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Minister Laurent Nunez Visits Toulouse National Police Academy

Medals on a student peacekeeper. National Police Academy in Toulouse, graduation ceremony for the 276th class of police officers. Visit by Mr. Laurent Nunez, Minister of the Interior, to the Haute-Garonne department, in Toulouse, France, on November 21, 2025. Photo by Patricia Huchot-Boissier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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UN Peacemakers Injured By Israeli Drone Attack - Lebanon

An injured peacekeeper receives treatment following an Israeli drone attack in Sidon, Lebanon, on Nov. 7, 2024. The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) announced in a statement on Thursday that five peacekeepers were injured in an Israeli drone attack in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon. Photo by Ali Hashisho/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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LEBANON-MARJAYOUN-ISRAEL-BORDER-TENSIONS

(240202) -- MARJAYOUN (LEBANON), Feb. 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A peacekeeper of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) is on patrol on the Lebanese-Israeli border in Marjayoun, Lebanon, on Feb. 2, 2024. The confrontations between Hezbollah and Israel have killed 240 on the Lebanese side, including 173 Hezbollah members and 39 civilians, according to Lebanese security sources. (Photo by Ali Hashisho/Xinhua)

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LEBANON-MARJAYOUN-ISRAEL-BORDER-TENSIONS

(240202) -- MARJAYOUN (LEBANON), Feb. 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A peacekeeper of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) is on patrol on the Lebanese-Israeli border in Marjayoun, Lebanon, on Feb. 2, 2024. The confrontations between Hezbollah and Israel have killed 240 on the Lebanese side, including 173 Hezbollah members and 39 civilians, according to Lebanese security sources. (Photo by Ali Hashisho/Xinhua)

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LEBANON-MARJAYOUN-ISRAEL-BORDER-TENSIONS

(240202) -- MARJAYOUN (LEBANON), Feb. 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A peacekeeper of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) is on patrol on the Lebanese-Israeli border in Marjayoun, Lebanon, on Feb. 2, 2024. The confrontations between Hezbollah and Israel have killed 240 on the Lebanese side, including 173 Hezbollah members and 39 civilians, according to Lebanese security sources. (Photo by Ali Hashisho/Xinhua)

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A small feather carrying wish for world peace | Stories shared by Xi Jinping

STORY: A small feather carrying wish for world peace | Stories shared by Xi Jinping DATELINE: June 15, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:38 LOCATION: KUNMING, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY STORYLINE: This monument is dedicated to He Zhihong, a Chinese woman peacekeeper who died in the line of duty while serving in a United Nations (UN) peacekeeping mission in Haiti in 2010. She was just 35. Chinese President Xi Jinping shared He's story at the UN peacekeeping summit in New York in 2015. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): XI JINPING, Chinese President "Five years ago, we lost He Zhihong, a peacekeeping policewoman in the UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti. She left a four-year-old son and elderly parents. She once wrote: 'In this vast world, I may be just like a small feather. But even so, I want this feather to carry the wish for peace.' This was her wish, and it is also China's commitment to peace." After graduating from Yunnan Normal University in 1998, He Zhihong became a border inspector in Kunming, the provincial capital of Yunnan.

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South Sudan marks International Day of UN Peacekeepers

STORY: South Sudan marks International Day of UN Peacekeepers DATELINE: May 30, 2023 LENGTH: 00:04:16 LOCATION: Juba CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the event 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): NICHOLAS HAYSOM, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sudan 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): NICHOLAS HAYSOM, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sudan 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): DENG DAU DENG, South Sudan's acting minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation 5. various of a memorial 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): ANDREE ABELLA, Peacekeeper from the Philippines 7. various of the event STORYLINE: South Sudan marked the International Day of UN Peacekeepers on Monday in the country's capital Juba. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): NICHOLAS HAYSOM, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sudan "Peacekeepers build enduring partnerships with local communities and authorities, including traditional leaders, government counterparts, politicians, law enforcement personnel, militar

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CAMBODIA-PHNOM PENH-PEACEKEEPERS-CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

(230221) -- PHNOM PENH, Feb. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Joseph Scheuer (C), United Nations resident coordinator to Cambodia, hands over a UN flag to a Cambodian peacekeeper in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Feb. 21, 2023. Cambodia on Tuesday dispatched a new batch of 98 peacekeepers to join a United Nations peacekeeping operation in the war-torn Central African Republic, officials said. (Photo by Ly Lay/Xinhua)

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LEBANON-ISRAEL-BORDER-TENSION

(230123) -- BEIRUT, Jan. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Israeli soldiers construct defensive fortifications monitored by a United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) peacekeeper near the Lebanese-Israeli borders, on Jan. 23, 2023. The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) warned on Jan. 20 against conducting any works or activities that could lead to tension near the Lebanese-Israeli borders, the National News Agency reported. An excavator from the Israeli side crossed the demarcation line between the two countries recently, prompting the Lebanese army to halt Israeli military engineering work. (Photo by Ali Hashisho/Xinhua)

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Body of Irish UN peacekeeper leaves Beirut for Ireland

STORY: Body of Irish UN peacekeeper leaves Beirut for Ireland DATELINE: Dec. 19, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:27 LOCATION: Beirut CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of UNIFIL members and Lebanese security officials attending the event 2. shot of a UNIFIL peacekeeper saluting his late comrade 3. shot of the Irish Battalion standing facing the coffin 4. Ireland's Ambassador to Egypt Nuala O'Brien carrying a wreath to place it on the coffin 5. Lebanese security forces carrying two wreaths 6. various of the ceremony 7. shot of the plane carrying the coffin STORYLINE: The body of the Irish UN peacekeeper who was killed last Wednesday left Lebanon's Beirut on Sunday on a military plane for his homeland. A UN ceremony was held at the Beirut airport to honor Sean Rooney before his body left for his home in Ireland. His colleagues, members of the Irish Battalion, attended the ceremony with Ireland's Ambassador to Egypt Nuala O'Brien laying a wreath for Rooney. The 24-year-old was killed in an attack on Wednesday whil

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Lebanese PM vows to punish perpetrators of UN peacekeeper's murder

STORY: Lebanese PM vows to punish perpetrators of UN peacekeeper's murder DATELINE: Dec. 18, 2022 LENGTH: 00:04:23 LOCATION: Beirut CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Lebanese PM Najib Mikati arriving by helicopter to the UNIFIL headquarters in southern Lebanon 2. various of Mikati shaking hands with Aroldo Lazaro Saenz, chief of the UNIFIL and Lebanese army chief Joseph Aoun 3. various of officials inside the UNIFIL headquarters in Naqoura 4. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): NAJIB MIKATI, Lebanese Prime Minister 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): NAJIB MIKATI, Lebanese Prime Minister 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): AROLDO LAZARO SAENZ, Chief of the UNIFIL 7. various of Mikati shaking hands with officials following the visit 8. various of Mikati going to the helicopter STORYLINE: Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Friday vowed punishment for those involved in the killing of an Irish UN peacekeeper in southern Lebanon. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): NAJIB MIKATI, Lebanese Prime Minister "I assured during the meeting that the Leb

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2 years after Haiti quake

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - A Sri Lankan U.N. peacekeeper stands with some children near an tent area for people who lost their homes from the magnitude 7.0 quake on Jan. 12, 2010, in a western suburb of Haitian capital Port-au-Prince on Jan. 7, 2012. An estimated 500,000 people still live in tents in Haiti even though two years have passed since the devastating quake hit the Caribbean island nation.

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LEBANON-AL-AQBIEH-UN-PEACEKEEPER-KILLED

(221215) -- AL-AQBIEH, Dec. 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese soldiers and members of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) prepare to tow a damaged vehicle in Al-Aqbieh, southern Lebanon, on Dec. 15, 2022. A UN peacekeeper was killed and three others injured on Wednesday night just outside the peacekeepers' area of operations in south Lebanon, the UNIFIL announced Thursday. (Photo by Ali Hashisho/Xinhua)

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(1)Legacy of slain peacekeeper Akino continues 5 years after death

TOKYO, Japan - The legacy of U.N. peacekeeper Yutaka Akino (in file photo) continues five years after he was shot dead in Tajikistan through a fund that has helped Japanese youth research and conduct activities to promote peace. ''Akino was a rare expert in Japan on the settlement of (international) disputes. We want to help more people become like Akino,'' Takayuki Ito, an executive of the Akino Yutaka Eurasia Fund, says.

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Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars (2004)

Anthony Simcoe Characters: Ka D'Argo Television: Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars (2004) Director: Brian Henson 17 October 2004 Date: 17 October 2004

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Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars (2004)

Claudia Black Characters: Aeryn Sun Television: Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars (2004) Director: Brian Henson 17 October 2004 Date: 17 October 2004

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Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars (2004)

Claudia Black & Ben Browder Characters: Aeryn Sun, John Crichton Television: Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars (2004) Director: Brian Henson 17 October 2004 Date: 17 October 2004

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Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars (2004)

Gigi Edgley Characters: Chiana Television: Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars (2004) Director: Brian Henson 17 October 2004 Date: 17 October 2004

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Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars (2004)

Anthony Simcoe Characters: Ka D'Argo Television: Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars (2004) Director: Brian Henson 17 October 2004 Date: 17 October 2004

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Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars (2004)

Claudia Black Characters: Aeryn Sun Television: Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars (2004) Director: Brian Henson 17 October 2004 Filename - FARSCAPEPK_SCIFI_00014; Title - Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars; Network - SCI FI Channel; Genre - Mini-Series; Season - ; Episode Title - ; Talent Names - Claudia Black; Character Names - Aeryn; Photo Credit - SCI FI Channel; Caption - Date: 17 October 2004

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The Peacekeeper (1997)

Dolph Lundgren Characters: Major Frank Cross Film: The Peacekeeper (USA/CAN 1997) Director: Frederic Forestier 22 August 1997 Date: 22 August 1997

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The Peacekeeper (1997)

Dolph Lundgren Characters: Major Frank Cross Film: The Peacekeeper (USA/CAN 1997) Director: Frederic Forestier 22 August 1997 Date: 22 August 1997

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Japan's former peacekeeper says security bills "halfway measures"

Ryoji Takayama, who served as a battalion commander aide-de-camp on the Japanese Self-Defense Forces' first deployment to U.N. peacekeeping operations in Cambodia in 1992, shows a dummy antipersonnel mine during a speech in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2015. Takayama said that while he believes it necessary for Japan to exercise the right to collective self-defense to be able to fully take part in international community obligations, the government's package of national security bills are "halfway measures" that merely seek to comply with U.S. expectations. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2 years after Haiti quake

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - A Sri Lankan U.N. peacekeeper stands with some children near an tent area for people who lost their homes from the magnitude 7.0 quake on Jan. 12, 2010, in a western suburb of Haitian capital Port-au-Prince on Jan. 7, 2012. An estimated 500,000 people still live in tents in Haiti even though two years have passed since the devastating quake hit the Caribbean island nation. (Kyodo)

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Bangladeshi U.N. PKO in Mali

A U.N. peacekeeper from Bangladesh waves to a local resident from an armored vehicle in Gao, Mali, on Nov. 7, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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(2)Legacy of slain peacekeeper Akino continues 5 years after dea

TOKYO, Japan - Soccer fan Taro Morita (R) gives soccer instructions to boys in Sarajevo in an undated photo provided by the Akino Yutaka Eurasia Fund. Morita has set up a nongovernmental organization in Bosnia with the backing of the fund that has helped Japanese youth research and conduct activities to promote peace. (Kyodo)

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(1)Legacy of slain peacekeeper Akino continues 5 years after dea

TOKYO, Japan - The legacy of U.N. peacekeeper Yutaka Akino (in file photo) continues five years after he was shot dead in Tajikistan through a fund that has helped Japanese youth research and conduct activities to promote peace. ''Akino was a rare expert in Japan on the settlement of (international) disputes. We want to help more people become like Akino,'' Takayuki Ito, an executive of the Akino Yutaka Eurasia Fund, says. (Kyodo)

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Obuchi offers sympathy for fami

Japanese Foreign Minister Keizo Obuchi expresses sympathy July 27 to the family of Japanese U.N. peacekeeper Yutaka Akino, who was shot dead July 20 in Tajikistan with three other peacekeepers. Obuchi, who visited Akino's home in Sapporo, northern Japan, spoke to reporters and called his death ''a big loss for Japan.''