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Chinese-built railway helps drive economic, social development in Kenya

STORY: Chinese-built railway helps drive economic, social development in Kenya DATELINE: Oct. 15, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:05 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Chinese-built Nairobi-Mombasa Standard Gauge Railway 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ABABU NAMWAMBA, Cabinet secretary for youth affairs, sports and the arts, Kenya 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ERASTUS MWENCHA, Former Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): DENNIS MUNENE MWANIKI, Executive Director, China-Africa Center, Kenya STORYLINE: The Nairobi-Mombasa Standard Gauge Railway in Kenya is a flagship project of the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Passenger train service on the 480-km railway was launched on May 31, 2017. By mid-2023, more than 10 million trips had been made and more than 25 million tonnes of goods had been delivered on the railway, which has driven the economic and social development of areas along the route in Kenya. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ABABU NAMWAMBA, Cabine

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CHINA-KAZAKHSTAN-BRI-LOGISTICS-CITIES

(231010) -- BEIJING, Oct. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on June 7, 2017 shows the eastern terminal of the new Eurasia landbridge in Lianyungang, east China's Jiangsu Province. In 2013, China proposed the idea of building an "economic belt along the Silk Road" in Kazakhstan, which, combined with the proposal of the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, eventually became the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The China-Kazakhstan (Lianyungang) logistics cooperation base, launched in 2014, is the first entity project under the BRI. Acting as a dry port in the Horgos-Eastern Gate special economic zone and the Western China-Western Europe international transport corridor, it has become an important platform for products from Central Asian countries to reach seaports. (Photo by Wang Jianmin/Xinhua)

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Charity cafe in Manila

MANILA, Philippines, Dec. 26 Kyodo - Photo taken in Manila on Oct. 10, 2017, shows the inside of Kalye Cafe, a charity cafe set up to support young homeless people in the Philippines. The cafe opened in September 2015 with the backing of the Japan-based International Children's Action Network.==Kyodo

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CHINA-FUJIAN-WUYISHAN-WUYI ROCK TEA (CN)

(221202) -- WUYISHAN, Dec. 2, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Foreign visitors taste Wuyi rock tea at a tea tasting competition in Wuyishan, southeast China's Fujian Province, Oct. 28, 2017. Wuyishan, the hometown of rock tea, boasts a wide range of rock tea varieties. The making technique of Wuyi rock tea, a special oolong variety with a particularly roasted taste and floral and fruity aroma, is comprised of more than 10 processing procedures including tea harvesting, withering, fixation, twisting, drying and so on. Inherited and developed with a long history, the making technique of Wuyi rock tea is listed as national-level intangible cultural heritage. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)

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CHINA-FUJIAN-WUYISHAN-WUYI ROCK TEA (CN)

(221202) -- WUYISHAN, Dec. 2, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Ye Qitong (1st L), a national inheritor of Wuyi rock tea making technique, comments on tea at a tea tasting competition in Wuyishan, southeast China's Fujian Province, Oct. 28, 2017. Wuyishan, the hometown of rock tea, boasts a wide range of rock tea varieties. The making technique of Wuyi rock tea, a special oolong variety with a particularly roasted taste and floral and fruity aroma, is comprised of more than 10 processing procedures including tea harvesting, withering, fixation, twisting, drying and so on. Inherited and developed with a long history, the making technique of Wuyi rock tea is listed as national-level intangible cultural heritage. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)

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How Beijing transforms its hutongs and Siheyuan courtyard homes

STORY: How Beijing transforms its hutongs and Siheyuan courtyard homes DATELINE: Oct. 10, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:57 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of hutongs in Beijing 2. STANDUP 1 (English): LIU YUTIAN, Xinhua correspondent 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHENG TIAN, Architect of Beijing Institute of Architectural Design 4. STANDUP 2 (English): LIU YUTIAN, Xinhua correspondent 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LI CHANGLIN, Resident of Yu'er Hutong 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): JI ZHENGHONG, Resident of Yu'er Hutong 7. STANDUP 3 (English): LIU YUTIAN, Xinhua correspondent STORYLINE: In recent decades, Beijing has stepped up efforts to protect its heritage. One of the latest moves is a general city plan unveiled in 2017, which requires the preservation of hutongs and the Siheyuan courtyard homes in the downtown area. STANDUP 1 (English): LIU YUTIAN, Xinhua correspondent "This is Yu'er Hutong, around 1.1 km from the central point of Beijing City. The 343-meter-long hutong completed its latest round of

