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Taiwan: Typhoon Danas Topples Archway of Tainan’s Nankunshen Daitian Temple

Typhoon Danas made landfall near Budai Township, Chiayi County around 11:40 p.m. on Sunday, July 6, bringing gusty winds and heavy rainfall. Typhoon Danas weakened to a tropical storm after its eye departed Taiwan early Monday. The storm toppled Tainan's iconic archway of Nankunshen Daitian Temple, causing widespread flooding across the neighborhood.

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Italy's former president Giorgio Napolitano dies at age of 98

STORY: Italy's former president Giorgio Napolitano dies at age of 98 DATELINE: Sept. 24, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:58 LOCATION: Rome CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the funeral home of the President Emeritus of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano set up in the Caduti di Nassirya room in Palazzo Madama 2. various of President Mattarella at the funeral home of President Emeritus Giorgio Napolitano STORYLINE: Giorgio Napolitano, Italy's former and longest-serving president, died Friday at the age of 98. He was selected as president in 2006 and became the first head of state to stand for a second seven-year term in 2013. But he stepped down in 2015, citing his age and health. He was replaced by the current president, Sergio Mattarella. With a tenure lasting nearly nine years, Napolitano was Italy's head of state for nearly two years longer than any previous president. But Mattarella, Napolitano's successor, is set to surpass the length of Napolitano's mandate in two weeks' time. Though news of Napol

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BRI helps improve economies, provide jobs for locals: Pakistani expat

STORY: BRI helps improve economies, provide jobs for locals: Pakistani expat DATELINE: Sept. 5, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:20 LOCATION: HARBIN, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Adnan Abbas 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ADNAN ABBAS, Pakistani student in China 3. various of Adnan Abbas 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ADNAN ABBAS, Pakistani student in China STORYLINE: As a Pakistani born in 1992, Adnan Abbas came to China in 2013 for postgraduate studies in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. He explained why China was the natural choice for him, who is now a doctoral student at Harbin University of Science and Technology. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ADNAN ABBAS, Pakistani student in China "The reason I chose China is multifaceted. Firstly, China's economy is thriving. Secondly, the quality of life here is good. Thirdly, there are more job opportunities after graduation compared with other countries. Fourthly, it's especially safe here." Adnan shared his take on the China-proposed Belt and Road Initi

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Work to shield groundwater flow at Fukushima nuke plant

SENDAI, Japan - The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant's Nos. 1 to 4 reactor buildings (from foreground) are seen (L) from a Kyodo News helicopter on March 3, 2013. The other photo, taken on Sept. 5, 2014, shows work is under way to build underground ice walls around the basements of the buildings to prevent groundwater from seeping into them and becoming contaminated with radioactive substances.

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Town landscape before and after 2011 disaster

SENDAI, Japan - A long conveyer belt to carry earth and sand from the mountains for ground-level-raising purposes is seen from a Kyodo News helicopter in the photo below taken on Sept. 1, 2014, in the 2011 tsunami-devastated city of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, in contrast with the above picture of the same place photographed on March 6, 2013.

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Vanilla Air

TOKYO, Japan - Tomonori Ishii (C), president of budget airline AirAsia Japan, poses for photos in Tokyo on Sept. 30, 2013, after unveiling new designs for crew uniforms and flights. The low-cost carrier wholly owned by ANA Holdings Inc. will operate under the name of Vanilla Air from Nov. 1, 2013.

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Consumer accident probe panel

TOKYO, Japan - Yotaro Hatamura, head of the Consumer Safety Investigation Commission, speaks at a press conference at the Consumer Affairs Agency on Sept. 20, 2013 ahead of the commission's first anniversary on Oct. 1.

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Autumn Grand Sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Hakuho holds the Emperor's Cup after winning the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Sept. 29, 2013. Hakuho, who secured his fourth consecutive title and 27th career championship the previous day, finished at 14-1.

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Autumn Grand Sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Hakuho holds the Emperor's Cup after winning the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Sept. 29, 2013. Hakuho, who secured his fourth consecutive title and 27th career championship the previous day, finished at 14-1.

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Autumn Grand Sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Hakuho waves during his victory parade at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Sept. 29, 2013, the final day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament. Hakuho, who secured his fourth consecutive title and 27th career championship the previous day, finished at 14-1. His left eye was bruised and swollen from his bout with ozeki Kisenosato the previous day.

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Autumn Grand Sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Hakuho (back) beats yokozuna Harumafuji at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Sept. 29, 2013, the final day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament. Hakuho, who secured his fourth consecutive title and 27th career championship the previous day, finished at 14-1.

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Autumn Grand Sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Hakuho (back) beats yokozuna Harumafuji at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Sept. 29, 2013, the final day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament. Hakuho, who secured his fourth consecutive title and 27th career championship the previous day, finished at 14-1.

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Lord Kanaloa wins Sprinters Stakes

CHIBA, Japan - Lord Kanaloa (10), ridden by jockey Yasunari Iwata, wins the Sprinters Stakes at Nakayama Racecourse in Chiba Prefecture on Sept. 29, 2013. The defending champion earned his fifth consecutive Grade 1 victory.

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Lord Kanaloa wins Sprinters Stakes

CHIBA, Japan - Lord Kanaloa (far R), ridden by jockey Yasunari Iwata, gallops to victory in the Sprinters Stakes at Nakayama Racecourse in Chiba Prefecture on Sept. 29, 2013. The defending champion won the race for his fifth consecutive Grade 1 victory. (Pool photo)

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Pettitte finishes career with complete game

HOUSTON, United States - New York Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte acknowledges applause from the crowd after throwing a complete game against the Houston Astros in the Yankees' 2-1 win, finishing his career, at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas, on Sept. 28, 2013.

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Pettitte finishes career with complete game

HOUSTON, United States - The New York Yankees' Andy Pettitte pitches against the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas, on Sept. 28, 2013. Pettitte threw a complete game to finish his career in the Yankees' 2-1 win.

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Pan Pacific Open tennis

TOKYO, Japan - Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic plays against Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia in the quarterfinals of the Toray Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament at Ariake Tennis Forest Park in Tokyo on Sept. 26, 2013. Kvitova won 6-4, 6-1.

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Matsuzaka reels off 3rd straight win

CINCINNATI, United States - New York Mets starter Daisuke Matsuzaka pitches during a baseball game against the playoff-bound Cincinnati Reds at Cincinnati's Great American Ball Park on Sept. 25, 2013. The 33-year-old right-hander didn't allow a runner past second base in 7-2/3 innings and won his third straight start in the Mets' 1-0 win.

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Matsuzaka reels off 3rd straight win

CINCINNATI, United States - New York Mets starter Daisuke Matsuzaka pitches during a baseball game against the playoff-bound Cincinnati Reds at Cincinnati's Great American Ball Park on Sept. 25, 2013. The 33-year-old right-hander didn't allow a runner past second base in 7-2/3 innings and won his third straight start in the Mets' 1-0 win.

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Matsuzaka reels off 3rd straight win

CINCINNATI, United States - New York Mets starter Daisuke Matsuzaka pitches during a baseball game against the playoff-bound Cincinnati Reds at Cincinnati's Great American Ball Park on Sept. 25, 2013. The 33-year-old right-hander didn't allow a runner past second base in 7-2/3 innings and won his third straight start in the Mets' 1-0 win.

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Matsuzaka reels off 3rd straight win

CINCINNATI, United States - New York Mets starter Daisuke Matsuzaka pitches during a baseball game against the playoff-bound Cincinnati Reds at Cincinnati's Great American Ball Park on Sept. 25, 2013. The 33-year-old right-hander didn't allow a runner past second base in 7-2/3 innings and won his third straight start in the Mets' 1-0 win.

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Pan Pacific Open tennis

TOKYO, Japan - Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark plays a shot in a third-round singles match against Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia at the Toray Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament in Tokyo on Sept. 25, 2013. Wozniacki won 6-1, 6-1 and advanced to the quarterfinals.

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Pan Pacific Open tennis

TOKYO, Japan - Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark plays a shot in a third-round singles match against Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia at the Toray Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament in Tokyo on Sept. 25, 2013. Wozniacki won 6-1, 6-1 and advanced to the quarterfinals.

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Christmas tree worth 1 billion yen

TOKYO, Japan - Takashimaya department store in Tokyo's Nihombashi district starts displaying a Christmas tree mounted on a gold block and adorned with golden decorations, worth a total of 1 billion yen, on Sept. 25, 2013.

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Fukushima fishermen restart operations

SOMA, Japan - Fishermen get ready for fishing operations at the port of Matsukawaura in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, at 1:35 a.m. on Sept. 25, 2013, as commercial fishing restarts following its suspension in late August due to contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant leaking into the ocean.

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Venus Williams at Pan Pacific Open

TOKYO, Japan - Venus Williams of the United States plays a shot in a first-round singles match against Germany's Mona Barthel at the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo on Sept. 22, 2013. Williams won 6-3, 6-1.

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Red Sox clinch playoff berth

BOSTON, United States - Boston Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz embraces pitcher John Lackey (41) after beating the Baltimore Orioles 3-1 at Fenway Park in Boston on Sept. 19, 2013. At right is manager John Farrell. The Red Sox clinched their first playoff berth in four years.

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Red Sox clinch playoff berth

BOSTON, United States - Boston Red Sox pitcher John Lackey (L) and catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia celebrate after beating the Baltimore Orioles 3-1 at Fenway Park in Boston on Sept. 19, 2013. The Red Sox clinched their first playoff berth in four years.

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Haruki Murakami

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami. Ladbrokes Plc. of Britain, one of the world's largest bookmakers, make him this year's frontrunner for the Nobel Prize in Literature with odds of 4-1 as of Sept. 19, 2013.

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in August 2013 shows (from L bottom) the Nos. 4, 3, 2, 1, 5 and 6 reactor buildings at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited the plant on Sept. 19 and urged TEPCO to scrap the Nos. 5 and 6 reactors at the crippled plant that avoided meltdowns during the 2011 nuclear crisis. The utility is moving ahead with decommissioning of the Nos. 1 to 4 units.

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in August 2013 shows (from L bottom) the Nos. 4, 3, 2, 1, 5 and 6 reactor buildings at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited the plant on Sept. 19 and urged TEPCO to scrap the Nos. 5 and 6 reactors at the crippled plant that avoided meltdowns during the 2011 nuclear crisis. The utility is moving ahead with decommissioning of the Nos. 1 to 4 units.

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N. Korea researcher aims to unfold Japanese remains issue

BEIJING, China - Naoki Mizuno, a Kyoto University professor, visits Pupyong in South Hamgyeong Province in eastern North Korea on Sept. 1, 2013 as part of a 10-day survey in the country to study burial sites believed to contain Japanese remains. Mizuno hopes to shed light on the issue of Japanese people who died in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula around the end of World War II and remain buried there.

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1st Japanese winner of America's Got Talent

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese dance performer Kenichi Ebina poses for photos in New York on Sept. 17, 2013. The following day, Ebina, 39, was announced as the winner of America's Got Talent, a popular talent show aired by the NBC television network. Ebina, who became the first Japanese winner of the show, won $1 million in prize money.

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the No. 1 to 4 reactors (R) of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on Sept. 18, 2013. At left are tanks containing radioactive wastewater.

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Wearable terminal

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the Intelligent Glasses, a wearable terminal developed by NTT Docomo Inc. The mobile communications service provider said on Sept. 17, 2013, it will unveil the device at the CEATEC Japan high technology exhibition starting on Oct. 1, 2013, in Chiba east of Tokyo.

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Japan returns to Davis Cup World Group

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Kei Nishikori celebrates after defeating Santiago Giraldo of Colombia in a Davis Cup World Group play-off at Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo on Sept. 15, 2013. Nishikori won 6-1, 6-2, 6-4. Japan beat Colombia 3-2 to return to the World Group.

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Japan returns to Davis Cup World Group

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Kei Nishikori plays against Santiago Giraldo of Colombia in a Davis Cup World Group play-off at Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo on Sept. 15, 2013. Nishikori won 6-1, 6-2, 6-4. Japan beat Colombia 3-2 to return to the World Group.

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Matsuzaka wins 1st game of season

NEW YORK, United States - New York Mets starter Daisuke Matsuzaka (front) is pictured after the Miami Marlins' Justin Ruggiano (back) homers during the fourth inning of the second game of a doubleheader at Citi Field in New York on Sept. 14, 2013. Matsuzaka allowed a run in seven innings to snare his first major league win of the season in the Mets' 3-1 victory.

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Matsuzaka wins 1st game of season

NEW YORK, Unite States - New York Mets starter Daisuke Matsuzaka pitches in the second baseball game of a doubleheader against the Miami Marlins at Citi Field in New York on Sept. 14, 2013. Matsuzaka allowed a run in seven innings to snare his first major league win of the season in the Mets' 3-1 victory.

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Matsuzaka wins 1st game of season

NEW YORK, Unite States - New York Mets starter Daisuke Matsuzaka pitches in the second baseball game of a doubleheader against the Miami Marlins at Citi Field in New York on Sept. 14, 2013. Matsuzaka allowed a run in seven innings to snare his first major league win of the season in the Mets' 3-1 victory.

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Matsuzaka wins 1st game of season

NEW YORK, Unite States - New York Mets starter Daisuke Matsuzaka pitches in the second baseball game of a doubleheader against the Miami Marlins at Citi Field in New York on Sept. 14, 2013. Matsuzaka allowed a run in seven innings to snare his first major league win of the season in the Mets' 3-1 victory.

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Japan beat Ghana in soccer friendly

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Keisuke Honda (R) heads home Japan's third goal in the 72nd minute of a Kirin Challenge Cup soccer friendly against Ghana at Nissan Stadium in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Sept. 10, 2013. Japan won 3-1.

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Japan beat Ghana in soccer friendly

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Keisuke Honda (R) reacts after heading home Japan's third goal in the 72nd minute of a Kirin Challenge Cup soccer friendly against Ghana at Nissan Stadium in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Sept. 10, 2013. Japan won 3-1.

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Japan beat Ghana in soccer friendly

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Yasuhito Endo scores Japan's second goal in the 64th minute of a Kirin Challenge Cup soccer friendly against Ghana at Nissan Stadium in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Sept. 10, 2013. Japan won 3-1.

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Japan beat Ghana in soccer friendly

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Japan's Shinji Kagawa equalizes in the 50th minute of a Kirin Challenge Cup soccer friendly against Ghana at Nissan Stadium in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Sept. 10, 2013. Japan won 3-1.

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Japan beat Ghana in soccer friendly

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Ghana's Frank Acheampong (13) scores the opener past Japan goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima (R) in the 24th minute of a Kirin Challenge Cup soccer friendly at Nissan Stadium in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Sept. 10, 2013. Japan won 3-1.

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Nadal wins U.S. Open

NEW YORK, United States - Rafael Nadal of Spain raises his trophy after defeating Novak Djokovic (R) of Serbia in the men's singles final of the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York on Sept. 9, 2013. Nadal captured his second U.S. Open title with a 6-2, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 victory.

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Life in Damascus

DAMASCUS, Syria - Photo shows smoke, believed to have been caused by fighting, rising in the south of Damascus, Syria, on Sept. 1, 2013, amid a civil war in the country.

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Nadal wins U.S. Open

NEW YORK, United States - Rafael Nadal of Spain reacts after defeating Novak Djokovic of Serbia in the men's singles final of the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York on Sept. 9, 2013. Nadal captured his second U.S. Open title with a 6-2, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 victory.

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Nadal wins U.S. Open

NEW YORK, United States - Rafael Nadal of Spain raises his trophy after defeating Novak Djokovic of Serbia in the men's singles final of the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York on Sept. 9, 2013. Nadal captured his second U.S. Open title with a 6-2, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 victory.