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Bush Signs $1.35 Trillion Tax Cut Bill

United States President George W. Bush signs into law the 1.35 trillion dollar Tax Cut Bill in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on June 7, 2001. Pictured from left to right: U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert (Republican of Illinois) U.S. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman William Thomas (Republican of California); U.S. Senator John Breaux (Democrat of Louisiana); U.S. Senator Zell Miller (Democrat of Georgia); U.S. House Majority Whip Tom DeLay (Republican of Texas); U.S. Senator Phil Gramm (Republican of Texas); U. S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (Republican of Texas); U.S. Rep. Jennifer Dunn (Republican of Washington); U.S. House Majority Leader Dick Armey (Republican of Texas); and U.S. Senate Minority Leader Trent Lott (Republican of Mississippi) Photo by Ron Sachs / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Real Oviedo Celebrates Promotion to the First Division - Spain

Hundreds of people celebrate Real Oviedo's promotion to the First Division on June 22, 2025, in Oviedo, Asturias (Spain). The city of Oviedo is hosting various events this Sunday to celebrate Real Oviedo's promotion to the First Division, achieved after the team came from behind against Mirandés in the Asturian city. Real Oviedo has been playing in the lower categories since 2001. Photo by Xuan Cueto/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Real Oviedo Celebrates Promotion to the First Division - Spain

Several Real Oviedo players during the celebration of Real Oviedo's promotion to the First Division on June 22, 2025, in Oviedo, Asturias (Spain). The city of Oviedo is hosting various events this Sunday to celebrate Real Oviedo's promotion to the First Division, achieved after the team came from behind against Mirandés in the Asturian city. Real Oviedo has been playing in the lower categories since 2001. Photo by Xuan Cueto/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Real Oviedo Celebrates Promotion to the First Division - Spain

Hundreds of people celebrate Real Oviedo's promotion to the First Division on June 22, 2025, in Oviedo, Asturias (Spain). The city of Oviedo is hosting various events this Sunday to celebrate Real Oviedo's promotion to the First Division, achieved after the team came from behind against Mirandés in the Asturian city. Real Oviedo has been playing in the lower categories since 2001. Photo by Xuan Cueto/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Real Oviedo Celebrates Promotion to the First Division - Spain

Hundreds of people celebrate Real Oviedo's promotion to the First Division on June 22, 2025, in Oviedo, Asturias (Spain). The city of Oviedo is hosting various events this Sunday to celebrate Real Oviedo's promotion to the First Division, achieved after the team came from behind against Mirandés in the Asturian city. Real Oviedo has been playing in the lower categories since 2001. Photo by Xuan Cueto/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Real Oviedo Celebrates Promotion to the First Division - Spain

Hundreds of people celebrate Real Oviedo's promotion to the First Division on June 22, 2025, in Oviedo, Asturias (Spain). The city of Oviedo is hosting various events this Sunday to celebrate Real Oviedo's promotion to the First Division, achieved after the team came from behind against Mirandés in the Asturian city. Real Oviedo has been playing in the lower categories since 2001. Photo by Xuan Cueto/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Real Oviedo Celebrates Promotion to the First Division - Spain

Hundreds of people celebrate Real Oviedo's promotion to the First Division on June 22, 2025, in Oviedo, Asturias (Spain). The city of Oviedo is hosting various events this Sunday to celebrate Real Oviedo's promotion to the First Division, achieved after the team came from behind against Mirandés in the Asturian city. Real Oviedo has been playing in the lower categories since 2001. Photo by Xuan Cueto/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Real Oviedo Celebrates Promotion to the First Division - Spain

Hundreds of people celebrate Real Oviedo's promotion to the First Division on June 22, 2025, in Oviedo, Asturias (Spain). The city of Oviedo is hosting various events this Sunday to celebrate Real Oviedo's promotion to the First Division, achieved after the team came from behind against Mirandés in the Asturian city. Real Oviedo has been playing in the lower categories since 2001. Photo by Xuan Cueto/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Real Oviedo Celebrates Promotion to the First Division - Spain

Hundreds of people celebrate Real Oviedo's promotion to the First Division on June 22, 2025, in Oviedo, Asturias (Spain). The city of Oviedo is hosting various events this Sunday to celebrate Real Oviedo's promotion to the First Division, achieved after the team came from behind against Mirandés in the Asturian city. Real Oviedo has been playing in the lower categories since 2001. Photo by Xuan Cueto/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Real Oviedo Celebrates Promotion to the First Division - Spain

Hundreds of people celebrate Real Oviedo's promotion to the First Division on June 22, 2025, in Oviedo, Asturias (Spain). The city of Oviedo is hosting various events this Sunday to celebrate Real Oviedo's promotion to the First Division, achieved after the team came from behind against Mirandés in the Asturian city. Real Oviedo has been playing in the lower categories since 2001. Photo by Xuan Cueto/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hot spring in Yamanashi

Photo taken on June 25, 2001, shows an open air hot spring bath in Yamanashi, capital of Yamanashi Prefecture, with Japan's highest mountain Mt. Fuji visible from the bath.

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Hot spring in Yamanashi

Photo taken on June 25, 2001, shows an open air hot spring bath in Yamanashi Prefecture, with Japan's highest mountain Mt. Fuji visible from the bath.

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UN expert urges U.S. to apologize for inhuman treatment at Guantanamo Bay

STORY: UN expert urges U.S. to apologize for inhuman treatment at Guantanamo Bay DATELINE: June 28, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:37 LOCATION: UN headquarters CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. wide shot of press briefing room 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): FIONNUALA NI AOLAIN, UN special rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism 3. various of journalists 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): FIONNUALA NI AOLAIN, UN special rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism STORYLINE: A UN expert on Monday called on the U.S. government to apologize for the inhuman treatment at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, which was established by former U.S. President George W. Bush's administration in 2002 following the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. The UN special rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, Fionnuala Ni Aolain, said the 30 men that are s

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CHINA-FUJIAN-PUTIAN-ECONOMY-FRUIT (CN)

(230616) -- PUTIAN, June 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chen Zhengxin debugs the equipments for the production of jabuticaba cakes in Xianyou County, Putian City, southeast China's Fujian Province, June 13, 2023. Chen Zhengxin was born in Yunlin County, southeast China's Taiwan. In 2001, at the age of 18, Chen began his study at Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University. After graduation, Chen chose to stay in Fujian. He and his father found that the flower market in the Chinese mainland had great potential, so they stayed in Xianyou County of Fujian Province and focused on the planting industry. Ye Liqing, wife of Chen Zhengxin, is a native of Xianyou County. The couple saw great potential in jabuticaba, a fruit originating in South America, and decided to start their own business with it. One of them is responsible for the management of fruit trees, while the other in charge of sales. At present, their jabuticaba planting base covers an area of more than 2,000 mu (about 133.3 hectares), producing more than 200 ton

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CHINA-FUJIAN-PUTIAN-ECONOMY-FRUIT (CN)

(230616) -- PUTIAN, June 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chen Zhengxin (R) tries to make crusts for jabuticaba cakes in Xianyou County, Putian City, southeast China's Fujian Province, June 13, 2023. Chen Zhengxin was born in Yunlin County, southeast China's Taiwan. In 2001, at the age of 18, Chen began his study at Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University. After graduation, Chen chose to stay in Fujian. He and his father found that the flower market in the Chinese mainland had great potential, so they stayed in Xianyou County of Fujian Province and focused on the planting industry. Ye Liqing, wife of Chen Zhengxin, is a native of Xianyou County. The couple saw great potential in jabuticaba, a fruit originating in South America, and decided to start their own business with it. One of them is responsible for the management of fruit trees, while the other in charge of sales. At present, their jabuticaba planting base covers an area of more than 2,000 mu (about 133.3 hectares), producing more than 200 tons of jabuticaba

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CHINA-FUJIAN-PUTIAN-ECONOMY-FRUIT (CN)

(230616) -- PUTIAN, June 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chen Zhengxin and his wife Ye Liqing (L) show fruits of jabuticaba in Xianyou County, Putian City, southeast China's Fujian Province, June 13, 2023. Chen Zhengxin was born in Yunlin County, southeast China's Taiwan. In 2001, at the age of 18, Chen began his study at Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University. After graduation, Chen chose to stay in Fujian. He and his father found that the flower market in the Chinese mainland had great potential, so they stayed in Xianyou County of Fujian Province and focused on the planting industry. Ye Liqing, wife of Chen Zhengxin, is a native of Xianyou County. The couple saw great potential in jabuticaba, a fruit originating in South America, and decided to start their own business with it. One of them is responsible for the management of fruit trees, while the other in charge of sales. At present, their jabuticaba planting base covers an area of more than 2,000 mu (about 133.3 hectares), producing more than 200 tons of jab

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CHINA-FUJIAN-PUTIAN-ECONOMY-FRUIT (CN)

(230616) -- PUTIAN, June 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chen Zhengxin and his wife Ye Liqing (R) debug the equipments for the production of jabuticaba cakes in Xianyou County, Putian City, southeast China's Fujian Province, June 13, 2023. Chen Zhengxin was born in Yunlin County, southeast China's Taiwan. In 2001, at the age of 18, Chen began his study at Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University. After graduation, Chen chose to stay in Fujian. He and his father found that the flower market in the Chinese mainland had great potential, so they stayed in Xianyou County of Fujian Province and focused on the planting industry. Ye Liqing, wife of Chen Zhengxin, is a native of Xianyou County. The couple saw great potential in jabuticaba, a fruit originating in South America, and decided to start their own business with it. One of them is responsible for the management of fruit trees, while the other in charge of sales. At present, their jabuticaba planting base covers an area of more than 2,000 mu (about 133.3 hectares), p

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CHINA-FUJIAN-PUTIAN-ECONOMY-FRUIT (CN)

(230616) -- PUTIAN, June 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Ye Liqing tries to make jabuticaba cakes in Xianyou County, Putian City, southeast China's Fujian Province, June 13, 2023. Chen Zhengxin was born in Yunlin County, southeast China's Taiwan. In 2001, at the age of 18, Chen began his study at Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University. After graduation, Chen chose to stay in Fujian. He and his father found that the flower market in the Chinese mainland had great potential, so they stayed in Xianyou County of Fujian Province and focused on the planting industry. Ye Liqing, wife of Chen Zhengxin, is a native of Xianyou County. The couple saw great potential in jabuticaba, a fruit originating in South America, and decided to start their own business with it. One of them is responsible for the management of fruit trees, while the other in charge of sales. At present, their jabuticaba planting base covers an area of more than 2,000 mu (about 133.3 hectares), producing more than 200 tons of jabuticaba annually. (Xinhua/

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CHINA-FUJIAN-PUTIAN-ECONOMY-FRUIT (CN)

(230616) -- PUTIAN, June 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chen Zhengxin teaches his wife Ye Liqing (L) to prune seedlings of jabuticaba in Xianyou County, Putian City, southeast China's Fujian Province, June 13, 2023. Chen Zhengxin was born in Yunlin County, southeast China's Taiwan. In 2001, at the age of 18, Chen began his study at Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University. After graduation, Chen chose to stay in Fujian. He and his father found that the flower market in the Chinese mainland had great potential, so they stayed in Xianyou County of Fujian Province and focused on the planting industry. Ye Liqing, wife of Chen Zhengxin, is a native of Xianyou County. The couple saw great potential in jabuticaba, a fruit originating in South America, and decided to start their own business with it. One of them is responsible for the management of fruit trees, while the other in charge of sales. At present, their jabuticaba planting base covers an area of more than 2,000 mu (about 133.3 hectares), producing more than 200

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CHINA-FUJIAN-PUTIAN-ECONOMY-FRUIT (CN)

(230616) -- PUTIAN, June 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chen Zhengxin and his wife Ye Liqing (L) prune seedlings of jabuticaba in Xianyou County, Putian City, southeast China's Fujian Province, June 13, 2023. Chen Zhengxin was born in Yunlin County, southeast China's Taiwan. In 2001, at the age of 18, Chen began his study at Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University. After graduation, Chen chose to stay in Fujian. He and his father found that the flower market in the Chinese mainland had great potential, so they stayed in Xianyou County of Fujian Province and focused on the planting industry. Ye Liqing, wife of Chen Zhengxin, is a native of Xianyou County. The couple saw great potential in jabuticaba, a fruit originating in South America, and decided to start their own business with it. One of them is responsible for the management of fruit trees, while the other in charge of sales. At present, their jabuticaba planting base covers an area of more than 2,000 mu (about 133.3 hectares), producing more than 200 tons of

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CHINA-ZHEJIANG-ZHANGWU VILLAGE-GREEN RURAL REVIVAL PROGRAM (CN)

(230614) -- ANJI, June 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows the former residence of Wu Changshuo (1844-1927), a contemporary master painter, at Zhangwu Village in Anji County, east China's Zhejiang Province in 2001 (above, video snapshot by local photographer Wang Guangfa) and an aerial view of the same place on June 13, 2023 (below, photo taken by Xia Pengfei). Zhangwu Village has witnessed great changes in the last two decades thanks to the promotion of Green Rural Revival Program in Zhejiang Province, which has helped thousands of villages develop in a green and sustainable way. (Xinhua)

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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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CHINA-TIBET-YUMAI-BORDER GURDIAN-RURAL REVITALIZATION (CN)

(230613) -- YUMAI, June 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yangzom milks at Yumai Township in Shannan City, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, June 10, 2023. Located on the China-India border, Yumai Township was once known as China's least populated township. For a long period since the 1960s, it was inhabited by only one household consisting of Yangzom, Zhoigar and their father Sangye Quba, who passed away in 2001. Before Sangye Quba's death, he expressed his belief that the authority would develop Yumai well. Nowadays, Sangye Quba's wish has been fulfilled. In February 2018, Tibet implemented the rural revitalization strategy, combining poverty alleviation and border defense with emphasis on key areas such as water and electricity supply, road construction, information networks, education, culture, health, and social security, striving to improve infrastructure and public services so as to accelerate the development of border areas. Since 2018, Yumai Township has embarked on the construction of a prosperous bor

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CHINA-TIBET-YUMAI-BORDER GURDIAN-RURAL REVITALIZATION (CN)

(230613) -- YUMAI, June 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhoigar recalls her father at Yumai Township in Shannan City, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, June 10, 2023. Located on the China-India border, Yumai Township was once known as China's least populated township. For a long period since the 1960s, it was inhabited by only one household consisting of Yangzom, Zhoigar and their father Sangye Quba, who passed away in 2001. Before Sangye Quba's death, he expressed his belief that the authority would develop Yumai well. Nowadays, Sangye Quba's wish has been fulfilled. In February 2018, Tibet implemented the rural revitalization strategy, combining poverty alleviation and border defense with emphasis on key areas such as water and electricity supply, road construction, information networks, education, culture, health, and social security, striving to improve infrastructure and public services so as to accelerate the development of border areas. Since 2018, Yumai Township has embarked on the construction of a p

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CHINA-TIBET-YUMAI-BORDER GURDIAN-RURAL REVITALIZATION (CN)

(230613) -- YUMAI, June 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People buy fruit and vegetable at Yumai Township in Shannan City, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, June 10, 2023. Located on the China-India border, Yumai Township was once known as China's least populated township. For a long period since the 1960s, it was inhabited by only one household consisting of Yangzom, Zhoigar and their father Sangye Quba, who passed away in 2001. Before Sangye Quba's death, he expressed his belief that the authority would develop Yumai well. Nowadays, Sangye Quba's wish has been fulfilled. In February 2018, Tibet implemented the rural revitalization strategy, combining poverty alleviation and border defense with emphasis on key areas such as water and electricity supply, road construction, information networks, education, culture, health, and social security, striving to improve infrastructure and public services so as to accelerate the development of border areas. Since 2018, Yumai Township has embarked on the construction of

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CHINA-TIBET-YUMAI-BORDER GURDIAN-RURAL REVITALIZATION (CN)

(230613) -- YUMAI, June 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on June 10, 2023 shows houses at Yumai Township in Shannan City, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. Located on the China-India border, Yumai Township was once known as China's least populated township. For a long period since the 1960s, it was inhabited by only one household consisting of Yangzom, Zhoigar and their father Sangye Quba, who passed away in 2001. Before Sangye Quba's death, he expressed his belief that the authority would develop Yumai well. Nowadays, Sangye Quba's wish has been fulfilled. In February 2018, Tibet implemented the rural revitalization strategy, combining poverty alleviation and border defense with emphasis on key areas such as water and electricity supply, road construction, information networks, education, culture, health, and social security, striving to improve infrastructure and public services so as to accelerate the development of border areas. Since 2018, Yumai Township has embarked on the construction o

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CHINA-TIBET-YUMAI-BORDER GURDIAN-RURAL REVITALIZATION (CN)

(230613) -- YUMAI, June 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhoigar makes butter at Yumai Township in Shannan City, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, June 10, 2023. Located on the China-India border, Yumai Township was once known as China's least populated township. For a long period since the 1960s, it was inhabited by only one household consisting of Yangzom, Zhoigar and their father Sangye Quba, who passed away in 2001. Before Sangye Quba's death, he expressed his belief that the authority would develop Yumai well. Nowadays, Sangye Quba's wish has been fulfilled. In February 2018, Tibet implemented the rural revitalization strategy, combining poverty alleviation and border defense with emphasis on key areas such as water and electricity supply, road construction, information networks, education, culture, health, and social security, striving to improve infrastructure and public services so as to accelerate the development of border areas. Since 2018, Yumai Township has embarked on the construction of a prosper

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CHINA-TIBET-YUMAI-BORDER GURDIAN-RURAL REVITALIZATION (CN)

(230613) -- YUMAI, June 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on June 11, 2023 shows Yumai Township in Shannan City, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. Located on the China-India border, Yumai Township was once known as China's least populated township. For a long period since the 1960s, it was inhabited by only one household consisting of Yangzom, Zhoigar and their father Sangye Quba, who passed away in 2001. Before Sangye Quba's death, he expressed his belief that the authority would develop Yumai well. Nowadays, Sangye Quba's wish has been fulfilled. In February 2018, Tibet implemented the rural revitalization strategy, combining poverty alleviation and border defense with emphasis on key areas such as water and electricity supply, road construction, information networks, education, culture, health, and social security, striving to improve infrastructure and public services so as to accelerate the development of border areas. Since 2018, Yumai Township has embarked on the construction of a

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CHINA-TIBET-YUMAI-BORDER GURDIAN-RURAL REVITALIZATION (CN)

(230613) -- YUMAI, June 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yangzom walks out of the cabin to milk at Yumai Township in Shannan City, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, June 10, 2023. Located on the China-India border, Yumai Township was once known as China's least populated township. For a long period since the 1960s, it was inhabited by only one household consisting of Yangzom, Zhoigar and their father Sangye Quba, who passed away in 2001. Before Sangye Quba's death, he expressed his belief that the authority would develop Yumai well. Nowadays, Sangye Quba's wish has been fulfilled. In February 2018, Tibet implemented the rural revitalization strategy, combining poverty alleviation and border defense with emphasis on key areas such as water and electricity supply, road construction, information networks, education, culture, health, and social security, striving to improve infrastructure and public services so as to accelerate the development of border areas. Since 2018, Yumai Township has embarked on the constru

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CHINA-TIBET-YUMAI-BORDER GURDIAN-RURAL REVITALIZATION (CN)

(230613) -- YUMAI, June 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A staff member registers express parcels at a post office in Yumai Township in Shannan City, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, June 10, 2023. Located on the China-India border, Yumai Township was once known as China's least populated township. For a long period since the 1960s, it was inhabited by only one household consisting of Yangzom, Zhoigar and their father Sangye Quba, who passed away in 2001. Before Sangye Quba's death, he expressed his belief that the authority would develop Yumai well. Nowadays, Sangye Quba's wish has been fulfilled. In February 2018, Tibet implemented the rural revitalization strategy, combining poverty alleviation and border defense with emphasis on key areas such as water and electricity supply, road construction, information networks, education, culture, health, and social security, striving to improve infrastructure and public services so as to accelerate the development of border areas. Since 2018, Yumai Township has emba

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CHINA-TIBET-YUMAI-BORDER GURDIAN-RURAL REVITALIZATION (CN)

(230613) -- YUMAI, June 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhoigar (L) and Yangzom talk with people in a street at Yumai Township in Shannan City, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, June 10, 2023. Located on the China-India border, Yumai Township was once known as China's least populated township. For a long period since the 1960s, it was inhabited by only one household consisting of Yangzom, Zhoigar and their father Sangye Quba, who passed away in 2001. Before Sangye Quba's death, he expressed his belief that the authority would develop Yumai well. Nowadays, Sangye Quba's wish has been fulfilled. In February 2018, Tibet implemented the rural revitalization strategy, combining poverty alleviation and border defense with emphasis on key areas such as water and electricity supply, road construction, information networks, education, culture, health, and social security, striving to improve infrastructure and public services so as to accelerate the development of border areas. Since 2018, Yumai Township has embarked

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CHINA-TIBET-YUMAI-BORDER GURDIAN-RURAL REVITALIZATION (CN)

(230613) -- YUMAI, June 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A child is pictured at Yumai Township in Shannan City, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, June 10, 2023. Located on the China-India border, Yumai Township was once known as China's least populated township. For a long period since the 1960s, it was inhabited by only one household consisting of Yangzom, Zhoigar and their father Sangye Quba, who passed away in 2001. Before Sangye Quba's death, he expressed his belief that the authority would develop Yumai well. Nowadays, Sangye Quba's wish has been fulfilled. In February 2018, Tibet implemented the rural revitalization strategy, combining poverty alleviation and border defense with emphasis on key areas such as water and electricity supply, road construction, information networks, education, culture, health, and social security, striving to improve infrastructure and public services so as to accelerate the development of border areas. Since 2018, Yumai Township has embarked on the construction of a prospero

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CHINA-TIBET-YUMAI-BORDER GURDIAN-RURAL REVITALIZATION (CN)

(230613) -- YUMAI, June 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A staff member of State Grid helps a customer to pay electricity bill at Yumai Township in Shannan City, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, June 10, 2023. Located on the China-India border, Yumai Township was once known as China's least populated township. For a long period since the 1960s, it was inhabited by only one household consisting of Yangzom, Zhoigar and their father Sangye Quba, who passed away in 2001. Before Sangye Quba's death, he expressed his belief that the authority would develop Yumai well. Nowadays, Sangye Quba's wish has been fulfilled. In February 2018, Tibet implemented the rural revitalization strategy, combining poverty alleviation and border defense with emphasis on key areas such as water and electricity supply, road construction, information networks, education, culture, health, and social security, striving to improve infrastructure and public services so as to accelerate the development of border areas. Since 2018, Yumai Towns

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CHINA-TIBET-YUMAI-BORDER GURDIAN-RURAL REVITALIZATION (CN)

(230613) -- YUMAI, June 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhoigar (R) and Yangzom pose for a photo with the sculpture of their father Sangye Quba at Yumai Township in Shannan City, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, June 10, 2023. Located on the China-India border, Yumai Township was once known as China's least populated township. For a long period since the 1960s, it was inhabited by only one household consisting of Yangzom, Zhoigar and their father Sangye Quba, who passed away in 2001. Before Sangye Quba's death, he expressed his belief that the authority would develop Yumai well. Nowadays, Sangye Quba's wish has been fulfilled. In February 2018, Tibet implemented the rural revitalization strategy, combining poverty alleviation and border defense with emphasis on key areas such as water and electricity supply, road construction, information networks, education, culture, health, and social security, striving to improve infrastructure and public services so as to accelerate the development of border areas. Since

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CHINA-TIBET-YUMAI-BORDER GURDIAN-RURAL REVITALIZATION (CN)

(230613) -- YUMAI, June 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on June 10, 2023 shows Yumai Township in Shannan City, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. Located on the China-India border, Yumai Township was once known as China's least populated township. For a long period since the 1960s, it was inhabited by only one household consisting of Yangzom, Zhoigar and their father Sangye Quba, who passed away in 2001. Before Sangye Quba's death, he expressed his belief that the authority would develop Yumai well. Nowadays, Sangye Quba's wish has been fulfilled. In February 2018, Tibet implemented the rural revitalization strategy, combining poverty alleviation and border defense with emphasis on key areas such as water and electricity supply, road construction, information networks, education, culture, health, and social security, striving to improve infrastructure and public services so as to accelerate the development of border areas. Since 2018, Yumai Township has embarked on the construction of a

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CHINA-TIBET-YUMAI-BORDER GURDIAN-RURAL REVITALIZATION (CN)

(230613) -- YUMAI, June 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on June 11, 2023 shows houses at Yumai Township in Shannan City, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. Located on the China-India border, Yumai Township was once known as China's least populated township. For a long period since the 1960s, it was inhabited by only one household consisting of Yangzom, Zhoigar and their father Sangye Quba, who passed away in 2001. Before Sangye Quba's death, he expressed his belief that the authority would develop Yumai well. Nowadays, Sangye Quba's wish has been fulfilled. In February 2018, Tibet implemented the rural revitalization strategy, combining poverty alleviation and border defense with emphasis on key areas such as water and electricity supply, road construction, information networks, education, culture, health, and social security, striving to improve infrastructure and public services so as to accelerate the development of border areas. Since 2018, Yumai Township has embarked on the construction o

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CHINA-TIBET-YUMAI-BORDER GURDIAN-RURAL REVITALIZATION (CN)

(230613) -- YUMAI, June 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Soinam Toinzhub, the first university graduate of Yumai Township, is pictured in Shannan City, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, June 10, 2023. Located on the China-India border, Yumai Township was once known as China's least populated township. For a long period since the 1960s, it was inhabited by only one household consisting of Yangzom, Zhoigar and their father Sangye Quba, who passed away in 2001. Before Sangye Quba's death, he expressed his belief that the authority would develop Yumai well. Nowadays, Sangye Quba's wish has been fulfilled. In February 2018, Tibet implemented the rural revitalization strategy, combining poverty alleviation and border defense with emphasis on key areas such as water and electricity supply, road construction, information networks, education, culture, health, and social security, striving to improve infrastructure and public services so as to accelerate the development of border areas. Since 2018, Yumai Township has em

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CHINA-TIBET-YUMAI-BORDER GURDIAN-RURAL REVITALIZATION (CN)

(230613) -- YUMAI, June 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yangzom milks at Yumai Township in Shannan City, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, June 10, 2023. Located on the China-India border, Yumai Township was once known as China's least populated township. For a long period since the 1960s, it was inhabited by only one household consisting of Yangzom, Zhoigar and their father Sangye Quba, who passed away in 2001. Before Sangye Quba's death, he expressed his belief that the authority would develop Yumai well. Nowadays, Sangye Quba's wish has been fulfilled. In February 2018, Tibet implemented the rural revitalization strategy, combining poverty alleviation and border defense with emphasis on key areas such as water and electricity supply, road construction, information networks, education, culture, health, and social security, striving to improve infrastructure and public services so as to accelerate the development of border areas. Since 2018, Yumai Township has embarked on the construction of a prosperous bor

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Euro tumbles against yen

TOKYO, Japan - A display at the Tokyo office of money broker Gaitame.com Co. shows the euro trading at the 100 yen level on the morning of Dec. 29, 2011. The euro briefly fell to 100.35 yen in Tokyo the same day, the lowest since June 2001.