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Charity cafe in Manila

Photo taken in Manila on Oct. 10, 2017, shows the inside of Kalye Cafe, a charity cafe set up to support young homeless people in the Philippines. The cafe opened in September 2015 with the backing of the Japan-based International Children's Action Network. ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Fighters OK Otani's use of posting system to go to majors

Combined photo shows Shohei Otani of the Nippon Ham Fighters pitching and hitting cleanup against the Orix Buffaloes in the final home game of the season at Sapporo Dome on Oct. 4, 2017. The Fighters said on Nov. 10 that they will allow the 23-year-old two-way player to use the posting system this offseason to make a move to the major league. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Fighters OK Otani's use of posting system to go to majors

Shohei Otani (facing camera) of the Nippon Ham Fighters high-fives teammates after throwing a complete-game shutout against the Orix Buffaloes in the final home game of the season at Sapporo Dome on Oct. 4, 2017. The Fighters said on Nov. 10 that they will allow the 23-year-old two-way player to use the posting system this offseason to make a move to the major league. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Amazon running bar in Tokyo's Ginza to boost liquor business

Amazon Japan K.K. unveils the "amazon bar" in Tokyo's posh Ginza district to the media on Oct. 19, 2017. The bar, with around 5,000 bottles of wine, sake and other alcoholic beverages, is open for 10 days through Oct. 29. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Exhibition recalls social movements of the late 1960s

Reporters gather for a press preview of an exhibition, "1968: A Time filled with Countless Questions," at the National Museum of Japanese History in the city of Sakura, near Tokyo, on Oct. 10, 2017. The event showcases around 500 documents generated by various social movements in and around the year 1968, including items relating to anti-Vietnam War protests. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Police arrest woman for alleged vandalism at central Japan temple

Photo taken on Oct. 9, 2017, shows a column of Zenkoji temple in Nagano, central Japan, marked with an "x," one of more than 100 markings found there. Police arrested a 47-year-old woman on Oct. 10 for alleged vandalism. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Campaigning begins for Oct. 22 lower house election

Combined photo shows Japanese political party leaders (from L) Kazuo Shii of the Japanese Communist Party, Ichiro Matsui of the Japan Innovation Party, Tadatomo Yoshida of the Social Democratic Party and Masashi Nakano of the Party for Japanese Kokoro. Campaigning began on Oct. 10, 2017 for the House of Representatives election. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Europe calls on Japan to abolish death penalty

Viorel Isticioaia-Budura (2nd from L), ambassador of the Delegation of the European Union to Japan, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 6, 2017, calling on Japan to abolish the death penalty prior to the Oct. 10 World and European Day against the Death Penalty. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Digital art exposition attracts Chinese people

People visit an exposition, organized by a Japanese digital art group, in Beijing on Aug. 8, 2017. Visitors can see their drawings projected on a screen and made into an animation. The exposition has drawn more than 160,000 visitors since its start on May 20, and will go through Oct. 10. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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FEATURE: Philanthropist Fish pushes for more from Japanese women leaders in 2017

Philanthropist Atsuko Fish, founder of the Japanese Women's Leadership Initiative, is shown in a photo taken at the International House of Japan in Tokyo on June 22, 2017. A revamped version of the Boston-based organization's executive four-week training program for Japanese women, "JWLI-II" will be held in Boston Oct. 10-Nov. 3. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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FEATURE: Philanthropist Fish pushes for more from Japanese women leaders in 2017

Philanthropist Atsuko Fish (L), founder of the Japanese Women's Leadership Initiative, and program manager Kozue Sawame are shown in a photo taken at the International House of Japan in Tokyo on June 22, 2017. A revamped version of the Boston-based organization's executive four-week training program for Japanese women, "JWLI-II" will be held in Boston Oct. 10-Nov. 3. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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LDP's tax panel chief explains reduced-rate consumption tax plan

Yoichi Miyazawa, head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's tax panel, indicates in an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Oct. 20, 2015, that he wants to narrow down the scope of food items eligible for a reduced consumption tax rate at 8 percent when it is raised to 10 percent in April 2017. The Komeito party, the LDP's junior coalition partner, is calling for the inclusion of all food items, except alcoholic beverages, into the reduced rate list. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Senior Komeito official sees need for multiple sales tax rates

Tetsuo Saito, head of the Komeito party's tax system research commission, speaks in an interview in Tokyo on Oct. 7, 2015, reiterating the ruling coalition party's position that the introduction of reduced tax rates on daily necessities is needed to ease the burden on taxpayers when the government raises the consumption tax by 2 percentage points to 10 percent as planned in April 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Veterinary school in Abe cronyism scandal gets panel OK to open

Photo taken Oct. 26, 2017, shows the campus building under construction in Imabari, western Japan for the veterinary department of the Okayama University of Science. An education ministry panel on Nov. 10 approved the opening of the veterinary school that has been at the center of a cronyism scandal involving Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Akie Abe

Akie Abe (L), the wife of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, in this photo taken Oct. 10, 2017, shakes hands with a supporter in the premier's constituency of Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Akie Abe

Akie Abe, the wife of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, in this photo taken Oct. 10, 2017, speaks at a stump rally in the premier's constituency of Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, during the House of Representatives election campaign. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pacific trade deal talks in Japan

Members of a working group under chief negotiators of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade deal hold talks on Oct. 30, 2017, in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo. Japan and the 10 other remaining signatories are trying to agree to its implementation without the United States. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Astros-Dodgers World Series Game 5

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Kenta Maeda is pictured after allowing a game-tying three-run homer to Jose Altuve of the Houston Astros in Game 5 of the World Series at Minute Maid Park in Houston on Oct. 29, 2017. The Astros won 13-12 in 10 innings to lead the series three games to two. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Astros-Dodgers World Series Game 5

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Kenta Maeda is pictured after allowing a game-tying three-run homer to Jose Altuve of the Houston Astros in Game 5 of the World Series at Minute Maid Park in Houston on Oct. 29, 2017. The Astros won 13-12 in 10 innings to lead the series three games to two. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Astros-Dodgers World Series Game 5

Jose Altuve of the Houston Astros hits an RBI double in the seventh inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 5 of the World Series at Minute Maid Park in Houston on Oct. 29, 2017. The Astros won 13-12 in 10 innings to lead the series three games to two. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Female ama divers gather in Toba

Female ama divers release young shells of bearded clam in the sea off Toba, Mie Prefecture, during a two-day meeting on Oct. 27, 2017. About 120 female ama divers from 10 prefectures across Japan and South Korea's Busan took part in the two-day event in the city located on the northeast coast of the Shima Peninsula, central Japan, known for the fishing carried out by its female divers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Female ama divers gather in Toba

Female ama divers and other participants in a meeting of the divers pose for a photo in Toba, Mie Prefecture, on Oct. 27, 2017. About 120 female ama divers from 10 prefectures across Japan and South Korea's Busan took part in the two-day event in the city located on the northeast coast of the Shima Peninsula, central Japan, known for the fishing carried out by its female divers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball Japan Series Game 1

DeNA BayStars manager Alex Ramirez and players watch the field in the fifth inning of Game 1 of the Japan Series against the SoftBank Hawks at Yafuoku Dome in Fukuoka on Oct. 28, 2017. The Hawks won 10-1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball Japan Series Game 1

SoftBank Hawks ace Kodai Senga pitches against the DeNA BayStars during Game 1 of the Japan Series at Yafuoku Dome in Fukuoka on Oct. 28, 2017. The Hawks won 10-1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball Japan Series Game 1

DeNA BayStars fans cheer in the fifth inning of Game 1 of the Japan Series against the SoftBank Hawks at Yafuoku Dome in Fukuoka on Oct. 28, 2017. The Hawks won 10-1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball Japan Series Game 1

SoftBank Hawks fans release balloons in the seventh inning of Game 1 of the Japan Series against the DeNA BayStars at Yafuoku Dome in Fukuoka on Oct. 28, 2017. The Hawks won 10-1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Astros beat Yankees to advance to World Series

The Houston Astros' Carlos Correa (1) and Yuli Gurriel (10) react after scoring on a double hit by Brian McCann in the fifth inning of Game 7 of the American League Championship Series against the New York Yankees at Minute Maid Park in Houston on Oct. 21, 2017. The Astros won 4-0, advancing to the World Series. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby: Panasonic end Suntory's long unbeaten run

Suntory Sungoliath's Kotaro Matsushima (R) is tackled by Keisuke Moriya of Panasonic Wild Knights in the first half of a Japan Rugby Top League match at Kumagaya Athletic Stadium in Saitama Prefecture on Oct. 21, 2017. Panasonic won 21-10 to head into the five-week autumn break as the only unbeaten team in the league. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby: Panasonic end Suntory's long unbeaten run

