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Kenyan youth to participate in Huawei's global digital skills contest

STORY: Kenyan youth to participate in Huawei's global digital skills contest in China SHOOTING TIME: May 20, 2024 DATELINE: May 22, 2024 LENGTH: 0:02:34 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: SOCIETY/TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the flagging-off ceremony 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): GAVIN GAO, Chief executive officer of Huawei Kenya 3. various of the flagging-off ceremony 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): MOSES WETANG'ULA, Speaker of National Assembly STORYLINE: Eighteen Kenyan youth will participate later this week in the Huawei global ICT (information and communications technology) competition in Shenzhen. The Huawei ICT Competition, initiated in 2015, consists of contests in the fields of cloud computing, networking, and innovation. The mission of the competition is to share technology sector knowledge. Gavin Gao, chief executive officer of Huawei Kenya, said that the Kenyan youth will form six teams and compete at the global final in cloud computing and in network tracks. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): GAVIN GAO, Chief exe

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3 U.S. Marines Killed In Osprey Aircraft Crash In Australia

Handout photo dated May 12, 2015 shows U.S. Air Force, Marines, and Nepalese army members transport an earthquake patient from a MV-22 Osprey for medical care at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Melissa B. White via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Aspiration of Pakistani constable of Hong Kong Police Force

STORY: Aspiration of Pakistani constable of Hong Kong Police Force DATELINE: May 22, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:12 LOCATION: HONG KONG, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (Cantonese): IFZAL ZAFFAR, Constable of Hong Kong Police Force 2. various of Ifzal Zaffar 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Cantonese): IFZAL ZAFFAR, Constable of Hong Kong Police Force 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Cantonese): IFZAL ZAFFAR, Constable of Hong Kong Police Force 5. various of the classes 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (Cantonese): IFZAL ZAFFAR, Constable of Hong Kong Police Force STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE 1 (Cantonese): IFZAL ZAFFAR, Constable of Hong Kong Police Force "My parents are Pakistanis who migrated to Hong Kong. I was born and raised here in Hong Kong." Ifzal Zaffar joined the Hong Kong Police Force in 2015 and has been serving the team by making full use of his language advantage. SOUNDBITE 2 (Cantonese): IFZAL ZAFFAR, Constable of Hong Kong Police Force "I can communicate with Pakistanis, Indians, and other people from South Asian countries to learn more a

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CHINA-GUANGXI-TEENAGERS-HOMETOWN-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230122) -- DAHUA, Jan. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Meng Xuantai (2nd R) watches a rehearsal of their schoolmates outside a vocal music classroom of Nongyong primary school in Bansheng Town of Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, May 14, 2015. Meng Xuanren and his younger brother Meng Xuantai were nicknamed "ladder teenagers" because they had to climb mountains and hanging ladders to get to school as children. They've all grown up and achieved their goals now. Meng Xuanren, 22, is a sophomore at the Liaoning Provincial College of Communications, and Xuantai, 19, works at an auto repair factory in south China's Guangdong Province after graduating from a vocational school. The brothers returned to Nongding Village in Bansheng Town for a family reunion during the Spring Festival. They have seen the transformation of transportation infrastructure, school facilities, and village housing in their hometown over the last decade. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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Transportation services by EV well received in Tokyo

TOKYO, June 2 Kyodo - An electric vehicle carrying elderly citizens runs in a shopping area in the city of Musashimurayama, a suburb of Tokyo, on May 22, 2015. The free services by the vehicle, which has a roof and seats, which drive aged people from their homes to stores are well received in the area.

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Fukushima hospital's reopening plan frozen

SENDAI, June 2 Kyodo - Photo taken May 22, 2015, shows the exterior of the Odaka-Akasaka hospital in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture. The hospital, vacated after the 2011 nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the prefecture, was planning to reopen in another municipality but the plan has been frozen due to financial difficulty.

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Sony vows to complete restructuring in FY 2014

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. President Kazuo Hirai announces the company's management policy for fiscal 2014, at a press conference at Sony's headquarters in Tokyo on May 22, 2014. Hirai vowed to complete a series of restructuring measures in the business year through March 31, 2015, by selling off the company's personal computer business and drastically cutting costs to revive its flagging electronics operations.

