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Mainland, Taiwan experts hold dialogue in east China

STORY: Mainland, Taiwan experts hold dialogue in east China SHOOTING TIME: May 25, 2024 DATELINE: May 27, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:42 LOCATION: XIAMEN, China CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of experts from the Chinese mainland and Taiwan holding a dialogue STORYLINE: Experts from the Chinese mainland and Taiwan on Saturday held a dialogue on the one-China principle from the context of the Cairo Declaration in Xiamen University, in east China's Fujian Province. Chi Chia-lin, who heads the reunification alliance party in Taiwan, combed the historical context of a series of documents and announcements including the Cairo Declaration and the Potsdam Proclamation. Quoting and interpreting the original text, he analyzed that these documents have, from a legal point of view, "clarified the illegality of Japan's occupation of Taiwan and confirmed that Taiwan is Chinese territory." Chi demonstrated that the Cairo Declaration is a legal document with the effect of international law, adding that it not only has l

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A69 Motorway Protest - Toulouse

Demonstrators hold a banner reading "A69 scent of colonial dictatorship, illegality, conflicts of interest, lies, repression" during a demonstration called by the GNSA, Greenpeace, the La Voie est Libre collective, Extinction Rébellion and several left-wing or environmentalist parties, was declared in the Haute-Garonne prefecture. Against the A69 motorway project linking Toulouse and the town of Castres, in Toulouse, southwestern France, on April 21, 2024. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Lebanese protest as local currency further collapses

STORY: Lebanese protest as local currency further collapses DATELINE: Jan. 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:01 LOCATION: Beirut CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the protest 2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): IBRAHIM ABDALLAH, Protester 3. various of the protest STORYLINE: Lebanese protesters on Wednesday blocked roads near the Central Bank of Lebanon in the capital Beirut as the local currency collapsed to a new low of 57,200 Lebanese pounds per U.S. dollar. People chanted slogans and held signs slamming the central bank governor for the circulars he has been issuing over the past few years, which has caused a big loss in people's deposits at commercial banks. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): IBRAHIM ABDALLAH, Protester "Today, specifically in protest against the unfair circulars released by the central bank, by the central bank governor Riad Salameh, these circulars are being implemented under the form of capital control despite its illegality. It is making a big cut on deposits and today we came to protest against this and ag

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Trial opens for Chinese rights advocate Xu Zhiyong

BEIJING, China - Supporters of Xu Zhiyong, a prominent Chinese human rights activist, are blocked by police officers near the First Intermediary People's Court in Beijing on Jan. 22, 2014, as his trial commenced at the court. Xu, charged with disrupting public order, remained silent during the morning session of his first trial to protest the illegality of the proceedings, his lawyer Zhang Qingfang said.

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Trial opens of Chinese rights advocate Xu Zhiyong

BEIJING, China - Supporters of Xu Zhiyong, a prominent Chinese human rights activist, hold up signs protesting against his trial, near Beijing's First Intermediary People's Court on Jan. 22, 2014. Xu, charged with disrupting public order, remained silent during the morning session of his first trial to protest the illegality of the proceedings, his lawyer Zhang Qingfang said.

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Trial opens of Chinese rights advocate Xu Zhiyong

BEIJING, China - A woman supporter of Xu Zhiyong, a prominent Chinese human rights activist, is pulled by a police officer near the First Intermediary People's Court in Beijing on Jan. 22, 2014, as Xu's trial commenced at the court. Xu, charged with disrupting public order, remained silent during the morning session of his first trial to protest the illegality of the proceedings, his lawyer Zhang Qingfang said.

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Trial opens of Chinese rights advocate Xu Zhiyong

BEIJING, China - Supporters of Xu Zhiyong, a prominent Chinese human rights activist, hold up a banner demanding his release near Beijing's First Intermediary People's Court on Jan. 22, 2014, as his trial commenced at the court. Xu, charged with disrupting public order, remained silent during the morning session of his first trial to protest the illegality of the proceedings, his lawyer Zhang Qingfang said.

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Prosecutors target suspicious donations to LDP lawmakers

TOKYO, Japan - Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Toshihiro Nikai responds to questions during a session of the House of Councillors Budget Committee in Tokyo on March 6. Prosecutors are planning to investigate whether accountants of Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers, including Nikai, were aware of the illegality of donations from two political organizations related to Nishimatsu Construction Co.

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Former Sogo Chairman Mizushima denies lawsuit charges

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroo Mizushima, former chairman of faltering department store operator Sogo Co., meets the press Nov. 2 after appearing in a Tokyo court to defend himself in damages suits brought against him and 18 other former Sogo executives by the store's management. ''In no sense whatsoever was there any illegality involved,'' he said.

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Prosecutors target suspicious donations to LDP lawmakers

TOKYO, Japan - Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Toshihiro Nikai responds to questions during a session of the House of Councillors Budget Committee in Tokyo on March 6. Prosecutors are planning to investigate whether accountants of Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers, including Nikai, were aware of the illegality of donations from two political organizations related to Nishimatsu Construction Co. (Kyodo)

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Team investigating Olympic bribery claims holds 1st meeting

Lawyer Yoshihisa Hayakawa, who is leading an investigative team created by the Japanese Olympic Committee, meets with reporters after the team's first meeting in Tokyo on May 26, 2016. The team is investigating whether there was any illegality in the payment of over 200 million yen in fees to a Singapore consultancy during Tokyo's bid for the 2020 Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chinese authorities partly destroy journalist's house

Chinese reformist journalist Gao Yu (L) stands by her house in Beijing on March 31, 2016, after it was partly destroyed by Chinese security officials for alleged illegality. The 72-year-old veteran journalist was allowed to serve her sentence outside prison on medical grounds after being sentenced last December to five years in prison for leaking state secrets. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Reaction to new U.S. position on Israeli settlements

Ambassadors from the 10 nonpermanent members of the U.N. Security Council release a joint statement at U.N. headquarters in New York on Nov. 20, 2019, stressing the illegality of the Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank after the United States overturned its policy on the issue earlier in the week. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Former Sogo Chairman Mizushima denies lawsuit charges

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroo Mizushima, former chairman of faltering department store operator Sogo Co., meets the press Nov. 2 after appearing in a Tokyo court to defend himself in damages suits brought against him and 18 other former Sogo executives by the store's management. ''In no sense whatsoever was there any illegality involved,'' he said.