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World Championship Ploughing Contest

Tartu, 13.08.2024. 69th World Championship Ploughing Contest. The World Ploughing Contest is one of the continuities of agriculture over hundreds of years, which takes place for the first time in Estonia. This year the 150th anniversary of Estonias first ploughing competition is also celebrated. Photo: Signe Oidekivi/Tartu Postimees

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World Championship Ploughing Contest

Tartu, 13.08.2024. 69th World Championship Ploughing Contest. The World Ploughing Contest is one of the continuities of agriculture over hundreds of years, which takes place for the first time in Estonia. This year the 150th anniversary of Estonias first ploughing competition is also celebrated. Photo: Signe Oidekivi/Tartu Postimees

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World Championship Ploughing Contest

Tartu, 13.08.2024. 69th World Championship Ploughing Contest. The World Ploughing Contest is one of the continuities of agriculture over hundreds of years, which takes place for the first time in Estonia. This year the 150th anniversary of Estonias first ploughing competition is also celebrated. Photo: Signe Oidekivi/Tartu Postimees

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World Championship Ploughing Contest

Tartu, 13.08.2024. 69th World Championship Ploughing Contest. The World Ploughing Contest is one of the continuities of agriculture over hundreds of years, which takes place for the first time in Estonia. This year the 150th anniversary of Estonias first ploughing competition is also celebrated. Photo: Signe Oidekivi/Tartu Postimees

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World Championship Ploughing Contest

Tartu, 13.08.2024. 69th World Championship Ploughing Contest. The World Ploughing Contest is one of the continuities of agriculture over hundreds of years, which takes place for the first time in Estonia. This year the 150th anniversary of Estonias first ploughing competition is also celebrated. Photo: Signe Oidekivi/Tartu Postimees

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World Championship Ploughing Contest

Tartu, 13.08.2024. 69th World Championship Ploughing Contest. The World Ploughing Contest is one of the continuities of agriculture over hundreds of years, which takes place for the first time in Estonia. This year the 150th anniversary of Estonias first ploughing competition is also celebrated. Photo: Signe Oidekivi/Tartu Postimees

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World Championship Ploughing Contest

Tartu, 13.08.2024. 69th World Championship Ploughing Contest. The World Ploughing Contest is one of the continuities of agriculture over hundreds of years, which takes place for the first time in Estonia. This year the 150th anniversary of Estonias first ploughing competition is also celebrated. Photo: Signe Oidekivi/Tartu Postimees

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Sudanese army chief vows to support people's legitimate right in pursuing democracy

STORY: Sudanese army chief vows to support people's legitimate right in pursuing democracy DATELINE: Aug. 15, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:04 LOCATION: Khartoum CATEGORY: POLITICS/MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. logo of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) 2. promo of the celebrations of the SAF's 69th anniversary 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): ABDEL FATTAH AL-BURHAN, General Commander of the Sudanese Armed Forces 4. promo of the celebrations of the SAF's 69th anniversary 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): ABDEL FATTAH AL-BURHAN, General Commander of the Sudanese Armed Forces 6. promo of the celebrations of the SAF's 69th anniversary STORYLINE: General Commander of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan on Monday vowed that the SAF will stand with the Sudanese people and support their legitimate right to establish a state where the law, democracy, and institutions prevail. He made the remarks on the occasion of the 69th anniversary of the SAF's establishment. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): ABDEL FATTAH AL-BURHAN, General Commander of the

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69th anniv. of end of Okinawa battle marked

NAHA, Japan - Family members of the victims aboard ships sunk by bombings and torpedo attacks during World War II pray at a memorial service in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on June 23, 2014, the 69th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Okinawa. Approximately 2,000 Okinawa Prefecture residents on 25 ships were commemorated.

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69th anniv. of end of Okinawa battle marked

ITOMAN, Japan - Family members of a corps of female students mobilized as nurses for Japanese soldiers during the Battle of Okinawa in 1945 attend a memorial service in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, on June 23, 2014, the 69th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Okinawa in World War II.

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PM Abe attends memorial service in Okinawa

ITOMAN, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe addresses a memorial service to commemorate Battle of Okinawa victims at Peace Memorial Park in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, on June 23, 2014, the 69th anniversary of the end of the battle in World War II.

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69th anniv. of end of Battle of Okinawa marked

ITOMAN, Japan - Students pay a floral tribute to Battle of Okinawa victims at a memorial service at Peace Memorial Park in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, on June 23, 2014, the 69th anniversary of the end of the battle in World War II.

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69th anniv. of end of Battle of Okinawa marked

ITOMAN, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima (2nd from R) waits to pay a floral tribute to Battle of Okinawa victims during a memorial service at Peace Memorial Park in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, on June 23, 2014, the 69th anniversary of the end of the battle in World War II.

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69th anniv. of end of Battle of Okinawa marked

ITOMAN, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (R) walks to pay a floral tribute to Battle of Okinawa victims during a memorial service at Peace Memorial Park in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, on June 23, 2014, the 69th anniversary of the end of the battle in World War II.

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Candles lit in Okinawa to remember war dead

ITOMAN, Japan - Candles burn at the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, on June 22, 2014, the eve of the 69th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Okinawa in World War II.

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Families pray for Battle of Okinawa victims

ITOMAN, Japan - Families of the victims of the Battle of Okinawa in World War II pray in front of the Cornerstone of Peace at the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, on June 22, 2014, the eve of the 69th anniversary of the end of the battle.

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Families of Okinawa victims light fire

ITOMAN, Japan - Families of the victims of the Battle of Okinawa in World War II light a fire at the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, on June 22, 2014, the eve of the 69th anniversary of the end of the battle.

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Children tour inside Peace Tower in southwestern Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Children listen to a guide explain exhibits inside the Pease Tower at Heiwadai Park in Miyazaki, southwestern Japan, when it was opened to the public on the 69th anniversary on Aug. 15, 2014, of the end of to World War II. (Photo by Makoto Hori)

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Kim remains unseen on political anniversary

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Young North Koreans dance in the capital Pyongyang on Oct. 10, 2014, the 69th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea. Current leader Kim Jong Un has remained out of public view for more than a month.

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Kim remains unseen on political anniversary

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Young North Koreans dance in the capital Pyongyang on Oct. 10, 2014, the 69th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea. Current leader Kim Jong Un has remained out of public view for more than a month.

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Kim remains unseen on political anniversary

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Koreans visit Mansu Hill in Pyongyang, where giant bronze statues of state founder Kim Il Sung and the country's second leader Kim Jong Il stand, on Oct. 10, 2014, the 69th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea. Current leader Kim Jong Un has remained out of public view for more than a month.

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Kim remains unseen on political anniversary

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korean servicemen visit Mansu Hill in Pyongyang, where giant bronze statues of state founder Kim Il Sung and the country's second leader Kim Jong Il stand, to offer flowers on Oct. 10, 2014, the 69th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea. Current leader Kim Jong Un has remained out of public view for more than a month.

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Kim remains unseen on political anniversary

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Koreans visit Mansu Hill in Pyongyang, where giant bronze statues of state founder Kim Il Sung (L) and the country's second leader Kim Jong Il stand, on Oct. 10, 2014, the 69th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea. Current leader Kim Jong Un has remained out of public view for more than a month.

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Kim remains unseen on political anniversary

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Flowers with a ribbon bearing the name of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are placed on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang, where giant bronze statues of state founder Kim Il Sung and the country's second leader Kim Jong Il stand, on Oct. 10, 2014, the 69th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea. The current leader has remained out of public view for more than a month.

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Kim remains unseen on political anniversary

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korean servicemen visit Mansu Hill in Pyongyang, where giant bronze statues of state founder Kim Il Sung and the country's second leader Kim Jong Il stand, on Oct. 10, 2014, the 69th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea. Current leader Kim Jong Un has remained out of public view for more than a month.

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Kim remains unseen on political anniversary

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korean citizens visit Mansu Hill in Pyongyang, where giant bronze statues of state founder Kim Il Sung and the country's second leader Kim Jong Il stand, on Oct. 10, 2014, the 69th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea. Current leader Kim Jong Un has remained out of public view for more than a month.

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Kim remains unseen on political anniversary

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A woman lays flowers at Mansu Hill in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang, where giant bronze statues of state founder Kim Il Sung and the country's second leader Kim Jong Il stand, on Oct. 10, 2014, the 69th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea. Current leader Kim Jong Un has remained out of public view for more than a month.

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Yasukuni Shrine on anniv. of end of WWII

TOKYO, Japan - Tomomi Inada, state minister in charge of administrative reform, visits the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2014, the 69th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II. The Yasukuni visit by three Cabinet ministers including her drew criticism from China and South Korea.

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Japanese embassy holds service for war dead in Philippines

MANILA, Philippines - People pay a floral tribute on Aug. 15, 2014, in Cavinti on the island of Luzon in the northern Philippines during a memorial service for the war dead held by the Japanese embassy. The day marked the 69th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II.

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WWII anniversary

TOKYO, Japan - Relatives of the war dead observe a moment of silence at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2014, at a ceremony marking the 69th anniversary of the end of World War II.

