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Radio broadcasting in Japan

TOKYO, Japan, Nov. 14 Kyodo - Photo taken at an unidentified location shows family members in Japan spending time together while listening to the radio in 1928. Radio broadcasting began in Japan in 1925. (Kyodo)

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Gynecologist Song

TOKYO, Japan, July 31 Kyodo - Undated photo taken at an unidentified location shows obstetrician and gynecologist Mihyon Song.(Kyodo)

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Preparations For An Airstrike By Israel In Yemen - Jerusale

This photo released by Israel Defense Forces on July 7, 2025 shows an Israeli fighter jet getting prepared for airstrikes targeting Yemen at an unidentified location. Israel launched a series of airstrikes on Yemen's Red Sea ports in western Hodeidah Province late Sunday night. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said in a statement that the strikes targeted what he described as Houthi strongholds, including the ports of Hodeidah, As Salif, and Ras Isa, the Ras Katib power station, and the Galaxy Leader, a ship seized by Houthi forces in November 2023. Photo by Israel Defense Forces/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Preparations For An Airstrike By Israel In Yemen - Jerusale

This photo released by Israel Defense Forces on July 7, 2025 shows an Israeli fighter jet getting prepared for airstrikes targeting Yemen at an unidentified location. Israel launched a series of airstrikes on Yemen's Red Sea ports in western Hodeidah Province late Sunday night. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said in a statement that the strikes targeted what he described as Houthi strongholds, including the ports of Hodeidah, As Salif, and Ras Isa, the Ras Katib power station, and the Galaxy Leader, a ship seized by Houthi forces in November 2023. Photo by Israel Defense Forces/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Preparations For An Airstrike By Israel In Yemen - Jerusale

This photo released by Israel Defense Forces on July 7, 2025 shows an Israeli fighter jet getting prepared for airstrikes targeting Yemen at an unidentified location. Israel launched a series of airstrikes on Yemen's Red Sea ports in western Hodeidah Province late Sunday night. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said in a statement that the strikes targeted what he described as Houthi strongholds, including the ports of Hodeidah, As Salif, and Ras Isa, the Ras Katib power station, and the Galaxy Leader, a ship seized by Houthi forces in November 2023. Photo by Israel Defense Forces/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japanese baseball legend Nagashima dies at 89

Former Yomiuri Giants and New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui makes a condolence visit to the late Shigeo Nagashima's home at an unidentified location on June 4, 2025. The Japanese baseball legend, a former Giants third baseman and manager, died aged 89 the previous day.

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Japanese baseball legend Nagashima dies at 89

Former Yomiuri Giants and New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui meets the press at an unidentified location on June 4, 2025, after making a condolence visit to the late Shigeo Nagashima's home. The Japanese baseball legend, a former Giants third baseman and manager, died aged 89 the previous day.

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Japanese baseball legend Nagashima dies at 89

Japanese pro baseball's all-time home run king and chairman of the SoftBank Hawks Sadaharu Oh is pictured after making a condolence visit to the late Shigeo Nagashima's home at an unidentified location on June 3, 2025, after the Japanese baseball legend, a former Yomiuri Giants third baseman and manager, died aged 89 earlier in the day. Nagashima and Oh led the Giants to nine consecutive Central League and Japan Series titles from 1965 to 1973.

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Japanese baseball legend Nagashima dies at 89

Japanese pro baseball's all-time home run king and chairman of the SoftBank Hawks Sadaharu Oh makes a condolence visit to the late Shigeo Nagashima's home at an unidentified location on June 3, 2025, after the Japanese baseball legend, a former Yomiuri Giants third baseman and manager, died aged 89 earlier in the day. Nagashima and Oh led the Giants to nine consecutive Central League and Japan Series titles from 1965 to 1973.

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Japanese baseball legend Nagashima dies at 89

Former Yomiuri Giants and New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui meets the press at an unidentified location on June 4, 2025, after making a condolence visit to the late Shigeo Nagashima's home. The Japanese baseball legend, a former Giants third baseman and manager, died aged 89 the previous day.

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Japanese baseball legend Nagashima dies at 89

Former Yomiuri Giants and New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui meets the press at an unidentified location on June 4, 2025, after making a condolence visit to the late Shigeo Nagashima's home. The Japanese baseball legend, a former Giants third baseman and manager, died aged 89 the previous day.

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Japanese baseball legend Nagashima dies at 89

Former Yomiuri Giants and New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui meets the press at an unidentified location on June 4, 2025, after making a condolence visit to the late Shigeo Nagashima's home. The Japanese baseball legend, a former Giants third baseman and manager, died aged 89 the previous day.

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Japanese baseball legend Nagashima dies at 89

Former Yomiuri Giants and New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui meets the press at an unidentified location on June 4, 2025, after making a condolence visit to the late Shigeo Nagashima's home. The Japanese baseball legend, a former Giants third baseman and manager, died aged 89 the previous day.

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Japanese baseball legend Nagashima dies at 89

Former Yomiuri Giants and New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui meets the press at an unidentified location on June 4, 2025, after making a condolence visit to the late Shigeo Nagashima's home. The Japanese baseball legend, a former Giants third baseman and manager, died aged 89 the previous day.

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Yemen's Houthi group claims home-made hypersonic missile attack on ship in Arabian Sea

STORY: Yemen's Houthi group claims home-made hypersonic missile attack on ship in Arabian Sea SHOOTING TIME: June 26, 2024 DATELINE: June 27, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:40 LOCATION: Sanaa CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Houthi group launching a missile in an undisclosed location (source: Houthi group) STORYLINE: Yemen's Houthi group said on Wednesday they used a domestically developed hypersonic missile in an attack on a cargo ship in the Arabian Sea earlier this week. The Houthis released a video statement purporting to show the launch of the missile, dubbed "Hadim 2," without disclosing the exact timing of the attack. The video depicts a long, yellow rocket with Roman numerals on its fins, launched from a mobile platform in an unidentified desert location. The statement described the Hadim 2 as a solid-fuel hypersonic ballistic missile manufactured by Houthi military facilities. The group said this marked the first public revelation of the missile, used to target the Israeli-related c

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Flames, smoke continue to emerge from massive landfill in Delhi

STORY: Flames, smoke continue to emerge from massive landfill in Delhi SHOOTING TIME: April 22, 2024 DATELINE: April 23, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:12 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of India gate 2. various of burning mounds of garbage 3. various of firefighting operations 4. various of traffic flow STORYLINE: Flames and columns of thick smoke continued to emerge from a massive landfill in the Indian capital city of New Delhi on Monday, officials said. Firefighting operations were underway and firefighters were splashing water on the burning mounds of garbage. The fire has continued at the colossal landfill site since it broke out on Sunday evening. Meanwhile, toxic fumes emanating from the landfill have left residents in the neighborhood to gasp for breath. While the cause of the fire remained undetermined, authorities have initiated legal proceedings against unidentified individuals in relation to the incident. According to the Delhi Fire Services department, the landfill caug

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S. Korea's opposition party chief taken to hospital after being attacked

STORY: S. Korea's opposition party chief taken to hospital after being attacked SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 2, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 2, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:31 LOCATION: Seoul CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of S. Korea's opposition party chief being attacked STORYLINE: Lee Jae-myung, chief of South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party, was taken to a hospital after being attacked by an unidentified person, multiple local media reported Tuesday. During his visit to the country's southeastern port city of Busan, Lee was stabbed in his left neck by an unidentified man. The suspect carrying an unidentified weapon on his hand was arrested at the scene. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Seoul. (XHTV)

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Israeli missile attack near Damascus wounds 2 Syrian soldiers: army

STORY: Israeli missile attack near Damascus wounds 2 Syrian soldiers: army SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 17, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 18, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:27 LOCATION: Damascus CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. Syrian air defense targeting the Israeli missiles over Damascus STORYLINE: Two soldiers were wounded by a renewed Israeli missile attack on military sites in the Syrian capital Damascus on Sunday night, according to the Syrian army. The attack was launched from the direction of the occupied Syrian Golan Heights, targeting some military sites in the countryside of Damascus, said a statement by the Syrian army, adding that the Syrian air defenses had intercepted the missiles, downing several of them. Meanwhile, the war monitor Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that two unidentified individuals were killed as a result of the Israeli airstrikes on military sites near the residential area of Msaakin al-Dimas and in Qudsaya suburb, northwest of Damascus. Additionally, Israeli missiles also targeted milit

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Chinese consulate in San Francisco slams car crash attack on visa office

STORY: Chinese consulate in San Francisco slams car crash attack on visa office DATELINE: Oct. 11, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:28 LOCATION: San Francisco, U.S. CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. Various of police investigating at the Chinese consulate in San Francisco STORYLINE: The Chinese consulate in San Francisco denounced a car crash attack on its visa office in a statement on Monday. "On the afternoon of Oct. 9, 2023, local time, an unidentified person drove a vehicle and violently crashed into the visa office of our consulate, posing a serious threat to the safety of staff and people on site, causing serious damage to our consulate's facilities and property," said the statement. The consulate said it severely condemns the violent attack and reserves the right to pursue responsibilities related to the incident, adding that it has made solemn representations to the United States, demanding that the truth be quickly ascertained and dealt with seriously by the law. "We also urge the United States to take all nece

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Over 1,000 victims remain unidentified 22 years after 9/11 attacks

STORY: Over 1,000 victims remain unidentified 22 years after 9/11 attacks DATELINE: Sept. 12, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:27 LOCATION: NEW YORK, the United States CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in Lower Manhattan STORYLINE: Over 1,000 victims remain unidentified 22 years after the 9/11 attacks in the United States that killed 2,977 people. A commemoration ceremony was held on Monday at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in Lower Manhattan, New York, where those died in Sept. 11, 2001 attacks were honored. Days ahead of the anniversary, the identification of two victims from the deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil was announced in a press release by the mayor's office. The two new identifications - a man and a woman whose names are withheld at the request of their families - represented the 1,648th and 1,649th persons identified. They were the first new identifications of World Trade Center victims since September 2021. However, 1,104 victims - 40

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Death toll of clashes in Libya's Tripoli rises to 55

STORY: Death toll of clashes in Libya's Tripoli rises to 55 DATELINE: Aug. 17, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:04 LOCATION: Tripoli CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the security forces 2. various of the Ain Zara area after the clashes STORYLINE: Local media reported that 55 people have been killed and 126 injured in the clashes that erupted in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Monday. The reports said that the victims include civilians and security personnel, while several bodies remain unidentified. Violent clashes erupted in parts of Tripoli later on Monday between the 444 Brigade and the Special Deterrence Force following the latter's reported arrest of a powerful 444 Brigade commander. The Interior Ministry announced on Tuesday that the clashes stopped when the warring factions agreed to a cease-fire "with the efforts of the Prime Minister and elders of Tripoli." During a meeting on Wednesday with many elders of Tripoli, Abdul-Hamed Dbeibah, the Libyan prime minister, rejected the "return of f

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Teenager discovers new species in south China's Guangxi

STORY: Teenager discovers new species in south China's Guangxi DATELINE: July 18, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:15 LOCATION: NANNING, China CATEGORY: SCIENCE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the pictures depicting the research STORYLINE: A teenager in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region has found a new species of freshwater crab. The finding was recently published in the scientific journal ZooKeys. 17-year-old Zhang Yixuan, a nature and biology enthusiast, found several crabs exhibiting unique characteristics when exploring a stream in Rongxian County last year. Upon careful observation and extensive literature review, Zhang suspected that he found a previously unidentified crab species due to distinct differences in their morphology. Zhang then contacted Zou Jiexin, an expert from Nanchang University, who, after conducting an investigation into the crab's habitat, origin, and genetic information, confirmed it as a new species: Sinolapotamon cirratum sp.nov. The finding expanded the Sinolapotamon genus from 3

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Lebanon condemns Israeli attack on its territory

STORY: Lebanon condemns Israeli attack on its territory DATELINE: July 7, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:28 LOCATION: Beirut CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the UNIFIL headquarters in Naqoura 2. various of a shepherd herding his sheep 3. various of Al-Abbasiya sign 4. various of UN vehicles patrolling the area 5. various of Israeli bombing of occupied Lebanese lands 6. various of smoke coming out of bombing 7. various of al Wazzani area 8. various of the technical fence 9. various of people watching the bombing 10. various of a shepherd herding his sheep STORYLINE: The Lebanese Foreign Ministry condemned on Thursday the Israeli attack on villages in southern Lebanon. More than 15 rockets have been fired toward the border villages of Kfarchouba and Mazraat Halta by Israeli forces on Thursday morning, to retaliate against the firing of two rockets from southern Lebanon by unidentified individuals, according to the Lebanese state-run National News Agency. The exchange of fire happened after Israel seized the

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Türkiye hikes passage fee through its straits

STORY: Türkiye hikes passage fee through its straits DATELINE: June 7, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:14 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of cargo ships passing through the Dardanelles 2. various of Bosphorus in Türkiye 3. various of cargo ships passing through the Bosphorus in Türkiye 4. various of cargo ships in the Marmara Sea, Türkiye STORYLINE: Türkiye will introduce a new tariff for passage through its strategic straits which connect the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, local media reported Tuesday. The vessel passage fee through Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits will be raised by 8.3 percent in dollar terms, daily HaberTurk reported. The new toll will become effective on July 1. The increase is expected to bring an additional 900 million U.S. dollars to the Treasury, the newspaper said, citing unidentified sources. The new tariff will be applied to the passage of multi-purpose commercial ships, including those involved in grain trade from the Black Sea ports, the daily noted

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Unidentified bodies shifted to mortuaries after India's devastating train mishap

STORY: Unidentified bodies shifted to mortuaries after India's devastating train mishap DATELINE: June 4, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:44 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the incident place 2. various of dead bodies in mortuary 3. various of people looking for their relatives STORYLINE: As many as 160 unidentified dead bodies of the people who had died in Friday's devastating train accident in eastern India have been shifted to mortuaries in Bhubaneswar, the capital city of Odisha state, a local senior cop confirmed to Xinhua on Sunday. Efforts will be made to preserve them at the mortuaries and facilitate smooth identification by family members of the deceased, Bhubaneswar Deputy Commissioner of Police Prateek Singh said over phone. A large number of ambulances carrying the bodies were seen arriving at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Bhubaneswar. "100 bodies will be kept at AIIMS Bhubaneswar, and the rest at other hospitals. The identification process is exp

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1 killed, 4 injured in shooting in U.S. city New Orleans

STORY: 1 killed, 4 injured in shooting in U.S. city New Orleans DATELINE: Feb. 21, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:29 LOCATION: NEW ORLEANS, U.S. CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the shooting site STORYLINE: A person was killed and four others injured in a shooting on Sunday night at the Krewe of the Bacchus Parade in New Orleans, the largest city in the southern U.S. state Louisiana, local authorities said. A man died from his injuries at the hospital. The other victims, a girl, a woman and two men, were in stable condition, according to the New Orleans Police Department. An unidentified suspect was arrested "just moments after shots were fired," police said, adding that two weapons were also recovered from the scene. An investigation is underway. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from New Orleans, U.S. (XHTV)

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N. Korea releases Australian missionary

BEIJING, China - Undated photo, location of which is also unidentified, shows John Short, a 75-year-old Australian Christian missionary, holding papers bearing his apology. On March 3, 2014, North Korea released Short who was arrested in the previous month for committing a "criminal act" by distributing religious material.

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Murdered Rushdie translator+

TOKYO, Japan, Aug. 16 Kyodo - Photo taken on July 30, 1990, at an unidentified location shows Hitoshi Igarashi, an assistant professor at Japan's state-run Tsukuba University. The Japanese translator of Salman Rushdie's controversial novel "The Satanic Verses," Igarashi was stabbed to death at the university campus in Tsukuba near Tokyo by an unidentified person on July 11, 1991. The statute of limitations in the case expired on July 11, 2006.

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Murdered Rushdie translator+

TOKYO, Japan, Aug. 16 Kyodo - Photo taken on May 22, 1986, at an unidentified location shows Hitoshi Igarashi, an assistant professor at Japan's state-run Tsukuba University. The Japanese translator of Salman Rushdie's controversial novel "The Satanic Verses," Igarashi was stabbed to death at the university campus in Tsukuba near Tokyo by an unidentified person on July 11, 1991. The statute of limitations in the case expired on July 11, 2006.

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Over 110 female workers fall ill over gas leakage in south India

STORY: Over 110 female workers fall ill over gas leakage in south India DATELINE: Aug. 3, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:34 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of India gate 2. various of incident place (courtesy of ANI) 3. various of workers admitted in hospital (courtesy of ANI) STORYLINE: More than 110 female workers at an apparel factory fell ill in India's southern state of Andhra Pradesh after unidentified poisonous gas leaked inside the factory premises, a local official said on Wednesday. The gas leakage happened in the Anakapalli district of Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday evening. All the women have been hospitalized and responding well to the medical treatment. "Nearly 112 women were admitted to local hospitals last evening and are fine now. Those affected complained of nausea, headache, cough and suffocation. Some of them are pregnant and they fainted at the factory," a district public relations official said over phone. "The source of the gas leak is not known yet," said the of

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Former Japanese PM Abe dies after being fatally shot

STORY: Former Japanese PM Abe dies after being fatally shot DATELINE: July 8, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:32 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various pics of Shinzo Abe STORYLINE: Media reports said former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe has died after being fatally shot on Friday when he was delivering a speech in the city of Nara. Local police said Abe fell to the ground and was seen bleeding after he was shot from behind by an unidentified man with a gun. The incident happened as Abe, the former leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), was in Nara to support an LDP candidate running in the House of Councilors election on Sunday. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Tokyo. (XHTV)

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Suspected Boko Haram militants attack Nigerian prison, freeing hundreds of inmates

STORY: Suspected Boko Haram militants attack Nigerian prison, freeing hundreds of inmates DATELINE: July 8, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:17 LOCATION: Abuja CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of prison premises attacked by gunmen 2. various of damages and destruction done to the facility 3. various of the arrival of President Muhammadu Buhari to the attacked prison 4. various of President Buhari being led through the rubble of the facility STORYLINE: A total of 443 inmates were on the run while four others died during an attack Tuesday by unidentified gunmen on a prison in Abuja, the capital of Nigeria, the country's authority of prisons said Wednesday. Sixteen inmates and three prison guards were injured when the attackers stormed the custodial center in the Kuje area, southwest of Abuja, Tuesday night, said Abubakar Umar, the national spokesman for the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), in a statement. Umar said the gunmen broke into the medium-security custodial center, using explosives devices thro

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Ex-Japan PM Abe shot by person with shotgun

Photo taken in Nara, western Japan, on July 8, 2022, shows an area near the location where former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot from behind earlier in the day by an unidentified man wielding a shotgun. Abe was giving a stump speech for the weekend's House of Councillors election at the time of the attack.

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Ex-Japan PM Abe shot by person with shotgun

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter in Nara, western Japan, on July 8, 2022, shows an area near the location where former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot from behind earlier in the day by an unidentified man wielding a shotgun. Abe was giving a stump speech for the weekend's House of Councillors election at the time of the attack.

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Scores killed in church attack in SW Nigeria: sources

STORY: Scores killed in church attack in SW Nigeria: sources DATELINE: June 7, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:36 LOCATION: ONDO, Nigeria CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of catholic church premises after the attack in Owo, southwest Nigeria 2. various of bloody remains on the grounds of the church 3. various of priests leading the press through the church STORYLINE: Unidentified gunmen have killed scores of worshippers following an attack on a church in Nigeria's southwestern state of Ondo on Sunday, according to various sources. The attack took place in Owo, a town in Ondo state, as many worshippers gathered at the church during the morning mass on Sunday, multiple sources said. A government official who spoke on the condition of anonymity told Xinhua by telephone that the gunmen first detonated explosives near the church altar before firing at the worshippers and killing scores of them on the spot. The official said it is difficult to put a number to the casualties, as security operatives rushed to the scen

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Taliban Fighters - Afghanistan

Photo dated July 5, 2021 of Armed Taliban fighters ride their motorcycles at an unidentified location in Afghanistan. Photo by SalamPix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Drug officers raid cabaret

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 13 Kyodo - Photo taken at an unidentified location in Japan on March 4, 1949, shows Japanese government narcotics officers checking the arm of a cabaret hostess to see if she has any needle marks to indicate drug use after raiding the cabaret.

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THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH

THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH [US 1956] Director ALFRED HITCHCOCK, Technical Advisor CONSTANCE WILLIS [below Hitchcock] and unidentified camera crew Date: 1956

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THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH

THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH [US 1956] [L-R] JAMES STEWART [background extreme left] Director ALFRED HITCHCOCK, Technical Advisor / Script Supervisor CONSTANCE WILLIS [centre], and unidentified camera crew Date: 1956

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BEFORE THE RAIN

BEFORE THE RAIN [MACEDONIA / FR / BR 1993] [L-R] [unidentified], Director MILCHO MANCHEVSKI, Continuity Girl RENEE GLYNNE, [unidentified] Date: 1993

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AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS

AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS [US / IT / W GER / YUG 1989] Continuty Girl RENEE GLYNNE [centre] with unidentified film crew Date: 1989

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THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING

THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING [unidentified crew member], Cinematographer OSWALD MORRIS and director JOHN HUSTON on location

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People listen to Emperor Hirohito's WWII-ending radio message

People weep on Aug. 15, 1945, as they listen to Emperor Hirohito's radio message announcing Japan's surrender to the Allied Powers to end World War II in this file photo taken at an unidentified location. The Imperial Household Agency said on July 9, 2015, that it will release the rare voice recording of the wartime emperor on Aug. 1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo