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Main Opposition Calls For Elections During Extraordinary Congress - Turkey

This handout photograph taken and released by the Republican People's Party (CHP) press office on April 6, 2025, shows an empty seat, reserved for arrested Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu during the 21st Extraordinary Congress of CHP, convened under the theme “The Will is the Nation”, held in Ankara, Turkey on April 6, 2025. Ozgur Ozel, leader of the Republican People's Party (CHP) called an extraordinary congress, the move comes amid concerns that the party leadership could be removed through legal action after the arrest of the Mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem Imamoglu. The Mayor of Istanbul Ekrem Imamoglu, a member of opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) and the main challenger in the next presidential election, was jailed on corruption charges, sparking the country's largest wave of demonstrations since the 2013 Gezi Park protests. Ozel called for early elections by November. Handout photo by Alp Eren Kaya/CHP press office via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Main Opposition Calls For Elections During Extraordinary Congress - Turkey

The 21st Extraordinary Congress of CHP, convened under the theme “The Will is the Nation”, is been held in Ankara, Turkey on April 6, 2025. Ozgur Ozel, called an extraordinary congress, the move comes amid concerns that the party leadership could be removed through legal action after the arrest of the Mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem Imamoglu. The Mayor of Istanbul Ekrem Imamoglu, a member of opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) and the main challenger in the next presidential election, was jailed on corruption charges, sparking the country's largest wave of demonstrations since the 2013 Gezi Park protests. Ozel called for early elections by November. Photo by Ugur Yildirim/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Main Opposition Calls For Elections During Extraordinary Congress - Turkey

Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Ozgur Ozel calls for elections by November during the 21st Extraordinary Congress of CHP, convened under the theme “The Will is the Nation”, held in Ankara, Turkey on April 6, 2025. Ozgur Ozel, called an extraordinary congress, the move comes amid concerns that the party leadership could be removed through legal action after the arrest of the Mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem Imamoglu. The Mayor of Istanbul Ekrem Imamoglu, a member of opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) and the main challenger in the next presidential election, was jailed on corruption charges, sparking the country's largest wave of demonstrations since the 2013 Gezi Park protests. Ozel called for early elections by November. Photo by Ugur Yildirim/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Main Opposition Calls For Elections During Extraordinary Congress - Turkey

The 21st Extraordinary Congress of CHP, convened under the theme “The Will is the Nation”, is been held in Ankara, Turkey on April 6, 2025. Ozgur Ozel, called an extraordinary congress, the move comes amid concerns that the party leadership could be removed through legal action after the arrest of the Mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem Imamoglu. The Mayor of Istanbul Ekrem Imamoglu, a member of opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) and the main challenger in the next presidential election, was jailed on corruption charges, sparking the country's largest wave of demonstrations since the 2013 Gezi Park protests. Ozel called for early elections by November. Photo by Ugur Yildirim/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Main Opposition Calls For Elections During Extraordinary Congress - Turkey

CHP's former leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu (L) during the 21st Extraordinary Congress of CHP, convened under the theme “The Will is the Nation”, held in Ankara, Turkey on April 6, 2025. Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Ozgur Ozel, called an extraordinary congress, the move comes amid concerns that the party leadership could be removed through legal action after the arrest of the Mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem Imamoglu. The Mayor of Istanbul Ekrem Imamoglu, a member of opposition CHP and the main challenger in the next presidential election, was jailed on corruption charges, sparking the country's largest wave of demonstrations since the 2013 Gezi Park protests. Ozel called for early elections by November. Photo by Ugur Yildirim/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Main Opposition Calls For Elections During Extraordinary Congress - Turkey

Ozgur Ozel (R), leader of Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) with CHP's former leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu (L) during the 21st Extraordinary Congress of CHP, convened under the theme “The Will is the Nation”, held in Ankara, Turkey on April 6, 2025. Ozgur Ozel, called an extraordinary congress, the move comes amid concerns that the party leadership could be removed through legal action after the arrest of the Mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem Imamoglu. The Mayor of Istanbul Ekrem Imamoglu, a member of opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) and the main challenger in the next presidential election, was jailed on corruption charges, sparking the country's largest wave of demonstrations since the 2013 Gezi Park protests. Ozel called for early elections by November. Photo by Ugur Yildirim/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Main Opposition Calls For Elections During Extraordinary Congress - Turkey

An empty seat, reserved for arrested Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu during the 21st Extraordinary Congress of CHP, convened under the theme “The Will is the Nation”, held in Ankara, Turkey on April 6, 2025. Ozgur Ozel, leader of the Republican People's Party (CHP) called an extraordinary congress, the move comes amid concerns that the party leadership could be removed through legal action after the arrest of the Mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem Imamoglu. The Mayor of Istanbul Ekrem Imamoglu, a member of opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) and the main challenger in the next presidential election, was jailed on corruption charges, sparking the country's largest wave of demonstrations since the 2013 Gezi Park protests. Ozel called for early elections by November. Photo by Ugur Yildirim/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Main Opposition Calls For Elections During Extraordinary Congress - Turkey

The 21st Extraordinary Congress of CHP, convened under the theme “The Will is the Nation”, is been held in Ankara, Turkey on April 6, 2025. Ozgur Ozel, called an extraordinary congress, the move comes amid concerns that the party leadership could be removed through legal action after the arrest of the Mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem Imamoglu. The Mayor of Istanbul Ekrem Imamoglu, a member of opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) and the main challenger in the next presidential election, was jailed on corruption charges, sparking the country's largest wave of demonstrations since the 2013 Gezi Park protests. Ozel called for early elections by November. Photo by Ugur Yildirim/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Main Opposition Calls For Elections During Extraordinary Congress - Turkey

The 21st Extraordinary Congress of CHP, convened under the theme “The Will is the Nation”, is been held in Ankara, Turkey on April 6, 2025. Ozgur Ozel, called an extraordinary congress, the move comes amid concerns that the party leadership could be removed through legal action after the arrest of the Mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem Imamoglu. The Mayor of Istanbul Ekrem Imamoglu, a member of opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) and the main challenger in the next presidential election, was jailed on corruption charges, sparking the country's largest wave of demonstrations since the 2013 Gezi Park protests. Ozel called for early elections by November. Photo by Ugur Yildirim/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Main Opposition Calls For Elections During Extraordinary Congress - Turkey

Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Ozgur Ozel calls for elections by November during the 21st Extraordinary Congress of CHP, convened under the theme “The Will is the Nation”, held in Ankara, Turkey on April 6, 2025. Ozgur Ozel, called an extraordinary congress, the move comes amid concerns that the party leadership could be removed through legal action after the arrest of the Mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem Imamoglu. The Mayor of Istanbul Ekrem Imamoglu, a member of opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) and the main challenger in the next presidential election, was jailed on corruption charges, sparking the country's largest wave of demonstrations since the 2013 Gezi Park protests. Ozel called for early elections by November. Photo by Ugur Yildirim/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Main Opposition Calls For Elections During Extraordinary Congress - Turkey

Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Ozgur Ozel calls for elections by November during the 21st Extraordinary Congress of CHP, convened under the theme “The Will is the Nation”, held in Ankara, Turkey on April 6, 2025. Ozgur Ozel, called an extraordinary congress, the move comes amid concerns that the party leadership could be removed through legal action after the arrest of the Mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem Imamoglu. The Mayor of Istanbul Ekrem Imamoglu, a member of opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) and the main challenger in the next presidential election, was jailed on corruption charges, sparking the country's largest wave of demonstrations since the 2013 Gezi Park protests. Ozel called for early elections by November. Photo by Ugur Yildirim/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Main Opposition Calls For Elections During Extraordinary Congress - Turkey

Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Ozgur Ozel calls for elections by November during the 21st Extraordinary Congress of CHP, convened under the theme “The Will is the Nation”, held in Ankara, Turkey on April 6, 2025. Ozgur Ozel, called an extraordinary congress, the move comes amid concerns that the party leadership could be removed through legal action after the arrest of the Mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem Imamoglu. The Mayor of Istanbul Ekrem Imamoglu, a member of opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) and the main challenger in the next presidential election, was jailed on corruption charges, sparking the country's largest wave of demonstrations since the 2013 Gezi Park protests. Ozel called for early elections by November. Photo by Ugur Yildirim/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Main Opposition Calls For Elections During Extraordinary Congress - Turkey

The 21st Extraordinary Congress of CHP, convened under the theme “The Will is the Nation”, is been held in Ankara, Turkey on April 6, 2025. Ozgur Ozel, called an extraordinary congress, the move comes amid concerns that the party leadership could be removed through legal action after the arrest of the Mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem Imamoglu. The Mayor of Istanbul Ekrem Imamoglu, a member of opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) and the main challenger in the next presidential election, was jailed on corruption charges, sparking the country's largest wave of demonstrations since the 2013 Gezi Park protests. Ozel called for early elections by November. Photo by Ugur Yildirim/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Main Opposition Calls For Elections During Extraordinary Congress - Turkey

Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Ozgur Ozel calls for elections by November during the 21st Extraordinary Congress of CHP, convened under the theme “The Will is the Nation”, held in Ankara, Turkey on April 6, 2025. Ozgur Ozel, called an extraordinary congress, the move comes amid concerns that the party leadership could be removed through legal action after the arrest of the Mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem Imamoglu. The Mayor of Istanbul Ekrem Imamoglu, a member of opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) and the main challenger in the next presidential election, was jailed on corruption charges, sparking the country's largest wave of demonstrations since the 2013 Gezi Park protests. Ozel called for early elections by November. Photo by Ugur Yildirim/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Main Opposition Calls For Elections During Extraordinary Congress - Turkey

Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Ozgur Ozel calls for elections by November during the 21st Extraordinary Congress of CHP, convened under the theme “The Will is the Nation”, held in Ankara, Turkey on April 6, 2025. Ozgur Ozel, called an extraordinary congress, the move comes amid concerns that the party leadership could be removed through legal action after the arrest of the Mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem Imamoglu. The Mayor of Istanbul Ekrem Imamoglu, a member of opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) and the main challenger in the next presidential election, was jailed on corruption charges, sparking the country's largest wave of demonstrations since the 2013 Gezi Park protests. Ozel called for early elections by November. Photo by Ugur Yildirim/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Main Opposition Calls For Elections During Extraordinary Congress - Turkey

Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Ozgur Ozel calls for elections by November during the 21st Extraordinary Congress of CHP, convened under the theme “The Will is the Nation”, held in Ankara, Turkey on April 6, 2025. Ozgur Ozel, called an extraordinary congress, the move comes amid concerns that the party leadership could be removed through legal action after the arrest of the Mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem Imamoglu. The Mayor of Istanbul Ekrem Imamoglu, a member of opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) and the main challenger in the next presidential election, was jailed on corruption charges, sparking the country's largest wave of demonstrations since the 2013 Gezi Park protests. Ozel called for early elections by November. Photo by Ugur Yildirim/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Main Opposition Calls For Elections During Extraordinary Congress - Turkey

Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Ozgur Ozel calls for elections by November during the 21st Extraordinary Congress of CHP, convened under the theme “The Will is the Nation”, held in Ankara, Turkey on April 6, 2025. Ozgur Ozel, called an extraordinary congress, the move comes amid concerns that the party leadership could be removed through legal action after the arrest of the Mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem Imamoglu. The Mayor of Istanbul Ekrem Imamoglu, a member of opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) and the main challenger in the next presidential election, was jailed on corruption charges, sparking the country's largest wave of demonstrations since the 2013 Gezi Park protests. Ozel called for early elections by November. Photo by Ugur Yildirim/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Main Opposition Calls For Elections During Extraordinary Congress - Turkey

Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Ozgur Ozel calls for elections by November during the 21st Extraordinary Congress of CHP, convened under the theme “The Will is the Nation”, held in Ankara, Turkey on April 6, 2025. Ozgur Ozel, called an extraordinary congress, the move comes amid concerns that the party leadership could be removed through legal action after the arrest of the Mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem Imamoglu. The Mayor of Istanbul Ekrem Imamoglu, a member of opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) and the main challenger in the next presidential election, was jailed on corruption charges, sparking the country's largest wave of demonstrations since the 2013 Gezi Park protests. Ozel called for early elections by November. Photo by Ugur Yildirim/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Main Opposition Calls For Elections During Extraordinary Congress - Turkey

Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Ozgur Ozel calls for elections by November during the 21st Extraordinary Congress of CHP, convened under the theme “The Will is the Nation”, held in Ankara, Turkey on April 6, 2025. Ozgur Ozel, called an extraordinary congress, the move comes amid concerns that the party leadership could be removed through legal action after the arrest of the Mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem Imamoglu. The Mayor of Istanbul Ekrem Imamoglu, a member of opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) and the main challenger in the next presidential election, was jailed on corruption charges, sparking the country's largest wave of demonstrations since the 2013 Gezi Park protests. Ozel called for early elections by November. Photo by Ugur Yildirim/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Main Opposition Calls For Elections During Extraordinary Congress - Turkey

Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Ozgur Ozel calls for elections by November during the 21st Extraordinary Congress of CHP, convened under the theme “The Will is the Nation”, held in Ankara, Turkey on April 6, 2025. Ozgur Ozel, called an extraordinary congress, the move comes amid concerns that the party leadership could be removed through legal action after the arrest of the Mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem Imamoglu. The Mayor of Istanbul Ekrem Imamoglu, a member of opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) and the main challenger in the next presidential election, was jailed on corruption charges, sparking the country's largest wave of demonstrations since the 2013 Gezi Park protests. Ozel called for early elections by November. Photo by Ugur Yildirim/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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US Navy Shoots Down Its Own F/A-18 In Red Sea Fight

Handout photo dated April 18, 2013 shows an F/A-18F Super Hornet from the Black Lions of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 213 approaches the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) in the Atlantic Ocean. A U.S. Navy cruiser shot down a Navy F/A-18 fighter jet over the Red Sea early Sunday morning, U.S. Central Command said. The F/A-18 was shot by weapons from the guided-missile cruiser the USS Gettysburg after taking off from the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier on Dec. 22. Both Navy aviators were able to eject from the fighter jet and were recovered safely. One of the two sustained minor injuries, according to CENTCOM. The USS Gettysburg “mistakenly fired on” the F/A-18, CENTCOM said. The shoot down happened amid a weekend of military action against the Houthis, a militant Yemeni nationalist group that controls much of Yemen, including the capital. American and British aircraft have been bombing targets in Sana’a since Saturday. The incident is under investigation. U.S. Navy photo

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Tea industry drives rural revitalization in Metok in China's Xizang

STORY: Tea industry drives rural revitalization in Metok in China's Xizang SHOOTING TIME: May 3, 2024 DATELINE: May 4, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:10 LOCATION: LHASA, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of tea plantations 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): YUAN CHUNHUA, Owner of a local store 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): YU JIACHUN, Local official STORYLINE: Tea cultivation has helped boost rural revitalization in Geling Village in China's Xizang in recent years. Since the beginning of spring, villagers have been busy picking tea leaves in the plantations. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): YUAN CHUNHUA, Owner of a local store "Tea is hailed as the 'golden leaf' of Metok. Today it's raining. Actually, it rains regularly here. They all go to pick tea leaves and they're not afraid of hard work. They go early in the morning, and some even wear headlamps to go tea picking." Geling was once inaccessible due to its rugged terrain and dense forests. However, the opening of the Metok Highway in 2013 significantly improved con

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Protesters Throw Soup At Da Vinci Painting - Paris

File photo dated May 19, 2021 of Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa in Paris, France on May 28, 2013. Protesters have thrown soup at the glass-protected Mona Lisa painting in Paris on Sunday. The 16th Century paining by Leonardo da Vinci is one of the world's most famous artworks, and is held at the Louvre in Paris. It sits behind bulletproof glass so it is unlikely to have been damaged. A video showed two protesters demanding the right to "healthy and sustainable food", saying "our agricultural system is sick". The Mona Lisa has been behind safety glass since the early 1950s, when it was damaged by a visitor who poured acid on it. In 2019, the museum said it had installed a more transparent form of bulletproof glass to protect it. Photo by Aurore Marechal/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protesters Throw Soup At Da Vinci Painting - Paris

File photo dated May 19, 2021 of Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa in Paris, France on May 28, 2013. Protesters have thrown soup at the glass-protected Mona Lisa painting in Paris on Sunday. The 16th Century paining by Leonardo da Vinci is one of the world's most famous artworks, and is held at the Louvre in Paris. It sits behind bulletproof glass so it is unlikely to have been damaged. A video showed two protesters demanding the right to "healthy and sustainable food", saying "our agricultural system is sick". The Mona Lisa has been behind safety glass since the early 1950s, when it was damaged by a visitor who poured acid on it. In 2019, the museum said it had installed a more transparent form of bulletproof glass to protect it. Photo by Aurore Marechal/ABACAPRESS.COM

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THAILAND-CHONBURI-SAIC MOTOR-CHAROEN POKPHAND GROUP

(230909) -- CHONBURI, Sept. 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A worker works at the SAIC Motor-CP manufacturing plant in Chonburi, Thailand, Sept. 7, 2023. As early as 2013, Chinese car manufacturer SAIC teamed up with Charoen Pokphand Group to found SAIC Motor-CP, a joint venture, in its bid to develop the vast market in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries. The manufacturing plant, covering about 700,000 square meters, was completed in 2017. It is the manufacturing base of MG brand cars in Southeast Asia. (Xinhua/Wang Teng)

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THAILAND-CHONBURI-SAIC MOTOR-CHAROEN POKPHAND GROUP

(230909) -- CHONBURI, Sept. 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A worker works at the SAIC Motor-CP manufacturing plant in Chonburi, Thailand, Sept. 8, 2023. As early as 2013, Chinese car manufacturer SAIC teamed up with Charoen Pokphand Group to found SAIC Motor-CP, a joint venture, in its bid to develop the vast market in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries. The manufacturing plant, covering about 700,000 square meters, was completed in 2017. It is the manufacturing base of MG brand cars in Southeast Asia. (Xinhua/Wang Teng)

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THAILAND-CHONBURI-SAIC MOTOR-CHAROEN POKPHAND GROUP

(230909) -- CHONBURI, Sept. 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A worker works at the SAIC Motor-CP manufacturing plant in Chonburi, Thailand, Sept. 7, 2023. As early as 2013, Chinese car manufacturer SAIC teamed up with Charoen Pokphand Group to found SAIC Motor-CP, a joint venture, in its bid to develop the vast market in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries. The manufacturing plant, covering about 700,000 square meters, was completed in 2017. It is the manufacturing base of MG brand cars in Southeast Asia. (Xinhua/Wang Teng)

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THAILAND-CHONBURI-SAIC MOTOR-CHAROEN POKPHAND GROUP

(230909) -- CHONBURI, Sept. 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Workers work at the SAIC Motor-CP manufacturing plant in Chonburi, Thailand, Sept. 7, 2023. As early as 2013, Chinese car manufacturer SAIC teamed up with Charoen Pokphand Group to found SAIC Motor-CP, a joint venture, in its bid to develop the vast market in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries. The manufacturing plant, covering about 700,000 square meters, was completed in 2017. It is the manufacturing base of MG brand cars in Southeast Asia. (Xinhua/Wang Teng)

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THAILAND-CHONBURI-SAIC MOTOR-CHAROEN POKPHAND GROUP

(230909) -- CHONBURI, Sept. 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A worker works at the SAIC Motor-CP manufacturing plant in Chonburi, Thailand, Sept. 8, 2023. As early as 2013, Chinese car manufacturer SAIC teamed up with Charoen Pokphand Group to found SAIC Motor-CP, a joint venture, in its bid to develop the vast market in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries. The manufacturing plant, covering about 700,000 square meters, was completed in 2017. It is the manufacturing base of MG brand cars in Southeast Asia. (Xinhua/Wang Teng)

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Villagers harvest paddy rice in Hani terraced fields in Yunnan, SW China

STORY: Villagers harvest paddy rice in Hani terraced fields in Yunnan, SW China DATELINE: Aug. 7, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:32 LOCATION: KUNMING, China CATEGORY: AGRICULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Hani terraced fields STORYLINE: Villagers have been busy harvesting paddy rice in Hani terraced fields in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, as early-season rice has ushered in the harvest season. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) listed the Hani rice terraces as a world heritage site in 2013. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Kunming, China. (XHTV)

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U.S. Ambassador Kennedy talks with New Komeito's Yamaguchi

TOKYO, Japan - Natsuo Yamaguchi (L), leader of the New Komeito party, the junior partner in Japan's ruling coalition, and U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy shake hands at New Komeito's headquarters in Tokyo on Dec. 18, 2013, prior to their talks. Kennedy asked for Yamaguchi's cooperation in securing an early conclusion to the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade talks. (Pool photo)

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U.S. Ambassador Kennedy talks with New Komeito's Yamaguchi

TOKYO, Japan - Natsuo Yamaguchi (L), leader of the New Komeito party, the junior partner in Japan's ruling coalition, talks with U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (R) at New Komeito's headquarters in Tokyo on Dec. 18, 2013. Kennedy asked for Yamaguchi's cooperation in securing an early conclusion to the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade talks. (Pool photo)

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Geminid meteor shower

KUSHIMOTO, Japan - Photo taken in Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, shows a shooting star of the Geminid meteor shower in the early hours of Dec. 15, 2013. Jupiter is visible in the far right.

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Geminid meteor shower

KUSHIMOTO, Japan - Photo shows a shooting star of the Geminid meteor shower observed from Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, in the early hours of Dec. 15, 2013.

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Fast Retailing to enter Indonesian market

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Naoki Otoma (R), group executive vice president of Fast Retailing Co., attaches a Uniqlo logo on a world map at a press conference in Jakarta on Feb. 13, 2013. Fast Retailing said it aims to set up its first Uniqlo casual clothing store in Indonesia in May or June and open nine more at an early date with a view to expanding operations in emerging Southeast Asian markets.

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Fireworks to celebrate Lunar New Year

BEIJING, China - Photo taken in Beijing in the early hours of Feb. 10, 2013, shows fireworks set off to celebrate the Lunar New Year.

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Urban Animal Album

OSAKA, Japan - A wild boar scavenges in garbage at a collection point in a residential district in Higashinada Ward, the city of Kobe, early on Sept. 24, 2013. Wild boars come down from a nearby mountain to the district in search of food.

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N. Korea fires short-range ballistic missiles

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in July 2013 shows a Scud short-range ballistic missile in a military parade at Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square. North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles toward the Sea of Japan early on July 9, 2014, and the projectiles, which appear to be versions of the Scud missile, flew about 500 kilometers, according to South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff.

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British document on Senkakus

LONDON, United Kingdom - Photo taken on Dec. 20, 2013, shows a file at the National Archives in London containing documents from the early 1970s expressing British uncertainty over Japan's claim to the Senkaku Islands.

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Pesticide residue in frozen food products

TOKYO, Japan - Toshio Kushiro, president of Maruha Nichiro Holdings Inc., bows in apology at a press conference in Tokyo in the early hours of Dec. 31, 2013. Aqlifoods Co., Maruha's subsidiary based in Gunma Prefecture, said the same day that pesticide residue found in some of its frozen food products could sicken a child who consumed just one-eighth of a croquette, dramatically revising its previous estimate of 60 croquettes comprising a toxic dose.

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Philippines typhoon aftermath

TACLOBAN, Philippines - A Christmas mass is held at Santo Nino Church in Tacloban on Leyte, the Philippines, on Dec. 24, 2013. The roof of the church has been left broken since Typhoon Haiyan hit the area in early November.

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Philippines typhoon aftermath

TACLOBAN, Philippines - Photo shows a cargo ship still left ashore in Tacloban on Leyte, the Philippines, on Dec. 24, 2013, since Typhoon Haiyan hit the area in early November.

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Philippines typhoon aftermath

TACLOBAN, Philippines - A Christmas mass is held at Santo Nino Church in Tacloban on Leyte, the Philippines, on Dec. 24, 2013. The roof of the church has been left broken since Typhoon Haiyan hit the area in early November.

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Demonstration in Ukraine

KIEV, Ukraine - A young man and woman both clad in the national flag of Ukraine listen to a speech during an antigovernment demonstration in Kiev, Ukraine, in the early hours of Dec. 2, 2013.

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Sign language campaigner

TOTTORI, Japan - Daigo Ishibashi, secretary general of the Tottori association of organizations for deaf-mutes, gives an interview on Oct. 29, 2013 in Yonago, Tottori Prefecture, speaking using signs about his efforts to have a sign language promotion ordinance passed. The Tottori prefectural assembly passed Japan's first ordinance of its kind in early October 2013.

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Comet Ison

KUSHIMOTO, Japan - Photo taken with the use of an equatorial and exposed for 10 seconds from Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, in the early hours of Nov. 23, 2013, shows Comet Ison.

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Watching over family using robot

TOKYO, Japan - NEC Corp. shows reporters a small robot called PaPeRo petit in Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2013. NEC said it will offer a new service from as early as January 2014 that will allow family members living apart to watch over each other utilizing the robot and cloud computing technology.

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Monk follows Kukai's footsteps for 30 yrs

OSAKA, Japan - Jien Shizuka, a monk from Mt. Koya in Wakayama Prefecture, speaks about pilgrimages to China he has made for 30 years to follow the footsteps of Japanese monk Kukai, during an interview on Nov. 4, 2013. Mt. Koya is Japan's headquarters of the Shingon sect of esoteric Buddhism founded by Kukai in the early ninth century.

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M7.1 quake strikes off Fukushima

KAMAISHI, Japan - Employees of the Kamaishi city office in Iwate Prefecture collect resident evacuation information in the early hours of Oct. 26, 2013, after an earthquake registering a preliminary magnitude 7.1 struck off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture and the Japan Meteorological Agency issued an alert for tsunami of 1 meter high for Japan's northeastern Pacific coast. The agency lifted the alert about two hours later.

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Japan's wrestler-turned-lawmaker to visit N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Antonio Inoki, Japanese wrestler-turned-lawmaker. Inoki, a House of Councillors member of the opposition Japan Restoration Party, plans to visit North Korea in early November 2013 for sports exchanges, several sources close to him said Oct. 25, 2013.