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  2. Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography - Wikipedia

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    The Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography is one of the American Pulitzer Prizes annually awarded for journalism. From 2000 it has used the "breaking news" name but it is considered a continuation of the Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography, which was awarded from 1968 to 1999. Prior to 1968, a single Prize was awarded for ...

  3. List of maritime disasters in the 21st century - Wikipedia

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    2002. Senegal. Le Joola – On 26 September, the overloaded ferry capsized in rough seas with an estimated death toll of 1,864. There were only 64 survivors. [1] 1,864. 2011. Tanzania. Spice Islander I, a passenger ferry carrying at least 800 people, sank off the coast of Zanzibar on 10 September.

  4. Hong Kong Marathon - Wikipedia

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    Participants. 4,744 (2019) Finish line in 2011. The Hong Kong Marathon ( Chinese: 香港馬拉松 ), sponsored by Standard Chartered Bank, is an annual marathon race held in January or February in Hong Kong. In addition to the full marathon, a 10 km run and a half marathon are also held. Around 70,000 runners take part each year across all events.

  5. Kenya Standard Gauge Railway - Wikipedia

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    The Kenya Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) is a partially finished railway system connecting Kenya's cities. Once completed, it will link the country to the neighboring country of Uganda, and through Uganda, to South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Burundi. There are also plans to link to Addis Ababa, in neighboring ...

  6. Chris Kirubi - Wikipedia

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    Being a corporate operative and shareholding of Big business in Kenya. [1] [2] Christopher John Kirubi (20 August 1941 – 14 June 2021), born in Murang'a County, was a Kenyan businessman, entrepreneur, and industrialist. He was a director at Centum Investment Company, a business conglomerate, of which he was the largest individual shareholder.

  7. VHS - Wikipedia

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    The VHS ( Video Home System) [1] [2] [3] is a standard for consumer-level analog video recording on tape cassettes, invented in 1976 by the Victor Company of Japan (JVC). It was the dominant home video format throughout the tape media period in the 1980s and 1990s. [4] Magnetic tape video recording was adopted by the television industry in the ...

  8. Singapore Airlines Flight 006 - Wikipedia

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    After the accident, 9V-SPL, another aircraft painted with the same livery, was removed from service and repainted with the standard Singapore Airlines livery. Only after 15 years did the airline introduce another special livery, this time on two of its Airbus A380 aircraft in conjunction with Singapore's 50th National Day celebrations.

  9. Mohammad Ali (Kenyan politician) - Wikipedia

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    Mohammad Ali (Kenyan politician) Hon. Mohamed, Mohamed Ali, popularly known as Moha Jicho Pevu, is a Kenyan politician, media personality and anchor. [1] He is a current member of parliament for Nyali Constituency in Mombasa County, elected under an UDA ticket in the 2022 elections. [2] He first contested for the seat in 2017 as an Independent ...