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Confucius Institute in Namibia marks 10th anniversary with call to promote cultural exchange

STORY: Confucius Institute in Namibia marks 10th anniversary with call to promote cultural exchange SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 6, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 7, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:14 LOCATION: Windhoek CATEGORY: EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1. various of the celebrations for the 10th anniversary of the Confucius Institute (CI) at the University of Namibia (UNAM) 2. SOUNDBITE (English): KENNETH MATENGU, Vice chancellor of the University of Namibia (UNAM) 3. various of the celebrations for the 10th anniversary of the Confucius Institute (CI) at the University of Namibia (UNAM) STORYLINE: The Confucius Institute (CI) at the University of Namibia (UNAM) on Monday celebrated its 10th anniversary since it started operations in 2013. The ceremony was held in the Namibian capital of Windhoek and was attended by officials and students from the UNAM, representatives from the Chinese embassy, and a visiting delegation from the China University of Geosciences (Beijing). Speaking at the event, Kenneth Matengu, vice chancellor of the U

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NAMIBIA-WINDHOEK-CONFUCIUS INSTITUTE-10TH ANNIVERSARY

(231107) -- WINDHOEK, Nov. 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Students visit a photo exhibition during a ceremony to mark the 10th anniversary of the Confucius Institute at the University of Namibia (UNAM) in Windhoek, Namibia, Nov. 6, 2023. The Confucius Institute at the UNAM on Monday celebrated its 10th anniversary since it started operations in 2013. The ceremony was attended by officials and students from the UNAM, representatives from the Chinese embassy, and a visiting delegation from the China University of Geosciences (Beijing). (Xinhua/Chen Cheng)

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JICA jointly builds classrooms, trains laborers in Haiyan-hit town

DULAG, Philippines - Noel Watanabe (R), a Japan-based Filipino man, and his Japanese colleague Katsuya Usui, teach construction skills to Filipino workers on Nov. 7, 2014 in the central Philippine province Leyte. The Japan International Cooperation Agency is integrating a skills training program to its assistance for the construction of new school buildings in Leyte's Dulag town after it was damaged by super typhoon Haiyan on Nov. 8, 2013.

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JICA jointly builds classrooms, trains laborers in Haiyan-hit town

DULAG, Philippines - Filipino welders (in yellow shirts) who are constructing a new school building (seen behind them) watch Noel Watanabe (front), a Japan-based Filipino man, demonstrate proper welding technique on Nov. 7, 2014, at a high school compound in the central Philippine province Leyte. At second from the right in the back is his Japanese colleague Katsuya Usui. The Japan International Cooperation Agency is integrating a skills training program to its assistance for the construction of new school buildings in Leyte's Dulag town after it was damaged by super typhoon Haiyan on Nov. 8, 2013.

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"Dr. Turtle" has studied the creatures for decades

NAGOYA, Japan - Takashi Yabe, a professor at Aichi Gakusen University nicknamed "Dr. Turtle," shows an alligator snapping turtle at his laboratory at the university in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, on Nov. 7, 2013.

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Kyoto cook

KYOTO, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 7, 2013 shows Kenji Miura, head chef at the Beaux Sejours French restaurant at Grand Prince Hotel Kyoto, cooking steaks at the restaurant in Kyoto's Sakyo Ward.

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Breeding orphan elephants

TOBE, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 21, 2013 shows a family of African elephants at the Tobe Zoological Park in Tobe, Ehime Prefecture -- mother Rica (R), 7-year-old girl Hime (L) and Toa, a baby girl born in June 2013.

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77-yr-old performs lion dance in tsunami-hit Tohoku

SENDAI, Japan - Shinichiro Tsuda, the oldest member of the Omagarihama Shishimai (lion dance) preservation group, explains the lion's movements during an interview on Nov. 7, 2013 in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture.

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Japanese lawmaker returns from N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese lawmaker Antonio Inoki (L) answers reporters' questions at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Nov. 7, 2013, after returning from North Korea, where he met the previous day with Jang Song Thaek, uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and a top aide.

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Princess Kaguya

TOKYO, Japan - Director Isao Takahata speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 7, 2013, on the completion of Studio Ghibli's new animation film "Kaguyahime no Monogatari" (the tale of Princess Kaguya). (Kyodo)

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3 arrested for kidnapping girl

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows an area in Fuchu, western Tokyo, on Nov. 7, 2013, where a kidnapped junior high school girl was rescued by the police earlier in the day. The police arrested three men on suspicion of kidnapping her for a ransom of 20 million yen.

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Soyuz lifts off

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - A rocket carrying a Russian Soyuz spacecraft lifts off at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Nov. 7, 2013. The spacecraft carrying a Russian, American and Japanese astronaut is bound for the International Space Station.

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Explosions in China

TAIYUAN, China - Police officers stand guard outside a Communist Party office building in Taiyuan in Shanxi Province, China, on Nov. 7, 2013, a day after deadly explosions outside the building. (Kyodo)

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Princess Kaguya

TOKYO, Japan - Director Isao Takahata (5th from L), voice actors and other people involved are pictured during a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 7, 2013, on the completion of Studio Ghibli's new animation film "Kaguyahime no Monogatari" (the tale of Princess Kaguya).

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Japan, China, S. Korea hold talks

SEOUL, South Korea - Senior diplomats of Japan, China and South Korea meet to discuss ways to promote cooperative ties in Seoul on Nov. 7, 2013.

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Railway museum conference

SAITAMA, Japan - Directors and other officials of 10 railway museums from seven countries hold a conference on railway exhibitions at the Railway Museum in Saitama, near Tokyo, on Nov. 7, 2013. (Kyodo)

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Explosions in China

TAIYUAN, China - Blood stains are pictured near a Communist Party office building in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, China, on Nov. 7, 2013, a day after deadly explosions outside the building.

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Railway museum conference

SAITAMA, Japan - Participants visit the Railway Museum in Saitama, near Tokyo, on Nov. 7, 2013, as directors and other officials of 10 railway museums from seven countries hold a conference on railway exhibitions at the Japanese museum. (Kyodo)

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Explosions in China

TAIYUAN, China - Public security and other officials are pictured outside a Communist Party office building in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, China, on Nov. 7, 2013, a day after deadly explosions outside the building.

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Honda plant

SAITAMA, Japan - Honda Motor Co. shows reporters a plant to assemble its Fit and other compact cars in Yorii, Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Nov. 7, 2013.

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IAEA observation off Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - David Osborn (R), director of the International Atomic Energy Agency Environment Laboratories in Monaco, answers reporters' questions after he and Hartmut Nies (L), head of the IAEA Radiometrics Laboratory, got off a ship in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 7, 2013. The IAEA experts observed Japan's marine radiation monitoring activities off the coast of the prefecture, home to the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex.

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Japanese lawmaker Inoki

BEIJING, China - Japanese lawmaker Antonio Inoki is pictured at Beijing's international airport on Nov. 7, 2013, after arriving there en route to Tokyo from his six-day visit to North Korea.

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Japan's lower house passes bill to set up U.S.-style NSC

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) claps at the Diet building in Tokyo on Nov. 7, 2013, as the House of Representatives passed a bill to establish a U.S.-style National Security Council in Japan.

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Soyuz lifts off

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - A rocket carrying a Russian Soyuz spacecraft lifts off at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Nov. 7, 2013. The spacecraft carrying a Russian, American and Japanese astronaut is bound for the International Space Station.

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Japanese lawmaker Inoki

BEIJING, China - Japanese lawmaker Antonio Inoki answers a reporter's question at Beijing's international airport on Nov. 7, 2013, after arriving there en route to Tokyo from his six-day visit to North Korea.

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Soyuz lifts off

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - A rocket carrying a Russian Soyuz spacecraft lifts off at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Nov. 7, 2013. The spacecraft carrying a Russian, American and Japanese astronaut is bound for the International Space Station.

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Disney's Christmas event

URAYASU, Japan - Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse parade at Tokyo Disneyland in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, on Nov. 7, 2013, at the start the same day of an event to celebrate the Christmas season.

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Disney's Christmas event

URAYASU, Japan - Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse parade at Tokyo Disneyland in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, on Nov. 7, 2013, at the start the same day of an event to celebrate the Christmas season.

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Soyuz lifts off

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - A rocket carrying a Russian Soyuz spacecraft lifts off at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Nov. 7, 2013. The spacecraft carrying a Russian, American and Japanese astronaut is bound for the International Space Station.

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Soyuz lifts off

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - Japanese Astronaut Koichi Wakata speaks with his family using a microphone through a glass screen at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Nov. 7, 2013. A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying Wakata and a Russian and American astronaut lifted off at the space center later that day bound for the International Space Station.

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Soyuz lifts off

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - Photo shows a rocket carrying a Russian Soyuz spacecraft at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Nov. 7, 2013. The spacecraft carrying a Russian, American and Japanese astronaut lifted off later that day bound for the International Space Station.

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Soyuz lifts off

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata talks with his family using a microphone at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Nov. 7, 2013. A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying Wakata and a Russian and American astronaut lifted off at the space center later that day bound for the International Space Station.

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Chinese, S. Korean vice foreign ministers

SEOUL, South Korea - Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin (L) and South Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kyou Hyun shake hands prior to holding talks in Seoul on Nov. 7, 2013.

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Disney's Christmas event

URAYASU, Japan - Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse and friends wave to visitors at Tokyo DisneySea Park in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, on Nov. 7, 2013 at the start the same day of an event to celebrate the Christmas season.

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Disney's Christmas event

URAYASU, Japan - Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse wave to visitors at Tokyo DisneySea Park in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, on Nov. 7, 2013, at the start the same day of an event to celebrate the Christmas season.

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Soyuz lifts off

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata waves as he leaves his lodging in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on Nov. 7, 2013. A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying Wakata and a Russian and American astronaut lifted off at the Baikonur Cosmodrome later that day bound for the International Space Station.

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IAEA observation off Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - A ship carrying two experts of the International Atomic Energy Agency leaves Onahama port in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 7, 2013, as they began observing Japan's marine radiation monitoring activities off the coast of the prefecture, home to the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex.

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Soyuz lifts off

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata smiles from a bus to people seeing him off in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on Nov. 7, 2013. A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying Wakata and a Russian and American astronaut lifted off at the Baikonur Cosmodrome later that day bound for the International Space Station.

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Soyuz lifts off

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata waves as he leaves his lodging in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on Nov. 7, 2013. A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying Wakata and a Russian and American astronaut lifted off at the Baikonur Cosmodrome later that day bound for the International Space Station.

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Eagles win Japan Series

SENDAI, Japan - Rakuten Eagles ace Masahiro Tanaka pitches during the ninth inning of Game 7 of the Japan Series against the Yomiuri Giants at Kleenex Stadium in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 3, 2013. The Eagles beat the Giants 3-0, winning the Japan Series for the first time.

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Eagles win Japan Series

SENDAI, Japan - Rakuten Eagles players toss manager Senichi Hoshino in the air after beating the Yomiuri Giants 3-0 in Game 7 of the Japan Series at Kleenex Stadium in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 3, 2013. The Eagles won the Japan Series for the first time

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Eagles win Japan Series

SENDAI, Japan - Rakuten Eagles ace Masahiro Tanaka pitches during the ninth inning of Game 7 of the Japan Series against the Yomiuri Giants at Kleenex Stadium in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 3, 2013. The Eagles beat the Giants 3-0, winning the Japan Series for the first time.

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Astronaut Wakata

TSUKUBA, Japan - Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata speaks during a press conference at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Tsukuba Space Center in Ibaraki Prefecture near Tokyo on July 29, 2013. Wakata is scheduled to fly to the International Space Station on Nov. 7, 2013, and become the first Japanese skipper of the ISS during the latter half of his mission.

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Astronaut Wakata

TSUKUBA, Japan - Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata speaks during a press conference at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Tsukuba Space Center in Ibaraki Prefecture near Tokyo on July 29, 2013. Wakata is scheduled to fly to the International Space Station on Nov. 7, 2013, and become the first Japanese skipper of the ISS during the latter half of his mission.

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Astronaut Wakata

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata (L) presents canned mackerel for use as space food to Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 24, 2013. Wakata is scheduled to fly to the International Space Station on Nov. 7. He will become the first Japanese skipper of the ISS during the latter half of his mission.

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Astronaut Wakata

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata (L) meets Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 24, 2013. Wakata is scheduled to fly to the International Space Station on Nov. 7. He will become the first Japanese skipper of the ISS during the latter half of his mission.

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Chinese-invested industrial parks inject new vitality into Indonesia's economic growth

STORY: Chinese-invested industrial parks inject new vitality into Indonesia's economic growth DATELINE: Nov. 15, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:41 LOCATION: Jakarta CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of two industrial parks 2. various of the Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHANG FAN, Head of IMIP 4. various of Indonesia Weda Bay Industrial Park 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): HE XIAOZHEN, Head of IWIP 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Indonesian): FITRIANI, Engineer of IMIP 7. SOUNDBITE 4 (Indonesian): FRILEKS ARBABEN, Head of Lelilef Sawai village STORYLINE: Two industrial parks invested by a Chinese company in Indonesia have injected new vitality into Indonesia's economic growth. Located in central Sulawesi province, the Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park (IMIP) was built in 2013 as a joint venture between Indonesia's Bintang Delapan Group and China's Tsingshan Iron and Steel. It has made a total accumulated investment of more than 13 billion U.S. dollars, elevating Indonesia to the second largest stainles

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Afghan products welcomed in Chinese market, bringing new hope to poor Afghans

STORY: Afghan products welcomed in Chinese market, bringing new hope to poor Afghans DATELINE: Nov. 6, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:07 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of a carpet-weaving workshop in a slum on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Dari): BUSTAN BARATI, Afghan craftsman 3. various of a carpet-weaving workshop in a slum on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Dari): KHAN JAN ALOKOZAY, Vice president of the Afghan Chamber of Commerce and Investment 5. various of a dried fruit processing plant in Kabul, Afghanistan 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Dari): SHABNAM, Dried fruit processing plant worker 7. various of dried fruit processing STORYLINE: Eying China's vast market, Afghan craftsman Bustan Barati has decided to increase the capacity of his small carpet-weaving workshop in a slum on the outskirts of his country's capital of Kabul. Barati's workshop started exporting carpets to China in 2013. SOUNDBITE 1 (Dari): BUSTAN BARATI, Afghan craftsman "So far, we have sol

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Japan's "black widow" serial killer sentenced to death

The Kyoto District Court sentences to death Chisako Kakehi, 70, a serial killer dubbed Japan's "black widow" on Nov. 7, 2017 for the murders of her husband and two common-law partners, as well as the attempted murder of an acquaintance, between 2007 and 2013. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kawasaki Heavy to bid for New York subway cars

File photo taken Nov. 15, 2013, shows workers examining New York subway train cars at a factory of Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. in the state of New York. It was reported on Sept. 7, 2016, that the Japanese manufacturer will take part in the bidding for new train cars for the subway system. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo