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(240419) -- CHANGSHA, April 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 8, 2024 shows the No. 1 well where over 36,000 slips of the Qin Dynasty were unearthed in 2002, in Liye ancient town in Longshan County, Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, central China's Hunan Province. TO GO WITH China Focus: Ancient slips mirror the rise and fall of Qin Dynasty (Xinhua/Zhai Xiang)

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Former US Senator Joe Lieberman Dies At 82

File photo - United States Senator Joe Lieberman (Democrat of Connecticut), left, shares some thoughts with incoming US House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (Republican of Texas) during the signing ceremony for the Homeland Security Bill at the White House in WashingtonDC on 25 November, 2002. - Former US Senator and vice-presidential candidate Joe Lieberman has died at 82. The cause was complications from a fall, according to a family statement obtained by CBS News, the BBC's US partner. The centrist represented the state of Connecticut in the Senate for nearly a quarter of a century. Mr Lieberman became the first Jewish politician to join a major party US presidential ticket in 2000 when Al Gore selected him as his running mate. Photo by Ron Sachs / CNP /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Osaka engineers group completes small satellite

OSAKA, Japan - An engineers association in Osaka Prefecture has assembled a small satellite and showed it to the media on Nov. 16. The Astro Technology Space Oriented Higashiosaka Leading Association was founded by small companies in the city of Higashiosaka in 2002, with a catch phrase ''Let's launch a satellite with small companies' technology.'' The SOHLA-1 satellite, designed to observe the formation of thunder clouds, is a prototype commercial satellite able to be mass-produced. The association will install systems necessary for operation around next fall, and aims to launch it with an H-2A rocket in fiscal 2008.

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German doctor confirms N. Korean nuke expert defected to U.S.

TOKYO, Japan - German human rights activist Norbert Vollertsen speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on May 9. He confirmed reports that a couple dozen elite North Korean scientific experts have defected to the United States and other countries in a secret operation launched in fall 2002.

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Toyota to launch 'G-Book' info network service

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the terminal of a new membership-based service which Toyota Motor Corp. will launch in fall 2002. The service will enable drivers to receive a wide rage of interactive information services via wireless communication terminals in their vehicles. Toyota said Aug. 28 that the G-Book service will be available at a fixed monthly fee that allows use of an on-board terminal to receive about 30 different standard service items.

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Mitsubishi-Nissho Iwai steel alliance eyed in Oct.

TOKYO, Japan - Flanked by Mitsubishi Corp. Vice President Kenji Sakurai (L), Nissho Iwai Corp. President Shiro Yasutake speaks at a news conference January 25. The two trading houses said they have agreed to integrate their steel products operations under a joint venture by the fall of 2002.

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Japan to field Owada as candidate for World Court judge

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Hisashi Owada, a former Japanese ambassador to the United Nations whom Tokyo is planning to field in the next election of judges for the International Court of Justice (ICJ) scheduled for fall 2002. A former career diplomat in the Foreign Ministry, 68-year-old Owada is currently president of the Japan Institute of International Affairs, a private think tank, and is the father of Crown Princess Masako. The ICJ, also known as the World Court, is the U.N.'s judicial arm.

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Vox Pop: What do French people say about euro's fall against U.S. dollar?

STORY: Vox Pop: What do French people say about euro's fall against U.S. dollar? DATELINE: July 16, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:40 LOCATION: Paris CATEGORY: SOCIETY/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: SOUNDBITE 1 (French): CARMEN, Paris resident SOUNDBITE 2 (French): ESTELLE, Paris resident SOUNDBITE 3 (French): AURELIEN, Paris resident SOUNDBITE 4 (French): SARAH, Paris resident SOUNDBITE 5 (French): MICHEL, Paris resident STORYLINE: As the exchange rate of the euro fell below 1 dollar on Wednesday for the first time since 2002, residents in Paris expressed their concerns over rising cost of living. SOUNDBITE 1 (French): CARMEN, Paris resident "I have noticed that the prices of many things are going up, especially food, and in the malls, fruit and vegetables. Everyday items are going up in price." SOUNDBITE 2 (French): ESTELLE, Paris resident "Yes, like everyone, I found this (price hike) during shopping. It does change some daily habits. I live in the suburbs, so I try to shop as closely as possible to avoid spending too much.

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Euro falls to parity with USD, hitting 20-year low

STORY: Euro falls to parity with USD, hitting 20-year low DATELINE: July 13, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:00 LOCATION: FRANKFURT, Germany CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the European Central Bank STORYLINE: For the first time in two decades, the euro on Tuesday fell to parity with the U.S. dollar, meaning one U.S. dollar is equal in value to one euro. The single currency of 19 European Union countries has not fallen to or below a one-to-one exchange rate with the U.S. dollar since December 2002. The euro continued to fall from Tuesday morning and traded at par with the U.S. dollar in a short-term in intraday trading. After reaching parity, the euro exchange rate picked up again slightly. As of 4:20 p.m. local time (1420 GMT), euro was trading for 1.005 dollars in the currency market. The euro will continue to fall even after falling below par with the dollar, said Ebrahim Rahbari, global head of foreign exchange analysis at Citigroup. Euro has slumped 10 percent against U.S. dollar since the start of

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Euro dips below 1.01 against dollar

STORY: Euro dips below 1.01 against dollar DATELINE: July 9, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:07 LOCATION: FRANKFURT, Germany CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Frankfurt, Germany 2. STANDUP (English): SHAN WEIYI, Xinhua correspondent 3. various of street views and banks STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): SHAN WEIYI, Xinhua correspondent "On July 8, the euro continues to fall against the dollar. The euro-dollar exchange rate falls below to 1.01, hitting its lowest record since 2002." The euro on Friday continued to fall against the U.S. dollar, dropping below 1.01 dollars in intraday trading, its lowest record in nearly 20 years. The reference rate of euro against the U.S. dollar was 1.0163 Friday, lower than the previous day's 1.0180, according to the European Central Bank (ECB). The euro and U.S. dollar would soon be equally strong, and the euro could even sink below parity to 0.9 against the dollar, said Mark Dowding, Chief Investment Officer at BlueBay Asset Management. As of 10:45 p.m. local time (2045 GMT),

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Osaka engineers group completes small satellite

OSAKA, Japan - An engineers association in Osaka Prefecture has assembled a small satellite and showed it to the media on Nov. 16. The Astro Technology Space Oriented Higashiosaka Leading Association was founded by small companies in the city of Higashiosaka in 2002, with a catch phrase ''Let's launch a satellite with small companies' technology.'' The SOHLA-1 satellite, designed to observe the formation of thunder clouds, is a prototype commercial satellite able to be mass-produced. The association will install systems necessary for operation around next fall, and aims to launch it with an H-2A rocket in fiscal 2008. (Kyodo)

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Milos Zeman, Jan Fencl

Czech President Milos Zeman, right, bestowed the Medal of Merit on politicians and former agriculture minister Jan Fencl at the ceremony of awarding state orders and medals the 41 personalities on the occasion of the national holiday of the 100th anniversary of Czechoslovakia's establishment at Prague Castle, Prague, Czech Republic, on Sunday, October 28, 2018. Jan Fencl, former Social Democrat agriculture minister in Milos Zeman's cabinet in 1998-2002. After the 1989 fall of the communist regime, he shortly headed two Moravian farming cooperatives and then focused on building non-government agricultural institutions. Before becoming a minister, he headed the Association of farming cooperatives and firms, and also the Bohemian-Moravian Agrarian Confederation. In 2009, he co-founded the Party of Citizens' Rights - Zemanites. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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Milos Zeman, Jan Fencl

Czech President Milos Zeman, right, bestowed the Medal of Merit on politicians and former agriculture minister Jan Fencl at the ceremony of awarding state orders and medals the 41 personalities on the occasion of the national holiday of the 100th anniversary of Czechoslovakia's establishment at Prague Castle, Prague, Czech Republic, on Sunday, October 28, 2018. Jan Fencl, former Social Democrat agriculture minister in Milos Zeman's cabinet in 1998-2002. After the 1989 fall of the communist regime, he shortly headed two Moravian farming cooperatives and then focused on building non-government agricultural institutions. Before becoming a minister, he headed the Association of farming cooperatives and firms, and also the Bohemian-Moravian Agrarian Confederation. In 2009, he co-founded the Party of Citizens' Rights - Zemanites. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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German doctor confirms N. Korean nuke expert defected to U.S.

TOKYO, Japan - German human rights activist Norbert Vollertsen speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on May 9. He confirmed reports that a couple dozen elite North Korean scientific experts have defected to the United States and other countries in a secret operation launched in fall 2002. (Kyodo)

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Toyota to launch 'G-Book' info network service

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the terminal of a new membership-based service which Toyota Motor Corp. will launch in fall 2002. The service will enable drivers to receive a wide rage of interactive information services via wireless communication terminals in their vehicles. Toyota said Aug. 28 that the G-Book service will be available at a fixed monthly fee that allows use of an on-board terminal to receive about 30 different standard service items.

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Mitsubishi-Nissho Iwai steel alliance eyed in Oct.

TOKYO, Japan - Flanked by Mitsubishi Corp. Vice President Kenji Sakurai (L), Nissho Iwai Corp. President Shiro Yasutake speaks at a news conference January 25. The two trading houses said they have agreed to integrate their steel products operations under a joint venture by the fall of 2002.

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Japan to field Owada as candidate for World Court judge

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Hisashi Owada, a former Japanese ambassador to the United Nations whom Tokyo is planning to field in the next election of judges for the International Court of Justice (ICJ) scheduled for fall 2002. A former career diplomat in the Foreign Ministry, 68-year-old Owada is currently president of the Japan Institute of International Affairs, a private think tank, and is the father of Crown Princess Masako. The ICJ, also known as the World Court, is the U.N.'s judicial arm.