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Illustration For US Election Day

File photo dated June 6, 2014 - US Secret Services agents stand guard at Orly airport near Paris, France, waiting for President Barack Obama due to attend a ceremony at the American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer marking the D-Day 70th Anniversary in Normandy. - American voters go to the polls on Tuesday to choose their next president. US election results are sometimes declared within hours of the polls closing, but this year's tight contest could mean a longer wait. Democratic Vice-President Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump, the former president, have been running neck-and-neck for weeks. Photo by Thierry Orban/ABACAPRESS.COM

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ChineseToday | Project manager of tunnel to Peru's iconic Machu Picchu site

(240718) -- MEXICO CITY, July 18, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Pei Zhimin (R) discusses the progress of the project at the construction site of Machu Picchu Highway Tunnel in Cusco Region in Peru, June 23, 2024. Pei Zhimin has been working in South America for ten years. He started working in Venezuela in 2014 for 6 months, then moved to Brazil for market development. Afterward, he was sent to Bolivia and served as the chief engineer for a highway project until April 2019. Currently, Pei works as both a project manager of the Machu Picchu Highway Tunnel and a resident engineer for the China Railway Tunnel Group Co., Ltd. As a project manager, he needs to ensure the normal operation of complex rectification projects, determine the project's work plan, review various material requirement processes and procurement prices, and assess whether resource needs are reasonable. As a resident engineer, Pei needs to determine the details of each task based on the overall work plan, require each engineer to com

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ChineseToday | Project manager of tunnel to Peru's iconic Machu Picchu site

(240718) -- MEXICO CITY, July 18, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Pei Zhimin (L) works at the construction site of Machu Picchu Highway Tunnel in Cusco Region in Peru, June 23, 2024. Pei Zhimin has been working in South America for ten years. He started working in Venezuela in 2014 for 6 months, then moved to Brazil for market development. Afterward, he was sent to Bolivia and served as the chief engineer for a highway project until April 2019. Currently, Pei works as both a project manager of the Machu Picchu Highway Tunnel and a resident engineer for the China Railway Tunnel Group Co., Ltd. As a project manager, he needs to ensure the normal operation of complex rectification projects, determine the project's work plan, review various material requirement processes and procurement prices, and assess whether resource needs are reasonable. As a resident engineer, Pei needs to determine the details of each task based on the overall work plan, require each engineer to complete their tasks within a limit

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ChineseToday | Project manager of tunnel to Peru's iconic Machu Picchu site

(240718) -- MEXICO CITY, July 18, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Pei Zhimin (C) walks at the construction site of Machu Picchu Highway Tunnel in Cusco Region in Peru, June 23, 2024. Pei Zhimin has been working in South America for ten years. He started working in Venezuela in 2014 for 6 months, then moved to Brazil for market development. Afterward, he was sent to Bolivia and served as the chief engineer for a highway project until April 2019. Currently, Pei works as both a project manager of the Machu Picchu Highway Tunnel and a resident engineer for the China Railway Tunnel Group Co., Ltd. As a project manager, he needs to ensure the normal operation of complex rectification projects, determine the project's work plan, review various material requirement processes and procurement prices, and assess whether resource needs are reasonable. As a resident engineer, Pei needs to determine the details of each task based on the overall work plan, require each engineer to complete their tasks within a limit

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ChineseToday | Project manager of tunnel to Peru's iconic Machu Picchu site

(240718) -- MEXICO CITY, July 18, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Pei Zhimin (R) discusses the progress of the project at the construction site of Machu Picchu Highway Tunnel in Cusco Region in Peru, June 23, 2024. Pei Zhimin has been working in South America for ten years. He started working in Venezuela in 2014 for 6 months, then moved to Brazil for market development. Afterward, he was sent to Bolivia and served as the chief engineer for a highway project until April 2019. Currently, Pei works as both a project manager of the Machu Picchu Highway Tunnel and a resident engineer for the China Railway Tunnel Group Co., Ltd. As a project manager, he needs to ensure the normal operation of complex rectification projects, determine the project's work plan, review various material requirement processes and procurement prices, and assess whether resource needs are reasonable. As a resident engineer, Pei needs to determine the details of each task based on the overall work plan, require each engineer to com

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ChineseToday | Project manager of tunnel to Peru's iconic Machu Picchu site

(240718) -- MEXICO CITY, July 18, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Pei Zhimin (L) works at the construction site of Machu Picchu Highway Tunnel in Cusco Region in Peru, June 23, 2024. Pei Zhimin has been working in South America for ten years. He started working in Venezuela in 2014 for 6 months, then moved to Brazil for market development. Afterward, he was sent to Bolivia and served as the chief engineer for a highway project until April 2019. Currently, Pei works as both a project manager of the Machu Picchu Highway Tunnel and a resident engineer for the China Railway Tunnel Group Co., Ltd. As a project manager, he needs to ensure the normal operation of complex rectification projects, determine the project's work plan, review various material requirement processes and procurement prices, and assess whether resource needs are reasonable. As a resident engineer, Pei needs to determine the details of each task based on the overall work plan, require each engineer to complete their tasks within a limit

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ChineseToday | Project manager of tunnel to Peru's iconic Machu Picchu site

(240718) -- MEXICO CITY, July 18, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Pei Zhimin (2nd L) talks with his Peruvian colleagues at the construction site of Machu Picchu Highway Tunnel in Cusco Region in Peru, June 23, 2024. Pei Zhimin has been working in South America for ten years. He started working in Venezuela in 2014 for 6 months, then moved to Brazil for market development. Afterward, he was sent to Bolivia and served as the chief engineer for a highway project until April 2019. Currently, Pei works as both a project manager of the Machu Picchu Highway Tunnel and a resident engineer for the China Railway Tunnel Group Co., Ltd. As a project manager, he needs to ensure the normal operation of complex rectification projects, determine the project's work plan, review various material requirement processes and procurement prices, and assess whether resource needs are reasonable. As a resident engineer, Pei needs to determine the details of each task based on the overall work plan, require each engineer to co

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ChineseToday | Project manager of tunnel to Peru's iconic Machu Picchu site

(240718) -- MEXICO CITY, July 18, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Pei Zhimin poses for a photo at the construction site of Machu Picchu Highway Tunnel in Cusco Region in Peru, June 23, 2024. Pei Zhimin has been working in South America for ten years. He started working in Venezuela in 2014 for 6 months, then moved to Brazil for market development. Afterward, he was sent to Bolivia and served as the chief engineer for a highway project until April 2019. Currently, Pei works as both a project manager of the Machu Picchu Highway Tunnel and a resident engineer for the China Railway Tunnel Group Co., Ltd. As a project manager, he needs to ensure the normal operation of complex rectification projects, determine the project's work plan, review various material requirement processes and procurement prices, and assess whether resource needs are reasonable. As a resident engineer, Pei needs to determine the details of each task based on the overall work plan, require each engineer to complete their tasks within

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ChineseToday | Project manager of tunnel to Peru's iconic Machu Picchu site

(240718) -- MEXICO CITY, July 18, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- An aerial drone photo taken on June 23, 2024 shows the entrance of the Machu Picchu Highway Tunnel project in Cusco Region in Peru. Pei Zhimin has been working in South America for ten years. He started working in Venezuela in 2014 for 6 months, then moved to Brazil for market development. Afterward, he was sent to Bolivia and served as the chief engineer for a highway project until April 2019. Currently, Pei works as both a project manager of the Machu Picchu Highway Tunnel and a resident engineer for the China Railway Tunnel Group Co., Ltd. As a project manager, he needs to ensure the normal operation of complex rectification projects, determine the project's work plan, review various material requirement processes and procurement prices, and assess whether resource needs are reasonable. As a resident engineer, Pei needs to determine the details of each task based on the overall work plan, require each engineer to complete their tasks

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Chinese artist uses outsider art to heal people with mental disorders

STORY: Chinese artist uses outsider art to heal people with mental disorders SHOOTING TIME: Recent footage DATELINE: June 16, 2024 LENGTH: 00:03:00 LOCATION: NANJING, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of painting processes 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): GUO HAIPING, Founder of Nanjing Outsider Art Studio 3. various of Xu Jian taking photos of his mother 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): XU JIAN's mother, Parent of Nanjing Outsider Art Studio participants 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): GUO HAIPING, Founder of Nanjing Outsider Art Studio 6. various of participants at Nanjing Outsider Art Studio STORYLINE: With the support of local governments, Chinese artist Guo Haiping established Nanjing Outsider Art Studio in 2014 in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province. Guo has committed to exploring the artistic potential of all kinds of people with mental disorders and of those recovering from mental disorders, providing all-round support, and helping eliminate public prejudice and discrimination. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): G

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Pritzker Prize-winning Japan architect Maki dies at 95

Photo taken in March 2014 in Tokyo shows Hillside Terrace, a building complex consisting of residences, shops and offices designed by renowned Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki. Maki, who in 1993 won the Pritzker Prize, dubbed the Nobel Prize of architecture, died at the age of 95 at his home in Tokyo on June 6, 2024.

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Pritzker Prize-winning Japan architect Maki dies at 95

Photo taken in March 2014 in Tokyo shows Hillside Terrace, a building complex consisting of residences, shops and offices designed by renowned Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki. Maki, who in 1993 won the Pritzker Prize, dubbed the Nobel Prize of architecture, died at the age of 95 at his home in Tokyo on June 6, 2024.

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Ariane 6 Maiden Flight Expected By Summer

Handout photo dated February 28, 2024 shows the central core for the inaugural Ariane 6 flight currently being assembled. Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket will stage an inaugural flight between June 15 and July 31 in 2024. The keenly awaited window for the first test flight came after a test model of the new rocket passed a key long-firing engine test in French Guiana. ESA nations agreed in 2014 to develop Ariane 6 in response to growing competition in the commercial launch market but its arrival, originally due in 2020, has been repeatedly delayed. The maiden flight will carry some smaller satellites, including two from NASA. Photo by Ariana Group via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ariane 6 Maiden Flight Expected By Summer

Handout photo dated February 28, 2024 shows the central core for the inaugural Ariane 6 flight currently being assembled. Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket will stage an inaugural flight between June 15 and July 31 in 2024. The keenly awaited window for the first test flight came after a test model of the new rocket passed a key long-firing engine test in French Guiana. ESA nations agreed in 2014 to develop Ariane 6 in response to growing competition in the commercial launch market but its arrival, originally due in 2020, has been repeatedly delayed. The maiden flight will carry some smaller satellites, including two from NASA. Photo by Ariana Group via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ariane 6 Maiden Flight Expected By Summer

Handout photo dated February 22, 2024 shows the arrival of the stages for the inaugural Ariane 6 flight in French Guiana. Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket will stage an inaugural flight between June 15 and July 31 in 2024. The keenly awaited window for the first test flight came after a test model of the new rocket passed a key long-firing engine test in French Guiana. ESA nations agreed in 2014 to develop Ariane 6 in response to growing competition in the commercial launch market but its arrival, originally due in 2020, has been repeatedly delayed. The maiden flight will carry some smaller satellites, including two from NASA. Photo by ESA CNES Arianespace ArianeGroup via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ariane 6 Maiden Flight Expected By Summer

Handout photo dated February 22, 2024 shows the arrival of the stages for the inaugural Ariane 6 flight in French Guiana. Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket will stage an inaugural flight between June 15 and July 31 in 2024. The keenly awaited window for the first test flight came after a test model of the new rocket passed a key long-firing engine test in French Guiana. ESA nations agreed in 2014 to develop Ariane 6 in response to growing competition in the commercial launch market but its arrival, originally due in 2020, has been repeatedly delayed. The maiden flight will carry some smaller satellites, including two from NASA. Photo by ESA CNES Arianespace ArianeGroup via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ariane 6 Maiden Flight Expected By Summer

Handout photo dated February 21, 2024 shows Canopee cargo ship in Kourou, French Guiana. Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket will stage an inaugural flight between June 15 and July 31 in 2024. The keenly awaited window for the first test flight came after a test model of the new rocket passed a key long-firing engine test in French Guiana. ESA nations agreed in 2014 to develop Ariane 6 in response to growing competition in the commercial launch market but its arrival, originally due in 2020, has been repeatedly delayed. The maiden flight will carry some smaller satellites, including two from NASA. Photo by Ariane Group via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ariane 6 Maiden Flight Expected By Summer

Handout photo dated February 21, 2024 shows Canopee cargo ship in Kourou, French Guiana. Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket will stage an inaugural flight between June 15 and July 31 in 2024. The keenly awaited window for the first test flight came after a test model of the new rocket passed a key long-firing engine test in French Guiana. ESA nations agreed in 2014 to develop Ariane 6 in response to growing competition in the commercial launch market but its arrival, originally due in 2020, has been repeatedly delayed. The maiden flight will carry some smaller satellites, including two from NASA. Photo by Ariane Group via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ariane 6 Maiden Flight Expected By Summer

Handout photo dated February 21, 2024 shows Canopee cargo ship in Kourou, French Guiana. Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket will stage an inaugural flight between June 15 and July 31 in 2024. The keenly awaited window for the first test flight came after a test model of the new rocket passed a key long-firing engine test in French Guiana. ESA nations agreed in 2014 to develop Ariane 6 in response to growing competition in the commercial launch market but its arrival, originally due in 2020, has been repeatedly delayed. The maiden flight will carry some smaller satellites, including two from NASA. Photo by Ariane Group via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ariane 6 Maiden Flight Expected By Summer

Handout photo dated February 21, 2024 shows Canopee cargo ship in Kourou, French Guiana. Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket will stage an inaugural flight between June 15 and July 31 in 2024. The keenly awaited window for the first test flight came after a test model of the new rocket passed a key long-firing engine test in French Guiana. ESA nations agreed in 2014 to develop Ariane 6 in response to growing competition in the commercial launch market but its arrival, originally due in 2020, has been repeatedly delayed. The maiden flight will carry some smaller satellites, including two from NASA. Photo by Ariane Group via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ariane 6 Maiden Flight Expected By Summer

Handout photo dated October 11, 2023 shows Canopee cargo ship in Bremen, Germany. Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket will stage an inaugural flight between June 15 and July 31 in 2024. The keenly awaited window for the first test flight came after a test model of the new rocket passed a key long-firing engine test in French Guiana. ESA nations agreed in 2014 to develop Ariane 6 in response to growing competition in the commercial launch market but its arrival, originally due in 2020, has been repeatedly delayed. The maiden flight will carry some smaller satellites, including two from NASA. Photo by Ariane Group via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ariane 6 Maiden Flight Expected By Summer

Handout photo dated February 6, 2024 shows Ariane 6 main stage inaugural flight departure. Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket will stage an inaugural flight between June 15 and July 31 in 2024. The keenly awaited window for the first test flight came after a test model of the new rocket passed a key long-firing engine test in French Guiana. ESA nations agreed in 2014 to develop Ariane 6 in response to growing competition in the commercial launch market but its arrival, originally due in 2020, has been repeatedly delayed. The maiden flight will carry some smaller satellites, including two from NASA. Photo by Ariane Group via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ariane 6 Maiden Flight Expected By Summer

Handout photo dated February 21, 2024 shows Canopee cargo ship in Kourou, French Guiana. Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket will stage an inaugural flight between June 15 and July 31 in 2024. The keenly awaited window for the first test flight came after a test model of the new rocket passed a key long-firing engine test in French Guiana. ESA nations agreed in 2014 to develop Ariane 6 in response to growing competition in the commercial launch market but its arrival, originally due in 2020, has been repeatedly delayed. The maiden flight will carry some smaller satellites, including two from NASA. Photo by Ariane Group via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ariane 6 Maiden Flight Expected By Summer

Handout photo dated February 6, 2024 shows Ariane 6 main stage inaugural flight departure. Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket will stage an inaugural flight between June 15 and July 31 in 2024. The keenly awaited window for the first test flight came after a test model of the new rocket passed a key long-firing engine test in French Guiana. ESA nations agreed in 2014 to develop Ariane 6 in response to growing competition in the commercial launch market but its arrival, originally due in 2020, has been repeatedly delayed. The maiden flight will carry some smaller satellites, including two from NASA. Photo by Ariane Group via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ariane 6 Maiden Flight Expected By Summer

Handout photo dated February 6, 2024 shows Ariane 6 main stage inaugural flight departure. Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket will stage an inaugural flight between June 15 and July 31 in 2024. The keenly awaited window for the first test flight came after a test model of the new rocket passed a key long-firing engine test in French Guiana. ESA nations agreed in 2014 to develop Ariane 6 in response to growing competition in the commercial launch market but its arrival, originally due in 2020, has been repeatedly delayed. The maiden flight will carry some smaller satellites, including two from NASA. Photo by Ariane Group via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ariane 6 Maiden Flight Expected By Summer

Handout photo dated February 10, 2024 shows Canopee cargo ship loading inaugural flight main stage. Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket will stage an inaugural flight between June 15 and July 31 in 2024. The keenly awaited window for the first test flight came after a test model of the new rocket passed a key long-firing engine test in French Guiana. ESA nations agreed in 2014 to develop Ariane 6 in response to growing competition in the commercial launch market but its arrival, originally due in 2020, has been repeatedly delayed. The maiden flight will carry some smaller satellites, including two from NASA. Photo by Ariane Group via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ariane 6 Maiden Flight Expected By Summer

Handout photo dated November 11, 2023 shows Ariane 6 long hot fire test. Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket will stage an inaugural flight between June 15 and July 31 in 2024. The keenly awaited window for the first test flight came after a test model of the new rocket passed a key long-firing engine test in French Guiana. ESA nations agreed in 2014 to develop Ariane 6 in response to growing competition in the commercial launch market but its arrival, originally due in 2020, has been repeatedly delayed. The maiden flight will carry some smaller satellites, including two from NASA. Photo by Ariane Group via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ariane 6 Maiden Flight Expected By Summer

Handout photo dated November 11, 2023 shows Ariane 6 long hot fire test. Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket will stage an inaugural flight between June 15 and July 31 in 2024. The keenly awaited window for the first test flight came after a test model of the new rocket passed a key long-firing engine test in French Guiana. ESA nations agreed in 2014 to develop Ariane 6 in response to growing competition in the commercial launch market but its arrival, originally due in 2020, has been repeatedly delayed. The maiden flight will carry some smaller satellites, including two from NASA. Photo by Ariane Group via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ariane 6 Maiden Flight Expected By Summer

Handout photo dated November 11, 2023 shows Ariane 6 long hot fire test. Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket will stage an inaugural flight between June 15 and July 31 in 2024. The keenly awaited window for the first test flight came after a test model of the new rocket passed a key long-firing engine test in French Guiana. ESA nations agreed in 2014 to develop Ariane 6 in response to growing competition in the commercial launch market but its arrival, originally due in 2020, has been repeatedly delayed. The maiden flight will carry some smaller satellites, including two from NASA. Photo by Ariane Group via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ariane 6 Maiden Flight Expected By Summer

Handout photo dated November 11, 2023 shows Ariane 6 long hot fire test. Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket will stage an inaugural flight between June 15 and July 31 in 2024. The keenly awaited window for the first test flight came after a test model of the new rocket passed a key long-firing engine test in French Guiana. ESA nations agreed in 2014 to develop Ariane 6 in response to growing competition in the commercial launch market but its arrival, originally due in 2020, has been repeatedly delayed. The maiden flight will carry some smaller satellites, including two from NASA. Photo by Ariane Group via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Wimbledon tennis women's 1st round

LONDON, United Kingdom - Kurumi Nara of Japan plays against Anna-Lena Friedsam of Germany in a first-round women's singles match at the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on June 23, 2014. Nara won 6-4, 6-4.

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Wimbledon tennis women's 1st round

LONDON, United Kingdom - Kurumi Nara of Japan plays against Anna-Lena Friedsam of Germany in a first-round women's singles match at the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on June 23, 2014. Nara won 6-4, 6-4.

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Andy Murray advances to Wimbledon 2nd round

LONDON, United Kingdom - Britain's Andy Murray defeats Belgium's David Goffin 6-1, 6-4, 7-5 in his opening singles match at the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on June 23, 2014.

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Japan's Doi advances to Wimbledon 2nd round

LONDON, United Kingdom - Japan's Misaki Doi plays her opening singles match at the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on June 23, 2014. Doi beat Elina Svitolina of Ukraine 6-4, 6-1.

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Wimbledon tennis women's 1st round

LONDON, United Kingdom - Ekaterina Makarova of Russia (L) and Kimiko Date-Krumm of Japan shake hands after a first-round women's singles match at the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on June 23, 2014. Makarova won 3-6, 6-4, 7-5.

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Japan's Doi wins Wimbledon women's singles 1st round

WIMBLEDON, Britain - Japan's Misaki Doi plays in the women's singles first round of the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Club on the outskirts of London on June 23, 2014. Doi beat Elina Svitolina of Ukraine 6-4, 6-1.

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Date-Krumm loses in Wimbledon women's singles

WIMBLEDON, Britain - Veteran Kimiko Date-Krumm of Japan shows her mettle against Russia's Ekaterina Makarova in the women's singles first round of the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Club on the outskirts of London on June 23, 2014. Date-Krumm suffered a 6-3, 4-6, 5-7 loss.

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Japan's Doi advances to Wimbledon 2nd round

LONDON, United Kingdom - Japan's Misaki Doi plays her opening singles match at the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on June 23, 2014. Doi beat Elina Svitolina of Ukraine 6-4, 6-1.

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Wimbledon tennis women's 1st round

LONDON, United Kingdom - Kimiko Date-Krumm of Japan returns a shot during a first-round women's singles match against Ekaterina Makarova of Russia at the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on June 23, 2014. Makarova won 3-6, 6-4, 7-5.

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UNESCO decides to add Silk Road to World Heritage list

BEIJING, China - Giant Wild Goose Pagoda (back) and the Statue of Xuanzang in Xian, Shaanxi Province, China, are photographed on June 6, 2014. UNESCO's World Heritage Committee decided on June 22 to add part of the Silk Road ancient trade route to the World Cultural Heritage list.

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UNESCO decides to add Silk Road to World Heritage list

BEIJING, China - Giant Wild Goose Pagoda (back) and the Statue of Xuanzang in Xian, Shaanxi Province, China, are photographed on June 6, 2014. UNESCO's World Heritage Committee decided on June 22 to add part of the Silk Road ancient trade route to the World Cultural Heritage list.

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JGSDF Col. speaks about S. Sudan PKO

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Col. Kenichi Igawa speaks about the peace keeping operation in South Sudan during a press conference at GSDF's Camp Senzo in Itami, Hyogo Prefecture, on June 21, 2014, after returning from the 6-month deployment to the United Nations Mission in South Sudan.

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Newly found letter by artist Yumeji Takehisa displayed

HIROSHIMA, Japan - A letter written by poet and painter Yumeji Takehisa (1884-1934) to Shigeru Kuzuhara, an editor, is displayed at a museum in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, on Dec. 6, 2014. The letter is one of Takehisa's 20 writings newly discovered by Kuzuhara's grandson Makoto at his family home in Tokyo in June.

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Artist Yumeji Takehisa's writings newly found

HIROSHIM, Japan - Makoto Kuzuhara (R) sets out 20 newly found writings by poet and painter Yumeji Takehisa (1884-1934), including letters and postcards, at a museum in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, on Dec. 6, 2014. Kuzuhara, whose grandfather Shigeru was close to Takehisa as an editor, discovered the writings at his family home in Tokyo in June.

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Nishikori reaches U.S. Open semifinals

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken June 21, 2014, shows Kei Nishikori, who became the first Japanese player in 96 years to advance to the semifinals of the U.S. Open men's singles tournament Sept. 3, 2014, after defeating No. 3 seed Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland 3-6, 7-5, 7-6(7), 6-7(5), 6-4

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Indian mobile phones popular among locals

MUMBAI, India - The mobile phone corner of a mass consumer electronics retailer in Mumbai, western India, is crowded with customers on Aug. 6, 2014, as local handset manufacturer Micromax emerged as a top seller in the April-June period and leaped to second place in the smartphone segment.

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Fujikawa comes back

DENVER, United States - Chicago Cubs relief pitcher Kyuji Fujikawa pitches in the sixth inning against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field in Denver on Aug. 6, 2014. Fujikawa, who underwent ligament reconstruction surgery on his right elbow in June the previous year, threw a total of 10 pitches in his first big league game since May 26, 2013. The team lost 4-13.

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Fujikawa comes back

DENVER, United States - Chicago Cubs relief pitcher Kyuji Fujikawa pitches in the sixth inning against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field in Denver on Aug. 6, 2014. Fujikawa, who underwent ligament reconstruction surgery on his right elbow in June the previous year, threw a total of 10 pitches in his first big league game since May 26, 2013. The team lost 4-13.

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Fujikawa comes back

DENVER, United States - Chicago Cubs relief pitcher Kyuji Fujikawa pitches in the sixth inning against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field in Denver on Aug. 6, 2014. Fujikawa, who underwent ligament reconstruction surgery on his right elbow in June the previous year, threw a total of 10 pitches in his first big league game since May 26, 2013. The team lost 4-13.

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Suntory becomes top-selling Japanese brewer

TOKYO, Japan - Senji Miyake, president of Kirin Holdings Co., briefs reporters about the company's earnings report for the January-June period at a news conference in Tokyo on Aug. 6, 2014. Kirin's sales were surpassed by those of Suntory Holdings Ltd. in the period for the first time since 2009.