like more than 30 years ago, one of its main goals is to spread the good name of the Czech Republic and Czech products in the world. In the 1980s, the expedition used a modified Tatra T 815 GTC. Its successor has a special version of Tatra T 815 4x4, adjusted for the expedition. There are 14 seats in the vehicle and 20 places for sleeping. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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Tatra Around the World 2 expedition

Many fans saw off the members of the Tatra around the World 2 expedition in Prague, Czech Republic, February 22, 2020. The travellers plan to cross 69 countries in five continents and cover over 270,000 kilometres in three years. This expedition wants to follow up the Tatra around the World from the end of the 1980s. Like more than 30 years ago, one of its main goals is to spread the good name of the Czech Republic and Czech products in the world. In the 1980s, the expedition used a modified Tatra T 815 GTC. Its successor has a special version of Tatra T 815 4x4, adjusted for the expedition. There are 14 seats in the vehicle and 20 places for sleeping. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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Tatra Around the World 2 expedition

Petr Holecek, member of the Tatra around the World 2 expedition, left, greets Stanislav Synek, member of Tatra around the World expedition in Prague, Czech Republic, February 22, 2020. Many fans saw off the members of the Tatra around the World 2 expedition. The travellers plan to cross 69 countries in five continents and cover over 270,000 kilometres in three years. This expedition wants to follow up the Tatra around the World from the end of the 1980s. Like more than 30 years ago, one of its main goals is to spread the good name of the Czech Republic and Czech products in the world. In the 1980s, the expedition used a modified Tatra T 815 GTC. Its successor has a special version of Tatra T 815 4x4, adjusted for the expedition. There are 14 seats in the vehicle and 20 places for sleeping. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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Tatra Around the World 2 expedition

Many fans saw off the members of the Tatra around the World 2 expedition in Prague, Czech Republic, February 22, 2020. The travellers plan to cross 69 countries in five continents and cover over 270,000 kilometres in three years. This expedition wants to follow up the Tatra around the World from the end of the 1980s. Like more than 30 years ago, one of its main goals is to spread the good name of the Czech Republic and Czech products in the world. In the 1980s, the expedition used a modified Tatra T 815 GTC. Its successor has a special version of Tatra T 815 4x4, adjusted for the expedition. There are 14 seats in the vehicle and 20 places for sleeping. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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As international tensions mount, life goes on for N. Koreans

The 20th Taekwon-do World Championships are held in Pyongyang on Sept. 20, 2017. The underlying theme of the biannual sports event, involving about 490 athletes and delegates from a total of 69 countries and regions, including Britain, Bulgaria, China, Kazakhstan and Russia, was "justice" and "peace." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese athletes arrive in Sydney for Paralympic Games

SYDNEY, Australia - Japanese athletes taking part in the upcoming Sydney Paralympic Games arrive at Sydney International Airport on Oct. 14. Some 4,000 athletes from 69 countries will compete in the Oct. 18-29 games, which will see medals awarded in 550 events contested in 18 sports.

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Paralympic village opens

SYDNEY, Australia - Three-time Paralympian Daphne Ceeney of Australia cuts the ribbon to open the Sydney Paralympic Games athletes' village on Oct. 11. More than 2,500 Paralympic athletes from 69 countries checked in the village for the Oct. 18-29 Paralympic Games. The Sydney Olympic Games are the first where athletes from both the Olympic and Paralympic Games have been invited to stay under the same roof.