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Dutch far-right party wins landslide victory in elections

STORY: Dutch far-right party wins landslide victory in elections SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 1, 2023/earlier footage DATELINE: Dec. 2, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:47 LOCATION: THE HAGUE, the Netherlands CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Dutch parliament complex in The Hague, the Netherlands 2. various of campaign posters near the Dutch parliament complex STORYLINE: The Netherlands' far-right populist Party for Freedom (PVV) won the parliamentary elections by a landslide, the Dutch Electoral Council announced at a press conference in The Hague, the Netherlands, on Friday. The PVV got 37 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives, or the lower house of parliament, becoming the biggest party in the country for the first time in history. The elections were held on Nov. 22 with a 77.7 percent turnout, down from 78.7 percent in 2021 and 81.9 percent in 2017. The GreenLeft-Labor alliance, GroenLinks-PvdA, ranked second with 25 seats, while the rightist People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) took the

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Canada's Mikael Kingsbury

ZHANGJIAKOU, China, Feb. 7 Kyodo - Mikael Kingsbury of Canada in this photo taken on Dec. 22, 2017, competes en route to winning the men's moguls at a freestyle skiing World Cup event in Zhangjiakou, China.

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Ice dance pair Kana Muramoto and Chris Reed

CHOFU, Japan, Dec. 26 Kyodo - Japan's Kana Muramoto (L) and Chris Reed perform during the ice dance short dance program on the second day of the national figure skating championships at Musashino Forest Sport Plaza in Tokyo on Dec. 22, 2017.

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Ice deposits at Japanese ski resort

YAMAGATA, Japan, Dec. 22 Kyodo - A skier passes gigantic ice deposits on trees at a ski resort in Yamagata, northeastern Japan, in this file photo taken in February 2017.

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Iran-Iraq earthquake

SARPOL E ZAHAB, Iran, Dec. 22 Kyodo - An old man and a child stand at a relief camp near Sarpol e Zahab in the western Iranian province of Kermanshah on Dec. 4, 2017, following a 7.3-magnitude earthquake that hit the Iran-Iraq border region in November.

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Iran-Iraq earthquake

QUIK E SEYFOORI, Iran, Dec. 22 Kyodo - Chenar (L) holds a child in Quik e Seyfoori in western Iran on Dec. 4, 2017. Chenar lost her father in the 7.3-magnitude earthquake that hit the Iran-Iraq border region in November.

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Iran-Iraq earthquake

SARPOL E ZAHAB, Iran, Dec. 22 Kyodo - Photo taken on Dec. 4, 2017, shows public housing in Sarpol e Zahab in the western Iranian province of Kermanshah that was destroyed after a 7.3-magnitude earthquake hit the Iran-Iraq border region in November.

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Iran-Iraq earthquake

SARAB ZAHAB, Iran, Dec. 22 Kyodo - Mohammad Aziz Hasaninejad (L) and his son Hamze stand in front of their collapsed house in Sarab Zahab in western Iran on Dec. 2, 2017. They lost five relatives in the 7.3-magnitude earthquake that hit the Iran-Iraq border region in November.

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Gov't to hold meeting Dec. 1 to discuss emperor's abdication date

TOKYO, Japan, Nov. 22 Kyodo - Undated file photo shows Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito, Emperor Akihito's elder son, who will ascend the throne after his father's planned abdication, possibly within the next 18 months. The Japanese government said on Nov. 22, 2017 it will hold a meeting on Dec. 1 to discuss the date of Emperor Akihito's planned abdication.

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Figure skating: Evgenia Medvedeva

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 7 Kyodo - Evgenia Medvedeva (C) of Russia poses for photos on the podium after winning the Rostelecom Cup in Moscow on Oct. 22, 2017, alongside runner-up Carolina Kostner of Italy (L) and third-place finisher Wakaba Higuchi of Japan.

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Japanese lawmaker to quit party over alleged abuse against staffer

TOKYO, Japan, June 23 Kyodo - Mayuko Toyota points at her name listed at the Diet building in Tokyo on Dec. 26, 2012, on her first trip to parliament after being elected to the House of Representatives. Toyota submitted an application to leave the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on June 22, 2017, after a weekly magazine released an audio file seeming to back up allegations that she physically and verbally abused a secretary.

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CHINA-SHANGHAI-LINGANG NEW AREA-REMOTE SENSING IMAGES (CN)

(220822) -- SHANGHAI, Aug. 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Image captured by a Gaofen series satellite on Dec. 12, 2017 shows the Dishui Lake in Lingang new area of the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone in east China's Shanghai. Saturday marked the 3rd anniversary of the launching of Lingang new area. A series of remote sensing images captured by China's Gaofen series satellites record the changes of Lingang new area from 2017 to 2022. (Xinhua)

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CHINA-SHANGHAI-LINGANG NEW AREA-REMOTE SENSING IMAGES (CN)

(220822) -- SHANGHAI, Aug. 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Image captured by a Gaofen series satellite on Dec. 12, 2017 shows the area where the Shanghai Astronomy Museum is located in Lingang new area of the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone in east China's Shanghai. Saturday marked the 3rd anniversary of the launching of Lingang new area. A series of remote sensing images captured by China's Gaofen series satellites record the changes of Lingang new area from 2017 to 2022. (Xinhua)

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CHINA-SHANGHAI-LINGANG NEW AREA-REMOTE SENSING IMAGES (CN)

(220822) -- SHANGHAI, Aug. 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Image captured by a Gaofen series satellite on Dec. 12, 2017 shows the area where Lingang Sci-tech City is located in Lingang new area of the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone in east China's Shanghai. Saturday marked the 3rd anniversary of the launching of Lingang new area. A series of remote sensing images captured by China's Gaofen series satellites record the changes of Lingang new area from 2017 to 2022. (Xinhua)

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CHINA-SHANGHAI-LINGANG NEW AREA-REMOTE SENSING IMAGES (CN)

(220822) -- SHANGHAI, Aug. 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Image captured by a Gaofen series satellite on Dec. 12, 2017 shows the area where the Tesla Gigafactory is located in Lingang new area of the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone in east China's Shanghai. Saturday marked the 3rd anniversary of the launching of Lingang new area. A series of remote sensing images captured by China's Gaofen series satellites record the changes of Lingang new area from 2017 to 2022. (Xinhua)

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Ice dance pair Kana Muramoto and Chris Reed

Japan's Kana Muramoto (L) and Chris Reed perform during the ice dance short dance program on the second day of the national figure skating championships at Musashino Forest Sport Plaza in Tokyo on Dec. 22, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo grand champion Hakuho

Mongolian grand champion Hakuho trains at Miyagino stable in Tokyo's Sumida Ward on Dec. 22, 2017. Hakuho is poised to tie Kitanoumi's record for 63 grand tournament appearances at sumo's highest rank at the upcoming New Year Grand Sumo Tournament. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nuclear reactor inspection device

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. reveals a nuclear reactor inspection device on Dec. 22, 2017 in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, that will inspect the No. 2 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nuclear reactor inspection device

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. reveals a nuclear reactor inspection device on Dec. 22, 2017 in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, that will inspect the No. 2 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan-Indonesia art project connects tsunami-hit Aceh, Tohoku

Japanese artist Takashi Murakami (standing) poses with local students after planting Jeumpa tree in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, on Dec. 22, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Former Yomiuri starter Mikolas

Miles Mikolas pitches as the Yomiuri Giants' starter in a game against the Hiroshima Carp at Mazda Stadium in Hiroshima on Sept. 22, 2017. The free-agent starter has signed a two-year contract with the St. Louis Cardinals, the club announced Dec. 6. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese convenience store chain to stop selling pornographic magazines

Photo taken on Nov. 22, 2017, shows a Ministop Co. convenience store in Tokyo's Minato Ward. The operator of the convenience store chain will stop selling pornographic magazines at all of its 43 outlets in Chiba, near Tokyo, from Dec. 1 and at about 2,200 stores across Japan from Jan. 1, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gov't to hold meeting Dec. 1 to discuss emperor's abdication date

Undated file photo shows Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito, Emperor Akihito's elder son, who will ascend the throne after his father's planned abdication, possibly within the next 18 months. The Japanese government said on Nov. 22, 2017 it will hold a meeting on Dec. 1 to discuss the date of Emperor Akihito's planned abdication. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Lunar probe competition extended to end of 2017

A moon rover developed by the Japanese team Hakuto is shown in this file photo taken in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, in December 2014. The U.S.-based XPRIZE Foundation announced on May 22, 2015, a one-year extension of its lunar probe competition until Dec. 31, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Former Soviet Pres. Mikhail Gorbachev

Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev is pictured in his office in Moscow on Dec. 22, 2017, with a portrait of his late wife Raisa in the background. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Former Soviet Pres. Mikhail Gorbachev

Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev is pictured in his office in Moscow on Dec. 22, 2017, with a portrait of his late wife Raisa in the background. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Former Soviet Pres. Mikhail Gorbachev

Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev is pictured in his office in Moscow on Dec. 22, 2017, with a photo of when he was young. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Former Soviet Pres. Mikhail Gorbachev

Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev is pictured in his office in Moscow on Dec. 22, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan Ambassador to U.N. Bessho

Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations Koro Bessho (second from R) speaks during a press conference at U.N. headquarters in New York on Dec. 22, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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WWII Japanese ships wreckage

Kazushige Todaka, director of the Kure Maritime Museum, also known as the Yamato Museum, in Hiroshima Prefecture's Kure, speaks on Dec. 22, 2017, about the sunken Japanese warships whose wreckage were found on the seabed in the Surigao Strait in the southern Philippines in November. The Imperial Japanese Navy ships were sunk in October 1944 during the Battle of Surigao Strait in World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Center on cultural impact of Mt. Fuji

A ceremony to open a center dedicated to the cultural impact of Mt. Fuji, which is Japan's highest mountain and was put on the UNESCO World Heritage list in 2013, is held in Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture on Dec. 22, 2017. The Fujisan World Heritage Center will open to the general public on Dec. 23. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan empress

Japanese Empress Michiko views items of an exhibition featuring products of Indian publisher Tara Books at Itabashi Art Museum in Tokyo on Dec. 22, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan empress

Japanese Empress Michiko views items of an exhibition featuring products of Indian publisher Tara Books at Itabashi Art Museum in Tokyo on Dec. 22, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Catalonia independence vote

Photo shows a separatist flag and a Spanish national flag hanging from a building in Barcelona in Spain's Catalonia region on Dec. 22, 2017, the day after a vote on the region gaining independence from Spain. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Catalonia independence vote

People walk along a busy street in Barcelona in Spain's Catalonia region on Dec. 22, 2017, the day after a vote on the region gaining independence from Spain. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Catalonia independence vote

A man stops at a kiosk on a busy street in Barcelona, Spain, on Dec. 22, 2017. The kiosk was selling newspapers reporting on a parliamentary election vote on the Catalonia region's possible independence from Spain. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kagawa return home

Borussia Dortmund midfielder Shinji Kagawa speaks to reporters at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Dec. 22, 2017, upon his return from Germany for the winter break. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Dogs and Cats

A store clerk at a pet shop in Tokyo holds a dog and cat on Dec. 22, 2017. An industry body said the estimated number of pet cats in 2017 has topped that of dogs for the first time in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Conductor Charles Dutoit

File photo taken in 1996 shows world renowned conductor Charles Dutoit. The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra said Dec. 22, 2017, that it has suspended Dutoit from upcoming concerts following sexual misconduct accusations. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Oi power plant

Photo taken on Dec. 22, 2017, shows the Nos. 1 (R) and 2 reactors of Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi nuclear plant in Oi, Fukui Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New Year Dog-shaped clay bells

Hokkaido Shrine in Sapporo, Hokkaido, manufactures dog-shaped clay bells on Dec. 22, 2017, ahead of the Year of the Dog 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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PAC-3 interceptors

A launcher for Patriot Advanced Capability-3 ballistic missile interceptors is deployed during a drill conducted by Japan's Air Self-Defense Force at the Maritime Self-Defense Force's Sasebo base in Nagasaki Prefecture on Dec. 22, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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High-speed railway to Pyeongchang venues

Passengers pose for a photo at Seoul Station on Dec. 22, 2017, the first day of high-speed train operations. The newly built railway links Seoul and the area of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics venues. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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High-speed railway to Pyeongchang venues

Passengers pose for a photo at Seoul Station on Dec. 22, 2017, the first day of high-speed train operations. The newly built railway links Seoul and the area of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics venues. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fire in S. Korea

Photo taken on Dec. 22, 2017, shows a commercial building in Jecheon, central South Korea, a day after it was gutted by a fire that killed 29 people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Production of New Year Dog-shaped clay bells

Hokkaido Shrine in Sapporo, Hokkaido, manufactures dog-shaped clay bells on Dec. 22, 2017, ahead of the Year of the Dog 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese firms on course to issue yuan-denominated bonds in China

Japanese lawmaker Takao Ochi (front R) and Chinese Vice Minister of Finance Shi Yaobin (front L) exchange signed documents in Beijing on Dec. 22, 2017, after an agreement on an information-sharing framework necessary to enable Japanese companies to issue yuan-denominated bonds in mainland China. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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School in Banda Aceh

Children release balloons during a tree planting ceremony at an elementary school in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, on Dec. 22, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Figure skating: Zagitova

Alina Zagitova of Russia performs during the women's short program at a national championship competition in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Dec. 22, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. President Trump at White House

U.S. President Donald Trump smiles as he leaves the White House in Washington on Dec. 22, 2017, the same day he signed a $1.5 trillion tax bill into law, the biggest tax overhaul in 30 years that marked his first major legislative victory since taking office in January. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo