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Alain Delon Turns 80

File photo : Alain Delon during the broadcasting of 'Le Grand Journal' TV show on Canal Plus channel on the Martinez beach during the 63rd Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France on May 13, 2010. Delon turns 80 on November 8th 2015. Photo by Giancarlo Gorassini/ABACAPRESS.COM

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River in S China transformed from sewage ditch to wetland park

STORY: River in S China transformed from sewage ditch to wetland park DATELINE: May 24, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:13 LOCATION: NANNING, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the river STORYLINE: Nakao River, an inland river in Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, used to be a seriously polluted gutter with dozens of sewage outlets along the river. In 2015, a public-private partnership (PPP) project was rolled out to improve the ecological environment along the river. Pollution control measures including sewage interception and treatment, as well as aquatic ecosystem restoration, have helped turn the river into a wetland park with lucid waters. The number of aquatic species found in the ecological environment along the Nakao River has increased by 40 since 2017, and the water quality of the river has continued to improve. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Nanning, China. (XHTV)

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CHINA-LIAONING-XINGCHENG-SCHOOL-MOTHER-HEARING-IMPAIRED DAUGHTER (CN)

(230513) -- HULUDAO, May 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Lianqin (L, down) and Li Xinwei attend a class at the Hongyazi junior middle school in Hongyazi Township of Xingcheng City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, May 8, 2023. Zhang Lianqin, 55, mother of Li Xinwei, lives in Liangjiatun Village, Hongyazi Township of Xingcheng City. As her daughter Li suffers from hearing impairment, Zhang has accompanied Li in studying at school ever since Li was enrolled into primary school, with barely a class missed. Zhang has sat near her daughter to act as Li's "ears" at the classroom. The life of Zhang and her family is not well off. They live in a house of about 60 square meters, with certificates of merit of Li and pictures drawn by her hanging on the wall. Zhang's husband is disabled in his right hand, making a living at a public bathroom. Things like farming, doing chores, looking after Li and Li's grandmother who is elderly and sickly have fallen on the shoulders of Zhang. In April 2015, Li received cochlear

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CHINA-LIAONING-XINGCHENG-SCHOOL-MOTHER-HEARING-IMPAIRED DAUGHTER (CN)

(230513) -- HULUDAO, May 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Lianqin (R) and Li Xinwei discusses the essay assignment at home in Hongyazi Township of Xingcheng City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, May 7, 2023. Zhang Lianqin, 55, mother of Li Xinwei, lives in Liangjiatun Village, Hongyazi Township of Xingcheng City. As her daughter Li suffers from hearing impairment, Zhang has accompanied Li in studying at school ever since Li was enrolled into primary school, with barely a class missed. Zhang has sat near her daughter to act as Li's "ears" at the classroom. The life of Zhang and her family is not well off. They live in a house of about 60 square meters, with certificates of merit of Li and pictures drawn by her hanging on the wall. Zhang's husband is disabled in his right hand, making a living at a public bathroom. Things like farming, doing chores, looking after Li and Li's grandmother who is elderly and sickly have fallen on the shoulders of Zhang. In April 2015, Li received cochlear implantation in Sh

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CHINA-LIAONING-XINGCHENG-SCHOOL-MOTHER-HEARING-IMPAIRED DAUGHTER (CN)

(230513) -- HULUDAO, May 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Li Xinwei's English teacher tutors her during a class break at the Hongyazi junior middle school in Hongyazi Township of Xingcheng City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, May 8, 2023. Zhang Lianqin, 55, mother of Li Xinwei, lives in Liangjiatun Village, Hongyazi Township of Xingcheng City. As her daughter Li suffers from hearing impairment, Zhang has accompanied Li in studying at school ever since Li was enrolled into primary school, with barely a class missed. Zhang has sat near her daughter to act as Li's "ears" at the classroom. The life of Zhang and her family is not well off. They live in a house of about 60 square meters, with certificates of merit of Li and pictures drawn by her hanging on the wall. Zhang's husband is disabled in his right hand, making a living at a public bathroom. Things like farming, doing chores, looking after Li and Li's grandmother who is elderly and sickly have fallen on the shoulders of Zhang. In April 2015, Li received c

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CHINA-LIAONING-XINGCHENG-SCHOOL-MOTHER-HEARING-IMPAIRED DAUGHTER (CN)

(230513) -- HULUDAO, May 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Li Xinwei and Zhang Lianqin have dinner at home in Hongyazi Township of Xingcheng City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, May 7, 2023. Zhang Lianqin, 55, mother of Li Xinwei, lives in Liangjiatun Village, Hongyazi Township of Xingcheng City. As her daughter Li suffers from hearing impairment, Zhang has accompanied Li in studying at school ever since Li was enrolled into primary school, with barely a class missed. Zhang has sat near her daughter to act as Li's "ears" at the classroom. The life of Zhang and her family is not well off. They live in a house of about 60 square meters, with certificates of merit of Li and pictures drawn by her hanging on the wall. Zhang's husband is disabled in his right hand, making a living at a public bathroom. Things like farming, doing chores, looking after Li and Li's grandmother who is elderly and sickly have fallen on the shoulders of Zhang. In April 2015, Li received cochlear implantation in Shenyang, capital city of

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CHINA-LIAONING-XINGCHENG-SCHOOL-MOTHER-HEARING-IMPAIRED DAUGHTER (CN)

(230513) -- HULUDAO, May 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Lianqin checks on the vegetables she nurtured in Hongyazi Township of Xingcheng City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, May 7, 2023. Zhang Lianqin, 55, mother of Li Xinwei, lives in Liangjiatun Village, Hongyazi Township of Xingcheng City. As her daughter Li suffers from hearing impairment, Zhang has accompanied Li in studying at school ever since Li was enrolled into primary school, with barely a class missed. Zhang has sat near her daughter to act as Li's "ears" at the classroom. The life of Zhang and her family is not well off. They live in a house of about 60 square meters, with certificates of merit of Li and pictures drawn by her hanging on the wall. Zhang's husband is disabled in his right hand, making a living at a public bathroom. Things like farming, doing chores, looking after Li and Li's grandmother who is elderly and sickly have fallen on the shoulders of Zhang. In April 2015, Li received cochlear implantation in Shenyang, capital cit

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CHINA-LIAONING-XINGCHENG-SCHOOL-MOTHER-HEARING-IMPAIRED DAUGHTER (CN)

(230513) -- HULUDAO, May 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Lianqin (L) and Li Xinwei attend a class at the Hongyazi junior middle school in Hongyazi Township of Xingcheng City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, May 8, 2023. Zhang Lianqin, 55, mother of Li Xinwei, lives in Liangjiatun Village, Hongyazi Township of Xingcheng City. As her daughter Li suffers from hearing impairment, Zhang has accompanied Li in studying at school ever since Li was enrolled into primary school, with barely a class missed. Zhang has sat near her daughter to act as Li's "ears" at the classroom. The life of Zhang and her family is not well off. They live in a house of about 60 square meters, with certificates of merit of Li and pictures drawn by her hanging on the wall. Zhang's husband is disabled in his right hand, making a living at a public bathroom. Things like farming, doing chores, looking after Li and Li's grandmother who is elderly and sickly have fallen on the shoulders of Zhang. In April 2015, Li received cochlear implant

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CHINA-LIAONING-XINGCHENG-SCHOOL-MOTHER-HEARING-IMPAIRED DAUGHTER (CN)

(230513) -- HULUDAO, May 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Li Xinwei writes answers on the blackboard at the Hongyazi junior middle school in Hongyazi Township of Xingcheng City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, May 8, 2023. Zhang Lianqin, 55, mother of Li Xinwei, lives in Liangjiatun Village, Hongyazi Township of Xingcheng City. As her daughter Li suffers from hearing impairment, Zhang has accompanied Li in studying at school ever since Li was enrolled into primary school, with barely a class missed. Zhang has sat near her daughter to act as Li's "ears" at the classroom. The life of Zhang and her family is not well off. They live in a house of about 60 square meters, with certificates of merit of Li and pictures drawn by her hanging on the wall. Zhang's husband is disabled in his right hand, making a living at a public bathroom. Things like farming, doing chores, looking after Li and Li's grandmother who is elderly and sickly have fallen on the shoulders of Zhang. In April 2015, Li received cochlear implantat

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CHINA-LIAONING-XINGCHENG-SCHOOL-MOTHER-HEARING-IMPAIRED DAUGHTER (CN)

(230513) -- HULUDAO, May 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Lianqin prepares dinner for Li Xinwei at home in Hongyazi Township of Xingcheng City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, May 7, 2023. Zhang Lianqin, 55, mother of Li Xinwei, lives in Liangjiatun Village, Hongyazi Township of Xingcheng City. As her daughter Li suffers from hearing impairment, Zhang has accompanied Li in studying at school ever since Li was enrolled into primary school, with barely a class missed. Zhang has sat near her daughter to act as Li's "ears" at the classroom. The life of Zhang and her family is not well off. They live in a house of about 60 square meters, with certificates of merit of Li and pictures drawn by her hanging on the wall. Zhang's husband is disabled in his right hand, making a living at a public bathroom. Things like farming, doing chores, looking after Li and Li's grandmother who is elderly and sickly have fallen on the shoulders of Zhang. In April 2015, Li received cochlear implantation in Shenyang, capital cit

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CHINA-LIAONING-XINGCHENG-SCHOOL-MOTHER-HEARING-IMPAIRED DAUGHTER (CN)

(230513) -- HULUDAO, May 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Lianqin (L) and Li Xinwei attend a class at the Hongyazi junior middle school in Hongyazi Township of Xingcheng City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, May 8, 2023. Zhang Lianqin, 55, mother of Li Xinwei, lives in Liangjiatun Village, Hongyazi Township of Xingcheng City. As her daughter Li suffers from hearing impairment, Zhang has accompanied Li in studying at school ever since Li was enrolled into primary school, with barely a class missed. Zhang has sat near her daughter to act as Li's "ears" at the classroom. The life of Zhang and her family is not well off. They live in a house of about 60 square meters, with certificates of merit of Li and pictures drawn by her hanging on the wall. Zhang's husband is disabled in his right hand, making a living at a public bathroom. Things like farming, doing chores, looking after Li and Li's grandmother who is elderly and sickly have fallen on the shoulders of Zhang. In April 2015, Li received cochlear implant

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CHINA-LIAONING-XINGCHENG-SCHOOL-MOTHER-HEARING-IMPAIRED DAUGHTER (CN)

(230513) -- HULUDAO, May 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Lianqin (1st L) and Li Xinwei attend a class at the Hongyazi junior middle school in Hongyazi Township of Xingcheng City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, May 8, 2023. Zhang Lianqin, 55, mother of Li Xinwei, lives in Liangjiatun Village, Hongyazi Township of Xingcheng City. As her daughter Li suffers from hearing impairment, Zhang has accompanied Li in studying at school ever since Li was enrolled into primary school, with barely a class missed. Zhang has sat near her daughter to act as Li's "ears" at the classroom. The life of Zhang and her family is not well off. They live in a house of about 60 square meters, with certificates of merit of Li and pictures drawn by her hanging on the wall. Zhang's husband is disabled in his right hand, making a living at a public bathroom. Things like farming, doing chores, looking after Li and Li's grandmother who is elderly and sickly have fallen on the shoulders of Zhang. In April 2015, Li received cochlear i

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CHINA-LIAONING-XINGCHENG-SCHOOL-MOTHER-HEARING-IMPAIRED DAUGHTER (CN)

(230513) -- HULUDAO, May 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Lianqin (R) and Li Xinwei discusses the essay assignment at home in Hongyazi Township of Xingcheng City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, May 7, 2023. Zhang Lianqin, 55, mother of Li Xinwei, lives in Liangjiatun Village, Hongyazi Township of Xingcheng City. As her daughter Li suffers from hearing impairment, Zhang has accompanied Li in studying at school ever since Li was enrolled into primary school, with barely a class missed. Zhang has sat near her daughter to act as Li's "ears" at the classroom. The life of Zhang and her family is not well off. They live in a house of about 60 square meters, with certificates of merit of Li and pictures drawn by her hanging on the wall. Zhang's husband is disabled in his right hand, making a living at a public bathroom. Things like farming, doing chores, looking after Li and Li's grandmother who is elderly and sickly have fallen on the shoulders of Zhang. In April 2015, Li received cochlear implantation in Sh

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CHINA-LIAONING-XINGCHENG-SCHOOL-MOTHER-HEARING-IMPAIRED DAUGHTER (CN)

