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Syria doubles salaries amid fuel price hike

STORY: Syria doubles salaries amid fuel price hike DATELINE: Aug. 17, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:21 LOCATION: Damascus CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Damascus streets 2. various of a Syrian bank 3. various of Syrians waiting in the fuel queue 4. various of Syrians buying daily needs STORYLINE: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday ordered a 100-percent salary raise as the government sharply raised fuel prices, according to the state news agency SANA. The salary increase, covering state employees, retirees, and military personnel, is the ninth since 2011 when the Syrian war broke out. The country's economy has since been mired in an economic crisis. Prior to the decision, the monthly salary of civil servants had been between around 10 and 25 U.S. dollars, depending on the Syrian pound's street value. Also on Tuesday night, the Syrian Ministry of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection raised the prices of diesel fuel for transportation and bakeries by about 180 percent, and normal-octane gasoline

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Event held to commemorate victims of 2011 disaster

MINAMISOMA, Japan - Takayuki Ueno (L) clears candles after a fireworks event he arranged in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 17, 2014, to commemorate victims of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Ueno lost his parents and two children in the disaster that hit the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku.

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Event held to commemorate victims of 2011 disaster

MINAMISOMA, Japan - People watch fireworks near the home of Takayuki Ueno in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 17, 2014. Ueno, who lost his parents and two children in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that hit the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku, arranged the event to commemorate victims of the disaster.

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Stone monument describing tsunami terror unveiled

MORIOKA, Japan - A stone monument with an engraving of a poem describing the terror of a tsunami is unveiled in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on Aug. 17, 2014. Poet Yoshi Tabata, standing by the monument, experienced the two devastating tsunami that hit the northeastern Japan region in 1933 and 2011.

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Central banker to run in Fukushima gubernatorial election

TOKYO, Japan - Takeshi Hachimura, a Bank of Japan official, meets with the press on Aug. 17, 2014, in the city of Fukushima where he announced he will run in October's Fukushima gubernatorial election, the first leadership race since the March 2011 nuclear disaster there. Hachimura, 55, served as the central bank's Fukushima branch manager between 2005 and 2008 and the Reconstruction Agency's policy adviser after the disaster.

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Prince Akishino, Vietnam Pres. Sang

HANOI, Vietnam - Japan's Prince Akishino (L) shakes hands with Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang at the presidential office in Hanoi on Aug. 17, 2012. The prince, the second son of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, extended his gratitude to Vietnam for "much support" following the devastating earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan in March 2011.

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New robot to be used at Fukushima complex

CHIBA, Japan - Nuclear disaster minister Goshi Hosono (2nd from L) on Aug. 17, 2012, at the Chiba Institute of Technology in Chiba Prefecture, remotely controls "Rosemary," a new type of robot expected to be used in the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant's radiation-contaminated reactor buildings from September 2012. The robot can transport much heavier objects than its predecessor "Quince," used at the Tokyo Electric Power Co. complex since June 2011 to check conditions in the reactor buildings and to capture images, according to the institute.

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Suzuki's Indian operation

MUMBAI, India - Senior officers of Maruti Suzuki India Ltd., an Indian subsidiary of Japan's Suzuki Motor Corp., stand by a new model of the Swift compact car during a rollout in Mumbai, India, on Aug. 17, 2011. Suzuki, which now commands nearly half of the passenger car market in the country, is making final arrangements to build a new passenger car plant in Gujarat, western India, sources close to the matter said Sept. 14, 2011.

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Lanterns lined up in disaster-hit Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - The letter ''kizuna'' (bond) is formed by illuminated lanterns along the Abukuma River against the backdrop of fireworks during the annual lantern floating event in Fukushima on Aug. 17, 2011. Usually people release lanterns into the river at the summer event but the practice was withheld this year over fears of radiation contamination of the river in the wake of the nuclear plant accident.

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Ex-Soviet President Gorbachev

MOSCOW, Russia - Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev attends a press conference in Moscow on Aug. 17, 2011, prior to the 20th anniversary of an attempted coup in August 1991 that led to the collapse of the Soviet Union.

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Japan envoy visits Tibet

LHASA, China - Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa takes a break at Naqu Station in the Tibetan autonomous region of China on Aug. 17, 2011, on his way to visit the Tibetan capital Lhasa to meet with local leaders. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan envoy visits Tibet

LHASA, China - Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa (front L) poses with a Tibetan man (front C) on a train bound for Lhasa on Aug. 17, 2011. Niwa arrived in the Tibetan capital the same day to meet with local leaders. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Lanterns lined up in disaster-hit Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - The letter ''kizuna'' (bond) is formed by illuminated lanterns along the Abukuma River during the annual lantern floating event in Fukushima on Aug. 17, 2011. Usually people release lanterns into the river at the summer event but the practice was withheld this year over fears of radiation contamination of the river in the wake of the nuclear plant accident.

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Tomari reactor resumes commercial operation

SAPPORO, Japan - Hokkaido Gov. Harumi Takahashi speaks at a news conference at the Hokkaido government office in Sapporo on Aug. 17, 2011. The No. 3 reactor at the Tomari nuclear power plant in Hokkaido resumed commercial operation the same day after Takahashi officially gave her approval, becoming the first among reactors undergoing regular checkups to resume commercial operation in Japan in the wake of the Fukushima crisis.

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Fatal boat accident in Shizuoka Pref.

HAMAMATSU, Japan - Personnel search for missing people and accident victims on Aug. 17, 2011, after a tour boat with about two dozen passengers aboard capsized on the Tenryu River in Shizuoka Prefecture earlier in the day.

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Governors urge gov't to halt yen's rise, deflation

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese governors including Aichi Gov. Hideaki Omura (C), head of a National Governors' Association project team, submit a written request for halting the yen's steep rise and pulling Japan out of deflation to Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Tetsuro Fukuyama (R) at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Aug. 17, 2011.

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Fatal boat accident in Shizuoka Pref.

HAMAMATSU, Japan - Personnel search for missing people and accident victims on Aug. 17, 2011, after a tour boat with about two dozen passengers aboard capsized on the Tenryu River in Shizuoka Prefecture earlier in the day.

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Japan envoy visits Tibet

LHASA, China - Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa (C) chats with Tibetan and other passengers on a train bound for Lhasa on Aug. 17, 2011. Niwa arrived in the Tibetan capital the same day to meet with local leaders. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Johnny & Associates president's condo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Aug. 17, 2011, shows a condominium building in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, where Johnny Kitagawa, president of Japan's top male talent agency and production company Johnny & Associates, resides.

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Tomari reactor resumes commercial operation

TOKYO, Japan - Takao Takahashi (L), head of the Tokyo office of Hokkaido Electric Power Co., receives a certificate for the completion of regular inspection of the Tomari nuclear power plant's reactor from Tetsuya Yamamoto, head of the nuclear power inspection division of the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in Tokyo on Aug. 17, 2011. The same day HEPCO resumed commercial operation of the No. 3 reactor, the first among reactors undergoing regular checkups in the wake of the Fukushima crisis to restart commercial operation.

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Hokkaido Gov. Takahashi

SAPPORO, Japan - Hokkaido Gov. Harumi Takahashi replies to questions from reporters in Sapporo, Hokkaido Prefecture, on Aug. 17, 2011, after seeking approval from the prefectural assembly for resuming commercial operation of the No. 3 reactor at the Tomari nuclear power plant in the prefecture.

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Japanese Badminton pair secure medal at worlds

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Satoko Suetsuna (L) and Miyuki Maeda play against Meiliana Jauhari and Greysia Polii of Indonesia in their women's doubles quarterfinal match at the world badminton championships in London on Aug. 12, 2011. The Japanese pair defeated the Indonesian pair 21-15, 21-17 to become the first Japanese medalists at the worlds since 2007.

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Ishikawa, Scott shake hands at Bridgestone Invitational

AKRON, United States - Japan's Ryo Ishikawa (R) shakes hands with Australian Adam Scott after the latter won the Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio, on Aug. 7, 2011. Scott earned his eighth career title on the tour at 17-under 263 and Ishikawa finished at 12-under 268 in a tie for fourth.

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Scott wins Bridgestone Invitational

AKRON, United States - Adam Scott of Australia smiles with the championship trophy after winning the Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio, on Aug. 7, 2011. Scott earned his eighth career title on the tour with a 17-under 263.

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Hiroshima marks 66th anniv. of atomic bombing

HIROSHIMA, Japan - People stage a die-in protest in front of the Atomic Bomb Dome (L, back) in Hiroshima at 8:17 a.m. on Aug. 6, 2011, the 66th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city.

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Dollar tumbles against yen

TOKYO, Japan - A signboard in Higashishimbashi, Tokyo, shows the dollar trading in the lower half of the 76 yen level on Aug. 1, 2011, hitting its lowest level since March 17.

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Ex-major leaguer Johnson meets with disaster-hit children

Former major leaguer Randy Johnson attends a baseball training session with around 250 children on Aug. 17, 2015, in the northeastern Japan city of Ishinomaki, which was devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-major leaguer Johnson meets with disaster-hit children

Former major leaguer Randy Johnson attends a baseball training session with around 250 children on Aug. 17, 2015, in the northeastern Japan city of Ishinomaki, which was devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-major leaguer Johnson meets with disaster-hit children

Former major leaguer Randy Johnson attends a baseball training session with around 250 children on Aug. 17, 2015, in the northeastern Japan city of Ishinomaki, which was devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kamaishi Unosumai Memorial Stadium

Photo shows a sea wall (back) at Otsuchi Bay near Kamaishi Unosumai Memorial Stadium in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on Aug. 17, 2018, two days before the stadium opens. Built on the grounds of two schools that were badly damaged by the tsunami following the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011, the stadium has been purpose-built for the 2019 Rugby World Cup. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kamaishi Unosumai Memorial Stadium

Photo shows the main stand of Kamaishi Unosumai Memorial Stadium in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on Aug. 17, 2018, two days before the stadium opens. Built on the grounds of two schools that were badly damaged by the tsunami following the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011, the stadium has been purpose-built for the 2019 Rugby World Cup. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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