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Customs Officer Illustration - Rotterdam

A female police customs officer looks towards the port of Rotterdam in Rotterdam, The Netherlands on March 19, 2025. In order to contain the supply of cocaine from Central and South America to Rotterdam and Antwerp, the police and justice department in the ports of those cities must be given more capacity. Extractors, takers, intruders. They have all sorts of names, the young people are often between 18 and 30 years old. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Customs Officer Illustration - Rotterdam

A female police customs officer looks towards the port of Rotterdam in Rotterdam, The Netherlands on March 19, 2025. In order to contain the supply of cocaine from Central and South America to Rotterdam and Antwerp, the police and justice department in the ports of those cities must be given more capacity. Extractors, takers, intruders. They have all sorts of names, the young people are often between 18 and 30 years old. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Customs Officer Illustration - Rotterdam

A female police customs officer looks towards the port of Rotterdam in Rotterdam, The Netherlands on March 19, 2025. In order to contain the supply of cocaine from Central and South America to Rotterdam and Antwerp, the police and justice department in the ports of those cities must be given more capacity. Extractors, takers, intruders. They have all sorts of names, the young people are often between 18 and 30 years old. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Customs Officer Illustration - Rotterdam

A female police customs officer looks towards the port of Rotterdam in Rotterdam, The Netherlands on March 19, 2025. In order to contain the supply of cocaine from Central and South America to Rotterdam and Antwerp, the police and justice department in the ports of those cities must be given more capacity. Extractors, takers, intruders. They have all sorts of names, the young people are often between 18 and 30 years old. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Customs Officer Illustration - Rotterdam

A female police customs officer looks towards the port of Rotterdam in Rotterdam, The Netherlands on March 19, 2025. In order to contain the supply of cocaine from Central and South America to Rotterdam and Antwerp, the police and justice department in the ports of those cities must be given more capacity. Extractors, takers, intruders. They have all sorts of names, the young people are often between 18 and 30 years old. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Customs Officer Illustration - Rotterdam

A female police customs officer looks towards the port of Rotterdam in Rotterdam, The Netherlands on March 19, 2025. In order to contain the supply of cocaine from Central and South America to Rotterdam and Antwerp, the police and justice department in the ports of those cities must be given more capacity. Extractors, takers, intruders. They have all sorts of names, the young people are often between 18 and 30 years old. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Customs Officer Illustration - Rotterdam

A female police customs officer looks towards the port of Rotterdam in Rotterdam, The Netherlands on March 19, 2025. In order to contain the supply of cocaine from Central and South America to Rotterdam and Antwerp, the police and justice department in the ports of those cities must be given more capacity. Extractors, takers, intruders. They have all sorts of names, the young people are often between 18 and 30 years old. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Customs Officer Illustration - Rotterdam

A female police customs officer looks towards the port of Rotterdam in Rotterdam, The Netherlands on March 19, 2025. In order to contain the supply of cocaine from Central and South America to Rotterdam and Antwerp, the police and justice department in the ports of those cities must be given more capacity. Extractors, takers, intruders. They have all sorts of names, the young people are often between 18 and 30 years old. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Customs Officer Illustration - Rotterdam

A female police customs officer looks towards the port of Rotterdam in Rotterdam, The Netherlands on March 19, 2025. In order to contain the supply of cocaine from Central and South America to Rotterdam and Antwerp, the police and justice department in the ports of those cities must be given more capacity. Extractors, takers, intruders. They have all sorts of names, the young people are often between 18 and 30 years old. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Customs Officer Illustration - Rotterdam

A female police customs officer looks towards the port of Rotterdam in Rotterdam, The Netherlands on March 19, 2025. In order to contain the supply of cocaine from Central and South America to Rotterdam and Antwerp, the police and justice department in the ports of those cities must be given more capacity. Extractors, takers, intruders. They have all sorts of names, the young people are often between 18 and 30 years old. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Customs Officer Illustration - Rotterdam

A female police customs officer looks towards the port of Rotterdam in Rotterdam, The Netherlands on March 19, 2025. In order to contain the supply of cocaine from Central and South America to Rotterdam and Antwerp, the police and justice department in the ports of those cities must be given more capacity. Extractors, takers, intruders. They have all sorts of names, the young people are often between 18 and 30 years old. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Customs Officer Illustration - Rotterdam

A female police customs officer looks towards the port of Rotterdam in Rotterdam, The Netherlands on March 19, 2025. In order to contain the supply of cocaine from Central and South America to Rotterdam and Antwerp, the police and justice department in the ports of those cities must be given more capacity. Extractors, takers, intruders. They have all sorts of names, the young people are often between 18 and 30 years old. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Customs Officer Illustration - Rotterdam

A female police customs officer looks towards the port of Rotterdam in Rotterdam, The Netherlands on March 19, 2025. In order to contain the supply of cocaine from Central and South America to Rotterdam and Antwerp, the police and justice department in the ports of those cities must be given more capacity. Extractors, takers, intruders. They have all sorts of names, the young people are often between 18 and 30 years old. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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2nd-stage university entrance exams in Japan

Test-takers head for the venue of an entrance examination for the University of Tokyo at a campus in Tokyo on Feb. 25, 2025. Second-stage entrance examinations began at state and other public universities across Japan the same day.

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2nd-stage university entrance exams in Japan

Test-takers head for the venue of an entrance examination for the University of Tokyo at a campus in Tokyo on Feb. 25, 2025. Second-stage entrance examinations began at state and other public universities across Japan the same day.

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2nd-stage university entrance exams in Japan

Test-takers head for the venue of an entrance examination for the University of Tokyo at a campus in Tokyo on Feb. 25, 2025. Second-stage entrance examinations began at state and other public universities across Japan the same day.

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Rally in support of three French Citizen imprisoned in Iran - Paris

A participant holds a placard reading "Sepah hostage takers" during a gathering in support of three French nationals Cecile Kohler, Jacques Paris and Olivier Grondeau, currently imprisoned in Iran, at the Place du Pantheon in Paris, on February 1, 2025. Teacher Cecile Kohler and her partner Jacques Paris were arrested on May 7, 2022 and they are accused of seeking to stir up labour protests, which were denied by their families. Grondeau was arrested in Shiraz in October 2022, and sentenced to five years in prison for "conspiracy against the Islamic republic", according to his mother as his family rejects the charges, describing him as a passionate fan of Persian poetry travelling to Iran on a tourist visa as part of a world tour. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Munich Security Conference opens with focus on Global South voices

STORY: Munich Security Conference opens with focus on Global South voices DATELINE: Feb. 18, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:15 LOCATION: MUNICH, Germany CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the conference 2. STANDUP(English): LI CHAO, Xinhua Correspondent STORYLINE: STANDUP(English): LI CHAO, Xinhua Correspondent "The 59th Munich Security Conference (MSC) opened here (Munich) on Friday with a focus on giving voice to countries of the Global South, especially their resentment toward the existing West-led global order." The Global South's disillusionment with the existing world order and their calls for reshaping it also came under the spotlight in a report published by the MSC on Monday. The report, titled "Re:vision," said that many countries of the Global South have so far been confined to the role of "rule-takers" under the existing global order and their "legitimate resentment" should be paid due respect. The report called for re-envisioning a world order that "better delivers on its promises" and "truly b

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Myanmar begins 1st census taking in 30 years

YANGON, Myanmar - A census taker (R) asks questions to a resident in Yangon, Myanmar, on March 30, 2014. Myanmar began taking its first national census in 31 years that day, with 100,000 census takers fanning out across the country to canvass for individual household information.

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(1)Police question hostage-takers in Siem Reap incident

SIEM REAP, Cambodia - Cambodian police question June 17 four men who stormed into the Siem Reap International School June 16 and took children and teachers hostage, many of them foreigners.

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(2)Police question hostage-takers in Siem Reap incident

SIEM REAP, Cambodia - Cambodian police question June 17 one of the four men (R) who stormed into the Siem Reap International School June 16 and took children and teachers hostage, many of them foreigners.

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Japan has made no contact with Iraq hostage takers

AMMAN, Jordan - Japanese Senior Vice Foreign Minister Shuzen Tanigawa speaks to reporters at the Japanese Embassy in Amman on Oct. 28 after launching a local task force to deal with the case of Shusei Koda, held hostage in Baghdad by militants linked to al-Qaida.

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(3)3 Japanese freed in Iraq arrive in Dubai

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Noriaki Imai (L) and Soichiro Koriyama enter a hospital for medical checks in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, on April 16 after arriving there from Baghdad. Imai, Koriyama and Nahoko Takato were released by hostage-takers in Iraq on April 15.

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Koizumi thanks all for help in hostage release

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi speaks to reporters at his office April 16. He thanked all those who helped to secure the release of three Japanese hostages in Iraq while expressing his continued commitment to helping rebuild the war-torn country. ''We could not succumb to the culprits' demands, but we had to rescue the three safely. It was a hard job,'' Koizumi said, referring to the hostage-takers' demand that Japan withdraw its Self-Defense Forces troops from Iraq.

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(6)3 Japanese hostages released

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Kimiko Koriyama, the mother of Soichiro Koriyama, one of the three Japanese released by militant hostage takers in Iraq, walks to a press conference room in Miyazaki Prefecture on April 15 with smile after her son was released.

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(5)3 Japanese hostages released

HOKKAIDO, Japan - Naoko Imai (R), the mother of Noriaki Imai, one of the three Japanese released by militant hostage takers in Iraq, rejoices with Ayako Inoue (L), sister of Nahoko Takato, another hostage, at Shin-Chitose airport at the news of the loved ones' release. (Pool Photo)

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Iraqi cleric leader urges hostage release

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Haarith al-Thari, chairman of the Islamic Clerics Association, tells Kyodo News in Baghdad on April 13 he hopes the three Japanese civilians held captive in Iraq will be released soon, and that they have not been freed because the hostage-takers are worried about their own safety.

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Kyrgyz lawmaker comments on abduction case

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan - A Kyrgyz lawmaker says that Islamic guerrillas may free 17 hostages, including 4 Japanese, if the Kyrgyz government recognizes the hostage takers as an Uzbek opposition force. Tursunbai Bakiruulu, lower chamber member of the Kyrgyz legislative Supreme Council, made the comment in an interview at his office in Bishkek on Sept. 20.

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Hostage-takers demand release of 50,000 comrades

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan - Muslim guerrillas holding a group of hostages in southern Kyrgyzstan, including four Japanese mining engineers, are demanding the release of 50,000 comrades held in Uzbekistan, Kyrgyz sources said on Sept. 4. The photo shows a copy of the rebels' statement specifying the demand.

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Daylight Raid

Peruvian military special forces ended the 127-day-old hostage crisis in a daylight raid Tuesday at the Japanese ambassador's residence in Lima, rescuing 71 of the 72 hostages and killing all of the 14 hostage takers. (Photo taken at 3:45 pm, April 22 1997)

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TANZANIA-DAR ES SALAAM-POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS

(220823) -- DAR ES SALAAM, Aug. 23, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Census takers walk through a street in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on Aug. 23, 2022. Tanzania on Tuesday began conducting its National Population and Housing Census with President Samia Suluhu Hassan being among the first persons to be counted at State House in Chamwino in the capital Dodoma. President Hassan said preliminary results of the census will be announced in October. The last Population and Housing Census was conducted in Tanzania in 2012. (Photo by Herman Emmanuel/Xinhua)

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Egypt awards entrepreneurs, business startups

STORY: Egypt awards entrepreneurs, business startups DATELINE: June 13, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:12 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various sof entrepreneurs and guests attending an awards ceremony of Egypt's Entrepreneur Awards (EEA) 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): AMR MANSI, Founder of Egypt's Entrepreneur Awards 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): AMR KAWASHTI, Egyptian entrepreneur 4. various of the awards ceremony 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): HATEM ESSAWI, Egyptian entrepreneur STORYLINE: The competition for Egypt's Entrepreneur Awards (EEA), aiming to spotlight some of the country's brightest minds, concluded on Saturday night with the announcement of the winners of the second edition. The event, which kicked off on March 26, focused on risk-takers, change-makers and innovators, as well as the most promising founders that create a positive influence in society, according to the organizer. Amr Mansi, founder of the EEA, told Xinhua during the ceremony held on Saturday night near the Great Pyramids that t

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EGYPT-CAIRO-ENTREPRENEUR AWARDS

(220612) -- CAIRO, June 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People attend an awards ceremony of Egypt's Entrepreneur Awards (EEA) in Cairo, Egypt, on June 11, 2022. The competition for Egypt's Entrepreneur Awards (EEA), aiming to spotlight some of the country's brightest minds, concluded on Saturday night with the announcement of the winners of the second edition. The event, which kicked off on March 26, focused on risk-takers, change-makers and innovators, as well as the most promising founders that create a positive influence in society, according to the organizer. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)

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EGYPT-CAIRO-ENTREPRENEUR AWARDS

(220612) -- CAIRO, June 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People attend an awards ceremony of Egypt's Entrepreneur Awards (EEA) in Cairo, Egypt, on June 11, 2022. The competition for Egypt's Entrepreneur Awards (EEA), aiming to spotlight some of the country's brightest minds, concluded on Saturday night with the announcement of the winners of the second edition. The event, which kicked off on March 26, focused on risk-takers, change-makers and innovators, as well as the most promising founders that create a positive influence in society, according to the organizer. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)

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EGYPT-CAIRO-ENTREPRENEUR AWARDS

(220612) -- CAIRO, June 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People attend an awards ceremony of Egypt's Entrepreneur Awards (EEA) in Cairo, Egypt, on June 11, 2022. The competition for Egypt's Entrepreneur Awards (EEA), aiming to spotlight some of the country's brightest minds, concluded on Saturday night with the announcement of the winners of the second edition. The event, which kicked off on March 26, focused on risk-takers, change-makers and innovators, as well as the most promising founders that create a positive influence in society, according to the organizer. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)

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Japan has made no contact with Iraq hostage takers

AMMAN, Jordan - Japanese Senior Vice Foreign Minister Shuzen Tanigawa speaks to reporters at the Japanese Embassy in Amman on Oct. 28 after launching a local task force to deal with the case of Shusei Koda, held hostage in Baghdad by militants linked to al-Qaida. (Kyodo)

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Takers (2010)

T.I. (Clifford Joseph Harris Jr.) & Michael Ealy Characters: (as Tip 'T.I'. Harris), Jake Attica Film: Takers (USA 2010) Director: John Luessenhop 04 August 2010 Tip 'T.I.' Harris (left) and Michael Ealy star in Screen Gems' action thriller TAKERS. Date: 04 August 2010

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Takers (2010)

T.I. (Clifford Joseph Harris Jr.) Characters: (as Tip 'T.I'. Harris) Film: Takers (USA 2010) Director: John Luessenhop 04 August 2010 Tip 'T.I.' Harris stars in Screen Gems' action thriller TAKERS. Date: 04 August 2010

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Takers (2010)

Idris Elba Characters: Gordon Jennings Film: Takers (USA 2010) Director: John Luessenhop 04 August 2010 Idris Elba stars in Screen Gems' action thriller TAKERS. Date: 04 August 2010

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Takers (2010)

Idris Elba Characters: Gordon Jennings Film: Takers (USA 2010) Director: John Luessenhop 04 August 2010 Idris Elba stars in Screen Gems' action thriller TAKERS. Date: 04 August 2010

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Takers (2010)

Hayden Christensen, Chris Brown, T.I. (Clifford Joseph Harris Jr.) & Idris Elba Characters: AJ. - The Builder), Jesse Attica, (as Tip 'T.I'. Harris), Gordon Jennings Film: Takers (USA 2010) Director: John Luessenhop 04 August 2010 (l to r) Hayden Christensen, Chris Brown, Tip 'T.I.' Harris and Idris Elba star in Screen Gems' action thriller TAKERS. Date: 04 August 2010

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Takers (2010)

Chris Brown & Michael Ealy Characters: Jesse Attica, Jake Attica Film: Takers (USA 2010) Director: John Luessenhop 04 August 2010 Chris Brown (left) and Michael Ealy star in Screen Gems' action thriller TAKERS. Date: 04 August 2010

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Takers (2010)

Jay Hernandez Characters: Eddie Hatcher Film: Takers (USA 2010) Director: John Luessenhop 04 August 2010 Jay Hernandez stars in Screen Gems' action thriller TAKERS. Date: 04 August 2010

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Takers (2010)

Michael Ealy, T.I. (Clifford Joseph Harris Jr.), Idris Elba & Paul Walker Characters: Jake Attica, (as Tip 'T.I'. Harris), Gordon Jennings, John Rahway Film: Takers (USA 2010) Director: John Luessenhop 04 August 2010 (l to r) Michael Ealy, Tip 'T.I.' Harris, Idris Elba and Paul Walker star in Screen Gems' action thriller TAKERS. Date: 04 August 2010

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Takers (2010)

Matt Dillon Characters: Det. Jack Welles Film: Takers (USA 2010) Director: John Luessenhop 04 August 2010 Matt Dillon stars in Screen Gems' action thriller TAKERS. Date: 04 August 2010

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Takers (2010)

Chris Brown & T.I. (Clifford Joseph Harris Jr.) Characters: Jesse Attica, (as Tip 'T.I'. Harris) Film: Takers (USA 2010) Director: John Luessenhop 04 August 2010 Chris Brown (left) and Tip 'T.I.' Harris star in Screen Gems' action thriller TAKERS. Date: 04 August 2010

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Takers (2010)

Paul Walker & Hayden Christensen Characters: John Rahway, AJ. - The Builder) Film: Takers (USA 2010) Director: John Luessenhop 04 August 2010 Paul Walker (left) and Hayden Christensen star in Screen Gems' action thriller TAKERS. Date: 04 August 2010

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Takers (2010)

Paul Walker Characters: John Rahway Film: Takers (USA 2010) Director: John Luessenhop 04 August 2010 Paul Walker stars in Screen Gems' action thriller TAKERS. Date: 04 August 2010

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Takers (2010)

Chris Brown Characters: Jesse Attica Film: Takers (USA 2010) Director: John Luessenhop 04 August 2010 Chris Brown stars in Screen Gems' action thriller TAKERS. Date: 04 August 2010

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Takers (2010)

Zoe Saldana & Michael Ealy Characters: Jake Attica Film: Takers (USA 2010) Director: John Luessenhop 04 August 2010 Zoe Saldana (left) and Michael Ealy in Screen Gems' action thriller TAKERS. Date: 04 August 2010