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Nicolas Sarkozy delivers his speech during the election night- Paris

UMP candidate Nicolas Sarkozy delivers his speech at Salle Gaveau in Paris, France, April 22, 2007, after the broadcast of the results on tv. Sarkozy finished first in the opening round of France's presidential election on Sunday and will meet Socialist rival Segolene Royal in a run-off vote, initial returns showed. With 40 percent of the vote counted, Sarkozy had 30.5 percent of the vote, Royal was in second place on 24.3 percent and centrist Francois Bayrou in third place on 18.2 percent. Far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen, who stunned France by coming second in the 2002 election, looked set to finish a distant fourth with around 11.5 percent. Photo by Nebinger-Taamallah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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US: North Dakota Sees Powerful Winds Amid Tornado-Producing Storm

Severe weather swept across the upper Midwest on Friday, June 20, bringing powerful winds and leaving at least 3 dead in North Dakota as a tornado ripped through the area.

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CHINA-HUNAN-CHANGSHA-ANCIENT SLIPS-QIN DYNASTY (CN)

(240419) -- CHANGSHA, April 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 8, 2024 shows the No. 1 well where over 36,000 slips of the Qin Dynasty were unearthed in 2002, in Liye ancient town in Longshan County, Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, central China's Hunan Province. TO GO WITH China Focus: Ancient slips mirror the rise and fall of Qin Dynasty (Xinhua/Zhai Xiang)

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Australian winemaker looks to go deep into Chinese market

STORY: Australian winemaker looks to go deep into Chinese market SHOOTING TIME: March 17, 2024 DATELINE: April 3, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:08 LOCATION: ADELAIDE, Australia CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the winery of Teusner Wines in Barossa Valley 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): KYM TEUSNER, Owner of Teusner Wines 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): FIONA YAO, Sales manager of Teusner Wines export STORYLINE: When Kym Teusner loaded the first shipment of Teusner Wines to Beijing in 2006 to tap the Chinese market, he did not think that his brands would become highly sought after among wine critics who were looking for small production but very high-quality Barossa producers in one of Australia's oldest wine regions in Adelaide. Teusner has been producing wines under the Teusner brand for 20 years in the Barossa Valley, one of the world's great wine-producing areas in South Australia, since 2002. Emerging from a very small winery 22 years ago to focus heavily on old wine fruits from vineyards that were up to 13

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Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa dies at 88

Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa receives a bouquet of flowers after his last performance with the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Boston in April 2002. Ozawa died at 88 on Feb. 6, 2024, from heart failure.

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CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

(230727) -- WUHAN, July 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Staff members transfer a Yangtze porpoise to a section of Yangtze River and release it there in central China's Hubei Province, on April 25, 2023. Three generations of researchers at the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have spent decades rescuing and nursing endangered species - the Baiji dolphin and the Yangtze finless porpoise. The latter is dubbed the "smiling angel of the Yangtze River" as its slightly curly lips resemble those of a smiling person. Baiji dolphin Qi Qi passed away in July 2002 after living for more than 22 years at the Baiji Dolphin House under CAS Institute of Hydrobiology in Wuhan. There was no more Baiji dolphin at the house after Qi Qi's death, but the house and the Wuhan Baiji Conservation Foundation kept their names unchanged. Researchers there decided to apply protective measures designed for Baiji dolphins to their "cousins" - Yangtze finless porpoises. Eleven Yangtze finless porpoises are now raised at t

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CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISES-PROTECTION (CN)

(230727) -- WUHAN, July 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Staff members transfer Yangtze porpoises to a section of Yangtze River and release them there in central China's Hubei Province, on April 25, 2023. Three generations of researchers at the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have spent decades rescuing and nursing endangered species - the Baiji dolphin and the Yangtze finless porpoise. The latter is dubbed the "smiling angel of the Yangtze River" as its slightly curly lips resemble those of a smiling person. Baiji dolphin Qi Qi passed away in July 2002 after living for more than 22 years at the Baiji Dolphin House under CAS Institute of Hydrobiology in Wuhan. There was no more Baiji dolphin at the house after Qi Qi's death, but the house and the Wuhan Baiji Conservation Foundation kept their names unchanged. Researchers there decided to apply protective measures designed for Baiji dolphins to their "cousins" - Yangtze finless porpoises. Eleven Yangtze finless porpoises are now raised at

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French chef finds China land of opportunities for foreigners

STORY: French chef finds China land of opportunities for foreigners DATELINE: April 13, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:14 LOCATION: XIAMEN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Greg Louraichi working at his restaurant 2. various of Xiamen city 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): GREG LOURAICHI, French chef 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): GREG LOURAICHI, French chef 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): GREG LOURAICHI, French chef STORYLINE: Greg Louraichi, a chef from Bordeaux in France, moved to China in 2002. Serving as the chief chef in big hotels at the beginning, he then started his own business in China. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): GREG LOURAICHI, French chef "On my first time when I arrived here, I discovered China was very impressive. And I wanted to discover, so the year after, I jumped to China to push myself to do something here." In 2011, he opened a restaurant in east China's Xiamen that mixed different cultures into the French cuisine. He believes that China is a land of opportunities for foreigners. SOUNDBITE 2 (English

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Israeli innovative startups struggle for growth amid inflation

STORY: Israeli innovative startups struggle for growth amid inflation DATELINE: Feb. 6, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:13 LOCATION: Jerusalem CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Israel 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JENNIFER SCHWARZ, Executive director of EcoMotion 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): EITAN KYIET, CEO of Road2 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): YARON GOLGHER, CEO and co-founder of I Know First STORYLINE: The year 2022 was harsh for innovative startups in Israel, as inflation hit its highest level in 20 years. According to the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics, the annual inflation in Israel reached 5.3 percent in 2022, the highest since 2002. Bank of Israel, the country's central bank, has raised the base interest rate for seven consecutive times since April 2022 to curb inflation. The rise in interest rates made financing more difficult for young startups. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JENNIFER SCHWARZ, Executive director of EcoMotion "When 2022 came around, with the war in Ukraine and the start of economic concerns glob

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Israeli annual CPI hits 20-year-high of 5.3 pct

STORY: Israeli annual CPI hits 20-year-high of 5.3 pct DATELINE: Jan. 17, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:20 LOCATION: Jerusalem CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Jerusalem streets 2. various of Prof. Amir Yaron announcing rate increase in October 3. various of people in the streets 4. various of construction 5. various of people in the streets STORYLINE: The consumer price index (CPI) in Israel rose by 5.3 percent in 2022, according to data issued by the Central Bureau of Statistics on Sunday, the highest calendar-year level since 2002 when the annual inflation rate was 6.5 percent. This is a sharp rise from 2020 which recorded a deflation of 0.7 percent and 2021 when the annual CPI was 2.8 percent. Inflation is continuing to rise even though the Israeli central bank has gradually raised the base interest rate from 0.1 percent in April 2022 to 3.75 percent at present. "The global shortage of raw materials continued, and demand still exceeds supply, so even the sharp interest increase still does not

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Ceramic artist Miwa dies

TOKYO, Japan - An April 2002 photo shows Jusetsu Miwa, a potter designated as a living national treasure. Miwa died on Dec. 11, 2012, at his home in Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture. He was 102.

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Narita airport marks 10 years since opening of 2nd runway

NARITA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter in October 2011 shows the second runway (back R) of Narita International Airport near Tokyo. Narita airport, Japan's main international gateway, opened its long sought-after second runway on April 18, 2002, after operating on a single runway for nearly a quarter century. On front R is land owned by opponents of the airport.

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Kim Jong Il reportedly dead

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Il clapping his hands during a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the foundation of the Korean People's Army in Pyongyang in April 2002. North Korea on Dec. 19, 2011, announced Kim died. He was 69.

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Zac announces charity match for quake-hit Sendai

PERUGIA, Italy - Japan national team coach Alberto Zaccheroni (2nd from L) on April 13, 2011, attends a press conference in Perugia, Italy, announcing a charity match to aid quake-hit Sendai's recovery on May 23 in the Italian city. The Italy national team was based in Sendai during the 2002 World Cup which Japan co-hosted with South Korea.

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Unused Camp X-Ray in Guantanamo

GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba - The first facility in the U.S. detention camp complex is left vacant and overgrown with vegetation at the U.S. naval base in Cuba's Guantanamo Bay on Sept. 2, 2009. Some well-known photos of blindfolded detainees in orange uniforms were taken at the facility, called Camp X-Ray, which was used for only four months until April 2002. The detainees were held in outdoor cage-like structures. A petty officer said, ''People still think of Camp X-Ray when you hear the word Guanatanamo, even though this place has been closed for years and living conditions of detainees have much improved since.''

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Consumer minister Noda's party ticket bought by Amway Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Seiko Noda, state minister in charge of consumer affairs, speaks at a new conference in Tokyo on Oct. 17. Noda said that networking marketing company Amway Japan Ltd. bought eight fundraising tickets for her party for 160,000 yen from 2002 to April this year.

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Japanese wooden barrel recognized as world's biggest

OITA, Japan - A wooden barrel, measuring nine meters in both height and diameter, is displayed in Usuki, Oita Prefecture, on June 15 after being recognized as the world's largest brewing barrel by Guinness World Records in April. The barrel, made by a soy sauce association in the prefecture in 2002, can produce about 300,000 1.8-liter bottles of soy sauce at one time.

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Tokyo Electric also had reactor troubles

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture. (File photo, taken in August 2002). Tokyo Electric says March 20 that it has unreported problems with reactor control rods at its Fukushima No. 2 nuclear power plant in Fukushima in June 1993 and at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant in April 2000 during regular checkups. Three other regional electric power companies have also reported similar nuclear power plant control problems and prompted a government investigation.

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Tokyo Electric also had reactor troubles

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s No. 2 Fukushima nulear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture. (File photo, taken in September 2002). Tokyo Electric says March 20 that it has unreported problems with reactor control rods at its Fukushima No. 2 nuclear power plant in Fukushima in June 1993 and at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant in April 2000 during regular checkups. Three other regional electric power companies have also reported similar nuclear power plant control problems and prompted a government investigation.

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Father of dead British woman calls for 'maximum penalty' for Obara

TOKYO, Japan - Tim Blackman speaks at a news conference in a hotel in Tokyo on April 25 after testifying at the Tokyo District Court during the trial of Joji Obara, charged with raping and fatally drugging his daughter Lucie in 2002 in Japan.

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Ex-disarmament envoy Inoguchi to run in election on LDP ticket

TOKYO, Japan - Kuniko Inoguchi, disarmament ambassador in Geneva for two years from April 2002, speaks to reporters at Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on Aug. 16 after talks with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. Inoguchi said she will run in the Sept. 11 general election on the LDP ticket.

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Investigators grill ex-Mitsubishi Fuso Chairman Usami

TOKYO, Japan - Investigative authorities have questioned the former chairman of Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp., Takashi Usami (in file photo), over alleged false reporting in connection with a 2002 wheel accident that led to the death of a woman, sources close to the matter said April 25.

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(2)Kamato Hongo, world's oldest person, dies at 116

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Kamato Hongo (C) of the city of Kagoshima, the world's oldest person, receives flowers from Kagoshima Governor Tatsuro Suga (L) in a photo taken in April 2002. Hongo died on Oct. 31 at the age of 116 in a hospital in Kagoshima.

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Reactivated TEPCO nuke reactor starts generating power

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - The No. 6 reactor of the Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant in Niigata Prefecture begins generating electricity May 9, after being reactivated two days earlier. The reactor was one of the 17 TEPCO nuclear reactors that were shut down in stages and taken out of operation from April 15 for safety checks after the company's cover-up of defects and falsification of safety reports were uncovered in August 2002.

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Japan's jobless rate hits record high 5.4%

TOKYO, Japan - A man browses a computer screen to try to find a job at a placement center in Tokyo's Shinjuku district on April 25 as Japan's unemployment rate for fiscal 2002 rose 0.2 percentage point from the previous year to hit a record-high 5.4%, underscoring the drive by beleaguered companies to slash jobs.

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Nissan to report record group operating profit

TOKYO, Japan - Nissan Motor Co. President and Chief Executive Officer Carlos Ghosn speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on April 23. He said the company expects to report a record consolidated operating profit of 737 billion yen for fiscal 2002 ended in March.

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(2)Emperor hosts garden party

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko speak at Koichi Tanaka, co-winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize for chemistry, and his wife Yuko during an annual spring garden party they hosted at the Akasaka Garden in Tokyo on April 17. Standing to the left are Masatoshi Koshiba, co-winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in physics, and his wife Keiko.

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(1)Emperor hosts garden party

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko speak at Masatoshi Koshiba, co-winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in physics, and his wife Keiko (R) during an annual spring garden party he hosted at the Akasaka Garden in Tokyo on April 17. Standing to the right are Koichi Tanaka, co-winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize for chemistry, and his wife Yuko.

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Soga receives donations from abductees support group

MANO, Japan - Hitomi Soga (L), one of five Japanese repatriated in October 2002 after being kidnapped to North Korea in 1978, receives donations on April 12 from Harunori Kojima (R), of a support group for abductees in Niigata Prefecture, at the town hall in her hometown of Mano, Niigata.

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Sumitomo Mitsui cuts earnings forecast

TOKYO, April 4 Kyodo - Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. Managing Director Masayuki Oku tells a news conference April 4 that the group has cut its earnings forecast for fiscal 2002 as a result of much larger losses connected to securities holdings and bad-loan assets.

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Nobel winner Tanaka speaks at medical gathering

FUKUOKA, Japan - Koichi Tanaka, co-winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in chemistry, gives a presentation at a general meeting of the Japan Medical Congress in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, on April 4.

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Softbank stays in red on start-up cost for broadband service

TOKYO, Japan - Softbank Corp. President Masayoshi Son speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Nov. 15. The company incurred a group net loss of 55.80 billion yen in the April-September first half of fiscal 2002, up slightly from a loss of 54.32 billion yen a year earlier. The major Internet investor said it stayed in the red for the second consecutive first-half period largely because it continued up-front spending for its broadband service.

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Hitachi group returns to black in fiscal 1st half

TOKYO, Japan - Hitachi Ltd. Vice President Yoshiki Yagi (R) speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 31. The company said its group returned to the black in the April-September first half of fiscal 2002 with a net profit of 12.85 billion yen.

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Toyota posts record group profit, sales for 1st half

NAGOYA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Fujio Cho is all smiles at a news conference in Nagoya on Oct. 30 as he announced that the Toyota group posted a net profit of 553.80 billion yen and a pretax profit of 794.03 billion yen for the April-September first half of fiscal 2002, both a record high on a half-year basis.

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(1) N. Korea's Kim wants to normalize relations with Japan

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in April 2002 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Il clapping his hands at a military memorial ceremony in Pyongyang.

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Sony reports record 1st quarter group sales

TOKYO, Japan - Teruhisa Tokunaka, vice president of Sony Corp., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on July 25 after announcing the earnings results for the April-June quarter of 2002. Sony chalked up group sales of 1,721.81 billion yen, an all-time high for the first quarter of its business year.

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IMF revises upward Japan's 2002 growth estimate to minus 0.5%

WASHINGTON, United States - Shigemitsu Sugisaki (file photo), Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), said in an interview with Kyodo News on July 22 IMF now expects Japan's economy to contract 0.5% in 2002, an upward revision from its April projection of a 1.0% shrinkage.

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Japanese police prepare for hooligans

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Members of Japan's riot police overpower ''hooligans'' in a security training drill at the International Stadium Yokohama in Yokohama's Kohoku Ward on April 30. The stadium will be the venue for the final match of the 2002 FIFA World Cup on June 30.

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World Cup exhibition opens at Haneda airport

TOKYO, Japan - A mother and her children view displays at an exhibition on the 2002 World Cup soccer finals to be co-hosted by Japan and South Korea. The show opened April 27 at Tokyo's Haneda airport and will be free of charge until May 6.

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NGO to give soccer balls to children in Africa, Asia

SAITAMA, Japan - Saitama Gov. Yoshihiko Tsuchiya (3rd from L) hands a soccer ball to a member of a nongovernmental organization in a ceremony April 27 in Saitama, north of Tokyo, in commemoration of the upcoming World Cup soccer finals. Soccer balls have been collected in the Peace Ball Saitama 2002 campaign and the NGO members will travel to African and Asian countries to give them to children.

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(2)World Cup ticket center opens in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - A ticket to the FIFA 2002 World Cup finals released by the ticket center that opened in Seoul on April 25.

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World Cup banner put up in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - A banner welcoming the FIFA 2002 World Cup finals to South Korea is put up in Seoul on April 25.

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(1)World Cup ticket center opens in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - An official shows tickets to the FIFA 2002 World Cup finals at the ticket center that opened in Seoul on April 25.

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Drug summit opens, focuses on stimulants and Afghan opium

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto (R) makes an opening address at the International Drug Control Summit 2002 at a Tokyo hotel on April 23. Hashimoto chairs the two-day forum focused on the growing use of stimulants and the link between drugs and terrorism.

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Drill held for World Cup finals

SAITAMA, Japan - Firefighters transport an injured person to a medical institution in a drill held on April 20 at Saitama Stadium 2002, one of 10 venues in Japan for the May 31-June 30 World Cup finals, to prepare for possible emergencies.

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JAWOC launches paper cranes project for World Cup final

TOKYO, Japan - Children at a Tokyo primary school hold paper cranes they folded April 19 as the Japanese Organizing Committee for the 2002 World Cup (JAWOC) launched its ''Wings of a Dream'' project, the plan to drop around 2 million paper cranes onto the pitch at the end of the World Cup final in Yokohama.

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Tiger Woods wins Masters for 2nd straight year

AUGUSTA, United States - Tiger Woods celebrates his 2002 Masters win at the 18th hole of the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, on April 14. Woods won the Masters title for the second straight year with a 12-under-par 276.

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Tricycle taxi to debut in environment-conscious Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - This tricycle taxi will debut in the environment-conscious Kyoto in late April 2002. A Kyoto-based nonprofit organization imported ten of this vehicle from Germany to promote its campaign to reduce the number of cars and keep the air clean in the ancient Japanese capital, where an international pact aimed at fighting global warming was concluded in 1997.

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Luxurious meals for World Cup spectators unveiled

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's organizing committee for the 2002 World Cup (KOWOC) unveiled April 1 luxurious meal menus to be offered to buyers of high-priced soccer tickets during this summer's World Cup finals. Cooks prepared the meals at a Seoul hotel for a tasting.

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Underwater camera filmed bodies in suspected N. Korea spy ship

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken on February 25, 2002 shows the Japan Coast Guard survey ship Kaiyo in operation to investigate a suspected North Korean spy ship lying at the bottom of the East China Sea. Sources close to the investigation said April 1 that a remote-controlled camera filmed several bodies in the spy ship.