ILEA000008832: Funeral held for Takahiro, killed at Osaka school

Traumatized Iraqi child struggles to overcome hardships after years of war

STORY: Traumatized Iraqi child struggles to overcome hardships after years of war SHOOTING TIME: Earlier footage DATELINE: June 1, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:56 LOCATION: SALAHUDIN, Iraq CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Hathal Sabbar herding sheep 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): HATHAL SABBAR, Iraqi child 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): OUD, Local resident STORYLINE: Iraqi children have been struggling to escape the impacts of violence, displacement, and terrorism that swept the country following the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. 10-year-old Hathal Sabbar living in the town of al-Dhuluiya in north Baghdad is one of them. Sabbar has suffered from poverty and insufficient education after his father was killed and his three uncles kidnapped by the Islamic State (IS) militants days after his birth. Not long after the death of his father, Sabbar's mother left home, which made his life even harder. He is now in the third grade of primary school, which is about 7 km from his home. Sabbar also needs to herd t

Funerals arranged for Uvalde school shooting victims

STORY: Funerals arranged for Uvalde school shooting victims DATELINE: June 1, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:49 LOCATION: UVALDE, U.S. CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the funeral STORYLINE: Funerals for the victims of Uvalde school shooting in Texas, the United States have been arranged, a week after the mass shooting claimed the lives of 19 children and two teachers. VOICEOVER (English):WU XIAOLING, Xinhua correspondent "One week after the deadly Uvalde mass shooting, funeral arrangements have been made for most of the 21 students and teachers who lost their lives at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, the United States. The funerals begin today on Tuesday and will run into the middle of June. This first funeral is for 10-year-old girl Amerie Jo Garza. She just celebrated her birthday early this month. Her family said she had a 'heart of gold,' liked swimming, drawing, and wanted to be an art teacher one day. She was one of the students who tried calling the police when the gunman entered the classro

Afghanistan starts new academic year

STORY: Afghanistan starts new academic year DATELINE: March 24, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:08 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: EDUCATION SHOTLIST: various of the opening ceremonyvarious of students STORYLINE: The Ministry of Education of Afghanistan's caretaker government on Wednesday started the new educational year as millions of Afghan children head to schools, the state-run news agency reported. According to the Bakhtar News Agency, boy students from grade one to grade 12 and girls from grade one to grade six will attend their classes after the academic year started. However, female students in girls' secondary schools and high schools were denied attending schools until further notice. "Whenever girls' school uniforms are designed in accordance with Sharia, Afghan customs and culture, then the girls' schools would be reopened after order of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan's leadership," the report said. Since the Taliban's takeover of the power of the country on Aug. 15, 2021, public girls' schools an

Man jailed for life for 1990 murder freed after DNA test

TOKYO, Japan - A vehicle carrying Toshikazu Sugaya, a 62-year-old man sentenced to life in prison for the 1990 murder of a 4-year-old girl, leaves Chiba Prison in Chiba Prefecture on June 4 following his release the same day after 17 years in jail. (Kyodo)

Nationally unified achievement tests conducted for 3rd year

INUYAMA, Japan - A teacher hands out to sixth graders test papers for unified achievement tests at an elementary school in the city of Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture, on April 21. About 2.35 million sixth-grade elementary and third-year junior high school students across Japan sat for the tests, which we were reinstated in 2007 after a 43-year hiatus. (Kyodo)

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INUYAMA, Japan - A teacher hands out to sixth graders test papers for unified achievement tests at an elementary school in the city of Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture, on April 21. About 2.35 million sixth-grade elementary and third-year junior high school students across Japan sat for the tests, which were reinstated in 2007 after a 43-year hiatus. (Kyodo)

Miyazaki man listed as world's oldest male

MIYAZAKI, Japan - A 111-year-old man, Tomoji Tanabe (file photo taken September 2006), living in Miyakonojo, Miyazaki Prefecture, has been listed by the Guinness Book of Records as the world's oldest male, the city government said June 15.

Kin of U.S. school massacre victim offer prayers at Ikeda

OSAKA, Japan - Dawn Anna and Bruce Beck, who lost their 18-year-old daughter Lauren in the Columbine High School massacre in 1999, visit Ikeda Elementary School in the city of Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture, on Oct. 8 to offer prayers for Japanese schoolchildren who lost their lives in a stabbing rampage there in 2001.

Japanese girl taken hostage in Cambodia arrives with family in J

OSAKA, Japan - Ea Sovanntevi, a 4-year-old girl who was one of dozens of children taken hostage at an international school in Cambodia on June 16, and her Japanese mother Ea Masayo smile in Osaka on June 18 after arriving in Japan to attend her aunt's wedding. (Kyodo)

U.S. students send letters, stone to Ikeda school students

LOS ANGELES, United States - Photo shows Steve Heermann, a teacher at Helen Estock Elementary in Tustin, California, and some of his students who sent letters and a ''compassion stone'' to pupils and teachers at the Ikeda Elementary School in Osaka Prefecture to encourage them after hearing about the June 8 attack in which eight pupils were stabbed to death and 13 others and two teachers injured.

Funeral held for Takahiro, killed at Osaka school

SUITA, Japan - A hearse carrying the coffin of slain Takahiro Totsuka, a first-grade boy of the state-run Ikeda Elementary School in Osaka Prefecture, leaves the funeral site in Suita in the prefecture June 10. Takahiro and seven other children were killed at the school June 8 by a 37-year-old man.

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