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Cannes - Denzel Washington Receives A Surprise Palme d'Or d'Honneur

“I'm very surprised, and I'm sorry if I'm a little emotional,” said Denzel Washington on Monday 19 May, 2025 in the Grand Theatre Lumiere in Cannes. There to present Spike Lee's new film, 'Highest 2 Lowest', which was selected for the Out of Competition category at Cannes 2025, the 70-year-old actor was presented with a surprise Palme d'Or d'Honneur by Festival President Iris Knobloch and General Delegate Thierry Fremaux. Photo by FDC/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Cannes - Denzel Washington Receives A Surprise Palme d'Or d'Honneur

“I'm very surprised, and I'm sorry if I'm a little emotional,” said Denzel Washington on Monday 19 May, 2025 in the Grand Theatre Lumiere in Cannes. There to present Spike Lee's new film, 'Highest 2 Lowest', which was selected for the Out of Competition category at Cannes 2025, the 70-year-old actor was presented with a surprise Palme d'Or d'Honneur by Festival President Iris Knobloch and General Delegate Thierry Fremaux. Photo by FDC/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Cannes - Denzel Washington Receives A Surprise Palme d'Or d'Honneur

“I'm very surprised, and I'm sorry if I'm a little emotional,” said Denzel Washington on Monday 19 May, 2025 in the Grand Theatre Lumiere in Cannes. There to present Spike Lee's new film, 'Highest 2 Lowest', which was selected for the Out of Competition category at Cannes 2025, the 70-year-old actor was presented with a surprise Palme d'Or d'Honneur by Festival President Iris Knobloch and General Delegate Thierry Fremaux. Photo by FDC/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Cannes - Denzel Washington Receives A Surprise Palme d'Or d'Honneur

“I'm very surprised, and I'm sorry if I'm a little emotional,” said Denzel Washington on Monday 19 May, 2025 in the Grand Theatre Lumiere in Cannes. There to present Spike Lee's new film, 'Highest 2 Lowest', which was selected for the Out of Competition category at Cannes 2025, the 70-year-old actor was presented with a surprise Palme d'Or d'Honneur by Festival President Iris Knobloch and General Delegate Thierry Fremaux. Photo by FDC/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Cannes - Denzel Washington Receives A Surprise Palme d'Or d'Honneur

“I'm very surprised, and I'm sorry if I'm a little emotional,” said Denzel Washington on Monday 19 May, 2025 in the Grand Theatre Lumiere in Cannes. There to present Spike Lee's new film, 'Highest 2 Lowest', which was selected for the Out of Competition category at Cannes 2025, the 70-year-old actor was presented with a surprise Palme d'Or d'Honneur by Festival President Iris Knobloch and General Delegate Thierry Fremaux. Photo by FDC/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Cannes - Denzel Washington Receives A Surprise Palme d'Or d'Honneur

“I'm very surprised, and I'm sorry if I'm a little emotional,” said Denzel Washington on Monday 19 May, 2025 in the Grand Theatre Lumiere in Cannes. There to present Spike Lee's new film, 'Highest 2 Lowest', which was selected for the Out of Competition category at Cannes 2025, the 70-year-old actor was presented with a surprise Palme d'Or d'Honneur by Festival President Iris Knobloch and General Delegate Thierry Fremaux. Photo by FDC/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Cannes - Denzel Washington Receives A Surprise Palme d'Or d'Honneur

“I'm very surprised, and I'm sorry if I'm a little emotional,” said Denzel Washington on Monday 19 May, 2025 in the Grand Theatre Lumiere in Cannes. There to present Spike Lee's new film, 'Highest 2 Lowest', which was selected for the Out of Competition category at Cannes 2025, the 70-year-old actor was presented with a surprise Palme d'Or d'Honneur by Festival President Iris Knobloch and General Delegate Thierry Fremaux. Photo by FDC/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Taiwan ruling party's Lai wins presidency as rivals concede defeat

TAIPEI, Jan. 13 Kyodo - Taiwan's Vice President Lai Ching-te, who heads the ruling Democratic Progressive Party, effectively won Saturday's presidential election, after his two opposition party rivals conceded defeat. Hou Yu-ih, the candidate of the main opposition Nationalist Party, or Kuomintang, apologized to his supporters at a rally in New Taipei for failing to bring about a change of government, saying, "I let everybody down...I'm sorry to everyone." The world has been closely watching Taiwan's presidential and legislative elections amid China's unrelenting pressure on the self-ruled democratic island. (Kyodo)

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"I'm sorry" festival in Japan

NANKOKU, Japan, May 12 Kyodo - A man apologizes out loud from a three-meter-high platform during the "I'm sorry" festival in Nankoku, Kochi Prefecture, western Japan, on May 12, 2019. The festival has been held since 2013 to promote the city which has an area named Gomen, meaning "I'm sorry" in Japanese.

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"I'm sorry" festival in Japan

NANKOKU, Japan, May 12 Kyodo - A woman apologizes out loud from a three-meter-high platform during the "I'm sorry" festival in Nankoku, Kochi Prefecture, western Japan, on May 12, 2019. The festival has been held since 2013 to promote the city which has an area named Gomen, meaning "I'm sorry" in Japanese.

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Noda staves off fall from campaign truck

ANJO, Japan - Body guards help Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda stave off a fall from an election campaign truck in Anjo, Aichi Prefecture, on Nov. 26, 2012, when Noda was climbing up to the vehicle and a rail he grabbed accidentally came off. Noda later said in a stump speech from the truck ahead of the Dec. 16 general election, "I'm sorry about the accident, but the Democratic Party of Japan will not fall. It will claw its way up."

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Police question sumo stablemaster over gambling

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo stablemaster Otake bows to reporters in front of his stable in Tokyo on June 17, 2010, as he talks about his alleged illegal gambling on baseball. Otake said, ''I'm sorry, I cannot say anything since I'm leaving everything to the Japan Sumo Association and police.''

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Police question sumo stablemaster over gambling

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo stablemaster Otake bows to reporters in front of his stable in Tokyo on June 17, 2010, as he talks about his alleged illegal gambling on baseball. Otake said, ''I'm sorry, I cannot say anything since I'm leaving everything to the Japan Sumo Association and police.''

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Police question sumo stablemaster over gambling

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo stablemaster Otake speaks to reporters about his alleged illegal gambling on baseball in front of his stable in Tokyo on June 17, 2010. Otake said, ''I'm sorry, I cannot say anything since I'm leaving everything to the Japan Sumo Association and police.''

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(2)Amateur prospect Ichiba apologizes for scouting scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Former Meiji University pitcher Yasuhiro Ichiba apologizes at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 28 for violating amateur draft eligibility rules by receiving money from pro baseball clubs. ''I broke rules and I'm embarrassed. I'm sorry my negligence caused trouble,'' he said

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Uemura short of medal

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - Japan's Aiko Uemura smiles with her mother Keiko after finishing sixth in the women's moguls event at the Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City on Feb. 9. ''If I had held my speed a little, I might have scored higher but I didn't want to just play it safe. I made some mistakes, yes, but I'm not sorry and I'm satisfied,'' the 22-year-old Japanese favorite said immediately after her run at Deer Valley Resort.

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(4)Terrorist attack

OSAKA, Japan - Flowers are laid in front of the U.S. Consulate General in Osaka on Sept. 13 for victims of the terrorist attacks on New York's World Trade Center and the Pentagon. A card attached reads, ''I'm sorry for American people.''

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UK PM vows to stay on despite mini-budget chaos

STORY: UK PM vows to stay on despite mini-budget chaos DATELINE: Oct. 20, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:37 LOCATION: London CATEGORY: POLITICS/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of UK parliament debate 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): LIZ TRUSS, UK Prime Minister 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): KEIR STARMER, Labour leader 4. various of UK parliament debate 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): LIZ TRUSS, UK Prime Minister 6. various of Liz Truss' being in office and inaugural speech STORYLINE: Liz Truss, prime minister of the United Kingdom (UK), on Wednesday, defied calls to resign after almost all the measures in her government's economic blueprint had been scrapped following market turmoil. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): LIZ TRUSS, UK Prime Minister "I'm sorry and I have made mistakes. But the right thing to do in those circumstances is to make changes, which I've made, and to get on with the job and deliver for the British people." SOUNDBITE 2 (English): KEIR STARMER, Labour leader "I've got the list here. 45P tax cut, gone. Corporation tax cut, gon

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(2)Amateur prospect Ichiba apologizes for scouting scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Former Meiji University pitcher Yasuhiro Ichiba apologizes at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 28 for violating amateur draft eligibility rules by receiving money from pro baseball clubs. ''I broke rules and I'm embarrassed. I'm sorry my negligence caused trouble,'' he said (Kyodo)

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CORRECTED: "I'm sorry" festival in Japan

A man apologizes out loud from a three-meter-high platform during the "I'm sorry" festival in Nankoku, Kochi Prefecture, western Japan, on May 12, 2019. The festival has been held since 2013 to promote the city which has an area named Gomen, meaning "I'm sorry" in Japanese. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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CORRECTED: "I'm sorry" festival in Japan

A woman apologizes out loud from a three-meter-high platform during the "I'm sorry" festival in Nankoku, Kochi Prefecture, western Japan, on May 12, 2019. The festival has been held since 2013 to promote the city which has an area named Gomen, meaning "I'm sorry" in Japanese. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Uemura short of medal

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - Japan's Aiko Uemura smiles with her mother Keiko after finishing sixth in the women's moguls event at the Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City on Feb. 9. ''If I had held my speed a little, I might have scored higher but I didn't want to just play it safe. I made some mistakes, yes, but I'm not sorry and I'm satisfied,'' the 22-year-old Japanese favorite said immediately after her run at Deer Valley Resort.

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Ex-Livedoor head Horie released after 3 months in detention

TOKYO, Japan - Former Livedoor Co. President Takafumi Horie, who has been indicted for corporate accounting fraud and held in detention since his arrest on Jan. 23, speaks to members of the media upon released on bail late April 27. ''I'm sorry for causing disturbance to the public,'' said Horie, adding, ''I've caused anxieties to all of Livedoor's shareholders, employees and others concerned.'' (Kyodo)

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Police question sumo stablemaster over gambling

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo stablemaster Otake bows to reporters in front of his stable in Tokyo on June 17, 2010, as he talks about his alleged illegal gambling on baseball. Otake said, ''I'm sorry, I cannot say anything since I'm leaving everything to the Japan Sumo Association and police.'' (Kyodo)

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Police question sumo stablemaster over gambling

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo stablemaster Otake bows to reporters in front of his stable in Tokyo on June 17, 2010, as he talks about his alleged illegal gambling on baseball. Otake said, ''I'm sorry, I cannot say anything since I'm leaving everything to the Japan Sumo Association and police.'' (Kyodo)

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Police question sumo stablemaster over gambling

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo stablemaster Otake speaks to reporters about his alleged illegal gambling on baseball in front of his stable in Tokyo on June 17, 2010. Otake said, ''I'm sorry, I cannot say anything since I'm leaving everything to the Japan Sumo Association and police.'' (Kyodo)

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More Japanese men relish joy of homemaking

TOKYO, Japan - Scenes from ''Katarue'' (http://katarue.com/), a blog run by Takatoshi Miyauchi, a 31-year-old househusband in Tokyo to chronicle his day-to-day activities in comic strips in hopes of networking with people in similar situations. The wife says in the top frame, ''I didn't know how much pressure being the breadwinner of the family can involve,'' and continues to say in the bottom frame, ''Phew, I'm tired.'' The husband says to himself in his heart, ''A little bit of a sense of superiority feeling, 'now you know how tough being a man is,' and a little bit of a sense of guilt feeling, 'I'm sorry to have made you feel that way'.'' (Kyodo)

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Soccer: Sorry Milan, I'm happy at Leicester: Japan striker Okazaki

Shinji Okazaki (9) of Japan dribbles the ball in the second half of a friendly against Oman in Kashima, Ibaraki Prefecture on Nov. 11, 2016. At right is his teammate Yuya Kubo (25). (Kyodo) ==Kyodo