(230513) -- HULUDAO, May 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This undated file photo shows Zhang Lianqin and Li Xinwei attending a class at a primary school in Xingcheng City, northeast China's Liaoning Province. Zhang Lianqin, 55, mother of Li Xinwei, lives in Liangjiatun Village, Hongyazi Township of Xingcheng City. As her daughter Li suffers from hearing impairment, Zhang has accompanied Li in studying at school ever since Li was enrolled into primary school, with barely a class missed. Zhang has sat near her daughter to act as Li's "ears" at the classroom. The life of Zhang and her family is not well off. They live in a house of about 60 square meters, with certificates of merit of Li and pictures drawn by her hanging on the wall. Zhang's husband is disabled in his right hand, making a living at a public bathroom. Things like farming, doing chores, looking after Li and Li's grandmother who is elderly and sickly have fallen on the shoulders of Zhang. In April 2015, Li received cochlear implantation in Shenyang, c

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CHINA-LIAONING-XINGCHENG-SCHOOL-MOTHER-HEARING-IMPAIRED DAUGHTER (CN)

(230513) -- HULUDAO, May 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Lianqin and Li Xinwei attend a class at the Hongyazi junior middle school in Hongyazi Township of Xingcheng City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, May 8, 2023. Zhang Lianqin, 55, mother of Li Xinwei, lives in Liangjiatun Village, Hongyazi Township of Xingcheng City. As her daughter Li suffers from hearing impairment, Zhang has accompanied Li in studying at school ever since Li was enrolled into primary school, with barely a class missed. Zhang has sat near her daughter to act as Li's "ears" at the classroom. The life of Zhang and her family is not well off. They live in a house of about 60 square meters, with certificates of merit of Li and pictures drawn by her hanging on the wall. Zhang's husband is disabled in his right hand, making a living at a public bathroom. Things like farming, doing chores, looking after Li and Li's grandmother who is elderly and sickly have fallen on the shoulders of Zhang. In April 2015, Li received cochlear implantat

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M-6.8 quake rocks northeastern Japan

SENDAI, May 13 Kyodo - Junior high school students wait for a shinkansen bullet train at the main station in Sendai, northeastern Japan, after a powerful earthquake caused a delay in train services on May 13, 2015. No tsunami warning was issued.

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Hakuho upset by Ichinojo on 1st day of summer sumo tourney

TOKYO, May 13 Kyodo - Komusubi Ichinojo upsets yokozuna Hakuho with "tsukiotoshi" (thrust down) on May 10, 2015, the opening day of the 15-day Summer Grand Sumo Tournament, at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo.

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Guests wave in 'Frozen' parade at Tokyo Disneyland

URAYASU, Japan - Entertainers wave as guests during a "Frozen Fantasy" parade featuring characters in the hit movie "Frozen" at Tokyo Disneyland in Urayasu, east of Tokyo, on Jan. 13, 2015. From L: singer May J., actor/musician Pierre Taki, actress Takako Matsu and TV personality Sayaka Kanda.

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Japanese astronaut Yui meets top gov't spokesman

TOKYO, Japan - Astronaut Kimiya Yui holds a model of the Japanese experiment module Kibo in the International Space Station with Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga at the Prime Minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 13, 2015. Yui is scheduled to stay there for half a year from May.

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Mitsubishi Aircraft's small jet

ST. LOUIS, United States - Hirofumi Takahashi, president of Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp.'s U.S. unit, holds a press conference at the Regional Airline Association's Annual Convention in St. Louis, Missouri, on May 13, 2014. Mitsubishi Aircraft is touting its still-in-development Mitsubishi Regional Jet at the U.S. trade show that opened the same day. Takahashi said some test flights will be conducted in the United States from the latter half of 2015.

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Jin to release glasses capable of measuring eye strain

TOKYO, Japan - Jin Co.'s Jins Meme glasses can measure the levels of eye fatigue with sensors. The eyewear maker announced May 13, 2014, that it will release Jins Meme in 2015.

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A-bomb survivor reports on NY activities in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Kunihiko Sakuma (R), an atomic bomb survivor from Hiroshima, reports at a press conference in Hiroshima on May 13, 2014 on the activities he undertook during a recent visit to New York to campaign against nuclear weapons. He attended the Preparatory Committee for the 2015 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) in New York.

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Panasonic to launch wearable 4K camera

OSAKA, Japan - Panasonic Corp. announced on May 13, 2014, it will launch the HX-A500, a wearable 4K camera with image quality four times better than full HD resolution, in Osaka, western Japan, on May 13, 2015. The product will go on sale from June 12.

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CAMBODIA-PHNOM PENH-U.S.-UNEXPLODED BOMBS

(220513) -- PHNOM PENH, May 13, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A war-left U.S. bomb is recovered from a riverbed in Kandal province, Cambodia, May 21, 2015. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian on Wednesday slammed the United States for leaving tens of thousands of tonnes of unexploded bombs in Southeast Asian countries. TO GO WITH "China slams U.S. for leaving unexploded bombs in Southeast Asia" (Photo by Phearum/Xinhua)

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CAMBODIA-PHNOM PENH-U.S.-UNEXPLODED BOMBS

(220513) -- PHNOM PENH, May 13, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A war-left U.S. bomb is recovered from a riverbed in Kandal province, Cambodia, May 21, 2015. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian on Wednesday slammed the United States for leaving tens of thousands of tonnes of unexploded bombs in Southeast Asian countries. TO GO WITH "China slams U.S. for leaving unexploded bombs in Southeast Asia" (Photo by Phearum/Xinhua)

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Doria Tillier, Master Of Ceremonies Of The Cannes Film Festival 2021

Doria Tillier, Master of Ceremonies of the Cannes Film Festival 2021. The 35-year-old French actress will host the opening and closing nights of the festival, which will be held on 6 and 17 July respectively - FILE - Doria Tillier arriving at the Palais des Festivals for the opening ceremony and the screening of the film La Tete Haute as part of the 68th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France on May 13, 2015. Photo by Nicolas Briquet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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N. Korea unveils revamped 150,000-seat stadium

File photo taken April 13, 2015, shows May Day Stadium in Pyongyang, which North Korea unveiled to Kyodo News, the first among foreign media. The 150,000-seat multipurpose stadium, which for many years served as the venue for the Arirang mass games, has been remodeled to enable it to host more international sports events, and now has a soccer pitch with artificial turf, surrounded by a running track covered by new rubber mats. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korea unveils revamped 150,000-seat stadium

File photo taken April 13, 2015, shows May Day Stadium in Pyongyang, which North Korea unveiled to Kyodo News, the first among foreign media. The 150,000-seat multipurpose stadium, which for many years served as the venue for the Arirang mass games, has been remodeled to enable it to host more international sports events, and now has a soccer pitch with artificial turf, surrounded by a running track covered by new rubber mats. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korea unveils revamped 150,000-seat stadium

File photo taken April 13, 2015, shows May Day Stadium in Pyongyang, which North Korea unveiled to Kyodo News, the first among foreign media. The 150,000-seat multipurpose stadium, which for many years served as the venue for the Arirang mass games, has been remodeled to enable it to host more international sports events, and now has a soccer pitch with artificial turf, surrounded by a running track covered by new rubber mats. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Aomori 13-year-old wins Japan spelling bee with 'snood'

Sean Fogerty, 13, a student at Robert D. Edgren High School, poses with his trophy and a book signed by U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy after winning the 6th Japan Times Bee, a national spelling bee held in Tokyo, on March 14, 2015. Fogerty has earned a ticket to the Scripps National Spelling Bee to be held in Washington in May. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese ballerina practices as principal dancer of Tel Aviv troupe

Tomoko Takahashi from Japan practices in Tele Aviv on May 13, 2015, as principal dancer of an Israeli ballet company based in the city. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese ballerina works as principal dancer of Tel Aviv troupe

Japanese ballerina Tomoko Takahashi, principal dancer of an Israeli ballet company based in Tel Aviv, practices in the city on May 13, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hiroshima A-bomb museum official speaks before U.S. exhibit

Mihoko Sakamoto, a staff member of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, speaks in Hiroshima, western Japan, on May 28, 2015, before an atomic bomb-related exhibition at American University in Washington from June 13 through Aug. 16. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chubu Electric applies for safety review of Hamaoka No. 3 reactor

File photo taken May 13, 2015, shows the No. 3 reactor building at Chubu Electric Power Co.'s Hamaoka nuclear plant in the central Japanese city of Omaezaki. The operator applied on June 16 for safety screening of the nuclear unit at the plant, which is believed to be located at the potential epicenter of a future massive earthquake. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe pledges support for volcano evacuees in southwestern Japan

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks with an evacuee from the southwestern Japanese island of Kuchinoerabu on nearby Yakushima Island on June 13, 2015. Abe pledged support for evacuees from the remote island, where a volcano erupted in late May. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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700-kg giant kite crashes into crowd, injures 4

Rescue workers treat wounded people at a park in the city of Higashiomi, Siga Prefecture, western Japan, on May 31, 2015, after a giant kite measuring 13 meters by 12 meters and weighing around 700 kilograms crashed into a crowd of spectators during a festival. Four people were injured in the accident. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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700-kg giant kite crashes into crowd, injures 4

A giant kite measuring 13 meters by 12 meters and weighing around 700 kilograms is seen on the ground at a park in the city of Higashiomi, Siga Prefecture, western Japan, on May 31, 2015, after crashing into a crowd of spectators during a festival. Four people were injured in the accident. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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700-kg giant kite crashes into crowd, injures 4

A giant kite measuring 13 meters by 12 meters and weighing around 700 kilograms is seen on the ground at a park in the city of Higashiomi, Siga Prefecture, western Japan, on May 31, 2015, after crashing into a crowd of spectators during a festival. Four people were injured in the accident. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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700-kg giant kite crashes into crowd, injures 4

A giant kite measuring 13 meters by 12 meters and weighing around 700 kilograms is flown during a festival at a park in the city of Higashiomi, Siga Prefecture, western Japan, on May 31, 2015. The kite later crashed into a crowd of spectators injuring four people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan northern region's sake brewers meet with press in Tokyo

Sake brewery heads representing some 130 companies in six northeastern prefectures make a pitch at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on May 20, 2015, for a sake festival on Sept. 13 at the Tokyo International Forum to thank the public for support for recovery from the 2011 disaster that hit the region. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Suzuki releases Hustler SUV with compact hybrid system

Suzuki Motor Corp. puts on sale on May 13, 2015, a Hustler sport utility vehicle model equipped with a compact lightweight hybrid system. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sashihara reappointed Oita City's tourism ambassador

Idol group HKT48 member Rino Sashihara poses for photos with Oita Mayor Kiichiro Sato in Oita on May 19, 2015, after she was reappointed as the southwestern Japanese city's tourism ambassador. Sashihara, hailing from the city, began her three-year term on May 13. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Egyptian envoy seeks mandate to negotiate banning nukes

Ambassador Hisham Badr, who heads the Egyptian delegation for the U.N. review conference on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, gives an interview with Kyodo News in New York on May 13, 2015. He stressed the need for outlawing nuclear weapons as a step toward eliminating them and urged participants in the meeting to produce an outcome document calling for a negotiation process that is based on a legal framework. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Kamikaze" pilot museum to seek again UNESCO listing as world memory

Kampei Shimoide, mayor of Minamikyushu, Kagoshima Prefecture, speaks during a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on May 13, 2015. He said the southwestern Japanese city will once again seek this year UNESCO recognition as a "Memory of the World" for a collection of materials related to World War II "kamikaze" suicide pilots kept at a peace museum in the city where their base was located during the war. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Video image projected onto huge pagoda at Koyasan World Heritage site

A giant video image of Buddha is projected on May 13, 2015, onto the Konpon Daito Pagoda in the Danjo Garan area, a heartland of the Shingon school of Buddhism in the Koyasan (Mt. Koya) region in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, which is designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site. The occasion was an illumination show using laser beams. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sediment layers prove 6 temblor occurrences in past 7,300 years

Professor Makoto Okamura of Kochi University points to samples of sediment layers, recovered from below the bottom of a pond in Mie Prefecture, western Japan, on May 13, 2015, as evidence that six huge earthquakes had occurred over the past 7,300 years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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French course meal on Twilight Express sleeper train

West Japan Railway Co. shows a French course meal to be served on its luxury sleeper train Twilight Express to the press on May, 13, 2015. Twilight Express, which ended its regular service between Osaka and Sapporo in March, began its operations exclusively for group tours in western Japan on May 16. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nepalese wait for post-quake medical checkups under tent

Nepalese citizens wait for examination by Japanese Self-Defense Force medical staff members on May 13, 2015, under a tent erected in a Kathmandu park following a massive earthquake in late April. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kyoto police shows confiscated fake Louis Vuitton smartphone cases

The Kyoto prefectural police shows fake Louis Vuitton smartphone cases in Kyoto on May 13, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kawabuchi becomes head of Japan Basketball Association

Saburo Kawabuchi (4th from R), former head of the Japan Football Association, poses for photos in Tokyo on May 13, 2015, after he was appointed the new chairman of the Japan Basketball Association. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo