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Turkey: Çanakkale Wildfire Prompts Mass Evacuations, Airport Closure

A forest fire raged in Çanakkale, Turkey, forcing patients at a nearby state hospital to evacuate on Friday, August 8. The blaze, which grew due to strong winds, also led to the closure of Çanakkale Airport and the evacuation of surrounding areas.

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TÜRKIYE-HATAY-SHELTER-EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS

(240214) -- HATAY, Feb. 14, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Feb. 2, 2024 shows bunk beds on the Rauf Bey ship, a "floating city" serving earthquake victims, in Hatay, Türkiye. TO GO WITH "Feature: One year on, Turkish quake survivors hard to say goodbye to life in "floating cities"" (Photo by Safar Rajabov/Xinhua)

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TÜRKIYE-HATAY-SHELTER-EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS

(240214) -- HATAY, Feb. 14, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Feb. 2, 2024 shows a classroom on the Rauf Bey ship, a "floating city" serving earthquake victims, in Hatay, Türkiye. TO GO WITH "Feature: One year on, Turkish quake survivors hard to say goodbye to life in "floating cities"" (Photo by Safar Rajabov/Xinhua)

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TÜRKIYE-HATAY-SHELTER-EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS

(240214) -- HATAY, Feb. 14, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Feb. 2, 2024 shows a classroom on the Rauf Bey ship, a "floating city" serving earthquake victims, in Hatay, Türkiye. TO GO WITH "Feature: One year on, Turkish quake survivors hard to say goodbye to life in "floating cities"" (Photo by Safar Rajabov/Xinhua)

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TÜRKIYE-HATAY-SHELTER-EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS

(240214) -- HATAY, Feb. 14, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Feb. 2, 2024 shows the Rauf Bey ship, a "floating city" serving earthquake victims, in Hatay, Türkiye. TO GO WITH "Feature: One year on, Turkish quake survivors hard to say goodbye to life in "floating cities"" (Photo by Safar Rajabov/Xinhua)

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One year on, Turkish quake survivors hard to say goodbye to life in "floating cities"

STORY: One year on, Turkish quake survivors hard to say goodbye to life in "floating cities" SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 2, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 14, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:16 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of safe shelters STORYLINE: The "floating city" of Suheyla Sultan ship docked in Türkiye's quake-hit Hatay province was among two accommodation barges offered by Karadeniz Holding, a Turkish energy company, to Hatay's Iskenderun port to house earthquake survivors, shortly after the catastrophic earthquake. As Suheyla Sultan is being used as a residential shelter, Rauf Bey has been converted into a boarding school for 500 students and 41 teachers. However, according to the protocol reached between the company and local authorities, both ships have to cease operation after June. Currently, some 1,000 people live in Suheyla Sultan. Zeynep Sahin, head of education coordination for the "floating school" Rauf Bey, told Xinhua that teachers live with their families on the ve

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Blast in Kabul claims 2 lives, injures 12

STORY: Blast in Kabul claims 2 lives, injures 12 SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 11, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 12, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:33 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the blast site in Kabul 2. SOUNDBITE (Dari): ABDUL RAUF, Eyewitness 3. various of the blast site in Kabul STORYLINE: Two people were killed and 12 others injured as a blast rocked Dasht-i-Barchi area in the western edge of Kabul, the capital city of Afghanistan on Thursday, Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran said. "A preliminary investigation indicates that a hand grenade exploded in a business center in Dasht-i-Barchi area today, killing two persons and injuring 12 others," Zadran told reporters. Blaming the terror attack, Zadran asserted that the security forces would do their best to ensure security for all citizens of the country. SOUNDBITE (Dari): ABDUL RAUF, Eyewitness "I was passing by the area and saw many people and security forces and the ambulances were shifting the injured people to the hospital." This is t

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Flood-affected Afghans seek humanitarian aid to recover

STORY: Flood-affected Afghans seek humanitarian aid to recover DATELINE: July 25, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:53 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of a flood-affect area in Wardak Province, Afghanistan 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Dari): NOORUDIN, Flood survivor 3. various of a flood-affect area in Wardak Province, Afghanistan 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Dari): ABDUL RAUF, Flood victim 5. various of a flood-affect area in Wardak Province, Afghanistan 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Dari): MAWLAWI FAIZULLAH JALALI STANIKZAI, Provincial director for Natural Disaster Management Authority 7. various of a flood-affect area in Wardak Province, Afghanistan 8. SOUNDBITE 4 (Dari): ZUKRULLAH, An elderly man from village 9. various of a flood-affect area in Wardak Province, Afghanistan STORYLINE: Standing in front of his destroyed mud-house after a flood struck his village in east Afghanistan early Sunday, Noorudin was mourning his deceased family members. Located in the mountainous Jalrez district of eastern Wardak province, the flood-

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MALAYSIA-CHINA-ZHAO LEJI-VISIT

(230520) -- KUALA LUMPUR, May 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhao Leji, chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress, meets with Chief Minister of Malacca state Ab Rauf Yusoh in Malaysia, May 19, 2023. At the invitation of Speaker of the lower house of parliament of Malaysia, Johari Abdul, Zhao paid an official friendly visit to the country from Thursday to Saturday. (Xinhua/Zhai Jianlan)

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Death toll in Pakistan's boat capsizal incident rises to 52

STORY: Death toll in Pakistan's boat capsizal incident rises to 52 DATELINE: Jan. 31, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:53 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the site STORYLINE: Pakistani rescue workers recovered 21 more bodies from a dam in the country's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, taking the death toll of Sunday's boat incident to 52, an official said on Tuesday. Students of a seminary were aboard the boat when it capsized in Tanda Dam in Kohat district of the province on Sunday morning, District Police Officer Abdul Rauf Babar Qaisarani said. All of the drowned so far recovered were aged between seven and 14 who came to the dam for a picnic, said the official, adding that the search operation for two more missing students is still underway. The Pakistani army and navy were taking part in the relief operations at the lake to assist the local administration in their rescue activities. Earlier, police and local authorities provided contradictory figures for the number o

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Nigeria grants citizenship to 286 foreign nationals

STORY: Nigeria grants citizenship to 286 foreign nationals DATELINE: Sept. 16, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:42 LOCATION: Abuja CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Nigerian President and newly awarded citizens taking a group photo 2. various of citizenship awards being presented by the President to the new citizens 3. various of stakeholders and officials 4. various of foreign nationals 5. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MUHAMMADU BUHARI, Nigerian President 6. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): MUHAMMADU BUHARI, Nigerian President 7. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): RAUF AREGBESOLA, Nigerian Minister of Interior STORYLINE: Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday awarded Nigerian citizenship to 286 foreign nationals, urging them to be good citizens of the most populous African country to enjoy all the rights and privileges bestowed on them. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MUHAMMADU BUHARI, Nigerian President "You have pledged your allegiance to Nigeria. When you give your love and loyalty to Nigeria, she returns her love and loyalty to you."

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Nigerian government says extremist group ISWAP responsible for deadly church attack

STORY: Nigerian government says extremist group ISWAP responsible for deadly church attack DATELINE: June 11, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:16 LOCATION: Abuja CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of security chiefs meeting with President Buhari 2. various of meetings 3. various of the press briefing STORYLINE: The Nigerian government on Thursday blamed the Islamic State's West Africa Province (ISWAP), an extremist group, for the recent attack on a church in the southwestern state of Ondo, in which at least 40 people were killed. The Minister of Interior Rauf Aregbesola told reporters at a press briefing in Abuja, the Nigerian capital, that ISWAP militants were suspected of carrying out the attack on the St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, a town in Ondo, Sunday. Although security agencies are zeroing on the criminals, no arrest has been made so far in connection to the attack, according to Aregbesola. The minister said security agencies were directed to go after the perpetrators of the attack and bring them to j