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President Al-Sharaa Inaugurates Development Fund for Syria’s Reconstruction - Damascus

Aleppo Governor Azzam Gharib took part in the Damascus Citadel ceremony where President Ahmed al-Sharaa, alongside officials and ambassadors, launched the Syrian Development Fund to spearhead reconstruction and economic revival. September 4, 2025. Photo by Mohammad Daher/ABACAPRESS.COM

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President Al-Sharaa Inaugurates Development Fund for Syria’s Reconstruction - Damascus

Aleppo Governor Azzam Gharib took part in the Damascus Citadel ceremony where President Ahmed al-Sharaa, alongside officials and ambassadors, launched the Syrian Development Fund to spearhead reconstruction and economic revival. September 4, 2025. Photo by Mohammad Daher/ABACAPRESS.COM

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President Al-Sharaa Inaugurates Development Fund for Syria’s Reconstruction - Damascus

Aleppo Governor Azzam Gharib took part in the Damascus Citadel ceremony where President Ahmed al-Sharaa, alongside officials and ambassadors, launched the Syrian Development Fund to spearhead reconstruction and economic revival. September 4, 2025. Photo by Mohammad Daher/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kenya launches medium-term economic plan

STORY: Kenya launches medium-term economic plan SHOOTING TIME: March 21, 2024 DATELINE: March 23, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:12 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of launch of medium-term economic plan STORYLINE: Kenyan President William Ruto on Thursday launched a medium-term plan that seeks to accelerate the country's quest to become a middle-income industrialized country. Ruto said Medium-Term Plan IV 2023-2027 focuses on the country's economic growth, especially at the grassroots. "Through this plan, we will spearhead radical economic turnaround, fostering inclusive growth and enhancing the livelihoods and welfare of citizens, particularly those at the bottom of the economic pyramid," Ruto said during the launch in Nairobi, Kenya's capital. Under the program, he said, Kenya would seek to create more than 1.2 million jobs every year for the youth to boost economic growth. In the transport sector, Ruto said, his government would build over 6,000 km of new roads and 277 footbr

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Biden Picks 1st Female Admiral To Lead Navy

Handout file photo dated June 9, 2018 shows Vice Adm. Lisa M. Franchetti, center, commander of U.S. 6th Fleet and Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO (STRIKFORNATO), and Rear Adm. Guy Robinson, right, OBE, Royal Navy, deputy commander of STRIKFORNATO, visit the Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Carson City (T-EPF 7) at Bornholm Island in Denmark during exercise Baltic Operations (BALTOPS). US President Biden has chosen a female admiral to lead the US Navy, the first time a woman has been nominated to head a Pentagon military service branch. Lisa Franchetti is a former head of the US 6th Fleet and US naval forces in South Korea, and has also served as an aircraft carrier strike commander. Her nomination must still be confirmed by the US Senate. If confirmed as Chief of Naval Operations she will be the first woman to become a member of the elite group of senior military officers who make up the Joint Chiefs of Staff. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist America A. Henry

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Economy minister Ota retains post with her push for fiscal reform

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroko Ota, state minister in charge of economic and fiscal policy, speaks at a press conference after retaining her post in Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet reshuffle on Aug. 27. The professor-turned-minister keeps herself on track to spearhead Japan's structural reforms, as she tries to steadily implement plans to cut fiscal spending.

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Staff fired up for summer gift-giving time

TOKYO, Japan - Staff at Sogo and Seibu Co. department store in Tokyo fire themselves up on May 20, 2014 to spearhead the summer gift-giving season, the first such season since the consumer taxes were raised on April 1.

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DPJ lawmaker Edano tapped as administrative reform minister

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama speaks to reporters in front of his official residence in Tokyo on Feb. 10, 2010, after tapping Yukio Edano, a former policy chief of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, as the new administrative reform minister. Hatoyama said he wants Edano to spearhead the government's waste-cutting efforts to restore and heighten people's confidence in the DPJ.

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ADB head urges Japan to spearhead Asia economic integration

MANILA, Philippines - Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Tadao Chino speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Manila on Dec. 18. Chino said Japan should lead the way in pressing ahead with economic integration in Asia.

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DPJ, SDP spearhead opposition to troops dispatch

TOKYO, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan Secretary General Katsuya Okada ((4th from R) and Socialist Democratic Party leader Mizuho Fukushima (3rd from L) lead a demonstration parade stage in Tokyo on Dec. 14 to oppose Japan's planned dispatch of Self-Defense Force (SDP) troops to Iraq.

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Daiei's Takagi to spearhead sales revival drive

TOKYO, Japan &#8211; Kunio Takagi, president of struggling retail giant Daiei Inc., addresses a general meeting of group executives in Tokyo on Aug. 29. Daiei will introduce a new sales regime on Sept. 1, giving President Takagi direct overall responsibility.

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Koreans protest allegations involving Kim's three sons

SEOUL, South Korea - National Assembly members of South Korea's opposition Grand National Party (GNP) spearhead a march organized by the party in Seoul on April 26 to protest allegations involving three sons of President Kim Dae Jung. Kim apologized to the nation for his sons' alleged implication in three separate influence-peddling cases linked to businessmen.

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GLOBALink | Chinese-made tunnel boring machine used for excavation in Malaysia's mega rail project

STORY: Chinese-made tunnel boring machine used for excavation in Malaysia's mega rail project DATELINE: June 24, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:19 LOCATION: Kuala Lumpur CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Genting Tunnel 2. various of the launching of tunnel boring (TBM) machine by Malaysia's Prime Minister Ismail Sabri 3. various of Malaysia's Prime Minister Ismail Sabri giving speech at the launching event 4. various of Malaysia's Transport Minister Wee Ka Siong giving speech at the launching event 5. various of CCCC Vice President Sun Ziyu giving speech at the launching event 6. various of crowds at the event and the video presentation of ECRL progress STORYLINE: A Chinese-made tunnel boring machine (TBM) has started operation on a mega rail project in Malaysia. The East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) is being built by China Communications Construction Company (CCCC). The machine, one of two built by CCCC, will spearhead the excavation work for the 16.39 km twin-bore Genting Tunnel. The milestone was marked

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Somalia's Mohamud inaugurated as tenth president amid peace pledge

STORY: Somalia's Mohamud inaugurated as tenth president amid peace pledge DATELINE: June 11, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:56 LOCATION: Mogadishu CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the inauguration ceremony 2. various of Somalia's newly elected President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud 3. various of guests at the inauguration ceremony 4. SOUNDBITE 1 (Somali): HASSAN SHEIKH MOHAMUD, President of Somalia 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Somali): HASSAN SHEIKH MOHAMUD, President of Somalia 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Somali): HASSAN SHEIKH MOHAMUD, President of Somalia STORYLINE: Somalia's newly elected President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was inaugurated Thursday as the country's tenth leader amid tight security in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. The ceremony was graced by leaders from Ethiopia, Egypt, Djibouti, and Kenya, as well as representatives from more than 20 countries. In his speech, Mohamud promised to stabilize Somalia which has been facing terror threats and spearhead efforts to bring peace and cohesion to the country. SOUNDBITE 1 (Som

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MALAYSIA-BENTONG-EAST COAST RAIL LINK-GENTING TUNNEL

(220113) -- BENTONG (MALAYSIA), Jan. 13, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on Jan. 13, 2022 shows the massive Chinese-made tunnel boring machine (TBM) deployed to spearhead the excavation works for the Genting Tunnel of the East Coast Rail Link near Bentong in Pahang state, Malaysia. The East Coast Rail Link (ECRL), Malaysia's mega rail project being built by China Communications Construction Company (CCCC), benefits greatly from the solid experience and technical know-how of the Chinese company, Malaysian Transport Minister Wee Ka Siong said Thursday. The ECRL runs from Malaysia's largest transport hub Port Klang and travels across the peninsula to Kelantan state in northeastern Malaysia, which is expected to greatly enhance connectivity and bring more balanced growth to the country by linking its less-developed region on the East Coast to the economic heartland on the West Coast upon.....

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MALAYSIA-BENTONG-EAST COAST RAIL LINK-GENTING TUNNEL

(220113) -- BENTONG (MALAYSIA), Jan. 13, 2022 (Xinhua) -- The massive Chinese-made tunnel boring machine (TBM) is deployed to spearhead the excavation works for the Genting Tunnel of the East Coast Rail Link near Bentong in Pahang state, Malaysia, on Jan. 13, 2022. The East Coast Rail Link (ECRL), Malaysia's mega rail project being built by China Communications Construction Company (CCCC), benefits greatly from the solid experience and technical know-how of the Chinese company, Malaysian Transport Minister Wee Ka Siong said Thursday. The ECRL runs from Malaysia's largest transport hub Port Klang and travels across the peninsula to Kelantan state in northeastern Malaysia, which is expected to greatly enhance connectivity and bring more balanced growth to the country by linking its less-developed region on the East Coast to the economic heartland on the West Coast upon its completion. (Xin.....

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MALAYSIA-BENTONG-EAST COAST RAIL LINK-GENTING TUNNEL

(220113) -- BENTONG (MALAYSIA), Jan. 13, 2022 (Xinhua) -- The massive Chinese-made tunnel boring machine (TBM) is deployed to spearhead the excavation works for the Genting Tunnel of the East Coast Rail Link near Bentong in Pahang state, Malaysia, on Jan. 13, 2022. The East Coast Rail Link (ECRL), Malaysia's mega rail project being built by China Communications Construction Company (CCCC), benefits greatly from the solid experience and technical know-how of the Chinese company, Malaysian Transport Minister Wee Ka Siong said Thursday. The ECRL runs from Malaysia's largest transport hub Port Klang and travels across the peninsula to Kelantan state in northeastern Malaysia, which is expected to greatly enhance connectivity and bring more balanced growth to the country by linking its less-developed region on the East Coast to the economic heartland on the West Coast upon its completion. (Xin.....

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MALAYSIA-BENTONG-EAST COAST RAIL LINK-GENTING TUNNEL

(220113) -- BENTONG (MALAYSIA), Jan. 13, 2022 (Xinhua) -- The massive Chinese-made tunnel boring machine (TBM) is deployed to spearhead the excavation works for the Genting Tunnel of the East Coast Rail Link near Bentong in Pahang state, Malaysia, on Jan. 13, 2022. The East Coast Rail Link (ECRL), Malaysia's mega rail project being built by China Communications Construction Company (CCCC), benefits greatly from the solid experience and technical know-how of the Chinese company, Malaysian Transport Minister Wee Ka Siong said Thursday. The ECRL runs from Malaysia's largest transport hub Port Klang and travels across the peninsula to Kelantan state in northeastern Malaysia, which is expected to greatly enhance connectivity and bring more balanced growth to the country by linking its less-developed region on the East Coast to the economic heartland on the West Coast upon its completion. (Xin.....

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MALAYSIA-BENTONG-EAST COAST RAIL LINK-GENTING TUNNEL

(220113) -- BENTONG (MALAYSIA), Jan. 13, 2022 (Xinhua) -- The massive Chinese-made tunnel boring machine (TBM) is deployed to spearhead the excavation works for the Genting Tunnel of the East Coast Rail Link near Bentong in Pahang state, Malaysia, on Jan. 13, 2022. The East Coast Rail Link (ECRL), Malaysia's mega rail project being built by China Communications Construction Company (CCCC), benefits greatly from the solid experience and technical know-how of the Chinese company, Malaysian Transport Minister Wee Ka Siong said Thursday. The ECRL runs from Malaysia's largest transport hub Port Klang and travels across the peninsula to Kelantan state in northeastern Malaysia, which is expected to greatly enhance connectivity and bring more balanced growth to the country by linking its less-developed region on the East Coast to the economic heartland on the West Coast upon its completion. (Xin.....

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Economy minister Ota retains post with her push for fiscal refor

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroko Ota, state minister in charge of economic and fiscal policy, speaks at a press conference after retaining her post in Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet reshuffle on Aug. 27. The professor-turned-minister keeps herself on track to spearhead Japan's structural reforms, as she tries to steadily implement plans to cut fiscal spending. (Kyodo)

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Koreans protest allegations involving Kim's three sons

SEOUL, South Korea - National Assembly members of South Korea's opposition Grand National Party (GNP) spearhead a march organized by the party in Seoul on April 26 to protest allegations involving three sons of President Kim Dae Jung. Kim apologized to the nation for his sons' alleged implication in three separate influence-peddling cases linked to businessmen.

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ADB head urges Japan to spearhead Asia economic integration

MANILA, Philippines - Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Tadao Chino speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Manila on Dec. 18. Chino said Japan should lead the way in pressing ahead with economic integration in Asia. (Kyodo)

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DPJ lawmaker Edano tapped as administrative reform minister

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama speaks to reporters in front of his official residence in Tokyo on Feb. 10, 2010, after tapping Yukio Edano, a former policy chief of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, as the new administrative reform minister. Hatoyama said he wants Edano to spearhead the government's waste-cutting efforts to restore and heighten people's confidence in the DPJ. (Kyodo)

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DPJ, SDP spearhead opposition to troops dispatch

TOKYO, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan Secretary General Katsuya Okada ((4th from R) and Socialist Democratic Party leader Mizuho Fukushima (3rd from L) lead a demonstration parade stage in Tokyo on Dec. 14 to oppose Japan's planned dispatch of Self-Defense Force (SDP) troops to Iraq. (Kyodo)