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Syrians Refugees Return Home - Homs

Mohammad al-Khalif (2nd R), a Syrian fleeing to Lebanon with his family in 2012, is seen with his children in his war-damaged apartment in Homs, central Syria, on November 14, 2024. According to UN data, more than 400,000 Syrian refugees had returned from Lebanon to Syria as of Sept. 23. For al-Khalif, Alloush and their fellow Syrian returnees, the path to rebuilding lives in a war-torn homeland remains fraught with obstacles. Photo by Monsef Memari/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Syrians Refugees Return Home - Homs

Mohammad al-Khalif (5th L), a Syrian fleeing to Lebanon with his family in 2012, is seen with his children and elderly parents in his war-damaged apartment in Homs, central Syria, on November 14, 2024. According to UN data, more than 400,000 Syrian refugees had returned from Lebanon to Syria as of Sept. 23. For al-Khalif, Alloush and their fellow Syrian returnees, the path to rebuilding lives in a war-torn homeland remains fraught with obstacles. Photo by Monsef Memari/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Syrians Refugees Return Home - Homs

Mohammad al-Khalif (3rd L), a Syrian fleeing to Lebanon with his family in 2012, is seen with his children outside his war-damaged apartment in Homs, central Syria, on November 14, 2024. According to UN data, more than 400,000 Syrian refugees had returned from Lebanon to Syria as of Sept. 23. For al-Khalif, Alloush and their fellow Syrian returnees, the path to rebuilding lives in a war-torn homeland remains fraught with obstacles. Photo by Monsef Memari/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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European, Chinese scholars join hands to advance traditional Chinese medicine

STORY: European, Chinese scholars join hands to advance traditional Chinese medicine DATELINE: Sept. 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:32 LOCATION: LEIDEN, the Netherlands CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the meeting of the Good Practice Traditional Chinese Medicine Research Association (GP-TCM RA) STORYLINE: European and Chinese scholars were building a collaborative bridge in the field of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) as they held their annual academic meeting here, a tradition that has spanned the past decade. In Leiden, a city in the Dutch province of South Holland, about 50 scholars from China and European countries, such as the Netherlands, Germany, Britain, Italy, Austria, Norway, Belgium and Poland, participated in the 2023 annual meeting of the Good Practice Traditional Chinese Medicine Research Association (GP-TCM RA), a non-profit international academic research institution founded in 2012. During the three-day meeting, which concluded on Wednesday, they shared their latest research findings

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Chinese doctor brings cure, hope to Botswanan patients

STORY: Chinese doctor brings cure, hope to Botswanan patients DATELINE: Sept. 14, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:23 LOCATION: Gaborone CATEGORY: SOCIETY/HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the clinic and the doctor 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): TAYLOR ZHANG, Chinese doctor 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): TUMI ONTUMETSE, Patient 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): GAONE MOREMI, Patient STORYLINE: Doctor Taylor Zhang, also known as Zhang Tao in Chinese, is an experienced obstetrician and gynecologist from east China's Fujian Province. Zhang was a member of the 13th Chinese medical team dispatched to Botswana's capital Gaborone in 2012. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): TAYLOR ZHANG, Chinese doctor "During the three years of working in the Chinese medical team, I've done dozens of surgeries which were breakthroughs in Botswana, hoping to bring something new (to local people)." After finishing his three-year tenure in 2015, he chose to stay in Botswana with his family as he wanted to bring more Chinese expertise and experience to local people. SOUNDBI

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CHINA-GUANGXI-MOUNTAIN VILLAGE-CHILDREN-CHANGE (CN)

(230603) -- NANNING, June 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows 7-year-old Lan Tiande (1st R) on his way to school on Sept. 3, 2012 (L) and Lan Tiande, who is about to graduate from a vocational school, posing for a photo in front of his house when he comes back home for the Spring Festival on Jan. 23, 2023 (R) in Nongyong Village of Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. TO GO WITH "Feature: Children in the photos witness changes in China mountain village" (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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Kagawa sets up equalizer as Man Utd edge Liverpool

LIVERPOOL, Britain - Shinji Kagawa (L) of Manchester United advances the ball on offense during the first half of a match against Liverpool at Anfield in Liverpool, England on Sept. 23, 2012. At right is Steven Gerrard of Liverpool. United beat Liverpool 2-1.

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Kagawa sets up equalizer as Man Utd edge Liverpool

LIVERPOOL, Britain - Shinji Kagawa (L) of Manchester United vies for the ball with Raheem Sterling of Liverpool during the first half of a match against Liverpool at Anfield in Liverpool, England on Sept. 23, 2012. United beat Liverpool 2-1.

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Osprey test flight

IWAKUNI, Japan - An MV-22 Osprey aircraft lands at the U.S. Marine Corps' Iwakuni Air Station in Yamaguchi Prefecture at dusk after a test flight as the U.S. Marines conducted Osprey test flights for the third day on Sept. 23, 2012.

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Japan books removed in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Photo shows shelves in a state-run bookstore in Beijing on Sept. 23, 2012. Japan-related books have been replaced by other books upon orders from authorities after Japan's nationalization of the Senkaku Islands claimed by China.

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Harumafuji wins autumn sumo championship

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian ozeki Harumafuji (R) sets out on a parade in Tokyo on Sept. 23, 2012, after winning the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament. The victory virtually guarantees Harumafuji's promotion to the sport's top rank of grand champion. To the left is Aminishiki.

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Harumafuji wins autumn sumo championship

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian ozeki Harumafuji (L) receives the Mongolian prime minister's cup from Mongolian Ambassador to Japan Sodovjamts Khurelbaatar after winning the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo on Sept. 23, 2012. The victory virtually guarantees Harumafuji's promotion to the sport's top rank of grand champion.

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Osprey test flight

IWAKUNI, Japan - A crew member looks out of an open window on an MV-22 Osprey aircraft during a test flight near the U.S. Marine Corps' Iwakuni Air Station in Yamaguchi Prefecture as the U.S. Marines conducted Osprey test flights for the third day on Sept. 23, 2012.

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Osprey test flight

IWAKUNI, Japan - An MV-22 Osprey aircraft flies during a test flight near the U.S. Marine Corps' Iwakuni Air Station in Yamaguchi Prefecture as the U.S. Marines conducted Osprey test flights for the third day on Sept. 23, 2012.

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Harumafuji wins autumn sumo championship

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian ozeki Harumafuji (R) defeats countryman and yokozuna Hakuho in an epic final bout to win the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo on Sept. 23, 2012. The victory virtually guarantees Harumafuji's promotion to the sport's top rank of grand champion.

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Harumafuji wins autumn sumo championship

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian ozeki Harumafuji (R) defeats countryman and yokozuna Hakuho in an epic final bout to win the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo on Sept. 23, 2012. The victory virtually guarantees Harumafuji's promotion to the sport's top rank of grand champion.

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Harumafuji wins autumn sumo championship

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian ozeki Harumafuji (L) receives the emperor's cup from Japan Sumo Association Chairman Kitanoumi after winning the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo on Sept. 23, 2012. The victory virtually guarantees Harumafuji's promotion to the sport's top rank of grand champion.

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Harumafuji wins autumn sumo championship

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian ozeki Harumafuji (R) defeats countryman and yokozuna Hakuho in an epic final bout to win the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo on Sept. 23, 2012. The victory virtually guarantees Harumafuji's promotion to the sport's top rank of grand champion.

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Anti-Japan rally in Taiwan

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Demonstrators rally in Taipei, Taiwan, on Sept. 23, 2012, against Japan's nationalization of three of the five main islands in the disputed Senkaku group in the East China Sea, which are also claimed by Taiwan and China.

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Harumafuji wins autumn sumo championship

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian ozeki Harumafuji (R) defeats countryman and yokozuna Hakuho in an epic final bout to win the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo on Sept. 23, 2012. The victory virtually guarantees Harumafuji's promotion to the sport's top rank of grand champion.

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Fukushima reactor pressure vessel's lid removed

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter at 10:23 a.m. on Sept. 13, 2012 shows the lid (top L) to the pressure vessel of the No. 4 reactor removed by a crane at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture. The March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami triggered a nuclear crisis at the plant.

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1 and a half years after quake

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show an area in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 23, 2011 (L), after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami, and about one and a half years later on Sept. 3, 2012 (R). Many children died or went missing as the tsunami hit Okawa Elementary School which stood in the area.

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1 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show an area in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on March 23, 2011 (top), after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about one and a half years later on Sept. 3, 2012 (bottom).

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1 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show an area in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on March 23, 2011 (L), after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about one and a half years later on Sept. 3, 2012 (R). In the photos is the so-called ''miracle pine,'' the only tree that survived the disaster in the area though it withered later.

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1 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show an area in the town of Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, on March 23, 2011 (L), after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about one and a half years later on Sept. 3, 2012 (R).

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Japan's Olympic captain Yoshida joins Southampton

NARITA, Japan - Japan defender Maya Yoshida, who captained the Under-23 national side to fourth place at the London Olympics, holds the team logo of English Premier League club Southampton at Narita airport near Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2012. Yoshida has agreed to join the club from Dutch side VVV Venlo.