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Finnish logistics company thrives on BRI

STORY: Finnish logistics company thrives on BRI DATELINE: Sept. 12, 2023 LENGTH: 0:03:15 LOCATION: Helsinki CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the logistics company 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): OLLI POHJANVIRTA, CEO of Nurminen Logistics 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): OLLI POHJANVIRTA, CEO of Nurminen Logistics 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): OLLI POHJANVIRTA, CEO of Nurminen Logistics 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): OLLI POHJANVIRTA, CEO of Nurminen Logistics STORYLINE: The Finnish enterprise Nurminen Logistics had already recognized Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) as a significant opportunity for collaboration back in 2015 when it decided to participate in the initiative. That's according to Olli Pohjanvirta, the company's chief executive officer. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): OLLI POHJANVIRTA, CEO of Nurminen Logistics "In 2014, we started the preparation work to start as a railway operator on this route. In 2015, we made an agreement with the Kazakhstan National Railways KTZ, to cooperate with them on this route. And as

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Himalaya Airlines launches Kathmandu-Qingdao flight

STORY: Himalaya Airlines launches Kathmandu-Qingdao flight DATELINE: Sept. 11, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:31 LOCATION: Kathmandu CATEGORY: SOCIETY/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Himalaya Airlines 2. various of the launching ceremony STORYLINE: Himalaya Airlines on Sunday started its inaugural flight from the Nepali capital of Kathmandu to Qingdao in Shandong Province of eastern China. The H97220 flight took off in the morning with 114 passengers aboard, and the return H97221 flight was scheduled to come back to Kathmandu in the evening. The airline is operating a round trip from Kathmandu to Qingdao on an A320 plane every Sunday. In June, the Kathmandu-based airline, a Nepal-China joint venture established in August 2014, resumed direct flights between Kathmandu and Beijing which were suspended for three years over the COVID-19. Every new air route added by Himalaya Airlines will bring new Chinese nationals to Nepal, and promote people-to-people exchanges and the tourism industry in Nepal, noted Chen Song, Ch

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CHINA-GUANGXI-GUIPING-DATENG GORGE WATER CONSERVANCY PROJECT-COMPLETION (CN)

(230902) -- GUIPING, Sept. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Sept. 2, 2023 shows the ship lock of the Dateng Gorge Water Conservancy project in Guiping City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The Dateng Gorge Water Conservancy project, started in 2014, is a crucial part of the country's water network to control floods, facilitate shipping, generate electricity, and provide irrigation. The core construction phase of this project was completed on Saturday. (Xinhua/Cao Yiming)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-GUIPING-DATENG GORGE WATER CONSERVANCY PROJECT-COMPLETION (CN)

(230902) -- GUIPING, Sept. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Sept. 2, 2023 shows the fishway and supporting facilities at the auxiliary dam of the Dateng Gorge Water Conservancy project in Guiping City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The Dateng Gorge Water Conservancy project, started in 2014, is a crucial part of the country's water network to control floods, facilitate shipping, generate electricity, and provide irrigation. The core construction phase of this project was completed on Saturday. (Xinhua/Cao Yiming)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-GUIPING-DATENG GORGE WATER CONSERVANCY PROJECT-COMPLETION (CN)

(230902) -- GUIPING, Sept. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Sept. 2, 2023 shows the fishway at the main dam of the Dateng Gorge Water Conservancy project in Guiping City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The Dateng Gorge Water Conservancy project, started in 2014, is a crucial part of the country's water network to control floods, facilitate shipping, generate electricity, and provide irrigation. The core construction phase of this project was completed on Saturday. (Xinhua/Cao Yiming)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-GUIPING-DATENG GORGE WATER CONSERVANCY PROJECT-COMPLETION (CN)

(230902) -- GUIPING, Sept. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial panoramic photo taken on Sept. 2, 2023 shows the Dateng Gorge Water Conservancy project in Guiping City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The Dateng Gorge Water Conservancy project, started in 2014, is a crucial part of the country's water network to control floods, facilitate shipping, generate electricity, and provide irrigation. The core construction phase of this project was completed on Saturday. (Xinhua/Cao Yiming)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-GUIPING-DATENG GORGE WATER CONSERVANCY PROJECT-COMPLETION (CN)

(230902) -- GUIPING, Sept. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Sept. 2, 2023 shows water sluice gates of the Dateng Gorge Water Conservancy project in Guiping City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The Dateng Gorge Water Conservancy project, started in 2014, is a crucial part of the country's water network to control floods, facilitate shipping, generate electricity, and provide irrigation. The core construction phase of this project was completed on Saturday. (Xinhua/Cao Yiming)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-GUIPING-DATENG GORGE WATER CONSERVANCY PROJECT-COMPLETION (CN)

(230902) -- GUIPING, Sept. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Sept. 2, 2023 shows the Dateng Gorge Water Conservancy project in Guiping City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The Dateng Gorge Water Conservancy project, started in 2014, is a crucial part of the country's water network to control floods, facilitate shipping, generate electricity, and provide irrigation. The core construction phase of this project was completed on Saturday. (Xinhua/Cao Yiming)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-GUIPING-DATENG GORGE WATER CONSERVANCY PROJECT-COMPLETION (CN)

(230902) -- GUIPING, Sept. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Sept. 2, 2023 shows the ship lock of the Dateng Gorge Water Conservancy project in Guiping City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The Dateng Gorge Water Conservancy project, started in 2014, is a crucial part of the country's water network to control floods, facilitate shipping, generate electricity, and provide irrigation. The core construction phase of this project was completed on Saturday. (Xinhua/Cao Yiming)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-GUIPING-DATENG GORGE WATER CONSERVANCY PROJECT-COMPLETION (CN)

(230902) -- GUIPING, Sept. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Sept. 2, 2023 shows the ceremony in celebration of all power generator units being put into operation at the Dateng Gorge Water Conservancy project in Guiping City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The Dateng Gorge Water Conservancy project, started in 2014, is a crucial part of the country's water network to control floods, facilitate shipping, generate electricity, and provide irrigation. The core construction phase of this project was completed on Saturday. (Xinhua/Cao Yiming)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-GUIPING-DATENG GORGE WATER CONSERVANCY PROJECT-COMPLETION (CN)

(230902) -- GUIPING, Sept. 2, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial panoramic photo taken on Sept. 2, 2023 shows the Dateng Gorge Water Conservancy project and surrounding valleys in Guiping City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The Dateng Gorge Water Conservancy project, started in 2014, is a crucial part of the country's water network to control floods, facilitate shipping, generate electricity, and provide irrigation. The core construction phase of this project was completed on Saturday. (Xinhua/Cao Yiming)

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Scientist holds model of 'Hayabusa' asteroid explorer

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Shogo Tachibana, an associate professor at a Hokkaido University graduate school, holds a model of the "Hayabusa" (falcon) unmanned space probe that brought back dust particles from the asteroid Itokawa in 2010 in this file photo taken in Sapporo in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido on Sept. 18, 2014. The Hayabusa 2 asteroid explorer is set to be launched into space on Nov. 30.

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Seizure of paintings by gov't shows Marcos family not off hook yet

MANILA, Philippines - Photo taken during a Feb. 2, 2013, interview with Imelda Marcos, the widow of the late Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos who ruled the country from 1965 up to 1986, shows paintings by well-known artists on the walls of her condominium unit in the Makati financial district of Manila. On Sept. 30, 2014, government law enforcers raided the known residential and office addresses of Imelda Marcos to implement an anti-graft court order for the seizure of eight paintings by artists including Michelangelo, Picasso and Gauguin.

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Mt. Ontake eruption

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 2, 2014, shows a firefighter, whose face and clothes are covered in ash, walking in the village of Otaki, Nagano Prefecture, after search and rescue operations at Mt. Ontake were stopped for the day. The 3,067-meter volcano in central Japan erupted on Sept. 27.

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Most victims on Mt. Ontake hit by falling rocks

OSAKA, Japan - The roofs of mountain lodges near the top of Mt. Ontake in central Japan are covered in thick volcanic ash on Oct. 2, 2014. Autopsies have determined that 46 of the 47 people confirmed to have died in the Sept. 27 eruption of the 3,067-meter volcano, straddling Nagano and Gifu prefectures, were hit by flying rocks.

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Rain halts search efforts on Mt. Ontake after fatal eruption

TOKYO, Japan - Smoke and clouds hang over Mt. Ontake in central Japan on Oct. 2, 2014, as search operations following an eruption on Sept. 27 are halted due to rain. Japan's worst postwar volcanic disaster on the 3,067-meter mountain straddling Nagano and Gifu prefectures had killed at least 47 people as of Oct. 2.

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Rain halts search efforts on Mt. Ontake after fatal eruption

OTAKI, Japan - Firefighters remove stains in the village of Otaki, Nagano Prefecture, on Oct. 2, 2014, after search operations near the top of Mt. Ontake, which erupted on Sept. 27, are halted due to rain. They were forced to halt their efforts around 11:30 a.m.

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Rain halts search efforts on Mt. Ontake after fatal eruption

OTAKI, Japan - Firefighters walk in the village of Otaki, Nagano Prefecture, on Oct. 2, 2014, after search operations around the top of Mt. Ontake, which erupted on Sept. 27, are halted due to rain. Japan's worst postwar volcanic disaster on the 3,067-meter mountain straddling Nagano and Gifu prefectures had killed at least 47 people as of Oct. 2.

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Nikkei tumbles 2.6% to 1-month low on global economic worries

TOKYO, Japan - An electric board in central Tokyo shows the key Nikkei Stock Average at the Tokyo Stock Exchange ending at 15,661.99 on Oct. 2, 2014, its worst finish since Sept. 1.

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Nishioka captures men's singles tennis gold

INCHEON, South Korea - Japan's Yoshihito Nishioka bites his gold medal after beating Lu Yen-hsun of Taiwan 6-2, 6-2 in the men's singles tennis final of the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, on Sept. 30, 2014,.

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Nishioka captures men's singles tennis gold

INCHEON, South Korea - Japan's Yoshihito Nishioka returns a shot during the men's singles tennis final of the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, on Sept. 30, 2014. Nishioka beat Lu Yen-hsun of Taiwan 6-2, 6-2, becoming the first Japanese player in 40 years to win an Asian Games championship.

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District court rules lay judge system constitutional

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Hifumi Aoki gives a press conference in Fukushima after the Fukushima District Court ruled on Sept. 30, 2014, the lay judge system is constitutional. Aoki, a former lay judge, claimed that the lay judge system is unconstitutional and sued the state for 2 million yen in compensation.

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Nishikori, Uchiyama reach quarterfinals at Japan Open

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Kei Nishikori returns a shot during the Japan Open first-round doubles at Ariake Tennis Forest Park in Tokyo on Sept. 30, 2014. Nishikori, the U.S. Open finalist and new Malaysian Open champion, and partner Yasutaka Uchiyama beat Poland's Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Treat Huey of the Philippines 6-2, 6-4 to advance to the quarterfinals.

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Jeter ends major leagues career

BOSTON, United States - Fans cheer New York Yankees captain Derek Jeter (2) before the last game of his career against the Boston Red Sox in Fenway Park in Boston on Sept. 28, 2014. Jeter, 40, played 20 seasons in major league baseball, all with the Yankees.

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Ichinojo wins 2 prizes at autumn sumo tournament

TOKYO, Japan - Tenth-ranked maegashira Ichinojo of Mongolia poses with the trophies for the Outstanding Performance Prize and the Fighting Spirit Prize at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Sept. 28, 2014, after ending the 15-day Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament with a 13-2 record.

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Ichinojo wins 2 prizes at autumn sumo tournament

TOKYO, Japan - Tenth-ranked maegashira Ichinojo of Mongolia (back) pushes sixth-ranked maegashira Aminishiki out of the ring on the final day of the 15-day Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Sept. 28, 2014. Ichinojo won both the Outstanding Performance Prize and the Fighting Spirit Prize with a 13-2 record.

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N.Y. Yankees' Tanaka out of sorts in 2nd start back

BOSTON, United States - New York Yankees starting pitcher Masahiro Tanaka (front) walks off the mound after getting knocked out during the second inning of a game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston on Sept. 27, 2014. Tanaka allowed seven hits and walked two batters in 1-2/3 innings in the Yankees' 10-4 loss to the Red Sox.

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N.Y. Yankees' Tanaka out of sorts in 2nd start back

BOSTON, United States - New York Yankees starter Masahiro Tanaka pitches against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston on Sept. 27, 2014. Tanaka allowed seven hits and walked two batters in 1-2/3 innings in the Yankees' 10-4 loss to the Red Sox.

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Uchida hangs tough in Schalke's win over Dortmund

GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany - Schalke's Atsuto Uchida (C) plays in the second half of a match against Dortmund in the Bundesliga at home in Gelsenkirchen on Sept. 27, 2014. Schalke won 2-1.

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Dortmund's Kagawa plays in loss against Schalke

GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany - Dortmund's Shinji Kagawa (L) looks to evade the challenge of Schalke's Dennis Aogo during the second half of a Bundesliga match in Gelsenkirchen on Sept. 27, 2014. Dortmund lost 2-1.

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Central Japan volcano Mt. Ontake erupts

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows columns of smoke rising from Mt. Ontake, a volcano straddling Nagano and Gifu prefectures in central Japan, at 2:28 p.m. on Sept. 27, 2014. A mountain lodge covered in ash is seen at top, to the right. The volcano erupted shortly before noon the same day, with about 10 hikers injured.

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Central Japan volcano Mt. Ontake erupts

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows columns of smoke rising from Mt. Ontake, a volcano straddling Nagano and Gifu prefectures in central Japan, at 2:34 p.m. on Sept. 27, 2014, with Mt. Fuji seen in the background, to the right. The volcano erupted shortly before noon the same day, with about 10 hikers injured.

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Central Japan volcano Mt. Ontake erupts

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows columns of smoke rising from Mt. Ontake, a volcano straddling Nagano and Gifu prefectures in central Japan, at 2:35 p.m. on Sept. 27, 2014. The volcano erupted shortly before noon the same day, with about 10 hikers injured.

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Central Japan volcano Mt. Ontake erupts

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows columns of smoke rising from Mt. Ontake, a volcano straddling Nagano and Gifu prefectures in central Japan, at 2:21 p.m. on Sept. 27, 2014. The volcano erupted shortly before noon the same day, with about 10 hikers injured.

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Central Japan volcano Mt. Ontake erupts

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows columns of smoke rising from Mt. Ontake, a volcano straddling Nagano and Gifu prefectures in central Japan, at 2:14 p.m. on Sept. 27, 2014. The volcano erupted shortly before noon the same day, with about 10 hikers injured.

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Central Japan volcano Mt. Ontake erupts

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows mountain lodges covered in ash near a crater of Mt. Ontake, a volcano straddling Nagano and Gifu prefectures in central Japan, at 2:21 p.m. on Sept. 27, 2014. The volcano erupted shortly before noon the same day, with about 10 hikers injured.

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Central Japan volcano Mt. Ontake erupts

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows columns of smoke rising from Mt. Ontake, a volcano straddling Nagano and Gifu prefectures in central Japan, at 2:14 p.m. on Sept. 27, 2014. The volcano erupted shortly before noon the same day, with about 10 hikers injured.

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Nikkei ends near 7-year high on firmer dollar

TOKYO, Japan - A bulletin board in central Tokyo shows the key Nikkei stock index at the Tokyo Stock Exchange ending at 16,374.14, the highest since Nov. 2, 2007, on Sept. 25, 2014, as the U.S. dollar's firmness in the lower 109 yen zone boosted exporter shares.

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Dortmund's Kagawa faces Stuttgart's Sakai in Bundesliga

DORTMUND, Germany - Japanese midfielder Shinji Kagawa (L) of Borussia Dortmund and compatriot defender Gotoku Sakai of VfB Stuttgart compete for the ball in the second half of a German Bundesliga match in Dortmund on Sept. 24, 2014. The game ended in a 2-2 draw.

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Nagatomo sits out Inter Milan's win over Atalanta

MILAN, Italy - Inter Milan's Yuto Nagatomo sits on the bench during a Serie A match against Atalanta on Sept. 24, 2014, in Milan. Inter won 2-0.

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Japan's Okazaki bags 5th league goal of season

FRANKFURT, Germany - Mainz's Shinji Okazaki and Eintracht Frankfurt's Makoto Hasebe, both from Japan, challenge for the ball during a match on Sept. 23, 2014, in Frankfurt, Germany. The game ended in a 2-2 draw.

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Honda scores equalizer as Milan draw with Empoli

EMPOLI, Italy - Japanese midfielder Keisuke Honda (L) of AC Milan scores past Empoli FC defender Lorenzo Tonelli for his third Serie A goal in four games this season during a 2-2 draw in Empoli on Sept. 23, 2014.

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Japan's Okazaki bags 5th league goal of season

FRANKFURT, Germany - Japanese forward Shinji Okazaki celebrates after scoring his fifth goal of the Bundesliga season for Mainz on Sept. 23, 2014, during a match between Eintracht Frankfurt, in Frankfurt, Germany. The game ended in a 2-2 draw.

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Shonan Bellmare to return to J-League 1st division

KYOTO, Japan - Shonan Bellmare players and others pose for photos at Nishikyogoku Stadium in Kyoto, western Japan, on Sept. 23, 2014. The team ended the day's J-League Division 2 match against Kyoto Sanga in a 2-2 draw, clinching a spot in the league's first division for the next season.

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Bellmare's Shimamura scores equalizer vs Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Tsuyoshi Shimamura of Shonan Bellmare celebrates after scoring the equalizer in the second half of a J-League Division 2 match against Kyoto Sanga at Nishikyogoku Stadium in Kyoto, western Japan, on Sept. 23, 2014. The game ended 2-2.

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Woman prays for animals killed by 2011 disaster

SENDAI, Japan - A woman prays in front of a cenotaph built in memory of animals killed by the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami of 2011 on the premises of the Miyagi Veterinary Medical Association in Sendai, northeastern Japan, during its unveiling ceremony on Sept. 23, 2014. Some 20,000 dogs and cats, 580 cows, and 2,900 pigs were among animals killed in the disaster, according to the association.

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Tanaka takes mound as starter for 1st time in 75 days

NEW YORK, United States - New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka returns to the mound as a starter for the first time in 75 days on Sept. 21, 2014, in New York, the United States. Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-2, giving Tanaka his 13th win of the season.

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Tanaka takes mound as starter for 1st time in 75 days

NEW YORK, United States - New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka returns to the mound as a starter for the first time in 75 days on Sept. 21, 2014, in New York, the United States. Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-2, giving Tanaka his 13th win of the season.

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Tanaka takes mound as starter for 1st time in 75 days

NEW YORK, United States - New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka attends a press conference on Sept. 21, 2014, in New York, the United States, after returning to the mound as a starter for the first time in 75 days. The Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-2, giving Tanaka his 13th win of the season.

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Kawashima saves shot as Liege win in Belgian 1st div.

BEVEREN, Belgium - Japanese goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima makes a save as his Standard Liege beat Waasland Beveren 2-0 in a Belgian first-division match in Beveren on Sept. 21, 2014.