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Sony vows to complete restructuring in FY 2014

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. President Kazuo Hirai announces the company's management policy for fiscal 2014, at a press conference at Sony's headquarters in Tokyo on May 22, 2014. Hirai vowed to complete a series of restructuring measures in the business year through March 31, 2015, by selling off the company's personal computer business and drastically cutting costs to revive its flagging electronics operations.

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Group of rare bird species spotted in China's Yunnan

STORY: Group of rare bird species spotted in China's Yunnan DATELINE: Sept. 16, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:08 LOCATION: KUNMING, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. pics of the 22 blossom-headed parakeets 2. various of blossom-headed parakeets STORYLINE: A total of 22 blossom-headed parakeets were recently spotted in Ruili, southwest China's Yunnan Province. The rare bird species mainly lives in China's Yunnan, Guangdong, Guangxi and other provinces. It has been put under second-class national protection. Some bird experts had thought that blossom-headed parakeet might have disappeared in China years ago, until seven of them were spotted in Yunnan in 2015. Experts said that the pictures of 22 parakeets may prove that the number of the bird species has increased in China. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Kunming, China. (XHTV)

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Darvish set to return to major leagues

Yu Darvish of the Texas Rangers pitches during an outing in which he threw six scoreless innings for Double-A Frisco against San Antonio in Frisco, Texas, on May 22, 2016. Darvish, who underwent a Tommy John reconstruction surgery on his right elbow in March 2015, is expected to return to major league mound on May 28 against the Pittsburgh Pirates, according to club sources. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Funeral for stationmaster cat Bus held in Fukushima Pref.

The male cat Love, who became honorary stationmaster at Aizu Railway's Ashinomaki Onsen Station in December 2015, sits by a photo of his predecessor, the female cat Bus, during her funeral at the station in the city of Aizuwakamatsu in Fukushima Prefecture, northern Japan, on May 1, 2016. Around 300 people attended the ceremony for Bus, who died on April 22, at an estimated age of 18, equivalent to 100 in human years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Dodgers lefty Ryu on road to recovery

Ryu Hyun Jin of the Los Angeles Dodgers throws during a light bullpen session at the club's spring training complex in Glendale, Arizona, on Feb. 22, 2016. Ryu missed all of 2015 after undergoing shoulder surgery in May that year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Antiterrorism drill conducted in Tokyo

Special Assault Team members of the Tokyo and Kanagawa prefectural police participate in a joint antiterrorism drill in Tokyo on Dec. 22, 2015. The drill was conducted in the wake of terror attacks in Paris in November, as Japan is scheduled to host the Group of Seven Summit in May 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Antiterrorism drill conducted in Tokyo

Special Assault Team members of the Tokyo and Kanagawa prefectural police participate in a joint antiterrorism drill in Tokyo on Dec. 22, 2015. The drill was conducted in the wake of terror attacks in Paris in November, as Japan is scheduled to host the Group of Seven Summit in May 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Defense Minister Nakatani comments on Osprey

Japan's Defense Minister Gen Nakatani meets with reporters in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Nov. 23, 2015, after the U.S. Marine Corps announcement that pilot error was the main cause of the fatal crash of an MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft in Hawaii in May. "I understand that Osprey has no structural deficiencies. I will promote the deployment of the aircraft at the Ground Self-Defense Force as planned," Nakatani said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Former S. Korean President Kim Young Sam dies at 87

File photo taken on May 29, 2009, shows former South Korean President Kim Young Sam. Kim, who was in power from 1993 to 1998 as the country's first civilian leader after more than three decades of military rule, died of blood poisoning and acute heart failure on Nov. 22, 2015, at the age of 87. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Asada in ice show

Three-time women's figure skating world champion Mao Asada performs in an ice show in Sapporo, northern Japan, on July 22, 2015. Asada, 24, announced on May 18 she would resume competing this year after sitting out the 2014-15 season. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Asada in ice show

Three-time women's figure skating world champion Mao Asada waves to the spectators after performing in an ice show in Sapporo, northern Japan, on July 22, 2015. Asada, 24, announced on May 18 she would resume competing this year after sitting out the 2014-15 season. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Asada in ice show

Three-time women's figure skating world champion Mao Asada performs in an ice show in Sapporo, northern Japan, on July 22, 2015. Asada, 24, announced on May 18 she would resume competing this year after sitting out the 2014-15 season. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Brazil mulls lowering age of criminal responsibility to 16

