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Taiwan: Typhoon Danas Topples Archway of Tainan’s Nankunshen Daitian Temple

Typhoon Danas made landfall near Budai Township, Chiayi County around 11:40 p.m. on Sunday, July 6, bringing gusty winds and heavy rainfall. Typhoon Danas weakened to a tropical storm after its eye departed Taiwan early Monday. The storm toppled Tainan's iconic archway of Nankunshen Daitian Temple, causing widespread flooding across the neighborhood.

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Türkiye cracks down on IS in capital

STORY: Türkiye cracks down on IS in capital SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 27, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 28, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:46 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of anti-terror operations of Turkish police in Türkiye (courtesy of Turkish Interior Ministry) STORYLINE: Turkish authorities on Tuesday launched operations against Islamic State (IS) in Ankara, the Daily Sabah newspaper reported. In Ankara, prosecutors issued warrants for 20 IS suspects linked to "Tevhid Magazine," which they said was a front for the group's activities in the capital. Police have detained many IS suspects over an attack on an Italian church in Istanbul, Türkiye's largest city, in January. Türkiye designated IS as a terrorist group in 2013 and has suffered several deadly attacks by the group since 2015. Türkiye's southern border with Syria has been a major transit route for Syrians and foreign fighters since the Syrian civil war began in 2011. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Ankara. (XHTV

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Nikki Haley says she's not dropping out of Republican primary race

STORY: Nikki Haley says she's not dropping out of Republican primary race SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 19-20, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 21, 2024 LENGTH: 00:03:45 LOCATION: GREENVILLE, U.S. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (English): NIKKI HALEY, Republican presidential candidate 2. various of Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley speaking at a campaign event in Camden, South Carolina, the U.S. (Feb 19, 2024) 3. various of Former U.S. President Donald Trump arriving in Greer, South Carolina, the U.S. (Feb. 20, 2024) STORYLINE: Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and former governor of South Carolina, said Tuesday that she is not dropping out of the race. Haley made the remarks in a "State of the Race" address in Greenville, South Carolina, just days ahead of the Republican primary in the southeastern state, where she served as the first female governor from 2011 to 2017. SOUNDBITE (English): NIKKI HALEY, Republican presidential candidate "When the

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India's industrial production grows 3.8 pct in Dec. 2023

STORY: India's industrial production grows 3.8 pct in Dec. 2023 SHOOTING TIME: file DATELINE: Feb. 13, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:33 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Indian gate 2. various of manufacturing unit STORYLINE: India's factory activity growth, determined by the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), grew 3.8 percent in December last year, government data showed Monday. "For the month of December 2023, the quick estimates of IIP with base 2011-12 stands at 151.5," the federal Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation said in a statement. It said the IIP for the mining, manufacturing and electricity sectors in December stand at 139.4, 150.6 and 181.6 respectively. As per use-based classification, the indices stand at 151.7 for primary goods, 103.3 for capital goods, 159.3 for intermediate goods and 177.9 for infrastructure/construction goods, it said. The indices for consumer durables and consumer non-durables stand at 114.0 and 178.0 respectively for D

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Zambian family praises Chinese medical team after successful surgery

STORY: Zambian family praises Chinese medical team after successful surgery SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 31, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 10, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:51 LOCATION: Lusaka CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of Mary Mbetwa 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MARY MBETWA, Resident in Lusaka 3. various of a Chinese doctor doing medical check-up for Mary Mbetwa 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): MARY MBETWA, Resident in Lusaka 5. various of Chinese doctors training local doctors 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): MARY MBETWA, Resident in Lusaka 7. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): MICHAEL MBETWA, Mary Mbetwa's husband 8. various of Mary Mbetwa talking with her Chinese doctor 9. SOUNDBITE 5 (English): MICHAEL MBETWA, Mary Mbetwa's husband STORYLINE: When Mary Mbetwa, a 46-year-old resident of Lusaka, the Zambian capital, started experiencing some discomfort in the right side of her nose in 2011, she did not pay much attention to it and dismissed it as one of those feelings that would go away. As the discomfort persisted, however, she decided to seek

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126th joint patrol of Mekong River concludes

STORY: 126th joint patrol of Mekong River concludes DATELINE: Feb. 25, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:40 LOCATION: KUNMING, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Mekong River patrol STORYLINE: Two Chinese law enforcement vessels returned to Guanlei Port in southwest China's Yunnan Province on Friday, concluding the 126th joint Mekong River patrol by China, Laos, Myanmar, and Thailand. Six vessels from the four countries traveled over 550 km for four days and three nights, focusing on tackling cross-border crimes to ensure safety and stability along the river, according to the Yunnan provincial public security department. The Mekong River, known as the Lancang River in China, is a vital waterway for cross-border shipping. China, Laos, Myanmar, and Thailand have been conducting joint patrols of the river since December 2011. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Kunming, China. (XHTV)

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Cairo artist transforms traditional art with innovation

STORY: Cairo artist transforms traditional art with innovation DATELINE: Feb. 11, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:05 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of paintings 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): AYMAN HAMMOUDA, 3D painting artist 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): AYMAN HAMMOUDA, 3D painting artist STORYLINE: Ayman Hammouda is a 3D painting artist who is dedicated to his family's traditional craftsmanship with innovative ideas. Since 2011, Hammouda has been studying and developing his father's decoupage craftsmanship. He mastered the art of decoupage which is used to decorate homes. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): AYMAN HAMMOUDA, 3D painting artist "Decoupage and collage consist of cutting, separating and assembling. We introduced a third technique with them, which is to make them three-dimensional and realistic with the concept of 3D." Hammouda's works infused the decoupage arts with both modern and ancient appearances. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): AYMAN HAMMOUDA, 3D painting artist "It was my father's idea in 2011 when I was

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Fury boils over persistent U.S. sanctions on war-torn, now quake-hit Syria

STORY: Fury boils over persistent U.S. sanctions on war-torn, now quake-hit Syria DATELINE: Feb. 9, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:18 LOCATION: ALEPPO, Syria CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the aftermath 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): MUHAMMAD HIJAZI, Chairman of the Aleppo Governorate Council 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): KAMAL JAFA, Political expert STORYLINE: Monday's massive earthquakes have killed 3,480 people and injured 3,000 others in Syria, a war monitor reported Wednesday. Syrian experts have denounced U.S. sanctions, which have made it difficult for quake-hit areas in Syria to get much-needed international humanitarian aid. Sanctions have been a main U.S. tactic toward Syria ever since the latter was listed as a state sponsor of terrorism in 1979. Since the start of the Syrian civil war in 2011, the U.S. and its Western allies have imposed a number of economic sanctions and restrictions that denied Syrians the means to pursue growth as well as access to daily necessities. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): MUHAMMAD H

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Libya plans to reopen all closed border crossings

STORY: Libya plans to reopen all closed border crossings DATELINE: Feb. 8, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:29 LOCATION: Tripoli CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of forces of the Libyan Illegal Immigration Control Department STORYLINE: The Libyan Illegal Immigration Control Department on Tuesday said that Libya plans to reopen all of the closed border crossings. The announcement was made after Mohamed al-Khoja, the head of the department paid a visit to the southwestern border city of Ghadames and met with local security officials. Al-Khoja discussed with the security officials strengthening security in the area and the efforts to fight illegal activities, mainly illegal immigration, according to a statement issued by the department. Al-Khoja also visited the Libyan-Algerian border crossing, where he opened the office of the immigration control department, the statement said. Taking advantage of Libya's insecurity and chaos since the fall of late leader Muammar Gaddafi's regime in 2011, many migrants, m

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Scribbled reactor water levels at Fukushima control room

TOKYO, Japan - Water levels at a reactor just after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami remain scribbled on a control panel in the central control room of the Nos. 1 and 2 reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Feb. 26, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Scribbled water levels, times at Fukushima control room

TOKYO, Japan - Water levels at a reactor and corresponding times just after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami remain scribbled on a control panel in the central control room of the Nos. 1 and 2 reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture on Feb. 26, 2014. (Pool photo)

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UNICEF chief meets students in disaster-hit Japan region

ONAGAWA, Japan - U.N. Children's Fund Executive Director Anthony Lake (far L) meets students in front of a stone monument at Onagawa Junior High School in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 25, 2014. Students set up the monument, with the words "Onagawa stone monument of life -- To protect lives 1,000 years after" inscribed on it, to pass down lessons from the deadly 2011 tsunami to younger generations.

