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Turkish Lawyers March For Slain Colleague - Diyarbakir

Turkan Elci, the wife of Tahir Elci, delivers a speech at the spot where her husband was shot, during a march on the 10th anniversary of the lawyer's killing in Diyarbakir, Turkey, on November 28, 2025. Tahir Elci, then-president of the Diyarbakir Bar Association, was shot dead in front of the Four-Legged Minaret in Sur district on November 28, 2015. Photo by Bilal Seckin/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turkish Lawyers March For Slain Colleague - Diyarbakir

People carry a banner with Tahir Elci's photo in the front row as hundreds march behind on the 10th anniversary of the lawyer's killing in Diyarbakir, Turkey, on November 28, 2025. Tahir Elci, then-president of the Diyarbakir Bar Association, was shot dead in front of the Four-Legged Minaret in Sur district on November 28, 2015. Photo by Bilal Seckin/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turkish Lawyers March For Slain Colleague - Diyarbakir

An elderly woman holding a carnation wipes tears from her eyes on the street where Tahir Elci was killed, during a march on the 10th anniversary of the lawyer's killing in Diyarbakir, Turkey, on November 28, 2025. Tahir Elci, then-president of the Diyarbakir Bar Association, was shot dead in front of the Four-Legged Minaret in Sur district on November 28, 2015. Photo by Bilal Seckin/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turkish Lawyers March For Slain Colleague - Diyarbakir

DEM Party spokesperson Aysegul Dogan places a carnation at the spot where Tahir Elci was shot, during a march on the 10th anniversary of the lawyer's killing in Diyarbakir, Turkey, on November 28, 2025. Tahir Elci, then-president of the Diyarbakir Bar Association, was shot dead in front of the Four-Legged Minaret in Sur district on November 28, 2015. Photo by Bilal Seckin/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turkish Lawyers March For Slain Colleague - Diyarbakir

People hold placards with Tahir Elci's photos as people march on the 10th anniversary of the lawyer's killing near the Four-Legged Minaret in Diyarbakir, Turkey, on November 28, 2025. Tahir Elci, then-president of the Diyarbakir Bar Association, was shot dead in front of the Four-Legged Minaret in Sur district on November 28, 2015. Photo by Bilal Seckin/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turkish Lawyers March For Slain Colleague - Diyarbakir

People carry a banner with Tahir Elci's photo in the front row as hundreds march behind on the 10th anniversary of the lawyer's killing in Diyarbakir, Turkey, on November 28, 2025. Tahir Elci, then-president of the Diyarbakir Bar Association, was shot dead in front of the Four-Legged Minaret in Sur district on November 28, 2015. Photo by Bilal Seckin/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turkish Lawyers March For Slain Colleague - Diyarbakir

People carry a banner with Tahir Elci's photo in the front row as hundreds march behind on the 10th anniversary of the lawyer's killing in Diyarbakir, Turkey, on November 28, 2025. Tahir Elci, then-president of the Diyarbakir Bar Association, was shot dead in front of the Four-Legged Minaret in Sur district on November 28, 2015. Photo by Bilal Seckin/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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2025 Beijing Marathon - China

First-placed Anchinalu Dessie Genaneh (C) of Ethiopia poses with second-placed Marion Jepkonga Kibor (L) of Kenya and third-placed Kuftu Tahir Dadiso of Ethiopia during the awarding ceremony for the women's marathon event at the Beijing Marathon 2025 in Beijing, capital of China, on November 2, 2025. Photo by Xie Han /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pakistan arrests 11 involved in attack on Chinese nationals

STORY: Pakistan arrests 11 involved in attack on Chinese nationals SHOOTING TIME: May 26, 2024 DATELINE: May 28, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:08 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the press conference 2. various of the scene of attack on March 26 STORYLINE: Pakistan's National Counter-Terrorism Authority Coordinator Muhammad Tahir Rai said Sunday that security forces have arrested 11 suspects accused involved in an attack on Chinese nationals in March this year. Addressing a joint press conference with Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, he said the arrested are in police custody on physical remand, adding that they would face trial in local anti-terrorism court where charge sheets would be submitted after completing legal formalities. Naqvi said that foreign land had been used to attack Chinese nationals in Pakistan, which is a "matter of great concern for Pakistan." The authorities have all the evidence that the attack was planned and operated from Afghan soil by the banned Tehrik-

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Ghana receives approval to trade 700 products under AfCFTA

STORY: Ghana receives approval to trade 700 products under AfCFTA SHOOTING DATE: May 23, 2024 DATELINE: May 26, 2024 LENGTH: 00:04:21 LOCATION: Accra CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Made-in-Ghana Bazaar 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): KOBINA TAHIR HAMMOND, Ghana's Minister of Trade and Industry 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): MAVIS NKANSAH-BOADU, Ghana's deputy minister for foreign affairs and regional integration STORYLINE: Ghana has received approval from the authority of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to trade 700 local products within the African continent, according to Minister of Trade and Industry Kobina Tahir Hammond. Hammond made the announcement on Thursday, the first day of the Made-in-Ghana Bazaar, saying the government has been taking a number of steps aimed at making Ghanaian products competitive domestically and abroad under the AfCFTA. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): KOBINA TAHIR HAMMOND, Ghana's Minister of Trade and Industry "The government has facilitated exploratory m

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Muslim cemetery to be built in Beppu, south western Japan

Tahir Khan, representative of the Beppu Muslim association, signs a letter of agreement on building a Muslim cemetery in Beppu, Oita Prefecture in southwestern Japan, with a group of residents in the city on May 9, 2023.

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(SP)INDONESIA-JAKARTA-FIFA-WORLD CUP-U17-GROUP E-USA VS FRA

(231118) -- JAKARTA, Nov. 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tahir Reid-Brown (R) of the United States vies with Yoram Zague of France during the group E match of the FIFA World Cup U17 between The United States and France at The Jakarta International Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia, Nov 18, 2023. (Xinhua/Zulkarnain)

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Senate Hearings - Washington

Dr. Tahir Ekin PhD, Professor and Director of the Center for Analytics and Data Science at Texas State University at a Senate Aging hearing to “examine modern scams, focusing on how scammers are using artificial intelligence and how we can fight back” in the Dirksen Senate office building on Thursday, November 16, 2023. Photo by Annabelle Gordon/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-CRICKET (CN)

(231007) -- HANGZHOU, Oct. 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Mirza Tahir Baig of Pakistan competes during the Men's Bronze Medal Match of Cricket between Pakistan and Bangladesh at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 7, 2023. (Xinhua/Li Yibo)

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-CRICKET (CN)

(231007) -- HANGZHOU, Oct. 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Mirza Tahir Baig (R) of Pakistan competes during the Men's Bronze Medal Match of Cricket between Pakistan and Bangladesh at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 7, 2023. (Xinhua/Li Yibo)

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-CRICKET (CN)

(231007) -- HANGZHOU, Oct. 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Mirza Tahir Baig of Pakistan competes during the Men's Bronze Medal Match of Cricket between Pakistan and Bangladesh at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 7, 2023. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-CRICKET (CN)

(231007) -- HANGZHOU, Oct. 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Mirza Tahir Baig (R) of Pakistan competes during the Men's Bronze Medal Match of Cricket between Pakistan and Bangladesh at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 7, 2023. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)

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Police arrest 93 alleged criminals in Afghanistan's eastern province

STORY: Police arrest 93 alleged criminals in Afghanistan's eastern province DATELINE: June 28, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:16 LOCATION: JALALABAD, Afghanistan CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of illicit drugs seized and alleged criminals arrested during the operations in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province STORYLINE: Police in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province have arrested 93 people on charge of involvement in criminal activities over the past month, deputy head of the provincial police department Mawlawi Tahir Mabariz said Monday. Addressing a press conference, the official added that six women and three children are also among the arrested people involved in illegal activities such as murder, robbery, mobile snatching, forgery, theft, drug smuggling, and creating law and order problems. During the operations, police also discovered and seized illicit drugs including heroin and hashish, as well as arms and ammunitions including seven pieces of AK-47 assault rifles and five pistols, the officia

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Muslim cemetery to be built in Beppu, south western Japan

Tahir Khan, representative of the Beppu Muslim association, signs a letter of agreement on building a Muslim cemetery in Beppu, Oita Prefecture in southwestern Japan, with a group of residents in the city on May 9, 2023.

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Over 400 Afghan families receive China-donated aid, UNICEF assistance

STORY: Over 400 Afghan families receive China-donated aid, UNICEF assistance DATELINE: April 4, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:06 LOCATION: BAMYAN, Afghanistan CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the China-donated aid, UNICEF assistance in Bamyan province, Afghanistan 2. SOUNDBITE (Dari): RAJAB MOAHID, Recipient STORYLINE: Afghan authorities have distributed China-donated humanitarian aid and assistance provided by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) to needy families in the country's central Bamyan province over the past week, an official said on Monday. Each family received a bag of 50 kg rice and 50 kg wheat provided by China and a pocket of soap and a health kit assisted by the UNICEF, said Provincial Director for Natural Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs Mawlawi Shakir Tahir, appreciating China and the UNICEF for sending humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan at a critical stage where a majority of Afghans are suffering from poverty. The joint assistance of China and UNICEF has b

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U.S. sanctions add to Afghans' pain, poverty during freezing winter

STORY: U.S. sanctions add to Afghans' pain, poverty during freezing winter DATELINE: Feb. 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:34 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of central Afghanistan's Bamyan Province in winter 2. various of cave-turned shelter 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Dari): ZARIF, Local resident 4. various of cave-turned shelter 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Dari): ZARIF, Local resident 6. various of cave-turned shelter 7. SOUNDBITE 3 (Dari): NADIR HUSSAIN, Local resident 8. various of central Afghanistan 9. SOUNDBITE 4 (Pashto): MAWLAWI SHAKIR TAHIR, Director of Bamyan provincial Natural Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): ZOU XUEMIAN, Xinhua correspondent "I am now in central Afghanistan's Bamyan province. The temperature here has reached minus 25 degrees centigrade now. According to Afghan Ministry of Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs, the chilly weather has already claimed hundreds of lives in this war-torn country. Since the first week of January, the temperatu

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China's aid eases misery of Afghan returnees in chilly winter

STORY: China's aid eases misery of Afghan returnees in chilly winter DATELINE: Feb. 22, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:40 LOCATION: BAMYAN, Afghanistan CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various shots of central Afghanistan's Bamyan Province in winter and locals 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Dari): Abdul Azim, Local resident 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Dari): Abdul Azim, Local resident 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Pashto): MAWLAWI SHAKIR TAHIR, Provincial director for natural disaster management and humanitarian affairs STORYLINE: Abdul Azim, together with his 10 family members, huddled in a mud hut of about 50 square meters in Dara-e-Foladi, a far-flung village in the mountainous area of central Afghanistan's Bamyan province, where the temperature drops to minus 30 degrees Celsius in winter. During the 20 years of conflicts in Afghanistan after the United States invaded the country in October 2001, more than 30,000 civilians lost their lives, and some 11 million people were made refugees. To escape the war, Azim was once one of the refugees who fled from Ba

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Mitsubishi Motors, Proton sign new partnership agreement

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Osamu Masuko (L), president of Japan's Mitsubishi Motors Corp., and Syed Zainal Abidin Syed Mohamad Tahir, managing director of Malaysia's national carmaker Proton Bhd., shake hands after signing a preliminary pact to expand their collaboration in a ceremony on a Kuala Lumpur suburb on Feb. 3.

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Prosperity, stability of China's Xinjiang evident to all: Pakistani experts

STORY: Prosperity, stability of China's Xinjiang evident to all: Pakistani experts DATELINE: Aug. 20, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:25 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of views in China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region 2. various of the seminar 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): TAHIR MUMTAZ AWAN, Head of the China Study Center at COMSATS University Islamabad 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): SULTAN MAHMOOD HALI, Pakistani political and strategic analyst STORYLINE: The prosperity and stability of China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is evident to all, which is a proof of the wisdom and foresightedness of China's Xinjiang policy. That's according to some Pakistani analysts who attended a seminar at the COMSATS University Islamabad on Wednesday. The experts said that the Chinese government has paid special attention to the development of Xinjiang, and took timely decisions to eradicate poverty in the region. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): TAHIR MUMTAZ AWAN, Head of the China Study Center at COMSATS University

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Floods submerge large areas in central Sudan

STORY: Floods submerge large areas in central Sudan DATELINE: Aug. 18, 2022 LENGTH: 0:03:05 LOCATION: Khartoum CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of floods STORYLINE: Several villages of Al-Managil locality in central Sudan's Gezira State have been submerged in water due to heavy rains and floods, while the authorities described the situations there as "catastrophic." Some 2,000 families have been affected by the rains and floods in the villages, acting governor of Gezira State Ismail Al-Agib, who accompanied the delegation to the area, was quoted as saying in the statement. Al-Tahir Hajar, who led a delegation of Sudan's Transitional Sovereign Council to inspect the floods-hit Al-Managil locality, stressed the urgent need to provide housing, food and medical supplies for local residents as the situation in Gezira State was "catastrophic" and had exceeded the disaster relief capacity of the state, the council said in a statement. Sudan was hit by heavy rains and floods recently. On Tuesday, Sudan's N

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Xinhua Headlines: Teachers' home visits tell growth stories of Xinjiang students

(220728) -- URUMQI, July 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Gu Hailin (4th R) and colleagues talk with graduate Hayisarjan Tahir and his family members in a visit to Hayisarjan's home in Mori Kazak Autonomous County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, June 12, 2022. (Xinhua/Gao Han)

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Teachers' home visits tell growth stories of Xinjiang students

STORY: Teachers' home visits tell growth stories of Xinjiang students DATELINE: July 28, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:19 LOCATION: URUMQI, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY/EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1. the Changxing Vocational and Technical Education Center School 2. railway station 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): GU HAILIN, Vice headmaster, Changxing Vocational and Technical Education Center School 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ABDURESHIT ABLIMIT, Owner of a tape factory in Xinjiang 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): GU HAILIN, Vice headmaster, Changxing Vocational and Technical Education Center School 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): GU HAILIN, Vice headmaster, Changxing Vocational and Technical Education Center School 7. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): HAYISARJAN TAHIR, Engineer from Huawei 8. SOUNDBITE 6 (Chinese): HAN JUN, Graduate, Changxing Vocational and Technical Education Center School STORYLINE: After finishing the school year in east China's Zhejiang Province in early June, over 200 students from Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region embarked on their homeward

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GLOBALink | Afghan woman builds girls' school in far-flung district

STORY: Afghan woman builds girls' school in far-flung district DATELINE: Feb. 27, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:30 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: EDUCATION SHOTLIST: various of the schoolSOUNDBITE 1 (Dari): MOHAMMAD TAHIR JAWAD, Provincial director of Education DepartmentSOUNDBITE 2 (Dari): NAMATULLAH, Local resident STORYLINE: An Afghan woman has helped in constructing a school for girls in the country's northern Jawzjan province, which has been welcomed by Afghans as an initiative towards developing education in the country. In Aqcha, a far-flung district of the Jawzjan province, Hajji Bibi Nazira has built a 12-classroom school on 650 square meters of land at a cost of 65,000 U.S. dollars, largely solving the school shortage for girls in the district. She has become the first woman who built a girls' school from her own wealth since the Taliban took over the power of Afghanistan in mid-August last year. Local officials said local female students, who used to attend classes under tents, now have finally found

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AFGHANISTAN-JAWZJAN-SHIBERGHAN-HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE-DISTRIBUTION

(220105) -- SHIBERGHAN (AFGHANISTAN), Jan. 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Trucks carrying assistance donated by an aid agency are seen in Shiberghan, Jawzjan province, northern Afghanistan, on Jan. 5, 2022. A local aid agency on Wednesday started distribution of humanitarian assistance to 6,000 needy people in Jawzjan province on Wednesday, head of the education department of the province Mohammad Tahir Jawad said. (Str/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-JAWZJAN-SHIBERGHAN-HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE-DISTRIBUTION

(220105) -- SHIBERGHAN (AFGHANISTAN), Jan. 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People wait to receive assistance donated by an aid agency in Shiberghan, Jawzjan province, northern Afghanistan, on Jan. 5, 2022. A local aid agency on Wednesday started distribution of humanitarian assistance to 6,000 needy people in Jawzjan province on Wednesday, head of the education department of the province Mohammad Tahir Jawad said. (Str/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-JAWZJAN-SHIBERGHAN-HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE-DISTRIBUTION

(220105) -- SHIBERGHAN (AFGHANISTAN), Jan. 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- An Afghan man receives assistance donated by an aid agency in Shiberghan, Jawzjan province, northern Afghanistan, on Jan. 5, 2022. A local aid agency on Wednesday started distribution of humanitarian assistance to 6,000 needy people in Jawzjan province on Wednesday, head of the education department of the province Mohammad Tahir Jawad said. (Str/Xinhua)

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Mitsubishi Motors, Proton sign new partnership agreement

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Osamu Masuko (L), president of Japan's Mitsubishi Motors Corp., and Syed Zainal Abidin Syed Mohamad Tahir, managing director of Malaysia's national carmaker Proton Bhd., shake hands after signing a preliminary pact to expand their collaboration in a ceremony on a Kuala Lumpur suburb on Feb. 3. (Kyodo)

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Japan should take leadership role in UNSC reform push: ex-U.S. official

Shirin Tahir-Kheli, a former senior adviser to the secretary of state for U.N. reform, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in her home in Philadelphia on Nov. 18, 2016 as Japan marks its six-decade-long membership in the United Nations. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo