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ECP announces final results of Pakistan's General Election 2024

STORY: ECP announces final results of Pakistan's General Election 2024 SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 11, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 11, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:57 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the ECP 2. various of the Islamabad streets 3. various of polling stations STORYLINE: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Sunday announced the complete results of the country's General Election 2024 held on Feb. 8. According to the election results announced for the National Assembly (NA), or the lower house of the country's parliament, independent candidates got 101 seats, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif got 75 seats and the Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians of former foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari got 54 seats. The Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan got 17 seats, the Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam Pakistan got four seats, the Pakistan Muslim League got three seats, the Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party and Balochistan National Party got two seats

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Japanese lawmakers refused entry into S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Members of a conservative group protest against the planned entry of Japanese Diet members at Seoul's Gimpo International Airport on Aug. 1, 2011, holding coffins bearing the lawmakers' photos. Yoshitaka Shindo and other two parliamentarians, who planned to visit a South Korean island near a pair of disputed islets, were refused entry into South Korea upon their arrival at the airport the same day.

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Order of the Rising Sun awarded to Nepali leader Ram Chandra Paudel

Ambassador of Japan to Nepal Kikuta Yutaka (R) along with Ram Chandra Poudel (C), Former Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nepal, pose for photo after handing over of 2020 Spring Imperial Decoration, Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun. Poudel received the decoration on April 29, 2020, in recognition of his contributions towards strengthening the relationship between Japan and Nepal and promoting the interchange of members of parliaments of both countries. Due to Covid-19 pandemic, the ceremony has been unfortunately postponed. Poudel contributed to the activation of contacts between parliamentarians of the two countries, a statement issued by the Embassy of Japan said. Japanese Decorations are conferred upon foreigners twice a year, on 29th April and 3rd November, concurrently with the conferment of decorations and medals to Japanese nationals...

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Order of the Rising Sun awarded to Nepali leader Ram Chandra Paudel

Ambassador of Japan to Nepal Kikuta Yutaka (R) along with Ram Chandra Poudel (C), Former Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nepal, pose for photo after handing over of 2020 Spring Imperial Decoration, Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun. Poudel received the decoration on April 29, 2020, in recognition of his contributions towards strengthening the relationship between Japan and Nepal and promoting the interchange of members of parliaments of both countries. Due to Covid-19 pandemic, the ceremony has been unfortunately postponed. Poudel contributed to the activation of contacts between parliamentarians of the two countries, a statement issued by the Embassy of Japan said. Japanese Decorations are conferred upon foreigners twice a year, on 29th April and 3rd November, concurrently with the conferment of decorations and medals to Japanese nationals...

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Order of the Rising Sun awarded to Nepali leader Ram Chandra Paudel

Ambassador of Japan to Nepal Kikuta Yutaka (R) along with Ram Chandra Poudel (C), Former Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nepal, pose for photo after handing over of 2020 Spring Imperial Decoration, Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun. Poudel received the decoration on April 29, 2020, in recognition of his contributions towards strengthening the relationship between Japan and Nepal and promoting the interchange of members of parliaments of both countries. Due to Covid-19 pandemic, the ceremony has been unfortunately postponed. Poudel contributed to the activation of contacts between parliamentarians of the two countries, a statement issued by the Embassy of Japan said. Japanese Decorations are conferred upon foreigners twice a year, on 29th April and 3rd November, concurrently with the conferment of decorations and medals to Japanese nationals...

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Japanese, U.S. lawmakers hold official exchange meeting

WASHINGTON, United States - Twelve Japanese (R side) and as many U.S. (L side) lawmakers hold the first meeting under a newly-created official Japan-U.S. parliamentarians' exchange organization in Washington on June 17. The organization was set up to help promote relations between the two countries.

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(4)Japanese, Chinese parliamentarians discuss ways to improve ties

TOKYO, Japan - Lu Yongxiang, vice chairman of the standing committee of China's National People's Congress, speaks at a meeting of Japanese and Chinese parliamentarians in Tokyo on April 14. Lu expressed hope that the talks will help create an atmosphere conducive to resolving the outstanding issues between the two countries.

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Obuchi wins LDP election

Foreign Minister Keizo Obuchi was elected president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Friday July 24 to succeed outgoing Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto. The photo shows Obuchi taking a bow after LDP parliamentarians and representatives of 47 LDP prefectural chapters elected him on the first ballot over his two rivals, former Chief Cabinet Secretary Seiroku Kajiyama and Health and Welfare Minister Junichiro Koizumi. At left is Koizumi.

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Ranil Wickremesinghe elected as new president of Sri Lanka

STORY: Ranil Wickremesinghe elected as new president of Sri Lanka DATELINE: July 20, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:32 LOCATION: Colombo CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): GUO XINHUI, Xinhua correspondent STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): GUO XINHUI, Xinhua correspondent "Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe was elected as the new president of Sri Lanka on Wednesday. After winning the election, Wickremesinghe addressed the parliament, calling on all legislators to unite and work together with him to lead Sri Lanka out of the current economic crisis. Wickremesinghe got 134 votes in a secret ballot that took place in parliament. Out of 225 parliamentarians, 223 voted in the ballot and there were four invalid votes. Another two candidates got 82 votes and three votes, respectively. Ranil Wickremesinghe has declared a nationwide state of emergency with effect from Monday. A special gazette notice said the state of emergency was declared in the interests of public security, the protection of public order and t

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Drug Test For The Parliamentarians - Rome

Two doctors carry out the blood sample from the parliamentarians - The Brothers of Italy parliamentarians carry out a drug test at a gazebo located in the square. The initiative was born in response to the provocation of the Minister for Youth Policies Fabiana Dadone (M5S). Rome, Italy on April 29, 2021. Photo by Gloria Imbrogno/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japanese, U.S. lawmakers hold official exchange meeting

WASHINGTON, United States - Twelve Japanese (R side) and as many U.S. (L side) lawmakers hold the first meeting under a newly-created official Japan-U.S. parliamentarians' exchange organization in Washington on June 17. The organization was set up to help promote relations between the two countries. (Kyodo)

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Abe attends conference on population and development

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe makes a speech at the two-day Global Conference of Parliamentarians on Population and Development in Tokyo on April 26, 2016. Abe said he wanted to raise international health and medical areas as focal topics during the upcoming Ise-Shima summit of Group of Seven countries in Mie Prefecture, central Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese, S. Korean lawmakers warm ties with games of go

Former Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) enjoys a game of go with South Korean ruling party lawmaker Won Yoo Chul during a goodwill exchange event involving parliamentarians of the two nations at the South Korean parliament in Seoul on July 11, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese, S. Korean lawmakers urge WWII statement to reflect 1995 apology

Members of a Japanese parliamentarians' group promoting friendship with South Korea and its South Korean counterpart meet in Tokyo on July 10, 2015. The two nations' parliamentarians adopted a joint statement urging Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to uphold in his forthcoming statement on the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II the positions of previous governments including an apology made in 1995. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese, S. Korean lawmakers meet in Seoul

Senior Japanese and South Korean lawmakers meet in Seoul on May 11, 2015, to discuss the agenda and schedule of a future meeting of the two countries' parliamentarian groups promoting bilateral ties. Takeo Kawamura (far R), secretary general of the nonpartisan Japan-Korea Parliamentarians' Union, said, "(Japanese) Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's thought of adhering to the opinions of past prime ministers and wanting to advance Japan-South Korea relations is unwavering." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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(4)Japanese, Chinese parliamentarians discuss ways to improve ti

TOKYO, Japan - Lu Yongxiang, vice chairman of the standing committee of China's National People's Congress, speaks at a meeting of Japanese and Chinese parliamentarians in Tokyo on April 14. Lu expressed hope that the talks will help create an atmosphere conducive to resolving the outstanding issues between the two countries. (Kyodo)

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Japanese lawmakers refused entry into S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Members of a conservative group protest against the planned entry of Japanese Diet members at Seoul's Gimpo International Airport on Aug. 1, 2011, holding coffins bearing the lawmakers' photos. Yoshitaka Shindo and other two parliamentarians, who planned to visit a South Korean island near a pair of disputed islets, were refused entry into South Korea upon their arrival at the airport the same day. (Kyodo)

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Obuchi wins LDP election

Foreign Minister Keizo Obuchi was elected president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Friday July 24 to succeed outgoing Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto. The photo shows Obuchi taking a bow after LDP parliamentarians and representatives of 47 LDP prefectural chapters elected him on the first ballot over his two rivals, former Chief Cabinet Secretary Seiroku Kajiyama and Health and Welfare Minister Junichiro Koizumi. At left is Koizumi. ==Kyodo