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Himalaya Airlines becomes first certified safety-audit operator in Nepal

STORY: Himalaya Airlines becomes first certified safety-audit operator in Nepal SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 9, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 10, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:35 LOCATION: Katmandu CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the press conference STORYLINE: Himalaya Airlines has been registered as an operator under an International Air Transport Association (IATA) safety audit program, the first and only one for airlines in Nepal. The move means the operational management and control systems of Himalaya Airlines have been recognized and accepted internationally, the Kathmandu-based airline announced on Tuesday at a press meet in the Nepali capital. Himalaya Airlines, a China-Nepal joint venture established in 2014, was certified in late December under the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) program, and the registry is valid until early March 2025. "This milestone signifies a positive shift in Nepal's aviation industry," Vijay Shrestha, the operator's vice resident, said at the press briefing. "We're proud to lead by

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CHINA-ZHEJIANG-YIWU-SPAIN-MADRID-COOPERATION (CN)

(231011) -- BEIJING, Oct. 11, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A China-Europe freight train heading for Yiwu of China departs from Madrid, Spain, March 9, 2023. The train service from the Chinese small commodity hub of Yiwu to the European commodity center of Madrid was officially launched in November 2014, spanning eight countries in Eurasia with a total length of more than 13,000 kilometers. The train service from Yiwu to Madrid has become a carrier of economic and trade cooperation and cultural exchanges between countries along the railway and has built a new bridge for opening and cooperation between countries and peoples along the line. (Xinhua/Meng Dingbo)

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Athletes featured as Japan's hina doll

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Dec. 9, 2014, at a Tokyo hotel shows unique "hina dolls," to be usually displayed on the March 3 Doll Festival, featuring Olympic and world figure skating champion Yuzuru Hanyu (L) and tennis player Kei Nishikori.

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Hong Kong protesters march on Beijing's liaison office

HONG KONG, Hong Kong - Pro-democracy protesters march to the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government, Beijing's top representative in Hong Kong, on Nov. 9, 2014.

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Fukushima gubernatorial race campaign starts

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Voters listen to a speech by a candidate in the Fukushima gubernatorial election in the northeastern Japan city of Fukushima on Oct. 9, 2014, when official campaigning began. It is the first gubernatorial election since Fukushima Prefecture was hit by the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster.

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Fukushima gubernatorial race campaign starts

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Voters listen to a speech by a candidate in the Fukushima gubernatorial election in the northeastern Japan city of Fukushima on Oct. 9, 2014, when official campaigning began. It is the first gubernatorial election since Fukushima Prefecture was hit by the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster.

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Protesters march against killing of African-American teen

FERGUSON, United States - Protesters march along a street in Ferguson, Missouri, on Aug. 19, 2014, in protest against the killing of an unarmed African-American teenager by a Caucasian police officer on Aug. 9.

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Cape looking out Pacific site of WWII ship sunk by U.S.

SAPPORO, Japan - A young couple stands on a lookout platform on Aug. 9, 2014, at Cape Aikappu in Akkeshi, eastern Hokkaido, overlooking the Pacific Ocean where the Imperial Japanese Army's freighter Nichiren Maru was sunk by a U.S. submarine attack in March 1944 during World War II, killing some 2,800 people aboard.

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Sendai mayor explains photos on 2011 disaster at U.N.

NEW YORK, United States - Sendai Mayor Emiko Okuyama explains photographs and graphics on the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster in northeastern Japan and ensuing recovery efforts exhibited at the United Nations headquarters in New York on July 9, 2014. The third U.N. World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction will be held next March in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture.

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U.N. visitors see photos on 2011 disaster, recovery

NEW YORK, United States - Visitors see photographs and graphics on the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster in northeastern Japan and ensuing recovery efforts, exhibited at the United Nations headquarters in New York on July 9, 2014.

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March against restart of Sendai nuclear plant

TOKYO, Japan - Journalist Satoshi Kamata (C) and author Keiko Ochiai (R) lead a group of demonstrators in Tokyo on July 9, 2014, opposing the restart of the currently idled Sendai nuclear power plant in Kagoshima Prefecture.

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USJ mulls relisting on TSE in FY 2015

OSAKA, Japan - File photo taken in March 2014 shows the Universal Studios Japan theme park in Osaka City. USJ Co., which operates the theme park with attractions based on popular Hollywood movies in the western Japan prefecture, is considering relisting on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in the next financial year starting April 2015, sources close to the matter said on July 9, 2014.

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USJ mulls relisting on TSE in FY 2015

OSAKA, Japan - File photo taken in March 2014 shows the Universal Studios Japan theme park in Osaka City. At top is a new area with attractions reproducing the world of the Harry Potter stories. USJ Co., which operates the theme park with attractions based on popular Hollywood movies in the western Japan prefecture, is considering relisting on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in the next financial year starting April 2015, sources close to the matter said on July 9, 2014.

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Fukushima people lament evacuation in satirical poems

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Yoichi Konno (L) posts a satirical poem about his sorrow of being unable to return to his home in the Shimotsushima district in Namie Town, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 9, 2014, despite the passage of three years since the nuclear disaster in March 2011, as he leaves there after a brief visit.

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Unrest in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - Antigovernment protesters march in central Bangkok, Thailand, on May 9, 2014.

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Unrest in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - Antigovernment protesters march in central Bangkok, Thailand, on May 9, 2014.

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Fishermen hold tasting event for fish caught in Tokyo Bay

CHIBA, Japan - Members of the Amaha Fisheries Cooperative in Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, hold a tasting event for fish caught in Tokyo Bay to publicize their safety in the prefectural city of Futtsu on April 9, 2014. The cooperative had suspended fishing from March 20 due to an oil spill resulting from a collision by two freighters off Miura, Kanagawa Prefecture, but resumed its activities on April 10.

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Elections in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Retired general Prabowo Subianto (C) rides a horse at a stadium in Jakarta during a campaign rally of the Gerindra Party, led by Prabowo, on March 23, 2014. Indonesia's parliamentary elections will be held on April 9.

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Elections in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Aburizal Bakrie (R), head of the Golkar Party, waves to supporters in Jakarta on March 18, 2014. Indonesia's parliamentary elections will be held on April 9.

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Nishikori beats Ferrer to reach quarterfinals at Sony Open

MIAMI, United States - Japan's Kei Nishikori serves in the fourth round of the men's singles against David Ferrer of Spain at the Sony Open in Miami, Florida, on March 25, 2014. Nishikori won 7-6(7), 2-6, 7-6(9), advancing to the quarterfinals.

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Nishikori beats Ferrer to reach quarterfinals at Sony Open

MIAMI, United States - Japan's Kei Nishikori makes a backhand return against David Ferrer of Spain in the men's singles fourth round at the Sony Open in Miami, Florida, on March 25, 2014. Nishikori won 7-6(7), 2-6, 7-6(9), to reach the quarterfinals.

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Sony Open tennis

MIAMI, United States - Japan's Kei Nishikori celebrates after beating David Ferrer of Spain in a men's singles fourth-round match at the Sony Open in Miami, Florida, on March 25, 2014. Nishikori won 7-6(7), 2-6, 7-6(9), to reach the quarterfinals.

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Sony Open tennis

MIAMI, United States - Japan's Kei Nishikori plays a backhand to David Ferrer of Spain in a men's singles fourth-round match at the Sony Open in Miami, Florida, on March 25, 2014. Nishikori won 7-6(7), 2-6, 7-6(9), to reach the quarterfinals.

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Waiters at China's parliament session

BEIJING, China - Waiters and waitresses who serve tea during the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing are pictured on March 9, 2014.

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Beijing hotel workers during China's parliament session

BEIJING, China - Workers at a Beijing hotel pose for a photo during the National People's Congress on March 9, 2014.

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Tired participants in China's parliament session

BEIJING, China - Some participants at the National People's Congress, or China's parliament, in Beijing on March 9, 2014 find it difficult to stay awake.

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Crimea crisis

KIEV, Ukraine - Photo taken March 9, 2014, in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, shows a caricature of Russian President Vladimir Putin as Adolf Hitler.

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Crimea crisis

SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine - Women hold the Russian flag during a rally of pro-Russia residents in Simferopol in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, southern Ukraine, on March 9, 2014.

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Crimea crisis

SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine - A woman holds a placard showing support for Crimea remaining part of Ukraine, during a rally to oppose the area's incorporation into Russia, in Simferopol in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, southern Ukraine, on March 9, 2014.

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Members of Chinese parliament doze off during session

BEIJING, China - Some members of China's National People's Congress doze off during the parliamentary session on March 9, 2014, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

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Crimea crisis

SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine - Vehicles with Russian license plates drive from a Russian military facility in Hvardiyske, north of Simferopol in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine, on March 9, 2014.

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Crimea crisis

SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine - Vehicles believed to be those of Russian forces park on a road in Hvardiyske, north of Simferopol in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine, on March 9, 2014.

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Ukrainian Paralympic gold medalists cover medals on podium

SOCHI, Russia - Ukrainian skier Vitaliy Lukyanenko (far R) and his guide (2nd from R) cover their gold medals with their hands at a ceremony for the 7.5-kilometer men's biathlon competition for the visually impaired at the Sochi Winter Paralympics on March 9, 2014. On the left are Russia's Nikolay Polukhin and his guide, who were runners-up in the race held the previous day.

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Japan, Taiwan students hold exchange event on quake help

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Japanese students take part in an exchange event with Taiwanese students in New Taipei City on March 9, 2014, to thank Taiwanese people for their relief efforts at the time of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster in northeastern Japan ahead of its third anniversary on March 11.

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Japan's Matsuyama makes bunker shot at U.S. tourney

DORAL, United States - Japan's Hideki Matsuyama makes a bunker shot on the No. 4 hole during his final round of the WGC Cadillac Championship tournament on the Blue Monster course at the Trump National Doral golf club in Florida on March 9, 2014. (Kyoto)

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Actor Gere meets Yankees rookie pitcher Tanaka

TAMPA, United States - American actor Richard Gere (L) poses with the glove of Japanese rookie pitcher Masahiro Tanaka of the New York Yankees during his visit to the team's spring training camp in Tampa, Florida, on March 9, 2014.

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Japan's Nagatomo competes in Serie A match

MILAN, Italy - Japanese defender Yuto Nagatomo (R) of Inter Milan challenges Torino's Marko Vesovic in an Italian Serie A match in Milan, Italy, on March 9, 2014. Milan won 1-0.

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Unrest in Ukraine

KIEV, Ukraine - A man raises a placard reading "Crimea belongs to Ukraine" at a rally to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko (1814-1861) in Independence Square in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, on March 9, 2014. More than 10,000 people participated in the rally, where many speakers criticized Russia's effective control of the southern Ukrainian region of Crimea.

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Unrest in Ukraine

KIEV, Ukraine - Former Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who was a political foe of Russian President Vladimir Putin, speaks at a rally to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko (1814-1861) in Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, on March 9, 2014. Khodorkovsky, who was serving a prison term for tax evasion and other charges, was freed in late 2013 when Putin pardoned him.

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Japan's Hosogai, Okazaki in action in Bundesliga match

MAINZ, Germany - Japanese midfielder Hajime Hosogai (L) of Hertha Berlin shields the ball from Japanese forward Shinji Okazaki of Mainz 05 in the latter half of a Bundesliga match in Mainz, Germany, on March 9, 2014. The game ended in a 1-1 draw.

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Fukushima association head speaks at memorial service in NY

NEW YORK, United States - Sayoko Fujita (L), head of a New York society for natives of Fukushima Prefecture living on the U.S. East Coast, makes a speech at an event held in New York on March 9, 2014, to commemorate the third anniversary of the 3/11 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster.

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Japan's Okazaki in action in Bundesliga match

MAINZ, Germany - Japanese forward Shinji Okazaki (R) of Mainz 05 is challenged by Hertha Berlin's Levan Kobiashvili in the first half of a Bundesliga match in Mainz, Germany, on March 9, 2014. The game ended in a 1-1 draw.

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EU-Iran meeting

TEHRAN, Iran - Catherine Ashton (L), high representative of the European Union for foreign affairs and security policy, and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif hold a press conference after talking in Tehran on March 9, 2014.

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Tibet Autonomous Region official meets press in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Padma Choling, deputy secretary of the Tibet Autonomous Region's Communist Party, gives a press conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 9, 2014, during an annual session of the National People's Congress, China's parliament.

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Crimea crisis

SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine - Demonstrators hold the Crimean and Russian flags during a pro-Russian rally in Simferopol in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, southern Ukraine, on March 9, 2014.

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Crimea crisis

SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine - An anti-Russian rally is held in Simferopol in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, southern Ukraine, on March 9, 2014. The demonstrators were protesting against the Crimean parliament's decision to join Russia and to put it to a local referendum on March 16.

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Shanghai event to support 2011 Japan disaster victims

SHANGHAI, China - Participants at an event in Shanghai, China aimed at supporting Japan's recovery from the 2011 earthquake and tsunami offer flowers for victims of the disaster on March 9, 2014. Event participants called for the continuation of exchanges between high school students in Shanghai and disaster-hit Fukushima Prefecture in northeastern Japan.

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Crimea crisis

SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine - Demonstrators hold the Crimean and Russian flags during a pro-Russian rally in Simferopol in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, southern Ukraine, on March 9, 2014.

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Crimea crisis

SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine - An anti-Russian rally is held in Simferopol in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, southern Ukraine, on March 9, 2014. The demonstrators were protesting against the Crimean parliament's decision to join Russia and to put it to a local referendum on March 16.

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Japanese duo Kano, Morii on podium for men's super-G sitting ski

SOCHI, Russia - Japanese Alpine skiers Akira Kano and Taiki Morii celebrate on the podium at a medal ceremony for the sitting category of the men's super-G competition at the Sochi Winter Paralympics in Russia on March 9, 2014. Kano won the gold medal and Morii got the silver.