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US: North Dakota Sees Powerful Winds Amid Tornado-Producing Storm

Severe weather swept across the upper Midwest on Friday, June 20, bringing powerful winds and leaving at least 3 dead in North Dakota as a tornado ripped through the area.

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Spanish Royal Couple At Anniversary Of Barcelona Olympics Games - Madrid

Queen Letizia of Spain attends the anniversary of the Barcelona Olympics games 1992 on April 26, 2024 in Madrid, Spain. Photo by Archie Andrews/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royal Couple At Anniversary Of Barcelona Olympics Games - Madrid

Queen Letizia of Spain attends the anniversary of the Barcelona Olympics games 1992 on April 26, 2024 in Madrid, Spain. Photo by Archie Andrews/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royal Couple At Anniversary Of Barcelona Olympics Games - Madrid

Queen Letizia of Spain, King Felipe of Spain attend the anniversary of the Barcelona Olympics games 1992 on April 26, 2024 in Madrid, Spain. Photo by Archie Andrews/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royal Couple At Anniversary Of Barcelona Olympics Games - Madrid

Queen Letizia of Spain, King Felipe of Spain attend the anniversary of the Barcelona Olympics games 1992 on April 26, 2024 in Madrid, Spain. Photo by Archie Andrews/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royal Couple At Anniversary Of Barcelona Olympics Games - Madrid

Queen Letizia of Spain attends the anniversary of the Barcelona Olympics games 1992 on April 26, 2024 in Madrid, Spain. Photo by Archie Andrews/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royal Couple At Anniversary Of Barcelona Olympics Games - Madrid

Queen Letizia of Spain, King Felipe of Spain attend the anniversary of the Barcelona Olympics games 1992 on April 26, 2024 in Madrid, Spain. Photo by Archie Andrews/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royal Couple At Anniversary Of Barcelona Olympics Games - Madrid

Queen Letizia of Spain attends the anniversary of the Barcelona Olympics games 1992 on April 26, 2024 in Madrid, Spain. Photo by Archie Andrews/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royal Couple At Anniversary Of Barcelona Olympics Games - Madrid

Queen Letizia of Spain attends the anniversary of the Barcelona Olympics games 1992 on April 26, 2024 in Madrid, Spain. Photo by Archie Andrews/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royal Couple At Anniversary Of Barcelona Olympics Games - Madrid

Queen Letizia of Spain attends the anniversary of the Barcelona Olympics games 1992 on April 26, 2024 in Madrid, Spain. Photo by Archie Andrews/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royal Couple At Anniversary Of Barcelona Olympics Games - Madrid

Queen Letizia of Spain attends the anniversary of the Barcelona Olympics games 1992 on April 26, 2024 in Madrid, Spain. Photo by Archie Andrews/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royal Couple At Anniversary Of Barcelona Olympics Games - Madrid

Queen Letizia of Spain attends the anniversary of the Barcelona Olympics games 1992 on April 26, 2024 in Madrid, Spain. Photo by Archie Andrews/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royal Couple At Anniversary Of Barcelona Olympics Games - Madrid

Queen Letizia of Spain, King Felipe of Spain attend the anniversary of the Barcelona Olympics games 1992 on April 26, 2024 in Madrid, Spain. Photo by Archie Andrews/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royal Couple At Anniversary Of Barcelona Olympics Games - Madrid

Queen Letizia of Spain, King Felipe of Spain attend the anniversary of the Barcelona Olympics games 1992 on April 26, 2024 in Madrid, Spain. Photo by Archie Andrews/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royal Couple At Anniversary Of Barcelona Olympics Games - Madrid

Queen Letizia of Spain attends the anniversary of the Barcelona Olympics games 1992 on April 26, 2024 in Madrid, Spain. Photo by Archie Andrews/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royal Couple At Anniversary Of Barcelona Olympics Games - Madrid

Queen Letizia of Spain attends the anniversary of the Barcelona Olympics games 1992 on April 26, 2024 in Madrid, Spain. Photo by Archie Andrews/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royal Couple At Anniversary Of Barcelona Olympics Games - Madrid

Queen Letizia of Spain attends the anniversary of the Barcelona Olympics games 1992 on April 26, 2024 in Madrid, Spain. Photo by Archie Andrews/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royal Couple At Anniversary Of Barcelona Olympics Games - Madrid

Queen Letizia of Spain, King Felipe of Spain attend the anniversary of the Barcelona Olympics games 1992 on April 26, 2024 in Madrid, Spain. Photo by Archie Andrews/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Former sumo grand champion Akebono dies at 54

Photo shows sumo wrestler Akebono holding the Emperor's Cup after winning his first top-division championship as a sekiwake at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan in May 1992. The former grand champion died at 54 in early April, 2024, of heart failure.

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Namibian initiative uses art to empower women

STORY: Namibian initiative uses art to empower women SHOOTING TIME: April 4, 2024 DATELINE: April 5, 2024 LENGTH: 0:02:03 LOCATION: Windhoek CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of activities at Penduka Trust 2. SOUNDBITE (English): CHRISTIEN ROOS, Co-founder of Penduka Trust 3. various of dance, textile and other activities at Penduka Trust STORYLINE: Penduka Trust, a women-empowering initiative in Namibia, is utilizing art to help locals secure a better life. The programs under Penduka Trust are diverse and comprehensive, catering to women with limited education and young mothers. They provide a wide range of training in skills, from storytelling and embroidery to pottery, agriculture, and jewelry making, showcasing the versatility and adaptability of the women involved. The initiative, which started with six women in Windhoek in 1992, has reached over 1,000 women in other parts of Namibia, where poverty is prevalent. SOUNDBITE (English): CHRISTIEN ROOS, Co-founder of Penduka Trust "We have traine

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(EnchantingGuangxi) CHINA-GUANGXI-QINZHOU PORT-LAND-SEA TRADE-TRANSFORMATION (CN)

(231012) -- QINZHOU, Oct. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 10, 2014 shows a wharf at the Qinzhou Port in Qinzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Started as a small fishing village in 1992, the Qinzhou Port of south China's Guangxi has been constructed into a modern international pivotal hub along the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor after 30 years of development. An automated container terminal for sea-rail intermodal services has been constructed in Qinzhou Port, along with the industrial cluster thriving at the Qinzhou Port section of China (Guangxi) Pilot Free Trade Zone. At present, Qinzhou Port has realized the daily operation of container trains and kept its connection with the China-Europe freight trains. It has opened more than 60 domestic and foreign container routes, which cover 61 cities in China and reach 393 ports in 119 countries and regions around the world, for the transportation of over 940 kinds of goods. (Xinhua/Zhang Ailin)

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(EnchantingGuangxi) CHINA-GUANGXI-QINZHOU PORT-LAND-SEA TRADE-TRANSFORMATION (CN)

(231012) -- QINZHOU, Oct. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Workers upload cargos for exportation at the Qinzhou Port in Qinzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, April 9, 2004. Started as a small fishing village in 1992, the Qinzhou Port of south China's Guangxi has been constructed into a modern international pivotal hub along the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor after 30 years of development. An automated container terminal for sea-rail intermodal services has been constructed in Qinzhou Port, along with the industrial cluster thriving at the Qinzhou Port section of China (Guangxi) Pilot Free Trade Zone. At present, Qinzhou Port has realized the daily operation of container trains and kept its connection with the China-Europe freight trains. It has opened more than 60 domestic and foreign container routes, which cover 61 cities in China and reach 393 ports in 119 countries and regions around the world, for the transportation of over 940 kinds of goods. (Xinhua/Chen Tianhu)

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Referendum in Uzbekistan approves constitutional amendments

