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IRAQ-WASIT-AHDAB OILFIELD-CHINESE OIL COMPANY-GREEN DEVELOPMENT

(240805) -- WASIT, Aug. 5, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A staff member works at the central processing plant of the Ahdab Oilfield in Wasit Province, Iraq, June 28, 2024. The Ahdab Oilfield, Iraq's first post-war international oil cooperation project, broke ground in 2009 and commenced production in 2011. Operated by China's Al-Waha Petroleum Company since its inception, the project reflects a commitment to both energy production and environmental stewardship. TO GO WITH "Feature: Chinese oil company boosts green development at Iraq's Ahdab Oilfield" Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Khalil Dawood)

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IRAQ-WASIT-AHDAB OILFIELD-CHINESE OIL COMPANY-GREEN DEVELOPMENT

(240805) -- WASIT, Aug. 5, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Staff members work in the central processing plant of the Ahdab Oilfield in Wasit Province, Iraq, June 28, 2024. The Ahdab Oilfield, Iraq's first post-war international oil cooperation project, broke ground in 2009 and commenced production in 2011. Operated by China's Al-Waha Petroleum Company since its inception, the project reflects a commitment to both energy production and environmental stewardship. TO GO WITH "Feature: Chinese oil company boosts green development at Iraq's Ahdab Oilfield" Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Khalil Dawood)

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IRAQ-WASIT-AHDAB OILFIELD-CHINESE OIL COMPANY-GREEN DEVELOPMENT

(240805) -- WASIT, Aug. 5, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This photo taken on June 28, 2024 shows the sulfur produced at the central processing plant of the Ahdab Oilfield in Wasit Province, Iraq. The Ahdab Oilfield, Iraq's first post-war international oil cooperation project, broke ground in 2009 and commenced production in 2011. Operated by China's Al-Waha Petroleum Company since its inception, the project reflects a commitment to both energy production and environmental stewardship. TO GO WITH "Feature: Chinese oil company boosts green development at Iraq's Ahdab Oilfield" Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Khalil Dawood)

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IRAQ-WASIT-AHDAB OILFIELD-CHINESE OIL COMPANY-GREEN DEVELOPMENT

(240805) -- WASIT, Aug. 5, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This photo taken on June 30, 2024 shows the greenery at the Ahdab Oilfield in Wasit Province, Iraq. The Ahdab Oilfield, Iraq's first post-war international oil cooperation project, broke ground in 2009 and commenced production in 2011. Operated by China's Al-Waha Petroleum Company since its inception, the project reflects a commitment to both energy production and environmental stewardship. TO GO WITH "Feature: Chinese oil company boosts green development at Iraq's Ahdab Oilfield" Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Khalil Dawood)

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IRAQ-WASIT-AHDAB OILFIELD-CHINESE OIL COMPANY-GREEN DEVELOPMENT

(240805) -- WASIT, Aug. 5, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This photo taken on June 28, 2024 shows a view of the central processing plant of the Ahdab Oilfield in Wasit Province, Iraq. The Ahdab Oilfield, Iraq's first post-war international oil cooperation project, broke ground in 2009 and commenced production in 2011. Operated by China's Al-Waha Petroleum Company since its inception, the project reflects a commitment to both energy production and environmental stewardship. TO GO WITH "Feature: Chinese oil company boosts green development at Iraq's Ahdab Oilfield" Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Khalil Dawood)

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(Chengdu Universiade) Xinhua Headlines: From Beijing to Shenzhen to Chengdu, Universiade shows a changing China

(230805) -- CHENGDU, Aug. 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This file photo taken on Aug. 12, 2011 shows the opening ceremony of the 26th Summer Universiade in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province. (Xinhua/Li Ga)

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Temporary housing in Sendai

SENDAI, Japan - Lights remain off on the night of Aug. 5, 2014, at a temporary housing facility in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. An increasing number of residents who had taken shelter at the facility since the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster have moved out, while some 90,000 people still live in the prefabricated temporary housing in the prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima.

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Fukushima students meet Hiroshima A-bomb survivor

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Maya Fukuda (front far R) and other middle and high school students from Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, listen to the tragic history of atomic bombing survivor Taeko Teramae in Hiroshima, western Japan, on Aug. 5, 2014. The students in turn told Teramae of their own experiences with the 2011 Fukushima nuclear power accident.

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Matsuzaka wins 1st game of season, 50th in bigs

BOSTON, United States - The Boston Red Sox's Daisuke Matsuzaka pitches during a game against the Kansas City Royals at Fenway Park in Boston on Aug. 27, 2012. Matsuzaka returned to the majors in style, working seven innings in the Red Sox's 5-1 win. The victory was Matsuzaka's 50th in the big leagues and his first since May 8, 2011.

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U.S. Japan NGOs' meeting over tsunami debris

PORTLAND, United States - A meeting over the landfall in North America of debris from the March 2011 tsunami in Japan is held by U.S. and Japanese nongovernmental organizations in Portland, Oregon, on Aug. 5, 2012.

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Cirstea-Morita advance to 2nd round of U.S. Open

NEW YORK, United States - Ayumi Morita of Japan (L) and Sorana Cirstea of Russia celebrate after defeating Australian pair Casey Dellacqua and Rennae Stubbs 7-5, 4-6, 6-2 in a women's doubles first-round match at the U.S. Open tennis championships in New York on Aug. 31, 2011. Morita and Cirstea will meet Spanish pair Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez and Anabel Medina Garrigues in the second round.

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Kuroda ties his best in MLB

LOS ANGELES, United States - Hiroki Kuroda of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitches as a starter in a game against the San Diego Padres at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Aug. 30, 2011. Kuroda notched his 11th victory this season, his personal best in the major leagues, at 8-5.

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Kuroda ties his best in MLB

LOS ANGELES, United States - Hiroki Kuroda of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitches as a starter in a game against the San Diego Padres at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Aug. 30, 2011. Kuroda notched his 11th victory this season, his personal best in the major leagues, at 8-5.

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Date Krumm loses in 1st round of U.S. Open

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's Kimiko Date Krumm plays against Silvia Soler-Espinosa of Spain in her first-round match in the women's singles at the U.S. Open tennis championships in New York on Aug. 30, 2011. Soler-Espinosa won the match 7-6(5), 7-6(2).

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Sharapova advances to U.S. Open 2nd round

NEW YORK, United States - Maria Sharapova of Russia returns the ball to Heather Watson of Britain in her first round match of the women's singles at the U.S. Open tennis championships in New York on Aug. 29, 2011. Sharapova advanced to the second round by beating Watson 3-6, 7-5, 6-3.

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Mariners' Ichiro vs. Angels

SEATTLE, United States - Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki doubles to right-center in the 1st inning of a game against the Los Angeles Angels at Safeco Field in Seattle on Aug. 29, 2011, extending his hitting streak to a 12th consecutive game. The Mariners won the game 5-3.

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Sharapova advances to U.S. Open 2nd round

NEW YORK, United States - Maria Sharapova of Russia returns the ball to Heather Watson of Britain in her first round match of the women's singles at the U.S. Open tennis championships in New York on Aug. 29, 2011. Sharapova advanced to the second round by beating Watson 3-6, 7-5, 6-3.

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Mariners' Ichiro vs. White Sox

SEATTLE, United States - Seattle Mariners leadoff man Ichiro Suzuki hits a single in the third inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox at Safeco Field in Seattle on Aug. 26, 2011. Ichiro went 2-for-5 in a 4-2 loss.

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Athletics' Matsui vs. Red Sox

BOSTON, United States - Oakland Athletics left fielder Hideki Matsui blasts a two-run double in the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston on Aug. 26, 2011, in a 15-5 victory. It was the 487th double in his career in Japan and the United States, tying the record of Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan for the most doubles held by Kazuyoshi Tatsunami, a former player of the Chunichi Dragons.

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Japan's largest Tsutaya outlet in Maebashi

MAEBASHI, Japan - Photo taken on Aug. 26, 2011, shows Tsutaya Shoten at the Maebashi Minami Mall in Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture, which opened the same day. With sales space of around 5,700 square meters, the shop is the largest outlet in Japan of the Tsutaya movie rental and bookshop chain, which is operated by Culture Convenience Club Co.

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Indians' Fukudome vs. Mariners

CLEVELAND, United States - Cleveland Indians center fielder Kosuke Fukudome rips a homer, his first as an Indian, in the second inning of the second game of a doubleheader against the Seattle Mariners at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, on Aug. 23, 2011. Fukudome went 2-for-5 with an RBI in a 12-7 loss.

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Indians' Fukudome vs. Mariners

CLEVELAND, United States - Cleveland Indians center fielder Kosuke Fukudome hits a home run, his first as an Indian, in the second inning of the second game of a doubleheader against the Seattle Mariners at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, on Aug. 23, 2011. Fukudome went 2-for-5 with an RBI in a 12-7 loss.

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Mariners' Ichiro vs. Indians

CLEVELAND, United States - Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners hits a run-scoring single in the fifth inning of the opening game of a doubleheader against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, on Aug. 23, 2011. Ichiro went 1-for-3 with an RBI in a 7-5 loss.

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Mariners' Ichiro vs. Indians

CLEVELAND, United States - Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners hits a run-scoring single in the fifth inning of the opening game of a doubleheader against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, on Aug. 23, 2011. Ichiro went 1-for-3 with an RBI in a 7-5 loss.

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Niigata reactor to be suspended for checkup

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in May 2009 shows (from front L) the No. 5, 6 and 7 reactors at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture. The plant's operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Aug. 22, 2011, that the No. 7 reactor at the plant will be suspended the following morning for an 83-day scheduled checkup.

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Mariners' Ichiro vs. Rays

ST. PETERSBURG, United States - Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki singles to the middle in the seventh inning of a game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, on Aug. 21, 2011. Ichiro went 1-for-5 in an 8-7 loss.

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Stud bulls in Miyazaki

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Cattle farmer Nagahisa Komoda strokes a stud bull in Takanabe, Miyazaki Prefecture, on Aug. 5, 2011. Komoda resumed keeping stud bulls about one year after culling all the stud bulls he owned in response to a Japanese government request in 2010 to do so to contain an outbreak of foot-and mouth disease.

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Ikeda finishes 45th at PGA C'ship

JOHNS CREEK, United States - Japan's Yuta Ikeda makes an approach shot on the 18th hole of the final round at the PGA Championship at the Atlanta Athletic Club in Johns Creek, Georgia, on Aug. 14, 2011. Ikeda finished in a tie for 45th at 5 over.

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Ikeda finishes 45th at PGA C'ship

JOHNS CREEK, United States - Japan's Yuta Ikeda makes a bunker shot on the 15th hole of the final round at the PGA Championship at the Atlanta Athletic Club in Johns Creek, Georgia, on Aug. 14, 2011. Ikeda finished in a tie for 45th at 5 over.

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Ikeda finishes 45th at PGA C'ship

JOHNS CREEK, United States - Japan's Yuta Ikeda droops after finishing in a tie for 45th at 5 over at the PGA Championship at the Atlanta Athletic Club in Johns Creek, Georgia, on Aug. 14, 2011.

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Ichiro homers vs. Red Sox

SEATTLE, United States - Seattle Mariners leadoff man Ichiro Suzuki hits a home run, his second of the season and 34th career leadoff home run, in the first inning of a game against the Boston Red Sox at Safeco Field in Seattle on Aug. 13, 2011. The Mariners won 5-4.

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Chinese aircraft carrier at Dalian port

DALIAN, China - Photo taken on Aug. 5, 2011, shows China's first aircraft carrier, the Soviet-built Varyag, at Dalian port in Liaoning Province. Chinese media reported that an aircraft landing drill on the carrier may be conducted on Aug. 13, 2011, as Chinese authorities have issued a 24-hour navigation ban in the northwestern Bohai Sea.

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Yingluck elected as 1st Thai female prime minister

BANGKOK, Thailand - Yingluck Shinawatra (C) speaks with reporters in Bangkok on Aug. 5, 2011, shortly after being elected as Thailand's first female and 28th prime minister in a parliamentary vote. The 44-year-old former businesswoman is the youngest sister of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

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New Yorkers commemorate Hiroshima victims

NEW YORK, United States - Around 80 New Yorkers take part in a gathering at a park near the United Nations headquarters in New York on Aug. 5, 2011, to mark the exact moment the world's first atomic attack took place over the Japanese city of Hiroshima 66 years ago by ringing bells for peace.

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Tokyo stocks fall sharply

TOKYO, Japan - A signboard in the Yaesu district of central Tokyo shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average's fall by 359.30 points to 9,299.88 on Aug. 5, 2011, marking its lowest close since March 18, amid global equity declines.

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Hiroshima marks 66th anniv. of atomic bombing

HIROSHIMA, Japan - A woman carrying a baby prays in front of the cenotaph in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima for the victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city at 5:19 a.m. on Aug. 6, 2011, the 66th anniversary of the attack.

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Yingluck elected as 1st Thai female prime minister

BANGKOK, Thailand - Yingluck Shinawatra (C) is pictured in Bangkok on Aug. 5, 2011, shortly after being elected as Thailand's first female and 28th prime minister in a parliamentary vote. The 44-year-old former businesswoman is the youngest sister of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

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Hiroshima marks 66th anniv. of atomic bombing

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (R) hands a city government official a book containing the names of 5,785 people who survived the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city whose deaths have been confirmed over the past year, to place it in the cenotaph in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park at 8:02 a.m. on Aug. 6, 2011, the 66th anniversary of the attack. The total number of atomic-bomb victims has reached 275,230.

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Hiroshima marks 66th anniv. of atomic bombing

HIROSHIMA, Japan - The Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima is pictured at 5 a.m. on Aug. 6, 2011, the 66th anniversary of the U.S. attack on the western Japan city.

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Yingluck elected as 1st female Thai prime minister

BANGKOK, Thailand - Yingluck Shinawatra (C) is pictured in Bangkok on Aug. 5, 2011, shortly after being elected as Thailand's first female and 28th prime minister in a parliamentary vote. The 44-year-old former businesswoman is the youngest sister of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

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Yingluck elected as 1st Thai female prime minister

BANGKOK, Thailand - Yingluck Shinawatra (front) is pictured in Bangkok on Aug. 5, 2011, shortly after being elected as Thailand's first female and 28th prime minister in a parliamentary vote. The 44-year-old former businesswoman is the youngest sister of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

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Death of Ghanaian man during deportation

TOKYO, Japan - Lawyer Koichi Kodama (R) looks at a photo of Abubakar Awudu Suraj, a Ghanaian man who died during the process of his deportation from Japan, at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 5, 2011. His Japanese widow filed a damages suit the same day against the state and nine immigration officers, alleging that the officers at Narita airport injured him and caused him to die in March 2010.

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Japan unveils ideas for new nuclear safety agency

TOKYO, Japan - Goshi Hosono, minister in charge of the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 5, 2011. He unveiled a set of ideas to improve nuclear safety in Japan, proposing that a new agency be set up under either the Environment Ministry or the Cabinet Office. ''Japan's national interests will be seriously damaged'' if the regulatory reform fails, Hosono said.

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Yingluck elected as 1st Thai female prime minister

BANGKOK, Thailand - Yingluck Shinawatra (C) attends a House of Representatives session in Bangkok on Aug. 5, 2011, for a nomination vote for prime minister. The 44-year-old former businesswoman, the youngest sister of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, was elected as Thailand's 28th prime minister and first female prime minister after receiving 296 votes in the 500-seat House of Representatives from legislators of her Pheu Thai Party and five allied parties.

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Female gov't leaders in Southeast Asia

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photos show (from L to R) the late Corazon Aquino, who was president of the Philippines between 1986 and 1992, Gloria Arroyo, who was president of the Philippines between 2001 and 2010, and Megawati Sukarnoputri, who was president of Indonesia between 2001 and 2004. On Aug. 5, 2011, Yingluck Shinawatra was elected as Thailand's first female prime minister. The 44-year-old Yingluck is the fourth female top government leader in Southeast Asia after Aquino, Arroyo and Megawati.

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Dow tumbles more than 500 points

TOKYO, Japan - A signboard in the Yaesu district of central Tokyo shows the 30-issue Dow Jones Industrial Average's fall by 512.76 points to 11,383.68 on Aug. 5, 2011.

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Nikkei plunges to 5-month low

TOKYO, Japan - A signboard in the Yaesu district of central Tokyo shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average plummeting 389.44 points to 9269.74 at one point in the morning of Aug. 5, 2011.

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Aleppo pistachio farmers in Syria affected by U.S. sanctions

STORY: Aleppo pistachio farmers in Syria affected by U.S. sanctions DATELINE: Aug. 24, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:22 LOCATION: Damascus CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. carious of Aleppo pistachio farm in Hama countryside 2. various of the head of the Aleppo pistachio office at the agriculture ministry checking the pistachio trees 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): JIHAD MUHAMMAD, Head of the Aleppo pistachio office at the agriculture ministry 4. various of the head of the Aleppo pistachio office at the agriculture ministry checking the pistachio trees 5. various of the farmer in his pistachio farm 6. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): FIRAS IBRAHIM, Farmer 7. various of pistachios STORYLINE: Aleppo pistachio farmers in Syria have been facing a major obstacle in the face of reviving the country's renowned pistachio production. Pistachios in Syria had been favored across the Middle East before the eruption of the Syrian crisis in 2011. Jihad Muhammad, head of the Aleppo pistachio office at the agriculture ministry, told Xinhua th

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Evacuation order for Naraha to be lifted

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (far L) addresses a meeting of the government's taskforce on nuclear disaster in Tokyo on Aug. 7, 2015, as it decided to lift the evacuation order for the northeastern Japanese town of Naraha on Sept. 5. The order was issued in the wake of the March 2011 nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi complex, as most areas of the town are within a 20-kilometer radius of the plant. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cirstea-Morita advance to 2nd round of U.S. Open

NEW YORK, United States - Ayumi Morita of Japan (L) and Sorana Cirstea of Russia celebrate after defeating Australian pair Casey Dellacqua and Rennae Stubbs 7-5, 4-6, 6-2 in a women's doubles first-round match at the U.S. Open tennis championships in New York on Aug. 31, 2011. Morita and Cirstea will meet Spanish pair Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez and Anabel Medina Garrigues in the second round. (Kyodo)