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Works by deaf composer written by someone else

TOKYO, Japan - In this file photo taken in 2011, Mamoru Samuragochi, a deaf composer of classical music, poses with a CD of Symphony No. 1 "Hiroshima". A lawyer for Samuragochi, dubbed a modern Beethoven by the media, said on Feb. 5, 2014, that the composer had someone else write his pieces for over 10 years, including "Hiroshima". Samuragochi is a Hiroshima native and the son of atomic bomb survivors.

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2 years after quake

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Aerial photos taken by Kyodo News show Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture in October 2008 (top), on Feb. 26, 2012 (center), about a year after a nuclear crisis triggered by the earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011, and on March 3, 2013. From back to front are the buildings housing the No. 1 to No. 4 reactors. The bottom photo shows a cover on the No. 1 reactor building used to prevent radioactive particles from being dispersed. Cranes are at work at No. 3 and No. 4 reactor buildings.

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2 years after quake

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Aerial photos taken by Kyodo News show Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture in December 2000 (top), on Feb. 26, 2012 (center), about a year after a nuclear crisis triggered by the earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011, and on March 3, 2013. From right to left are the buildings housing the No. 1 to No. 4 reactors.

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Survivors of Kobe, Niigata disasters help Tohoku quake victims

SENDAI, Japan - Ikumi Kitamura looks at hand-dyed products on Feb. 1, 2013 at a craft center set up in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, to create jobs for residents who evacuated the prefectural town of Tomioka due to radiation fears in the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident triggered by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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Film about quake-hit elderly man

SENDAI, Japan - Film director Kaoru Ikeya speaks at the preview in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 1, 2013, of his work "Senzoninaru" (becoming an ancestor), with the English title "Roots." The movie is a documentary film about an elderly man who lost his home to the massive tsunami following the March 2011 earthquake and eventually succeeded in building a new home in the same neighborhood.

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Fukushima plant in 2000, 2012

TOKYO, Japan - Photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in December 2000 (top) before the crisis started there following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, and the same plant on Feb. 26, 2012 (bottom). Reactor buildings Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 are seen from right to left.

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Lawmaker Noda calls baby son 'mentor'

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese lawmaker Seiko Noda is interviewed by Kyodo News in Tokyo on Feb. 1, 2012, about the controversy over her childbearing at age 50 about a year ago. Noda, a six-term lower house legislator and a member of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, gave birth to her son Masaki in January 2011 through artificial insemination. She said Masaki is her ''mentor'' who trains her as a politician.

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Lawmaker Noda calls baby son 'mentor'

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese lawmaker Seiko Noda is interviewed by Kyodo News in Tokyo on Feb. 1, 2012, about the controversy over her childbearing at age 50 about a year ago. Noda, a six-term lower house legislator and a member of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, gave birth to her son Masaki in January 2011 through artificial insemination. She said Masaki is her ''mentor'' who trains her as a politician.

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Tokyo eateries offer chance to support recovery efforts

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Feb. 4, 2012, shows the signboard of a nonprofit Japanese-style pub named Reconstruction Support Tavern, which opened in Tokyo's Ginza district in January the same year to aid recovery efforts in areas hit by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami. The tavern, open until late September 2012, aims to donate its monthly profits of over 1 million yen to the prefectural governments of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima.

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Tofu made from Paraguay soybeans sent to disaster victims

IGUAZU, Paraguay - Photo taken in February 2012 shows the building of an agricultural cooperative in Iguazu, Paraguay. A total of 1 million packets of tofu made from Paraguayan soybeans have been delivered to those affected by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster in Japan, people involved in the project said on Feb. 22.

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Tofu made from Paraguay soybeans sent to disaster victims

IGUAZU, Paraguay - Photo taken in February 2012 shows soybean farmland near Iguazu Falls, Paraguay. A total of 1 million packets of tofu made from Paraguayan soybeans have been delivered to those affected by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster in Japan, people involved in the project said on Feb. 22.

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Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Station

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Officials from local governments examine an emergency electric generator in the basement of the building housing the No. 1 reactor at the Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on Feb. 8, 2012. The generator was inundated by the March 2011 tsunami. The plant south of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station was shown to reporters for the first time since the disaster. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Station

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Local government officials examine a spent fuel pool in the building housing the No. 1 reactor at the Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on Feb. 8, 2012. The plant south of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station was shown to reporters for the first time since the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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New rails for disaster-hit railway company

NODA, Japan - Workers on Feb. 1, 2012, lay new railroad rails in the village of Noda, Iwate Prefecture, an area hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, as the work began the same day in the village. Sanriku Railway Co. aims at fully resuming its services in April 2014.

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Toyota Aqua hybrid compact car

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo shows Toyota Motor Corp.'s Aqua hybrid compact car. The automaker said Feb. 1, 2012, the number of orders placed for the Aqua as of Jan. 31, 2012, was about 120,000, greatly exceeding its sales goal of 12,000 units a month. The car was released on Dec. 26, 2011.

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VVV Venlo's Cullen scores in win over Rotterdam

VENLO, Netherlands - VVV Venlo's Robert Cullen (L) dribbles during a game against Excelsior Rotterdam in Venlo, the Netherlands, on Feb. 25, 2011. Cullen scored a goal to lead his team to a 1-0 victory.

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Okazaki makes Stuttgart debut

LISBON, Portugal - Japan striker Shinji Okazaki (R) of German Bundesliga club Stuttgart plays during a game against Benfica in a Europa League match in Lisbon on Feb. 17, 2011. Okazaki made his debut as a Stuttgart player that day after transferring from Shimizu S-Pulse in the J-League. Benfica won Stuttgart 2-1.

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Okazaki makes Stuttgart debut

LISBON, Portugal - Japan striker Shinji Okazaki (R front) poses with new teammates at German Bundesliga club Stuttgart in Lisbon on Feb. 17, 2011, after transferring from Shimizu S-Pulse in the J-League. He made his debut as a Stuttgart player against Benfica in a Europa League match in the Portuguese capital the same day. Benfica won 2-1.

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Nagatomo a winner in first start for Inter

FLORENCE, Italy - Japan defender Yuto Nagatomo (R) has a hand in the opening goal in his first start for Inter Milan as the club world champions won 2-1 at Fiorentina in Florence, Italy, on Feb. 16, 2011, to keep the pressure on the top two in Serie A.

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Nagatomo a winner in first start for Inter

FLORENCE, Italy - Japan defender Yuto Nagatomo (R) has a hand in the opening goal in his first start for Inter Milan as the club world champions won 2-1 at Fiorentina in Florence, Italy, on Feb. 16, 2011, to keep the pressure on the top two in Serie A.

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Returning home for the lunar New Year

BEIJING, China - (From L to R) Chen Lei, a migrant worker in Beijing, his father Huacheng, another migrant worker, his mother Yang Xuanying and his brother Yang, also a migrant worker, shop for decorations for the lunar New Year, on Feb. 1, 2011, in Shihuazhen, Hubei Province. Chen returned home for the lunar New Year, the only time of the year his family is together.

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Miyaichi gets 1st goal with Feyenoord

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands - Japanese teen striker Ryo Miyaichi (L) celebrates his first goal as a Feyenoord player against Heracles Almelo in Rotterdam on Feb. 12, 2011, contributing to the team's 2-1 victory. Premier League giants Arsenal have sent Miyaichi to Feyenoord on loan for the remainder of the 2010/11 season.

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Miyaichi gets 1st goal with Feyenoord

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands - Japanese teen striker Ryo Miyaichi scores his first goal as a Feyenoord player in the first half of a Dutch first-division game against Heracles Almelo in Rotterdam on Feb. 12, 2011, contributing to the team's 2-1 victory. Premier League giants Arsenal have sent Miyaichi to Feyenoord on loan for the remainder of the 2010/11 season.

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New Olympus president

TOKYO, Japan - Michael Woodford, the British president of Olympus Europa Holdings GmbH (R), shakes hands with Tsuyoshi Kikukawa, president of Olympus Corp., during a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 10, 2011. The Japanese precision instruments maker said Woodford will succeed Kikukawa on April 1.

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Sandwich stand in Tahrir Square

CAIRO, Egypt - Men make sandwiches at a food stand in Tahrir Square in Cairo, where people are protesting against Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, on Feb. 1, 2011.

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Japanese apricot flowers in bloom

OSAKA, Japan - Flowers of Japanese apricot trees are in bloom at Osaka Castle Park in Osaka, western Japan, on Feb. 4, 2011. Flowers of the roughly 1,270 apricot trees in the park are expected to remain in bloom until early March, according to the Osaka city government that manages the park.

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Japanese apricot flowers in bloom

OSAKA, Japan - A bee lands on a Japanese apricot flower at Osaka Castle Park in Osaka, western Japan, on Feb. 4, 2011. Flowers of the roughly 1,270 apricot trees in the park are expected to remain in bloom until early March, according to the Osaka city government that manages the park.

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Nippon Steel, Sumitomo Metal to merge

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Steel Corp. President Shoji Muneoka (L center) and Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd. President Hiroshi Tomono (R center) speak to reporters after a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2011. The No. 1 and No. 3 steelmakers in Japan announced the same day their plan to merge by Oct. 1, 2012, to become the world's second-largest steelmaker in terms of crude steel production capacity.

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Nippon Steel, Sumitomo Metal to integrate management

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Steel Corp. President Shoji Muneoka (L) and Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd. President Hiroshi Tomono shake hands prior to a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2011. The No. 1 and No. 3 steelmakers in Japan announced the same day their plan to integrate their management in October 2012 to become the world's second-largest steelmaker in terms of crude steel production capacity.

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Photo exhibition on Japan in Switzerland

LUGANO, Switzerland - Visitors look at photos capturing life in Japan around the end of the Edo period (1603-1867) and the early Meiji period (1868-1912) at an exhibition in Lugano, southern Switzerland, on Feb. 1, 2011. Some 200 photos at the exhibition, which runs through Feb. 27, include those taken by well-known photographers Felice Beato, Kimbe Kusakabe and others. The photos, which were originally black and white, were later hand-colored.

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Photo exhibition on Japan in Switzerland

LUGANO, Switzerland - Photo showing life in Japan around the end of the Edo period (1603-1867) and the beginning of the Meiji period (1868-1912) is one of some 200 photos, many on public display for the first time, at an exhibition in Lugano, southern Switzerland, on Feb. 1, 2011. Photos at the exhibition, which runs through Feb. 27, include those taken by well-known photographers Felice Beato, Kimbe Kusakabe and others. The photos, which were originally black and white, were later hand-colored.

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Photo exhibition on Japan in Switzerland

LUGANO, Switzerland - Photo showing life in Japan around the end of the Edo period (1603-1867) and the beginning of the Meiji period (1868-1912) is one of some 200 photos, many on public display for the first time, at an exhibition in Lugano, southern Switzerland, on Feb. 1, 2011. Photos at the exhibition, which runs through Feb. 27, include those taken by well-known photographers Felice Beato, Kimbe Kusakabe and others. The photos, which were originally black and white, were later hand-colored.

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Photo exhibition on Japan in Switzerland

LUGANO, Switzerland - Photo showing life in Japan around the end of the Edo period (1603-1867) and the beginning of the Meiji period (1868-1912) is one of some 200 photos, many on public display for the first time, at an exhibition in Lugano, southern Switzerland, on Feb. 1, 2011. Photos at the exhibition, which runs through Feb. 27, include those taken by well-known photographers Felice Beato, Kimbe Kusakabe and others. The photos, which were originally black and white, were later hand-colored.

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'Club Kanazawa' launched in N.Y. to promote city as new destination

NEW YORK, United States - New Yorkers try out sake from Kanazawa at a promotional event on Feb. 1, 2011 in Manhattan to drum up tourism to the Japanese city, which is rich in arts and crafts.

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Mubarak not to seek reelection

TOKYO, Japan - In this April 1983 file photo, then Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone (L) and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (R) meet at the State Guest House in Tokyo's Minato Ward. Mubarak said Feb. 1, 2011, he will not seek reelection in the next presidential race, currently slated for September, but rejected calls for an immediate resignation.

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North Koreans on ties with South

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Choe Gum Chol, a precision processing worker at the Pyongyang Textile Machine Plant, tells Kyodo News in Pyongyang on Feb. 1, 2011, ''Politicians in South Korea should not doubt our proposal and come to the venue of dialogue as soon as possible.''

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Mubarak not to seek reelection

TOKYO, Japan - In this April 1999 file photo, Japanese Emperor Akihito (R), and his wife, Empress Michiko (2nd from L), welcome Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (C) and his wife Suzanne (L) at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. Mubarak said Feb. 1, 2011, he will not seek reelection in the next presidential race, currently slated for September, but rejected calls for an immediate resignation.

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Game with pirated illustrations

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo shows an iPhone displaying a game using pirated illustrations from popular Japanese comic series ''One Piece.'' Shueisha Inc., the publisher of the series, has urged Apple Inc. to stop selling puzzle video games using pirated illustrations from the comic on its online App Store, sources familiar with the matter said Feb. 1, 2011.