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Fashion Designer Giorgio Armani Dead at 91

MILAN - MILAN - FEMALE MADA, ARMANI FASHION SHOW WITH GIORGIO ARMANI (MILAN - 2007, February 19, Maurizio Maule/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Syria says oil, gas production plunges due to U.S. sanctions

STORY: Syria says oil, gas production plunges due to U.S. sanctions DATELINE: July 10, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:43 LOCATION: Damascus CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the International Petroleum, Gas and Energy exhibition 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): FARHAN JAMIL ABDULLAH, Head of Syrian Oil Company 3. various of the expo 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): MADA IBRAHIM, Chemical engineer, Syrian Gas Company 5. various of the expo 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): FIRAS HASSAN KADDOUR, Syrian Oil Minister STORYLINE: As a result of the U.S. sanctions and military presence in Syria, oil and gas production has decreased significantly in the country. This is according to the head of the state-run Syrian Petroleum Company, Farhan Jamil Abdullah, on the sideline of the Fourth Syria International Petroleum, Gas and Energy Exhibition (SyrPetro 2023), which runs from July 7 to 10 in the capital Damascus. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): FARHAN JAMIL ABDULLAH, Head of Syrian Oil Company "Most of the energy fields have gone out of government con

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15th Erbil International Book Fair kicks off in Iraq

STORY: 15th Erbil International Book Fair kicks off in Iraq DATELINE: March 9, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:58 LOCATION: ERBIL, Iraq CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the 15th Erbil International Book Fair STORYLINE: The 15th Erbil International Book Fair kicked off in Erbil, the capital city of Iraq's Kurdistan region, on Wednesday. The 10-day event was organized by Al Mada Foundation for Media, Culture and Arts, attracting participants from more than 18 countries. More than 350 publishing houses participated in this year's exhibition, bringing more than a million titles covering various fields including literature, science, politics, economics, society, arts, research and studies, of which hundreds of titles were issued this year. The book fair would organize 80 cultural and literary events, including literary and cultural dialogues and seminars in which intellectuals, writers and artists participate. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Erbil, Iraq. (XHTV)

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City in Saitama attracts anime fans

SAITAMA, Japan - Women take photographs on Sept. 9, 2011 in Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture, on a bridge which appeared as a scene in the animation series ''Anohi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai'' (We still don't know the name of a flower we saw that day). Anime fans have been flocking to the city, and to the many spots which appear as scenes in the story, since it was broadcast from April through June this year.

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Chinese, Kenyan scientists unveil inaugural harvest of high-yielding maize variety

STORY: Chinese, Kenyan scientists unveil inaugural harvest of high-yielding maize variety DATELINE: Nov. 5, 2022 LENGTH: 00:05:46 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Modern Agricultural Demonstration Area (MADA) adjacent to Sino-Africa Joint Research Center (SAJOREC) 2. various of maize harvesting 3. various of harvesting ceremony 4. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): DAVID MBURU, Lecturer at College of Agriculture and Natural Resources at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) 5. various of maize fields 6. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): YAN XUE, Executive director of SAJOREC and director of the International Cooperation and Education Division of the Wuhan Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences 7. various of maize 8. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): ROBERT WAHITI GITURU, Kenyan botanist 9. various of local farmers working in the fields STORYLINE: The first harvest of a high-yielding maize variety conceived through joint research between Chinese and Kenyan scientists was un

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City in Saitama attracts anime fans

SAITAMA, Japan - Women take photographs on Sept. 9, 2011 in Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture, on a bridge which appeared as a scene in the animation series ''Anohi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai'' (We still don't know the name of a flower we saw that day). Anime fans have been flocking to the city, and to the many spots which appear as scenes in the story, since it was broadcast from April through June this year. (Kyodo)

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