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Japan, Russia conduct joint drill to counter smugglers

OTARU, Japan - A patrol boat (R back) of Russia's border security authority for the Sakhalin coast chases a Japan Coast Guard ship (L) playing the role of a smuggler during their joint exercise in waters off Otaru, Hokkaido, on June 22, 2012. Similar drills have been reciprocally held in Japan and Russia since 2001 to better counter smuggling.

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Japan, Russia conduct joint drill to counter smugglers

OTARU, Japan - A patrol boat (back) of Russia's border security authority for the Sakhalin coast chases a Japan Coast Guard ship playing the role of a smuggler during their joint exercise in waters off Otaru, Hokkaido, on June 22, 2012. Similar drills have been reciprocally held in Japan and Russia since 2001 to better counter smuggling.

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Minamata disease authority Harada dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in May 2001 in Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture, shows Masazumi Harada, a physician involved for many years in the study of the mercury poisoning-caused Minamata disease, giving a medical checkup to a man suspected of being a congenital sufferer of the disease. Harada died on June 11, 2012, of leukemia at his home in Kumamoto City. He was 77.

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Japanese supercomputer becomes world's No. 1 in computing speeds

TOKYO, Japan - Ryoji Noyori (2nd from L), a 2001 Nobel laureate in chemistry and president of Riken, a Japanese state-backed major research institute, and others pose during a press conference in Tokyo on June 20, 2011, at which they announced that a supercomputer, nicknamed ''K,'' being jointly developed in Kobe, western Japan, by Riken and Fujitsu Ltd. has been ranked the world's No. 1 in current computing speeds, the first time since 2004 that a Japanese supercomputer has captured the top position.

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Osaka school remembers stabbing rampage

OSAKA, Japan - Pupils offer flowers at the monument for the victims of a 2001 stabbing rampage in Ikeda Elementary School in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture, on June 8, 2011, the 10th anniversary of the incident that killed eight children at the school.

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Ex-wrestler Onita to give up upper house seat

TOKYO, Japan - Atsushi Onita, a House of Councillors member of the Liberal Democratic Party, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on June 23 and says he will not run in the July upper house election. A former wrestler, Onita won the Diet seat in 2001 in the proportional representation bloc.

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Sapporo, Kochi courts reject war orphans' damages claims

SAPPORO, Japan - The Sapporo District Court in session on June 15. The court issued a ruling rejecting a damages lawsuit filed by a group of war-displaced Japanese from China asking for state compensation over their plight in Japan. The Kochi District Court also delivered a similar ruling on the same day. A total of 2,200 war-displaced Japanese have filed 15 damages suits at various district courts in Japan since 2001. The courts have issued eight rulings, all against them. (Pool photo)

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Kochi, Sapporo courts reject war orphans' damages claims

SAPPORO, Japan - Miyoko Ito, a plaintiff in a lawsuit filed by a group of war-displaced Japanese from China, weeps outside the Sapporo District Court on June 15 after the court rejected their claim for state compensation over their plight in Japan. The banner on Ito's left calls the ruling ''unfair.'' The Kochi District Court also delivered a similar ruling on the same day. A total of 2,200 war-displaced Japanese have filed 15 damages suits at various district courts in Japan since 2001. The courts have issued eight rulings, all against them.

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Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken on June 5, 2001 shows Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki.

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Gov't says audience mobilized in 40% of 'town meetings'

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshimasa Hayashi, senior vice minister for regulatory reform and chairman of an ad hoc Cabinet Office commission, speaks at a press conference on Dec. 13 on a report complied by his panel. The report said that participants were mobilized in large numbers in 40 percent of ''town meetings'' organized by the government since June 2001 and questions were planted in 8 percent of the sessions.

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6 major nonlife insurers report 1.2 bil. yen in nonpayment cases

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's six major property and casualty insurance firms failed to pay a total of 1.22 billion yen in insurance claims in 4,365 cases involving medical and other ''third-sector'' insurance policies between July 2001 and June 2006, according to figures reported by them Oct. 31 to the Financial Services Agency. Kunio Ishihara (C), president of Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., and executives of five other companies apologized during a news conference in Tokyo the same day.