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One-legged cyclist challenges China's longest national highway

STORY: One-legged cyclist challenges China's longest national highway DATELINE: April 19, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:59 LOCATION: LHASA, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Sun Youzhi cycling 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): SUN YOUZHI, Cyclist 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): FEI YUAN, Cyclist 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): SUN YOUZHI, Cyclist 5. various of Sun Youzhi cycling STORYLINE: With only one leg, an amateur rider from central China's Henan Province is on his bicycle challenge along the country's longest and highest national highway. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): SUN YOUZHI, Cyclist "I'm 34 years old. I lost my left leg in an accident in 2009. I took up cycling in 2013, and became interested in this sport. Since then, I have traveled by bike every year, sometimes for a long journey." Sun started to ride along the G219 highway on Feb. 20, and is expected to complete the over 10,000-km journey in mid-June. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): FEI YUAN, Cyclist "I have ridden for a few days with Sun. He is very pushful with a really

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Doctor, World Bank official selected to be astronauts

Ayu Yoneda (L), a 28-year-old surgeon at the Japan Red Cross Medical Center, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 28, 2023, after the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency selected her to become an astronaut together with Makoto Suwa (on screen), a 46-year-old disaster prevention specialist at the World Bank. It is the first time since 2009 that new Japanese astronaut candidates have been chosen, with the two landing their dream jobs after going through a rigorous screening process involving over 4,100 applicants.

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Doctor, World Bank official selected to be astronauts

Ayu Yoneda, a 28-year-old surgeon at the Japan Red Cross Medical Center, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 28, 2023, after the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency selected her to become an astronaut together with Makoto Suwa (on screen), a 46-year-old disaster prevention specialist at the World Bank. It is the first time since 2009 that new Japanese astronaut candidates have been chosen, with the two landing their dream jobs after going through a rigorous screening process involving over 4,100 applicants.

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Doctor, World Bank official selected to be astronauts

Ayu Yoneda (L), a 28-year-old surgeon at the Japan Red Cross Medical Center, virtually "shakes hands" with Makoto Suwa (on screen), a 46-year-old disaster prevention specialist at the World Bank -- now in the United States -- during a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 28, 2023, after the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency selected them to become astronauts. It is the first time since 2009 that new Japanese astronaut candidates have been chosen, with the two landing their dream jobs after going through a rigorous screening process involving over 4,100 applicants.

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World Bank official, doctor selected to be astronauts

Screenshot shows Makoto Suwa, a 46-year-old disaster prevention specialist at the World Bank, attending an online press conference from the United States on Feb. 28, 2023, after the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency selected him to become an astronaut together with Ayu Yoneda, a 28-year-old surgeon at the Japan Red Cross Medical Center. It is the first time since 2009 that new Japanese astronaut candidates have been chosen, with the two landing their dream jobs after going through a rigorous screening process involving over 4,100 applicants.

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Doctor, World Bank official selected to be astronauts

Ayu Yoneda, a 28-year-old surgeon at the Japan Red Cross Medical Center, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 28, 2023, after the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency selected her to become an astronaut together with Makoto Suwa, a 46-year-old disaster prevention specialist at the World Bank. It is the first time since 2009 that new Japanese astronaut candidates have been chosen, with the two landing their dream jobs after going through a rigorous screening process involving over 4,100 applicants.

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Tanzanian women rebuild their lives after recovering from obstetric fistula

STORY: Tanzanian women rebuild their lives after recovering from obstetric fistula DATELINE: Feb. 5, 2023 LENGTH: 00:05:45 LOCATION: Dar es Salaam CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of women in their workshop making products. 2. various of products in a workshop 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Swahili): MARIAM BAKARI SOBO, Graduate at Mabinti Center 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Swahili): MARIA PETER, Administrator at Mabinti Center STORYLINE: At the Mabinti Center in Dar es Salaam, seven women are busy making handmade bags, accessories and toys. They have been trained by the center, which is operated under the Comprehensive Community Based Rehabilitation Tanzania (CCBRT), a locally registered non-governmental organization (NGO) providing specialized healthcare services in Tanzania. From its inception in 1994 as a provider of community-based rehabilitation, the CCBRT has become the largest provider of disability and rehabilitative services in the east African nation. Since 2009, the Mabinti Center has empowered women recovering

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Ishikawa plays Northern Trust Open

LOS ANGELES, United States - Ryo Ishikawa, Japan's money champion of the 2009 season, tees off on the 10th hole as spectators watch during the Northern Trust Open at the Riviera Country Club in California on Feb. 4, 2010. Ishikawa placed ninth and posted 3-under-par 68.

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Scandal-tainted champion Asashoryu calls it quits

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian yokozuna (grand champion) Hakuho leaves a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2009. About an announcement by fellow Mongolian Yokozuna Asashoryu to retire, Hakuho said ''I don't want to believe it. I was honored to wrestle in the same era as him.''

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Sony revises FY 2009 earnings forecast upward

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuyuki Oneda, chief financial officer of Sony Corp., briefs reporters on the company's group earnings forecast for fiscal 2009 and earnings report for the April-December period during a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2010.

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Scandal-tainted champion Asashoryu calls it quits

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian yokozuna (grand champion) Hakuho wipes away tears during a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2009, after fellow Mongolian yokozuna Asashoryu announced his retirement in the wake of a recent scandal in which he was alleged to have seriously injured a man in a drunken rampage. Hakuho said, ''I don't want to believe it. I was honored to wrestle in the same era as him.''

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Scandal-tainted champion Asashoryu calls it quits

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian yokozuna (grand champion) Hakuho looks down during a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2009, after fellow Mongolian yokozuna Asashoryu announced his retirement in the wake of a recent scandal in which he was alleged to have seriously injured a man in a drunken rampage.

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Scandal-tainted Asashoryu calls it quits

TOKYO, Japan - This photo shows Mongolian yokozuna (grand champion) Asashoryu celebrating after winning his 23rd Emperor's Cup at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament on Jan. 25, 2009. Later, Japan Sumo Association reprimanded Asashoryu's stablemaster Takasago because Asashoryu's behavior lacked the proper etiquette required for the centuries-old sport. Asashoryu said on Feb. 4, 2010, that he has decided to bring an end to his illustrious but trouble-laden sumo career.

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Chinese activist at Narita airport allowed to return home

NARITA, Japan - Chinese human rights activist Feng Zhenghu, who has been staying at Narita International Airport, east of Tokyo, since Nov. 4, 2009, after China rejected his reentry and sent him back to Japan, speaks to reporters at the airport on Feb. 2, 2010. Feng said he has been allowed to return home and now plans to return to Shanghai by the Lunar New Year's Day on Feb. 14.

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Chinese activist at Narita airport allowed to return home

NARITA, Japan - Chinese human rights activist Feng Zhenghu, who has been staying at Narita International Airport, east of Tokyo, since Nov. 4, 2009, after China rejected his reentry and sent him back to Japan, speaks to reporters at the airport on Feb. 2, 2010. Feng said he has been allowed to return home and now plans to return to Shanghai by the Lunar New Year's Day on Feb. 14.

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JAL to cut 4,300 jobs over next 3 years to revamp business

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. President Haruka Nishimatsu says at a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 6 that the company will aim to slash 4,300 jobs by the end of fiscal 2009 in an attempt to put its business on the right track at an early date.

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Scandal-tainted Asashoryu calls it quits

TOKYO, Japan - This photo shows Mongolian yokozuna (grand champion) Asashoryu celebrating after winning his 23rd Emperor's Cup at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament on Jan. 25, 2009. Later, Japan Sumo Association reprimanded Asashoryu's stablemaster Takasago because Asashoryu's behavior lacked the proper etiquette required for the centuries-old sport. Asashoryu said on Feb. 4, 2010, that he has decided to bring an end to his illustrious but trouble-laden sumo career. (Kyodo)

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Ishikawa plays Northern Trust Open

LOS ANGELES, United States - Ryo Ishikawa, Japan's money champion of the 2009 season, tees off on the 10th hole as spectators watch during the Northern Trust Open at the Riviera Country Club in California on Feb. 4, 2010. Ishikawa placed ninth and posted 3-under-par 68. (Kyodo)

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Sony revises FY 2009 earnings forecast upward

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuyuki Oneda, chief financial officer of Sony Corp., briefs reporters on the company's group earnings forecast for fiscal 2009 and earnings report for the April-December period during a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Scandal-tainted champion Asashoryu calls it quits

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian yokozuna (grand champion) Hakuho wipes away tears during a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2009, after fellow Mongolian yokozuna Asashoryu announced his retirement in the wake of a recent scandal in which he was alleged to have seriously injured a man in a drunken rampage. Hakuho said, ''I don't want to believe it. I was honored to wrestle in the same era as him.'' (Kyodo)

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Scandal-tainted champion Asashoryu calls it quits

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian yokozuna (grand champion) Hakuho leaves a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2009. About an announcement by fellow Mongolian Yokozuna Asashoryu to retire, Hakuho said ''I don't want to believe it. I was honored to wrestle in the same era as him.'' (Kyodo)

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Scandal-tainted champion Asashoryu calls it quits

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian yokozuna (grand champion) Hakuho looks down during a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2009, after fellow Mongolian yokozuna Asashoryu announced his retirement in the wake of a recent scandal in which he was alleged to have seriously injured a man in a drunken rampage. (Kyodo)

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Chinese activist at Narita airport allowed to return home

NARITA, Japan - Chinese human rights activist Feng Zhenghu, who has been staying at Narita International Airport, east of Tokyo, since Nov. 4, 2009, after China rejected his reentry and sent him back to Japan, speaks to reporters at the airport on Feb. 2, 2010. Feng said he has been allowed to return home and now plans to return to Shanghai by the Lunar New Year's Day on Feb. 14. (Kyodo)

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Chinese activist at Narita airport allowed to return home

NARITA, Japan - Chinese human rights activist Feng Zhenghu, who has been staying at Narita International Airport, east of Tokyo, since Nov. 4, 2009, after China rejected his reentry and sent him back to Japan, speaks to reporters at the airport on Feb. 2, 2010. Feng said he has been allowed to return home and now plans to return to Shanghai by the Lunar New Year's Day on Feb. 14. (Kyodo)