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Those Who'll Count In Next Trump Administration

File photo - Former Senior Advisor for Policy Stephen Miller, appears on a panel titled “The American First Bar Association” at the 2024 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, US, on Friday, February 23, 2024. Donald Trump has promised to expel millions of immigrants without residency permits. An idea championed by Stephen Miller, 39, a political adviser on the far right. During Mr. Trump’s first term, this Republican participated in drafting the decree banning entry to nationals of Muslim-majority countries. Photo by Ron Sachs/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Those Who'll Count In Next Trump Administration

File photo - White House senior advisor for policy Stephen Miller prior to the arrival of United States President Donald J. Trump, who will present the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy to the U.S. Military Academy football team in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, on Tuesday, May 1, 2018. Donald Trump has promised to expel millions of immigrants without residency permits. An idea championed by Stephen Miller, 39, a political adviser on the far right. During Mr. Trump’s first term, this Republican participated in drafting the decree banning entry to nationals of Muslim-majority countries. Photo by Ron Sachs/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Those Who'll Count In Next Trump Administration

File photo - White House Senior Advisor Stephen Miller looks on as President Donald Trump addresses reporters in the Oval Office of the White House after receiving a briefing from law enforcement on "Keeping American Communities Safe: The Takedown of Key MS-13 Criminal Leaders"in Washington DC, USA on July 15, 2020. Donald Trump has promised to expel millions of immigrants without residency permits. An idea championed by Stephen Miller, 39, a political adviser on the far right. During Mr. Trump’s first term, this Republican participated in drafting the decree banning entry to nationals of Muslim-majority countries. Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Those Who'll Count In Next Trump Administration

File photo - Former Senior Advisor for Policy Stephen Miller, appears on a panel titled “The American First Bar Association” at the 2024 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, US, on Friday, February 23, 2024. Donald Trump has promised to expel millions of immigrants without residency permits. An idea championed by Stephen Miller, 39, a political adviser on the far right. During Mr. Trump’s first term, this Republican participated in drafting the decree banning entry to nationals of Muslim-majority countries. Photo by Ron Sachs/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Those Who'll Count In Next Trump Administration

File photo - White House senior advisor for policy Stephen Miller conducts a press briefing on the Trump Administration's support of the Reforming American Immigration for a Strong Economy (RAISE) Act in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC on Wednesday August 2, 2017. Donald Trump has promised to expel millions of immigrants without residency permits. An idea championed by Stephen Miller, 39, a political adviser on the far right. During Mr. Trump’s first term, this Republican participated in drafting the decree banning entry to nationals of Muslim-majority countries. Photo by Ron Sachs/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Those Who'll Count In Next Trump Administration

File photo - Stephen Miller, Counselor to the President, arrives for the joint press conference with United States President Donald J. Trump and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, USA on Monday, February 13, 2017. Donald Trump has promised to expel millions of immigrants without residency permits. An idea championed by Stephen Miller, 39, a political adviser on the far right. During Mr. Trump’s first term, this Republican participated in drafting the decree banning entry to nationals of Muslim-majority countries. Photo by Ron SachsCNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Those Who'll Count In Next Trump Administration

File photo - White House senior adviser Stephen Miller speaks during a television interview at the White House on Thursday, August 20, 2020 in Washington, DC, USA. Donald Trump has promised to expel millions of immigrants without residency permits. An idea championed by Stephen Miller, 39, a political adviser on the far right. During Mr. Trump’s first term, this Republican participated in drafting the decree banning entry to nationals of Muslim-majority countries. Photo by Oliver Contreras/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Those Who'll Count In Next Trump Administration

File photo - Stephen Miller, White House senior advisor for policy, arrives during a news conference in the Cross Hall of the White House in Washington, DC, USA. Donald Trump has promised to expel millions of immigrants without residency permits. An idea championed by Stephen Miller, 39, a political adviser on the far right. During Mr. Trump’s first term, this Republican participated in drafting the decree banning entry to nationals of Muslim-majority countries. Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Those Who'll Count In Next Trump Administration

File photo - White House senior adviser Stephen Miller speaks during a television interview at the White House on Thursday, August 20, 2020 in Washington, DC, USA. Donald Trump has promised to expel millions of immigrants without residency permits. An idea championed by Stephen Miller, 39, a political adviser on the far right. During Mr. Trump’s first term, this Republican participated in drafting the decree banning entry to nationals of Muslim-majority countries. Photo by Oliver Contreras/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Those Who'll Count In Next Trump Administration

File photo - Senior Advisor to the President Stephen Miller attends a Cabinet Meeting with President Donald Trump in the Cabinet Room of the White House on November 19, 2019 in Washington, DC. Donald Trump has promised to expel millions of immigrants without residency permits. An idea championed by Stephen Miller, 39, a political adviser on the far right. During Mr. Trump’s first term, this Republican participated in drafting the decree banning entry to nationals of Muslim-majority countries. Photo by Oliver Contreras/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Those Who'll Count In Next Trump Administration

File photo - Stephen Miller, White House senior advisor for policy, arrives to a county sheriff listening session with U.S. President Donald Trump, not pictured, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017. Donald Trump has promised to expel millions of immigrants without residency permits. An idea championed by Stephen Miller, 39, a political adviser on the far right. During Mr. Trump’s first term, this Republican participated in drafting the decree banning entry to nationals of Muslim-majority countries. Photo by Andrew Harrer/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Those Who'll Count In Next Trump Administration

File photo - Senior Advisor for Policy Stephen Miller participates in a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, USA, on May 14, 2019. Donald Trump has promised to expel millions of immigrants without residency permits. An idea championed by Stephen Miller, 39, a political adviser on the far right. During Mr. Trump’s first term, this Republican participated in drafting the decree banning entry to nationals of Muslim-majority countries. Photo by Chris Kleponis/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Those Who'll Count In Next Trump Administration

File photo - White House senior adviser Stephen Miller looks on as President Donald Trump addresses reporters in the Oval Office of the White House after receiving a briefing from law enforcement on "Keeping American Communities Safe: The Takedown of Key MS-13 Criminal Leaders"in Washington DC, USA on July 15, 2020. Donald Trump has promised to expel millions of immigrants without residency permits. An idea championed by Stephen Miller, 39, a political adviser on the far right. During Mr. Trump’s first term, this Republican participated in drafting the decree banning entry to nationals of Muslim-majority countries. Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Those Who'll Count In Next Trump Administration

File photo - White House adviser Stephen Miller looks on during the annual Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House April 22, 2019 in Washington, DC, USA. Donald Trump has promised to expel millions of immigrants without residency permits. An idea championed by Stephen Miller, 39, a political adviser on the far right. During Mr. Trump’s first term, this Republican participated in drafting the decree banning entry to nationals of Muslim-majority countries. Photo by Olivier Douliery/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest Army Conscription - Israel

Ultrah-Orthodox Jewish kid clash with mounted police officers during a demonstration against drafting into the Israeli army on June 27, 2024 in Bnei Brak, Israel. The country's supreme court issued a ruling on Tuesday that ended a government policy exempting ultra-Orthodox, or Haredi, men from military conscription. Mandatory military service has been a large part of Israeli life, but there has been a longstanding exception for Haredi men, who instead continue full-time Torah study. The court decision may prove to further destabilize Netanyahu's governing coalition, which includes parties supportive of the exemption Photo by Itai Ron/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest Army Conscription - Israel

Ultrah-Orthodox Jewish kid clash with mounted police officers during a demonstration against drafting into the Israeli army on June 27, 2024 in Bnei Brak, Israel. The country's supreme court issued a ruling on Tuesday that ended a government policy exempting ultra-Orthodox, or Haredi, men from military conscription. Mandatory military service has been a large part of Israeli life, but there has been a longstanding exception for Haredi men, who instead continue full-time Torah study. The court decision may prove to further destabilize Netanyahu's governing coalition, which includes parties supportive of the exemption Photo by Itai Ron/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest Army Conscription - Israel

Ultrah-Orthodox Jewish kid clash with mounted police officers during a demonstration against drafting into the Israeli army on June 27, 2024 in Bnei Brak, Israel. The country's supreme court issued a ruling on Tuesday that ended a government policy exempting ultra-Orthodox, or Haredi, men from military conscription. Mandatory military service has been a large part of Israeli life, but there has been a longstanding exception for Haredi men, who instead continue full-time Torah study. The court decision may prove to further destabilize Netanyahu's governing coalition, which includes parties supportive of the exemption Photo by Itai Ron/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest Army Conscription - Israel

Ultrah-Orthodox Jewish men clash with police officers during a demonstration against drafting into the Israeli army on June 27, 2024 in Bnei Brak, Israel. The country's supreme court issued a ruling on Tuesday that ended a government policy exempting ultra-Orthodox, or Haredi, men from military conscription. Mandatory military service has been a large part of Israeli life, but there has been a longstanding exception for Haredi men, who instead continue full-time Torah study. The court decision may prove to further destabilize Netanyahu's governing coalition, which includes parties supportive of the exemption Photo by Itai Ron/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest Army Conscription - Israel

Ultrah-Orthodox Jewish kid clash with mounted police officers during a demonstration against drafting into the Israeli army on June 27, 2024 in Bnei Brak, Israel. The country's supreme court issued a ruling on Tuesday that ended a government policy exempting ultra-Orthodox, or Haredi, men from military conscription. Mandatory military service has been a large part of Israeli life, but there has been a longstanding exception for Haredi men, who instead continue full-time Torah study. The court decision may prove to further destabilize Netanyahu's governing coalition, which includes parties supportive of the exemption Photo by Itai Ron/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest Army Conscription - Israel

Ultrah-Orthodox Jewish men clash with police officers during a demonstration against drafting into the Israeli army on June 27, 2024 in Bnei Brak, Israel. The country's supreme court issued a ruling on Tuesday that ended a government policy exempting ultra-Orthodox, or Haredi, men from military conscription. Mandatory military service has been a large part of Israeli life, but there has been a longstanding exception for Haredi men, who instead continue full-time Torah study. The court decision may prove to further destabilize Netanyahu's governing coalition, which includes parties supportive of the exemption Photo by Itai Ron/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest Army Conscription - Israel

Ultrah-Orthodox Jewish men clash with police officers during a demonstration against drafting into the Israeli army on June 27, 2024 in Bnei Brak, Israel. The country's supreme court issued a ruling on Tuesday that ended a government policy exempting ultra-Orthodox, or Haredi, men from military conscription. Mandatory military service has been a large part of Israeli life, but there has been a longstanding exception for Haredi men, who instead continue full-time Torah study. The court decision may prove to further destabilize Netanyahu's governing coalition, which includes parties supportive of the exemption Photo by Itai Ron/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest Army Conscription - Israel

Ultrah-Orthodox Jewish men clash with police officers during a demonstration against drafting into the Israeli army on June 27, 2024 in Bnei Brak, Israel. The country's supreme court issued a ruling on Tuesday that ended a government policy exempting ultra-Orthodox, or Haredi, men from military conscription. Mandatory military service has been a large part of Israeli life, but there has been a longstanding exception for Haredi men, who instead continue full-time Torah study. The court decision may prove to further destabilize Netanyahu's governing coalition, which includes parties supportive of the exemption Photo by Itai Ron/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest Army Conscription - Israel

Ultrah-Orthodox Jewish men clash with police officers during a demonstration against drafting into the Israeli army on June 27, 2024 in Bnei Brak, Israel. The country's supreme court issued a ruling on Tuesday that ended a government policy exempting ultra-Orthodox, or Haredi, men from military conscription. Mandatory military service has been a large part of Israeli life, but there has been a longstanding exception for Haredi men, who instead continue full-time Torah study. The court decision may prove to further destabilize Netanyahu's governing coalition, which includes parties supportive of the exemption Photo by Itai Ron/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest Army Conscription - Israel

Ultrah-Orthodox Jewish men clash with police officers during a demonstration against drafting into the Israeli army on June 27, 2024 in Bnei Brak, Israel. The country's supreme court issued a ruling on Tuesday that ended a government policy exempting ultra-Orthodox, or Haredi, men from military conscription. Mandatory military service has been a large part of Israeli life, but there has been a longstanding exception for Haredi men, who instead continue full-time Torah study. The court decision may prove to further destabilize Netanyahu's governing coalition, which includes parties supportive of the exemption Photo by Itai Ron/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest Army Conscription - Israel

Ultrah-Orthodox Jewish men clash with police officers during a demonstration against drafting into the Israeli army on June 27, 2024 in Bnei Brak, Israel. The country's supreme court issued a ruling on Tuesday that ended a government policy exempting ultra-Orthodox, or Haredi, men from military conscription. Mandatory military service has been a large part of Israeli life, but there has been a longstanding exception for Haredi men, who instead continue full-time Torah study. The court decision may prove to further destabilize Netanyahu's governing coalition, which includes parties supportive of the exemption Photo by Itai Ron/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest Army Conscription - Israel

Ultrah-Orthodox Jewish men clash with police officers during a demonstration against drafting into the Israeli army on June 27, 2024 in Bnei Brak, Israel. The country's supreme court issued a ruling on Tuesday that ended a government policy exempting ultra-Orthodox, or Haredi, men from military conscription. Mandatory military service has been a large part of Israeli life, but there has been a longstanding exception for Haredi men, who instead continue full-time Torah study. The court decision may prove to further destabilize Netanyahu's governing coalition, which includes parties supportive of the exemption Photo by Itai Ron/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest Army Conscription - Israel

Ultrah-Orthodox Jewish men clash with police officers during a demonstration against drafting into the Israeli army on June 27, 2024 in Bnei Brak, Israel. The country's supreme court issued a ruling on Tuesday that ended a government policy exempting ultra-Orthodox, or Haredi, men from military conscription. Mandatory military service has been a large part of Israeli life, but there has been a longstanding exception for Haredi men, who instead continue full-time Torah study. The court decision may prove to further destabilize Netanyahu's governing coalition, which includes parties supportive of the exemption Photo by Itai Ron/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest Army Conscription - Israel

Ultrah-Orthodox Jewish men clash with police officers during a demonstration against drafting into the Israeli army on June 27, 2024 in Bnei Brak, Israel. The country's supreme court issued a ruling on Tuesday that ended a government policy exempting ultra-Orthodox, or Haredi, men from military conscription. Mandatory military service has been a large part of Israeli life, but there has been a longstanding exception for Haredi men, who instead continue full-time Torah study. The court decision may prove to further destabilize Netanyahu's governing coalition, which includes parties supportive of the exemption Photo by Itai Ron/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest Army Conscription - Israel

Ultrah-Orthodox Jewish men clash with police officers during a demonstration against drafting into the Israeli army on June 27, 2024 in Bnei Brak, Israel. The country's supreme court issued a ruling on Tuesday that ended a government policy exempting ultra-Orthodox, or Haredi, men from military conscription. Mandatory military service has been a large part of Israeli life, but there has been a longstanding exception for Haredi men, who instead continue full-time Torah study. The court decision may prove to further destabilize Netanyahu's governing coalition, which includes parties supportive of the exemption Photo by Itai Ron/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest Army Conscription - Israel

Ultrah-Orthodox Jewish men clash with police officers during a demonstration against drafting into the Israeli army on June 27, 2024 in Bnei Brak, Israel. The country's supreme court issued a ruling on Tuesday that ended a government policy exempting ultra-Orthodox, or Haredi, men from military conscription. Mandatory military service has been a large part of Israeli life, but there has been a longstanding exception for Haredi men, who instead continue full-time Torah study. The court decision may prove to further destabilize Netanyahu's governing coalition, which includes parties supportive of the exemption Photo by Itai Ron/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest Army Conscription - Israel

Ultrah-Orthodox Jewish men clash with police officers during a demonstration against drafting into the Israeli army on June 27, 2024 in Bnei Brak, Israel. The country's supreme court issued a ruling on Tuesday that ended a government policy exempting ultra-Orthodox, or Haredi, men from military conscription. Mandatory military service has been a large part of Israeli life, but there has been a longstanding exception for Haredi men, who instead continue full-time Torah study. The court decision may prove to further destabilize Netanyahu's governing coalition, which includes parties supportive of the exemption Photo by Itai Ron/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest Army Conscription - Israel

Ultrah-Orthodox Jewish men clash with police officers during a demonstration against drafting into the Israeli army on June 27, 2024 in Bnei Brak, Israel. The country's supreme court issued a ruling on Tuesday that ended a government policy exempting ultra-Orthodox, or Haredi, men from military conscription. Mandatory military service has been a large part of Israeli life, but there has been a longstanding exception for Haredi men, who instead continue full-time Torah study. The court decision may prove to further destabilize Netanyahu's governing coalition, which includes parties supportive of the exemption Photo by Itai Ron/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest Army Conscription - Israel

Ultrah-Orthodox Jewish men clash with police officers during a demonstration against drafting into the Israeli army on June 27, 2024 in Bnei Brak, Israel. The country's supreme court issued a ruling on Tuesday that ended a government policy exempting ultra-Orthodox, or Haredi, men from military conscription. Mandatory military service has been a large part of Israeli life, but there has been a longstanding exception for Haredi men, who instead continue full-time Torah study. The court decision may prove to further destabilize Netanyahu's governing coalition, which includes parties supportive of the exemption Photo by Itai Ron/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest Army Conscription - Israel

Ultrah-Orthodox Jewish men clash with police officers during a demonstration against drafting into the Israeli army on June 27, 2024 in Bnei Brak, Israel. The country's supreme court issued a ruling on Tuesday that ended a government policy exempting ultra-Orthodox, or Haredi, men from military conscription. Mandatory military service has been a large part of Israeli life, but there has been a longstanding exception for Haredi men, who instead continue full-time Torah study. The court decision may prove to further destabilize Netanyahu's governing coalition, which includes parties supportive of the exemption Photo by Itai Ron/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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China supports WHO in continuing to lead pandemic agreement negotiations

STORY: China supports WHO in continuing to lead pandemic agreement negotiations SHOOTING TIME: May 28, 2024 DATELINE: May 30, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:32 LOCATION: GENEVA, Switzerland CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the WHO meeting 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): HU GUANG, Director of NDCPA's health emergency response STORYLINE: China hopes that the World Health Organization (WHO) continues to lead the talks over the pandemic agreement, an official with China's National Disease Control and Prevention Administration (NDCPA) said in Geneva, Switzerland on Tuesday. The pandemic agreement is one of the key elements of global public health governance reform in the future, said Hu Guang, who is in charge of NDCPA's health emergency response. China has been actively participating in the negotiations, playing a constructive role in drafting the agreement, Hu said in an interview with media. Hu also said China has always firmly defended multilateralism, advocated the concept of global solidarity, underscored

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Nationalist groups hit out at Korea in Osaka rally

OSAKA, Japan - Nationalist protesters, known for their hate speech, especially against Korean residents in Japan, hold a rally in Osaka in this file photo taken in September 2014. A group of local residents and lawyers is drafting an ordinance proposal to ban such hate speech in the western Japan city, home to many people of Korean descent.

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S. Korean lawmakers on Kono statement drafting verification

SEOUL, South Korea - Kim Han Gil (L) and Ahn Cheol Soo, co-leaders of South Korea's main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy, express concerns in Seoul on June 19, 2014, over the recent study by the Japanese government into the process leading to the drafting of the Kono Statement regarding the "comfort women" issue.

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Concerns remain over widespread power-saving targets

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Cabinet ministers hold a meeting on energy and the environment at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 14, 2012. In anticipation of tight electricity supply conditions in the summer of 2012 without nuclear energy, the government has taken the unusual step of drafting numerical targets for reduced power usage in extensive areas served by seven of Japan's 10 utilities.

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Chinese court upholds 11-year term for dissident

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Liu Xiaobo, a prominent Chinese human rights advocate and former professor, who was sentenced to an 11-year jail term by a Chinese court on Feb. 11, 2010. Liu, 54, was convicted of ''inciting subversion of state power'' for his involvement in drafting a political reform blueprint called Charter 08.

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Hatoyama, Fujii OK outline of tax reforms

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (R) shakes hands with Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii after being handed a report by a governmental tax panel at the premier's office in Tokyo on Dec. 22, 2009. The Cabinet approved an outline of tax reforms the same day as part of the drafting process for the fiscal 2010 budget.

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Hatoyama, Kamei chat before Cabinet meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (R) and Financial Services Minister Shizuka Kamei chat before a Cabinet meeting at the premier's office in Tokyo on Dec. 22, 2009. The Cabinet approved an outline of tax reforms the same day as part of the drafting process for the fiscal 2010 budget.

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Hatoyama speaks about budget policy

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 21, 2009, about the drafting of the fiscal 2010 budget.

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Hatoyama speaks about budget policy

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 21, 2009, about the drafting of the fiscal 2010 budget. Hatoyama's government will try to compile the budget later in the month though some of its budgetary measures run contrary to election pledges.

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Hatoyama speaks about budget policy

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 21, 2009, about the drafting of the fiscal 2010 budget.

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Hatoyama speaks about budget policy

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 21, 2009, about the drafting of the fiscal 2010 budget.

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Hatoyama speaks about budget policy

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 21, 2009, about the drafting of the fiscal 2010 budget.

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Yosano vows battle against economic crisis, mulls fresh stimulus

TOKYO, Japan - Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister Kaoru Yosano, who replaced Shoichi Nakagawa as finance and financial services minister, speaks at a news conference at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 17. Yosano pledged to fight against the current economic crisis engulfing Japan, while hinting that the government will consider drafting a fresh stimulus package.

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Myanmar's constitution-drafting National Convention resumes

NYAUNG HNA PIN, Myanmar - Myanmar's constitution-drafting National Convention, which went into recess on Jan. 31, resumed in Nyaung Hna Pin, about 60 kilometers north of Yangon on Oct. 10. Convening Commission Chairman Lt. Gen. Thein Sein (in photo) said in a speech that ''considerable'' progress has been achieved in drawing up the new constitution, of which five of the 15 chapters have so far been adopted.

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LDP finalizes draft for revising Constitution

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (standing), who heads the Liberal Democratic Party's Constitution drafting committee, addresses a committee meeting at the party headquarters in Tokyo on Oct. 28. The party finalized its draft of a new Constitution the same day.

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LDP formulates 2nd new constitution draft

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori addresses a meeting of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's constitution drafting committee at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo on Oct. 12. The panel formulated the second draft of a new constitution, adding people's right to government information and four other types of human rights to a preliminary draft released in August.