STORY: Referendum in Uzbekistan approves constitutional amendments DATELINE: May 2, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:38 LOCATION: Tashkent CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the referendum 2. various of Uzbekistan's president voting STORYLINE: Preliminary results from the Uzbek Central Election Commission (CEC) announced on Monday show that a referendum held on April 30 has approved constitutional changes, with 90.21 percent of voters in favor. The current Constitution of Uzbekistan was adopted in December 1992. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Tashkent. (XHTV)

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A glimpse of milestones in China's manned space program

STORY: A glimpse of milestones in China's manned space program DATELINE: April 25, 2023 LENGTH: 0:04:52 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the achievements of China's manned space program 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHAI ZHIGANG, China's first spacewalker 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): NIE HAISHENG, Chinese astronaut 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): SHEN TINGZHENG, Specialist at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): SUN JIADONG, Chinese aerospace engineer, Honoree of the Medal of the Republic 6. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): BAO SHUO, Member of Beijing Aerospace Control Center STORYLINE: China's manned space program started in 1992 with a three-step strategy. The first step was to send astronauts into space and bring them back safely. In October 2003, China successfully launched its first manned spaceship Shenzhou-5. The Shenzhou-5 mission made China the third country to send a man into space after the Soviet Union and the United States. Two years later, China sent two ast

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CHINA-GANSU-POEM-ENTHUSIAST (CN)

(230422) -- LANZHOU, April 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhu Yanjun (L) gives an interview for the upcoming World Book Day in a studio of China Education Television in Beijing, capital of China, April 12, 2023. Zhu Yanjun, 50, is the runner-up of the 2023 Chinese Poetry Competition. After graduating from junior high school in 1992, he stopped his schooling and left his hometown, a village in Jingning County of northwest China's Gansu Province, and began to work as a migrant worker. Over the past 30 years, although he was always busy working during the day, he kept on spending his spare time to pursue his passion for poetry. This year, he finally appeared in the Chinese Poetry Competition and won the second place, stunning the audience with his talent. Zhu's obsession with poetry runs through every aspect of his life. Whenever he goes to a city for work, he first visits bookstores. On rainy days when the construction site where he works halts work temporarily, he usually rushes to the bookstore early in the mor

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CHINA-GANSU-POEM-ENTHUSIAST (CN)

(230422) -- LANZHOU, April 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhu Yanjun buys pastries, as gifts for the colleagues in his hometown, at a store of a traditional Chinese bakery brand in Beijing, capital of China, April 12, 2023. Zhu Yanjun, 50, is the runner-up of the 2023 Chinese Poetry Competition. After graduating from junior high school in 1992, he stopped his schooling and left his hometown, a village in Jingning County of northwest China's Gansu Province, and began to work as a migrant worker. Over the past 30 years, although he was always busy working during the day, he kept on spending his spare time to pursue his passion for poetry. This year, he finally appeared in the Chinese Poetry Competition and won the second place, stunning the audience with his talent. Zhu's obsession with poetry runs through every aspect of his life. Whenever he goes to a city for work, he first visits bookstores. On rainy days when the construction site where he works halts work temporarily, he usually rushes to the bookstore earl

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CHINA-GANSU-POEM-ENTHUSIAST (CN)

(230422) -- LANZHOU, April 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhu Yanjun looks through a book in the library of Jingning County, northwest China's Gansu Province, on April 10, 2023. Zhu Yanjun, 50, is the runner-up of the 2023 Chinese Poetry Competition. After graduating from junior high school in 1992, he stopped his schooling and left his hometown, a village in Jingning County of northwest China's Gansu Province, and began to work as a migrant worker. Over the past 30 years, although he was always busy working during the day, he kept on spending his spare time to pursue his passion for poetry. This year, he finally appeared in the Chinese Poetry Competition and won the second place, stunning the audience with his talent. Zhu's obsession with poetry runs through every aspect of his life. Whenever he goes to a city for work, he first visits bookstores. On rainy days when the construction site where he works halts work temporarily, he usually rushes to the bookstore early in the morning and spends the whole day read

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CHINA-GANSU-POEM-ENTHUSIAST (CN)

(230422) -- LANZHOU, April 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhu Yanjun (L) gives an interview for the upcoming World Book Day in a studio of China Education Television in Beijing, capital of China, April 12, 2023. Zhu Yanjun, 50, is the runner-up of the 2023 Chinese Poetry Competition. After graduating from junior high school in 1992, he stopped his schooling and left his hometown, a village in Jingning County of northwest China's Gansu Province, and began to work as a migrant worker. Over the past 30 years, although he was always busy working during the day, he kept on spending his spare time to pursue his passion for poetry. This year, he finally appeared in the Chinese Poetry Competition and won the second place, stunning the audience with his talent. Zhu's obsession with poetry runs through every aspect of his life. Whenever he goes to a city for work, he first visits bookstores. On rainy days when the construction site where he works halts work temporarily, he usually rushes to the bookstore early in the mor

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CHINA-GANSU-POEM-ENTHUSIAST (CN)

(230422) -- LANZHOU, April 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhu Yanjun shares poetry reading experience with students at Chengguan Primary School in Jingning County, northwest China's Gansu Province, on April 10, 2023. Zhu Yanjun, 50, is the runner-up of the 2023 Chinese Poetry Competition. After graduating from junior high school in 1992, he stopped his schooling and left his hometown, a village in Jingning County of northwest China's Gansu Province, and began to work as a migrant worker. Over the past 30 years, although he was always busy working during the day, he kept on spending his spare time to pursue his passion for poetry. This year, he finally appeared in the Chinese Poetry Competition and won the second place, stunning the audience with his talent. Zhu's obsession with poetry runs through every aspect of his life. Whenever he goes to a city for work, he first visits bookstores. On rainy days when the construction site where he works halts work temporarily, he usually rushes to the bookstore early in th

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CHINA-GANSU-POEM-ENTHUSIAST (CN)

(230422) -- LANZHOU, April 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhu Yanjun reads books at Beijing Books Building after taking part in a TV program interview in Beijing, capital of China, April 12, 2023. Zhu Yanjun, 50, is the runner-up of the 2023 Chinese Poetry Competition. After graduating from junior high school in 1992, he stopped his schooling and left his hometown, a village in Jingning County of northwest China's Gansu Province, and began to work as a migrant worker. Over the past 30 years, although he was always busy working during the day, he kept on spending his spare time to pursue his passion for poetry. This year, he finally appeared in the Chinese Poetry Competition and won the second place, stunning the audience with his talent. Zhu's obsession with poetry runs through every aspect of his life. Whenever he goes to a city for work, he first visits bookstores. On rainy days when the construction site where he works halts work temporarily, he usually rushes to the bookstore early in the morning and spends

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CHINA-GANSU-POEM-ENTHUSIAST (CN)

(230422) -- LANZHOU, April 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhu Yanjun shows the runner-up medal he won at the 2023 Chinese Poetry Competition at home in Jingning County, northwest China's Gansu Province, on April 10, 2023. Zhu Yanjun, 50, is the runner-up of the 2023 Chinese Poetry Competition. After graduating from junior high school in 1992, he stopped his schooling and left his hometown, a village in Jingning County of northwest China's Gansu Province, and began to work as a migrant worker. Over the past 30 years, although he was always busy working during the day, he kept on spending his spare time to pursue his passion for poetry. This year, he finally appeared in the Chinese Poetry Competition and won the second place, stunning the audience with his talent. Zhu's obsession with poetry runs through every aspect of his life. Whenever he goes to a city for work, he first visits bookstores. On rainy days when the construction site where he works halts work temporarily, he usually rushes to the bookstore early

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CHINA-GANSU-POEM-ENTHUSIAST (CN)

(230422) -- LANZHOU, April 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhu Yanjun and his colleague set up equipment for a World Book Day activity in Jingning County, northwest China's Gansu Province, on April 10, 2023. Zhu Yanjun, 50, is the runner-up of the 2023 Chinese Poetry Competition. After graduating from junior high school in 1992, he stopped his schooling and left his hometown, a village in Jingning County of northwest China's Gansu Province, and began to work as a migrant worker. Over the past 30 years, although he was always busy working during the day, he kept on spending his spare time to pursue his passion for poetry. This year, he finally appeared in the Chinese Poetry Competition and won the second place, stunning the audience with his talent. Zhu's obsession with poetry runs through every aspect of his life. Whenever he goes to a city for work, he first visits bookstores. On rainy days when the construction site where he works halts work temporarily, he usually rushes to the bookstore early in the morning

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CHINA-GANSU-POEM-ENTHUSIAST (CN)

(230422) -- LANZHOU, April 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhu Yanjun (L) gives an interview for the upcoming World Book Day in a studio of China Education Television in Beijing, capital of China, April 12, 2023. Zhu Yanjun, 50, is the runner-up of the 2023 Chinese Poetry Competition. After graduating from junior high school in 1992, he stopped his schooling and left his hometown, a village in Jingning County of northwest China's Gansu Province, and began to work as a migrant worker. Over the past 30 years, although he was always busy working during the day, he kept on spending his spare time to pursue his passion for poetry. This year, he finally appeared in the Chinese Poetry Competition and won the second place, stunning the audience with his talent. Zhu's obsession with poetry runs through every aspect of his life. Whenever he goes to a city for work, he first visits bookstores. On rainy days when the construction site where he works halts work temporarily, he usually rushes to the bookstore early in the mor

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CHINA-GANSU-POEM-ENTHUSIAST (CN)

(230422) -- LANZHOU, April 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhu Yanjun shares poetry reading experience with students at Chengguan Primary School in Jingning County, northwest China's Gansu Province, on April 10, 2023. Zhu Yanjun, 50, is the runner-up of the 2023 Chinese Poetry Competition. After graduating from junior high school in 1992, he stopped his schooling and left his hometown, a village in Jingning County of northwest China's Gansu Province, and began to work as a migrant worker. Over the past 30 years, although he was always busy working during the day, he kept on spending his spare time to pursue his passion for poetry. This year, he finally appeared in the Chinese Poetry Competition and won the second place, stunning the audience with his talent. Zhu's obsession with poetry runs through every aspect of his life. Whenever he goes to a city for work, he first visits bookstores. On rainy days when the construction site where he works halts work temporarily, he usually rushes to the bookstore early in th

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CHINA-GANSU-POEM-ENTHUSIAST (CN)

(230422) -- LANZHOU, April 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhu Yanjun shares poetry reading experience with students at Chengguan Primary School in Jingning County, northwest China's Gansu Province, on April 10, 2023. Zhu Yanjun, 50, is the runner-up of the 2023 Chinese Poetry Competition. After graduating from junior high school in 1992, he stopped his schooling and left his hometown, a village in Jingning County of northwest China's Gansu Province, and began to work as a migrant worker. Over the past 30 years, although he was always busy working during the day, he kept on spending his spare time to pursue his passion for poetry. This year, he finally appeared in the Chinese Poetry Competition and won the second place, stunning the audience with his talent. Zhu's obsession with poetry runs through every aspect of his life. Whenever he goes to a city for work, he first visits bookstores. On rainy days when the construction site where he works halts work temporarily, he usually rushes to the bookstore early in th

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CHINA-GANSU-POEM-ENTHUSIAST (CN)

(230422) -- LANZHOU, April 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhu Yanjun sorts out his notes of poems at home in Jingning County, northwest China's Gansu Province, on April 10, 2023. Zhu Yanjun, 50, is the runner-up of the 2023 Chinese Poetry Competition. After graduating from junior high school in 1992, he stopped his schooling and left his hometown, a village in Jingning County of northwest China's Gansu Province, and began to work as a migrant worker. Over the past 30 years, although he was always busy working during the day, he kept on spending his spare time to pursue his passion for poetry. This year, he finally appeared in the Chinese Poetry Competition and won the second place, stunning the audience with his talent. Zhu's obsession with poetry runs through every aspect of his life. Whenever he goes to a city for work, he first visits bookstores. On rainy days when the construction site where he works halts work temporarily, he usually rushes to the bookstore early in the morning and spends the whole day rea

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CHINA-GANSU-POEM-ENTHUSIAST (CN)

(230422) -- LANZHOU, April 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhu Yanjun transcribes poems in a hotel in Beijing, capital of China, on April 11, 2023. Zhu Yanjun, 50, is the runner-up of the 2023 Chinese Poetry Competition. After graduating from junior high school in 1992, he stopped his schooling and left his hometown, a village in Jingning County of northwest China's Gansu Province, and began to work as a migrant worker. Over the past 30 years, although he was always busy working during the day, he kept on spending his spare time to pursue his passion for poetry. This year, he finally appeared in the Chinese Poetry Competition and won the second place, stunning the audience with his talent. Zhu's obsession with poetry runs through every aspect of his life. Whenever he goes to a city for work, he first visits bookstores. On rainy days when the construction site where he works halts work temporarily, he usually rushes to the bookstore early in the morning and spends the whole day reading books. In order to make use

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CHINA-GANSU-POEM-ENTHUSIAST (CN)

(230422) -- LANZHOU, April 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhu Yanjun shows his notes for reciting poems in Beijing, capital of China, on April 12, 2023. Zhu Yanjun, 50, is the runner-up of the 2023 Chinese Poetry Competition. After graduating from junior high school in 1992, he stopped his schooling and left his hometown, a village in Jingning County of northwest China's Gansu Province, and began to work as a migrant worker. Over the past 30 years, although he was always busy working during the day, he kept on spending his spare time to pursue his passion for poetry. This year, he finally appeared in the Chinese Poetry Competition and won the second place, stunning the audience with his talent. Zhu's obsession with poetry runs through every aspect of his life. Whenever he goes to a city for work, he first visits bookstores. On rainy days when the construction site where he works halts work temporarily, he usually rushes to the bookstore early in the morning and spends the whole day reading books. In order to ma

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Chinese-aided national theater enlivens performing arts in Ghana

STORY: Chinese-aided national theater enlivens performing arts in Ghana DATELINE: April 17, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:17 LOCATION: Accra CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the National Theater of Ghana 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): AMY APPIAH FRIMPONG, Executive Director, Ghana National Theater 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): AMY APPIAH FRIMPONG, Executive Director, Ghana National Theater STORYLINE: The National Theater of Ghana is a landmark architecture funded by China in the 1990s. Today, it has become a symbol of friendship between China and Ghana. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): AMY APPIAH FRIMPONG, Executive Director, Ghana National Theater "The national theater came about in 1992 through a cooperative agreement between China and Ghana. It was a nice agreement between the governments of Ghana and China and it is much appreciated because it gave us the space that those of us in the performing arts sector never had before." The theater was designed by Chinese architect Cheng Taining, with an exterior resembling a large

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Ex-British Prime Minister Thatcher dies at 87

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in October 1992 shows former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Thatcher died April 8, 2013, after suffering a stroke, according to the BBC and other British media. She was 87.

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Ex-IOC chief Samaranch dies at 89

TOKYO, Japan - This file photo shows Juan Antonio Samaranch, former president of the International Olympic Committee, running in a torch rely for the Barcelona Olympic Games outside Barcelona in June 1992. Samaranch died at a hospital in Barcelona on April 21, 2010 at age 89.

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NTT DoCoMo hopes new logo will help boost brand strength

TOKYO, Japan - NTT DoCoMo Inc. President and Chief Executive Office Masao Nakamura shows the company's new logo during a news conference in Tokyo on April 18. The cellphone service provider plans to change on July 1 the logo it has used since the company's establishment in 1992.

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Fire damages replica of Columbus' Santa Maria in Kobe

KOBE, Japan - Firefighters fight to put out a fire aboard a replica of the explorer Christopher Columbus' Santa Maria on exhibition at the Meriken Park in Kobe on April 17. The fire was put under control about an hour later. The Santa Maria was the flagship of Columbus' fleet when he set sail on his first voyage across the Atlantic in 1492. The replica, about 32 meters long, was made in Spain in 1991. It spent the year of 1992 on an experimental voyage sailing from Barcelona to Kobe.

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Japan, N. Korea resume normalization talks

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Negotiators from Japan, sitting at far table, and North Korea begin senior-level talks on establishing diplomatic ties, in Pyongyang on April 5. The first round of negotiations, which mark a resumption of talks that collapsed in 1992, will be followed by a second in Tokyo and a third in Beijing or another country.

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Japan, N. Korea agree on normalization efforts

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Kojiro Takano (R), who leads the Japanese delegation at talks with North Korea on normalizing diplomatic ties, and Jong Thae Hwa, who heads the North Korean side at the talks, pose for photographers at a welcome banquet for the Japanese officials in Pyongyang on April 4. Senior-level negotiations are being held for the first time since such talks collapsed in 1992.

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World champion Yoshida wins Olympic berth

FUKUOKA, Japan - World champion and 1992 Olympic gold medalist Hidehiko Yoshida drops Nippon Steel teammate Masatoshi Tobitsuka for an ippon victory in the 90-kg final at the judo weight class national championships April 2. The victory returned 30-year-old Yoshida to the Japanese national team for a third straight Olympics.

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Former Soviet Pres. Gorbachev's wife Raisa dies

TOKYO, Japan - This file photo shows Raisa Gorbachev (L) and her husband, former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev (R), paying a visit to Tokyo Disneyland in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, in April 1992. Raisa died of leukemia Sept. 20 at a hospital in Germany at 67. She had been hospitalized since July 25.

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Akira Kurosawa, on location for 'Madadayo'

Japan's internationally acclaimed movie director Akira Kurosawa, who died Sunday at his home in Tokyo at age 88, is shown here giving instructions to his staff while on location in Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture, in April 1992 for ''Madadayo,'' the 1993 movie which marked the 50th anniversary of his career as film director. ''Madadayo'' is a story about a poignant relationship between a retired university teacher and his former students.

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Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev in Hiroshima in 1992

Photo taken April 17, 1992, shows former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev (R), his wife Raisa and Hiroshima Mayor Takashi Hiraoka as they pose for photos at the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, western Japan.

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China key contributor to safeguarding Cambodia's famed Angkor Archaeological Park

STORY: China key contributor to safeguarding Cambodia's famed Angkor Archaeological Park DATELINE: April 28, 2022 LENGTH: 00:04:24 LOCATION: Phnom Penh CATEGORY: ECONOMY/CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Angkor Wat temple 2. various of the Bayon temple STORYLINE: China has been one of the key contributors to safeguarding, preserving and developing the famed Angkor Archaeological Park in northwest Cambodia's Siem Reap province, officials said on Wednesday. The Angkor Archaeological Park, inscribed on the World Heritage List of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 1992, is the most popular tourist destination in the Southeast Asian nation. Covering an area of 401-square kilometers, the Angkor site contains the magnificent remains of the different capitals of the Khmer Empire from the ninth to the 15th century, and it consists of scores of key temples such as the Angkor Wat, Angkor Thom, Bayon, Chau Say Tevoda and Ta Keo, among others. Long Kosal, d