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Confucius Institute fosters cultural, academic exchanges in Tanzania

STORY: Confucius Institute fosters cultural, academic exchanges in Tanzania SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 19, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 20, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:04 LOCATION: Dar es Salaam CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): HUA HONGLI, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of the Confucius Institute at the University of Dar es Salaam 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHANG XIAOZHEN, Chinese director of the Confucius Institute at the University of Dar es Salaam 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): HAMIDA ALAWI, Student at the University of Dar es Salaam 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): ALDIN MUTEMBEI, Director, Confucius Institute at the University of Dar es Salaam STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): HUA HONGLI, Xinhua correspondent "Now I'm standing in front of the Confucius Institute at the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania." The Confucius Institute at the University of Dar es Salaam was established in 2013 under an agreement between the University of Dar es Salaam, the Chinese International Education Foundation, and Zhejiang Normal Univer

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Qout Market Food Festival held in Kuwait

STORY: Qout Market Food Festival held in Kuwait SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 9, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 10, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:46 LOCATION: Kuwait City CATEGORY: CULTURE/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of people visiting Qout Market Food Festival 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): HANAN AL-MUTAWA, Pie shop owner 3. various of people visiting Qout Market Food Festival 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): HAYAH ALFAS, Customer 5. various of people visiting Qout Market Food Festival STORYLINE: The Qout Market Food Festival was held Saturday in Capital Governorate, Kuwait, attracting nearly 100 local companies to participate. The event aims to support local micro and small catering businesses and attract, incubate, and highlight the homegrown artisan community. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): HANAN AL-MUTAWA, Pie shop owner "I started this business at home back in 2013. And now we have expanded. We have a shop and a caravan. We usually participate in markets. We love doing markets like this because we get to meet our customers, showing them what we have

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Volunteers contribute to swan protection efforts in NW China's Xinjiang

STORY: Volunteers contribute to swan protection efforts in NW China's Xinjiang SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 28, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 2, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:46 LOCATION: URUMQI, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of swans 2. various of volunteers 3. various of Swan Bay of Kaidu River 4. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): GE YUJIE, Head of local volunteer service team for wildlife protection 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ZHAO ZHIYA, Local resident, volunteer STORYLINE: More and more people are making their contributions to protecting swans and other wild birds in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Swan Bay of Kaidu River is home to a variety of migratory birds, thanks to the efforts to protect the local ecosystem. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): GE YUJIE, Head of local volunteer service team for wildlife protection "I was very surprised to find six swans here in the winter of 2013. Later, we quickly set up a wildlife protection volunteer service team. The number of people in our team has grown from just a few i

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TonenGeneral to buy Mitsui Oil to create 3rd largest oil wholesaler

TOKYO, Japan - Jun Muto, president of oil wholesaler TonenGeneral Sekiyu K.K., announces at a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 18, 2013, that the company will acquire a stake of nearly 90 percent in Mitsui Oil Co. for 24.9 billion yen from the trader on Feb. 4. The acquisition would allow the TonenGeneral group to rival Cosmo Oil Co. as Japan's third-largest oil wholesaler in terms of sales following JX Holdings Inc. and Idemitsu Kosan Co.

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Sharp posts 1st profit in 3 years

TOKYO, Japan - Kozo Takahashi, president of Sharp Corp., answers a reporter's question after releasing the company's earnings results for the nine months to Dec. 31, 2013, at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2014. Sharp reported a group net profit of 17.72 billion yen for the period, a turnaround from a year-earlier loss of 424.35 billion yen and its first black ink in three years.

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Sharp posts 1st profit in 3 years

TOKYO, Japan - Kozo Takahashi, president of Sharp Corp., answers a reporter's question after releasing the company's earnings results for the nine months to Dec. 31, 2013, at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2014. Sharp reported a group net profit of 17.72 billion yen for the period, a turnaround from a year-earlier loss of 424.35 billion yen and its first black ink in three years.

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Panasonic returns to profit

TOKYO, Japan - Hideaki Kawai (R), managing director of Panasonic Corp., answers a reporter's question after releasing the company's earnings results for the nine months through Dec. 31, 2013, at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2014. Panasonic said it posted a group net profit of 243.01 billion yen in the April-December period, a turnaround from a loss of 623.83 billion yen a year earlier.

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Panasonic returns to profit

TOKYO, Japan - Hideaki Kawai, managing director of Panasonic Corp., answers a reporter's question after releasing the company's earnings results for the nine months through Dec. 31, 2013, at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2014. Panasonic said it posted a group net profit of 243.01 billion yen in the April-December period, a turnaround from a loss of 623.83 billion yen a year earlier.

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Panasonic returns to profit

TOKYO, Japan - Hideaki Kawai, managing director of Panasonic Corp., releases the company's earnings results for the nine months through Dec. 31, 2013, at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2014. Panasonic said it posted a group net profit of 243.01 billion yen in the April-December period, a turnaround from a loss of 623.83 billion yen a year earlier.

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Panasonic returns to profit

TOKYO, Japan - Hideaki Kawai, managing director of Panasonic Corp., answers a reporter's question after releasing the company's earnings results for the nine months through Dec. 31, 2013, at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2014. Panasonic said it posted a group net profit of 243.01 billion yen in the April-December period, a turnaround from a loss of 623.83 billion yen a year earlier.

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Nuclear project in Georgia

WAYNESBORO, United States, Dec. 27 Kyodo - File photo taken in August 2013 shows the Nos. 3 and 4 reactors of the Vogtle power plant being constructed by contractor Westinghouse Electric Co., a unit of Japan's Toshiba Corp., near Waynesboro, Georgia, in the United States. ==Kyodo

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Urban Animal Album

OSAKA, Japan - Rabbits on Okunoshima Island, nicknamed Rabbit Island, in Hiroshima Prefecture, surround a tourist with feed on Dec. 19, 2013. More than 700 rabbits live on the island of just 4 kilometers in making a circuit, after some rabbits brought to the island after World War II became feral and propagated.

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Ex-Japan pilot serving as safety manager at Asiana

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo taken Dec. 4, 2013, at the headquarters of Asiana Airlines Inc. in Seoul shows Akiyoshi Yamamura, a former All Nippon Airways pilot hired by the South Korean carrier to improve safety standards following July 2013's fatal crash of an Asiana aircraft at San Francisco airport in the United States.

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Robbery-murder scene in Ecuador

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador - Photo taken Jan. 4, 2014, shows the scene where a Japanese couple were shot by robbers while on honeymoon in Guayaquil, the largest city in Ecuador, on Dec. 28, 2013. The 28-year-old husband died and 27-year-old wife suffered serious injuries.

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Robbery-murder scene in Ecuador

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador - An 18-year-old Ecuadorian boy points on Jan. 4, 2014, to the spot where a Japanese couple were shot by robbers while on honeymoon in Guayaquil, the largest city in Ecuador. In the Dec. 28, 2013, incident witnessed by the boy, the 28-year-old husband died and 27-year-old wife suffered serious injuries.

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Robbery-murder scene in Ecuador

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador - Photo taken Jan. 4, 2014, shows the scene where a Japanese couple were shot by robbers while on honeymoon in Guayaquil, the largest city in Ecuador, on Dec. 28, 2013. The 28-year-old husband died and 27-year-old wife suffered serious injuries.

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Mauritania fishing

NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania - Fishermen hold an octopus on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean near Nouakchott, Mauritania, on Dec. 4, 2013.

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GSDF staff to be dispatched to S. Sudan

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Yasutoshi Nishimura, senior vice minister of the Cabinet Office, and three officers of the Ground Self-Defense Force, attend a ceremony in Tokyo on Dec. 25, 2013, ahead of the GSDF staff's departure for South Sudan on Jan. 4 to replace their colleagues at the U.N. headquarters in the capital Juba.

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Toyota to compete in 2014 Dakar Rally

NAGOYA, Japan - Members of Toyota Auto Body Co.'s Dakar Rally team pose with two Toyota Land Cruiser 200 sports utility vehicles in the city of Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, on Dec. 11. 2013. The Toyota Motor Corp. subsidiary will take part in the roughly 5,500-kilometer off-road race that runs through Argentina, Bolivia and Chile from Jan. 4-18.

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Demonstration in Ukraine

KIEV, Ukraine - An antigovernment demonstration is held in Kiev, Ukraine, on Dec. 4, 2013.

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Demonstration in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - A woman sells goods with colors of the Thai national flag to be used for demonstrations in the premises of a government building which has been occupied by antigovernment demonstrators, in northern Bangkok on Dec. 4, 2013.

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Comet Lovejoy

FUJINOMIYA, Japan - Comet Lovejoy is pictured from the Asagiri highland in Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture, around 4:25 a.m. on Dec. 5, 2013. (Composite two photos)

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Japan emperor in India

CHENNAI, India - Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko view a dance practice at Kalakshetra art academy in Chennai on Dec. 4, 2013. The imperial couple are in India at the invitation of the Indian government to commemorate the 60th anniversary in 2012 of bilateral diplomatic ties. (Pool photo)

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Japanese cuisine added to UNESCO intangible heritage list

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows dishes at Japanese restaurant Edo Kappo "Yonemura" in Tokyo's Ginza district. "Washoku" traditional Japanese cuisine was added to UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list on Dec. 4, 2013.

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Service resumes after derailment in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - Photo taken Dec. 4, 2013, shows a train passing a curve on which a Metro-North commuter train derailed on the Hudson Line in New York on Dec. 1. Train services resumed Dec. 4 on a section where operation had been suspended since the derailment.