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People observe silent prayer at Yasukuni

TOKYO, Japan - People observe a silent prayer at the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo at noon on Aug. 15, 2014, the 69th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II. Many lawmakers, including three Cabinet ministers, also visited there, drawing criticism from China and South Korea.

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WWII anniversary

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko attend a ceremony at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2014, marking the 69th anniversary of the end of World War II.

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People observe silent prayer at Chidorigafuchi

TOKYO, Japan - People observe a silent prayer at the Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery in Tokyo around noon on Aug. 15, 2014, the 69th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II. While Japanese lawmakers' visits to the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine have drawn criticism from China and South Korea, U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Secretary of State John Kerry offered flowers at Chidorigafuchi, rather than Yasukuni, when they visited Japan last October.

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Bipartisan lawmakers visit Yasukuni

TOKYO, Japan - A bipartisan group of lawmakers, including its chief Hidehisa Otsuji, visits the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2014, the 69th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II. Three Cabinet ministers also visited there, drawing criticism from China and South Korea.

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Park on war anniversary

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Park Geun Hye makes a speech in Seoul on Aug. 15, 2014, at a ceremony to mark the 69th anniversary of Korea's liberation from Japan's colonial rule.

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WWII anniversary

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gets ready to make a speech at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2014, at a ceremony marking the 69th anniversary of the end of World War II. Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko are seen in the back.

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Bipartisan lawmakers visit Yasukuni

TOKYO, Japan - A bipartisan group of lawmakers, including its chief Hidehisa Otsuji, visits the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2014, the 69th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II. Three Cabinet ministers also visited there, drawing criticism from China and South Korea.

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WWII anniversary

TOKYO, Japan - A man (front) holding a photograph of a deceased relative heads for Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, the venue of a ceremony marking the 69th anniversary of the end of World War II on Aug. 15, 2014.

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Bipartisan lawmakers visit Yasukuni

TOKYO, Japan - A bipartisan group of lawmakers, including its chief Hidehisa Otsuji, visits the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2014, the 69th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II. Three Cabinet ministers also visited there, drawing criticism from China and South Korea.

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Bipartisan lawmakers visit Yasukuni

TOKYO, Japan - A bipartisan group of lawmakers, including its chief Hidehisa Otsuji, visits the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2014, the 69th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II. Three Cabinet ministers also visited there, drawing criticism from China and South Korea.

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Park on war anniversary

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Park Geun Hye makes a speech in Seoul on Aug. 15, 2014, at a ceremony to mark the 69th anniversary of Korea's liberation from Japan's colonial rule.

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WWII anniversary

TOKYO, Japan - A woman in a wheelchair holding a photograph of her deceased husband heads for Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, the venue of a ceremony marking the 69th anniversary of the end of World War II on Aug. 15, 2014.

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Yasukuni Shrine on anniv. of end of WWII

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the premises of the World War II-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo packed with people on Aug. 15, 2014, the 69th anniversary of Japan's surrender in the war.

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Yasukuni Shrine on anniv. of end of WWII

TOKYO, Japan - Many people visit Yasukuni Shrine, a World War II-related Shinto shrine, in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2014, to commemorate the 69th anniversary of Japan's surrender in the war.

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Yasukuni Shrine on anniv. of end of WWII

TOKYO, Japan - Shinjiro Koizumi, a lawmaker of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and a son of former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, visits the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2014, the 69th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II. His father's repeated visits to the shrine chilled relations between Tokyo and Beijing.

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Yasukuni Shrine on anniv. of end of WWII

TOKYO, Japan - Koichi Hagiuda, the aide to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, visits the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on behalf of Abe on Aug. 15, 2014, the 69th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II. Abe sent a ritual offering to the shrine, drawing criticism from China and South Korea.

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Yasukuni Shrine on anniv. of end of WWII

TOKYO, Japan - People wait in line to offer prayers at the World War II-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2014, the 69th anniversary of Japan's surrender in the war.

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Yasukuni Shrine on anniv. of end of WWII

TOKYO, Japan - Keiji Furuya, state minister in charge of the issue of North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals, visits the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2014, the 69th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II. The Yasukuni visit by three Cabinet ministers including him drew criticism from China and South Korea.

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Yasukuni Shrine on anniv. of end of WWII

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshitaka Shindo, Internal Affairs and Communications Minister, visits the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2014, the 69th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II. The Yasukuni visit by three Cabinet ministers including him drew criticism from China and South Korea.

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Worshipers bow at Yasukuni war shrine in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Worshipers bow before the entrance to the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 14, 2014, on the eve of the 69th anniversary of the end of World War II.