US: Strong Winter Storm Brings Blizzard Conditions To Sierra Nevada 3

A strong winter storm hit the Sierra Nevada on Friday, March 1, bringing heavy snow and high winds. Blizzard Warnings were issued for the area, including Lake Tahoe and eastern Nevada. The Sierra Avalanche Center warned that the danger of avalanches was high. Yosemite National Park and many ski resorts in the region announced they were closing at least for the day.

Buddhist service for Japanese buried in N. Korea

Buddhist service for Japanese buried in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A group of Japanese visit a site where the ashes of their relatives are possibly buried, near Pyongyang, North Korea, on Oct. 1, 2012, to hold a Buddhist memorial service. The 16-member group visiting Pyongyang included seven relatives of Japanese who died in what is now North Korea, amid the chaos at the end of World War II in 1945.

Buddhist service for Japanese buried in N. Korea

Buddhist service for Japanese buried in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A Japanese man pours Japanese sake over a site where the ashes of his relative are possibly buried, near Pyongyang, North Korea, on Oct. 1, 2012, when a group of Japanese held a Buddhist memorial service at the site. The 16-member group visiting Pyongyang included seven relatives of Japanese who died in what is now North Korea, amid the chaos at the end of World War II in 1945.

Buddhist service for Japanese buried in N. Korea

Buddhist service for Japanese buried in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Yasuo Nagashima from Yokohama holds photographs of his deceased sister Yukiko at a site where her ashes are possibly buried, near Pyongyang, North Korea, on Oct. 1, 2012, when a group of Japanese nationals held a Buddhist memorial service at the site. The 16-member group visiting Pyongyang included seven relatives of Japanese who died in what is now North Korea, amid the chaos at the end of World War II in 1945.

Buddhist service for Japanese buried in N. Korea

Buddhist service for Japanese buried in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Masako Takizawa from Nagoya bursts into tears at a site where the ashes of her mother and sister were once buried before relocation to a different site, in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Oct. 1, 2012. The 16-member group visiting Pyongyang to hold a Buddhist memorial service at the relocation site included seven relatives of Japanese who died in what is now North Korea, amid the chaos at the end of World War II in 1945.

Buddhist service for Japanese buried in N. Korea

Buddhist service for Japanese buried in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Yasuo Nagashima from Yokohama offers prayers at a site where the ashes of his deceased sister Yukiko are possibly buried, near Pyongyang, North Korea, on Oct. 1, 2012, when a group of Japanese nationals held a Buddhist memorial service at the site. The 16-member group visiting Pyongyang included seven relatives of Japanese who died in what is now North Korea, amid the chaos at the end of World War II in 1945.

Buddhist service for Japanese buried in N. Korea

Buddhist service for Japanese buried in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A group of Japanese erect a burial marker at a site where the ashes of their relatives are possibly buried, near Pyongyang, North Korea, on Oct. 1, 2012. The 16-member group visiting Pyongyang to hold a Buddhist memorial service at the site included seven relatives of Japanese who died in what is now North Korea, amid the chaos at the end of World War II in 1945.

Buddhist service for Japanese buried in N. Korea

Buddhist service for Japanese buried in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A group of Japanese hold a Buddhist memorial service at a site where the ashes of their relatives are possibly buried, near Pyongyang, North Korea, on Oct. 1, 2012. The 16-member group visiting Pyongyang included seven relatives of Japanese who died in what is now North Korea, amid the chaos at the end of World War II in 1945.

Members of Murayama mission hold 1st meeting

Members of Murayama mission hold 1st meeting

TOKYO, Nov. 25 Kyodo - Former Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama (C) on Nov. 25 addresses members of a nonpartisan group, which is due to visit North Korea from Dec. 1 to 3. Murayama will be leading the 16-member delegation, aimed to lay the ground for resumption of normalization talks between Tokyo and Pyongyang.

Members of Murayama mission hold 1st meeting

Members of Murayama mission hold 1st meeting

TOKYO, Nov. 25 Kyodo - Former Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama (C) on Nov. 25 addresses members of a nonpartisan group, which is due to visit North Korea from Dec. 1 to 3. Murayama will be leading the 16-member delegation, aimed to lay the ground for resumption of normalization talks between Tokyo and Pyongyang.