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Iraqi security personnel cast ballots ahead of provincial elections

STORY: Iraqi security personnel cast ballots ahead of provincial elections SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 16, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 17, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:14 LOCATION: Baghdad CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of polling centers in Baghdad STORYLINE: Iraqi security personnel cast their votes on Saturday in 15 of the country's 18 provinces ahead of the provincial elections slated for Monday following a 10-year hiatus. The voting began after 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT) when soldiers and policemen lined up to cast their ballots at polling centers in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad and several other cities in the 15 provinces of the country, excluding the three provinces of the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region. According to figures from Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission, more than 1 million voters from the security personnel are expected to cast ballots in 565 polling centers in the 15 provinces. The last provincial elections in Iraq were held in April 2013. Xinhua News Agency correspondents repo

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Ex-S.Korean President Lee Myung-bak granted special presidential pardon

STORY: Ex-S.Korean President Lee Myung-bak granted special presidential pardon DATELINE: Dec. 27, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:08 LOCATION: Seoul CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the press briefing by the Ministry of Justice (courtesy of Yonhap) 2. various of former President Lee Myung-bak (courtesy of Yonhap) 3. various of Lee Myung-bak attending a court trial (courtesy of Yonhap) STORYLINE: South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol on Tuesday granted his special pardons to former President Lee Myung-bak as well as some other politicians and former government officials, according to the Ministry of Justice. Lee, who had served a single, five-year presidency until February 2013, was sentenced in October 2020 to 17 years in prison for bribery and embezzlement, but his sentence has been put on hold since June for his health problems. With the special pardon to be effective on Wednesday, Lee will be exempted from the remaining 15 years in prison. It marked the second presidential pardon that Yoon has granted si

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New political party launched to fight powerful ruling bloc

TOKYO, Japan - Kenji Eda speaks at a meeting to launch the new political party "Yui no to" at a hotel in Tokyo on Dec. 18, 2013. Eda, former secretary general of the opposition Your Party, heads the new party consisting of 15 lawmakers -- 14 of whom, including Eda, bolted from Your Party, and one independent.

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Pyongyang scene

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Women take part in aerobics at a sports center in Pyongyang on Dec. 15, 2013.

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Pyongyang scene

PYONGYANG, North Korea - People play squash at a sports center in Pyongyang on Dec. 15, 2013.

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Tokyo Tower illuminated in Olympic colors

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Dec. 15, 2013, shows Tokyo Tower illuminated in the Olympic colors in celebration of the city being chosen to host the 2020 Summer Olympic Games.

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Threats over comics

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows "Kuruko no Basuke" (The Basketball which Kuroko Plays) comic books selling at a Tokyo bookstore in November 2013. Police arrested 36-year-old man Hirofumi Watanabe on Dec. 15, 2013, over a long-running attempt to intimidate bookstore chain operators and major convenience stores into stopping selling the popular comic series and related goods.

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Watanabe inks minor league deal with Boston

NARITA, Japan - Free-agent right-hander Shunsuke Watanabe answers reporters' questions at Narita airport near Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2013, upon returning from the United States. Watanabe, a former Lotte Marines submariner, said he has signed a minor league contract with the World Series champion Boston Red Sox.

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Geminid meteor shower

KUSHIMOTO, Japan - Photo taken in Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, shows a shooting star of the Geminid meteor shower in the early hours of Dec. 15, 2013. Jupiter is visible in the far right.

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Meeting to resolve conflict in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - A government-sponsored meeting is held in Bangkok, Thailand, on Dec. 15, 2013, in an effort to resolve the political conflict that has led to prolonged antigovernment demonstrations.

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Tokyo Tower illuminated in Olympic colors

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Dec. 15, 2013, shows Tokyo Tower illuminated in the Olympic colors in celebration of the city being chosen to host the 2020 Summer Olympic Games.

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Vietnamese prime minister in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung (L side, 2nd from front, with glasses) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R side, front) hold talks at Abe's office in Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2013.

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Myanmar's president in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Myanmar's President Thein Sein (L side, front) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R side, front) hold talks at Abe's office in Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2013.

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Tokyo Tower illuminated in Olympic colors

TOKYO, Japan - Women to participate in the Miss International contest pose in front of Tokyo Tower on Dec. 15, 2013, which is illuminated in the Olympic colors in celebration of Tokyo being chosen to host the 2020 Summer Olympic Games.

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Asia Express wins Asahihai Futurity Stakes

TOKYO, Japan - Asia Express (6), ridden by Ryan Moore, gallops to victory in the Asahihai Futurity Stakes at Nakayama Racecourse in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, on Dec. 15, 2013. Fourth favorite Asia Express won its turf debut in the race.

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Zaccheroni in talk show

TOKYO, Japan - Japan national soccer team coach Alberto Zaccheroni speaks during a talk show in Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2013.

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Asia Express wins Asahihai Futurity Stakes

TOKYO, Japan - Asia Express (6), ridden by Ryan Moore, gallops to victory in the Asahihai Futurity Stakes at Nakayama Racecourse in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, on Dec. 15, 2013. Fourth favorite Asia Express won its turf debut in the race.

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Geminid meteor shower

KUSHIMOTO, Japan - Photo shows a shooting star of the Geminid meteor shower observed from Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, in the early hours of Dec. 15, 2013.

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Laotian prime minister in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Laotian Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands before holding talks at Abe's office in Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2013.

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Laotian prime minister in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Laotian Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong (L side, 2nd from front) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R side, front) hold talks at Abe's office in Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2013. Abe is holding a fan called in Japanese "uchiwa" with a picture of the prime ministers shaking hands, which was made in Laos with technical cooperation from Marugame City in Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan.

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Asia Express wins Asahihai Futurity Stakes

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows jockey Ryan Moore on Asia Express after they won the Asahihai Futurity Stakes at Nakayama Racecourse in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, on Dec. 15, 2013. Fourth favorite Asia Express won its turf debut in the race.

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Vietnamese prime minister in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands before holding talks at Abe's office in Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2013.

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Myanmar's president in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Myanmar's President Thein Sein (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands before holding talks at Abe's office in Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2013.

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Kids enjoy citrus picking in ex-evacuation zone

HIRONO, Japan - Kindergartners take part in picking "mikan" at an orange grove in the Fukushima prefectural town of Hirono on Dec. 15, 2014. The town was once designated as an evacuation zone after the 2011 nuclear disaster in the northeastern Japanese prefecture. The orange grove resumed fruit picking in 2013 due to progress in decontamination work.

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Young priests seek marriage partners

NIIGATA, Japan - So Asakura, deputy master of Kompoji, a temple in the city of Niigata, gives a lay sermon at the start of a matchmaking party at a restaurant in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture on Dec. 15, 2013.

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Young priests seek marriage partners

NIIGATA, Japan - A Buddhist priest (R) converses over food and drinks during a matchmaking party at a restaurant in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture on Dec. 15, 2013.

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Farmer still holds grudge against TEPCO

IITATE, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 15, 2013 shows Nobuyoshi Ito, who describes himself as an "apprentice farmer," holding a dosimeter in front of snow-covered bags containing earth and sand resulting from decontamination work in the village of Iitate, Fukushima Prefecture. (Photo by Makoto Hori)

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show (from R front) the No. 4, No. 3, No. 2 and No. 1 reactor buildings at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on Dec. 15, 2011 (top), about nine months after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years after the disaster on Sept. 6, 2013 (bottom).

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Judo coach resigns over abuse scandal

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese women's judo coach Ryuji Sonoda (R) taking part in a training session in Tokyo on Dec. 20, 2012. Sonoda said Jan. 31, 2013, he will submit his resignation to the All Japan Judo Federation following revelations that 15 top female judo wrestlers sent a joint complaint to the Japan Olympic Committee at the end of 2012, alleging they had been subjected to harassment and physical violence by Sonoda and other coaching staff at a training camp in the buildup to the London Olympics.

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Tunnel after ceiling collapse

KOSHU, Japan - The inbound lanes in the Sasago Tunnel on the Chuo Expressway in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, are shown to reporters on Jan. 15, 2013, for the first time since the fatal collapse of interior roof on Dec. 2, 2012.

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Tunnel after ceiling collapse

KOSHU, Japan - The inbound lanes in the Sasago Tunnel on the Chuo Expressway in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, are shown to reporters on Jan. 15, 2013, for the first time since the fatal collapse of interior roof on Dec. 2, 2012.

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Tunnel after ceiling collapse

KOSHU, Japan - The inbound lanes in the Sasago Tunnel on the Chuo Expressway in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, are shown to reporters on Jan. 15, 2013, for the first time since the fatal collapse of interior roof on Dec. 2, 2012.

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Afghanistan's U.N. envoy

Ghulam Isaczai, seen in this file photo taken in August 2013, resigned as Afghanistan's ambassador to the United Nations on Dec. 15, 2021, according to U.S. magazine Foreign Policy.

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Night scene of Pyongyang

File photo taken Dec. 15, 2013, shows a night scene of the Grand People's Study House in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kids enjoy citrus picking in ex-evacuation zone

HIRONO, Japan - Kindergartners take part in picking "mikan" at an orange grove in the Fukushima prefectural town of Hirono on Dec. 15, 2014. The town was once designated as an evacuation zone after the 2011 nuclear disaster in the northeastern Japanese prefecture. The orange grove resumed fruit picking in 2013 due to progress in decontamination work. (Kyodo)