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(PARIS 2024)FRANCE-MARSEILLE-OLY-SAILING

(240801) -- MARSEILLE, Aug. 1, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Sime Fantela/Mihovil Fantela of Croatia are pictured during the supposed Men's Skiff Medal Race of Sailing of Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Marseille Marina in Marseille, Aug. 1, 2024. The Men's and Women's Skiff Medal Race were both abandoned and postponed to the next day due to lack of wind to compete. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zheng Huansong)

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(PARIS 2024)FRANCE-MARSEILLE-OLY-SAILING

(240801) -- MARSEILLE, Aug. 1, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Sime Fantela/Mihovil Fantela of Croatia are pictured during the supposed Men's Skiff Medal Race of Sailing of Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Marseille Marina in Marseille, Aug. 1, 2024. The Men's and Women's Skiff Medal Race were both abandoned and postponed to the next day due to lack of wind to compete. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zheng Huansong)

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CROATIA-ZADAR-UPCOMING INT'L DANCE DAY

(240428) -- ZADAR, April 28, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Dancers perform for the upcoming International Dance Day in Zadar, Croatia, April 28, 2024. The International Dance Day is observed on April 29 annually. (Sime Zelic/PIXSELL via Xinhua)

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Chinese-built logistics hub inaugurated in Ethiopia to promote e-commerce

STORY: Chinese-built logistics hub inaugurated in Ethiopia to promote e-commerce SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 29, 2024 DATELINE: March 2, 2024 LENGTH: 00:03:56 LOCATION: Addis Ababa CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the new e-commerce logistics hub in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ALEMU SIME, Ethiopian Minister of Transport and Logistics 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): MESFIN TASEW, CEO of the Ethiopian Airlines STORYLINE: The Ethiopian Airlines has inaugurated a new e-commerce logistics hub in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, to meet the surging demands of online shoppers and retailers. Speaking at the inaugural ceremony that took place on Thursday, Ethiopian Minister of Transport and Logistics Alemu Sime said the new e-commerce facility aims to streamline operations and inventory management before goods are dispatched to customers. Built by China National Aero-Technology International Engineering Cooperation, the e-commerce logistics hub covers about 15,000 square m

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CROATIA-ZADAR-NEW YEAR-FUN IN THE SEA

(240102) -- ZADAR, Jan. 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People have fun in the sea on the New Year's Day in Zadar, Croatia, Jan. 1, 2024. (Sime Zelic/PIXSELL via Xinhua)

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Ethiopia-Djibouti railway a road to prosperity: Ethiopian minister

STORY: Ethiopia-Djibouti railway a road to prosperity: Ethiopian minister DATELINE: July 4, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:19 LOCATION: Addis Ababa CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Ethiopia-Djibouti standard gauge railway 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ALEMU, SIME, Ethiopian Minister of Transport and Logistics 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ABDI ZENEBE, Chief executive officer of the Ethiopia-Djibouti Railway Share Company 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Amharic): GELETA TASEW, Train captain at the Ethiopia-Djibouti Railway STORYLINE: The Chinese-built Ethiopia-Djibouti standard gauge railway has operated over 1,800 passenger trains with nearly 530,900 passengers during its five and half years of operation, according to the Ethiopian Minister of Transport and Logistics. The 752.7-km railway, also known as the Addis Ababa-Djibouti railway, is a landmark railway line connecting Ethiopia and Djibouti and a flagship project under the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ALEMU SIME, Ethiopian Minister of

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Ethiopian officials, experts hail BRI as mutually beneficial cooperation

STORY: Ethiopian officials, experts hail BRI as mutually beneficial cooperation DATELINE: July 2, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:29 LOCATION: Addis Ababa CATEGORY: POLITICS/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the meeting 2. various of the railway 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ALEMU SIME, Ethiopian Minister of Transport and Logistics 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ABDI ZENEBE, Chief executive officer of the EDR 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): BEYENE PETROS, Director general of the Policy Studies Institute, Ethiopia STORYLINE: Ethiopian experts and policymakers attending a high-level meeting on Friday hailed the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) as a mutually beneficial cooperation platform advancing socioeconomic development in Ethiopia and beyond. Themed "China-Ethiopia Building Belt and Road," the roundtable meeting brought together senior Ethiopian government officials, Chinese diplomats in Ethiopia, officials from the Ethiopia-Djibouti Standard Gauge Railway Share Company (EDR), heads of different think tanks, as well

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ETHIOPIA-ADDIS ABABA-CHINA-BRI-COOPERATION

(230701) -- ADDIS ABABA, July 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Ethiopian Minister of Transport and Logistics Alemu Sime speaks during a high-level meeting themed "China-Ethiopia Building Belt and Road" in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, June 30, 2023. Ethiopian experts and policymakers on Friday hailed the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) as a mutually beneficial cooperation platform advancing socioeconomic development in Ethiopia and beyond. TO GO WITH "Ethiopian officials, experts hail BRI as mutually beneficial cooperation" (Xinhua/Michael Tewelde)

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ETHIOPIA-ADDIS ABABA-CHINA-BRI-COOPERATION

(230701) -- ADDIS ABABA, July 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Ethiopian Minister of Transport and Logistics Alemu Sime takes a train operating along the Ethiopia-Djibouti Railway in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, June 30, 2023. Ethiopian experts and policymakers on Friday hailed the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) as a mutually beneficial cooperation platform advancing socioeconomic development in Ethiopia and beyond. TO GO WITH "Ethiopian officials, experts hail BRI as mutually beneficial cooperation" (Xinhua/Michael Tewelde)

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(SP)CROATIA-ZADAR-YOGA

(230610) -- ZADAR, June 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People perform Yoga ahead of the International Yoga Day in Zadar, Croatia on June 9, 2023. (Sime Zelic/PIXSELL via Xinhua)

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(SP)CROATIA-ZADAR-YOGA

(230610) -- ZADAR, June 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People perform Yoga ahead of the International Yoga Day in Zadar, Croatia on June 9, 2023. (Sime Zelic/PIXSELL via Xinhua)

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(SP)CROATIA-ZADAR-YOGA

(230610) -- ZADAR, June 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People perform Yoga ahead of the International Yoga Day in Zadar, Croatia on June 9, 2023. (Sime Zelic/PIXSELL via Xinhua)

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CROATIA-ZADAR-AEROBATICS-CELEBRATION

(230529) -- ZADAR, May 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People watch a performance of the Croatian Air Force aerobatic team, Wings of Storm, in Zadar, Croatia, May 29, 2023. An aerobatic flight show was held here Monday to celebrate the Day of the Armed Forces of Croatia on May 28 and the Statehood Day on May 30. (Sime Zelic/PIXSELL via Xinhua)

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CROATIA-ZADAR-AEROBATICS-CELEBRATION

(230529) -- ZADAR, May 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- The Croatian Air Force aerobatic team, Wings of Storm, performs over Zadar, Croatia, May 29, 2023. An aerobatic flight show was held here Monday to celebrate the Day of the Armed Forces of Croatia on May 28 and the Statehood Day on May 30. (Sime Zelic/PIXSELL via Xinhua)

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CROATIA-ZADAR-AEROBATICS-CELEBRATION

(230529) -- ZADAR, May 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- The Croatian Air Force aerobatic team, Wings of Storm, performs over Zadar, Croatia, May 29, 2023. An aerobatic flight show was held here Monday to celebrate the Day of the Armed Forces of Croatia on May 28 and the Statehood Day on May 30. (Sime Zelic/PIXSELL via Xinhua)

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CROATIA-ZADAR-AEROBATICS-CELEBRATION

(230529) -- ZADAR, May 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- The Croatian Air Force aerobatic team, Wings of Storm, performs over Zadar, Croatia, May 29, 2023. An aerobatic flight show was held here Monday to celebrate the Day of the Armed Forces of Croatia on May 28 and the Statehood Day on May 30. (Sime Zelic/PIXSELL via Xinhua)

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CROATIA-OBROVAC-FLOODING

(230517) -- OBROVAC, May 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on May 16, 2023 shows a flooded area in Obrovac, Croatia. (Sime Zelic/PIXSELL via Xinhua)

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CROATIA-OBROVAC-FLOODING

(230517) -- OBROVAC, May 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on May 16, 2023 shows a flooded area in Obrovac, Croatia. (Sime Zelic/PIXSELL via Xinhua)

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CROATIA-OBROVAC-FLOODING

(230517) -- OBROVAC, May 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on May 16, 2023 shows a flooded area in Obrovac, Croatia. (Sime Zelic/PIXSELL via Xinhua)

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China's Feng Shanshan wins LPGA Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - China's Feng Shanshan poses with the winner's trophy after her victory in the LPGA Sime Darby golf tournament at Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur on Oct. 12, 2014.

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Thompson wins Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Lexi Thompson of the United States holds the victor's trophy after winning the Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur on Oct. 13, 2013. Thompson finished with a 19-under 265 total.

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Inkster misses chance to become oldest winner

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Juli Inkster of the United States tees off during the Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia golf tournament in Kuala Lumpur on Oct. 24, 2010. The 50-year-old missed a chance to make history as the oldest winner of an LPGA tournament by one stroke.

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Nova's foreign teachers demand payment of wages in arrears

OSAKA, Japan - Tristan Sime, a former teacher at scandal-tainted English-language school operator Nova Corp., speaks at a news conference in Osaka on Sept. 27. A labor union representing instructors employed by Nova filed a request with labor standards supervision authorities asking that the company be ordered to pay wages in arrears to its foreign instructors.

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CROATIA-WORLD PREMATURITY DAY-PURPLE LIGHT

(221118) -- ZAGREB, Nov. 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- The Monument to the Sun is illuminated in purple to mark the World Prematurity Day in Zadar, Croatia, Nov. 17, 2022. World Prematurity Day is observed on Nov. 17. (Sime Zelic/PIXSELL via Xinhua)

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(SP)SPAIN-BARCELONA-FOOTBALL-SPANISH LEAGUE-FC BARCELONA VS ATLETICO DE MADRID

(220207) -- BARCELONA, Feb. 7, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Barcelona's Gavi (back) vies with Atletico de Madrid's Sime Vrsaljko during a Spanish first division league football match between FC Barcelona and Atletico de Madrid in Barcelona, Spain, on Feb. 6, 2022. (Photo by Pablo Morano/Xinhua)

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NASA Delays The James Webb Space Telescope Launch Again

★Handout photo dated November 26, 2013 of The robotic arm lifts and lowers a golden James Webb Space Telescope flight spare primary mirror segment onto a test piece of backplane at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. While the team practices the positioning that will be done on the actual telescope in the cleanroom, Dave Sime, an assembly crew chief, inspects the mirror placement from the underside of the backplane. Last summer, NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) set an October 31, 2021, launch date for the $ 10 billion James Webb Space Telescope, but it's having to delay the science observatory's trip into space once again. Thankfully, the launch might take place just a few weeks later, in November or early December. A rescheduled date is unlikely to be confirmed until later this summer or perhaps in the fall. The instrument, successor to NASA's Hubble Space Telesc

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Mizuho Bank extends Islamic finance to Japan-Malaysia paint maker

Shojiro Mizoguchi (L), CEO of Mizuho Bank (Malaysia) Berhad, exchanges Islamic finance contract documents with Tan Seng Yang, managing director of Japanese-Malaysian paint manufacturing joint venture Sime Kansai Paints Sdn. Bhd., at a signing ceremony in Kuala Lumpur on June 21, 2018. (NNA/Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nova's foreign teachers demand payment of wages in arrears

OSAKA, Japan - Tristan Sime, a former teacher at scandal-tainted English-language school operator Nova Corp., speaks at a news conference in Osaka on Sept. 27. A labor union representing instructors employed by Nova filed a request with labor standards supervision authorities asking that the company be ordered to pay wages in arrears to its foreign instructors. (Kyodo)

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China's Feng Shanshan wins LPGA Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - China's Feng Shanshan poses with the winner's trophy after her victory in the LPGA Sime Darby golf tournament at Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur on Oct. 12, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Inkster misses chance to become oldest winner

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Juli Inkster of the United States tees off during the Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia golf tournament in Kuala Lumpur on Oct. 24, 2010. The 50-year-old missed a chance to make history as the oldest winner of an LPGA tournament by one stroke. (Kyodo)

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Football: Argentina vs Croatia at World Cup

Croatia players Domagoj Vida (L) and Sime Vrsaljko celebrate after beating Argentina 3-0 in a World Cup Group D match in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, on June 21, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China's Feng Shanshan wins Sime Darby LPGA Classic golf

Feng Shanshan of China poses with the winner's trophy after her victory in the Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia golf tournament in Kula Lumpur on Oct. 30, 2016. Feng won the event with a total of 17-under-par 267. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo