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Canadian Pole Vault Champion Shawn Barber Dies At 29

File photo dated July 9, 2017 shows Shawn Barber clears the bar during men's pole vault competition to win gold at the Canadian Track and Field Championships in Ottawa, ON, Canada. Shawn Barber, the Canadian pole vault record holder and 2015 world champion, has died from medical complications. He was 29. Barber died Wednesday at home in Kingwood, Texas, his agent, Paul Doyle, confirmed to the Associated Press. A cause of death was not yet known. Barber had been experiencing health issues. Photo by Fred Chartrand/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CHINA-SICHUAN-CHENGDU-JINJIANG RIVER-CHANGE (CN)

(230713) -- CHENGDU, July 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on June 9, 2023 shows the Jinjiang River in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province. Jinjiang River traverses the central part of Chengdu, contributing to the fame and glamor of Chengdu's many historic and cultural events. It has two main streams called Fuhe River and Nanhe River. Starting from Dujiangyan, the 150-km river goes outbound from Shuangliu District. In February of 2016, local government of Chengdu implemented ten regulations on water control. In 2017, the city started a program on water ecology management and building a greenway along Jinjiang River. As a result, the water quality of Jinjiang River has been improved a lot. (Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing)

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Nagasaki mayor unveils outline of peace declaration

NAGASAKI, Japan, July 31 Kyodo - Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue unveils at a press conference on July 31, 2017, the outline of a peace declaration to be issued at the peace memorial ceremony on Aug. 9, the anniversary of the atomic bombing of the city. The declaration will urge the Japanese government to join the nuclear weapons ban treaty.

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Baseball: Uwasawa comes up clutch as Fighters stop Hawks

SAPPORO, Japan, July 9 Kyodo - Nippon Ham Fighters starting pitcher Naoyuki Uwasawa throws against SoftBank Hawks in a game at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo on July 9, 2017. Uwasawa allowed five hits over seven innings as the Fighters won 2-0.

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CHINA-GUANGXI-LAND-SEA-TRANSPORTATION (CN)

(220731) -- NANNING, July 31, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on July 9, 2022 shows the container terminal at Qinzhou Port in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Launched in 2017, the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor is a trade and logistics passage jointly built by western Chinese provinces and ASEAN countries. (Xinhua/Zhang Ailin)

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China's Beibu Gulf Port sees rise in cargo throughput

STORY: China's Beibu Gulf Port sees rise in cargo throughput DATELINE: July 9, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:11 LOCATION: BEIHAI, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Tieshan Port 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): YANG GUAN, Vice General Manager of Beihai Beigang Logistics Co., Ltd 3. various of New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor STORYLINE: Beibu Gulf Port in China's Guangxi has seen its cargo throughput rise 5.25 percent year on year in the first quarter of this year, thanks to a new land-sea trade corridor. The Beibu Gulf Port includes the ports of Qinzhou, Fangcheng and Beihai. In Tieshan Port in Beihai alone, the cargo throughput in 2021 reached 3.96 million tonnes, 8.8 times that of 2017. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): YANG GUAN, Vice General Manager of Beihai Beibu Gulf Logistics "Compared with the former river-sea transport route, the land-sea trade corridor shortens the transport distance from 680 km to 485 km, and the cargo transport time is reduced from 48 hours to 24 hours. This provides a most direct and

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KENYA-MOMBASA-NAIROBI-SGR-5TH ANNIVERSARY

(220706) -- NAIROBI, July 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Passengers take a train from Nairobi to Mombasa along the Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) in Kenya, June 9, 2017. Kenya has now found a new lifeline in the Chinese-built Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) since its launch on May 31, 2017. Data from Afristar, the SGR operator, show the modern railway has transported more than 7.7 million passengers in the last five years. (Xinhua/Li Baishun)

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Japan moves toward smaller care homes in wake of Sagamihara rampage

Former Miyagi Gov. Shiro Asano speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on June 9, 2017. Asano, who also was a welfare ministry official, commented on a mass murder of residents at a care facility for people with intellectual disabilities in July 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo training: circle the ring

Sumo wrestlers line up to circle the ring as part of training at Miyagino stable's lodge in Nagoya on July 3, 2017. The 15-day Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament begins on July 9. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo training: circle the ring

Sumo wrestlers line up to circle the ring as part of training at Miyagino stable's lodge in Nagoya on July 3, 2017. The Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament begins on July 9. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo: All eyes on new ozeki Takayasu at Nagoya tourney

Newly promoted ozeki Takayasu trains at his Tagonoura stable in Tokyo on June 5, 2017. The Japan Sumo Association has released the "banzuke" rankings list for the July 9-23 Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament, with the spotlight set to be cast on Takayasu. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo: Hakuho on track to become all-time leader for wins

A shadow of grand champion Hakuho is on the wall as he is surrounded by a group of reporters after a bout at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament in Nagoya on July 16, 2017. A day later, Hakuho improved to a 9-0 record for the tournament to tie the late yokozuna Chiyonofuji for second place on the all-time list for matches won at 1,045, two shy of former ozeki Kaio. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mohammed Yousef Al Samarrai convicted of financing terrorism

Mohammed Yousef Al Samarrai, pictured, received a three-year suspended sentence with a three-year probation for financing terrorism as he sent money to his son, a member of the Islamic State, from a Czech regional court on July 9, 2020, in Pardubice, Czech Republic. According to the indictment, he sent 54,000 crowns to his son, about whom he knew he was a member of the Daesh, residing in Mosul in Iraq in 2017. (CTK Photo)

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Mohammed Yousef Al Samarrai convicted of financing terrorism

Mohammed Yousef Al Samarrai, pictured, received a three-year suspended sentence with a three-year probation for financing terrorism as he sent money to his son, a member of the Islamic State, from a Czech regional court on July 9, 2020, in Pardubice, Czech Republic. According to the indictment, he sent 54,000 crowns to his son, about whom he knew he was a member of the Daesh, residing in Mosul in Iraq in 2017. (CTK Photo)

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Mohammed Yousef Al Samarrai convicted of financing terrorism

Mohammed Yousef Al Samarrai, pictured, received a three-year suspended sentence with a three-year probation for financing terrorism as he sent money to his son, a member of the Islamic State, from a Czech regional court on July 9, 2020, in Pardubice, Czech Republic. According to the indictment, he sent 54,000 crowns to his son, about whom he knew he was a member of the Daesh, residing in Mosul in Iraq in 2017. (CTK Photo)

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Mohammed Yousef Al Samarrai convicted of financing terrorism

Mohammed Yousef Al Samarrai, left, received a three-year suspended sentence with a three-year probation for financing terrorism as he sent money to his son, a member of the Islamic State, from a Czech regional court on July 9, 2020, in Pardubice, Czech Republic. According to the indictment, he sent 54,000 crowns to his son, about whom he knew he was a member of the Daesh, residing in Mosul in Iraq in 2017. (CTK Photo)

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Mohammed Yousef Al Samarrai convicted of financing terrorism

Mohammed Yousef Al Samarrai, right, received a three-year suspended sentence with a three-year probation for financing terrorism as he sent money to his son, a member of the Islamic State, from a Czech regional court on July 9, 2020, in Pardubice, Czech Republic. According to the indictment, he sent 54,000 crowns to his son, about whom he knew he was a member of the Daesh, residing in Mosul in Iraq in 2017. (CTK Photo)

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Mohammed Yousef Al Samarrai convicted of financing terrorism

Mohammed Yousef Al Samarrai, right, received a three-year suspended sentence with a three-year probation for financing terrorism as he sent money to his son, a member of the Islamic State, from a Czech regional court on July 9, 2020, in Pardubice, Czech Republic. According to the indictment, he sent 54,000 crowns to his son, about whom he knew he was a member of the Daesh, residing in Mosul in Iraq in 2017. (CTK Photo)

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Mohammed Yousef Al Samarrai convicted of financing terrorism

Mohammed Yousef Al Samarrai, pictured, received a three-year suspended sentence with a three-year probation for financing terrorism as he sent money to his son, a member of the Islamic State, from a Czech regional court on July 9, 2020, in Pardubice, Czech Republic. According to the indictment, he sent 54,000 crowns to his son, about whom he knew he was a member of the Daesh, residing in Mosul in Iraq in 2017. (CTK Photo)

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Chrysler Building

The Chrysler Building in New York, seen in this photo taken in July 2017, has been put up for sale, The Wall Street Journal reported on Jan. 9, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Swedish PM Lofven, Japanese PM Abe

Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe hold talks in Stockholm on July 9, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ishikawa, Hawks more than enough for Lions

Rookie Shuta Ishikawa of the SoftBank Hawks starts a game against the Seibu Lions on Aug. 23, 2017, in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka. The Hawks beat the Lions 9-0, allowing Ishikawa to earn his first win since July 4. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Man, 9-year-old son found dead in Tokyo river after night fishing

Police officers investigate the site in Tokyo's Koto Ward on July 31, 2017, where a man in his 40s and his 9-year-old son went missing while fishing overnight, after their bodies were found in the river. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Man, 9-year-old son found dead in Tokyo river after night fishing

Police officers investigate the site in Tokyo's Koto Ward on July 31, 2017, where a man in his 40s and his 9-year-old son went missing while fishing overnight, after their bodies were found in the river. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, Brazil draw 1-1 in Tournament of Nations opener

Japanese women's soccer player Kumi Yokoyama (9) dribbles the ball during the first half a game against Brazil at the Tournament of Nations, a four-team women's international friendly tournament, in Seattle on July 27, 2017. The game ended in a 1-1 draw. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, Brazil draw 1-1 in Tournament of Nations opener

Japanese women's soccer player Kumi Yokoyama (9) vies for the ball during the second half of a game against Brazil at the Tournament of Nations, a four-team women's international friendly tournament, in Seattle on July 27, 2017. The game ended in a 1-1 draw. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Constitution should enshrine civilian control of SDF: LDP vice pres.

Masahiko Komura, vice president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, gives an interview to Kyodo News in Tokyo on July 18, 2017. As the LDP is working on a proposal to amend the postwar Constitution for the first time, Komura says the principle of civilian control over the country's Self-Defense Forces should be made clear through an addition to the war-renouncing Article 9. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Constitution should enshrine civilian control of SDF: LDP vice pres.

Masahiko Komura, vice president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, gives an interview to Kyodo News in Tokyo on July 18, 2017. As the LDP is working on a proposal to amend the postwar Constitution for the first time, Komura says the principle of civilian control over the country's Self-Defense Forces should be made clear through an addition to the war-renouncing Article 9. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Maeda gets 8th win as Dodgers beat ChiSox

Kenta Maeda of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitches against the Chicago White Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago on July 19, 2017. Maeda improved to 8-4 after allowing one run in five innings in the Dodgers' 9-1 win, their 11th consecutive victory. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Scenes from Pyongyang

Photo taken July 9, 2017, in Pyongyang shows a parking space for rental bicycles. The new service will be introduced soon in the North Korean capital. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Urawa Reds vs Borussia Dortmund in int'l friendly

Emre Mor (9) of Borussia Dortmund celebrates with his teammates after scoring his second goal during the second half of an international friendly against Urawa Reds at Saitama Stadium, near Tokyo, on July 15, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Urawa Reds vs Borussia Dortmund in int'l friendly

Emre Mor (9) of Borussia Dortmund celebrates after scoring an equalizer during the second half of an international friendly against Urawa Reds at Saitama Stadium, near Tokyo, on July 15, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Urawa Reds vs Borussia Dortmund in int'l friendly

Yuki Moto (9) of Urawa Reds aims to make a shot on goal during the first half of an international friendly against Borussia Dortmund at Saitama Stadium, near Tokyo, on July 15, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Scenes of sumo

Terutsuyoshi, a juryo wrestler, sprinkles salt on the dohyo ring ahead of a bout at the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium on July 9, 2017, the first day of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament in Nagoya, central Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: IOC backs refugee participation at 2020 Olympics

File photo taken in August 2016 shows the Refugee Olympic Team marching during the opening ceremony of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics at the Maracana Stadium. The International Olympic Committee Executive Board agreed on July 9, 2017, to continue to support refugees by getting them involved in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Darvish suffers 8th loss

Yu Darvish of the Texas Rangers starts a game against the Los Angeles Angels at Globe Life Park in Arlington, Texas, on July 9, 2017. Darvish suffered his eighth loss of the season in the Rangers' 3-0 defeat. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tanaka suffers 8th loss

Masahiro Tanaka of the New York Yankees looks downcast during a game against the Milwaukee Brewers at Yankee Stadium in New York on July 9, 2017. Tanaka lost his eighth game of the season in the Yankees' 5-3 defeat. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tanaka suffers 8th loss

Masahiro Tanaka of the New York Yankees pitches in a game against the Milwaukee Brewers at Yankee Stadium in New York on July 9, 2017. Tanaka lost his eighth game of the season in the Yankees' 5-3 defeat. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tanaka suffers 8th loss

Masahiro Tanaka of the New York Yankees pitches in a game against the Milwaukee Brewers at Yankee Stadium in New York on July 9, 2017. Tanaka lost his eighth game of the season in the Yankees' 5-3 defeat. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Golf: Uehara places 6th in U.S. tour's Thornberry Creek classic

Australia's Katherine Kirk poses with the trophy after winning the Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic at Thornberry Creek at Oneida in Wisconsin on July 9, 2017, with a 22-under 266, one stroke ahead of second-place Ashleigh Buhai of South Africa. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Golf: Uehara places 6th in U.S. tour's Thornberry Creek classic

Japan's Ayako Uehara lines up a putt on the second hole during the final round of the Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic at Thornberry Creek at Oneida in Wisconsin on July 9, 2017. Uehara finished in a two-way tie for sixth with a 17-under 271. Katherine Kirk of Australia won at 22-under. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Darvish, Tanaka end 1st half of MLB season on bad note

Masahiro Tanaka of the New York Yankees leaves the mound during the fifth inning of a game against the Milwaukee Brewers at Yankee Stadium in New York on July 9, 2017. Tanaka lost his eighth game of the season in the Yankees' 5-3 defeat. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Darvish, Tanaka end 1st half of MLB season on bad note

Yu Darvish of the Texas Rangers starts a game against the Los Angeles Angels at Globe Life Park in Arlington, Texas, on July 9, 2017. Darvish failed to pick up his first win since June 12 in the Rangers' 3-0 loss. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Turkey's main opposition party completes 450-km protest march

Protesters hold banners and placards with the word "adalet," meaning justice, at a rally in Istanbul on July 9, 2017. The rally was organized by the largest Turkish opposition CHP (Republican People's Party) after party members walked there about 450 kilometers from the capital Ankara in a protest march against the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, launched June 15. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Turkey's main opposition party completes 450-km protest march

Kemal Kilicdaroglu, leader of the largest Turkish opposition CHP (Republican People's Party), raises his hand at a rally in Istanbul on July 9, 2017, after walking about 450 kilometers from the capital Ankara with party members in a protest march against the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, launched June 15. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Irish Open golf tournament

Spain's Jon Rahm raises his trophy after winning the Irish Open at the Portstewart Golf Club in Northern Ireland on July 9, 2017. The 22-year-old achieved his first victory on the European Tour with a 24-under 264 total. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Irish Open golf tournament

Japan's Hideto Tanihara competes in the final round of the Irish Open at the Portstewart Golf Club in Northern Ireland on July 9, 2017. Tanihara finished tied for 10th with a 15-under 273 total. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Irish Open golf tournament

Japan's Hideki Matsuyama reacts after missing a birdie putt on the third hole during the final round of the Irish Open at the Portstewart Golf Club in Northern Ireland on July 9, 2017. Matsuyama finished tied for 14th at a 13-under 275 total. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Putin hosts Japan's ex-PM Mori for talks

Russian President Vladimir Putin (C) hosts former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori for talks in Yekaterinburg, central Russia, on July 9, 2017. After the meeting, in a rare move by the president, Putin visited the hotel where Mori was staying to bid farewell in person. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Putin hosts Japan's ex-PM Mori for talks

Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) hosts former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori for talks in Yekaterinburg, central Russia, on July 9, 2017. After the meeting, in a rare move by the president, Putin visited the hotel where Mori was staying to bid farewell in person. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo