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Russian expat finds ideal place for personal growth in E China

STORY: Russian expat finds ideal place for personal growth in E China DATELINE: Aug. 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:03 LOCATION: HANGZHOU, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ROMAN BUZUNOV, Russian expat 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ROMAN BUZUNOV, Russian expat 3. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): ROMAN BUZUNOV, Russian expat 4. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): ROMAN BUZUNOV, Russian expat 5. various of Roman's daily life in China STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ROMAN BUZUNOV, Russian expat "My name is Roman, I'm from Russia, and now I live and work in China, in Changxing, Huzhou city, Zhejiang province, a beautiful city next to Taihu Lake and not far away from Shanghai, only 200 kilometers away. I came to Changxing at the end of 2014, and I like this city very much. I joined Noblelift Intelligent Equipment by the end of the year and became a member of the company. And actually, at that time, I felt quite a high level of support from local authorities and also from the company. So my transition from Russia to Ch

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ICRC carries out mental health project to help conflict victims in Cameroon

STORY: ICRC carries out mental health project to help conflict victims in Cameroon DATELINE: Aug. 19, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:53 LOCATION: Yaounde CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Gance village in Cameroon's Far North region 2. various of ICRC workers helping displaced women 3. SOUNDBITE (French): EMERANCE VANESSA MBIA, ICRC psychologist STORYLINE: A support team set up by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is helping conflict victims in Cameroon's Far North region. Since 2014, a wide area of the region has suffered from fightings between the terrorist group Boko Haram and government forces. People in the region have suffered all kinds of losses and many of them are immersed in great pain. The ICRC project aims to help them recover and carry on with their life. SOUNDBITE (French): EMERANCE VANESSA MBIA, ICRC psychologist "In view of the suffering these people have experienced, as well as in their communities, ICRC has set up an assistance program to bring together the families

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ICRC sows seeds of hope for conflict-affected young farmers in Cameroon

STORY: ICRC sows seeds of hope for conflict-affected young farmers in Cameroon DATELINE: Aug. 12, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:58 LOCATION: Yaounde CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of views in Kerawa locality in the Far North region, Cameroon 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (French): NOURATOU BOUBA HADJA, ICRC agricultural engineer 3. various of people visiting a field of okra and maize in Mozogo locality in the Far North region 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (French): BOUKARA ABBA, Farmer 5. various of the family of Wandala Hoda eating together 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (French): WANDALA HODA, Displaced person 7. various of Simplice Sadou talking to others 8. SOUNDBITE 4 (French): SIMPLICE SADOU, Far North regional chief of agriculture and rural development 9. various of people chatting under a tree STORYLINE: Since 2014, a wide area of Cameroon's Far North region has been suffering from the fighting between the terrorist group Boko Haram and government forces. The armed conflict and worsening humanitarian crises have left the region's agriculture

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Chinese volunteers help talent growth in Kenyan slum

STORY: Chinese volunteers help talent growth in Kenyan slum DATELINE: Aug. 12, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:33 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of talent show 2. various of audience 3. various of football competition 4. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): WANG ZEXU, Volunteer 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): FU YUJIE, Volunteer 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): BEVERLEY MASITA, Volunteer 7. various of carnival 8. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): EMMANUEL ODHIAMBO, Participant STORYLINE: Hundreds of children joined a carnival held by Dream Building Service Association (DBSA), a non-governmental organization (NGO), in Mathare in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi on Friday. The event allowed the children to showcase their talent in different fields. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): WANG ZEXU, Volunteer "Our carnival started from 2015 and this year that is our fifth carnival. They love it. They are crazy about the carnival. You can see all the kids around here. They love the camera, and they want to show their talents." DBSA, founded in 2014 b

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Asics to sell 100 gloves modeled on Darvish's

OSAKA, Japan - A model of the baseball glove used by Texas Rangers right-hander Yu Darvish in this year's Major League Baseball All-Star Game is shown on Aug. 27, 2014. Asics Corp., the manufacturer of the glove, announced on Sept. 3 a limited sale of 100 gloves of the same model.

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Honda nets in Milan's season-opening win

MILAN, Italy - AC Milan's Keisuke Honda scores the opener in the first half of a Serie A match against Lazio on Aug. 31, 2014, in Milan, Italy. AC Milan beat Lazio 3-1.

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Semifinal settled following 50-inning fight

AKASHI, Japan - Players of Chukyo High School and Sotoku High School rubber-ball baseball teams celebrate their good fight after a 50-inning semifinal game at the national championship on Aug. 31, 2014, in Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture. Chukyo beat Sotoku 3-0. Chukyo also won the final game later in the day.

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Nishikori rolls into round of 16 at U.S. Open

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's Kei Nishikori expresses joy after beating Argentina's Leonardo Mayer in a U.S. Open match on Aug. 30, 2014, in New York. Nishikori beat Mayer 6-4, 6-2, 6-3 to advance to the round of 16.

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Nishikori rolls into round of 16 at U.S. Open

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's Kei Nishikori returns a shot during a U.S. Open match against Argentina's Leonardo Mayer on Aug. 30, 2014, in New York. Nishikori beat Mayer 6-4, 6-2, 6-3 to advance to the round of 16.

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Japanese, Czech pair win 1st doubles match at U.S. Open

TOKYO, Japan - Kimiko Date-Krumm (L) of Japan and Barbora Strycova of the Czech Republic play in the first round of the U.S. Open women's doubles against the U.S. pair of Irina Falconi and Anna Tatishvili at the Billy-Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on Aug. 27, 2014. Date-Krumm and Strycoya won 7-5, 4-6, 6-3.

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Japan's Ito advances to U.S. Open 2nd round

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Tatsuma Ito returns a shot during a match against American Steve Johnson in the first-round match of the U.S. Open on Aug. 27, 2014, in New York. Ito advanced to the second round as Johnson retired at 2-6, 6-3, 7-5, 1-4, due to severe cramping in the hot and humid conditions.

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Japan's Ito advances to U.S. Open 2nd round

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Tatsuma Ito returns a shot during a match against American Steve Johnson in the first-round match of the U.S. Open on Aug. 27, 2014, in New York. Ito advanced to the second round as Johnson retired at 2-6, 6-3, 7-5, 1-4, due to severe cramping in the hot and humid conditions.

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Incheon Asian Games athletes' village

INCHEON, South Korea - Photo taken Aug. 26, 2014, shows a restaurant accommodating 3,500 people in the athletes' village of the upcoming Asian Games in South Korea's western city of Incheon. The organizers of the games, running from Sept. 19 to Oct. 4, opened the athletes' village to the press the same day.

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Kimiko Date-Krumm falls to Venus Williams

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese veteran Kimiko Date-Krumm returns a shot during the first round of the U.S. Open in New York, the United States, on Aug. 25, 2014. Date-Krumm fell to two-time U.S. Open champion Venus Williams 2-6, 6-3, 6-3.

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Mie finishes 2nd in national high school baseball c'ship

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Hayato Nagano, captain of Mie, receives the second-place plaque at the closing ceremony at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, on Aug. 25, 2014, after the team's 3-4 loss to Osaka Toin in the final of Japan's national high school baseball championship. (Pool photo)

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Osaka Toin wins national high school baseball championship

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Makoto Nakamura, captain of Osaka Toin, receives the champions' flag after the team's 4-3 victory over Mie in the final game of Japan's national high school baseball championship at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, on Aug. 25, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Osaka Toin wins championship at Koshien

KOSHIEN, Japan - Members of Osaka Toin High School baseball team celebrate as they defeated Mie Highschool 4-3 in the final of the 96th national high school baseball championship at Koshien Stadium, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan on Aug. 25, 2014.

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Matsuyama makes bunker shot at Barclays tournament

PARAMUS, United States - Hideki Matsuyama of Japan plays a bunker shot on the 17th hole in the third round of the Barclays golf tournament at the Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, New Jersey, on Aug. 23, 2014. He finished 30th on the day with a 3 under par total.

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Man shows photos of B-29s crashed in 1945

SENDAI, Japan - Hiroshi Kawamata speaks in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 3, 2014, about his experience with showing pictures of U.S. B-29 bombers taken four months after they crashed on the ridge of Mt. Fubo in Shiraishi, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 10, 1945, the day of the so-called Great Tokyo Air Raids. Residents in the city are planning to hold a memorial service for 34 crew members killed in the three B-29 crashes, in 2015, the 70th anniversary of the end of the Pacific War.

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Tourists view gun battery ruins on war island

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Tourists view the ruins of a World War II gun battery on Okinoshima, one of a cluster of four islands in the Inland Sea off Wakayama, western Japan, on Aug. 3, 2014. The island is attracting young visitors as it looks like a floating fortress in "Laputa: Castle in the Sky," a 1986 Japanese animation film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki.

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Matsuyama ends PGA Championship tied for 36th

LOUISVILLE, United States - Japan's Hideki Matsuyama celebrates after sinking a chip-in birdie on the 17th hole for a 3-under 68 to finish tied for 36th at 3-under 281 in the final round of the PGA Championship at the Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky, on Aug. 10, 2014.

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Yu Darvish

HOUSTON, United States - Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish is pictured in the fourth inning of a game against the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas, on Aug. 9, 2014. The Astros won 8-3.

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Yu Darvish

HOUSTON, United States - Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish is pictured at a press conference following the team's 8-3 defeat to the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas, on Aug. 9, 2014.

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Yu Darvish

HOUSTON, United States - Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish is pictured after being replaced during the fifth inning of a game against the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas, on Aug. 9, 2014. The Astros won 8-3.

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China quake death toll nears 600 amid ongoing rescue efforts

LUDIAN, China - A child eats inside a tent in Ludian County of Zhaotong City in southwestern China's Yunnan Province on Aug. 6, 2014, following a devastating earthquake. The 6.5-magnitude quake which struck at 4:30 p.m. on Aug. 3 was centered in the county.

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China quake death toll nears 600 amid ongoing rescue efforts

LUDIAN, China - Workers remove landside debris from a road in Ludian County of Zhaotong City in southwestern China's Yunnan Province on Aug. 6, 2014, following a devastating earthquake. The 6.5-magnitude quake which struck at 4:30 p.m. on Aug. 3 was centered in the county.

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Yankees' Kuroda pitches against Detroit Tigers

NEW YORK, United States - New York Yankees starting pitcher Hiroki Kuroda of Japan reacts after allowing a run-tying RBI single to the Detroit Tigers' Alex Avila in the seventh inning on Aug. 5, 2014, at Yankee Stadium in New York. The Yankees lost 4-3 in 12 innings.

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Yankees' Kuroda pitches against Detroit Tigers

NEW YORK, United States - New York Yankees starting pitcher Hiroki Kuroda of Japan pitches against the Detroit Tigers on Aug. 5, 2014, at Yankee Stadium in New York. Kuroda worked seven solid innings, but the Yankees lost 4-3 in 12 innings.

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China quake death toll nears 600 amid ongoing rescue efforts

LUDIAN, China - Children's bags are left among the rubble of collapsed houses in Ludian County of Zhaotong City in southwestern China's Yunnan Province on Aug. 5, 2014, following a devastating earthquake. The 6.5-magnitude quake which struck at 4:30 p.m. on Aug. 3 was centered in the county.

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Emergency food brought to quake victims in China

ZHAOTONG, China - Chinese police officers carry emergency food on Aug. 5, 2014, Longtoushan under Ludian County of Zhaotong City, Yunnan Province, southwestern China, after a major earthquake struck the area on Aug. 3.

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Residents walk through debris in quake-hit China

ZHAOTONG, China - Residents walk through debris of destroyed houses in Longtoushan under Ludian County of Zhaotong City, Yunnan Province, southwestern China, on Aug. 5, 2014, after a major earthquake struck the area on Aug. 3.

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Families lose loved ones in China quake

ZHAOTONG, China - Residents who lost their family members walk through debris on Aug. 5, 2014, in Longtoushan under Ludian County of Zhaotong City, Yunnan Province, southwestern China, which was hit by a major earthquake on Aug. 3.

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Helicopter flies over quake-hit China town

ZHAOTONG, China - A helicopter flies over Longtoushan under Ludian County of Zhaotong City, Yunnan Province, southwestern China, on Aug. 5, 2014, after a major earthquake struck the area on Aug. 3.

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Collapsed school building photographed

ZHAOTONG, China - Photo taken on Aug. 5, 2014, shows a collapsed school building in Longtoushan under Ludian County of Zhaotong City, Yunnan Province, southwestern China. A major quake struck the area on Aug. 3.

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Strong quake in southern China kills hundreds

ZHAOTONG, China - A rescued boy is put on a drip in Zhaotong in southwestern China's Yunnan Province on Aug. 4, 2014, following a powerful earthquake. Hundreds of people were killed by the 6.5-magnitude quake, which struck Ludian County of Zhaotong City at 4:30 p.m. on Aug. 3.

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Strong quake in southern China kills hundreds

ZHAOTONG, China - Food is provided in an earthquake-hit area in Zhaotong in southwestern China's Yunnan Province on Aug. 4, 2014. Hundreds of people were killed by the 6.5-magnitude quake, which struck Ludian County of Zhaotong City at 4:30 p.m. on Aug. 3.

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Memorial service held for ancestors on Habomai group island

SAPPORO, Japan - A memorial service is held for ancestors at a cemetery on Suishojima in the Habomai islet group, one of the four Russian-controlled, Japanese-claimed islands off Hokkaido, on Aug. 3, 2014, attended by a group of former islanders visiting their family graves on the disputed islands. (Photo by accompanying press)

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Strong quake in southern China kills hundreds

ZHAOTONG, China - Photo shows a devastated area in Zhaotong in southwestern China's Yunnan Province on Aug. 4, 2014, following a powerful earthquake. Hundreds of people were killed by the 6.5-magnitude quake, which struck Ludian County of Zhaotong City at 4:30 p.m. on Aug. 3.

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Copacabana beach, 2 years before Rio 2016 Olympics

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is packed with people on Aug. 3, 2014. The beach will host beach volleyball competitions during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

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Sailing test event for Rio 2016 Olympics

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Windsurfers line up to start a test event for Rio 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Aug. 3, 2014. In the background is the statue of Christ the Redeemer.

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Matsuyama at Bridgestone Invitational

AKRON, United States - Japan's Hideki Matsuyama (L) shakes hands with his playing partner after holing out in the final round of the Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio, on Aug. 3, 2014. Matsuyama ended up in a tie for 12th at a 6-under 274.

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Japan's Nara runner-up in Citi Open

WASHINGTON, United States - Japan's Kurumi Nara holds the runner-up trophy at the Citi Open. In the final on Aug. 3, 2014, in Washington D.C., Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova beat Nara 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.

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Japan's Nara runner-up in Citi Open

WASHINGTON, United States - Japan's Kurumi Nara returns a shot during the Citi Open final against Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova in Washington D.C. on Aug. 3, 2014. Kuznetsova beat Nara 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.

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Japan's Nara runner-up in Citi Open

WASHINGTON, United States - Japan's Kurumi Nara returns a shot during the Citi Open final against Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova in Washington D.C. on Aug. 3, 2014. Kuznetsova beat Nara 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.

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Woods withdraws from Bridgestone tourney for back pain

AKRON, United States - Tiger Woods (L) appears to be in discomfort as he rides a cart at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio, where he withdrew midway through the final round of the Bridgestone Invitational golf tournament due to severe back pain on Aug. 3, 2014.

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Grimacing Woods gets in car at Firestone CC

AKRON, United States - Tiger Woods gets in a car at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio, on Aug. 3, 2014, after withdrawing midway through the final round of the Bridgestone Invitational golf tournament due to back pain.

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Matsuyama scores birdie on 2nd hole of Bridgestone golf

AKRON, United States - Japan's Hideki Matsuyama launches his third shot from the rough behind the green in the final round of the Bridgestone Invitational golf tournament at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio, on Aug. 3, 2014. He scored a birdie on the hole.

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Tochigi Girls' HS 3rd at nat'l high school manga contest

KOCHI, Japan - A team of students from Tochigi Girls' High School in Tochigi, northeast of Tokyo, poses after winning the third prize at the 23rd National High School Manga Championship of Japan held in Kochi, western Japan, on Aug. 3, 2014.

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Ex-Japan PM Fukuda met in secret with China's Xi in July

TOKYO, Japan - Combination photo shows former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping. It was reported Aug. 3, 2014, that they met in secret in late July when Fukuda visited China.

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Tochigi Girls' Hs cartoon 3rd at nat'l manga contest

KOCHI, Japan - A cartoon drawn by a team of students from Tochigi Girls' High School in Tochigi, northeast of Tokyo, wins the third prize at the 23rd National High School Manga Championship of Japan held in Kochi, western Japan, on Aug. 3, 2014.