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CHINA-LIAONING-SHENYANG-KOREAN WAR-CHINESE SOLDIERS' REMAINS-BURIAL CEREMONY (CN)

(231124) -- SHENYANG, Nov. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Guards of honor carrying the caskets of the fallen Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) martyrs enter the cemetery escorted by Chinese People's Liberation Army soldiers during a burial ceremony at the CPV martyrs' cemetery in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Nov. 24, 2023. The remains of 25 CPV soldiers killed in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-1953) were buried Friday in a cemetery in Shenyang. The remains of the fallen soldiers were returned to China from the Republic of Korea on Thursday. It was the 10th such repatriation since 2014, following a handover agreement signed between the two countries. This year marks the 70th anniversary of China's victory in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea. (Xinhua/Pan Yulong)

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CHINA-LIAONING-SHENYANG-KOREAN WAR-CHINESE SOLDIERS' REMAINS-BURIAL CEREMONY (CN)

(231124) -- SHENYANG, Nov. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Nov. 24, 2023 shows the burial ceremony for the remains of 25 Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) martyrs at the CPV martyrs' cemetery in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province. The remains of 25 CPV soldiers killed in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-1953) were buried Friday in a cemetery in Shenyang. The remains of the fallen soldiers were returned to China from the Republic of Korea on Thursday. It was the 10th such repatriation since 2014, following a handover agreement signed between the two countries. This year marks the 70th anniversary of China's victory in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea. (Xinhua/Long Lei)

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CHINA-LIAONING-SHENYANG-KOREAN WAR-CHINESE SOLDIERS' REMAINS-BURIAL CEREMONY (CN)

(231124) -- SHENYANG, Nov. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People line up to present flowers to the memorial wall of Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) martyrs at the CPV martyrs' cemetery in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Nov. 24, 2023. The remains of 25 CPV soldiers killed in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-1953) were buried Friday in a cemetery in Shenyang. The remains of the fallen soldiers were returned to China from the Republic of Korea on Thursday. It was the 10th such repatriation since 2014, following a handover agreement signed between the two countries. This year marks the 70th anniversary of China's victory in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea. (Xinhua/Pan Yulong)

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CHINA-LIAONING-SHENYANG-KOREAN WAR-CHINESE SOLDIERS' REMAINS-BURIAL CEREMONY (CN)

(231124) -- SHENYANG, Nov. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Guards of honor escort the caskets of the fallen Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) martyrs during a burial ceremony at the CPV martyrs' cemetery in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Nov. 24, 2023. The remains of 25 CPV soldiers killed in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-1953) were buried Friday in a cemetery in Shenyang. The remains of the fallen soldiers were returned to China from the Republic of Korea on Thursday. It was the 10th such repatriation since 2014, following a handover agreement signed between the two countries. This year marks the 70th anniversary of China's victory in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea. (Xinhua/Pan Yulong)

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CHINA-LIAONING-SHENYANG-KOREAN WAR-CHINESE SOLDIERS' REMAINS-BURIAL CEREMONY (CN)

(231124) -- SHENYANG, Nov. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Guards of honor carrying the caskets of the fallen Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) martyrs enter the cemetery escorted by Chinese People's Liberation Army soldiers during a burial ceremony at the CPV martyrs' cemetery in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Nov. 24, 2023. The remains of 25 CPV soldiers killed in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-1953) were buried Friday in a cemetery in Shenyang. The remains of the fallen soldiers were returned to China from the Republic of Korea on Thursday. It was the 10th such repatriation since 2014, following a handover agreement signed between the two countries. This year marks the 70th anniversary of China's victory in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea. (Xinhua/Pan Yulong)

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CHINA-LIAONING-SHENYANG-KOREAN WAR-CHINESE SOLDIERS' REMAINS-BURIAL CEREMONY (CN)

(231124) -- SHENYANG, Nov. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Soldiers fire a gun salute during a burial ceremony for the remains of 25 Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) martyrs at the CPV martyrs' cemetery in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Nov. 24, 2023. The remains of 25 CPV soldiers killed in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-1953) were buried Friday in a cemetery in Shenyang. The remains of the fallen soldiers were returned to China from the Republic of Korea on Thursday. It was the 10th such repatriation since 2014, following a handover agreement signed between the two countries. This year marks the 70th anniversary of China's victory in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea. (Xinhua/Long Lei)

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CHINA-LIAONING-SHENYANG-KOREAN WAR-CHINESE SOLDIERS' REMAINS-BURIAL CEREMONY (CN)

(231124) -- SHENYANG, Nov. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Guards of honor carrying the caskets of the fallen Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) martyrs enter the cemetery escorted by Chinese People's Liberation Army soldiers during a burial ceremony at the CPV martyrs' cemetery in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Nov. 24, 2023. The remains of 25 CPV soldiers killed in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-1953) were buried Friday in a cemetery in Shenyang. The remains of the fallen soldiers were returned to China from the Republic of Korea on Thursday. It was the 10th such repatriation since 2014, following a handover agreement signed between the two countries. This year marks the 70th anniversary of China's victory in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea. (Xinhua/Long Lei)

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CHINA-LIAONING-SHENYANG-KOREAN WAR-CHINESE SOLDIERS' REMAINS-BURIAL CEREMONY (CN)

(231124) -- SHENYANG, Nov. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Guards of honor carrying the caskets of the fallen Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) martyrs enter the cemetery escorted by Chinese People's Liberation Army soldiers during a burial ceremony at the CPV martyrs' cemetery in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Nov. 24, 2023. The remains of 25 CPV soldiers killed in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-1953) were buried Friday in a cemetery in Shenyang. The remains of the fallen soldiers were returned to China from the Republic of Korea on Thursday. It was the 10th such repatriation since 2014, following a handover agreement signed between the two countries. This year marks the 70th anniversary of China's victory in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea. (Xinhua/Pan Yulong)

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CHINA-LIAONING-SHENYANG-KOREAN WAR-CHINESE SOLDIERS' REMAINS-BURIAL CEREMONY (CN)

(231124) -- SHENYANG, Nov. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Guards of honor escort the caskets of the fallen Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) martyrs during a burial ceremony at the CPV martyrs' cemetery in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Nov. 24, 2023. The remains of 25 CPV soldiers killed in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-1953) were buried Friday in a cemetery in Shenyang. The remains of the fallen soldiers were returned to China from the Republic of Korea on Thursday. It was the 10th such repatriation since 2014, following a handover agreement signed between the two countries. This year marks the 70th anniversary of China's victory in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea. (Xinhua/Pan Yulong)

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CHINA-LIAONING-SHENYANG-KOREAN WAR-CHINESE SOLDIERS' REMAINS-BURIAL CEREMONY (CN)

(231124) -- SHENYANG, Nov. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Guards of honor escort the caskets of the fallen Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) martyrs during a burial ceremony at the CPV martyrs' cemetery in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Nov. 24, 2023. The remains of 25 CPV soldiers killed in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-1953) were buried Friday in a cemetery in Shenyang. The remains of the fallen soldiers were returned to China from the Republic of Korea on Thursday. It was the 10th such repatriation since 2014, following a handover agreement signed between the two countries. This year marks the 70th anniversary of China's victory in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea. (Xinhua/Pan Yulong)

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CHINA-LIAONING-SHENYANG-KOREAN WAR-CHINESE SOLDIERS' REMAINS-BURIAL CEREMONY (CN)

(231124) -- SHENYANG, Nov. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Soldiers fire a gun salute during a burial ceremony for the remains of 25 Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) martyrs at the CPV martyrs' cemetery in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Nov. 24, 2023. The remains of 25 CPV soldiers killed in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-1953) were buried Friday in a cemetery in Shenyang. The remains of the fallen soldiers were returned to China from the Republic of Korea on Thursday. It was the 10th such repatriation since 2014, following a handover agreement signed between the two countries. This year marks the 70th anniversary of China's victory in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea. (Xinhua/Long Lei)

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CHINA-LIAONING-SHENYANG-KOREAN WAR-CHINESE SOLDIERS' REMAINS-BURIAL CEREMONY (CN)

(231124) -- SHENYANG, Nov. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Guards of honor carrying the caskets of the fallen Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) martyrs enter the cemetery escorted by Chinese People's Liberation Army soldiers during a burial ceremony at the CPV martyrs' cemetery in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Nov. 24, 2023. The remains of 25 CPV soldiers killed in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-1953) were buried Friday in a cemetery in Shenyang. The remains of the fallen soldiers were returned to China from the Republic of Korea on Thursday. It was the 10th such repatriation since 2014, following a handover agreement signed between the two countries. This year marks the 70th anniversary of China's victory in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea. (Xinhua/Pan Yulong)

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CHINA-LIAONING-SHENYANG-KOREAN WAR-CHINESE SOLDIERS' REMAINS-BURIAL CEREMONY (CN)

(231124) -- SHENYANG, Nov. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Guards of honor carrying the caskets of the fallen Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) martyrs enter the cemetery escorted by Chinese People's Liberation Army soldiers during a burial ceremony at the CPV martyrs' cemetery in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Nov. 24, 2023. The remains of 25 CPV soldiers killed in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-1953) were buried Friday in a cemetery in Shenyang. The remains of the fallen soldiers were returned to China from the Republic of Korea on Thursday. It was the 10th such repatriation since 2014, following a handover agreement signed between the two countries. This year marks the 70th anniversary of China's victory in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea. (Xinhua/Long Lei)

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CHINA-LIAONING-SHENYANG-KOREAN WAR-CHINESE SOLDIERS' REMAINS-BURIAL CEREMONY (CN)

(231124) -- SHENYANG, Nov. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Nov. 24, 2023 shows the burial ceremony for the remains of 25 Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) martyrs at the CPV martyrs' cemetery in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province. The remains of 25 CPV soldiers killed in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-1953) were buried Friday in a cemetery in Shenyang. The remains of the fallen soldiers were returned to China from the Republic of Korea on Thursday. It was the 10th such repatriation since 2014, following a handover agreement signed between the two countries. This year marks the 70th anniversary of China's victory in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea. (Xinhua/Long Lei)

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CHINA-LIAONING-SHENYANG-KOREAN WAR-CHINESE SOLDIERS' REMAINS-BURIAL CEREMONY (CN)

(231124) -- SHENYANG, Nov. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Guards of honor carrying the caskets of the fallen Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) martyrs enter the cemetery escorted by Chinese People's Liberation Army soldiers during a burial ceremony at the CPV martyrs' cemetery in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Nov. 24, 2023. The remains of 25 CPV soldiers killed in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-1953) were buried Friday in a cemetery in Shenyang. The remains of the fallen soldiers were returned to China from the Republic of Korea on Thursday. It was the 10th such repatriation since 2014, following a handover agreement signed between the two countries. This year marks the 70th anniversary of China's victory in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea. (Xinhua/Pan Yulong)

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CHINA-LIAONING-SHENYANG-KOREAN WAR-CHINESE SOLDIERS' REMAINS-BURIAL CEREMONY (CN)

(231124) -- SHENYANG, Nov. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Guards of honor escort the caskets of the fallen Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) martyrs during a burial ceremony at the CPV martyrs' cemetery in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Nov. 24, 2023. The remains of 25 CPV soldiers killed in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-1953) were buried Friday in a cemetery in Shenyang. The remains of the fallen soldiers were returned to China from the Republic of Korea on Thursday. It was the 10th such repatriation since 2014, following a handover agreement signed between the two countries. This year marks the 70th anniversary of China's victory in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea. (Xinhua/Long Lei)

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CHINA-LIAONING-SHENYANG-KOREAN WAR-CHINESE SOLDIERS' REMAINS-BURIAL CEREMONY (CN)

(231124) -- SHENYANG, Nov. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Nov. 24, 2023 shows the burial ceremony for the remains of 25 Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) martyrs at the CPV martyrs' cemetery in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province. The remains of 25 CPV soldiers killed in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-1953) were buried Friday in a cemetery in Shenyang. The remains of the fallen soldiers were returned to China from the Republic of Korea on Thursday. It was the 10th such repatriation since 2014, following a handover agreement signed between the two countries. This year marks the 70th anniversary of China's victory in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea. (Xinhua/Long Lei)

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CHINA-LIAONING-SHENYANG-KOREAN WAR-CHINESE SOLDIERS' REMAINS-BURIAL CEREMONY (CN)

(231124) -- SHENYANG, Nov. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Guards of honor escort the caskets of the fallen Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) martyrs during a burial ceremony at the CPV martyrs' cemetery in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Nov. 24, 2023. The remains of 25 CPV soldiers killed in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-1953) were buried Friday in a cemetery in Shenyang. The remains of the fallen soldiers were returned to China from the Republic of Korea on Thursday. It was the 10th such repatriation since 2014, following a handover agreement signed between the two countries. This year marks the 70th anniversary of China's victory in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea. (Xinhua/Long Lei)

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CHINA-LIAONING-SHENYANG-KOREAN WAR-CHINESE SOLDIERS' REMAINS-BURIAL CEREMONY (CN)

(231124) -- SHENYANG, Nov. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Nov. 24, 2023 shows the memorial wall of Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) martyrs at the CPV martyrs' cemetery in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province. The remains of 25 CPV soldiers killed in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-1953) were buried Friday in a cemetery in Shenyang. The remains of the fallen soldiers were returned to China from the Republic of Korea on Thursday. It was the 10th such repatriation since 2014, following a handover agreement signed between the two countries. This year marks the 70th anniversary of China's victory in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea. (Xinhua/Pan Yulong)

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CHINA-LIAONING-SHENYANG-KOREAN WAR-CHINESE SOLDIERS' REMAINS-BURIAL CEREMONY (CN)

(231124) -- SHENYANG, Nov. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Guards of honor escort the caskets of the fallen Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) martyrs during a burial ceremony at the CPV martyrs' cemetery in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Nov. 24, 2023. The remains of 25 CPV soldiers killed in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-1953) were buried Friday in a cemetery in Shenyang. The remains of the fallen soldiers were returned to China from the Republic of Korea on Thursday. It was the 10th such repatriation since 2014, following a handover agreement signed between the two countries. This year marks the 70th anniversary of China's victory in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea. (Xinhua/Pan Yulong)

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Remains of 25 Chinese People's Volunteer Army martyrs laid to rest

STORY: Remains of 25 Chinese People's Volunteer Army martyrs laid to rest SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 24, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 24, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:31 LOCATION: SHENYANG, China CATEGORY: POLITICS/MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of cemetery in Shenyang STORYLINE: The remains of 25 Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) soldiers killed in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-1953) were laid to rest in Shenyang on Friday. The remains had been returned to China a day earlier from the Republic of Korea (ROK). Since 2014, China and the ROK have completed 10 such repatriations, under a handover agreement signed between the two countries. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Shenyang, China. (XHTV)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-DAHUA-WATER SUPPLY-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230321) --DAHUA, March 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Nov. 24, 2014 shows pupils washing and cooking rice with rainwater stored in plastic buckets at Bahao elementary school in Bansheng Township, Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Situated at the center of the Karst landforms in west Guangxi, Dahua Yao Autonomous County had suffered from severe water deficit for ages. Since 2012, local government has been managing the water deficit through various measures like building water tanks or reservoirs to collect water or constructing water supply projects which could divert river water onto mountain areas to ease water shortage and provide safe drinking water for local people. Afters years of efforts, safe and convenient water supply is no longer a problem for the over 200,000 rural population in Dahua. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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S. Korean protesters stop car carrying Japanese reporter

SEOUL, South Korea - Members of a South Korean conservative group block a car carrying Tatsuya Kato, former Seoul bureau chief of Japan's Sankei Shimbun newspaper, in front of the Seoul Central District Court in this file photo taken on Nov. 27. 2014. Kato has been indicted on charges of defaming South Korean President Park Geun Hye. Local police sent papers on three of the protesters to prosecutors for damaging the vehicle on Dec. 24.

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Tunisia's Islamist party leader in interview

TUNIS, Tunisia - Rachid Ghannouchi, leader of Tunisia's Islamist Ennadha Party, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News at the party's headquarters in Tunis, Tunisia, on Nov. 24, 2014. He said concession and consensus building were the keys for the successful democratization of the country.

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Tunisian parents lament death of their son in Syria

TUNIS, Tunisia - Parents hold a portrait of their son who died in Syria in the summer of 2012 after joining the Islamic State militant group, at their home in the suburbs of Tunis, Tunisia, on Nov. 24, 2014.

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Mandela's ex-secretary warns of hostility in S. Africa

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Zelda La Grange, private secretary to former South African President Nelson Mandela for 19 years, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Johannesburg on Nov. 24, 2014. La Grange said South Africa nowadays is filled with animosity and that society has failed to learn from the late leader's examples.

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Univ. students volunteer to help post-disaster work

OSAKA, Japan - Female students of Kobe Shukugawa Gakuin University volunteer to help post-disaster work in Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, on Nov. 24, 2014, hit by landslides caused by torrential rains in August. The students participated in the work before the 20th anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake that devastated the western Japan prefecture in 1995.

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Santa Claus arrives in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Santa Claus gives some sweets to a baby on Nov. 28, 2014, at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, after arriving from Finland. During his stay in Japan until Dec. 24, which is planned as part of a promotion for Finnish airline Finnair, Santa will visit nursery schools and attend Christmas events in various parts of the nation.

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Santa Claus arrives in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Santa Claus from Finland waves from inside a Finnair plane on Nov. 28, 2014, after arriving at Narita airport, east of Tokyo. During his stay in Japan until Dec. 24, which is planned as part of a promotion for the Finnish airline, Santa will visit nursery schools and attend Christmas events in various parts of the nation.

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Santa Claus arrives in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Santa Claus speaks to reporters on Nov. 28, 2014, upon his arrival at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, from Finland aboard a Finnair plane. During his stay in Japan until Dec. 24, which is planned as part of a promotion for the Finnish airline, Santa will visit nursery schools and attend Christmas events in various parts of the nation.

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Ex-Maltese leader slams NATO as relic from past

VALLETTA, Malta - Former Maltese President and Prime Minister Edward Fenech-Adami speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Valletta on Nov. 24, 2014, ahead of the 25th anniversary of the 1989 Malta Summit during which then U.S. and Soviet leaders declared an end to the Cold War. Fenech-Adami criticized the North Atlantic Treaty Organization as a relic from the past.

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End of Cold War marks 25th anniversary

VALLETTA, Malta - The End of Cold War Monument stands close to Marsaxlokk Bay in southeastern Malta on Nov. 24, 2014. It commemorates the 1989 Malta Summit during which then U.S. President George H.W. Bush and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev declared an end to the Cold War.

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Deserted shopping street in northern Japan

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - A street in front of East Japan Railway Co.'s Ishinomaki Station in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, appears deserted with many shops closed for business on Nov. 24, 2014. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's much-touted "Abenomics" policy mix designed to prop up domestic demand has not produced visible effects in most regional areas.

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Vietnamese vendors on bridge between 2 nations

MONG CAI, Vietnam -Vendors return to Mong Cai, northern Vietnam, from Dongxing in the southern central Chinese province of Guangxi, where they purchased clothes and everyday goods, through a frontier bridge, on Nov. 24, 2014. While bilateral ties remain strained due to a sovereignty dispute over the South China Sea, Chinese tourists have started visiting the Vietnamese city again.

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Vietnamese vendors on bridge between 2 nations

MONG CAI, Vietnam -Vendors return to Mong Cai, northern Vietnam, from Dongxing in the southern central Chinese province of Guangxi, where they purchased clothes and everyday goods, through a frontier bridge, on Nov. 24, 2014. While bilateral ties remain strained due to a sovereignty dispute over the South China Sea, Chinese tourists have started visiting the Vietnamese city again.

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Riots follow grand jury's decision in Missouri

FERGUSON, United States - Flowers are placed Nov. 25, 2014, near the spot where Michael Brown, an 18-year-old black man, was fatally shot in August by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. Riots erupted in the city following the grand jury's decision on Nov. 24 not to indict the police officer.

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Jewish woman who fled Nazis

NEW YORK, United States - Deborah Reed (L) receives a photo of her mother Sonia at the residence of the Japanese consul general in New York on Nov. 24, 2014. Sonia fled Nazi Germany, traveling to the United States via Japan, with the help of Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara, who helped thousands of Jews by issuing travel documents. The identity of the woman in the photo, left behind in Japan, was recently identified as Deborah's mother.

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Nobel winner Nakamura meets with U.S. Pres. Obama

WASHINGTON, United States - Shuji Nakamura, professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, delivers a lecture at the Embassy of Sweden in Washington on Nov. 24, 2014. Nakamura, one of the three Japan-born scientists awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics, met U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House the same day along with three other U.S. winners of the 2014 Nobel prizes.

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Empire State Building to be lit in orange for U.N. campaign for women

NEW YORK, United States - American Actress Teri Hatcher (L) and Ban Ki Moon (3rd from L), secretary general of the United Nations, light a model of the Empire State Building in orange as part of a U.N.-led campaign to fight violence against women, at the building in New York on Nov. 24, 2014, ahead of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women the following day.

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Experts tout hula dance to prevent dementia

IWAKI, Japan - Emiko Ono, one of the first hula dancers in the 1960s at an amusement park now known as Spa Resort Hawaiians in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, sits on stage in the northeastern Japan city on Nov. 24, 2014, during an event to promote awareness of dementia. The main character in the award-winning 2006 movie "Hula Girls" was modeled after Ono, who now suffers from dementia at age 70.

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Nishikori, Nara win JPTA Special Award

TOKYO, Japan - Kei Nishikori (R) and Kurumi Nara pose after receiving the Japan Professional Tennis Association's Special Award for 2014 at a ceremony in Tokyo on Nov. 24, 2014.

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Experts tout hula dance to prevent dementia

IWAKI, Japan - Emiko Ono, one of the first hula dancers in the 1960s at an amusement park now known as Spa Resort Hawaiians in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, receives a bouquet from one of her former dance students in the northeastern Japan city on Nov. 24, 2014, during an event to promote awareness of dementia. The main character in the award-winning 2006 movie "Hula Girls" was modeled after Ono, who now suffers from dementia at age 70.

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Abe surveys damage from earthquake in northern Nagano

NAGANO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) walks in the village of Hakuba, central Japan, on Nov. 24, 2014, to inspect damage caused by a magnitude-6.7 earthquake on Nov. 22 that left 41 people injured and heavily damaged or destroyed 54 houses. (Pool photo)

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Quake-hit people clean up damaged houses

NAGANO, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 24, 2014, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows people covering an earthquake-destroyed house with sheets in Hakuba, central Japan. The village and its surrounding area were hit by a magnitude-6.7 earthquake on Nov. 22 that left 41 people injured and heavily damaged or destroyed 54 houses.

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Ex-death row inmate urges end to death penalty in Japan

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Iwao Hakamada, a former death row inmate who was freed in March 2014 after nearly 48 years in prison following a court decision to reopen his case, seeks an end to Japan's death penalty during an event in Shizuoka, central Japan, on Nov. 24, 2014, as his elder sister Hideko looks on.

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Quake-hit people clean up damaged houses

HAKUBA, Japan - Residents of an earthquake-damaged house in Hakuba, central Japan, clean up furniture and household goods on Nov. 24, 2014. The village and its surrounding area were hit by a magnitude-6.7 earthquake on Nov. 22 that left 41 people injured and heavily damaged or destroyed 54 houses.

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Quake-hit people clean up damaged houses

NAGANO, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 24, 2014, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows people cleaning up furniture and household goods at an earthquake-damaged house in Hakuba, central Japan. The village and its surrounding area were hit by a magnitude-6.7 earthquake on Nov. 22 that left 41 people injured and heavily damaged or destroyed 54 houses.

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Japan Coast Guard cracks down on Chinese coral poachers

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A Chinese ship enters Yokohama port southwest of Tokyo on Nov. 24, 2014, after its captain was arrested by the Japan Coast Guard over the alleged poaching of coral in Japanese waters near the Ogasawara island chain.

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Japan Coast Guard cracks down on Chinese coral poachers

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A Chinese ship (front) ties up at the dock of the Japan Coast Guard's regional office in Yokohama southwest of Tokyo on Nov. 24, 2014, after its captain was arrested for the alleged poaching of coral in Japanese waters near the Ogasawara island chain.

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DPJ election platform seeks change in "Abenomics"

TOKYO, Japan - Banri Kaieda, leader of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, shows the party platform for the Dec. 14 House of Representatives election on Nov. 24, 2014, at the DPJ headquarters in Tokyo.