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Hacked Emails Expose Bashar al-Assad and Wife (Files)

Syrian head of state Bashar al-Assad and London-born wife Asma al-Assad appear to live in a surreal psychological bubble, insulated from the grotesque violence that has claimed the lives of 8,000 Syrians, according to a cache of some 3,000 alleged emails and documents obtained by Syrian activists and published by the Guardian issue dated March 15, 2012. File photo : French President Nicolas Sarkozy (C) and his wife Carla Bruni Sarkozy (2nd from L) show Syrian President Bashar El Assad (R) and his wife Asma (1st from L) gifts, such as 'Earth Seen from Above' book at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France on December 9, 2010, on the first day of the 3-days working visit of the Syrian presidential couple in France. Photo by Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Support rate for Japan's Kishida cabinet hits fresh low: poll

STORY: Support rate for Japan's Kishida cabinet hits fresh low: poll SHOOTING TIME: Earlier footage DATELINE: April 12, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:04 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Kishida cabinet and prime minister's office of Japan (source: Prime minister's office of Japan) 2. various of the prime minister's office STORYLINE: The support rate for the cabinet led by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida dropped to 16.6 pct in April, marking a new low for the administration, according to the latest Jiji Press opinion poll. The approval rate dropped by 1.4 percentage points from the previous month, a fresh low for the administration since its launch in October 2021, while the disapproval rate climbed 2.0 percentage points to 59.4 percent, the survey showed Thursday. The reading breached the previous low of 16.9 percent marked in February, sinking to the worst level since the return of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to power in December 2012, Jiji Press said. Punish

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State Dinner In Honor Of Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff - Paris

Lyon mayor Gerard Collomb arriving for a state dinner hosted by French President Francois Hollande in honor of Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, France on December 11, 2012. Photo by Mousse/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Shakira Stands Trial For Alleged Tax Fraud - Barcelona

Singer Shakira (c) upon her arrival at the Audiencia Nacional on the day her trial begins on November 20, 2023, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Shakira's trial for allegedly defrauding the tax authorities of 14.5 million euros begins today. The court expects the trial to last for 12 sessions spaced from Monday, November 20 until Thursday, December 14, where 117 witnesses and eight experts will be called to testify and answer questions from the defense and the prosecution, the State Attorney's Office and the Generalitat. Among the witnesses summoned are workers who attended Shakira in Barcelona in beauty salons, hairdressers, bars, hotels and restaurants, and other employees such as her personal driver, two gynecologists, her zumba and fitness teachers and her stylist, as well as Shakira's neighbors or doormen, among others. The artist is facing a request for a sentence of eight years and two months in prison, after allegedly committing six offenses against the Treasury between 2012 and 2014, and in addition t

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US To Send 2nd Aircraft Carrier To Eastern Mediterranean

Handout photo dated December 19, 2012 shows the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) makes its approach pierside at Naval Station Norfolk. The Pentagon has ordered a second carrier strike group to the eastern Mediterranean Sea and is sending Air Force fighter jets to the region as Israel prepares to expand its Gaza operations, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a statement Saturday. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Timothy Walter via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hugh Jackman And Wife Deborra-Lee Furness Split After 27 Years

File photo dated December 10, 2012 of Deborra-Lee Furness and Hugh Jackman attending the American premiere of 'Les Miserables' held at Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City, NY, USA. Hugh Jackman and his wife, Deborra-Lee Furness, have announced they are ending their marriage after 27 years. The Australian actors married in 1996 and have two children, Oscar, 23, and Ava, 18. Photo by Dennis Van Tine/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Mangrove Wood A Natural Warmer - Indonesia

A fisherman seen prepared to burn woods which collected from the loggers of mangrove forest in East Aceh coastal area, Aceh, Indonesia on December 31, 2012. The mangrove wood is then burned into charcoal before being exported as a natural warmer during the winter season on the European continent. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Mangrove Wood A Natural Warmer - Indonesia

A fisherman seen prepared to burn woods which collected from the loggers of mangrove forest in East Aceh coastal area, Aceh, Indonesia on December 31, 2012. The mangrove wood is then burned into charcoal before being exported as a natural warmer during the winter season on the European continent. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Mangrove Wood A Natural Warmer - Indonesia

A fisherman handles the mangrove charcoal were the process starts from the loggers of mangrove forest in East Aceh coastal area, Aceh, Indonesia on December 31, 2012. The mangrove wood is then burned into charcoal before being exported as a natural warmer during the winter season on the European continent. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Mangrove Wood A Natural Warmer - Indonesia

A fisherman seen prepared to burn woods which collected from the loggers of mangrove forest in East Aceh coastal area, Aceh, Indonesia on December 31, 2012. The mangrove wood is then burned into charcoal before being exported as a natural warmer during the winter season on the European continent. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Mangrove Wood A Natural Warmer - Indonesia

A fisherman collects felled wood from a coastal area of a mangrove forest in East Aceh, Aceh, Indonesia on December 30, 2012. The mangrove wood is then burned into charcoal before being exported as a natural warmer during the winter season on the European continent. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kate Barry Commits Suicide

File photo of Jane Birkin and her daughter Kate Barry posing at Barry’s photos exhibition held at Zeartgallerie in Dinard, France on October 05, 2012. Photographer Kate Barry, daughter of actress and singer Jane Birkin, died today, december 11, 2013, around 18:30 after falling from the fourth floor of her Paris apartment. Kate Barry was the daughter of Jane Birkin and British composer John Barry, best known for writing the soundtrack of many James Bond, who died in 2011. She was the half-sister of actresses Charlotte Gainsbourg and Lou Doillon. Photo by Audrey Poree/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kate Barry Commits Suicide

File photo of Jane Birkin and her daughter Kate Barry posing at Barry’s photos exhibition held at Zeartgallerie in Dinard, France on October 05, 2012. Photographer Kate Barry, daughter of actress and singer Jane Birkin, died today, december 11, 2013, around 18:30 after falling from the fourth floor of her Paris apartment. Kate Barry was the daughter of Jane Birkin and British composer John Barry, best known for writing the soundtrack of many James Bond, who died in 2011. She was the half-sister of actresses Charlotte Gainsbourg and Lou Doillon. Photo by Audrey Poree/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kate Barry Commits Suicide

File photo of Jane Birkin and her daughter Kate Barry posing at Barry’s photos exhibition held at Zeartgallerie in Dinard, France on October 05, 2012. Photographer Kate Barry, daughter of actress and singer Jane Birkin, died today, december 11, 2013, around 18:30 after falling from the fourth floor of her Paris apartment. Kate Barry was the daughter of Jane Birkin and British composer John Barry, best known for writing the soundtrack of many James Bond, who died in 2011. She was the half-sister of actresses Charlotte Gainsbourg and Lou Doillon. Photo by Audrey Poree/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kate Barry Commits Suicide

Photographer Kate Barry, daughter of actress and singer Jane Birkin, died today, december 11, 2013, around 18:30 after falling from the fourth floor of her Paris apartment. Kate Barry was the daughter of Jane Birkin and British composer John Barry, best known for writing the soundtrack of many James Bond, who died in 2011. She was the half-sister of actresses Charlotte Gainsbourg and Lou Doillon. File photo : Jane Birkin attending the opening of her daughter Kate Barry's photos exhibition held at Zeartgallerie in Dinard, France on October 05, 2012. Photo by Audrey Poree/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kate Barry Commits Suicide

Photographer Kate Barry, daughter of actress and singer Jane Birkin, died today, december 11, 2013, around 18:30 after falling from the fourth floor of her Paris apartment. Kate Barry was the daughter of Jane Birkin and British composer John Barry, best known for writing the soundtrack of many James Bond, who died in 2011. She was the half-sister of actresses Charlotte Gainsbourg and Lou Doillon. File photo : Jane Birkin attending the opening of her daughter Kate Barry's photos exhibition held at Zeartgallerie in Dinard, France on October 05, 2012. Photo by Audrey Poree/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Carlos Ghosn Targeted By A Second International Arrest Warrant

File photo dated February 16, 2012 of Carlos Ghosn CEO of Renault. Headquarters of the group. Presentation of 2011 results. Boulogne-Billancourt. - Carlos Ghosn targeted by a second international arrest warrant after he did not appear for his summons for his possible indictment on May 19, 2022. The former boss of Renault-Nissan, who has lived in Lebanon since his escape of Japan in December 2019, was already targeted by an international arrest warrant issued in April 2022. He is notably prosecuted for misuse of corporate assets and money laundering in an organized gang. Photo by Mario Fourmy/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kim Jong Il statue

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Combination photo shows the remodeled statue of former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il (L) wearing a type of jacket on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on Feb. 10, 2013, compared with one with an overcoat in December 2012.

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Kim Kyong Hui

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo shows Kim Kyong Hui, the younger sister of former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, attending a gathering in Pyongyang in December 2012 to mourn for the death of her brother. Her husband, Jang Song Thaek, who had been considered the country's second-most powerful figure, was executed Dec. 12, 2013, after being accused of attempting to overthrow the regime.

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Tokyo Gov. Inose

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose shows a bag he said he used to carry 50 million yen in cash he received from the scandal-hit Tokushukai hospital group, during a committee session of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly on Dec. 16, 2013. Inose, who won the governorship in December 2012's election, has been under fire for making contradictory explanations over his receipt of the money in November 2012.

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Tokyo Gov. Inose

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose shows a bag he said he used to carry 50 million yen in cash he received from the scandal-hit Tokushukai hospital group, during a committee session of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly on Dec. 16, 2013. Inose, who won the governorship in December 2012's election, has been under fire for making contradictory explanations over his receipt of the money in November 2012.

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Japan economy contracts in 4th qtr

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese economic and fiscal policy minister Akira Amari holds a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 14, 2013, on the country's gross domestic product data for the fourth quarter of 2012, released earlier in the day. Japan's economy shrank an annualized real 0.4 percent in October-December for the third straight quarterly contraction.

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Club coach fired over student's suicide

OSAKA, Japan - Officials of the Osaka City Board of Education bow at the outset of a press conference at the Osaka city hall on Feb. 13, 2013. The board the same day fired a 47-year-old basketball coach at a senior high school for alleged violence against a male student who committed suicide in December 2012.

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Top government spokesman announces Japan's new Cabinet lineup

TOKYO, Japan, Aug. 3 Kyodo - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga announces Japan's new Cabinet lineup in Tokyo on Aug. 3, 2016. In his third reshuffle since returning as prime minister in December 2012, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe appointed a new defense minister with a history of hawkish views, while retaining eight of the previous Cabinet's 19 members in their posts.

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Top government spokesman announces Japan's new Cabinet lineup

TOKYO, Japan, Aug. 3 Kyodo - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga announces Japan's new Cabinet lineup in Tokyo on Aug. 3, 2016. In his third reshuffle since returning as prime minister in December 2012, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe appointed a new defense minister with a history of hawkish views, while retaining eight of the previous Cabinet's 19 members in their posts.

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Sapporo's 'Ramen Republic' to mark 10th anniversary

SAPPORO, Japan - The "Sapporo Ramen Republic," a theme park for noodle shops in the capital of Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido, is set to celebrate the 10th anniversary of its opening at a commercial complex next to JR Sapporo Station on Oct. 1, 2014. The photo shows a ceremony held in December 2012 when the cumulative number of customers topped 10 million.

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Abe reshuffles Cabinet to tighten grip on power

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C in front) and his Cabinet ministers pose for a group photo at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 3, 2014. Earlier in the day, Abe carried out his first Cabinet reshuffle since returning to office in December 2012.

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Abe reshuffles Cabinet to tighten grip on power

TOKYO, Japan - Ministers of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's reshuffled Cabinet hold the first Cabinet meeting at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 3, 2014, after Abe carried out his first Cabinet reshuffle since returning to office in December 2012 with the aim of tightening his grip on power.

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Abe reshuffles Cabinet to tighten grip on power

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gestures during a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 3, 2014, after the inauguration of his reshuffled Cabinet. Abe reshuffled the Cabinet for the first time since returning to office in December 2012.

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Abe reshuffles Cabinet to tighten grip on power

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks at a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 3, 2014, after the inauguration of his reshuffled Cabinet. Abe reshuffled the Cabinet for the first time since returning to office in December 2012.

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Abe reshuffles Cabinet to tighten grip on power

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks at a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 3, 2014, after the inauguration of his reshuffled Cabinet. Abe reshuffled the Cabinet for the first time since returning to office in December 2012.

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Japan hangs 2 inmates

TOKYO, Japan - Justice Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki holds a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 29, 2014, on the execution of two death row inmates he ordered earlier that day. Japan hanged two death row inmates in the 10th and 11th executions since the December 2012 launch of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's current government.

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N. Korean leader's aunt Kim Kyong Hui deleted from video footage

TOKYO, Japan - Past video images of Kim Kyong Hui, aunt of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and wife of recently executed Jang Song Taek, have apparently been deleted since February 2014. She is seen in this file photo take in December 2012.

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Prosecutors charge ex-Tokyo Gov. Inose

TOKYO, Japan - Naoki Inose, the former governor of Tokyo, apologizes during a press conference in the capital on March 28, 2014, after prosecutors filed criminal charges against him over his receipt of 50 million yen from major hospital chain Tokushukai. Inose violated the public offices election law as he failed to report the money to the Tokyo metropolitan government's electoral management committee in the December 2012 gubernatorial election.

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Prosecutors charge ex-Tokyo Gov. Inose

TOKYO, Japan - Naoki Inose, the former governor of Tokyo, holds a press conference in the capital on March 28, 2014, after prosecutors filed criminal charges against him over his receipt of 50 million yen from major hospital chain Tokushukai. Inose violated the public offices election law as he failed to report the money to the Tokyo metropolitan government's electoral management committee in the December 2012 gubernatorial election.

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Chinese Embassy in N. Korea keeps Jang Song Thaek photo on web

SEOUL, South Korea - A photograph on the website of the Chinese Embassy in North Korea shows Jang Song Thaek (bottom L), North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's executed uncle, in a meeting with then Chinese President Hu Jintao (bottom R) during his 2012 visit to China. Jang was executed in December 2013 after being denounced as a traitor.

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Higashikokubaru says to give up Diet seat

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Hideo Higashikokubaru, a Japanese lawmaker from the Japan Restoration Party. Higashikokubaru said Dec. 11, 2013, he will give up his seat in parliament and leave his party due to differences in opinion on policy. He won a seat with the party in proportional representation for the Kinki region in December 2012's House of Representatives election.

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Tokyo governor

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose speaks at the Tokyo metropolitan assembly in the Japanese capital on Nov. 29, 2013. The governor apologized for accepting 50 million yen from the scandal-hit Tokushukai hospital organization before running in the December 2012 gubernatorial election.

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Tokyo Gov. Inose

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose presents a document saying he borrowed 50 million yen from the Tokushukai hospital and medical facilities chain as a personal loan, before running in December 2012's gubernatorial election, during a press conference at the metropolitan government hall in Tokyo on Nov. 26, 2013. (Photo partially modified to conceal private information)

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Tokyo Gov. Inose

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose presents a document saying he borrowed 50 million yen from the Tokushukai hospital and medical facilities chain as a personal loan, before running in December 2012's gubernatorial election, during a press conference at the metropolitan government hall in Tokyo on Nov. 26, 2013. (Photo partially modified to conceal private information)

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Inose got 50 mil. yen from scandal-hit hospital group

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose is surrounded by reporters at the metropolitan government offices in Tokyo on Nov. 22, 2013. Inose received 50 million yen ($50,000) shortly before the gubernatorial election in December 2012 from a hospital organization embroiled in a fraud scandal, sources familiar with the matter said the same day.

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Inose got 50 mil. yen from scandal-hit hospital group

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose is surrounded by reporters at the metropolitan government offices in Tokyo on Nov. 22, 2013. Inose received 50 million yen ($50,000) shortly before the gubernatorial election in December 2012 from a hospital organization embroiled in a fraud scandal, sources familiar with the matter said the same day.

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Top court's decision on 2012 election

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe answers a reporter's question in Tokyo on Nov. 20, 2013, following the same day's Supreme Court's decision on the House of Representatives election in December 2012. The top court ruled that disparities of up to 2.43 times in the weight of votes in the election were "in a state of unconstitutionality." Abe told reporters that he takes the ruling seriously and will closely examine it.

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LDP lawmaker Tokuda

TOKYO, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Takeshi Tokuda answers reporters' questions after meeting LDP Secretary General Shigeru Ishiba at the Diet building in Tokyo on Nov. 12, 2013. Tokuda will leave the ruling party after six people linked to him were arrested on suspicion of illegally providing rewards to people who worked on the lower house member's December 2012 general election campaign.

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LDP lawmaker Tokuda

TOKYO, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Takeshi Tokuda answers reporters' questions after meeting LDP Secretary General Shigeru Ishiba at the Diet building in Tokyo on Nov. 12, 2013. Tokuda will leave the ruling party after six people linked to him were arrested on suspicion of illegally providing rewards to people who worked on the lower house member's December 2012 general election campaign.

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6 arrested over Tokuda's election campaign

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Takeshi Tokuda. On Nov. 12, 2013, police arrested six people linked to Tokuda, including his two elder sisters, on suspicion of illegally providing rewards to people who worked on the lower house member's campaign for the December 2012 general election.

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Japanese skier, engineer eyeing Olympic medal with Japan-made skis

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows alpine skier Naoki Yuasa holding a pair of homemade skis and a plaque after finishing third in men's slalom event in the December 2012 alpine skiing World Cup in Madonna di Campiglio, Italy.

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Japanese climber's monument

KANDALAKSHA, Russia - A Sept. 7, 2013, photo shows flowers laid on the monument of the late Japanese climber Haruhisa Watanabe near Kandalaksha in Murmansk Oblast, Russia. Watanabe was killed at the age of 31 in a traffic accident in December 2012 in the Murmansk region while on a cycling expedition through Central Asia.

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Controversy over A-bomb comic

MATSUE, Japan - File photo shows copies of "Hadashi no Gen" (Barefoot Gen), an iconic Japanese comic serial about the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, authored by the late Keiji Nakazawa. The Matsue city education board in Shimane Prefecture asked local elementary and junior high schools in December 2012 to restrict students' access to the cartoon books over some of the comic's graphics deemed violent. The request has sparked controversy.

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N.Z. gov't purchases quake site

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in December 2012 shows the site of the former Canterbury Television building in Christchurch, New Zealand, where 115 people including 28 Japanese students perished in a 2011 earthquake. The New Zealand government announced July 17, 2013, that it has purchased the site which will form part of a predominantly residential area "with green open space."