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BOTSWANA-GABORONE-ART EXHIBITION-SOCIAL AWARENESS

(221210) -- GABORONE, Dec. 10, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People take part in a march to commemorate the "Nna le Seabe" art awareness exhibition in Gaborone, Botswana, Dec. 9, 2022. Botswana commemorated the "Nna le Seabe," which translates to "have a say or play a role," art awareness exhibition on Friday to raise awareness about social ills affecting the country, such as HIV/AIDS, gender-based violence (GBV), drug abuse and COVID-19. (Photo by Tshekiso Tebalo/Xinhua)

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A more unequal, divided, violent United States is seeing its democracy decay

STORY: A more unequal, divided, violent United States is seeing its democracy decay DATELINE: Oct. 4, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:38 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of general views in the U.S. 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): HAROON SHARIF, Former Minister of State of Pakistan 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): WILLIAM JONES, Washington bureau chief of U.S. publication Executive Intelligence Review STORYLINE: In a recent measurement of how countries have progressed towards the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals, the United States ranked 41, down from its 2021 ranking of 32. According to the report by the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network in June, the U.S. has declined in indicators such as inequalities, labor rights protections and carbon emissions. Many reports have revealed the ills of today's America, where ordinary people have suffered from a system stuck in partisanship amid rising gun violence and an unprecedented pandemic. Experts say the increasingly unequal, split and vi

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Casino bill clears lower house

Some opposition lawmakers, including members of the Democratic Party, walk out of a plenary session of the lower house on Dec. 6, 2016 before it voted on a bill to legalize casino gambling. While the bill passed the lower house, with the ruling Liberal Democratic Party aiming to enact it by the end of the current Diet session on Dec. 14, concern remains that the bill, if enacted, could worsen the problem of gambling addiction and other social ills. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Casino bill clears lower house

Some opposition lawmakers, including members of the Democratic Party, walk out of a plenary session of the lower house on Dec. 6, 2016 before it voted on a bill to legalize casino gambling. While the bill passed the lower house, with the ruling Liberal Democratic Party aiming to enact it by the end of the current Diet session on Dec. 14, concern remains that the bill, if enacted, could worsen the problem of gambling addiction and other social ills. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Casino bill clears lower house

A plenary session of Japan's lower house approves a bill on Dec. 6, 2016 to legalize casino gambling, paving the way to enact it by the end of the current Diet session on Dec. 14. The empty seats were vacated some opposition lawmakers who walked out in protest before the vote. Concern remains that the bill, if enacted, could worsen the problem of gambling addiction and other social ills. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Casino bill clears lower house

A plenary session of Japan's lower house approves a bill on Dec. 6, 2016 to legalize casino gambling, paving the way to enact it by the end of the current Diet session on Dec. 14. The empty seats were vacated some opposition lawmakers who walked out in protest before the vote. Concern remains that the bill, if enacted, could worsen the problem of gambling addiction and other social ills. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Casino bill clears lower house

A plenary session of Japan's lower house approves a bill on Dec. 6, 2016 to legalize casino gambling, paving the way to enact it by the end of the current Diet session on Dec. 14. The empty seats were vacated some opposition lawmakers who walked out in protest before the vote. Concern remains that the bill, if enacted, could worsen the problem of gambling addiction and other social ills. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Casino bill clears Japan Diet panel after rapid deliberation

Lawmakers from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party stand up to show support, while members of the LDP's coalition partner Komeito (L front) remain seated, for a bill to legalize forms of casino gambling in Japan at a lower house committee in Tokyo on Dec. 2, 2016. The bill passed the committee although Komeito, backed by major lay-Buddhist organization Soka Gakkai, opposed it out of concern it could worsen the issue of gambling addiction and other social ills. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Casino bill passes Diet panel after Komeito agrees to vote

Yoshihide Inoue, secretary general of junior ruling coalition partner Komeito, attends a press conference on Dec. 2, 2016. Komeito withdrew its earlier opposition to a lower house committee vote on a bill to legalize forms of casino gambling in Japan, which was later passed. Two of the panel's three Komeito members opposed the bill out of concern it could worsen gambling addiction and other social ills. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Casino bill passes Diet panel after Komeito agrees to vote

A lower house committee passes a bill on Dec. 2, 2016, to legalize forms of casino gambling in Japan, after junior ruling coalition partner Komeito withdrew its opposition to a panel vote. Two of the panel's three Komeito members opposed the bill out of concern it could worsen gambling addiction and other social ills. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo