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File - Pope Jean Paul II

File photo dated May 18, 2003. Pope John Paul II celebrated his 83rd birthday during a canonization mass before thousands of faihtful. Rome Vatican. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File - Pope Jean Paul II

File photo dated May 18, 2003. Pope John Paul II celebrated his 83rd birthday during a canonization mass before thousands of faihtful. Rome Vatican. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asma Al-Assad Said To Have ’50/50′ Chance Of Survival As Leukemia Returns

File photo dated October 20, 2003 of Syrian president Bashar Al Assad and his wife Asma at the People's Palace, official ceremony to receive the King and the Queen of Spain in Damascus, Syria. Asma al-Assad, the wife of ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, is said to have a 50% chance of survival after an aggressive form of blood cancer is believed to have returned following treatment for the disease earlier this year, the UK’s Telegraph newspaper reports. According to the report, the exiled former first lady, who was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in May of this year, is completely isolated in Moscow as she undergoes treatment for the aggressive cancer. Photo by Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Giant Panda Reintroduction - China

WOLONG, June 29, 2024 -- Giant panda Hui Hui is seen on a tree at the second-phase giant panda wild training fields of Tiantai Mountain in Wolong National Nature Reserve in southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 22, 2024. In recent years, China has made significant progress in panda conservation through a series of measures, including forest and wildlife protection as well as the construction of giant panda national parks. The wild giant panda population in China has grown from about 1,100 in the 1980s to nearly 1,900. Giant panda reintroduction refers to releasing captive-bred giant pandas to their historical distribution areas to live and reproduce after acclimatization training so as to rebuild the wild population of the species. China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda (CCRCGP) started a reintroduction program in 2003. It has reintroduced eleven pandas into the wild, nine of which survived. In the future, the center will continue to train more individual panda cubs using the mother-cub

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Giant Panda Reintroduction - China

WOLONG, June 29, 2024 -- Giant panda Tian Tian has carrots at the second-phase giant panda wild training fields of Tiantai Mountain in Wolong National Nature Reserve in southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 29, 2024. In recent years, China has made significant progress in panda conservation through a series of measures, including forest and wildlife protection as well as the construction of giant panda national parks. The wild giant panda population in China has grown from about 1,100 in the 1980s to nearly 1,900. Giant panda reintroduction refers to releasing captive-bred giant pandas to their historical distribution areas to live and reproduce after acclimatization training so as to rebuild the wild population of the species. China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda (CCRCGP) started a reintroduction program in 2003. It has reintroduced eleven pandas into the wild, nine of which survived. In the future, the center will continue to train more individual panda cubs using the mother-cub proc

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(FOCUS)CHINA-SICHUAN-GIANT PANDA-REINTRODUCTION (CN)

(240629) -- WOLONG, June 29, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Giant panda Hui Hui is seen on a tree at the second-phase giant panda wild training fields of Tiantai Mountain in Wolong National Nature Reserve in southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 22, 2024. In recent years, China has made significant progress in panda conservation through a series of measures, including forest and wildlife protection as well as the construction of giant panda national parks. The wild giant panda population in China has grown from about 1,100 in the 1980s to nearly 1,900. Giant panda reintroduction refers to releasing captive-bred giant pandas to their historical distribution areas to live and reproduce after acclimatization training so as to rebuild the wild population of the species. China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda (CCRCGP) started a reintroduction program in 2003. It has reintroduced eleven pandas into the wild, nine of which survived. In the future, the center will continue to train more

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(FOCUS)CHINA-SICHUAN-GIANT PANDA-REINTRODUCTION (CN)

(240629) -- WOLONG, June 29, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Giant panda Tian Tian has carrots at the second-phase giant panda wild training fields of Tiantai Mountain in Wolong National Nature Reserve in southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 29, 2024. In recent years, China has made significant progress in panda conservation through a series of measures, including forest and wildlife protection as well as the construction of giant panda national parks. The wild giant panda population in China has grown from about 1,100 in the 1980s to nearly 1,900. Giant panda reintroduction refers to releasing captive-bred giant pandas to their historical distribution areas to live and reproduce after acclimatization training so as to rebuild the wild population of the species. China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda (CCRCGP) started a reintroduction program in 2003. It has reintroduced eleven pandas into the wild, nine of which survived. In the future, the center will continue to train more ind

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Shipping throughput of Three Gorges Dam exceeds 2 bln tonnes

STORY: Shipping throughput of Three Gorges Dam exceeds 2 bln tonnes SHOOTING TIME: May 21, 2024 DATELINE: May 26, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:11 LOCATION: WUHAN, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Three Gorges Project STORYLINE: As of Tuesday, the cargo throughput of the Three Gorges Project hit 2.081 billion tonnes, according to the China Three Gorges Corporation. Three Gorges Dam ship locks logged cargo throughput of 2.064 billion tonnes. The project, which became operational in 2003, consists of a 2,309-meter-long and 185-meter-high dam, five-tier ship locks on the north and south sides, and 34 turbo-generators with a combined generating capacity of 22.5 million kilowatts. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Wuhan, China. (XHTV)

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Int'l Museum Day: Iraq strives to retrieve looted antiquities

STORY: Int'l Museum Day: Iraq strives to retrieve looted antiquities SHOOTING TIME: May 17, 2024 DATELINE: May 18, 2024 LENGTH: 00:03:01 LOCATION: Baghdad CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the exhibition at the Iraq Museum in Baghdad, Iraq 2. various of people visiting the Iraq Museum in Baghdad, Iraq STORYLINE: As the world commemorates International Museum Day, Iraq is still struggling to retrieve thousands of looted antiquities despite the passing of 21 years of the U.S.-led invasion of the country. As an ancient civilization with a history of thousands of years, Iraq is rich in archeological resources. However, the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003 and the ensuing chaos and instability provided a rare opportunity for robbers and lawbreakers to plunder and smuggle Iraqi antiquities from museums and unprotected archeological sites. Years after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, antiquity trafficking remains a serious problem in Iraq, as chaos and weak management have left more than 10,000 archeological

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David Sanborn Dies Aged 78

File photo dated June 21, 2003 of David Sanborn performs at The Coral Sky Amphitheater in West Palm Beach, Florida, USA. David Sanborn, the Grammy-winning saxophonist and influential jazz musician, died on Sunday, May 12, of prostate cancer at age 78. Photo by Robert Bell/INSTARimages/ABACAPRESS.COM

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David Sanborn Dies Aged 78

File photo dated June 21, 2003 of David Sanborn performs at The Coral Sky Amphitheater in West Palm Beach, Florida, USA. David Sanborn, the Grammy-winning saxophonist and influential jazz musician, died on Sunday, May 12, of prostate cancer at age 78. Photo by Robert Bell/INSTARimages/ABACAPRESS.COM

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David Sanborn Dies Aged 78

File photo dated June 21, 2003 of David Sanborn performs at The Coral Sky Amphitheater in West Palm Beach, Florida, USA. David Sanborn, the Grammy-winning saxophonist and influential jazz musician, died on Sunday, May 12, of prostate cancer at age 78. Photo by Robert Bell/INSTARimages/ABACAPRESS.COM

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David Sanborn Dies Aged 78

File photo dated June 21, 2003 of David Sanborn performs at The Coral Sky Amphitheater in West Palm Beach, Florida, USA. David Sanborn, the Grammy-winning saxophonist and influential jazz musician, died on Sunday, May 12, of prostate cancer at age 78. Photo by Robert Bell/INSTARimages/ABACAPRESS.COM

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David Sanborn Dies Aged 78

File photo dated June 21, 2003 of David Sanborn performs at The Coral Sky Amphitheater in West Palm Beach, Florida, USA. David Sanborn, the Grammy-winning saxophonist and influential jazz musician, died on Sunday, May 12, of prostate cancer at age 78. Photo by Robert Bell/INSTARimages/ABACAPRESS.COM

