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International Meeting For Peace - Paris

Perpetual secretary of the Academie Francaise and French-Lebanese writer Amin Maalouf attends the International meeting for Peace in Paris, France on September 22, 2024. Photo by Stephane Lemouton/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Myanmar commemorates anniversary of nationwide ceasefire agreement

STORY: Myanmar commemorates anniversary of nationwide ceasefire agreement DATELINE: Oct. 16, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:45 LOCATION: YANGON, Myanmar CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the ceremony STORYLINE: A ceremony was held in Myanmar's Nay Pyi Taw Union Territory on Sunday to commemorate the eighth anniversary of the signing of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA). During the ceremony, Chairman of the National Unity and Peacemaking Central Committee, Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing said signatories should adhere to their commitments in the implementation of the NCA in order to build perpetual peace, and non-signatories should come forward to the political negotiation table for the development of the nation and for the uplifting of the socio-economic lives of the people. Members of the NCA-signatory ethnic armed organizations, as well as foreign representatives who witnessed the signing of the NCA, also made remarks at the ceremony. Deng Xijun, China

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CHINA-BEIJING-LUNAR ECLIPSE (CN)

(221108) -- BEIJING, Nov. 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- The moon is seen during a total lunar eclipse at the Yongdingmen (Gate of Perpetual Peace) in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 8, 2022. (Xinhua/Lu Zhe)

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CHINA-BEIJING-SCENERY (CN)

(220816) -- BEIJING, Aug. 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Aug. 16, 2022 shows the scene of Yongdingmen (Gate of Perpetual Peace) in Beijing, capital of China. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)

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CHINA-BEIJING-SCENERY (CN)

(220816) -- BEIJING, Aug. 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A bullet train passes by the Yongdingmen (Gate of Perpetual Peace) in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 16, 2022. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)

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Okinawa marks 77th anniversary of significant WWII ground battle

People visit a monument at the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on June 23, 2022, the 77th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Okinawa. The names of over 200,000 people who lost their lives in the major World War II ground battle between Japanese and U.S. troops are engraved on the monument. Okinawa on Thursday marked the 77th anniversary of the end of a major World War II ground battle between Japanese and U.S. troops, with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida the first Japanese leader in three years to attend the memorial service due to coronavirus pandemic restrictions. Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki in a "peace declaration" said Russia's invasion of Ukraine evoked memories of the conflict in the southern island prefecture while pledging to "continue efforts to abolish nuclear weapons and renounce war, so that Okinawa will never become a battlefield again."

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CHINA-SPRING FESTIVAL-TRAVEL RUSH (CN)

(220117) -- BEIJING, Jan. 17, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A raillway locomotive passes by the Yongdingmen (Gate of Perpetual Peace) in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 17, 2022. The number of railway passenger trips during China's upcoming Spring Festival travel rush is expected to jump 28.5 percent from the holiday season last year, industry data shows. The 2022 Spring Festival travel rush will last from Jan. 17 to Feb. 25. During the 40-day travel season, also known as chunyun, many Chinese people will travel to meet their families for the Chinese Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, which will fall on Feb. 1, 2022. (Xinhua/Xing Guangli)

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CHINA-SPRING FESTIVAL-TRAVEL RUSH (CN)

(220117) -- BEIJING, Jan. 17, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A bullet train passes by the Yongdingmen (Gate of Perpetual Peace) in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 17, 2022. The number of railway passenger trips during China's upcoming Spring Festival travel rush is expected to jump 28.5 percent from the holiday season last year, industry data shows. The 2022 Spring Festival travel rush will last from Jan. 17 to Feb. 25. During the 40-day travel season, also known as chunyun, many Chinese people will travel to meet their families for the Chinese Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, which will fall on Feb. 1, 2022. (Xinhua/Xing Guangli)