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Japan emperor in India

CHENNAI, India - Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko listen to a sitar practice at Kalakshetra art academy in Chennai on Dec. 4, 2013. The imperial couple are in India at the invitation of the Indian government to commemorate the 60th anniversary in 2012 of bilateral diplomatic ties. (Pool photo)

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Emperor, empress in India

CHENNAI, India - Japanese Emperor Akihito (R) and Empress Michiko (C) are greeted as they arrive at the Kalakshetra art academy in Chennai, India, on Dec. 4, 2013. Gopalkrishna Gandhi, chairman of the Kalakshetra Foundation and the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, is seen at the far left. The imperial couple were in India at the invitation of the Indian government to commemorate the 60th anniversary in 2012 of bilateral diplomatic ties. (Pool photo)

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U.N. high commissioner for refugees

TOKYO, Japan - U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands in Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2013.

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Japan emperor in India

CHENNAI, India - Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko greet sitar players at Kalakshetra art academy in Chennai on Dec. 4, 2013. The imperial couple are in India at the invitation of the Indian government to commemorate the 60th anniversary in 2012 of bilateral diplomatic ties. (Pool photo)

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Japan emperor, empress arrive in Chennai, southern India

CHENNAI, India - Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko are greeted at Chennai International Airport in southern India on Dec. 4, 2013, after arriving from New Delhi on the second leg of their week-long trip to India. (Pool photo)

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U.N. high commissioner for refugees

TOKYO, Japan - U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2013.

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Demonstration in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - Antigovernment protesters are pictured near the Democracy Monument in Bangkok, Thailand, on Dec. 4, 2013.

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IAEA in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Juan Carlos Lentijo (C), head of a team of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency, hands the team's proposal to Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (R) in Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2013. The team proposed that Tokyo Electric Power Co. consider discharging less harmful radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station as one option to better manage the toxic water buildup at the site.

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IAEA in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Juan Carlos Lentijo, head of a team of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency, holds a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2013. The team proposed that Tokyo Electric Power Co. consider discharging less harmful radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station as one option to better manage the toxic water buildup at the site.

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Japan emperor in India

NEW DELHI, India - Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko clasp their hands in a gesture of farewell before boarding a Japanese government airplane in New Delhi and leaving for Chennai on Dec. 4, 2013. The imperial couple is in India at the invitation of the Indian government to commemorate the 60th anniversary in 2012 of bilateral diplomatic ties. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Demonstration in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - Antigovernment protesters are pictured near the Democracy Monument in Bangkok, Thailand, on Dec. 4, 2013.

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PM Abe faces DPJ leader Kaieda at Diet debate

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) speaks during a face-to-face debate with Banri Kaieda (L), leader of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, at the Diet in Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2013.

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Japan secrecy bill

TOKYO, Japan - People rally in front of the Diet building in Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2013, to protest against a controversial bill aimed at toughening penalties for leakers of state secrets.

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Japan emperor in India

NEW DELHI, India - Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko clasp their hands in a gesture of farewell before boarding a Japanese government airplane in New Delhi and leaving for Chennai on Dec. 4, 2013. The imperial couple is in India at the invitation of the Indian government to commemorate the 60th anniversary in 2012 of bilateral diplomatic ties. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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S. Korean pitcher signs with Hanshin

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean pitcher Oh Seung Hwan speaks at a news conference in Seoul, South Korea, on Dec. 4, 2013, after signing a contract to play for the Japanese baseball club Hanshin Tigers. Oh is the all-time saves leader in South Korean pro baseball with 277.

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Japan secrecy bill

TOKYO, Japan - Protesters form a "human chain" around Japan's Diet compound in Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2013, as parliament was deliberating on a controversial bill to toughen penalties for leakers of state secrets.

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Japan secrecy bill

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo news helicopter shows protesters around Japan's Diet compound in Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2013, as parliament was deliberating on a controversial bill to toughen penalties for leakers of state secrets.

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London bronze medalist Terakawa announces retirement

TOKYO, Japan - London Olympic double bronze medalist Aya Terakawa announces her retirement at a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2013. Terakawa won bronze last summer in London in the 100-meter backstroke and 400 medley relay.

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Japan secrecy bill

TOKYO, Japan - Protesters form a "human chain" around Japan's Diet compound in Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2013, as parliament was deliberating on a controversial bill to toughen penalties for leakers of state secrets.

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PM Abe faces DPJ leader Kaieda at Diet debate

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) speaks during a face-to-face debate with Banri Kaieda (L), leader of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, at the Diet in Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2013.

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Biden arrives in Beijing

BEIJING, China - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (C) arrives in Beijing on Dec. 4, 2013. Biden first arrived in Tokyo on Dec. 2 on the first stop of his six-day Asian tour.

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Biden arrives in Beijing

BEIJING, China - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (L) arrives in Beijing on Dec. 4, 2013. Biden first arrived in Tokyo on Dec. 2 on the first stop of his six-day Asian tour.

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Santa Claus arrives in Japan

KANSAI AIRPORT, Japan - Santa Claus arrives at Kansai airport in western Japan from Finland aboard a Finnair plane on Dec. 4, 2013. It is the first visit in five years to Kansai by a Santa recognized by the Finnish government-backed Santa Claus Foundation.

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Christmas tree in disaster-hit city

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - Photo shows a Christmas tree to encourage children in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, hit hard by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, on Dec. 1, 2013, prior to the 1,000th day on Dec. 4 since the disaster.

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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).