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David Sanborn Dies Aged 78

File photo dated June 21, 2003 of David Sanborn performs at The Coral Sky Amphitheater in West Palm Beach, Florida, USA. David Sanborn, the Grammy-winning saxophonist and influential jazz musician, died on Sunday, May 12, of prostate cancer at age 78. Photo by Robert Bell/INSTARimages/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tracing climate change on roof of world

STORY: Tracing climate change on roof of world SHOOTING TIME: March 17, 2024/File DATELINE: May 14, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:06 LOCATION: XINING, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the observatory 2. SOUNDBTIE (Chinese): WANG JIANQIONG, Deputy director of China Global Atmosphere Watch Baseline Observatory 3. various of the observatory STORYLINE: The China Global Atmosphere Watch Baseline Observatory stands on China's Qinghai-Xizang plateau, where it has been in operation for 30 years. It is one of 32 global baseline observatories established by the World Meteorological Organization. Standing more than 3,800 meters above sea level on Waliguan mountain, it's the world's highest of its kind. Deputy director Wang Jianqiong has been working at the observatory since 2003. SOUNDBTIE (Chinese): WANG JIANQIONG, Deputy director of China Global Atmosphere Watch Baseline Observatory "Over the past 30 years, generations of meteorologists have accumulated a large amount of atmospheric composition observat

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BMW Brilliance rolls off 6 millionth vehicle

STORY: BMW Brilliance rolls off 6 millionth vehicle SHOOTING TIME: May 8, 2024 DATELINE: May 10, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:16 LOCATION: SHENYANG, China CATEGORY: MARKET/TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the roll-off ceremony 2. various of the production line 3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LI KAI, Vice President, China Academy of Northeast Revitalization STORYLINE: A BMW i5 electric car rolled off the assembly line on Wednesday in northeast China's Shenyang, the capital city of Liaoning Province. It marked the 6 millionth car produced by BMW Group's joint venture in China, BMW Brilliance Automotive (BBA). This came just 15 months after the joint venture produced its 5 millionth car. In April, the BMW Group announced an additional investment of 20 billion yuan (about 2.8 billion U.S. dollars) in the Shenyang production base. The German carmaker said that the investment will be used for upgrading and innovating BBA's Dadong plant, which was founded in 2003. In 2023, the BMW Group delivered a total of more

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Kurdistan Oil Battle - Iraq

Local workers investigate the area for oil resources. Along with foreign experts, they excavate oil resources together. Since 2003 Iraqi Kurdistan government has employed foreign experts' help to boost its oil industry on May 3, 2016. Photo by Younes Mohammad/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kurdistan Oil Battle - Iraq

Local workers investigate the area for oil resources. Along with foreign experts, they excavate oil resources together. Since 2003 Iraqi Kurdistan government has employed foreign experts' help to boost its oil industry on May 3, 2016. Photo by Younes Mohammad/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kurdistan Oil Battle - Iraq

Local workers investigate the area for oil resources. Along with foreign experts, they excavate oil resources together. Since 2003 Iraqi Kurdistan government has employed foreign experts' help to boost its oil industry on May 3, 2016. Photo by Younes Mohammad/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kurdistan Oil Battle - Iraq

Local workers investigate the area for oil resources. Along with foreign experts, they excavate oil resources together. Since 2003 Iraqi Kurdistan government has employed foreign experts' help to boost its oil industry on May 3, 2016. Photo by Younes Mohammad/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kurdistan Oil Battle - Iraq

Local workers investigate the area for oil resources. Along with foreign experts, they excavate oil resources together. Since 2003 Iraqi Kurdistan government has employed foreign experts' help to boost its oil industry on May 3, 2016. Photo by Younes Mohammad/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kurdistan Oil Battle - Iraq

Local workers investigate the area for oil resources. Along with foreign experts, they excavate oil resources together. Since 2003 Iraqi Kurdistan government has employed foreign experts' help to boost its oil industry on May 3, 2016. Photo by Younes Mohammad/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kurdistan Oil Battle - Iraq

Local workers investigate the area for oil resources. Along with foreign experts, they excavate oil resources together. Since 2003 Iraqi Kurdistan government has employed foreign experts' help to boost its oil industry on May 3, 2016. Photo by Younes Mohammad/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kurdistan Oil Battle - Iraq

Local workers investigate the area for oil resources. Along with foreign experts, they excavate oil resources together. Since 2003 Iraqi Kurdistan government has employed foreign experts' help to boost its oil industry on May 3, 2016. Photo by Younes Mohammad/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kurdistan Oil Battle - Iraq

Local workers investigate the area for oil resources. Along with foreign experts, they excavate oil resources together. Since 2003 Iraqi Kurdistan government has employed foreign experts' help to boost its oil industry on May 3, 2016. Photo by Younes Mohammad/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kurdistan Oil Battle - Iraq

Local workers investigate the area for oil resources. Along with foreign experts, they excavate oil resources together. Since 2003 Iraqi Kurdistan government has employed foreign experts' help to boost its oil industry on May 3, 2016. Photo by Younes Mohammad/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kurdistan Oil Battle - Iraq

Local workers investigate the area for oil resources. Along with foreign experts, they excavate oil resources together. Since 2003 Iraqi Kurdistan government has employed foreign experts' help to boost its oil industry on May 3, 2016. Photo by Younes Mohammad/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kurdistan Oil Battle - Iraq

Local workers investigate the area for oil resources. Along with foreign experts, they excavate oil resources together. Since 2003 Iraqi Kurdistan government has employed foreign experts' help to boost its oil industry on May 3, 2016. Photo by Younes Mohammad/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kurdistan Oil Battle - Iraq

Local workers investigate the area for oil resources. Along with foreign experts, they excavate oil resources together. Since 2003 Iraqi Kurdistan government has employed foreign experts' help to boost its oil industry on May 3, 2016. Photo by Younes Mohammad/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kurdistan Oil Battle - Iraq

Local workers investigate the area for oil resources. Along with foreign experts, they excavate oil resources together. Since 2003 Iraqi Kurdistan government has employed foreign experts' help to boost its oil industry on May 3, 2016. Photo by Younes Mohammad/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kurdistan Oil Battle - Iraq

Local worker investigates the area for oil resources. Along with foreign experts, they excavate oil resources together. Since 2003 Iraqi Kurdistan government has employed foreign experts' help to boost its oil industry on May 4, 2016. Photo by Younes Mohammad/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kurdistan Oil Battle - Iraq

Local workers investigate the area for oil resources. Along with foreign experts, they excavate oil resources together. Since 2003 Iraqi Kurdistan government has employed foreign experts' help to boost its oil industry on May 3, 2016. Photo by Younes Mohammad/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kurdistan Oil Battle - Iraq

Local workers investigate the area for oil resources. Along with foreign experts, they excavate oil resources together. Since 2003 Iraqi Kurdistan government has employed foreign experts' help to boost its oil industry on May 3, 2016. Photo by Younes Mohammad/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kurdistan Oil Battle - Iraq

Local worker investigates the area for oil resources. Along with foreign experts, they excavate oil resources together. Since 2003 Iraqi Kurdistan government has employed foreign experts' help to boost its oil industry on May 4, 2016. Photo by Younes Mohammad/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kurdistan Oil Battle - Iraq

Local workers investigate the area for oil resources. Along with foreign experts, they excavate oil resources together. Since 2003 Iraqi Kurdistan government has employed foreign experts' help to boost its oil industry on May 3, 2016. Photo by Younes Mohammad/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kurdistan Oil Battle - Iraq

Local worker investigates the area for oil resources. Along with foreign experts, they excavate oil resources together. Since 2003 Iraqi Kurdistan government has employed foreign experts' help to boost its oil industry on May 4, 2016. Photo by Younes Mohammad/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kurdistan Oil Battle - Iraq

The group uses heavy machinery for excavating oil resources. Since 2003 Iraqi Kurdistan government employs foreign experts' help to boost its oil industry on May 2, 2016. Photo by Younes Mohammad/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kurdistan Oil Battle - Iraq

The group uses heavy machinery for excavating oil resources. Since 2003 Iraqi Kurdistan government employs foreign experts' help to boost its oil industry on May 2, 2016. Photo by Younes Mohammad/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kurdistan Oil Battle - Iraq

Local workers investigate the area for oil resources. Along with foreign experts, they excavate oil resources together. Since 2003 Iraqi Kurdistan government has employed foreign experts' help to boost its oil industry on May 4, 2016. Photo by Younes Mohammad/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kurdistan Oil Battle - Iraq

Local workers investigate the area for oil resources. Along with foreign experts, they excavate oil resources together. Since 2003 Iraqi Kurdistan government has employed foreign experts' help to boost its oil industry on May 4, 2016. Photo by Younes Mohammad/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kurdistan Oil Battle - Iraq

Local workers investigate the area for oil resources. Along with foreign experts, they excavate oil resources together. Since 2003 Iraqi Kurdistan government has employed foreign experts' help to boost its oil industry on May 4, 2016. Photo by Younes Mohammad/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kurdistan Oil Battle - Iraq

The group uses heavy machinery for excavating oil resources. Since 2003 Iraqi Kurdistan government employs foreign experts' help to boost its oil industry on May 2, 2016. Photo by Younes Mohammad/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kurdistan Oil Battle - Iraq

Local workers investigate the area for oil resources. Along with foreign experts, they excavate oil resources together. Since 2003 Iraqi Kurdistan government has employed foreign experts' help to boost its oil industry on May 3, 2016. Photo by Younes Mohammad/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kurdistan Oil Battle - Iraq

Local workers investigate the area for oil resources. Along with foreign experts, they excavate oil resources together. Since 2003 Iraqi Kurdistan government has employed foreign experts' help to boost its oil industry on May 4, 2016. Photo by Younes Mohammad/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kurdistan Oil Battle - Iraq

The group uses heavy machinery for excavating oil resources. Since 2003 Iraqi Kurdistan government employs foreign experts' help to boost its oil industry on May 2, 2016. Photo by Younes Mohammad/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kurdistan Oil Battle - Iraq

Local workers investigate the area for oil resources. Along with foreign experts, they excavate oil resources together. Since 2003 Iraqi Kurdistan government has employed foreign experts' help to boost its oil industry on May 4, 2016. Photo by Younes Mohammad/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kurdistan Oil Battle - Iraq

Local workers investigate the area for oil resources. Along with foreign experts, they excavate oil resources together. Since 2003 Iraqi Kurdistan government has employed foreign experts' help to boost its oil industry on May 4, 2016. Photo by Younes Mohammad/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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IRAQ-BAGHDAD-CULTURE-CENTURY-OLD BOOKSTORES

(230503) -- BAGHDAD, May 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Ayad al-Qamousi (R), owner of al-Assriyah bookstore, works at his bookstore in Baghdad, Iraq, on April 19, 2023. On the eastern side of the Tigris River in downtown Baghdad, many bookstores open every morning, some of which have survived for decades despite wars, conflicts, insecurity and sectarian strife, especially after the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003. TO GO WITH "Feature: Baghdad's century-old bookstores survive wars, conflicts" (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood)

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IRAQ-BAGHDAD-CULTURE-CENTURY-OLD BOOKSTORES

(230503) -- BAGHDAD, May 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Ayad al-Qamousi, owner of al-Assriyah bookstore, displays old books from his bookstore in Baghdad, Iraq, on April 19, 2023. On the eastern side of the Tigris River in downtown Baghdad, many bookstores open every morning, some of which have survived for decades despite wars, conflicts, insecurity and sectarian strife, especially after the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003. TO GO WITH "Feature: Baghdad's century-old bookstores survive wars, conflicts" (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood)