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Surrogate arrangement for babies

TOKYO, Japan, July 31 Kyodo - Undated combined photo shows TV personality Aki Mukai and medical doctor Yahiro Netsu. Mukai's twin babies were born through a surrogate mother in the United States in 2003. Netsu said in 2001 his maternity clinic had made a surrogacy arrangement for a woman, becoming the first Japanese medical institution to officially announce such a procedure.(Kyodo)

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Baseball: Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki's career highlights

File photo shows Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki's first plate appearance during his major league debut in a baseball game against the Oakland Athletics at Safeco Field in Seattle, Washington, on April 3, 2001. Ichiro became the first Asian player inducted to the U.S. National Baseball Hall of Fame on July 27, 2025.

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File - Pope Jean Paul II

File photo dated July 3, 2001. Pope John Paul II meets Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi at the Vatican. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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ChineseToday | A teacher's lifelong dedication to education

(240801) -- TAIZHOU, Aug. 1, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Ma Rusong shows the triangle ruler that he has used throughout his teaching career at home in Shenyang Village of Taizhou City, east China's Jiangsu Province, July 30, 2024. Ma Rusong, 84, used to be a teacher at Dalun junior high school in Taizhou. He returned to his hometown Shenyang Village in the city upon retirement in 2001. In view of the many left-behind children in the village, he decided to offer free tutoring sessions for those children at his residence. He held tutoring sessions in mathematics, physics and chemistry on weekends and school vacations, and also took care of the children's mental health. Thousands of students have benefited from Ma's noble actions over the past two decades. Ma said he himself used to be an orphan, and he would not be able to become a teacher without social support. He wanted to reciprocate whenever his service is in need. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Li Bo)

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ChineseToday | A teacher's lifelong dedication to education

(240801) -- TAIZHOU, Aug. 1, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Ma Rusong (R) and his wife Huang Nan read newspapers at home in Shenyang Village of Taizhou City, east China's Jiangsu Province, July 31, 2024. Ma Rusong, 84, used to be a teacher at Dalun junior high school in Taizhou. He returned to his hometown Shenyang Village in the city upon retirement in 2001. In view of the many left-behind children in the village, he decided to offer free tutoring sessions for those children at his residence. He held tutoring sessions in mathematics, physics and chemistry on weekends and school vacations, and also took care of the children's mental health. Thousands of students have benefited from Ma's noble actions over the past two decades. Ma said he himself used to be an orphan, and he would not be able to become a teacher without social support. He wanted to reciprocate whenever his service is in need. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Li Bo)

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ChineseToday | A teacher's lifelong dedication to education

(240801) -- TAIZHOU, Aug. 1, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Ma Rusong drinks water during a class break at home in Shenyang Village of Taizhou City, east China's Jiangsu Province, July 31, 2024. Ma Rusong, 84, used to be a teacher at Dalun junior high school in Taizhou. He returned to his hometown Shenyang Village in the city upon retirement in 2001. In view of the many left-behind children in the village, he decided to offer free tutoring sessions for those children at his residence. He held tutoring sessions in mathematics, physics and chemistry on weekends and school vacations, and also took care of the children's mental health. Thousands of students have benefited from Ma's noble actions over the past two decades. Ma said he himself used to be an orphan, and he would not be able to become a teacher without social support. He wanted to reciprocate whenever his service is in need. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Li Bo)

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ChineseToday | A teacher's lifelong dedication to education

(240801) -- TAIZHOU, Aug. 1, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Ma Rusong (1st R) gives a class to left-behind children at home in Shenyang Village of Taizhou City, east China's Jiangsu Province, July 31, 2024. Ma Rusong, 84, used to be a teacher at Dalun junior high school in Taizhou. He returned to his hometown Shenyang Village in the city upon retirement in 2001. In view of the many left-behind children in the village, he decided to offer free tutoring sessions for those children at his residence. He held tutoring sessions in mathematics, physics and chemistry on weekends and school vacations, and also took care of the children's mental health. Thousands of students have benefited from Ma's noble actions over the past two decades. Ma said he himself used to be an orphan, and he would not be able to become a teacher without social support. He wanted to reciprocate whenever his service is in need. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Li Bo)

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ChineseToday | A teacher's lifelong dedication to education

(240801) -- TAIZHOU, Aug. 1, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Ma Rusong (C) gives a class to left-behind children at home in Shenyang Village of Taizhou City, east China's Jiangsu Province, July 30, 2024. Ma Rusong, 84, used to be a teacher at Dalun junior high school in Taizhou. He returned to his hometown Shenyang Village in the city upon retirement in 2001. In view of the many left-behind children in the village, he decided to offer free tutoring sessions for those children at his residence. He held tutoring sessions in mathematics, physics and chemistry on weekends and school vacations, and also took care of the children's mental health. Thousands of students have benefited from Ma's noble actions over the past two decades. Ma said he himself used to be an orphan, and he would not be able to become a teacher without social support. He wanted to reciprocate whenever his service is in need. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Wu Yingjing)

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ChineseToday | A teacher's lifelong dedication to education

(240801) -- TAIZHOU, Aug. 1, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Ma Rusong (L) tutors a student at home in Shenyang Village of Taizhou City, east China's Jiangsu Province, July 31, 2024. Ma Rusong, 84, used to be a teacher at Dalun junior high school in Taizhou. He returned to his hometown Shenyang Village in the city upon retirement in 2001. In view of the many left-behind children in the village, he decided to offer free tutoring sessions for those children at his residence. He held tutoring sessions in mathematics, physics and chemistry on weekends and school vacations, and also took care of the children's mental health. Thousands of students have benefited from Ma's noble actions over the past two decades. Ma said he himself used to be an orphan, and he would not be able to become a teacher without social support. He wanted to reciprocate whenever his service is in need. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Li Bo)

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ChineseToday | A teacher's lifelong dedication to education

(240801) -- TAIZHOU, Aug. 1, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- An aerial drone photo taken on July 31, 2024 shows a view of Shenyang Village of Taizhou City, east China's Jiangsu Province. Ma Rusong, 84, used to be a teacher at Dalun junior high school in Taizhou. He returned to his hometown Shenyang Village in the city upon retirement in 2001. In view of the many left-behind children in the village, he decided to offer free tutoring sessions for those children at his residence. He held tutoring sessions in mathematics, physics and chemistry on weekends and school vacations, and also took care of the children's mental health. Thousands of students have benefited from Ma's noble actions over the past two decades. Ma said he himself used to be an orphan, and he would not be able to become a teacher without social support. He wanted to reciprocate whenever his service is in need. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Li Bo)

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ChineseToday | A teacher's lifelong dedication to education

(240801) -- TAIZHOU, Aug. 1, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Ma Rusong (R) and his wife Huang Nan have dinner at home in Shenyang Village of Taizhou City, east China's Jiangsu Province, July 30, 2024. Ma Rusong, 84, used to be a teacher at Dalun junior high school in Taizhou. He returned to his hometown Shenyang Village in the city upon retirement in 2001. In view of the many left-behind children in the village, he decided to offer free tutoring sessions for those children at his residence. He held tutoring sessions in mathematics, physics and chemistry on weekends and school vacations, and also took care of the children's mental health. Thousands of students have benefited from Ma's noble actions over the past two decades. Ma said he himself used to be an orphan, and he would not be able to become a teacher without social support. He wanted to reciprocate whenever his service is in need. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Li Bo)

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ChineseToday | A teacher's lifelong dedication to education

(240801) -- TAIZHOU, Aug. 1, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Ma Rusong prepares for classes at home in Shenyang Village of Taizhou City, east China's Jiangsu Province, July 30, 2024. Ma Rusong, 84, used to be a teacher at Dalun junior high school in Taizhou. He returned to his hometown Shenyang Village in the city upon retirement in 2001. In view of the many left-behind children in the village, he decided to offer free tutoring sessions for those children at his residence. He held tutoring sessions in mathematics, physics and chemistry on weekends and school vacations, and also took care of the children's mental health. Thousands of students have benefited from Ma's noble actions over the past two decades. Ma said he himself used to be an orphan, and he would not be able to become a teacher without social support. He wanted to reciprocate whenever his service is in need. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Wu Yingjing)

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ChineseToday | A teacher's lifelong dedication to education

(240801) -- TAIZHOU, Aug. 1, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Ma Rusong gives a class to left-behind children at home in Shenyang Village of Taizhou City, east China's Jiangsu Province, July 30, 2024. Ma Rusong, 84, used to be a teacher at Dalun junior high school in Taizhou. He returned to his hometown Shenyang Village in the city upon retirement in 2001. In view of the many left-behind children in the village, he decided to offer free tutoring sessions for those children at his residence. He held tutoring sessions in mathematics, physics and chemistry on weekends and school vacations, and also took care of the children's mental health. Thousands of students have benefited from Ma's noble actions over the past two decades. Ma said he himself used to be an orphan, and he would not be able to become a teacher without social support. He wanted to reciprocate whenever his service is in need. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Wu Yingjing)

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ChineseToday | A teacher's lifelong dedication to education

(240801) -- TAIZHOU, Aug. 1, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Ma Rusong organizes desks and chairs after class at home in Shenyang Village of Taizhou City, east China's Jiangsu Province, July 31, 2024. Ma Rusong, 84, used to be a teacher at Dalun junior high school in Taizhou. He returned to his hometown Shenyang Village in the city upon retirement in 2001. In view of the many left-behind children in the village, he decided to offer free tutoring sessions for those children at his residence. He held tutoring sessions in mathematics, physics and chemistry on weekends and school vacations, and also took care of the children's mental health. Thousands of students have benefited from Ma's noble actions over the past two decades. Ma said he himself used to be an orphan, and he would not be able to become a teacher without social support. He wanted to reciprocate whenever his service is in need. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Li Bo)

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Xinhua Headlines: Two years on, Afghanistan still beset with U.S.-inflicted war traumas

(230830) -- BEIJING, Aug. 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on July 15, 2023 shows a view of Qala-e-Shatir village, where the U.S. forces dropped cluster bombs in 2001, in Herat City of west Afghanistan's Herat province. (Photo by Mashal/Xinhua)

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CHINA-BEIJING-SHOUGANG-GERMANY-RUHR-TRANSFORMATION

(230830) -- BEIJING, Aug. 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on July 30, 2021 shows the International Center for Digital Creativity inside the Shougang Park in Shijingshan District of Beijing, capital of China. From the Ruhr area in Germany to the Shougang industrial park in Beijing, one after another steel "giants" stand as witnesses to the development process of human civilization. The Ruhr area in Germany is a significant industrial zone in Europe, once a coal and steel production hub for Germany. The Zollverein coal mine industrial complex in Essen was one of the world's largest coal mines from the late 19th to the early 20th century. With Germany's transition in energy industry, the Zollverein coal mine industrial complex ceased operation completely in 1993. This exemplary modern industrial structure subsequently transformed into an arts and cultural center. In 2001, the Zollverein coal mine industrial complex was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Founded in 1919, Shougang, meaning "capit

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6,500 athletes from 113 countries, regions to participate in Chengdu Universiade

STORY: 6,500 athletes from 113 countries, regions to participate in Chengdu Universiade DATELINE: July 28, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:46 LOCATION: CHENGDU, China CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the press conference and the athletes STORYLINE: 6,500 athletes from 113 countries and regions will take part in the 31st FISU World University Games in Chengdu, including 3,512 male athletes and 2,988 female athletes, said an official with the Chengdu Universiade Executive Committee at a press conference on Friday. The sporting event will be held in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province between July 28 and August 8. A total of 18 sports will be featured during the 12-day tournament. The Chengdu Universiade will be the third Summer Universiade held in the Chinese mainland, following the Beijing Universiade in 2001 and the Shenzhen Universiade in 2011. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Chengdu, China. (XHTV)

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U.S. Fed hikes interest rates by 25 basis points

STORY: U.S. Fed hikes interest rates by 25 basis points DATELINE: July 27, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:31 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the press conference 2. various of exterior of the U.S. Federal Reserve STORYLINE: The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised its benchmark interest rates by 25 basis points to the range of 5.25 to 5.5 percent, the highest level in over two decades, as it continues to ramp up its fight against inflation. It is the 11th interest rate increase since the Fed began its aggressive rate hiking campaign in March 2022, taking the federal funds rate to its highest level since early 2001. "Recent indicators suggest that economic activity has been expanding at a moderate pace. Job gains have been robust in recent months, and the unemployment rate has remained low. Inflation remains elevated," the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), the Fed's policy-setting body, said in a statement on Wednesday afternoon, after a two-day policy meeting. The FOMC "s

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CHINA-YUNNAN-JINPING-REVISIT TO KUCONG PEOPLE'S PRIMITIVE LIFE (CN)

(230726) -- JINPING, July 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows the changes in housing conditions of Kucong people: the banana leaf shed built by Zhang Puzhong based on his memory of Kucong people's primitive life in the forest taken on July 23, 2023 (top, Xinhua/Fei Maohua); the thatched huts at a Kucong village, Jinping County taken in 1984 (2nd from top, Xinhua/Min Fuquan); brand-new adobe houses covered in asbestos tiles in Xianami Village, Zhemi Township, Jinping County, taken in November 2001 (3rd from top, Xinhua/Lin Yiguang); and a view of Xingfaling Village, Zhemi Township, Jinping County taken on July 23, 2023 (bottom, Xinhua/Chen Xinbo). After days of thinking, Zhang Puzhong decided to do something instructive to his grandchildren: bring them back to the forest he used to live as a child more than 60 years ago. "This is very important. I know how happy I am today because I never forget how bitter my life was in the past," Zhang said. Zhang is a 70-year-old Kucong resident in Xiaxinzha

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Afghans haunted by U.S. cluster bomb attacks more than 20 years ago

STORY: Afghans haunted by U.S. cluster bomb attacks more than 20 years ago DATELINE: July 24, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:37 LOCATION: HERAT, Afghanistan CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the village 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Dari): BIBI JAN, Survivor of U.S. cluster bomb attack 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Dari): BIBI JAN, Survivor of U.S. cluster bomb attack 4. various of survivors 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Dari): NASIR AHMAD, Survivor of U.S. cluster bomb attack 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (Dari): MAHIDIN KHAN, Survivor of U.S. cluster bomb attack STORYLINE: Bibi Jan is an Afghan woman who lives in the Qala-e-Shatir village of Herat City, west Afghanistan. She still remembers the horrific day in 2001 when the U.S. forces dropped cluster bombs on her poor village. SOUNDBITE 1 (Dari): BIBI JAN, Survivor of U.S. cluster bomb attack "It was 2:30 p.m. of the day, second Aqrab (Oct. 24 on the Persian calendar), oh God, it haunts me even at night whenever I remember. I was alive, although my head was bleeding." Jan's daughter was badly injured and her d

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AFGHANISTAN-HERAT-U.S. CLUSTER BOMB ATTACK

(230723) -- HERAT, July 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on July 15, 2023 shows a view of Qala-e-Shatir village, where the U.S. forces dropped cluster bombs in 2001, in Herat City of west Afghanistan's Herat province. TO GO WITH "Feature: Afghans haunted by U.S. cluster bomb attacks more than 20 years ago" (Photo by Mashal/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-HERAT-U.S. CLUSTER BOMB ATTACK

(230723) -- HERAT, July 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on July 15, 2023 shows villagers walking in Qala-e-Shatir village, where the U.S. forces dropped cluster bombs in 2001, in Herat City of west Afghanistan's Herat province. TO GO WITH "Feature: Afghans haunted by U.S. cluster bomb attacks more than 20 years ago" (Photo by Mashal/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-HERAT-U.S. CLUSTER BOMB ATTACK

(230723) -- HERAT, July 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A villager, who survived the U.S. cluster bomb attack in 2001, shows scars on his back in Qala-e-Shatir village of Herat City in west Afghanistan's Herat province, July 15, 2023. TO GO WITH "Feature: Afghans haunted by U.S. cluster bomb attacks more than 20 years ago" (Photo by Mashal/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-HERAT-U.S. CLUSTER BOMB ATTACK

(230723) -- HERAT, July 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on July 15, 2023 shows a view of Qala-e-Shatir village, where the U.S. forces dropped cluster bombs in 2001, in Herat City of west Afghanistan's Herat province. TO GO WITH "Feature: Afghans haunted by U.S. cluster bomb attacks more than 20 years ago" (Photo by Mashal/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-HERAT-U.S. CLUSTER BOMB ATTACK

(230723) -- HERAT, July 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on July 15, 2023 shows a house damaged by U.S. cluster bombs in 2001, in Qala-e-Shatir village of Herat City in west Afghanistan's Herat province. TO GO WITH "Feature: Afghans haunted by U.S. cluster bomb attacks more than 20 years ago" (Photo by Mashal/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-HERAT-CLUSTER BOMBS-DAMAGES

(230723) -- HERAT, July 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on July 15, 2023 shows a damaged building where the U.S. forces dropped cluster bombs in 2001 in Herat Province, Afghanistan. According to the Cluster Munition Coalition, from 2001 to 2002 the U.S. forces dropped 1,228 cluster bombs containing 248,056 bomblets in Afghanistan. TO GO WITH "Feature: Afghans haunted by U.S. cluster bomb attacks more than 20 years ago" (Photo by Mashal/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-HERAT-CLUSTER BOMBS-DAMAGES

(230723) -- HERAT, July 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A man shows his back injury caused by an attack of U.S. cluster bombs in 2001, in Herat Province, Afghanistan, July 15, 2023. According to the Cluster Munition Coalition, from 2001 to 2002 the U.S. forces dropped 1,228 cluster bombs containing 248,056 bomblets in Afghanistan. TO GO WITH "Feature: Afghans haunted by U.S. cluster bomb attacks more than 20 years ago" (Photo by Mashal/Xinhua)

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Russell Crowe Visits The Uffizi Gallery - Florence

Russell Crowe visits the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy on July 18, 2023. On holiday in Italy the famous New Zealand actor, who won an Oscar in 2001 as the lead actor in Ridley Scott’s very famous film ‘The Gladiator’, spent a morning in the museum. He was especially attracted by the ancient Roman treasures and the new 16th-century rooms. The actor did not deny himself to the many visitors who, recognizing him, asked him for photos and autographs. Photo (EV)/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Russell Crowe Visits The Uffizi Gallery - Florence

Russell Crowe visits the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy on July 18, 2023. On holiday in Italy the famous New Zealand actor, who won an Oscar in 2001 as the lead actor in Ridley Scott’s very famous film ‘The Gladiator’, spent a morning in the museum. He was especially attracted by the ancient Roman treasures and the new 16th-century rooms. The actor did not deny himself to the many visitors who, recognizing him, asked him for photos and autographs. Photo (EV)/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Russell Crowe Visits The Uffizi Gallery - Florence

Russell Crowe visits the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy on July 18, 2023. On holiday in Italy the famous New Zealand actor, who won an Oscar in 2001 as the lead actor in Ridley Scott’s very famous film ‘The Gladiator’, spent a morning in the museum. He was especially attracted by the ancient Roman treasures and the new 16th-century rooms. The actor did not deny himself to the many visitors who, recognizing him, asked him for photos and autographs. Photo (EV)/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Russell Crowe Visits The Uffizi Gallery - Florence

Russell Crowe visits the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy on July 18, 2023. On holiday in Italy the famous New Zealand actor, who won an Oscar in 2001 as the lead actor in Ridley Scott’s very famous film ‘The Gladiator’, spent a morning in the museum. He was especially attracted by the ancient Roman treasures and the new 16th-century rooms. The actor did not deny himself to the many visitors who, recognizing him, asked him for photos and autographs. Photo (EV)/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ex-Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi dies at 86

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (L) is pictured shaking hands with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi during the Group of Eight summit in Genova, Italy, in July, 2001. Berlusconi, who was also a billionaire media mogul, died on June 12, 2023, aged 86.

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Former volleyball coach Matsudaira dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in July 2001 shows former Japan men's national volleyball team head coach Yasutaka Matsudaira. Matsudaira, who steered the country to the gold medal at the 1972 Munich Olympics, died from a lung condition at a Tokyo hospital on Dec. 31, 2011, the Japan Volleyball Association said Jan. 5, 2012. He was 81.

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USJ may see largest monthly visitor turnout in August

OSAKA, Japan - The number of visitors to Universal Studios Japan in Osaka, western Japan, in August may surpass the monthly record of some 1.31 million, registered in August 2001, due to the popularity of a new attraction based on the Harry Potter film franchise that opened on July 15. The photo was taken on Aug. 7, 2014.

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Summer cottage for Author of Moomin books

LONDON, Britain - A cottage on the island of Klovharu in the southern part of Finland, where Tove Jansson (1914-2001), author of the widely popular Moomin books, used to stay during the summer is seen on July 14, 2014,. This year marks the 100th anniversary of her birth.

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Man shows cottage used by author of Moomin books

LONDON, Britain - A local man on the island of Klovharu in the southern part of Finland shows the inside of a cottage where Tove Jansson (1914-2001), author of the widely Moomin books, used to stay during the summer, on July 14, 2014. This year marks the 100th anniversary of her birth.

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Hot dog eating contest

NEW YORK, United States - Takeru Kobayashi (far R), the Japanese former champion of New York's famous July 4 Independence Day hot dog eating contest, eats hot dogs in a rival contest organized by himself in Manhattan, New York, on July 4, 2013. Kobayashi won the annual Nathan's International Hot Dog Eating Contest held in Coney Island in New York for six years in a row since 2001, but has not participated in the competition since 2010 due to a contract dispute with the organizer and has organized a similar contest on his own.

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Hot dog eating contest

NEW YORK, United States - Takeru Kobayashi, the Japanese former champion of New York's famous July 4 Independence Day hot dog eating contest, wins a rival contest organized by himself in Manhattan, New York, on July 4, 2013. Kobayashi won the annual Nathan's International Hot Dog Eating Contest held in Coney Island in New York for six years in a row since 2001, but has not participated in the competition since 2010 due to a contract dispute with the organizer and has organized a similar contest on his own.

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2001 fatal stampede

KOBE, Japan - (From front) Kiyoshi Miki, Seiji Shimomura and Masaharu Arima, who lost relatives in a 2001 stampede in Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture, attend a press conference in Kobe on Feb. 20, 2013. The Kobe District Court earlier the same day dismissed a case against a former senior police officer over the stampede on a bridge that was overcrowded with fireworks spectators on July 21, 2001, in which 11 people died and 247 were injured. The court ruled the statute of limitations had expired.

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Ichiro traded to New York Yankees

SEATTLE, United States - Ichiro Suzuki in a training outfit of the New York Yankees heads for practice at Safeco Field in Seattle on July 23, 2012, after he was traded to the Yankees from the Seattle Mariners the same day. The 38-year-old outfielder, a 10-time All-Star with the Mariners, whom he joined in 2001, was dealt in exchange for cash and two minor league prospects after Suzuki requested Seattle trade him.

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Ichiro traded to New York Yankees

SEATTLE, United States - Ichiro Suzuki in a training outfit of the New York Yankees heads for practice at Safeco Field in Seattle on July 23, 2012, after he was traded to the Yankees from the Seattle Mariners the same day. The 38-year-old outfielder, a 10-time All-Star with the Mariners, whom he joined in 2001, was dealt in exchange for cash and two minor league prospects after Suzuki requested Seattle trade him.

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Ichiro traded to New York Yankees

SEATTLE, United States - Ichiro Suzuki (R) gives a press conference at Safeco Field in Seattle on July 23, 2012, the day he was traded to the New York Yankees from the Seattle Mariners. The 38-year-old outfielder, a 10-time All-Star with the Mariners, whom he joined in 2001, was dealt in exchange for cash and two minor league prospects after Suzuki requested Seattle trade him. To the left is New York manager Joe Girardi.

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Ichiro traded to New York Yankees

SEATTLE, United States - Ichiro Suzuki smiles during a press conference at Safeco Field in Seattle on July 23, 2012, held the day he was traded to the New York Yankees from the Seattle Mariners. The 38-year-old outfielder, a 10-time All-Star with the Mariners, whom he joined in 2001, was dealt in exchange for cash and two minor league prospects after Suzuki requested Seattle trade him.

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Ichiro traded to New York Yankees

SEATTLE, United States - Ichiro Suzuki (R) gives a press conference at Safeco Field in Seattle on July 23, 2012, the day he was traded to the New York Yankees from the Seattle Mariners. The 38-year-old outfielder, a 10-time All-Star with the Mariners, whom he joined in 2001, was dealt in exchange for cash and two minor league prospects after Suzuki requested Seattle trade him. To the left is New York manager Joe Girardi.

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Ichiro traded to New York Yankees

SEATTLE, United States - Ichiro Suzuki gives a press conference at Safeco Field in Seattle on July 23, 2012, the day he was traded to the New York Yankees from the Seattle Mariners. The 38-year-old outfielder, a 10-time All-Star with the Mariners, whom he joined in 2001, was dealt in exchange for cash and two minor league prospects after Suzuki requested Seattle trade him.

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Ichiro traded to New York Yankees

SEATTLE, United States - Ichiro Suzuki speaks at a press conference at Safeco Field in Seattle on July 23, 2012, the day he was traded to the New York Yankees from the Seattle Mariners. The 38-year-old outfielder, a 10-time All-Star with the Mariners, whom he joined in 2001, was dealt in exchange for cash and two minor league prospects after Suzuki requested Seattle trade him.

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Ichiro traded to New York Yankees

SEATTLE, United States - Ichiro Suzuki speaks at a press conference at Safeco Field in Seattle on July 23, 2012, the day he was traded to the New York Yankees from the Seattle Mariners. The 38-year-old outfielder, a 10-time All-Star with the Mariners, whom he joined in 2001, was dealt in exchange for cash and two minor league prospects after Suzuki requested Seattle trade him.

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Actress Isuzu Yamada dies at 95

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in February 2001 shows actress Isuzu Yamada in Tokyo holding the badge of the Order of Culture she received the previous year. Yamada, known for a variety of theater and film roles including some under legendary director Akira Kurosawa, died of multiple organ failure at a Tokyo hospital on July 9, 2012. She was 95.

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Murder suspect detained in Peru

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Ricardo Moises Diaz Sanchez is transferred in Lima on July 7, 2010, after being detained by Peruvian police on suspicion of committing murder in Japan in 2001.

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Murder suspect detained in Peru

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Ricardo Moises Diaz Sanchez is transferred in Lima on July 7, 2010, after being detained by Peruvian police on suspicion of committing murder in Japan in 2001.