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CHINA-HAINAN-HAIKOU-WATERFOWL-WORLD WETLANDS DAY (CN)

(230202) -- HAIKOU, Feb. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A flock of black-faced spoonbills are observed at Danzhou Bay Wetland in Danzhou, south China's Hainan Province, Dec. 13, 2022. February 2 marks World Wetlands Day. A total of 32,036 water birds of 71 species were observed during a latest annual survey of water birds wintering in Hainan. Among them, 201 black-faced spoonbills were recorded, the highest number since the survey of wintering water birds began in 2003. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)

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CHINA-HAINAN-HAIKOU-WATERFOWL-WORLD WETLANDS DAY (CN)

(230202) -- HAIKOU, Feb. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A spoon-billed sandpiper forages at Danzhou Bay Wetland in Danzhou, south China's Hainan Province, Dec. 11, 2022. February 2 marks World Wetlands Day. A total of 32,036 water birds of 71 species were observed during a latest annual survey of water birds wintering in Hainan. Among them, 201 black-faced spoonbills were recorded, the highest number since the survey of wintering water birds began in 2003. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)

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CHINA-HAINAN-HAIKOU-WATERFOWL-WORLD WETLANDS DAY (CN)

(230202) -- HAIKOU, Feb. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A spoon-billed sandpiper forages at Danzhou Bay Wetland in Danzhou, south China's Hainan Province, Dec. 11, 2022. February 2 marks World Wetlands Day. A total of 32,036 water birds of 71 species were observed during a latest annual survey of water birds wintering in Hainan. Among them, 201 black-faced spoonbills were recorded, the highest number since the survey of wintering water birds began in 2003. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)

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Guarding black-necked cranes in SW China

STORY: Guarding black-necked cranes in SW China DATELINE: Dec. 16, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:02 LOCATION: ZHAOTONG, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of Yunnan Dashanbao National Nature Reserve 2. various of Chen Guanghui and black-necked cranes 3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): CHEN GUANGHUI, crane protector, Yunnan Dashanbao National Nature Reserve for Black-necked Cranes STORYLINE: Yunnan Dashanbao National Nature Reserve for Black-necked Cranes, located in Zhaoyang District of Zhaotong City in southwest China's Yunnan Province, is the most significant wintering habitat and transfer station for migratory black-necked cranes on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau. Chen Guanghui, 38, has been dedicated to the protection work of black-necked cranes at the reserve since 2003. She made a special whistle sound to communicate with the birds. Every year, once the black-necked cranes flock to the reserve during their migration, Chen spends hours every day feeding the birds, observing their activities and patrolling. 19

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Guinness identifies Japanese maglev speed as world's fastest

KOFU, Japan - Photo shows a Guinness Book of Records certifying that a magnetically levitated (maglev) train of Central Japan Railways Co. (JR Tokai) has made the fastest speed in the world for any manned maglev train. JR Tokai's manned maglev train, also known as a linear motor car, scored a top speed of 581 kilometers per hour at the firm's test railway in Yamanashi Prefecture west of Tokyo on Dec. 2, 2003.

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Ex-Carp manager Takeshi Koba to run in Hiroshima mayor race

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Takeshi Koba, a baseball commentator and former Hiroshima Carp manager, tells a press conference at a hotel in Hiroshima's Naka Ward on Dec. 16 that he will run in the Hiroshima mayoral election scheduled for Feb. 2, 2003.

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Nissan to test-drive fuel-cell vehicle on public roads

TOKYO, Japan - Nissan Motor Co. said Dec. 10 it has gained government approval to test-drive its fuel-cell powered sports-utility vehicle, X-Trail FCV (in photo), on public roads in order to start leasing fuel-cell vehicles in 2003. Nissan will be the third Japanese automaker to launch a fuel-cell vehicle, after Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co. launched such cars Dec. 2.

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3 ad agencies to integrate management under holding firm

TOKYO, Japan - Hideki Nakao (L), president of Daiko Advertising Inc., Toshio Miyagawa (C), president of Hakuhodo Inc., and Katsuhiko Koike, president of Yomiko Advertising Inc. join hands at a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 2 after announcing to integrate the three ad agencies' management under a holding company to be set up in fall 2003.

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Black-necked cranes flock to wetlands in China's Tibet

STORY: Black-necked cranes flock to wetlands in China's Tibet DATELINE: Dec. 8, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:39 LOCATION: LHASA, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of views of Lhunzhub County 2. various of black-necked cranes STORYLINE: More and more black-necked cranes have arrived at wetlands in Lhunzhub County in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region to spend winter this year. Lhunzhub is a core protection area of a nature reserve for black-necked cranes, a species under first-class state protection in China. Located near the mid-stream of the Yarlung Zangbo River, the area was designated as a regional nature reserve for black-necked cranes in 1993, and it was made a national reserve in 2003. Every winter, about 2,000 black-necked cranes migrate here to enjoy the county's vast wetlands. The black-necked crane mainly inhabits plateaus, meadows, marshes, reed swamps, lakeside meadow swamps and river valley swamps at altitudes of 2,500-5,000 meters. It is the only crane in the world that breed

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Ex-Carp manager Takeshi Koba to run in Hiroshima mayor race

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Takeshi Koba, a baseball commentator and former Hiroshima Carp manager, tells a press conference at a hotel in Hiroshima's Naka Ward on Dec. 16 that he will run in the Hiroshima mayoral election scheduled for Feb. 2, 2003. (Kyodo)

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(1)Yasuo Takei

TOKYO, Japan - Portrait of Yasuo Takei, former chairman of consumer loan company Takefuji Corp. He was arrested Dec. 2 for alleged wiretapping. The photo was taken Dec. 8, 2003. (Kyodo)

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Vaclav HAVEL Karel GOTT

Former Czech President Vaclav Havel, right, shakes hands with singer Karel Gott, left, before a charity concert at Prague Castle in this file photo taken Dec.21, 2000. After the Czech Parliament has recently failed twice to elect Havel's successor, the group of rock musicians and entertainers came with an idea on Feb.5, 2003, that well known Czech pop star Karel Gott might be the right candidate for the post. (CTK Photo/Jan Trestik) ***FILE PHOTO*** Most popular Czech pop singer Karel Gott died at 80 on Tuesday, October 1, 2019, before midnight at home in his family circle, in Prague, Czech Republic, his spokeswoman Stolzova said on October 2, 2019.

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Guinness identifies Japanese maglev speed as world's fastest

KOFU, Japan - Photo shows a Guinness Book of Records certifying that a magnetically levitated (maglev) train of Central Japan Railways Co. (JR Tokai) has made the fastest speed in the world for any manned maglev train. JR Tokai's manned maglev train, also known as a linear motor car, scored a top speed of 581 kilometers per hour at the firm's test railway in Yamanashi Prefecture west of Tokyo on Dec. 2, 2003. (Kyodo)

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Nissan to test-drive fuel-cell vehicle on public roads

TOKYO, Japan - Nissan Motor Co. said Dec. 10 it has gained government approval to test-drive its fuel-cell powered sports-utility vehicle, X-Trail FCV (in photo), on public roads in order to start leasing fuel-cell vehicles in 2003. Nissan will be the third Japanese automaker to launch a fuel-cell vehicle, after Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co. launched such cars Dec. 2. (Kyodo)

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3 ad agencies to integrate management under holding firm

TOKYO, Japan - Hideki Nakao (L), president of Daiko Advertising Inc., Toshio Miyagawa (C), president of Hakuhodo Inc., and Katsuhiko Koike, president of Yomiko Advertising Inc. join hands at a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 2 after announcing to integrate the three ad agencies' management under a holding company to be set up in fall 2003. (Kyodo)