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Final Preparations Before Robert Badinter's Honor At Pantheon - Paris

Final Preparations Before Robert Badinter's Honor At Pantheon - Paris

Final preparations are underway ahead of Robert Badinter's accession to the Pantheon on Thursday, October 9, the 44th anniversary of the abolition of the death penalty, which he was instrumental in enshrining in French law as Minister of Justice. A tribute will be paid to the former minister, who died in February 2024, during a solemn ceremony presided over by Emmanuel Macron. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Final Preparations Before Robert Badinter's Honor At Pantheon - Paris

Final Preparations Before Robert Badinter's Honor At Pantheon - Paris

Final preparations are underway ahead of Robert Badinter's accession to the Pantheon on Thursday, October 9, the 44th anniversary of the abolition of the death penalty, which he was instrumental in enshrining in French law as Minister of Justice. A tribute will be paid to the former minister, who died in February 2024, during a solemn ceremony presided over by Emmanuel Macron. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Final Preparations Before Robert Badinter's Honor At Pantheon - Paris

Final Preparations Before Robert Badinter's Honor At Pantheon - Paris

Final preparations are underway ahead of Robert Badinter's accession to the Pantheon on Thursday, October 9, the 44th anniversary of the abolition of the death penalty, which he was instrumental in enshrining in French law as Minister of Justice. A tribute will be paid to the former minister, who died in February 2024, during a solemn ceremony presided over by Emmanuel Macron. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Final Preparations Before Robert Badinter's Honor At Pantheon - Paris

Final Preparations Before Robert Badinter's Honor At Pantheon - Paris

Final preparations are underway ahead of Robert Badinter's accession to the Pantheon on Thursday, October 9, the 44th anniversary of the abolition of the death penalty, which he was instrumental in enshrining in French law as Minister of Justice. A tribute will be paid to the former minister, who died in February 2024, during a solemn ceremony presided over by Emmanuel Macron. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Final Preparations Before Robert Badinter's Honor At Pantheon - Paris

Final Preparations Before Robert Badinter's Honor At Pantheon - Paris

Final preparations are underway ahead of Robert Badinter's accession to the Pantheon on Thursday, October 9, the 44th anniversary of the abolition of the death penalty, which he was instrumental in enshrining in French law as Minister of Justice. A tribute will be paid to the former minister, who died in February 2024, during a solemn ceremony presided over by Emmanuel Macron. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Final Preparations Before Robert Badinter's Honor At Pantheon - Paris

Final Preparations Before Robert Badinter's Honor At Pantheon - Paris

Final preparations are underway ahead of Robert Badinter's accession to the Pantheon on Thursday, October 9, the 44th anniversary of the abolition of the death penalty, which he was instrumental in enshrining in French law as Minister of Justice. A tribute will be paid to the former minister, who died in February 2024, during a solemn ceremony presided over by Emmanuel Macron. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Final Preparations Before Robert Badinter's Honor At Pantheon - Paris

Final Preparations Before Robert Badinter's Honor At Pantheon - Paris

Final preparations are underway ahead of Robert Badinter's accession to the Pantheon on Thursday, October 9, the 44th anniversary of the abolition of the death penalty, which he was instrumental in enshrining in French law as Minister of Justice. A tribute will be paid to the former minister, who died in February 2024, during a solemn ceremony presided over by Emmanuel Macron. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Final Preparations Before Robert Badinter's Honor At Pantheon - Paris

Final Preparations Before Robert Badinter's Honor At Pantheon - Paris

Final preparations are underway ahead of Robert Badinter's accession to the Pantheon on Thursday, October 9, the 44th anniversary of the abolition of the death penalty, which he was instrumental in enshrining in French law as Minister of Justice. A tribute will be paid to the former minister, who died in February 2024, during a solemn ceremony presided over by Emmanuel Macron. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Final Preparations Before Robert Badinter's Honor At Pantheon - Paris

Final Preparations Before Robert Badinter's Honor At Pantheon - Paris

Final preparations are underway ahead of Robert Badinter's accession to the Pantheon on Thursday, October 9, the 44th anniversary of the abolition of the death penalty, which he was instrumental in enshrining in French law as Minister of Justice. A tribute will be paid to the former minister, who died in February 2024, during a solemn ceremony presided over by Emmanuel Macron. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Final Preparations Before Robert Badinter's Honor At Pantheon - Paris

Final Preparations Before Robert Badinter's Honor At Pantheon - Paris

Final preparations are underway ahead of Robert Badinter's accession to the Pantheon on Thursday, October 9, the 44th anniversary of the abolition of the death penalty, which he was instrumental in enshrining in French law as Minister of Justice. A tribute will be paid to the former minister, who died in February 2024, during a solemn ceremony presided over by Emmanuel Macron. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Final Preparations Before Robert Badinter's Honor At Pantheon - Paris

Final Preparations Before Robert Badinter's Honor At Pantheon - Paris

Final preparations are underway ahead of Robert Badinter's accession to the Pantheon on Thursday, October 9, the 44th anniversary of the abolition of the death penalty, which he was instrumental in enshrining in French law as Minister of Justice. A tribute will be paid to the former minister, who died in February 2024, during a solemn ceremony presided over by Emmanuel Macron. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Final Preparations Before Robert Badinter's Honor At Pantheon - Paris

Final Preparations Before Robert Badinter's Honor At Pantheon - Paris

Final preparations are underway ahead of Robert Badinter's accession to the Pantheon on Thursday, October 9, the 44th anniversary of the abolition of the death penalty, which he was instrumental in enshrining in French law as Minister of Justice. A tribute will be paid to the former minister, who died in February 2024, during a solemn ceremony presided over by Emmanuel Macron. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Yasukuni shrine

Yasukuni shrine

A cross-party group of Japanese lawmakers visit Tokyo's Yasukuni shrine, seen by Asian neighbors as a symbol of the country's past militarism for enshrining war dead as well as the country's wartime leaders convicted as war criminals, on the 79th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II on Aug. 15, 2024.

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Yasukuni shrine

Yasukuni shrine

A cross-party group of Japanese lawmakers visit Tokyo's Yasukuni shrine, seen by Asian neighbors as a symbol of the country's past militarism for enshrining war dead as well as the country's wartime leaders convicted as war criminals, on the 79th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II on Aug. 15, 2024.

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Senate Votes To Enshrine Abortion Rights In Constitution - Paris

Senate Votes To Enshrine Abortion Rights In Constitution - Paris

French Senate votes a government plan to enshrine the "freedom" to have an abortion in the French Constitution, at the French Senate in Paris, France on February 28, 2024. France is one step closer to enshrining abortion rights in its constitution after French senators overwhelmingly endorsed the change on Wednesday. A total of 267 senators voted in favor of the change, with 50 voting against it. The constitutional amendment faces a final test next Monday when it needs to secure the backing of three-fifths of lawmakers at a joint congress of parliament, which will see both houses vote together. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate Votes To Enshrine Abortion Rights In Constitution - Paris

Senate Votes To Enshrine Abortion Rights In Constitution - Paris

French Senate votes a government plan to enshrine the "freedom" to have an abortion in the French Constitution, at the French Senate in Paris, France on February 28, 2024. France is one step closer to enshrining abortion rights in its constitution after French senators overwhelmingly endorsed the change on Wednesday. A total of 267 senators voted in favor of the change, with 50 voting against it. The constitutional amendment faces a final test next Monday when it needs to secure the backing of three-fifths of lawmakers at a joint congress of parliament, which will see both houses vote together. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate Votes To Enshrine Abortion Rights In Constitution - Paris

Senate Votes To Enshrine Abortion Rights In Constitution - Paris

French Senate votes a government plan to enshrine the "freedom" to have an abortion in the French Constitution, at the French Senate in Paris, France on February 28, 2024. France is one step closer to enshrining abortion rights in its constitution after French senators overwhelmingly endorsed the change on Wednesday. A total of 267 senators voted in favor of the change, with 50 voting against it. The constitutional amendment faces a final test next Monday when it needs to secure the backing of three-fifths of lawmakers at a joint congress of parliament, which will see both houses vote together. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate Votes To Enshrine Abortion Rights In Constitution - Paris

Senate Votes To Enshrine Abortion Rights In Constitution - Paris

French Senate votes a government plan to enshrine the "freedom" to have an abortion in the French Constitution, at the French Senate in Paris, France on February 28, 2024. France is one step closer to enshrining abortion rights in its constitution after French senators overwhelmingly endorsed the change on Wednesday. A total of 267 senators voted in favor of the change, with 50 voting against it. The constitutional amendment faces a final test next Monday when it needs to secure the backing of three-fifths of lawmakers at a joint congress of parliament, which will see both houses vote together. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate Votes To Enshrine Abortion Rights In Constitution - Paris

Senate Votes To Enshrine Abortion Rights In Constitution - Paris

French Senate votes a government plan to enshrine the "freedom" to have an abortion in the French Constitution, at the French Senate in Paris, France on February 28, 2024. France is one step closer to enshrining abortion rights in its constitution after French senators overwhelmingly endorsed the change on Wednesday. A total of 267 senators voted in favor of the change, with 50 voting against it. The constitutional amendment faces a final test next Monday when it needs to secure the backing of three-fifths of lawmakers at a joint congress of parliament, which will see both houses vote together. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate Votes To Enshrine Abortion Rights In Constitution - Paris

Senate Votes To Enshrine Abortion Rights In Constitution - Paris

French Senate votes a government plan to enshrine the "freedom" to have an abortion in the French Constitution, at the French Senate in Paris, France on February 28, 2024. France is one step closer to enshrining abortion rights in its constitution after French senators overwhelmingly endorsed the change on Wednesday. A total of 267 senators voted in favor of the change, with 50 voting against it. The constitutional amendment faces a final test next Monday when it needs to secure the backing of three-fifths of lawmakers at a joint congress of parliament, which will see both houses vote together. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate Votes To Enshrine Abortion Rights In Constitution - Paris

Senate Votes To Enshrine Abortion Rights In Constitution - Paris

French Senate votes a government plan to enshrine the "freedom" to have an abortion in the French Constitution, at the French Senate in Paris, France on February 28, 2024. France is one step closer to enshrining abortion rights in its constitution after French senators overwhelmingly endorsed the change on Wednesday. A total of 267 senators voted in favor of the change, with 50 voting against it. The constitutional amendment faces a final test next Monday when it needs to secure the backing of three-fifths of lawmakers at a joint congress of parliament, which will see both houses vote together. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate Votes To Enshrine Abortion Rights In Constitution - Paris

Senate Votes To Enshrine Abortion Rights In Constitution - Paris

French Senate votes a government plan to enshrine the "freedom" to have an abortion in the French Constitution, at the French Senate in Paris, France on February 28, 2024. France is one step closer to enshrining abortion rights in its constitution after French senators overwhelmingly endorsed the change on Wednesday. A total of 267 senators voted in favor of the change, with 50 voting against it. The constitutional amendment faces a final test next Monday when it needs to secure the backing of three-fifths of lawmakers at a joint congress of parliament, which will see both houses vote together. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate Votes To Enshrine Abortion Rights In Constitution - Paris

Senate Votes To Enshrine Abortion Rights In Constitution - Paris

French Senate votes a government plan to enshrine the "freedom" to have an abortion in the French Constitution, at the French Senate in Paris, France on February 28, 2024. France is one step closer to enshrining abortion rights in its constitution after French senators overwhelmingly endorsed the change on Wednesday. A total of 267 senators voted in favor of the change, with 50 voting against it. The constitutional amendment faces a final test next Monday when it needs to secure the backing of three-fifths of lawmakers at a joint congress of parliament, which will see both houses vote together. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate Votes To Enshrine Abortion Rights In Constitution - Paris

Senate Votes To Enshrine Abortion Rights In Constitution - Paris

French Senate votes a government plan to enshrine the "freedom" to have an abortion in the French Constitution, at the French Senate in Paris, France on February 28, 2024. France is one step closer to enshrining abortion rights in its constitution after French senators overwhelmingly endorsed the change on Wednesday. A total of 267 senators voted in favor of the change, with 50 voting against it. The constitutional amendment faces a final test next Monday when it needs to secure the backing of three-fifths of lawmakers at a joint congress of parliament, which will see both houses vote together. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate Votes To Enshrine Abortion Rights In Constitution - Paris

Senate Votes To Enshrine Abortion Rights In Constitution - Paris

French Senate votes a government plan to enshrine the "freedom" to have an abortion in the French Constitution, at the French Senate in Paris, France on February 28, 2024. France is one step closer to enshrining abortion rights in its constitution after French senators overwhelmingly endorsed the change on Wednesday. A total of 267 senators voted in favor of the change, with 50 voting against it. The constitutional amendment faces a final test next Monday when it needs to secure the backing of three-fifths of lawmakers at a joint congress of parliament, which will see both houses vote together. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate Votes To Enshrine Abortion Rights In Constitution - Paris

Senate Votes To Enshrine Abortion Rights In Constitution - Paris

French Senate votes a government plan to enshrine the "freedom" to have an abortion in the French Constitution, at the French Senate in Paris, France on February 28, 2024. France is one step closer to enshrining abortion rights in its constitution after French senators overwhelmingly endorsed the change on Wednesday. A total of 267 senators voted in favor of the change, with 50 voting against it. The constitutional amendment faces a final test next Monday when it needs to secure the backing of three-fifths of lawmakers at a joint congress of parliament, which will see both houses vote together. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate Votes To Enshrine Abortion Rights In Constitution - Paris

Senate Votes To Enshrine Abortion Rights In Constitution - Paris

French Senate votes a government plan to enshrine the "freedom" to have an abortion in the French Constitution, at the French Senate in Paris, France on February 28, 2024. France is one step closer to enshrining abortion rights in its constitution after French senators overwhelmingly endorsed the change on Wednesday. A total of 267 senators voted in favor of the change, with 50 voting against it. The constitutional amendment faces a final test next Monday when it needs to secure the backing of three-fifths of lawmakers at a joint congress of parliament, which will see both houses vote together. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate Votes To Enshrine Abortion Rights In Constitution - Paris

Senate Votes To Enshrine Abortion Rights In Constitution - Paris

French Senate votes a government plan to enshrine the "freedom" to have an abortion in the French Constitution, at the French Senate in Paris, France on February 28, 2024. France is one step closer to enshrining abortion rights in its constitution after French senators overwhelmingly endorsed the change on Wednesday. A total of 267 senators voted in favor of the change, with 50 voting against it. The constitutional amendment faces a final test next Monday when it needs to secure the backing of three-fifths of lawmakers at a joint congress of parliament, which will see both houses vote together. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate Votes To Enshrine Abortion Rights In Constitution - Paris

Senate Votes To Enshrine Abortion Rights In Constitution - Paris

French Senate votes a government plan to enshrine the "freedom" to have an abortion in the French Constitution, at the French Senate in Paris, France on February 28, 2024. France is one step closer to enshrining abortion rights in its constitution after French senators overwhelmingly endorsed the change on Wednesday. A total of 267 senators voted in favor of the change, with 50 voting against it. The constitutional amendment faces a final test next Monday when it needs to secure the backing of three-fifths of lawmakers at a joint congress of parliament, which will see both houses vote together. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate Votes To Enshrine Abortion Rights In Constitution - Paris

Senate Votes To Enshrine Abortion Rights In Constitution - Paris

French Senate votes a government plan to enshrine the "freedom" to have an abortion in the French Constitution, at the French Senate in Paris, France on February 28, 2024. France is one step closer to enshrining abortion rights in its constitution after French senators overwhelmingly endorsed the change on Wednesday. A total of 267 senators voted in favor of the change, with 50 voting against it. The constitutional amendment faces a final test next Monday when it needs to secure the backing of three-fifths of lawmakers at a joint congress of parliament, which will see both houses vote together. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate Votes To Enshrine Abortion Rights In Constitution - Paris

Senate Votes To Enshrine Abortion Rights In Constitution - Paris

French Senate votes a government plan to enshrine the "freedom" to have an abortion in the French Constitution, at the French Senate in Paris, France on February 28, 2024. France is one step closer to enshrining abortion rights in its constitution after French senators overwhelmingly endorsed the change on Wednesday. A total of 267 senators voted in favor of the change, with 50 voting against it. The constitutional amendment faces a final test next Monday when it needs to secure the backing of three-fifths of lawmakers at a joint congress of parliament, which will see both houses vote together. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate Votes To Enshrine Abortion Rights In Constitution - Paris

Senate Votes To Enshrine Abortion Rights In Constitution - Paris

French Senate votes a government plan to enshrine the "freedom" to have an abortion in the French Constitution, at the French Senate in Paris, France on February 28, 2024. France is one step closer to enshrining abortion rights in its constitution after French senators overwhelmingly endorsed the change on Wednesday. A total of 267 senators voted in favor of the change, with 50 voting against it. The constitutional amendment faces a final test next Monday when it needs to secure the backing of three-fifths of lawmakers at a joint congress of parliament, which will see both houses vote together. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate Votes To Enshrine Abortion Rights In Constitution - Paris

Senate Votes To Enshrine Abortion Rights In Constitution - Paris

French Senate votes a government plan to enshrine the "freedom" to have an abortion in the French Constitution, at the French Senate in Paris, France on February 28, 2024. France is one step closer to enshrining abortion rights in its constitution after French senators overwhelmingly endorsed the change on Wednesday. A total of 267 senators voted in favor of the change, with 50 voting against it. The constitutional amendment faces a final test next Monday when it needs to secure the backing of three-fifths of lawmakers at a joint congress of parliament, which will see both houses vote together. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Senate Votes To Enshrine Abortion Rights In Constitution - Paris

Senate Votes To Enshrine Abortion Rights In Constitution - Paris

French Senate votes a government plan to enshrine the "freedom" to have an abortion in the French Constitution, at the French Senate in Paris, France on February 28, 2024. France is one step closer to enshrining abortion rights in its constitution after French senators overwhelmingly endorsed the change on Wednesday. A total of 267 senators voted in favor of the change, with 50 voting against it. The constitutional amendment faces a final test next Monday when it needs to secure the backing of three-fifths of lawmakers at a joint congress of parliament, which will see both houses vote together. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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New cedar ball in western Japan shrine

New cedar ball in western Japan shrine

Photo taken on Nov. 13, 2023, shows a newly installed "osugidama" cedar ball at Omiwa Shrine, known for enshrining the god of sake, in Sakurai, Nara Prefecture, western Japan.

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New cedar ball in western Japan shrine

New cedar ball in western Japan shrine

A shrine maiden attaches a wooden tag onto a fresh green "osugidama" cedar ball at Omiwa Shrine, known for enshrining the god of sake, in Sakurai, Nara Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 13, 2023.

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Juneteenth festival celebrated in U.S. Dallas

STORY: Juneteenth festival celebrated in U.S. Dallas DATELINE: June 18, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:35 LOCATION: DALLAS, U.S. CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the festival celebration STORYLINE: People in the U.S. city of Dallas got together on Saturday to celebrate Juneteenth festival. This year sees the 3rd Juneteenth celebration. In 2021, U.S. President Joe Biden signed a legislation making Juneteenth a federal holiday, enshrining June 19 as the national day to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Dallas, U.S. (XHTV)

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UN sees Saudi-Iran deal brokered by China as opportunity for Yemen

STORY: UN sees Saudi-Iran deal brokered by China as opportunity for Yemen DATELINE: March 16, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:34 LOCATION: UN headquarters CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of press briefing room 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): STEPHANE DUJARRIC, Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General 3. various of journalists 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): HANS GRUNDBERG, UN Special Envoy for Yemen 5. various of Grundberg on screen 6. various of Security Council Chamber STORYLINE: A UN spokesman said Wednesday the China-brokered agreement between Saudi Arabia and Iran on the restoration of diplomatic relations represents an opportunity for the resolution of the conflict in Yemen. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): STEPHANE DUJARRIC, Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General "This is clearly an opportunity, right? I mean, it is a big deal, to put it in diplomatic terms. We hope that this creates a climate that is conducive to enshrining a political path towards peace in Yemen. We haven't seen major clashes. We've seen greater humanitarian a

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Empress visits Meiji Shrine

Empress visits Meiji Shrine

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Empress Michiko, together with Emperor Akihito, pays homage at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo on Nov. 8, 2010, in commemoration of the 90th anniversary of its foundation. Enshrining Emperor Meiji (1852-1912) and his wife, the dowager Shoken, it was constructed on Nov. 1, 1920.

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Emperor visits Meiji Shrine

Emperor visits Meiji Shrine

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito pays homage at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo on Nov. 8, 2010, in commemoration of the 90th anniversary of its foundation. Enshrining Emperor Meiji (1852-1912) and his wife, the dowager Shoken, it was constructed on Nov. 1, 1920.

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Crown prince visits Meiji Shrine

Crown prince visits Meiji Shrine

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito pays homage at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo on Nov. 8, 2010, in commemoration of the 90th anniversary of its foundation. Enshrining Emperor Meiji (1852-1912) and his wife, the dowager Shoken, it was constructed on Nov. 1, 1920.

