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South Africa: Johannesburg Water Crisis Sparks Deadly Protests in Westbury, Coronationville

Residents of Westbury and Coronationville in Johannesburg protested months-long water outages, clashing with police. An 81-year-old was killed and a 15-year-old injured. The shortages are linked to aging infrastructure, burst pipes, illegal connections, and management issues at Johannesburg Water. Authorities have promised interim and long-term measures to restore supply and stabilize the system.

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81-year-old Australian impressed by development in rural China

STORY: 81-year-old Australian impressed by development in rural China SHOOTING TIME: File DATELINE: Feb. 23, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:51 LOCATION: ZHONGSHAN, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (English): MEL CHONG, Australian 2. various of Mel Chong in a village in China's Zhongshan 3. various of photos of Mel Chong's family members 4. various of Mel Chong and the villagers 5. various of photos of Mel Chong's family members 6. various of Mel Chong in a village in China's Zhongshan STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE (English): MEL CHONG, Australian "My name is Mel Chong. I'm 81 years old. This is the 4th time I've come to visit my hometown. Duck Chong is my grandfather. My grandfather left Zhongshan to go to Australia about 1870. In 1911, my grandfather (Charles Duck Chong) sent his wife (Susan) and some children back to the village. And they stayed for one year, maybe one and a half years before returning to Australia. Most of my knowledge of this village is from the stories that were told to me by my father. He r

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Mayors for Peace event in N.Y.

Toshiyuki Mimaki, an 81-year-old survivor of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, speaks at an event organized by Mayors for Peace, a nongovernmental organization comprising more than 8,000 cities in 166 countries and regions, at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Nov. 27, 2023, on the sidelines of the second meeting of parties to the U.N. Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.

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"Guardian Spirit" ritual celebrated in Cambodia

STORY: "Guardian Spirit" ritual celebrated in Cambodia DATELINE: May 25, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:40 LOCATION: Phnom Penh CATEGORY: SOCIETY/CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the ritual 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Khmer): CHHUM SOK, Organizer 3. various of a parade 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Khmer): POV PHALLA, Participant 5. various of locals STORYLINE: Dozens of villagers on the northwest outskirts of Phnom Penh in Cambodia painted their faces and bodies and donned grass skirts on Wednesday as they celebrated an annual traditional ritual to ask a "guardian spirit" to bring good fortune and rain for their rice crop. Held at Boeung village, about 25 kilometers from central Phnom Penh, the Guardian Spirit Pring Ka-ek prayer festival was also intended to drive off evil spirits, keeping cattle healthy and rice yields large. Chhum Sok, an 81-year-old veteran member of the festival organizing committee, said the ritual has existed in the village for centuries. SOUNDBITE 1 (Khmer): CHHUM SOK, Organizer "This Guardian Spirit Pring Ka-ek pray

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Yoko Ono visits Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Artist Yoko Ono (R) and Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui hold up a folded paper crane in each hand at a peace event in the city of Hiroshima, western Japan, on July 30, 2014. The 81-year-old widow of former Beatle John Lennon asked participants to spread to the world the experience of Hiroshima, which was devastated by a U.S.-dropped atomic bomb in 1945 in World War II.

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81-year-old Japanese man receives Ph.D. in Ireland

NAGOYA, Japan - Yoshio Oro, seen in this undated photo, received a Ph.D. from Trinity College Dublin in Ireland at the age of 81.

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Dog awarded for keeping man, girl warm

SAPPORO, Japan - Asako Soma (R) receives an award certificate on behalf of Junior (L), a 7-year-old male Labrador Retriever, in the town of Naie, Hokkaido, on Nov. 24, 2011. The town government honored the dog for keeping his 81-year-old owner Yoshimasa Soma, husband of Asako, and the man's 3-year-old granddaughter Sukai Kimura warm in an overturned car during a freezing night.

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A-bomb survivor at NPT conference

NEW YORK, United States - Sumiteru Taniguchi, a survivor of the Nagasaki atomic bomb attack, holds up a picture of himself as a boy when he speaks of his suffering caused by the nuclear weapon during a session of the U.N. conference on reviewing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in New York on May 7, 2010. The 81-year-old said he cannot die in peace until he witnesses the elimination of nuclear weapons.

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A-bomb survivor at NPT conference

NEW YORK, United States - Sumiteru Taniguchi, a survivor of the Nagasaki atomic bomb attack, holds up a picture of himself as a boy when he speaks of his suffering caused by the nuclear weapon during a session of the U.N. conference on reviewing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in New York on May 7, 2010. The 81-year-old said he cannot die in peace until he witnesses the elimination of nuclear weapons.

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Man harvests rice in field as Yamba Dam project gets canceled

NAGANOHARA, Japan - An 81-year-old man places harvested golden ears of rice in the sun in a field in Naganohara, Gunma Prefecture, on Sept. 21, 2009. The field would have been submerged had the Yamba Dam been constructed as planned. The new administration of Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has decided to cancel the costly dam project in Gunma Prefecture.

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A-bomb artifact sold for 45 pounds at auction amid criticism

LINCOLN, Britain - Auctioneers explain an artifact from the Hiroshima atomic bombing in 1945 which was put up for auction July 11 in Lincoln and sold for 45 pounds (about 6,700 yen). An 81-year-old British man decided to sell a roof tile from a Buddhist temple which was damaged by the explosion. He was given the piece by Sairenji's priest as a gift when he traveled to Hiroshima in 1952.

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French actress revisits Hiroshima after 50 yrs

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Emmanuelle Riva, the French actress who starred in the film ''Hiroshima Mon Amour'' that was shot while Hiroshima was still struggling following the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing, is greeted at a movie theater in Hiroshima on Dec. 5 on revisiting the city after a period of 50 years. The visit by the 81-year-old Riva was timed to coincide with an exhibition of photos she took during the shooting of the film in Hiroshima in September 1958.

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Woman sues gov't over recognition as Minamata Disease patient

OSAKA, Japan - Yasuo Tanaka (R), a lawyer for an 81-year-old woman who filed a lawsuit on May 16 demanding the state and Kumamoto Prefecture recognize her as having Minamata Disease mercury poisoning, speaks to reporters in Osaka after filing the suit with the Osaka District Court

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Kawashima to step down as Japan baseball commissioner

TOKYO, Japan - Hiromori Kawashima (L, file photo) will step down as commissioner of Japanese professional baseball when his term finishes in March, baseball sources said Jan. 9. Former Fair Trade Commission chief and lawyer Yasuchika Negoro, 71, (R, file photo) is a leading candidate to succeed the 81-year-old Kawashima.

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Kawashima to step down as Japan baseball commissioner

TOKYO, Japan - Hiromori Kawashima (L, file photo) will step down as commissioner of Japanese professional baseball when his term finishes in March, baseball sources said Jan. 9. Former Fair Trade Commission chief and lawyer Yasuchika Negoro, 71, (R, file photo) is a leading candidate to succeed the 81-year-old Kawashima. (Kyodo)

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Japanese victims of 1954 U.S. H-bomb test enraged by N. Korea

Matashichi Oishi, a 81-year-old former crew member of the fishing boat Fukuryu Maru No. 5 that was exposed to radioactive fallout from a 1954 U.S. hydrogen bomb test in the Pacific, speaks in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2015, about the alleged North Korean hydrogen bomb test. He said, "If (the bomb is) used, it is the end of humankind. I know the horror of it as a person who experienced it." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-worker of Shanghai studio views photos of Japan cartoonist Tezuka

Duan Xiaoxuan, an 81-year-old former cameraman of Shanghai Animation Film Studio, takes a look at pictures of the late Osamu Tezuka, a famed Japanese cartoonist, on Aug. 12, 2015. He was on friendly terms with Tezuka, who set great store by friendship through exchanges between the Japanese and Chinese animation industries in the years immediately after World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korean man sets himself on fire near Japanese Embassy

Protesters hold a weekly rally in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on Aug. 12, 2015, for the South Korean women procured to work in brothels for Japanese soldiers during World War II. During the rally, an 81-year-old man set himself on fire but police say he is not in critical condition. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korean man sets himself on fire near Japanese Embassy

People put out the fire set by a man on himself in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on Aug. 12, 2015. Police say the 81-year-old man is not in critical condition. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korean man sets himself on fire near Japanese Embassy

A man (C) who set himself on fire near the Japanese Embassy in Seoul is taken away on a stretcher on Aug. 12, 2015. The 81-year-old man apparently attempted to commit suicide while about 1,000 people were holding a weekly protest rally in front of the embassy for the South Korean women procured to work in brothels for Japanese soldiers during World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Haruo Obata, an 81-year-old man known as a "super volunteer" in times of natural disaster, runs during the Tokyo Olympic torch relay in the Oita Prefecture town of Hiji, southwestern Japan, on April 23, 2021. (Pool photo)

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Haruo Obata, an 81-year-old man known as a "super volunteer" in times of natural disaster, runs during the Tokyo Olympic torch relay in the Oita Prefecture town of Hiji, southwestern Japan, on April 23, 2021. (Pool photo)

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Haruo Obata, an 81-year-old man known as a "super volunteer" in times of natural disaster, runs during the Tokyo Olympic torch relay in the Oita Prefecture town of Hiji, southwestern Japan, on April 23, 2021.

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A-bomb survivor recounts ordeal at Pugwash Conference in Nagasaki

Yoshiro Yamawaki, an 81-year-old survivor of the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki, recalls his experience in English during a session of the Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs in the southwestern Japanese city on Nov. 1, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Museum in west Japan tells of villagers' forced relocation in WWII

Hisako Kamiyama, an 81-year-old survivor of the Japanese government's forced relocation of villagers from Kochi Prefecture, western Japan, during World War II to Manchuria (northeastern China), points to a photo at a refurbished local museum as she recalls her ordeal during an interview in Shimanto on Aug. 7, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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A-bomb artifact sold for 45 pounds at auction amid criticism

LINCOLN, Britain - Auctioneers explain an artifact from the Hiroshima atomic bombing in 1945 which was put up for auction July 11 in Lincoln and sold for 45 pounds (about 6,700 yen). An 81-year-old British man decided to sell a roof tile from a Buddhist temple which was damaged by the explosion. He was given the piece by Sairenji's priest as a gift when he traveled to Hiroshima in 1952. (Kyodo)

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Woman sues gov't over recognition as Minamata Disease patient

OSAKA, Japan - Yasuo Tanaka (R), a lawyer for an 81-year-old woman who filed a lawsuit on May 16 demanding the state and Kumamoto Prefecture recognize her as having Minamata Disease mercury poisoning, speaks to reporters in Osaka after filing the suit with the Osaka District Court (Kyodo)

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French actress revisits Hiroshima after 50 yrs

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Emmanuelle Riva, the French actress who starred in the film ''Hiroshima Mon Amour'' that was shot while Hiroshima was still struggling following the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing, is greeted at a movie theater in Hiroshima on Dec. 5 on revisiting the city after a period of 50 years. The visit by the 81-year-old Riva was timed to coincide with an exhibition of photos she took during the shooting of the film in Hiroshima in September 1958. (Kyodo)

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Philippines actively seeking Japanese retirees

TOKYO, Japan - Jocelyn Capuno (L), a care worker, feeds an 81-year-old Japanese man partly paralyzed at the Rose Princes Home, a nursing facility on the outskirts of Manila. (Kyodo)

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Man harvests rice in field as Yamba Dam project gets canceled

NAGANOHARA, Japan - An 81-year-old man places harvested golden ears of rice in the sun in a field in Naganohara, Gunma Prefecture, on Sept. 21, 2009. The field would have been submerged had the Yamba Dam been constructed as planned. The new administration of Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has decided to cancel the costly dam project in Gunma Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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A-bomb survivor at NPT conference

NEW YORK, United States - Sumiteru Taniguchi, a survivor of the Nagasaki atomic bomb attack, holds up a picture of himself as a boy when he speaks of his suffering caused by the nuclear weapon during a session of the U.N. conference on reviewing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in New York on May 7, 2010. The 81-year-old said he cannot die in peace until he witnesses the elimination of nuclear weapons. (Kyodo)

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A-bomb survivor at NPT conference

NEW YORK, United States - Sumiteru Taniguchi, a survivor of the Nagasaki atomic bomb attack, holds up a picture of himself as a boy when he speaks of his suffering caused by the nuclear weapon during a session of the U.N. conference on reviewing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in New York on May 7, 2010. The 81-year-old said he cannot die in peace until he witnesses the elimination of nuclear weapons. (Kyodo)

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81-year-old Japanese man receives Ph.D. in Ireland

NAGOYA, Japan - Yoshio Oro, seen in this undated photo, received a Ph.D. from Trinity College Dublin in Ireland at the age of 81. (Kyodo)

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Dog awarded for keeping man, girl warm

SAPPORO, Japan - Asako Soma (R) receives an award certificate on behalf of Junior (L), a 7-year-old male Labrador Retriever, in the town of Naie, Hokkaido, on Nov. 24, 2011. The town government honored the dog for keeping his 81-year-old owner Yoshimasa Soma, husband of Asako, and the man's 3-year-old granddaughter Sukai Kimura warm in an overturned car during a freezing night. (Kyodo)

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Multiple-car accident in Fukuoka

Photo taken June 5, 2019, shows the scene of a road accident that occurred the previous night involving at least five vehicles that left an 81-year-old driver and his wife dead in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Multiple-car accident in Fukuoka

Photo taken June 5, 2019, shows the scene of a road accident that occurred the previous night involving at least five vehicles that left an 81-year-old driver and his wife dead in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Multiple-car accident in Fukuoka

Police investigate in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on June 5, 2019, one of the cars involved in a multiple-vehicle accident the previous night that left its 81-year-old driver and his wife dead. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Multiple-car accident in Fukuoka

Police investigate in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on June 5, 2019, one of the cars involved in a multiple-vehicle accident the previous night that left its 81-year-old driver and his wife dead. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo