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Philippine university explosion kills at least 4, dozens injured

STORY: Philippine university explosion kills at least 4, dozens injured SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 3, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 4, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:45 LOCATION: LANAO DEL SUR, Philippines CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. exterior of the gym of Mindanao State University STORYLINE: An explosion occurred inside a gym of Mindanao State University in Marawi City, Lanao del Sur province in the southern Philippines on Sunday morning, killing at least four and injuring 50 others, local military and police said. The blast occurred past 7 a.m. local time when students and teachers gathered for a Catholic mass inside the gym, according to local police. Major General Gabriel Viray, the commander of the Army's 1st Infantry Division, said the deaths include three females and a male. However, local media GMA Network put the death toll at 11, citing a local hospital source. Police said the blast may have been caused by an improvised explosive device. Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos denounced the fata

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Tiger quintuplets growing healthily in China's Chongqing

STORY: Tiger quintuplets growing healthily in China's Chongqing DATELINE: June 17, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:44 LOCATION: CHOGNQING, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of tiger cubs at the zoo STORYLINE: Five Bengal tiger cubs turned 50 days old on Friday and stay in good condition at a wildlife park in China's Chongqing. More than a month ago, a Bengal tiger gave birth to the quintuplets, two males and three females. Because their mother was too weak to take care of them, the cubs were transferred to a wildlife breeding rescue center to be raised in captivity. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Chongqing, China. (XHTV)

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Three females accompany N. Korean delegation

SEOUL, South Korea - Two of three female officials accompanying a five-member North Korean delegation to the 15th round of inter-Korean ministerial talks are seen enjoying a brief sightseeing tour in Seoul on June 22.

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7 N. Koreans seek refugee status at UNHCR in Beijing

BEIJING, China - The photo, taken June 21 in Dalian in China's Liaoning Province, shows seven North Korean refugees who occupied the Beijing office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on June 26 to demand refugee status. According to a statement they prepared, the four males and three females, from one extended family, are fleeing from the communist regime in North Korea.

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CANADA-VANCOUVER-FEMALE FIREFIGHTERS-TRAINING CAMP

(220806) -- VANCOUVER, Aug. 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Students watch a rescue demonstration during the firefighter training camp at a fire department's training facility in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on Aug. 5, 2022. Some of 27 female high school students from across British Columbia participated in the three full days of training at the fire department's training facilities, learning different tasks in firefighting and first response skills. The training camp is a youth firefighter mentorship program aimed to attract more young females to pursue their future career as firefighters after graduating from schools. (Photo by Liang Sen/Xinhua)

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CANADA-VANCOUVER-FEMALE FIREFIGHTERS-TRAINING CAMP

(220806) -- VANCOUVER, Aug. 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A student learns how to break a car's window with tool during the firefighter training camp at a fire department's training facility in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on Aug. 5, 2022. Some of 27 female high school students from across British Columbia participated in the three full days of training at the fire department's training facilities, learning different tasks in firefighting and first response skills. The training camp is a youth firefighter mentorship program aimed to attract more young females to pursue their future career as firefighters after graduating from schools. (Photo by Liang Sen/Xinhua)

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CANADA-VANCOUVER-FEMALE FIREFIGHTERS-TRAINING CAMP

(220806) -- VANCOUVER, Aug. 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A student learns how to open a car with cutting equipment during the firefighter training camp at a fire department's training facility in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on Aug. 5, 2022. Some of 27 female high school students from across British Columbia participated in the three full days of training at the fire department's training facilities, learning different tasks in firefighting and first response skills. The training camp is a youth firefighter mentorship program aimed to attract more young females to pursue their future career as firefighters after graduating from schools. (Photo by Liang Sen/Xinhua)

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CANADA-VANCOUVER-FEMALE FIREFIGHTERS-TRAINING CAMP

(220806) -- VANCOUVER, Aug. 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A student learns how to climb a ladder during the firefighter training camp at a fire department's training facility in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on Aug. 5, 2022. Some of 27 female high school students from across British Columbia participated in the three full days of training at the fire department's training facilities, learning different tasks in firefighting and first response skills. The training camp is a youth firefighter mentorship program aimed to attract more young females to pursue their future career as firefighters after graduating from schools. (Photo by Liang Sen/Xinhua)

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CANADA-VANCOUVER-FEMALE FIREFIGHTERS-TRAINING CAMP

(220806) -- VANCOUVER, Aug. 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A student learns how to use a fire hose during the firefighter training camp at a fire department's training facility in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on Aug. 5, 2022. Some of 27 female high school students from across British Columbia participated in the three full days of training at the fire department's training facilities, learning different tasks in firefighting and first response skills. The training camp is a youth firefighter mentorship program aimed to attract more young females to pursue their future career as firefighters after graduating from schools. (Photo by Liang Sen/Xinhua)

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Thai nightclub fire kills at least 13, injures dozens: rescue team

STORY: Thai nightclub fire kills at least 13, injures dozens: rescue team DATELINE: Aug. 5, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:01 LOCATION: Bangkok CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the fire site 2. various of firefighters STORYLINE: A fire at a nightclub in Thailand's Chonburi province in the early hours of Friday has killed at least 13 people and injured more than dozens, the rescue team said. The fire, which broke out at about 1 a.m. (1800 GMT Thursday), has been put out and all the injured people have been hospitalized, said Wisarut Petcharat, a rescue worker at the scene with the Sawang Rojana Thammasathan Foundation. The victims, including nine males and four females, were all Thai nationals, Wisarut said. He said his team has rushed 18 injured people to a local hospital, of whom three were seriously injured. He said the club was a one-story building and an investigation into the cause of the accident was underway. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Bangkok. (XHTV)

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Locally-born lion cub trio debut in Australian zoo

STORY: Locally-born lion cub trio debut in Australian zoo DATELINE: July 29, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:11 LOCATION: SYDNEY, Australia CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: various of lion cubsSOUNDBITE (English): JUSTINE POWELL, Taronga Western Plains Zoo's lion supervisor STORYLINE: Taronga Western Plains Zoo Dubbo, located in the Australian state of New South Wales, has publicly unveiled three adorable lion cubs. The zoo's lion supervisor Justine Powell said the three little lion cubs are all females. They are very healthy and putting on approximately 1 kg per week and transitioning well to a meat diet. It was a major milestone for the zoo's conservation program when the cubs were born in April as it was the first successful lion offspring since 2016. The zoo has also invited the public to visit and opened a naming competition on the website for one of the trio, as the other two are to be named by Zoo's Lion Keepers and Taronga Foundation supporters. SOUNDBITE (English): JUSTINE POWELL, Taronga Western Plains Zoo

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Death toll from Nigeria's building collapse rises to nine

STORY: Death toll from Nigeria's building collapse rises to nine DATELINE: May 3, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:07 LOCATION: LAGOS, Nigeria CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of site of building collapse 2. various of rescue workers trying to search for people STORYLINE: The death toll from the collapsed three-story building in Nigeria's southwest Lagos state has risen to nine after rescue workers recovered another body, an emergency management official said Monday. Ibrahim Farinloye, the coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency in the southwest region, told Xinhua that the building in the Onyigbo area of Lagos state collapsed at about 11 p.m., local time, Sunday, and rescuers have so far found the bodies of nine victims. The dead included six males and three females. He said 24 occupants of the building were rescued alive and are being treated in a hospital. Rescue operations were ongoing at the site in search of people trapped under the rubble. An investigation has been launched to determine

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Young elephants donated by Laos on display in Kyoto zoo

Young elephants donated by Laos go on public display at the Kyoto City Zoo in the western Japan city on Feb. 28, 2015. Four young elephants aged 3 to 7 -- three females and one male -- were delivered to the zoo in November 2014 ahead of the 60th anniversary of diplomatic ties between Japan and Laos in 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Young elephants donated by Laos on display in Kyoto zoo

Young elephants donated by Laos go on public display at the Kyoto City Zoo in the western Japan city on Feb. 28, 2015. Four young elephants aged 3 to 7 -- three females and one male -- were delivered to the zoo in November 2014 ahead of the 60th anniversary of diplomatic ties between Japan and Laos in 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Three females accompany N. Korean delegation

SEOUL, South Korea - Two of three female officials accompanying a five-member North Korean delegation to the 15th round of inter-Korean ministerial talks are seen enjoying a brief sightseeing tour in Seoul on June 22. (Kyodo)

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black rhinoceros or hook-lipped rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)

The Dvur Kralove Zoo is preparing the transfer of five rare black rhinoceros from European zoos, including its three own ones, to Rwanda, its director Premysl Rabas told reporters, adding that this will be the biggest ever transfer of rhinos to Africa. Apart from three rhinos from Dvur Kralove, the transfer, scheduled for late May or early June 2019, will involve one from Britain's Flamingo Land zoo and one from the Danish Ree Park Safari zoo. The group consists of three females and two males. All the selected rhinos belong to the eastern subspecies of which only some 900 last specimens survive in the wild. On the photo is seen male black rhinoceros called Manny in the Dvur Kralove Zoo, in Dvur Kralove nad Labem, Czech Republic, on November 20, 2018. (CTK Photo/David Tanecek)

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black rhinoceros or hook-lipped rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)

The Dvur Kralove Zoo is preparing the transfer of five rare black rhinoceros from European zoos, including its three own ones, to Rwanda, its director Premysl Rabas told reporters, adding that this will be the biggest ever transfer of rhinos to Africa. Apart from three rhinos from Dvur Kralove, the transfer, scheduled for late May or early June 2019, will involve one from Britain's Flamingo Land zoo and one from the Danish Ree Park Safari zoo. The group consists of three females and two males. All the selected rhinos belong to the eastern subspecies of which only some 900 last specimens survive in the wild. On the photo is seen male black rhinoceros called Manny in the Dvur Kralove Zoo, in Dvur Kralove nad Labem, Czech Republic, on November 20, 2018. (CTK Photo/David Tanecek)

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black rhinoceros or hook-lipped rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)

The Dvur Kralove Zoo is preparing the transfer of five rare black rhinoceros from European zoos, including its three own ones, to Rwanda, its director Premysl Rabas told reporters, adding that this will be the biggest ever transfer of rhinos to Africa. Apart from three rhinos from Dvur Kralove, the transfer, scheduled for late May or early June 2019, will involve one from Britain's Flamingo Land zoo and one from the Danish Ree Park Safari zoo. The group consists of three females and two males. All the selected rhinos belong to the eastern subspecies of which only some 900 last specimens survive in the wild. On the photo is seen female black rhinoceros called Jasiri in the Dvur Kralove Zoo, in Dvur Kralove nad Labem, Czech Republic, on November 20, 2018. (CTK Photo/David Tanecek)

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black rhinoceros or hook-lipped rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)

The Dvur Kralove Zoo is preparing the transfer of five rare black rhinoceros from European zoos, including its three own ones, to Rwanda, its director Premysl Rabas told reporters, adding that this will be the biggest ever transfer of rhinos to Africa. Apart from three rhinos from Dvur Kralove, the transfer, scheduled for late May or early June 2019, will involve one from Britain's Flamingo Land zoo and one from the Danish Ree Park Safari zoo. The group consists of three females and two males. All the selected rhinos belong to the eastern subspecies of which only some 900 last specimens survive in the wild. On the photo is seen male black rhinoceros called Manny in the Dvur Kralove Zoo, in Dvur Kralove nad Labem, Czech Republic, on November 20, 2018. (CTK Photo/David Tanecek)

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black rhinoceros or hook-lipped rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)

The Dvur Kralove Zoo is preparing the transfer of five rare black rhinoceros from European zoos, including its three own ones, to Rwanda, its director Premysl Rabas told reporters, adding that this will be the biggest ever transfer of rhinos to Africa. Apart from three rhinos from Dvur Kralove, the transfer, scheduled for late May or early June 2019, will involve one from Britain's Flamingo Land zoo and one from the Danish Ree Park Safari zoo. The group consists of three females and two males. All the selected rhinos belong to the eastern subspecies of which only some 900 last specimens survive in the wild. On the photo is seen male black rhinoceros called Manny in the Dvur Kralove Zoo, in Dvur Kralove nad Labem, Czech Republic, on November 20, 2018. (CTK Photo/David Tanecek)

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black rhinoceros or hook-lipped rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)

The Dvur Kralove Zoo is preparing the transfer of five rare black rhinoceros from European zoos, including its three own ones, to Rwanda, its director Premysl Rabas told reporters, adding that this will be the biggest ever transfer of rhinos to Africa. Apart from three rhinos from Dvur Kralove, the transfer, scheduled for late May or early June 2019, will involve one from Britain's Flamingo Land zoo and one from the Danish Ree Park Safari zoo. The group consists of three females and two males. All the selected rhinos belong to the eastern subspecies of which only some 900 last specimens survive in the wild. On the photo is seen male black rhinoceros called Manny in the Dvur Kralove Zoo, in Dvur Kralove nad Labem, Czech Republic, on November 20, 2018. (CTK Photo/David Tanecek)

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black rhinoceros or hook-lipped rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)

The Dvur Kralove Zoo is preparing the transfer of five rare black rhinoceros from European zoos, including its three own ones, to Rwanda, its director Premysl Rabas told reporters, adding that this will be the biggest ever transfer of rhinos to Africa. Apart from three rhinos from Dvur Kralove, the transfer, scheduled for late May or early June 2019, will involve one from Britain's Flamingo Land zoo and one from the Danish Ree Park Safari zoo. The group consists of three females and two males. All the selected rhinos belong to the eastern subspecies of which only some 900 last specimens survive in the wild. On the photo is seen female black rhinoceros called Jasmina in the Dvur Kralove Zoo, in Dvur Kralove nad Labem, Czech Republic, on November 20, 2018. (CTK Photo/David Tanecek)

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black rhinoceros or hook-lipped rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)

The Dvur Kralove Zoo is preparing the transfer of five rare black rhinoceros from European zoos, including its three own ones, to Rwanda, its director Premysl Rabas told reporters, adding that this will be the biggest ever transfer of rhinos to Africa. Apart from three rhinos from Dvur Kralove, the transfer, scheduled for late May or early June 2019, will involve one from Britain's Flamingo Land zoo and one from the Danish Ree Park Safari zoo. The group consists of three females and two males. All the selected rhinos belong to the eastern subspecies of which only some 900 last specimens survive in the wild. On the photo is seen female black rhinoceros called Jasmina in the Dvur Kralove Zoo, in Dvur Kralove nad Labem, Czech Republic, on November 20, 2018. (CTK Photo/David Tanecek)

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black rhinoceros or hook-lipped rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)

The Dvur Kralove Zoo is preparing the transfer of five rare black rhinoceros from European zoos, including its three own ones, to Rwanda, its director Premysl Rabas told reporters, adding that this will be the biggest ever transfer of rhinos to Africa. Apart from three rhinos from Dvur Kralove, the transfer, scheduled for late May or early June 2019, will involve one from Britain's Flamingo Land zoo and one from the Danish Ree Park Safari zoo. The group consists of three females and two males. All the selected rhinos belong to the eastern subspecies of which only some 900 last specimens survive in the wild. On the photo is seen female black rhinoceros called Jasmina and hand of breeder Jan Zdarek in the Dvur Kralove Zoo, in Dvur Kralove nad Labem, Czech Republic, on November 20, 2018. (CTK Photo/David Tanecek)

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black rhinoceros or hook-lipped rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)

The Dvur Kralove Zoo is preparing the transfer of five rare black rhinoceros from European zoos, including its three own ones, to Rwanda, its director Premysl Rabas told reporters, adding that this will be the biggest ever transfer of rhinos to Africa. Apart from three rhinos from Dvur Kralove, the transfer, scheduled for late May or early June 2019, will involve one from Britain's Flamingo Land zoo and one from the Danish Ree Park Safari zoo. The group consists of three females and two males. All the selected rhinos belong to the eastern subspecies of which only some 900 last specimens survive in the wild. On the photo is seen female black rhinoceros called Jasmina in the Dvur Kralove Zoo, in Dvur Kralove nad Labem, Czech Republic, on November 20, 2018. (CTK Photo/David Tanecek)

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black rhinoceros or hook-lipped rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)

