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UK: Hundreds Rally as Kneecap Rapper Mo Chara Faces London Court Over Flag Charge

Hundreds of supporters gathered outside Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London on Wednesday, August 20, as Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, known as Mo Chara from the Irish rap group Kneecap, appeared on charges of displaying a Hezbollah flag at a 2024 gig.

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Flow Festival 2025 - Kneecap

Irish rap group Kneecap of Mo Chara, Moglai Bap ja DJ Provai performed at the Flow Festival 2025 in Helsinki, Finland on 9th August, 2025. LEHTIKUVA / RONI REKOMAA - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Roni Rekomaa/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Flow Festival 2025 - Kneecap

Spectators wait for the Irish rap group Kneecap of Mo Chara, Moglai Bap ja DJ Provai at the Flow Festival 2025 in Helsinki, Finland on 9th August, 2025. LEHTIKUVA / RONI REKOMAA - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Roni Rekomaa/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Flow Festival 2025 - Kneecap

Irish rap group Kneecap of Mo Chara, Moglai Bap ja DJ Provai performed at the Flow Festival 2025 in Helsinki, Finland on 9th August, 2025. LEHTIKUVA / RONI REKOMAA - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Roni Rekomaa/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Flow Festival 2025 - Kneecap

Irish rap group Kneecap of Mo Chara, Moglai Bap ja DJ Provai performed at the Flow Festival 2025 in Helsinki, Finland on 9th August, 2025. LEHTIKUVA / RONI REKOMAA - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Roni Rekomaa/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Flow Festival 2025 - Kneecap

Irish rap group Kneecap of Mo Chara, Moglai Bap ja DJ Provai performs at the Flow Festival 2025 in Helsinki, Finland on 9th August, 2025. LEHTIKUVA / RONI REKOMAA - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Roni Rekomaa/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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UK: Hundreds Rally as Mo Chara Appears in Court Over Hezbollah Flag Incident

Hundreds of supporters gathered outside Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London on Thursday, June 18, as Mo Chara, a member of the rap group Kneecap, appeared on a charge related to the alleged display of a Hezbollah flag during a concert in November last year.

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(SP)CANADA-VANCOUVER-FOOTBALL-MLS-VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC VS PORTLAND TIMBERS

(230409) -- VANCOUVER, April 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Vancouver Whitecaps FC's Ryan Gauld (L) vies with Portland Timbers' Diego Chara during the 2023 Major League Soccer (MLS) regular season match in Vancouver, Canada, April 8, 2023. (Photo by Andrew Soong/Xinhua)

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National mascot contest held in central Japan

TOKONAME, Japan - An opening ceremony is held for an annual national popularity contest for "yuru-chara" mascots on Nov. 1, 2014, at Chubu Centrair International Airport in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan. "Yuru-chara" translates as "loose or soft characters."

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Peking Opera artist finds new stage online amid COVID-19

STORY: Peking Opera artist finds new stage online amid COVID-19 DATELINE: May 18, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:21 LOCATION: DALIAN, China CATEGORY: CULTURE/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Ren doing performing online 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): REN SIYUAN, Actress, Dalian Peking Opera Theater STORYLINE: Although the COVID-19 pandemic has brought a sudden stop to theaters' activities, a Peking Opera artist from northeast China's Dalian City has found her new stage online. In early 2020, affected by the outbreak of COVID-19, Dalian stopped live performances to avoid social gatherings. Encouraged by her enthusiastic fans, Ren Siyuan started to try performing online. Every night at 8:30, she begins livestreaming performance on Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok. Traditional Chinese operas generally have four types of roles, namely "Sheng," "Dan," "Jing" and "Chou." Unlike most Peking Opera actress, Ren plays the "Jing" roles, also known as the painted-face male roles. This type of role entails rough or mighty male chara

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Man About Dog (2004)

Allen Leech Characters: Mo Chara (as Alan Leech) Film: Man About Dog (2004) Director: Paddy Breathnach 01 October 2004 Date: 01 October 2004

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Man About Dog (2004)

Tom Murphy, Allen Leech & Ciaran Nolan Characters: Cerebral Paulsy (as Tom Jordan Murphy),Mo Chara (as Alan Leech) & Scud Murphy Film: Man About Dog (2004) Director: Paddy Breathnach 01 October 2004 Date: 01 October 2004

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Mascot gathering in Gifu, Japan

About 40 mascots from around Japan gather on a shopping street in Gifu on Dec. 19, 2015. Among the mascots, known as "yuru-chara," literally meaning "loose characters," are 2015 yuru-chara Grand Prix winner "Ieyasu-kun" and "Gunma-chan." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mascot characters from Japan, abroad gather for festival in Saitama Pref.

Hikonyan (C), a mascot character of the western Japanese city of Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, is among some 400 "yuru-chara" (loose character) mascots from Japan and abroad gathered in Hanyu, Saitama Prefecture, north of Tokyo, for the sixth World Character Summit on Nov. 21, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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National mascot contest held in central Japan

TOKONAME, Japan - An opening ceremony is held for an annual national popularity contest for "yuru-chara" mascots on Nov. 1, 2014, at Chubu Centrair International Airport in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan. "Yuru-chara" translates as "loose or soft characters." (Kyodo)

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Annual mascot contest in Japan

Photo taken at the Nagano prefectural government office on March 29, 2019, shows Arukuma (2nd from R), a mascot character of the central Japan prefecture, promoting the annual national "yuru-chara" mascot contest ahead of the event in Nagano in November. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mascot contest in Japan

Kapal (C), a mascot representing the city of Shiki, in Saitama Prefecture near Tokyo, wins the grand prix at an annual national "yuru-chara" mascot character contest in Higashiosaka, western Japan, on Nov. 18, 2018. Runner-up Jabow (R) from the city of Omuta, Fukuoka Prefecture, and third-place Konyudo-kun from the city of Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, are also on stage. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mascot contest in Japan

Kapal, a mascot representing the city of Shiki, in Saitama Prefecture near Tokyo, wins the grand prix at an annual national "yuru-chara" mascot character contest in Higashiosaka, western Japan, on Nov. 18, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mascot contest in Japan

Konyudo-kun, a mascot representing the city of Yokkaichi, central Japan, finishes third at an annual national "yuru-chara" mascot character contest in Higashiosaka, western Japan, on Nov. 18, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo