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Japanese becomes oldest person to conquer Mt. Everest

KALA PATTHAR, Nepal - A mountain climbing team led by Yuichiro Miura approaches the summit of Mt. Everest at 8:55 a.m. on May 23, 2013. The team reached the summit shortly afterward, making Miura, an 80-year-old Japanese climber, the oldest person in the world to scale the 8,848-meter mountain.

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Astronauts return to Earth

ARKALYK, Kazakhstan - Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa (C) is carried from the reentry capsule of a Soyuz spacecraft on a plain near Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, at 8:55 a.m. on Nov. 22, 2011, after the spacecraft carrying Furukawa and two other astronauts -- American Mike Fossum and Sergei Volkov of Russia -- returned to Earth. The spacecraft landed at 8:25 a.m., bringing the three back to Earth after they completed a five-and-a-half-month mission aboard the International Space Station.

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Astronauts return to Earth

ARKALYK, Kazakhstan - Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa (R) is carried by compatriot astronaut Soichi Noguchi (L) and others from a Soyuz spacecraft on a plain near Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, at 8:55 a.m. on Nov. 22, 2011, with the reentry capsule of the spacecraft shown in the background. The spacecraft carrying Furukawa and two other astronauts -- American Mike Fossum and Sergei Volkov of Russia -- landed at 8:25 a.m., bringing the three back to Earth after they completed a five-and-a-half-month mission aboard the International Space Station.

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Shooting at Thai army college kills 2, injures 1 in Bangkok

STORY: Shooting at Thai army college kills 2, injures 1 in Bangkok DATELINE: Sept. 14, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:06 LOCATION: Bangkok CATEGORY: MILITARY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of outside of Thai army college STORYLINE: A shooting incident occurred at a Thai army college in Bangkok, killing two people and injuring another on Wednesday, a Thai army spokesperson said. The gunman, a 59-year-old staff worker at the Royal Thai Army War College, shot at his colleagues at around 8:55 a.m. local time (0155 GMT). He was held under control after the incident, and the motive for the shooting is still unclear, deputy army spokesperson Sirichan Ngathong said. The injured person is hospitalized, and the army will set up a special team to investigate the incident, Sirichan said. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Bangkok. (XHTV)

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Astronauts return to Earth

ARKALYK, Kazakhstan - Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa (R) is carried by compatriot astronaut Soichi Noguchi (L) and others from a Soyuz spacecraft on a plain near Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, at 8:55 a.m. on Nov. 22, 2011, with the reentry capsule of the spacecraft shown in the background. The spacecraft carrying Furukawa and two other astronauts -- American Mike Fossum and Sergei Volkov of Russia -- landed at 8:25 a.m., bringing the three back to Earth after they completed a five-and-a-half-month mission aboard the International Space Station. (Kyodo)

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Astronauts return to Earth

ARKALYK, Kazakhstan - Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa (C) is carried from the reentry capsule of a Soyuz spacecraft on a plain near Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, at 8:55 a.m. on Nov. 22, 2011, after the spacecraft carrying Furukawa and two other astronauts -- American Mike Fossum and Sergei Volkov of Russia -- returned to Earth. The spacecraft landed at 8:25 a.m., bringing the three back to Earth after they completed a five-and-a-half-month mission aboard the International Space Station. (Kyodo)

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(12)Terrorist attack

NEW YORK, United States - Smoke billows from the north tower (R) of New York's World Trade Center after the crash of the first plane Sept. 11. The photo was taken at 8:55 a.m. local time by Masaaki Noda.