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Court rejects suit against collective enshrinement at Yasukuni

Court rejects suit against collective enshrinement at Yasukuni

OSAKA, Japan - Ryuken Sugawara (L), who heads the group of plaintiffs in a Yasukuni Shrine-related lawsuit, speaks to reporters in Osaka on Feb. 26 after a court ruling. The Osaka District Court turned down the lawsuit by nine relatives that called for the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in central Tokyo to stop enshrining 11 servicemen and civilian employees of the former imperial Japanese forces.

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Hirohito discontent with Yasukuni's honoring Class-A war criminals

Hirohito discontent with Yasukuni's honoring Class-A war criminals

TOKYO, Japan - A photo taken on April 26 shows a set of diaries kept by Ryogo Urabe, a chamberlain of the Imperial Household Agency. The diaries, donated to the major daily Asahi Shimbun, indicated that Japanese Emperor Hirohito was discontent with Yasukuni Shrine's enshrining of Class-A World War II criminals and concerned about disputes with other Asian countries over history.

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Hirohito discontent with Yasukuni's honoring Class-A war criminals

Hirohito discontent with Yasukuni's honoring Class-A war criminals

TOKYO, Japan - A file photo taken in February 1982 shows Emperor Hirohito and Ryogo Urabe (2nd from L), a chamberlain of the Imperial Household Agency, leaving the Diet building after an opening session of parliament. Emperor Hirohito was discontent with Yasukuni Shrine's enshrining of Class-A World War II criminals and concerned about disputes with other Asian countries over history, according to the diaries kept by Urabe.

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Hirohito discontent with Yasukuni's honoring Class-A war criminals

Hirohito discontent with Yasukuni's honoring Class-A war criminals

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Hirohito (in a file photo taken in 1988) was discontent with Yasukuni Shrine's enshrining of Class-A World War II criminals and concerned about disputes with other Asian countries over history, according to the diaries kept by Ryogo Urabe, a chamberlain of the Imperial Household Agency.

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Hirohito discontent with Yasukuni's honoring Class-A war criminals

Hirohito discontent with Yasukuni's honoring Class-A war criminals

TOKYO, Japan - A file photo taken in 2000 shows Ryogo Urabe, who served Emperor Hirohito as a chamberlain of the Imperial Household Agency, from December 1969 to February 2002. The diaries kept by Urabe indicated that Emperor Hirohito was discontent with Yasukuni Shrine's enshrining of Class-A World War II criminals and concerned about disputes with other Asian countries over history.

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Yasukuni OK'd enshrining Class-A war criminals in 1969

Yasukuni OK'd enshrining Class-A war criminals in 1969

TOKYO, Japan - The Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo crowded with people going there to offer prayers. According to a book released by the National Diet Library on March 28, the Shrine gave a green light in 1969 to the idea of its enshrining Japanese Class-A war criminals from World War II, nine years before it actually did so, and the government was more closely involved in discussions regarding whom the shrine should honor than currently believed.

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Court rejects demand to stop enshrining Koreans at Yasukuni

Court rejects demand to stop enshrining Koreans at Yasukuni

TOKYO, Japan - South Korean plaintiffs hold a press conference in Tokyo on May 25 after the Tokyo District Court rejected their demands that the state stop enshrining Korean war dead at Yasukuni Shrine and pay damages.

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Court rejects demand to stop enshrining Koreans at Yasukuni

Court rejects demand to stop enshrining Koreans at Yasukuni

TOKYO, Japan - South Korean plaintiffs head for the Tokyo District Court in Tokyo's Kasumigaseki district on May 25 to hear the court's ruling on their lawsuit filed against the state, demanding the state stop enshrining Korean war dead at Yasukuni Shrine and pay damages. The court rejected the claim filed by 414 plaintiffs -- 161 former South Korean soldiers and civilian personnel who served in the Japanese military as well as 253 bereaved family members of such soldiers.

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Chapel to enshrine A-bombed statue of Virgin Mary opens to public

Chapel to enshrine A-bombed statue of Virgin Mary opens to public

NAGASAKI, Japan - Isamu Hirano, parish priest of Urakami Cathedral, offers a prayer after enshrining a part of a wooden statue of the Virgin Mary that was destroyed in the atomic bombing of Nagasaki in a chapel in the cathedral on Aug. 9. (Pool photo)

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