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Civilians in DR Congo's Sake suffer from rebel M23 offensive

STORY: Civilians in DR Congo's Sake suffer from rebel M23 offensive SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 13, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 14, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:29 LOCATION: Kinshasa CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of people fleeing Sake towards Goma, eastern DR Congo 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Swahili): EUSTACHE GASORE, Displaced person 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Swahili): SON AMANI, Displaced person 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Swahili): GUILAIN IRUNVA, Displaced person STORYLINE: For several weeks, residents of Sake, a city in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), have been living under the intensive exchange of heavy weapons fire as fighting flared up between government troops and March 23 Movement (M23) rebels, Xinhua correspondents observed on the ground. Located about 20 km from Goma, the capital of North Kivu province, much of which is occupied by the M23, Sake City is considered to be the last barrier for Goma, which was taken by M23 rebels in late 2012. The DRC army and military partners such as the Southern African Development

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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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3 years after quake-tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Photos show the "miracle pine" in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on Sept. 11, 2012 (top), one and a half years after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, and after the tree was cut down, preserved and replanted in the same place on Feb. 13, 2014 (bottom).

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Unrest in Kashgar

YECHENG COUNTY, China - Members of a neighborhood watch group carrying sticks are pictured in Yecheng County in the Kashgar district of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in northwestern China on Feb. 29, 2012, a day after nine attackers wielding knives killed 13 people and injured many others on a street in the county amid tension between Uyghurs and Han Chinese.

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Unrest in Kashgar

YECHENG COUNTY, China - Armed police officers are pictured in Yecheng County in the Kashgar district of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in northwestern China on Feb. 29, 2012, a day after a group of nine attackers wielding knives killed 13 people and injured many others on a street in the county amid tension between Uyghurs and Han Chinese.

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Japanese director Imaizumi in Berlin

BERLIN, Germany - Japanese film director Kaori Imaizumi gives a speech in Berlin on Feb. 18, 2012. A jury comprised of children at the Berlin International Film Festival gave a special award for a film for viewers aged 13 or younger to ''Kikoeteru, furi o shita dake'' (I only pretended to hear you), directed by Imaizumi, who is also a nurse in Tokyo.

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Homeless boys in Serbia

BELGRADE, Serbia - Three homeless boys aged 12 to 13 are seen sharing blankets as they lie in an underground mall in below zero temperatures in Belgrade, Serbia, on Feb. 14, 2012. Local media say about 600 children are homeless in Belgrade, in addition to an estimated 3,000 homeless adults.

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People line up for free meals in Athens

ATHENS, Greece - People line up for free meals in Athens, Greece on Feb. 13, 2012, provided by a support facility for the poor and homeless. The facility aided by the city serves 2,000 meals a day.

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Protest in Bahrain

MANAMA, Bahrain - Protesters flee as tear gas spreads during clashes between antigovernment demonstrators and riot police in the suburbs of Manama, capital of Bahrain, on Feb. 13, 2013. The island state off the eastern coast of Saudi Arabia on Feb. 14, 2012, marked the first anniversary of the large-scale Shiite-led uprising against the Sunni dynasty in power.

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Protest in Bahrain

MANAMA, Bahrain - Tear gas spreads as antigovernment demonstrators and riot police clash in the suburbs of Manama, capital of Bahrain, on Feb. 13, 2013. The island state off the eastern coast of Saudi Arabia on Feb. 14, 2012, marked the first anniversary of the large-scale Shiite-led uprising against the Sunni dynasty in power.

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Athens after violent clash

ATHENS, Greece - A man hoses down the street in central Athens on Feb. 13, 2012, a day after demonstrators clashed with police during a protest against austerity measures. The Greek parliament approved the measures on Feb. 13, 2012, to secure a second bailout fund from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund.

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Japanese join Dresden memorial

DRESDEN, Germany - Haruyo Nihei (3rd from R), a survivor of a 1945 U.S. air raid on Tokyo, joins a human chain after a memorial service in Dresden, Germany, on Feb. 13, 2012. A total of 14 survivors of U.S. raids on Japanese cities during World War II joined events marking the 67th anniversary of Allied air raids on Dresden to mourn the around 25,000 victims.