Flowers and a bicycle are seen on June 22, 2015, at the site where a doctor was stabbed to death in May on the banks of a lake in Rio de Janeiro where Olympic boat races will be held. Two teenagers -- aged 15 and 16 -- have been arrested for their alleged involvement amid heated debate in Brazil on whether to lower the age of criminal responsibility to 16 from 18. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fuel-efficient driving techniques taught at driving school

Noriko Hisamatsu receives instructions for fuel-efficient driving techniques at a driving school in Saitama, north of Tokyo, on May 22, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hawaiian resident thinks military drills necessary despite mishap

Shannon Alivado, a resident of Waimanalo on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, near Bellows Air Force Station, speaks in an interview on May 28, 2015, about the recent crash of a U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey aircraft that killed two Marines while on a training flight. Alivado said military exercises are necessary to protect the freedom of people although she understands local residents' concern. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Osprey arrives in Tokyo for 1st time since crash in Hawaii

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a U.S. military's MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft landing at Yokota Air Base in Tokyo on June 4, 2015. It was the first flight of the aircraft outside Japan's southernmost island prefecture of Okinawa since one of the same type crashed in Hawaii in May. The aircraft is expected to be involved a training session in Shizuoka Prefecture, west of Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Osprey arrives in Tokyo for 1st time since crash in Hawaii

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a U.S. military's MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft landing at Yokota Air Base in Tokyo on June 4, 2015. It was the first flight of the aircraft outside Japan's southernmost island prefecture of Okinawa since one of the same type crashed in Hawaii in May. The aircraft is expected to be involved a training session in Shizuoka Prefecture, west of Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fukushima hospital's reopening plan frozen

Photo taken on May 22, 2015, shows the exterior of the Odaka Akasaka hospital in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. The hospital, vacated after the 2011 nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the prefecture, was planning to reopen in another municipality but the plan has been frozen due to financial difficulty. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fukushima town remains empty amid continued evacuation

Photo taken on May 22, 2015, shows the clock shop of Yuichi Harada, head of the Namie town chamber of commerce and industry in Fukushima Prefecture, on an empty street in the northeastern Japan town. The entire town remains evacuated due to the 2011 nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi atomic power plant in the prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fukushima town remains empty amid continued evacuation

An empty shopping street in the town of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, is seen on May 22, 2015. The entire town remains evacuated due to the 2011 nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi atomic power plant in the prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Promoting traditional octopus pot fishing in western Japan

Katsuaki Toda (L) teaches an elementary school student how to make a traditional octopus pot with clay in Sennan, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on May 22, 2015. The area has been practicing traditional octopus fishing using pots instead of nets. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Customer turnout dwindles at meat shop in Kiev market

Customer turnout is on the decline at a meat shop in a central Kiev market in Ukraine as pictured on May 22, 2015. The owner of the shop said sales have plunged 50 percent over the past year amid deterioration in people's livelihood. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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People view cenotaph built in memory of coup d'etat victims in Kiev

People stop on May 22, 2015, in Kiev to look at a cenotaph built in memory of about 100 demonstrators who died in clashes with security forces at the time of a coup d'etat in the Ukrainian capital in February 2014. A year has passed since a presidential election in Ukraine, in which pro-West Petro Poroshenko emerged victorious, but his popularity has been sagging as fighting with pro-Russian separatists drags on in the eastern part of the country. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Flowers laid before cenotaph for victims of clashes with police in Kiev

People lay flowers on May 22, 2015, before a cenotaph near Independence Square in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev in memory of about 100 demonstrators who died in clashes with Russian-backed riot police and security forces at the time of a coup d'etat in February 2014. The day marked the first anniversary of the country's presidential election. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Paintings by Maruki couple to be exhibited in Saitama Pref.

A painting depicting Urakami Cathedral after the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, created by the late Iri and Toshi Maruki after their visit to Nagasaki in 1953, is exhibited at the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum on May 22, 2015. Their artworks including the painting will be displayed at the Maruki Gallery for the Hiroshima Panels in Higashimatsuyama, Saitama Prefecture, from June 3. The couple was based in that eastern Japanese prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Paintings by Maruki couple to be exhibited in Saitama Pref.

A painting by the late Iri and Toshi Maruki created in the motif of an arms factory after their visit to Nagasaki in 1953 is seen exhibited at the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum in the southwestern Japanese city on May 22, 2015. Their artworks including the painting will be displayed at the Maruki Gallery for the Hiroshima Panels in Higashimatsuyama, Saitama Prefecture, from June 3. The couple was based in that eastern Japanese prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mitsubishi Heavy shows H2B rocket to press

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. shows the H2B rocket, planned to be launched this summer, to the press at its plant in the village of Tobishima, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, on May 22, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mitsubishi Heavy shows H2B rocket to press

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. shows the first (L) and second stages of the H2B rocket, planned to be launched this summer, to the press at its plant in the village of Tobishima, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, on May 22, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mitsubishi Heavy shows H2B rocket to press

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. shows the H2B rocket, planned to be launched this summer, to the press at its plant in the village of Tobishima, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, on May 22, 2015. The first stage is equipped with two engines as seen in this photo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Fla. Gov. Jeb Bush speaks at Republican conference

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, a potential 2016 Republican presidential candidate, speaks at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference in Oklahoma City, the United States, on May 22, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Statue of Sakamoto Ryoma polished by fans

A statue of Sakamoto Ryoma, a prominent figure in the last days of the Tokugawa Shogunate, is polished by 22 publicly selected fans on May 27, 2015, the 88th anniversary of its erection in the western Japanese city of Kochi. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Wife of Japanese envoy to Israel attends event to introduce kimono

Kaori Matsutomi, wife of Japanese Ambassador to Israel Shigeo Matsutomi, poses in a kimono costume to serve as a master of ceremony at an event introducing the traditional Japanese attire at the ambassador's residence in Herzliya, central Israel, on May 22, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Designer Koshino holds fashion show in Beijing to promote Japan tourism

Chinese student models showcase a series of black and gold shiny dresses designed by Junko Koshino of Japan on the catwalk at a fashion show in Beijing on May 22, 2015. The event was hosted by the Japan National Tourism Organization and others as part of efforts to attract more Chinese visitors to Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kimono event hosted at residence of Japanese envoy to Israel

An instructor and a model demonstrate how to put on Japanese kimono at an event introducing the traditional costume at the residence of Japanese Ambassador to Israel Shigeo Matsutomi in Herzliya, central Israel, on May 22, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.N. chief Ban meets Vietnamese President Truong in Hanoi

U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (L) and Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang shake hands at a joint press conference following their talks in Hanoi on May 22, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese drummers perform at Junko Koshino fashion show in Beijing

Japanese "taiko" drummers wearing costumes designed by Junko Koshino perform at the Japanese designer's fashion show in Beijing on May 22, 2015. The event was hosted by the Japan National Tourism Organization and others as part of efforts to attract more Chinese visitors to Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Designer Koshino holds fashion show in Beijing to promote Japan tourism

Chinese student models showcase colorful dresses designed by Junko Koshino of Japan on the catwalk at a fashion show in Beijing on May 22, 2015. The event was hosted by the Japan National Tourism Organization and others as part of efforts to attract more Chinese visitors to Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Designer Koshino holds fashion show in Beijing to promote Japan tourism

Japanese designer Junko Koshino (C) appears with Chinese student models on the catwalk during the finale of her fashion show in Beijing on May 22, 2015. The event was hosted by the Japan National Tourism Organization and others as part of efforts to attract more Chinese visitors to Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Drum performance at Pacific island summit dinner

A drum performance is conducted at a dinner party of the 7th Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on May 22, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Comfort women" supporters hold meeting in Seoul

Women who were recruited against their own will to serve at comfort stations, operated in response to the request of the Japanese military authorities of the day, under a coercive atmosphere during the wartime speak at a meeting held by their supporters on May 22, 2015, in Seoul. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe, Marshall president agree on U.N. Security Council reform

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) shakes hands with Marshall Islands President Christopher Loeak in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on May 22, 2015, ahead of their talks on the sidelines of a meeting of Pacific island leaders. The two leaders reaffirmed their cooperation in seeking to reform the U.N. Security Council. (Pool photo by Nihon Keizai Shimbun) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe, Nauru president agree on U.N. Security Council reform

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) shakes hands with Nauru President Baron Waqa in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on May 22, 2015, before their talks on the sidelines of a meeting of Pacific island leaders. The two leaders reaffirmed their cooperation in seeking to reform the U.N. Security Council. (Pool photo by Nihon Keizai Shimbun) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Citizens' group sues Thai PM Prayut 1 year after coup

Members of a citizens' group gather in Bangkok after filing a criminal complaint against Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on May 22, 2015, on the first anniversary of the Prayut-led army coup d'etat that ousted then Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and launched a military junta. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo