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More Israeli firms eye cooperation with China: business leader

STORY: More Israeli firms eye cooperation with China: business leader DATELINE: March 19, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:28 LOCATION: TEL AVIV, Israel CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Chinese economy 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ILAN MAOR, President of Israel-China Chamber of Commerce 3. various of Chinese economy 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ILAN MAOR, President of Israel-China Chamber of Commerce STORYLINE: An Israeli business leader has said that attracted by China's strong economy and big market, an increasing number of Israeli enterprises are looking forward to intensifying cooperation with China. Ilan Maor, president of the Israel-China Chamber of Commerce, made the remarks while receiving Xinhua's interview in his office in the Israeli economic hub of Tel Aviv. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ILAN MAOR, President of Israel-China Chamber of Commerce "China is such a big economy that you cannot think about the global market without China, you could not think about the global industry without China, you cannot think ab

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Global Civilization Initiative highlights diversity, unity: Iranian political party leader

STORY: Global Civilization Initiative highlights diversity, unity: Iranian political party leader DATELINE: March 18, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:25 LOCATION: Tehran CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of China-related footage 2. SOUNDBITE (Persian): ASADOLLAH BADAMCHIAN, General Secretary of Islamic Motalefeh Party of Iran STORYLINE: The Global Civilization Initiative is a new major public product provided to the world by China after the Global Development Initiative and the Global Security Initiative. It's emphasized that tolerance, coexistence, exchanges and mutual learning among different civilizations play an irreplaceable role in advancing humanity's modernization. An Iranian political party leader speaks highly of the Global Civilization Initiative and believes that the new initiative highlights both diversity and unity. SOUNDBITE (Persian): ASADOLLAH BADAMCHIAN, General Secretary of Islamic Motalefeh Party of Iran "We are very happy to see that the Chinese leader has raised the issue of the global c

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"Chinese miracle" aptly describes China's success in eliminating poverty: Turkish party leader

STORY: "Chinese miracle" aptly describes China's success in eliminating poverty: Turkish party leader DATELINE: March 17, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:13 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of China related footage 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): DOGU PERINCEK, Chairman of the Patriotic Party of Türkiye 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Turkish): DOGU PERINCEK, Chairman of the Patriotic Party of Türkiye STORYLINE: A Turkish political party leader said that "Chinese miracle" aptly describes China's achievement in eliminating poverty among its 1.4 billion population, considering it an outstanding accomplishment for all of humanity. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): DOGU PERINCEK, Chairman of the Patriotic Party of Türkiye "Poverty is the biggest scourge and problem for humanity on all continents. But the People's Republic of China has followed a very successful path, both with its policy of interregional cohesion and by considering common interests among various classes of society. And in that respect, we can call it a

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Commemorating U.S. killing of Iran commander Soleimani

Photo taken on March 10, 2023, in Baghdad shows a portrait of Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani (R) and the Iraqi militia Popular Mobilization Forces' leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, who were killed in a U.S. airstrike in Iraq in January 2020.

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Samoa, Fiji welcome China-aided agricultural technical assistance

STORY: Samoa, Fiji welcome China-aided agricultural technical assistance DATELINE: March 12, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:10 LOCATION: NADI, Fiji CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of agricultural exhibition 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LIN ZHANSEN, Leader of the Juncao technology cooperation's regional center 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): TAGIYACO VAKALOLOMA, Senior technical assistant, Fiji's Ministry of Agriculture 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): LIU ZHIWEN, Leader of China-Samoa Agricultural Technical Aid Project 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): LAAULI LEUATEA POLATAIVAO FOSI, Samoa's Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries STORYLINE: Samoa and Fiji warmly welcomed China's agricultural technical assistance, which has helped the South Pacific island nations further boost their economic and social development in recent years. China has launched multiple agricultural technical assistance projects in Pacific island nations, including Samoa and Fiji. It has helped them improve agricultural production capacity and food security by send

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China ruling party's No. 2 leader Li Qiang elected premier

Li Qiang, a close ally of Chinese President Xi Jinping and ranked No. 2 in the ruling Communist Party's apex of power, casts his ballot in a vote to elect the country's premier during the plenary session of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 11, 2023. Li was elected premier, replacing Li Keqiang.

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China ruling party's No. 2 leader Li Qiang elected premier

Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) and outgoing Premier Li Keqiang shake hands after Li Qiang (background, C), a close ally of Xi and ranked No. 2 in the ruling Communist Party's apex of power, was elected premier during a plenary session of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 11, 2023.

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China ruling party's No. 2 leader Li Qiang elected premier

Chinese President Xi Jinping casts his ballot in a vote to elect the country's premier during the plenary session of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 11, 2023. Li Qiang, a close ally of Xi and ranked No. 2 in the ruling Communist Party's apex of power, was elected premier, replacing Li Keqiang.

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China ruling party's No. 2 leader Li Qiang elected premier

Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) and Li Qiang, a close ally of Xi and ranked No. 2 in the ruling Communist Party's apex of power, shake hands after Li was elected premier at the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 11, 2023.

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China ruling party's No. 2 leader Li Qiang elected premier

Li Qiang, a close ally of President Xi Jinping and ranked No. 2 in the ruling Communist Party's apex of power, attends a plenary session of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 11, 2023. Li was elected premier during the session, replacing Li Keqiang.

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China ruling party's No. 2 leader Li Qiang elected premier

Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) and Li Qiang, a close ally of Xi and ranked No. 2 in the ruling Communist Party's apex of power, exchange words during a plenary session of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 11, 2023. Li was elected premier during the session.

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Ram Chandra Poudel elected as Nepal's new president

STORY: Ram Chandra Poudel elected as Nepal's new president DATELINE: March 10, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:06 LOCATION: Kathmandu CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the voting venue 2. various of counting votes 3. various of Ram Chandra Poudel being elected STORYLINE: Ram Chandra Poudel, leader of the Nepali Congress party, was elected as the third president of Nepal on Thursday. Poudel defeated his rival Subash Chandra Nembang, vice chair of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist Leninist), by garnering 33,802 of the 52,628 electoral votes. Nembang got 15,518 votes. "Ram Chandra Poudel has been elected as the president beating Subash Chandra Nembang," Shaligram Sharma Paudel, spokesperson for the Election Commission, told Xinhua. Poudel, 78, is the candidate of eight ruling parties in the presidential election involving members of the House of Representatives, the National Assembly and the seven provincial assemblies, while Nembang was endorsed only by his own party. Poudel, a former s

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NEPAL-KATHMANDU-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

(230309) -- KATHMANDU, March 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Ram Chandra Poudel (C), leader of the Nepali Congress party, leaves the parliament building after his victory in the presidential election in Kathmandu, Nepal, March 9, 2023. Poudel was elected as the third president of Nepal on Thursday. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua)

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EPP Political Assembly gathers in Helsinki

European Parliament President Roberta Metsola (C) speaks with EPP president Manfred Weber (L) and leader of the National Coalition Party of Finland Petteri Orpo as they attend the meeting of the Political Assembly of the Group of the European People's Party (EPP Group) in Helsinki, Finland, on March 9, 2023. The EPP Political Assembly gathers in Helsinki on 09-10 March. LEHTIKUVA / MIKKO STIG - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Mikko Stig/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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EPP Political Assembly gathers in Helsinki

European Parliament President Roberta Metsola (L) speaks with leader of the National Coalition Party of Finland Petteri Orpo as they attend the meeting of the Political Assembly of the Group of the European People's Party (EPP Group) in Helsinki, Finland, on March 9, 2023. The EPP Political Assembly gathers in Helsinki on 09-10 March. LEHTIKUVA / MIKKO STIG - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Mikko Stig/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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EPP Political Assembly gathers in Helsinki

European Parliament President Roberta Metsola (L) speaks with EPP president Manfred Weber and leader of the National Coalition Party of Finland Petteri Orpo as they attend the meeting of the Political Assembly of the Group of the European People's Party (EPP Group) in Helsinki, Finland, on March 9, 2023. The EPP Political Assembly gathers in Helsinki on 09-10 March. LEHTIKUVA / MIKKO STIG - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Mikko Stig/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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EPP Political Assembly gathers in Helsinki

European Parliament President Roberta Metsola (C) speaks with leader of the National Coalition Party of Finland Petteri Orpo (L) and EPP president Manfred Weber as they attend the meeting of the Political Assembly of the Group of the European People's Party (EPP Group) in Helsinki, Finland, on March 9, 2023. The EPP Political Assembly gathers in Helsinki on 09-10 March. LEHTIKUVA / MIKKO STIG - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Mikko Stig/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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EPP Political Assembly gathers in Helsinki

European Parliament President Roberta Metsola (C) poses with leader of the National Coalition Party of Finland Petteri Orpo (L) and EPP president Manfred Weber as they attend the meeting of the Political Assembly of the Group of the European People's Party (EPP Group) in Helsinki, Finland, on March 9, 2023. The EPP Political Assembly gathers in Helsinki on 09-10 March. LEHTIKUVA / MIKKO STIG - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Mikko Stig/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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EPP Political Assembly gathers in Helsinki

European Parliament President Roberta Metsola (R) speaks with EPP president Manfred Weber (L) and leader of the National Coalition Party of Finland Petteri Orpo as they attend the meeting of the Political Assembly of the Group of the European People's Party (EPP Group) in Helsinki, Finland, on March 9, 2023. The EPP Political Assembly gathers in Helsinki on 09-10 March. LEHTIKUVA / MIKKO STIG - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Mikko Stig/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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EPP Political Assembly gathers in Helsinki

European Parliament President Roberta Metsola (L) speaks with leader of the National Coalition Party of Finland Petteri Orpo and EPP president Manfred Weber as they attend the meeting of the Political Assembly of the Group of the European People's Party (EPP Group) in Helsinki, Finland, on March 9, 2023. The EPP Political Assembly gathers in Helsinki on 09-10 March. LEHTIKUVA / MIKKO STIG - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Mikko Stig/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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EPP Political Assembly gathers in Helsinki

Leader of the National Coalition Party of Finland Petteri Orpo (L) welcomes EPP president Manfred Weber at the meeting of the Political Assembly of the Group of the European People's Party (EPP Group) in Helsinki, Finland, on March 9, 2023. The EPP Political Assembly gathers in Helsinki on 09-10 March. LEHTIKUVA / MIKKO STIG - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Mikko Stig/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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EPP Political Assembly gathers in Helsinki

Leader of the National Coalition Party of Finland Petteri Orpo speaks at the opening of the Political Assembly of the Group of the European People's Party (EPP Group) in Helsinki, Finland, on March 9, 2023. The EPP Political Assembly gathers in Helsinki on 09-10 March. LEHTIKUVA / MIKKO STIG - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Mikko Stig/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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EPP Political Assembly gathers in Helsinki

Leader of the National Coalition Party of Finland Petteri Orpo speaks at the opening of the Political Assembly of the Group of the European People's Party (EPP Group) in Helsinki, Finland, on March 9, 2023. The EPP Political Assembly gathers in Helsinki on 09-10 March. LEHTIKUVA / MIKKO STIG - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Mikko Stig/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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EPP Political Assembly gathers in Helsinki

Leader of the National Coalition Party of Finland Petteri Orpo speaks at the opening of the Political Assembly of the Group of the European People's Party (EPP Group) in Helsinki, Finland, on March 9, 2023. The EPP Political Assembly gathers in Helsinki on 09-10 March. LEHTIKUVA / MIKKO STIG - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Mikko Stig/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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EPP Political Assembly gathers in Helsinki

Leader of the National Coalition Party of Finland Petteri Orpo speaks at the opening of the Political Assembly of the Group of the European People's Party (EPP Group) in Helsinki, Finland, on March 9, 2023. The EPP Political Assembly gathers in Helsinki on 09-10 March. LEHTIKUVA / MIKKO STIG - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Mikko Stig/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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EPP Political Assembly gathers in Helsinki

Leader of the National Coalition Party of Finland Petteri Orpo speaks at the opening of the Political Assembly of the Group of the European People's Party (EPP Group) in Helsinki, Finland, on March 9, 2023. The EPP Political Assembly gathers in Helsinki on 09-10 March. LEHTIKUVA / MIKKO STIG - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Mikko Stig/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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EPP Political Assembly gathers in Helsinki

Leader of the National Coalition Party of Finland Petteri Orpo speaks at the opening of the Political Assembly of the Group of the European People's Party (EPP Group) in Helsinki, Finland, on March 9, 2023. The EPP Political Assembly gathers in Helsinki on 09-10 March. LEHTIKUVA / MIKKO STIG - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Mikko Stig/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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CHINA-CHONGQING-ALL-WOMAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL TEAM (CN)

(230309) -- CHONGQING, March 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yan Ni, leader of an all-woman archaeological team, conducts preliminary restoration of a pottery article at the site of a relics excavation project in Fuling District, southwest China's Chongqing, Oct. 19, 2022. Established in 2012, the all-woman team has carried out more than 10 excavation projects and organized field work on over 10 cultural relic investigation and exploration projects over the past decade. TO GO WITH "Across China: All-woman team dedicated to archaeological work in China's Chongqing" (Xinhua/Tang Yi)

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CHINA-CHONGQING-ALL-WOMAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL TEAM (CN)

(230309) -- CHONGQING, March 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yan Ni (4th L), leader of an all-woman archaeological team, conducts a archeological skill training program in Wulong District, southwest China's Chongqing, March 6, 2023. Established in 2012, the all-woman team has carried out more than 10 excavation projects and organized field work on over 10 cultural relic investigation and exploration projects over the past decade. TO GO WITH "Across China: All-woman team dedicated to archaeological work in China's Chongqing" (Xinhua/Tang Yi)

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CHINA-CHONGQING-ALL-WOMAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL TEAM (CN)

(230309) -- CHONGQING, March 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yan Ni (1st R), leader of an all-woman archaeological team, processes unearthed pottery shards at the site of a relics excavation project in Fuling District, southwest China's Chongqing, Oct. 19, 2022. Established in 2012, the all-woman team has carried out more than 10 excavation projects and organized field work on over 10 cultural relic investigation and exploration projects over the past decade. TO GO WITH "Across China: All-woman team dedicated to archaeological work in China's Chongqing" (Xinhua/Tang Yi)

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CHINA-CHONGQING-ALL-WOMAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL TEAM (CN)

(230309) -- CHONGQING, March 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yan Ni (L), leader of an all-woman archaeological team, supervises her colleagues at the site of a relics excavation project in Fuling District, southwest China's Chongqing, May 24, 2022. Established in 2012, the all-woman team has carried out more than 10 excavation projects and organized field work on over 10 cultural relic investigation and exploration projects over the past decade. TO GO WITH "Across China: All-woman team dedicated to archaeological work in China's Chongqing" (Xinhua/Tang Yi)

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CHINA-CHONGQING-ALL-WOMAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL TEAM (CN)

(230309) -- CHONGQING, March 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yan Ni, leader of an all-woman archaeological team, processes unearthed pottery shards at the site of a relics excavation project in Fuling District, southwest China's Chongqing, May 24, 2022. Established in 2012, the all-woman team has carried out more than 10 excavation projects and organized field work on over 10 cultural relic investigation and exploration projects over the past decade. TO GO WITH "Across China: All-woman team dedicated to archaeological work in China's Chongqing" (Xinhua/Tang Yi)

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CHINA-CHONGQING-ALL-WOMAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL TEAM (CN)

(230309) -- CHONGQING, March 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yan Ni (L, back), leader of an all-woman archaeological team, supervises her colleagues at the site of a relics excavation project in Fuling District, southwest China's Chongqing, May 24, 2022. Established in 2012, the all-woman team has carried out more than 10 excavation projects and organized field work on over 10 cultural relic investigation and exploration projects over the past decade. TO GO WITH "Across China: All-woman team dedicated to archaeological work in China's Chongqing" (Xinhua/Tang Yi)

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CHINA-CHONGQING-ALL-WOMAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL TEAM (CN)

(230309) -- CHONGQING, March 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yan Ni, leader of an all-woman archaeological team, conducts preliminary restoration of a pottery article at the site of a relics excavation project in Fuling District, southwest China's Chongqing, Oct. 19, 2022. Established in 2012, the all-woman team has carried out more than 10 excavation projects and organized field work on over 10 cultural relic investigation and exploration projects over the past decade. TO GO WITH "Across China: All-woman team dedicated to archaeological work in China's Chongqing" (Xinhua/Tang Yi)

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CHINA-CHONGQING-ALL-WOMAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL TEAM (CN)

(230309) -- CHONGQING, March 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yan Ni, leader of an all-woman archaeological team, is seen at the site of a relics protection project in Wulong District, southwest China's Chongqing, March 6, 2023. Established in 2012, the all-woman team has carried out more than 10 excavation projects and organized field work on over 10 cultural relic investigation and exploration projects over the past decade. TO GO WITH "Across China: All-woman team dedicated to archaeological work in China's Chongqing" (Xinhua/Tang Yi)

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Chinese medical aid team's lecture welcomed by residents in Algeria

STORY: Chinese medical aid team's lecture welcomed by residents in Algeria DATELINE: March 9, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:27 LOCATION: Algiers CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Setif Maternity and Childhood Hospital 2. various of the lecture by Zhu Tao 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): NADJET AKHNAK, Director of the Setif Maternity and Childhood Hospital 4. various of demonstration 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): MAROUA, Local resident 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): ZHU TAO, Leader of Chinese medical team in Setif STORYLINE: A lecture on medical operations offered by a Chinese medical aid team in Algeria was welcomed by residents and medical students on Tuesday. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): NADJET AKHNAK, Director of the Setif Maternity and Childhood Hospital "We are very happy to extend the activities to the field of training, because the previous medical team was mainly engaged in treatment and surgery. They fulfill their duties and pass on their experience and technology to Algerians. We hope this lecture is not the end, but t

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ZIMBABWE-HARARE-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAMS-60TH ANNIVERSARY

(230308) -- HARARE, March 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhu Wei (R), leader of the 19th Chinese Medical Team in Zimbabwe and outgoing chief of the TCM Clinic in Zimbabwe, receives a medal from Zimbabwean Vice President and Minister of Health and Child Care Constantino Chiwenga at a ceremony to mark the 60th anniversary of Chinese Medical Teams and to welcome the 20th Chinese Medical Team in Zimbabwe in Harare, Zimbabwe, on March 8, 2023. The Chinese Embassy in Zimbabwe on Wednesday held a ceremony to mark the 60th anniversary of sending the first China Medical Team abroad and to welcome the 20th Chinese Medical Team to Zimbabwe. (Xinhua/Tafara Mugwara)

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N. Korea's Kim calls for increase in grain production in key meeting

People wearing face masks walk in Pyongyang on March 3, 2023. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for increasing grain production at a key four-day ruling party meeting through Wednesday focused on agricultural development, state-run media reported, amid speculation that the country has been suffering from a chronic food shortage. At the plenary meeting of the Workers' Party of Korea, which followed the previous plenum by an unusually short interval of two months, Kim said it is "important to concentrate on increasing the per-hectare yield at all the farms," the official Korean Central News Agency said Thursday. He also stressed the need to enhance the role of the provincial, city and county guidance organs and all the farms in attaining the long-term objective of agricultural development, KCNA said.

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Egypt condemns Israeli minister's call for Palestinian village to be "erased"

STORY: Egypt condemns Israeli minister's call for Palestinian village to be "erased" DATELINE: March 4, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:50 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the headquarters of the Egyptian Foreign Ministry STORYLINE: The Egyptian Foreign Ministry on Friday condemned an Israeli minister's call for wiping out the Palestinian village of Hawara in the northern West Bank. Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, also the leader of the Religious Zionist Party, said on Wednesday that the village of Hawara, south of the West Bank city of Nablus, "needs to be erased." He made the remarks after two Israeli brothers were shot dead by Palestinians in Hawara on Sunday, prompting attacks from Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the village that caused at least one death and numerous injuries. "Such remarks constitute an unacceptable and serious incitement for violence," the Egyptian foreign ministry said in a statement, lambasting Smotrich for "irresponsible comments that contr

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Xinhua Headlines: Sixty years on, hero soldier remains a role model in China

(230303) -- BEIJING, March 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Mou Zhenhua, the 27th leader of the Lei Feng Squad, wipes the sculpture of Lei Feng in northeast China's Liaoning Province, Feb. 11, 2023. (Xinhua/Yao Jianfeng)

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Xinhua Headlines: Sixty years on, hero soldier remains a role model in China

(230303) -- BEIJING, March 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Ye Zigui, deputy leader of the Lei Feng Squad, wipes the protection cover of the squad's flag in northeast China's Liaoning Province, Feb. 11, 2023. (Xinhua/Yao Jianfeng)

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German-funded steel dust recycling factory put into operation in C China

STORY: German-funded steel dust recycling factory put into operation in C China DATELINE: March 2, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:29 LOCATION: ZHENGZHOU, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the German-funded steel dust recycling factory 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JAVIER MOLINA MONTES, Executive Chair of Befesa 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): FU XIAO, CEO of Befesa Zinc China 4. various of the German-funded steel dust recycling factory STORYLINE: A German-funded steel dust recycling factory has recently been put into operation in central China's Henan Province. The factory, with a total investment of 350 million yuan (about 50 million USD), is the 23rd factory owned by Befesa, an industry leader in steel dust recycling and aluminium salt slags recycling. In 2019, Befesa started to build the factory in Changge City after investigation and site selection. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JAVIER MOLINA MONTES, Executive Chair of Befesa "We need to choose an area in China with two characteristics, on the one hand, a strong ap

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China hosts Belarus leader Lukashenko

The national flags of China and Belarus (L) are hoisted in front of Beijing's Tiananmen Gate on March 1, 2023, to coincide with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko's state visit to China.

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Japan ruling party congress

Natsuo Yamaguchi, leader of Japan's Komeito party, delivers a speech at a ruling Liberal Democratic Party congress in Tokyo on Feb. 26, 2023.

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Australia: PM Anthony Albanese Makes History As He Joins Sydney LGBT Mardi Gras March

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese became the first leader of the nation to march in the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras since its inception 45 years ago. Albanese joined in a march alongside NSW Opposition Leader Chris Minns and Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek during the event on Saturday, February 25.

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Nepal Presidential Election nomination filing

Former House Speaker and CPN-UML leader Subash Chandra Nembwang awaits for the completition of of procedures after submitting application of candidacy for the post of President. Nembwang is being contested by Ram Chandra Paudel, candidate from Nepali Congress and supported by coalition of 8 different parties. Nepal is holding Presidential Election on 9th of March, this year.

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Nepal Presidential Election nomination filing

Former House Speaker and CPN-UML leader Subash Chandra Nembwang pose for photo for media after filing the nomination papers for the post of President. Nembwang is being contested by Ram Chandra Paudel, candidate from Nepali Congress and supported by coalition of 8 different parties. Nepal is holding Presidential Election on 9th of March, this year.

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Nepal Presidential Election nomination filing

Former House Speaker and CPN-UML leader Subash Chandra Nembwang (C) waves at media along side former PM KP Sharma Oli (L) after filing the nomination papers for the post of President. Nembwang is being contested by Ram Chandra Paudel, candidate from Nepali Congress and supported by coalition of 8 different parties. Nepal is holding Presidential Election on 9th of March, this year.

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Nepal Presidential Election nomination filing

Senior Nepali Congress leader and former House Speaker Ram Chandra Paudel smiles as he attends party meeting in Sanepa, Lalitpur ahead of filing of papers for the candidature in Presidential election. Paudel is being supported by an alliance of 8 political parties in the 9th March Presidential Election.

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Nepal Presidential Election nomination filing

Former House Speaker and senior Nepali Congress leader Ram Chandra Paudel sits at the office of electoral officer set inside Federal Parliament in capital Kathmandu. Paudel is contesting the presidential race slated for 9th March, 2023 in support of 8 party coalition.