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AFGHANISTAN-PAKTIKA-EARTHQUAKE-SUPPLIES

(220624) -- PAKTIKA, June 24, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A helicopter carrying relief supplies arrives in Paktika province, Afghanistan, June 23, 2022. At least five people were killed and 11 others wounded in an aftershock hitting eastern Afghanistan on Friday as humanitarian aid continued to flow into areas affected by a 5.9-magnitude earthquake two days earlier. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-PAKTIKA-EARTHQUAKE-SUPPLIES

(220624) -- PAKTIKA, June 24, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A helicopter carrying relief supplies arrives in Paktika province, Afghanistan, June 23, 2022. At least five people were killed and 11 others wounded in an aftershock hitting eastern Afghanistan on Friday as humanitarian aid continued to flow into areas affected by a 5.9-magnitude earthquake two days earlier. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

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ISRAEL-HATZERIM AIRBASE-AIR FORCE-GRADUATION CEREMONY

(220623) -- HATZERIM AIRBASE (ISRAEL), June 23, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A helicopter performs during an Israeli Air Force (IAF) graduation ceremony at Hatzerim Airbase near Be'er Sheva, Israel, on June 23, 2022. (Ilan Assayag/JINI via Xinhua)

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US: Sheep Fire Burns Nearly 1000 Acres In San Bernardino County, Southern California

Sheep Fire that began near Wrightwood in San Bernardino County, Southern California on Saturday, June 11 has burned 997 acres and 81% contained as of Wednesday morning. This video shows the forest burning in flames Saturday night seen from Wrightwood.

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ITALY-EMILIA ROMAGNA-HELICOPTER-CRASH

(220611) -- EMILIA ROMAGNA (ITALY), June 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A firefighter helicopter searches for a missing helicopter in central Italy, on June 10, 2022. Italian authorities said Saturday that a helicopter that disappeared from air traffic radar screens on Thursday was located and all seven on board were killed. According to news reports, a hiker passing through the area near Monte Cusna -- a mountain in the central Italian region of Emilia Romagna near its border with Tuscany -- called authorities after finding possible remains of the crash. (Italian fire and rescue service/Handout via Xinhua)

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LEBANON-DANNIYEH-FOREST FIRE

(220609) -- DANNIYEH, June 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A Lebanese army helicopter works to put out a fire in the pine forest in Danniyeh, Lebanon, on June 8, 2022. (Photo by Khaled Habashiti/Xinhua)

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LEBANON-DANNIYEH-FOREST FIRE

(220609) -- DANNIYEH, June 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A Lebanese army helicopter transports water to put out a fire in the pine forest in Danniyeh, Lebanon, on June 8, 2022. (Photo by Khaled Habashiti/Xinhua)

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LEBANON-DANNIYEH-FOREST FIRE

(220609) -- DANNIYEH, June 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A Lebanese army helicopter transports water to put out a fire in the pine forest in Danniyeh, Lebanon, on June 8, 2022. (Photo by Khaled Habashiti/Xinhua)

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Lebanon to invite U.S. envoy to resume indirect border demarcation talks with Israel

STORY: Lebanon to invite U.S. envoy to resume indirect border demarcation talks with Israel DATELINE: June 7, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:16 LOCATION: Beirut CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. A shot for a vessel of the UN 2. A shot for UN peacekeepers 3. A shot for the Lebanese army 4. A shot for a view in Naqoura on the border between Lebanon and Israel 5. A shot for a UN vessel 6. A shot for a sign of Naqoura 7. A shot for UN vehicles patrolling Naqoura 8. A shot for a photo of Nasrallah 9. A shot for a helicopter for the UN STORYLINE: Lebanese authorities on Monday decided to invite U.S. Energy Envoy Amos Hochstein to resume its indirect border demarcation talks with Israel in a bid "to prevent any escalation that would not serve the stability in the region," the National News Agency reported. The decision came after a meeting between Lebanese President Michel Aoun and caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati following that Israel sent an Energean Power ship to enter the Karish oil field, a disputed area between

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Japan's Horie, 83, becomes oldest to sail nonstop solo across Pacific

Japanese ocean adventurer Kenichi Horie, pictured from a Kyodo News helicopter, reaches the Kii Channel, which separates Wakayama and Tokushima prefectures in western Japan, on the Suntory Mermaid III, his 6-meter-long, one-ton boat, on June 4, 2022. The 83-year-old became the world's oldest person to make a solo, nonstop 8,500-kilometer voyage across the Pacific on a yacht.

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Japan's Horie, 83, becomes oldest to sail nonstop solo across Pacific

Japanese ocean adventurer Kenichi Horie, pictured from a Kyodo News helicopter, reaches the Kii Channel, which separates Wakayama and Tokushima prefectures in western Japan, on the Suntory Mermaid III, his 6-meter-long, one-ton boat, on June 4, 2022. The 83-year-old became the world's oldest person to make a solo, nonstop 8,500-kilometer voyage across the Pacific on a yacht.

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Japan's Horie, 83, becomes oldest to sail nonstop solo across Pacific

Japanese ocean adventurer Kenichi Horie, pictured from a Kyodo News helicopter, reaches the Kii Channel, which separates Wakayama and Tokushima prefectures in western Japan, on the Suntory Mermaid III, his 6-meter-long, one-ton boat, on June 4, 2022. The 83-year-old became the world's oldest person to make a solo, nonstop 8,500-kilometer voyage across the Pacific on a yacht.

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Japan's Horie, 83, becomes oldest to sail nonstop solo across Pacific

Japanese ocean adventurer Kenichi Horie, pictured from a Kyodo News helicopter, reaches the Kii Channel, which separates Wakayama and Tokushima prefectures in western Japan, on the Suntory Mermaid III, his 6-meter-long, one-ton boat, on June 4, 2022. The 83-year-old became the world's oldest person to make a solo, nonstop 8,500-kilometer voyage across the Pacific on a yacht.

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Sunken tour boat brought ashore at Hokkaido port

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the sunken tour boat Kazu I, covered with a blue tarpaulin, being transported on a large truck in the Hokkaido town of Abashiri, northern Japan, to a storage facility on June 1, 2022. The boat was salvaged after sinking in late April with 26 people aboard during a cruise around the Shiretoko Peninsula and will be examined to determine the cause of the deadly incident.

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Sunken tour boat brought ashore at Hokkaido port

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the sunken tour boat Kazu I, covered with a blue tarpaulin, being transported on a large truck in the Hokkaido town of Abashiri, northern Japan, to a storage facility on June 1, 2022. The boat was salvaged after sinking in late April with 26 people aboard during a cruise around the Shiretoko Peninsula and will be examined to determine the cause of the deadly incident.

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NEPAL-KATHMANDU-PLANE CRASH

(220530) -- KATHMANDU, May 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A Nepal Army helicopter carrying bodies of victims of a plane crash lands at the airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, May 30, 2022. Twenty-one bodies have been recovered from the crash site of a Nepali passenger plane in a remote hilly area in Nepal's Mustang district, a local government official said on Monday. Ten bodies have been sent to Kathmandu in a helicopter, the official said. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua)

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NEPAL-KATHMANDU-PLANE CRASH

(220530) -- KATHMANDU, May 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A rescue team of Nepal Army carry the body of a plane crash victim at the airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, May 30, 2022. Twenty-one bodies have been recovered from the crash site of a Nepali passenger plane in a remote hilly area in Nepal's Mustang district, a local government official said on Monday. Ten bodies have been sent to Kathmandu in a helicopter, the official said. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua)

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NEPAL-KATHMANDU-PLANE CRASH

(220530) -- KATHMANDU, May 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A rescue team of Nepal Army carry the body of a plane crash victim at the airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, May 30, 2022. Twenty-one bodies have been recovered from the crash site of a Nepali passenger plane in a remote hilly area in Nepal's Mustang district, a local government official said on Monday. Ten bodies have been sent to Kathmandu in a helicopter, the official said. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua)

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NEPAL-KATHMANDU-PLANE CRASH

(220530) -- KATHMANDU, May 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A rescue team of Nepal Army carry the body of a plane crash victim at the airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, May 30, 2022. Twenty-one bodies have been recovered from the crash site of a Nepali passenger plane in a remote hilly area in Nepal's Mustang district, a local government official said on Monday. Ten bodies have been sent to Kathmandu in a helicopter, the official said. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua)

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NEPAL-KATHMANDU-PLANE CRASH

(220530) -- KATHMANDU, May 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A Nepal Army helicopter carrying bodies of victims of a plane crash lands at the airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, May 30, 2022. Twenty-one bodies have been recovered from the crash site of a Nepali passenger plane in a remote hilly area in Nepal's Mustang district, a local government official said on Monday. Ten bodies have been sent to Kathmandu in a helicopter, the official said. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua)

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INDONESIA-SOUTH KALIMANTAN-BANJARMASIN-SOUTH SULAWESI-SHIP-CAPSIZING-RESCUE

(220529) -- BANJARMASIN, May 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Cellphone photo taken on May 29, 2022 shows health workers checking the physical condition of a rescued man on an ambulance at Trisakti port in Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, Indonesia. Rescuers deployed a helicopter and several ships with over 100 people in a search and rescue operation for 25 missing people after a ship sank in water off South Sulawesi province in Indonesia, a rescuer said on Sunday. (Photo by Bahaudin Qusairi/Xinhua)

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INDONESIA-SOUTH KALIMANTAN-BANJARMASIN-SOUTH SULAWESI-SHIP-CAPSIZING-RESCUE

(220529) -- BANJARMASIN, May 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Cellphone photo taken on May 29, 2022 shows a health worker checking the physical condition of a rescued woman on an ambulance at Trisakti port in Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, Indonesia. Rescuers deployed a helicopter and several ships with over 100 people in a search and rescue operation for 25 missing people after a ship sank in water off South Sulawesi province in Indonesia, a rescuer said on Sunday. (Photo by Bahaudin Qusairi/Xinhua)

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INDONESIA-SOUTH KALIMANTAN-BANJARMASIN-SOUTH SULAWESI-SHIP-CAPSIZING-RESCUE

(220529) -- BANJARMASIN, May 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Cellphone photo taken on May 29, 2022 shows rescuers holding a survivor at Trisakti port in Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, Indonesia. Rescuers deployed a helicopter and several ships with over 100 people in a search and rescue operation for 25 missing people after a ship sank in water off South Sulawesi province in Indonesia, a rescuer said on Sunday. (Photo by Bahaudin Qusairi/Xinhua)

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INDONESIA-SOUTH KALIMANTAN-BANJARMASIN-SOUTH SULAWESI-SHIP-CAPSIZING-RESCUE

(220529) -- BANJARMASIN, May 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Cellphone photo taken on May 29, 2022 shows rescuers pulling a survivor at Trisakti port in Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, Indonesia. Rescuers deployed a helicopter and several ships with over 100 people in a search and rescue operation for 25 missing people after a ship sank in water off South Sulawesi province in Indonesia, a rescuer said on Sunday. (Photo by Bahaudin Qusairi/Xinhua)

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INDONESIA-SOUTH KALIMANTAN-BANJARMASIN-SOUTH SULAWESI-SHIP-CAPSIZING-RESCUE

(220529) -- BANJARMASIN, May 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Cellphone photo taken on May 29, 2022 shows rescuers pulling a survivor at Trisakti port in Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, Indonesia. Rescuers deployed a helicopter and several ships with over 100 people in a search and rescue operation for 25 missing people after a ship sank in water off South Sulawesi province in Indonesia, a rescuer said on Sunday. (Photo by Bahaudin Qusairi/Xinhua)

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KENYA-NAIROBI-MUSEUM AIR SHOW FESTIVAL

(220528) -- NAIROBI, May 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A firefighting helicopter performs during the Museum Air Show Festival in Nairobi, Kenya, on May 28, 2022. (Xinhua/Dong Jianghui)

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US: Elk Fire Rapidly Spreads In Yucca Valley, California Prompting Evacuation Warning 3

A vegetation fire was reported in Yucca Valley, California on Thursday, May 26 at Elk Trail near San Andreas Road. As the fire rapidly spread to reach 150 acres threatening several homes and ranches, an evacuation warning was given to some areas, according to reports.

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US: Elk Fire Rapidly Spreads In Yucca Valley, California Prompting Evacuation Warning 2

A vegetation fire was reported in Yucca Valley, California on Thursday, May 26 at Elk Trail near San Andreas Road. As the fire rapidly spread to reach 150 acres threatening several homes and ranches, an evacuation warning was given to some areas, according to reports.

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US: Elk Fire Rapidly Spreads In Yucca Valley, California Prompting Evacuation Warning

A vegetation fire was reported in Yucca Valley, California on Thursday, May 26 at Elk Trail near San Andreas Road. As the fire rapidly spread to reach 150 acres threatening several homes and ranches, an evacuation warning was given to some areas, according to reports.

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Salvage of sunken tour boat off Hokkaido

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 27, 2022, shows a sunken tour boat covered with a blue tarpaulin off the Hokkaido town of Shari, northern Japan. It is being transported to the port of Abashiri after an initial attempt to salvage the vessel, which went missing in late April with 26 people aboard, resulted in it sinking to a depth of about 180 meters.

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Salvage of sunken tour boat off Hokkaido

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 27, 2022, shows a sunken tour boat covered with a blue tarpaulin off the Hokkaido town of Shari, northern Japan. It is being transported to the port of Abashiri after an initial attempt to salvage the vessel, which went missing in late April with 26 people aboard, resulted in it sinking to a depth of about 180 meters.

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Salvage of sunken tour boat off Hokkaido

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 27, 2022, shows a sunken tour boat covered with a blue tarpaulin off the Hokkaido town of Shari, northern Japan. It is being transported to the port of Abashiri after an initial attempt to salvage the vessel, which went missing in late April with 26 people aboard, resulted in it sinking to a depth of about 180 meters.

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US: Six People Trapped After Commercial Building Collapses In Temple City, California

A one-story strip mall partially collapsed in Temple City, California on Wednesday, May 25 trapping six people inside. Those who were trapped inside were later rescued uninjured, according to reports.

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Salvage of sunken tour boat off Hokkaido

Photo taken May 26, 2022, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows operations off the Hokkaido town of Shari, northern Japan, to salvage a tourist boat that sank in late April with 26 people aboard. The boat dropped back to the seabed at a depth of 182 meters while being towed by a salvage company on May 24.

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Salvage of sunken tour boat off Hokkaido

Photo taken May 26, 2022, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a barge operated by a salvage company lifting a sunken tour boat (front) to the sea surface from a depth of about 180 meters off Shari on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido. The tour boat, which sank in late April with 26 people aboard, dropped back to the seabed while being towed by the salvage company on May 24.

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Salvage of sunken tour boat off Hokkaido

Photo taken May 26, 2022, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows operations off the Hokkaido town of Shari, northern Japan, to salvage a tourist boat that sank in late April with 26 people aboard. The boat dropped back to the seabed at a depth of 182 meters while being towed by a salvage company on May 24.

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Salvage of sunken tour boat off Hokkaido

Photo taken May 26, 2022, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a barge operated by a salvage company lifting a sunken tour boat (front) to the sea surface from a depth of about 180 meters off Shari on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido. The tour boat, which sank in late April with 26 people aboard, dropped back to the seabed while being towed by the salvage company on May 24.

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Salvage of sunken tour boat off Hokkaido

Photo taken May 26, 2022, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows operations off the Hokkaido town of Shari, northern Japan, to salvage a tourist boat that sank in late April with 26 people aboard. The boat dropped back to the seabed at a depth of 182 meters while being towed by a salvage company on May 24.

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Salvage of sunken tour boat off Hokkaido

Photo taken May 26, 2022, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows operations off the Hokkaido town of Shari, northern Japan, to salvage a tourist boat that sank in late April with 26 people aboard. The boat dropped back to the seabed at a depth of 182 meters while being towed by a salvage company on May 24.

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Salvage of sunken tour boat off Hokkaido

Photo taken May 26, 2022, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a barge operated by a salvage company lifting a sunken tour boat (front) to the sea surface from a depth of about 180 meters off Shari on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido. The tour boat, which sank in late April with 26 people aboard, dropped back to the seabed while being towed by the salvage company on May 24.

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Salvage of sunken tour boat off Hokkaido

Photo taken May 26, 2022, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows operations off the Hokkaido town of Shari, northern Japan, to salvage a tourist boat that sank in late April with 26 people aboard. The boat dropped back to the seabed at a depth of 182 meters while being towed by a salvage company on May 24.

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Salvage of sunken tour boat off Hokkaido

Photo taken May 26, 2022, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows operations off the Hokkaido town of Shari, northern Japan, to salvage a tourist boat that sank in late April with 26 people aboard. The boat dropped back to the seabed at a depth of 182 meters while being towed by a salvage company on May 24.

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Salvage of sunken tour boat off Hokkaido

Photo taken May 26, 2022, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a barge operated by a salvage company lifting a sunken tour boat (front) to the sea surface from a depth of about 180 meters off Shari on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido. The tour boat, which sank in late April with 26 people aboard, dropped back to the seabed while being towed by the salvage company on May 24.

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Salvage of sunken tour boat off Hokkaido

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 26, 2022, shows a barge lifting a sunken tour boat (front) to the sea surface from a depth of about 180 meters off the Hokkaido town of Shari, northern Japan, after an initial attempt to salvage the vessel resulted in it sinking to a greater depth. The boat went missing on April 23 with 26 people aboard and was found six days later on the seabed at a depth of around 120 meters.

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Salvage of sunken tour boat off Hokkaido

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 25, 2022, shows the barge Kaishin under preparation for the lifting of a sunken tour boat from a depth of about 180 meters off the Hokkaido town of Shari, northern Japan. The tour boat, which went missing on April 23 with 26 people aboard, was pulled up from a depth of about 120 meters to near the sea surface on May 23 but dropped back to the seabed the following day while being towed toward shallow waters.

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Salvage of sunken tour boat off Hokkaido

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 25, 2022, shows the barge Kaishin (front) under preparation for the lifting of a sunken tour boat from a depth of about 180 meters off the Hokkaido town of Shari, northern Japan. The tour boat, which went missing on April 23 with 26 people aboard, was pulled up from a depth of about 120 meters to near the sea surface on May 23 but dropped back to the seabed the following day while being towed toward shallow waters.

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Salvage of sunken tour boat off Hokkaido

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 25, 2022, shows the barge Kaishin under preparation for the lifting of a sunken tour boat from a depth of about 180 meters off the Hokkaido town of Shari, northern Japan. The tour boat, which went missing on April 23 with 26 people aboard, was pulled up from a depth of about 120 meters to near the sea surface on May 23 but dropped back to the seabed the following day while being towed toward shallow waters.

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5 Turkish soldiers killed in anti-PKK operation in N. Iraq: ministry

STORY: 5 Turkish soldiers killed in anti-PKK operation in N. Iraq: ministry DATELINE: May 25, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:06 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the helicopter STORYLINE: Five Turkish soldiers were killed and two others injured on Tuesday in an operation against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in northern Iraq, the Turkish defense ministry said. Three soldiers were killed and four wounded in a rocket launch attack by the PKK in the ongoing operation dubbed Claw-Lock, and two of the wounded later died at a hospital, according to a ministry statement. Meanwhile, Turkish security forces killed seven members of Syria's Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) in northern Syria, the ministry said earlier in the day. Ankara sees the YPG as the Syrian branch of the outlawed PKK. In April, Turkey launched the ground and air military offensive in northern Iraq against the PKK's targets in Metina, Zap and Avasin-Basyan regions. Turkey regularly conducts cross-border ope

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Salvage of sunken tour boat off Hokkaido

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 25, 2022, shows the barge Kaishin under preparation for the lifting of a sunken tour boat from a depth of about 180 meters off the Hokkaido town of Shari, northern Japan. The tour boat, which went missing on April 23 with 26 people aboard, was pulled up from a depth of about 120 meters to near the sea surface on May 23 but dropped back to the seabed the following day while being towed toward shallow waters.

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Salvage of sunken tour boat off Hokkaido

Photo taken May 23, 2022, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Kaishin barge (L, top) salvaging a sunken tour boat (in the water) off the Shiretoko Peninsula on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido. The Kazu I boat, which went missing on April 23 with 26 people aboard, was pulled up from a depth of about 120 meters to near the sea surface on May 23 but fell to the 180-meter-deep seabed the following day while being towed toward shallow waters.

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