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Kenya's Odinga declares interest in AU Commission chairmanship

STORY: Kenya's Odinga declares interest in AU Commission chairmanship SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 15, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 17, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:00 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of AU headquarters 2. various of the Raila Odinga and Olusegun Obasanjo 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): RAILA ODINGA, Former Kenyan Prime minister 4. various of AU meetings 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): OLUSEGUN OBASANJO, Former Nigerian President 6. various of AU headquarters STORYLINE: Kenyan veteran politician Raila Odinga on Thursday officially declared his interest in the chairmanship of the African Union Commission (AUC). Odinga, the former prime minister of Kenya from 2008 to 2013, made the announcement in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, saying that he was ready to contest the AUC chairmanship position after consulting with friends across the continent. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): RAILA ODINGA, Former Kenyan Prime minister "Should the leadership of Africa want my services, I am ready to offer myself to be of serv

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PAKISTAN-MUSHARRAF-DEATH

(230205) -- BEIJING, Feb. 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This file photo taken on April 15, 2013 shows Pakistan's former president Pervez Musharraf delivering a speech during an election campaign in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan. Pakistan's former president and army chief General Pervez Musharraf passed away in a hospital in Dubai after a prolonged illness on Sunday, Pakistan's military confirmed. (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)

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Japanese girl wins award at Russia's top music school

MOSCOW, Russia - Photo shows Kanon Matsuda, a 16-year-old Japanese girl, who studies the piano at the Gnessin Moscow Special School of Music. Matsuda was given the best student award on Feb. 15, 2013, becoming the first foreigner to win the honor at the institution that has trained gifted children since the late 19th century.

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Abe on Constitution

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (standing) attends a meeting of the Headquarters for the Promotion of Revision to the Constitution of his Liberal Democratic Party at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Feb. 15, 2013. Abe expressed eagerness to revise Japan's pacifist Constitution during his tenure.

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Japanese girl wins award at Russia's top music school

MOSCOW, Russia - Kanon Matsuda, a 16-year-old Japanese girl, plays the piano during a ceremony at the Gnessin Moscow Special School of Music, Russia's top music school, on Feb. 15, 2013. Matsuda was given the best student award, becoming the first foreigner to win the honor at the institution that has trained gifted children since the late 19th century.

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Aso at G-20 in Moscow

MOSCOW, Russia - Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso (C) meets the press on Feb. 15, 2013, after attending the first day of a two-day meeting in Moscow of Group of 20 finance chiefs.

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Guam rampage

GUAM, United States - Chad Ryan Desoto (L), the suspect in a vehicle and knife rampage on Guam, attends court in the U.S. territory on Feb. 15, 2013. The Feb. 12 rampage left three Japanese dead and 11 others injured.

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Meeting on U.S.-style security council

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (far R) speaks in Tokyo on Feb. 15, 2013, at the first meeting of a panel of experts to discuss how to create a Japanese version of the U.S. National Security Council to strengthen the leadership role of the prime minister's office in global affairs.

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Guam rampage

GUAM, United States - Chad Ryan Desoto, the suspect in a vehicle and knife rampage on Guam, attends court in the U.S. territory on Feb. 15, 2013. The Feb. 12 rampage left three Japanese dead and 11 others injured.

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Lee returns to Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Tadanari Lee meets the press at Haneda airport in Tokyo after arriving from Britain on Feb. 15, 2013. The 27-year-old striker, who recently joining FC Tokyo from Premier League club Southampton on a short-term loan deal, spoke to reporters before going on to join up with Tokyo at their preseason training in Miyazaki in southwestern Japan.

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Sumo legend Taiho to receive national award

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows the former yokozuna Taiho, who died of heart disease in January 2013 at the age of 72. The government will award a posthumous national honor to the late yokozuna in recognition of his historic sumo victory record, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Feb. 15, 2013.

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Car and knife rampage on Guam

GUAM, United States - Vehicles believed to carry relatives of some Japanese victims of a recent car and knife rampage on Guam leave a hospital as they were returning to Japan along with the victims' bodies on Feb. 15, 2013. Investigators allege that the 21-year-old assailant, Chad Ryan Desoto, ran down six people with his car, crashed it into a building and then stabbed eight people after getting out of the vehicle, killing three Japanese tourists and injuring ten other Japanese nationals and one local.

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Exhibition to honor antinuke Austrian writer

HIROSHIMA, Japan - The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum in Hiroshima, western Japan, opens an exhibition Feb. 15, 2013, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Robert Jungk, an Austrian writer known for his efforts to focus international attention on the devastation caused by the 1945 atomic bombing of the city. The exhibition is due to run through March 28, 2013.

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Judo federation to form independent committee

TOKYO, Japan - Hitoshi Saito, who is in charge of team development for the All Japan Judo Federation, apologizes for an abuse scandal, during a Japanese Olympic Committee emergency meeting in Tokyo on Feb. 14, 2013 of national sporting bodies' coaches responsible for team development. The AJJF announced the same day formation of a third-party advisory committee to handle crises management in the wake of a scandal in which 15 top female judo wrestlers accused their former coach of physical and verbal abuse.

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Quake exhibition in New Zealand

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - Photo taken Feb. 14, 2013, in Christchurch, New Zealand, shows "Quake City" (back), a facility displaying remnants of the February 2011 earthquake and other exhibits related to the disaster. The facility was shown to the media the same day, prior to opening to the public on Feb. 15.

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Quake exhibition in New Zealand

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - Photo taken Feb. 14, 2013, in Christchurch, New Zealand, shows the spire of a cathedral damaged in the February 2011 earthquake, at "Quake City", a facility displaying remnants of the earthquake and other exhibits related to the disaster. The facility was shown to the media the same day, prior to its opening to the public on Feb. 15.

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Meteorite medal at Sochi

SOCHI, Russia - Photo shows a special medal containing a piece of meteorite that fell on Chelyabinsk, Russia in February 2013, to be presented to athletes who won the gold medal at the Sochi Olympics on Feb. 15, 2014, exactly a year after the meteor struck the southern Russian region. The meteorite medals, prepared by the Chelyabinsk region authorities, will be delivered to the gold medalists through pertinent national Olympic committees.

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Fukuoka makers of "karashi mentaiko"

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 15, 2013, shows "karashi mentaiko" production lines at a factory of Yamaya Communications Inc. in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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Artistic director breathes new life into S. Korean ballet

SEOUL, South Korea - Choi Tae Ji (2nd from R, front), the artistic director of the Korea National Ballet, is surrounded by members of the company in Seoul during practice on Feb. 15, 2013. The Japanese-born South Korean rose to prominence as the company's prima ballerina in the 1980s.

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Artistic director breathes new life into S. Korean ballet

SEOUL, South Korea - Choi Tae Ji, the artistic director of the Korea National Ballet, gives an interview on Feb. 15, 2013 at the office of the ballet company in Seoul. The Japanese-born South Korean rose to prominence as the company's prima ballerina in the 1980s.

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Artistic director breathes new life into S. Korean ballet

SEOUL, South Korea - Choi Tae Ji, the artistic director of the Korea National Ballet, gives an interview on Feb. 15, 2013 at the office of the ballet company in Seoul. The Japanese-born South Korean rose to prominence as the company's prima ballerina in the 1980s.

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NPO member creates cookbook with refugees' recipes

TOKYO, Japan - Shiho Tanaka, a Japan Association for Refugees member, has produced a home cooking book listing 45 recipes contributed by refugees from 15 countries and regions in Asia, the Middle East and Africa, hoping to raise awareness of their lives. Photo taken at the office of the nonprofit organization supporting refugees in Japan on Feb. 28, 2013 in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward.

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Aso at G-20 in Moscow

MOSCOW, Russia - Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso meets the press on Feb. 15, 2013, after attending the first day of a two-day meeting in Moscow of Group of 20 finance chiefs.

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Teacher vows not to let students die from disaster

SENDAI, Japan - Toshiro Sato (L), a teacher at Onagawa Daiichi Junior High School in the coastal town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, tells students at his school to come up with their own words as a "3.11 message" during an assembly for disaster prevention education on Feb. 15, 2013. Sato believes that not to forget what happened in the quake-tsunami disaster on March 11, 2011, is the best disaster prevention.

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Antinuclear protests in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - People have their umbrellas up as they look on at an hour-long live program under rain at "Tent Square" on Feb. 15, 2013, in Tokyo's Kasumigaseki government district. The program was transmitting voices and messages disapproving of atomic-power use, which has long been promoted by the Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry (at right in the background).

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Japan copyright body chief Tokura

TOKYO, Japan - Shunichi Tokura, chairman of the Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers, meets the press at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 25, 2013, after submitting a written request to Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida to work for the termination of a royalty payment system, under which Japan is required to pay royalties to 15 victor nations of World War II for around 10 years longer than the 50-year copyright protection period. Japan is the only country subject to such treatment due to its wartime failure to pay royalties to its enemies for music, novels and art.

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Remains found to be of Richard III

LEICESTER, Britain - People line up in front of Leicester Cathedral in Leicester, England, on Feb. 15, 2013, to view an exhibition on Richard III (1452-1485) in a neighboring building. Archeologists from the University of Leicester said on Feb. 4, 2013, that remains unearthed in Leicester in September 2012 are of the England monarch.

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Remains found to be of Richard III

LEICESTER, Britain - A Feb. 15, 2013, photo shows the car park where a set of human remains were found in Leicester, England, in September 2012. Archeologists from the University of Leicester said on Feb. 4, 2013, the remains are of Richard III (1452-1485).

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Russian website offers meteor sale

CHELYABINSK, Russia - Photo taken Feb. 18, 2013, shows a Russian Internet site offering sale of what it claims to be a fragment of the meteor that struck the Chelyabinsk area for 100,000 rubles, more than three times the average monthly income of 300,000 rubles for the country's middle-class. Russian police have called on the public not to buy anything that has yet to be certified as a fragment of the meteor, which fell on the region Feb. 15 and left around 1,500 people injured.

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Body of 3rd Japanese victim of Guam attack

NARITA, Japan - Workers bow to a container after putting into it the coffin of Hitoshi Yokota, the third Japanese victim of a killing spree in Guam, at Narita airport near Tokyo on Feb. 18, 2013. The body arrived in Japan as the victim died Feb. 14, two days after he was hit by a car driven by the assailant, Chad Ryan Desoto. The bodies of the other two Japanese victims returned home on Feb. 15.

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2 years after N.Z. quake

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - Photo taken Feb. 15, 2013, shows a temporary cathedral under construction in place of the damaged Christchurch Cathedral in Christchurch, New Zealand, about two years after the Feb. 22, 2011, magnitude-6.3 earthquake. Seen in front is the site of the Canterbury TV building, which housed a language school and which collapsed in the quake, claiming the lives of 115 people including students from seven countries including Japan, South Korea and Taiwan.

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2 years after N.Z. quake

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - Photo taken Feb. 15, 2013, shows a central area of Christchurch, New Zealand, which remains cordoned off almost two years after the Feb. 22, 2011, magnitude-6.3 earthquake.

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2 years after N.Z. quake

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - Photo taken Feb. 15, 2013, shows a boat tour on the river in Christchurch, New Zealand, that resumed about six months ago after being suspended following the Feb. 22, 2011, magnitude-6.3 earthquake.

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2 years after N.Z. quake

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - New Zealand's earthquake recovery minister Gerry Brownlee visits a cordoned area damaged by the Feb. 22, 2011, magnitude-6.3 earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, on Feb. 15, 2013.

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Drive-through bank

NAGOYA, Japan - An official of Ogaki Kyoritsu Bank explains drive-through banking using a model in Nagoya on Feb. 6, 2013. The regional bank based in Ogaki, Gifu Prefecture, said the same day it will start operating Japan's first drive-through bank on April 15 to provide easier access for customers reliant on cars for transportation.

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2 more resign from scandal-hit judo body

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuo Yoshimura, the All Japan Judo Federation's head of development, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 5, 2013. Yoshimura and assistant coach Kazuhiko Tokuno resigned the same day, just days after the women's head coach admitted to physically abusing 15 top judoka under his care.

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2 more resign from scandal-hit judo body

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuhiko Tokuno, an assistant coach of the All Japan Judo Federation, holds a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 5, 2013. Tokuno and Kazuo Yoshimura, the federation's head of development, resigned the same day, just days after the women's head coach admitted to physically abusing 15 top judoka under his care.

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Olympic rings set up at Sochi airport

SOCHI, Russia - Photo shows giant Olympic rings, measuring around 10 meters by 15 meters, at the airport in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 4, 2013. The Sochi Winter Olympics will begin Feb. 7, 2014.

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Olympic rings set up at Sochi airport

SOCHI, Russia - Photo shows giant Olympic rings, measuring around 10 meters by 15 meters, at the airport in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 4, 2013. The Sochi Winter Olympics will begin Feb. 7, 2014.

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Kawauchi wins Beppu-Oita Marathon

OITA, Japan - Japan's Yuki Kawauchi crosses the finish line to win the Beppu-Oita Marathon at Oita municipal athletics stadium in the city of Oita on Feb. 3, 2013, with a race-record time of 2 hours, 8 minutes, 15 seconds.

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JAL President Ueki at press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Co.'s new President Yoshiharu Ueki gives a press conference at the airline's head office in Tokyo on Feb. 15, 2012. JAL, currently undergoing rehabilitation after filing for bankruptcy in 2010, said it aims to raise its operating profit to 140 billion yen in fiscal 2013 in a five-year management plan announced the same day.

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Hatoyama says will not raise sales tax in his 4-yr term

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama answers questions from reporters at his office in Tokyo on Feb. 15, 2010. Hatoyama said he will not raise the 5 percent consumption tax during his four-year term through the summer of 2013, in the wake of Finance Minister Naoto Kan's move to embark on a debate about a possible tax hike.

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Conductor Ozawa's recording wins Grammy award

Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa is seen during a rehearsal of "Die Fledermaus" (The Bat) composed by Johan Strauss II in Kyoto on Feb. 16, 2016. Ozawa on Feb. 15 received the Best Opera Recording award at the Grammys for his recording of Ravel's "L'Enfant et Les Sortileges" (The Child and the Spells) performed in August 2013 in Japan by the Saito Kinen Orchestra. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Conductor Ozawa's recording wins Grammy award

File photo shows maestro Seiji Ozawa speaking about operetta "The Bat" to elementary school students in Kyoto, Japan, on Feb. 15, 2016. Ozawa won the Best Opera Recording award at the Grammys for a performance of Ravel's "L'Enfant et Les Sortileges" (The Child and the Spells) given in August 2013 in Japan by the Saito Kinen Orchestra. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Conductor Ozawa's recording wins Grammy award

Photo shows maestro Seiji Ozawa, who won the Best Opera Recording award at the Grammys on Feb. 15, 2016. Ozawa's recording is of a performance of Ravel's "L'Enfant et Les Sortileges" (The Child and the Spells) given in August 2013 in Japan by the Saito Kinen Orchestra. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JAL President Ueki at press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Co.'s new President Yoshiharu Ueki gives a press conference at the airline's head office in Tokyo on Feb. 15, 2012. JAL, currently undergoing rehabilitation after filing for bankruptcy in 2010, said it aims to raise its operating profit to 140 billion yen in fiscal 2013 in a five-year management plan announced the same day. (Kyodo)

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Hatoyama says will not raise sales tax in his 4-yr term

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama answers questions from reporters at his office in Tokyo on Feb. 15, 2010. Hatoyama said he will not raise the 5 percent consumption tax during his four-year term through the summer of 2013, in the wake of Finance Minister Naoto Kan's move to embark on a debate about a possible tax hike. (Kyodo)