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Protest in Athens

ATHENS, Greece - Photo taken Feb. 13, 2012, shows Syntagma Square in Athens a day after demonstrators clashed with police during a protest against new austerity measures necessary for Greece to receive the second tranche of bailout funds from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund. The Greek parliament approved the austerity bill demanded by bailout creditors on Feb. 13.

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Construction site in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Combined photo shows a construction site in Pyongyang at 5 p.m. (upper) and at 7 p.m. (lower) on Feb. 13, 2012. North Korea has designated 2012 a significant year as the country will mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of state founder Kim Il Sung, grandfather of new leader Kim Jong Un, on April 15 this year.

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Gov't not to OK transfer of Marines from Okinawa to Iwakuni

TOKYO, Japan - Yamaguchi Gov. Sekinari Nii (L front) gives a refusal document to Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo On Feb. 13, 2012. Gemba said that the government will not give the go-ahead for the United States to redeploy some of the U.S. Marines on the Japanese island of Okinawa to a base in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, in association with Washington's ongoing review of its defense strategy. Iwakuni Mayor Yoshihiko Fukuda (2nd from L front) attended the talks.

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Business in Pyongyang under new leader

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A construction site is pictured in Pyongyang at 7 p.m. on Feb. 13, 2012. Surrounding condominiums are dimmed in order to save power in the face of electricity shortages.

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People in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - People work during cold weather in Pyongyang on Feb. 13, 2012, prior to the 70th anniversary of the birth of the late leader Kim Jong Il, father of new North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, on Feb. 16, 2012.

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Emperor, Empress visit Chinese palace museum exhibit

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visit the special exhibition of ''Two Hundred Selected Masterpieces from the Palace Museum, Beijing,'' at Tokyo National Museum in Tokyo's Ueno area on Feb. 13, 2012. (Pool photo)

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People in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - People endure cold temperatures sitting in the back of a truck in central Pyongyang on Feb. 13, 2012.

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TEPCO reports net loss

TOKYO, Japan - Toshio Nishizawa (L front), president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., bows with others at the company's head office in Tokyo on Feb. 13, 2012. The utility known as TEPCO reported that it incurred a consolidated net loss of 623.01 billion yen for the April-December period of the business year ending in March 2012.

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N. Korean soldiers in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korean soldiers carry iron reinforcing bars at a hotel construction site in Pyongyang on Feb. 13, 2012. North Korea has designated 2012 a significant year as the country will mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of state founder Kim Il Sung on April 15 this year.

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TEPCO reports net loss

TOKYO, Japan - Toshio Nishizawa, president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., speaks at the company's head office in Tokyo on Feb. 13, 2012. The utility known as TEPCO reported that it incurred a consolidated net loss of 623.01 billion yen for the April-December period of the business year ending in March 2012.

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Tower of Sun's Golden Mask to be exhibited in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Workers reassemble the original Golden Mask, one of the faces of the Tower of the Sun designed by the late artist Taro Okamoto, at the Edo-Tokyo Museum in Tokyo's Sumida Ward on Feb. 13, 2012. The mask is scheduled to be on display from Feb. 21 to May 20, 2012, at the museum, as part of an exhibition commemorating the completion of Tokyo Sky Tree, the world's tallest free-standing tower that will be completed on Feb. 29 and opened for business on May 22 in 2012.

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New Ginowan Mayor Sakima

GINOWAN, Japan - Photo shows new Ginowan Mayor Atsushi Sakima seated in the mayor's office in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Feb. 13, 2012, for the first time since he was elected to the post the previous day.

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Sumo stablemaster Tagonoura dies at 46

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in May 1999 shows sumo stablemaster Keihito Tagonoura, former makuuchi-division wrestler Kushimaumi. He died of unknown causes at a Tokyo hospital on Feb. 13, 2012, police said. He was 46.

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World Heritage site certificate for Hiraizumi

HIRAIZUMI, Japan - Irina Bokova (L), director general of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, hands a certificate showing the listing of the town of Hiraizumi in Iwate Prefecture as a World Heritage Site to Iwate Gov. Takuya Tasso (C) in the northeastern Japan town on Feb. 13, 2012. The temples, gardens and archaeological sites of Hiraizumi, in one of the prefectures severely ravaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, were inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage list in 2011.

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People in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - People dig the ground during cold weather in front of a billboard with a slogan emphasizing the leadership of North Korea's new leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang on Feb. 13, 2012. North Korea is scheduled to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of state founder Kim Il Sung, grandfather of Kim Jong Un, on April 15, 2012 and the 70th anniversary of the birth of the late leader Kim Jong Il, father of the new leader, on Feb. 16, 2012.

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Nishikori in Uniqlo tennis outfit

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese tennis player Kei Nishikori poses wearing a Uniqlo-brand tennis outfit in Tokyo on Feb. 13, 2012. Fast Retailing Co., which runs the Uniqlo clothing retail chain, said the same day that it will launch 12 kinds of products in April with the same design as those Nishikori wears, including a tennis shirt and shorts.

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Top court reinstates lay judges' acquittal in drug case

TOKYO, Japan - Lawyers for Kikuo Anzai display a banner that reads ''not guilty'' outside the Supreme Court in Tokyo, on Feb. 13, 2012. The Supreme Court acquitted the former business executive of drug smuggling charges in a closely watched case, after a high court found him guilty by overturning an initial acquittal by lay judges at a district court.

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Nishikori climbs to No. 18 in ATP rankings

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Jan. 31, 2012, shows Japanese tennis player Kei Nishikori. He was listed at No. 18 in the latest ATP rankings released on Feb. 13.

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Shooting at restaurant in Chiba Pref.

TOGANE, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 13, 2012, shows a Denny's restaurant in Togane, Chiba Prefecture, where a male customer was shot by a man the same day.

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Mourning wreath in front of Greek parliament

ATHENS, Greece - Photo taken Feb. 11, 2012, shows a mourning wreath placed by demonstrators in front of Greece's parliament in Athens. Parliament approved an austerity bill on Feb. 13, 2012, to secure a second bailout fund from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund.

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TSE system glitch

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken at 10:13 a.m. on Feb. 2, 2012, shows the inside of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in the capital's Nihombashi Kabutocho district on Feb. 2, 2012. The Tokyo Stock Exchange said trading in 241 issues has been halted since 9 a.m. due to problem with the market data distribution system, adding that it is investigating the cause of the glitch.

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Farm ministry denies returned donation was illegal

Farm minister Koya Nishikawa attends a press conference on Feb. 13, 2015, in Tokyo. Concerning a newspaper's report that a donation to the Liberal Democratic Party's Tochigi No. 2 constituency branch headed by him in September 2012 is highly likely to have been illegal, Nishikawa said he does not regard the donation, which he has already returned to a wood-processing company, as illegal. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Unrest in Kashgar

YECHENG COUNTY, China - Members of a neighborhood watch group carrying sticks are pictured in Yecheng County in the Kashgar district of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in northwestern China on Feb. 29, 2012, a day after nine attackers wielding knives killed 13 people and injured many others on a street in the county amid tension between Uyghurs and Han Chinese. (Kyodo)

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Unrest in Kashgar

YECHENG COUNTY, China - Armed police officers are pictured in Yecheng County in the Kashgar district of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in northwestern China on Feb. 29, 2012, a day after a group of nine attackers wielding knives killed 13 people and injured many others on a street in the county amid tension between Uyghurs and Han Chinese. (Kyodo)

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Japanese director Imaizumi in Berlin

BERLIN, Germany - Japanese film director Kaori Imaizumi gives a speech in Berlin on Feb. 18, 2012. A jury comprised of children at the Berlin International Film Festival gave a special award for a film for viewers aged 13 or younger to ''Kikoeteru, furi o shita dake'' (I only pretended to hear you), directed by Imaizumi, who is also a nurse in Tokyo. (Kyodo)

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Homeless boys in Serbia

BELGRADE, Serbia - Three homeless boys aged 12 to 13 are seen sharing blankets as they lie in an underground mall in below zero temperatures in Belgrade, Serbia, on Feb. 14, 2012. Local media say about 600 children are homeless in Belgrade, in addition to an estimated 3,000 homeless adults. (Kyodo)

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Mourning wreath in front of Greek parliament

ATHENS, Greece - Photo taken Feb. 11, 2012, shows a mourning wreath placed by demonstrators in front of Greece's parliament in Athens. Parliament approved an austerity bill on Feb. 13, 2012, to secure a second bailout fund from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund. (Kyodo)

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People line up for free meals in Athens

ATHENS, Greece - People line up for free meals in Athens, Greece on Feb. 13, 2012, provided by a support facility for the poor and homeless. The facility aided by the city serves 2,000 meals a day. (Kyodo)

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Athens after violent clash

ATHENS, Greece - A man hoses down the street in central Athens on Feb. 13, 2012, a day after demonstrators clashed with police during a protest against austerity measures. The Greek parliament approved the measures on Feb. 13, 2012, to secure a second bailout fund from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund. (Kyodo)

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N. Korean soldiers in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korean soldiers carry iron reinforcing bars at a hotel construction site in Pyongyang on Feb. 13, 2012. North Korea has designated 2012 a significant year as the country will mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of state founder Kim Il Sung on April 15 this year. (Kyodo)

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Japanese join Dresden memorial

DRESDEN, Germany - Haruyo Nihei (3rd from R), a survivor of a 1945 U.S. air raid on Tokyo, joins a human chain after a memorial service in Dresden, Germany, on Feb. 13, 2012. A total of 14 survivors of U.S. raids on Japanese cities during World War II joined events marking the 67th anniversary of Allied air raids on Dresden to mourn the around 25,000 victims. (Kyodo)

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St. Valentine's Day chocolates

OTSUCHI, Japan - Children enjoy crafting handmade chocolate at a meeting place of a temporary housing facility for evacuees of the March 2011 quake and tsunami in the town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on Feb. 13, 2012, ahead of St. Valentine's Day the following day. (Kyodo)

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People in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - People work during cold weather in Pyongyang on Feb. 13, 2012, prior to the 70th anniversary of the birth of the late leader Kim Jong Il, father of new North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, on Feb. 16, 2012. (Kyodo)

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People in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - People dig the ground during cold weather in front of a billboard with a slogan emphasizing the leadership of North Korea's new leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang on Feb. 13, 2012. North Korea is scheduled to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of state founder Kim Il Sung, grandfather of Kim Jong Un, on April 15, 2012 and the 70th anniversary of the birth of the late leader Kim Jong Il, father of the new leader, on Feb. 16, 2012. (Kyodo)

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People in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - People endure cold temperatures sitting in the back of a truck in central Pyongyang on Feb. 13, 2012. (Kyodo)

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Construction site in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Combined photo shows a construction site in Pyongyang at 5 p.m. (upper) and at 7 p.m. (lower) on Feb. 13, 2012. North Korea has designated 2012 a significant year as the country will mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of state founder Kim Il Sung, grandfather of new leader Kim Jong Un, on April 15 this year. (Kyodo)

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Tower of Sun's Golden Mask to be exhibited in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Workers reassemble the original Golden Mask, one of the faces of the Tower of the Sun designed by the late artist Taro Okamoto, at the Edo-Tokyo Museum in Tokyo's Sumida Ward on Feb. 13, 2012. The mask is scheduled to be on display from Feb. 21 to May 20, 2012, at the museum, as part of an exhibition commemorating the completion of Tokyo Sky Tree, the world's tallest free-standing tower that will be completed on Feb. 29 and opened for business on May 22 in 2012. (Kyodo)

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Protest in Bahrain

MANAMA, Bahrain - Tear gas spreads as antigovernment demonstrators and riot police clash in the suburbs of Manama, capital of Bahrain, on Feb. 13, 2013. The island state off the eastern coast of Saudi Arabia on Feb. 14, 2012, marked the first anniversary of the large-scale Shiite-led uprising against the Sunni dynasty in power. (Kyodo)