Fumiaki Tanaka (C) of Panasonic Wild Knights runs with the ball in the first half of a Japan Rugby Top League match against Suntory Sungoliath at Kumagaya Athletic Stadium in Saitama Prefecture on Oct. 21, 2017. Panasonic won 21-10 to head into the five-week autumn break as the only unbeaten team in the league. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Defending champs Suntory steal victory from jaws of defeat

Kotaro Matsushima (C) of Suntory Sungoliath runs with the ball in the first half of their 32-31 win over Toyota Verblitz in a Japan Rugby Top League game at Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium in Kyoto on Oct. 15, 2017. Suntory's win left them top of the Red Conference with 38 points, 10 more than Kobe Kobelco Steelers, with Verblitz third on 24. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Defending champs Suntory steal victory from jaws of defeat

Kosei Ono (R) of Suntory Sungoliath is tackled by Lionel Cronje of Toyota Verblitz during the first half of a Japan Rugby Top League game at Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium in Kyoto on Oct. 15, 2017. Suntory fought back to beat Toyota 32-31, leaving them top of the Red Conference with 38 points, 10 more than Kobe Kobelco Steelers, with Verblitz third on 24. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Defending champs Suntory steal victory from jaws of defeat

Koki Hirano (C) of Toyota Verblitz scores a try in the second half of a Japan Top League match against Suntory Sungoliath at Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium in Kyoto on Oct. 15, 2017. Suntory fought back to beat Toyota 32-31, leaving them top of the Red Conference with 38 points, 10 more than Kobe Kobelco Steelers, with Verblitz third on 24. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Defending champs Suntory steal victory from jaws of defeat

Daishi Murata (C) scores a try in the second half of Suntory Sungoliath's 32-31 win over Toyota Verblitz in a Japan Top League match at Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium in Kyoto on Oct. 15, 2017. Suntory's win left them top of the Red Conference with 38 points, 10 more than Kobe Kobelco Steelers, with Verblitz third on 24. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Lions rout Eagles in Climax Series opener

Hideto Asamura of the Seibu Lions hits a two-run home run in the first inning against the Rakuten Eagles in Game 1 of the best-of-three first stage of the Pacific League Climax Series at MetLife Dome in Tokorozawa, Japan, on Oct. 14, 2017. The Lions won 10-0. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Astros take ALCS opener

Dallas Keuchel of the Houston Astros pitches against the New York Yankees in Game 1 of the American League Championship Series at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas, on Oct. 13, 2017. Keuchel scattered four hits and struck out 10 over seven scoreless innings in the Astros' 2-1 win. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan-Haiti friendly in Yokohama

Japan defender Yuto Nagatomo (R) vies for the ball against Haiti forward Duckens Nazon during a friendly match at Nissan Stadium in Yokohama on Oct. 10, 2017. The match ended 3-3. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan-Haiti friendly in Yokohama

Japan forward Genki Haraguchi (R) vies for the ball against Haiti forward Duckens Nazon during a friendly match at Nissan Stadium in Yokohama on Oct. 10, 2017. The match ended 3-3. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Paralympics: Japan qualifies for ice hockey in Pyeongchang

The Japanese men's para ice hockey team celebrates after defeating Sweden at the final qualifying competition in Ostersund, Sweden, on Oct. 10, 2017. Japan secured a berth at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, when the Czech Republic's win over Germany a day later guaranteed the team at least a third-place finish in the competition. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan-Haiti friendly in Yokohama

Coach Vahid Halilhodzic reflects after the Japan national team draws 3-3 with Haiti in a friendly match at Nissan Stadium in Yokohama on Oct. 10, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan-Haiti friendly in Yokohama

Japan forward Takashi Inui dribbles during a friendly match against Haiti at Nissan Stadium in Yokohama on Oct. 10, 2017. The match ended 3-3. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan-Haiti friendly in Yokohama

Haiti defender Andrew Jean-Baptiste (L) tackles Japan midfielder Shinji Kagawa in a friendly match at Nissan Stadium in Yokohama on Oct. 10, 2017. The match ended 3-3. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korea marks key anniversary amid alarm abroad over weapons test

College students take part in a dance in Pyongyang on Oct. 10, 2017, to celebrate the 72nd anniversary of the founding of North Korea's ruling Workers' Party of Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korea marks key anniversary amid alarm abroad over weapons test

College students watch celebrations in Pyongyang on Oct. 10, 2017, the 72nd anniversary of the founding of North Korea's ruling Workers' Party of Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korea marks key anniversary amid alarm abroad over weapons test

College students take part in a dance held in front of a monument commemorating the founding of North Korea's ruling Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang on Oct. 10, 2017, the 72nd anniversary of the party's foundation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo