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Lebanon: Israel Carries Out Airstrikes Near Sidon

Israel carried out 2 airstrikes targeting alleged Hezbollah weapons warehouse locations near Sidon on Monday, February 19. Lebanese state-run National News Agency reported that "Israeli warplanes carried out strikes on the town of Ghaziyeh". The Israeli army said that the attack was in "response to to the explosion of an enemy drone, the wreckage of which was found near the Tiberias area this afternoon." This live footage shows smoke billowing as seen from Sidon.

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Urumqi in China's Xinjiang reforms final exams for small school children

STORY: Urumqi in China's Xinjiang reforms final exams for small school children SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 11, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 12, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:09 LOCATION: URUMQI, China CATEGORY: EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1. various of pupils participating in final exams 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): XUE YANGZIMENG, Second-grader of the Experimental School of Xinjiang Teacher's College 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): MENG FANJIANUO, Second-grader of the Experimental School of Xinjiang Teacher's College 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): WANG JUN, Vice Principal of the Experimental School of Xinjiang Teacher's College STORYLINE: Local education authorities in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have rolled out new measures to reform final exams for small school children. According to the new measures, test paper results will no longer be the only standard for measuring students' learning capacity for first and second-graders at elementary schools. They encourage these pupils to participate in different fun learning ac

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Ex-U.S. soldier returns photo from WWII battlefield to Japanese kin

BOSTON, Massachusetts - Frank Hobbs (L), an 85-year-old former U.S. soldier, and Yoko Takekawa, 64, hold a drawing by Yoko's sister Chie, now 73, when she was second grader, at his home in Boston on March 14. Hobbs returned the drawing and other personal belongings of Yoko's father Matsuji Takekawa, a Japanese soldier who died at the age of 37 in the Battle of Iwojima in the Pacific Ocean.

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Ex-U.S. soldier returns photo from WWII battlefield to Japanese kin

BOSTON, Massachusetts - This photo shows a picture that belonged to a Japanese soldier from Iwoto Island, where a major battle took place in World War II, which was returned by a former U.S. soldier to Japanese relatives. Frank Hobbs, an 85-year-old former U.S. soldier living in Boston, returned a photograph and other personal belongings of Matsuji Takekawa, who died at the age of 37 in the Battle of Iwojima, as the island is more commonly known, in the Pacific Ocean, to his daughter Yoko, 64, who currently lives in New Jersey. The photo shows a drawing of an air-raid drill by Yoko's older sister Chie, now 72, when she was a second grader.

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Boy arrested for bus hijacking

NAGOYA, Japan - Police officers investigate after a boy was arrested for hijacking a bus operated JR Tokai Bus Co. at Miai parking area on the Tomei Expressway in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, on July 16. The boy, who was in possession of two knives, told the police he was a 14-year-old second grader at a junior high school in Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture.

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Boy, 14, youngest ever passes weather forecaster test

TOKYO, Japan - Satoru Okajima, a second-grader at Nada Junior High School in Kobe, speaks to reporters about passing a test for certified weather forecasters in January at age 14 years and 1 month. He broke the previous record set by a boy of 14 years and 8 months.

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School staff pray for young sisters found dead

OKAYAMA, Japan - School staff on Feb. 10 pray for Akise Haruna, a second-grader at an elementary school in Saku, Okayama Prefecture, and her younger sister Rise, who were found dead the previous day on a wooded slope in the village of Higashiawakura in the prefecture. Police are probing the possibility that the girls got lost along the way and died of exposure in the cold weather.

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Abducted 7-year-old girl found uninjured

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Miho Akimoto, a 7-year-old girl who was abducted Aug. 14 in Tochigi Prefecture, arrives at Kuroiso Police Station on Aug. 15 after being found uninjured in the same prefecture. The second-grader at an elementary school was playing with her sister outside her grandfather's house when she was abducted by two people in a car.

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Boy arrested for bus hijacking

NAGOYA, Japan - Police officers investigate after a boy was arrested for hijacking a bus operated JR Tokai Bus Co. at Miai parking area on the Tomei Expressway in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, on July 16. The boy, who was in possession of two knives, told the police he was a 14-year-old second grader at a junior high school in Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Ex-U.S. soldier returns photo from WWII battlefield to Japanese k

BOSTON, Massachusetts - Frank Hobbs (L), an 85-year-old former U.S. soldier, and Yoko Takekawa, 64, hold a drawing by Yoko's sister Chie, now 73, when she was second grader, at his home in Boston on March 14. Hobbs returned the drawing and other personal belongings of Yoko's father Matsuji Takekawa, a Japanese soldier who died at the age of 37 in the Battle of Iwojima in the Pacific Ocean. (Kyodo)

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Ex-U.S. soldier returns photo from WWII battlefield to Japanese k

BOSTON, Massachusetts - This photo shows a picture that belonged to a Japanese soldier from Iwoto Island, where a major battle took place in World War II, which was returned by a former U.S. soldier to Japanese relatives. Frank Hobbs, an 85-year-old former U.S. soldier living in Boston, returned a photograph and other personal belongings of Matsuji Takekawa, who died at the age of 37 in the Battle of Iwojima, as the island is more commonly known, in the Pacific Ocean, to his daughter Yoko, 64, who currently lives in New Jersey. The photo shows a drawing of an air-raid drill by Yoko's older sister Chie, now 72, when she was a second grader. (Kyodo)

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Boy, 14, youngest ever passes weather forecaster test

TOKYO, Japan - Satoru Okajima, a second-grader at Nada Junior High School in Kobe, speaks to reporters about passing a test for certified weather forecasters in January at age 14 years and 1 month. He broke the previous record set by a boy of 14 years and 8 months. (Kyodo)

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School staff pray for young sisters found dead

OKAYAMA, Japan - School staff on Feb. 10 pray for Akise Haruna, a second-grader at an elementary school in Saku, Okayama Prefecture, and her younger sister Rise, who were found dead the previous day on a wooded slope in the village of Higashiawakura in the prefecture. Police are probing the possibility that the girls got lost along the way and died of exposure in the cold weather. (Kyodo)