The Dvur Kralove Zoo is preparing the transfer of five rare black rhinoceros from European zoos, including its three own ones, to Rwanda, its director Premysl Rabas told reporters, adding that this will be the biggest ever transfer of rhinos to Africa. Apart from three rhinos from Dvur Kralove, the transfer, scheduled for late May or early June 2019, will involve one from Britain's Flamingo Land zoo and one from the Danish Ree Park Safari zoo. The group consists of three females and two males. All the selected rhinos belong to the eastern subspecies of which only some 900 last specimens survive in the wild. On the photo is seen female black rhinoceros called Jasmina (left) and breeder Jan Zdarek in the Dvur Kralove Zoo, in Dvur Kralove nad Labem, Czech Republic, on November 20, 2018. (CTK Photo/David Tanecek)

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black rhinoceros or hook-lipped rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)

The Dvur Kralove Zoo is preparing the transfer of five rare black rhinoceros from European zoos, including its three own ones, to Rwanda, its director Premysl Rabas told reporters, adding that this will be the biggest ever transfer of rhinos to Africa. Apart from three rhinos from Dvur Kralove, the transfer, scheduled for late May or early June 2019, will involve one from Britain's Flamingo Land zoo and one from the Danish Ree Park Safari zoo. The group consists of three females and two males. All the selected rhinos belong to the eastern subspecies of which only some 900 last specimens survive in the wild. On the photo is seen female black rhinoceros called Jasiri (left) in the Dvur Kralove Zoo, in Dvur Kralove nad Labem, Czech Republic, on November 20, 2018. (CTK Photo/David Tanecek)

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black rhinoceros or hook-lipped rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)

The Dvur Kralove Zoo is preparing the transfer of five rare black rhinoceros from European zoos, including its three own ones, to Rwanda, its director Premysl Rabas told reporters, adding that this will be the biggest ever transfer of rhinos to Africa. Apart from three rhinos from Dvur Kralove, the transfer, scheduled for late May or early June 2019, will involve one from Britain's Flamingo Land zoo and one from the Danish Ree Park Safari zoo. The group consists of three females and two males. All the selected rhinos belong to the eastern subspecies of which only some 900 last specimens survive in the wild. On the photo is seen female black rhinoceros called Jasiri in the Dvur Kralove Zoo, in Dvur Kralove nad Labem, Czech Republic, on November 20, 2018. (CTK Photo/David Tanecek)

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black rhinoceros or hook-lipped rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)

The Dvur Kralove Zoo is preparing the transfer of five rare black rhinoceros from European zoos, including its three own ones, to Rwanda, its director Premysl Rabas told reporters, adding that this will be the biggest ever transfer of rhinos to Africa. Apart from three rhinos from Dvur Kralove, the transfer, scheduled for late May or early June 2019, will involve one from Britain's Flamingo Land zoo and one from the Danish Ree Park Safari zoo. The group consists of three females and two males. All the selected rhinos belong to the eastern subspecies of which only some 900 last specimens survive in the wild. On the photo is seen female black rhinoceros called Jasiri (right) in the Dvur Kralove Zoo, in Dvur Kralove nad Labem, Czech Republic, on November 20, 2018. (CTK Photo/David Tanecek)

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black rhinoceros or hook-lipped rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)

The Dvur Kralove Zoo is preparing the transfer of five rare black rhinoceros from European zoos, including its three own ones, to Rwanda, its director Premysl Rabas told reporters, adding that this will be the biggest ever transfer of rhinos to Africa. Apart from three rhinos from Dvur Kralove, the transfer, scheduled for late May or early June 2019, will involve one from Britain's Flamingo Land zoo and one from the Danish Ree Park Safari zoo. The group consists of three females and two males. All the selected rhinos belong to the eastern subspecies of which only some 900 last specimens survive in the wild. On the photo is seen female black rhinoceros called Jasiri in the Dvur Kralove Zoo, in Dvur Kralove nad Labem, Czech Republic, on November 20, 2018. (CTK Photo/David Tanecek)

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7 N. Koreans seek refugee status at UNHCR in Beijing

BEIJING, China - The photo, taken June 21 in Dalian in China's Liaoning Province, shows seven North Korean refugees who occupied the Beijing office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on June 26 to demand refugee status. According to a statement they prepared, the four males and three females, from one extended family, are fleeing from the communist regime in North Korea.