ILEA001080295: Resident washes car covered with ash from volcano

Iftar cannon fired during Ramadan in Jerusalem

STORY: Iftar cannon fired during Ramadan in Jerusalem SHOOTING TIME: March 27, 2024 DATELINE: April 2, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:26 LOCATION: Jerusalem CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of preparation for Iftar cannon 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): RAJAI SANDUQA, Ramadan Iftar cannon operator 3. various of firing Iftar cannon 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): RAJAI SANDUQA, Ramadan Iftar cannon operator 5. various of local resident 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): Local resident STORYLINE: For residents of Jerusalem's Old City and its surrounding areas, iftar cannons are part of the holy month of Ramadan. Sanduqa family has been in charge of firing iftar cannons for more than 300 years. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): RAJAI SANDUQA, Ramadan Iftar cannon operator "Cannons today are different from those before. We used to use gunpowder, but after the First Intifada in 1987, the Israeli authorities banned the manufacture of gunpowder, and we began to use sound bombs instead of gunpowder." Firing iftar cannons during Ramadan is a tradition in

Russia's Ebeko volcano spews ash 3,000 meters high

STORY: Russia's Ebeko volcano spews ash 3,000 meters high SHOOTING TIME: March 24/27, 2024 DATELINE: March 28, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:05 LOCATION: Moscow CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the eruptions (courtesy of Kamchatka branch of the federal research center Unified Geological Survey of the Russian Academy of Sciences) STORYLINE: Russia's Ebeko volcano spewed ash to a height of 3,000 meters into the atmosphere, a Russian research institute said Wednesday. "The ash emission reached approximately 3,000 meters above sea level," said the press service of the Kamchatka branch of the federal research center Unified Geological Survey of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The 1,156-meter-high Ebeko volcano is located on Russia's Kuril Island of Paramushir. Regular emissions, ranging from weak to moderate, have been ongoing since Oct. 20, 2016, which are considered normal for the volcano. The record emission occurred on Aug. 31, 2018, when a smoke column surged to a height of 6,000 meters from

Kim Jong Il visits China for 1st time in 4 years

DALIAN, China - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il (L) is saluted by a police officer as he gets into a car in front of a hotel in the northeastern Chinese city of Dalian on May 3, 2010. Kim is visiting China for the first time since January 2006.

Mt. Asama erupts, agency warns of ash deposits

KARUIZAWA, Japan - Smoke billows from the summit creator of snow-covered Mt. Asama, straddling Gunma and Nagano prefectures, Feb. 2 after the 2,568-meter volcano erupted earlier in the day. (Kyodo)

71-yr-old Japanese climber listed as oldest '7 summitter'

NAGOYA, Japan - Tomiyasu Ishikawa (file photo), a 71-year-old climber in Kariya, Aichi Prefecture, has received a certificate from Guinness World Records recognizing him as the oldest person to have conquered the tallest peaks on the world's seven continents, he said on April 12. The certificate says Ishikawa reached the summit of the 4,897-meter Mt. Vinson Massif, the tallest mountain in Antarctica, on Jan. 21 at 71 years and 60 days old and joined the seven summitter club, he said. (Kyodo)

71-year-old Japanese climber joins 'seven summiter' club

NAGOYA, Japan - A file photo shows Tomiyasu Ishikawa, a 71-year-old climber from Kariya, Aichi Prefecture, who reached the summit of Mt. Vinson Massif, the tallest mountain in Antarctica, on Jan. 21, his family said on Jan. 27. By reaching the summit of the 4,897-meter mountain, the chairman of a mountaineering association in Aichi Prefecture is believed to have become the oldest ''seven summiter,'' having conquered the tallest peaks on the world's seven continents.

Sub captain directly apologizes to relatives

HONOLULU, United States - Cmdr. Scott Waddle, captain of the U.S. Navy submarine Greeneville, is pictured March 8 after he directly apologized for the first time to relatives of the nine Japanese who went missing in last month's collision between the sub and the Japanese training ship Ehime Maru off Hawaii. Waddle privately made the apology outside the courtroom of the Navy's Court of Inquiry in Honolulu after the fourth day of the inquiry into the accident concluded.

Dollar climbs to 120 yen in Tokyo morning deals

TOKYO, Japan - A display at a money broker in Tokyo's Nihombashi district shows the U.S. dollar above the 120 yen line on March 8 in the morning. The U.S. currency traded above 120 yen for the first time in 20 months in Tokyo on speculations that Japanese authorities will tolerate a weaker yen.

Mt. Oyama erupts, residents evacuate

TOKYO, Japan - Mt. Oyama, a volcano located on Miyakejima Island, some 180 kilometers south of Tokyo, erupts Aug. 10, spewing smoke as high as 3,000 meters. The 813-meter volcano (in this photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter) erupted for the first time since July 15, forcing nearby residents to evacuate.

Evacuation order lifted for residents near Mt. Usu

DATE, Japan - Returning home July 18, Mineko Tomiyama looks up at the ceiling of her living room which has been heavily damaged by volcanic rocks from Mt. Usu. The town of Abuta in southwestern Hokkaido, where her house is located, lifted the evacuation order for 285 residents of the west side of the Toya hot-spring district at the foot of the 732-meter volcano.

Resident washes car covered with ash from volcano

SOBETSU, Japan - A resident of Sobetsu, Hokkaido washes her car covered with ash falling from Mt. Usu on March 31. The 732-meter mountain erupted earlier in the day for the first time in 23 years.

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