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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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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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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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Naraha town serves as storage site for nuclear waste

SENDAI, Japan - An aerial view of the Maehara district in the town of Naraha in Fukushima Prefecture is seen in two contrasting photos, with the upper image taken on Feb. 26, 2012, and the lower one taken on Sept. 3, 2014. The lower photo shows part of farmland serving as a temporary storage site for nuclear waste generated in decontamination efforts following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident.

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3,000 yellow handkerchiefs fly to support post-quake work

SENDAI, Japan - About 3,000 yellow handkerchiefs sent from across Japan are tied to a zelkova tree in the town of Yamamoto, Miyagi Prefecture, on Feb. 23, 2014, as a symbol of support for reconstruction work after the earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011.

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Students from Japan's disaster-hit areas cheer for ice hockey team

SOCHI, Russia - Junior high school students from northeastern Japan areas hit by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami watch a consolation game for seventh and eighth places in women's ice hockey at the Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia on Feb. 18, 2014. Germany defeated Japan 3-2.

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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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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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Disaster-hit kids' photo album

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Feb. 23, 2012, shows ''3/11 Kids Photo Journal,'' a photo album of pictures taken by 33 elementary and junior high school students in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures hit by March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, which was published the same day by Kodansha Ltd.

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Reporters allowed to visit Fukushima complex

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 20, 2012, shows (from R) the Nos. 4, 3, 2 reactor buildings of the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture. Reporters were allowed to enter the premises of the power plant the same day for the second time since the accident happened in March 2011. (Pool photo)

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11 months after tsunami

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Japan Coast Guard divers search for remains of people missing in the March 2011 quake and tsunami in an operation in the Pacific off Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Feb. 11, 2012. Some 3,300 people remained missing 11 months after the disaster.

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Disaster drill in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows participants of a disaster drill getting on the U.S. Navy's guided missile destroyer Lassen in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Tokyo Bay on Feb. 3, 2012. About 10,000 people took part in the drill aimed at avoiding the chaotic overcrowding at train stations and on streets that left many stranded following the March 11 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Disaster drill in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Participants of a disaster drill get on the U.S. Navy's guided missile destroyer Lassen in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Tokyo Bay on Feb. 3, 2012. About 10,000 people took part in the drill aimed at avoiding the chaotic overcrowding at train stations and on streets that left many stranded following the March 11 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Disaster drill in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the U.S. Navy's guided missile destroyer Lassen in Tokyo Bay heading to the U.S. Navy base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, taking part in a disaster drill in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2012. Seen in the background is the Tokyo Sky Tree tower. About 10,000 people took part in the drill aimed at avoiding the chaotic overcrowding at train stations and on streets that left many stranded following the March 11 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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5 Chinese to resume job training after surviving tsunami

NARITA, Japan - Five Chinese trainees arrive at Narita airport near Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2012. They returned to Japan to resume training at a seafood-processing plant in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, after surviving the March 11, 2011, tsunami that swept away the company's executive officer who helped them to escape and later lost his life.

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Panasonic to log record 780 bil. yen net loss

TOKYO, Japan - Panasonic Corp. President Fumio Otsubo speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2012. Panasonic said it expects to post its biggest-ever group net loss of 780 billion yen for the business year to March 31, 2012, due to the adverse impact of the flooding in Thailand in 2011 and a write-off related to the acquisition of Sanyo Electric Co.

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U.S. inviting quake-affected Japan students on academic programs

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos (L) attends a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2012. The United States unveiled a set of student exchange programs that will take several hundred Japanese young people, mainly from areas affected by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, to U.S. educational institutions starting later in 2012. Standing 2nd from R is Masayoshi Son, chairman of Softbank Corp., one of the sponsors of the project.

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Panasonic to log record 780 bil. yen net loss

TOKYO, Japan - Panasonic Corp. President Fumio Otsubo answers reporters' questions during a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2012. Panasonic said it expects to post its biggest-ever group net loss of 780 billion yen for the business year to March 31, 2012, due to the adverse impact of the flooding in Thailand in 2011 and a write-off related to the acquisition of Sanyo Electric Co.

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Lower house OKs 4th extra budget

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (far R) and members of his Cabinet bow deeply at a plenary session of the House of Representatives in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2012, after the lower house approved a fourth supplementary budget for fiscal 2011 that will finance relief measures following the March earthquake and tsunami.

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Panasonic head office in Osaka Pref.

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken in January 2012 shows the head office of electronics maker Panasonic Corp. in Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture. Panasonic is expected to book a record group net loss of over 700 billion yen in fiscal 2011 through March 31, 2012, deeper than a 420 billion yen loss it previously estimated, sources familiar with the matter said Feb. 3, 2012.

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Families leaving N.Z.

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - The family of one of the Japanese students missing from the devastating Feb. 22 earthquake in Christchurch, arrives at an airport in the city on New Zealand's South Island, on March 3, 2011, on their way home. Some of the students' families decided to go back to Japan, as it is likely to take longer for the quake victims to be identified.

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Nintendo's 3DS gaming console launched

OSAKA, Japan - A man shows Nintendo Co.'s new portable gaming console 3DS at an electronics store in Osaka on Feb. 26, 2011. The company launched the gaming console which enables users to view 3-D images without the use of special glasses on the same day.

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Japan's U-22s lose to Kuwait in friendly

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait - Japan Under-22 forward Takashi Usami (R) seeks to escape his markers during the second half of a friendly soccer match against the Kuwait senior national team in Kuwait on Feb. 9, 2011. Kuwait won 3-0.

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Inter Milan's Nagatomo makes debut

MILAN, Italy - New Inter Milan defender Yuto Nagatomo (L) comes on at left back for midfielder Wesley Sneijder (R) with 15 minutes left in a game against AS Roma in Milan on Feb. 6, 2011. Nagatomo played in his first game since joining the club, which Inter Milan won 5-3.

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Inter Milan's Nagatomo debuts

MILAN, Italy - New Inter Milan defender Yuto Nagatomo chases the ball during his first game after joining the club against AS Roma in Milan on Feb. 6, 2011. Nagatomo played in the second half of the game which Inter Milan won 5-3.

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Inter Milan's Nagatomo debuts

MILAN, Italy - New Inter Milan defender Yuto Nagatomo passes the ball during his first game after joining the club against AS Roma in Milan on Feb. 6, 2011. Inter Milan won the game 5-3.

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Japan win silver in women's hockey at Asian Winter Games

ALMATY, Kazakhstan - Members of the Japanese female ice hockey team pose with their sliver medals at the Asian Winter Games in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on Feb. 3, 2011.

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Nagatomo at Inter Milan

BARI, Italy - Japan defender Yuto Nagatomo (R), on loan to Inter Milan, exercises during a Serie A game with Bari in the southern Italian city of Bari on Feb. 3, 2011. Nagatomo stayed on the bench.

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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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Nagatomo at Inter Milan

BARI, Italy - Japan defender Yuto Nagatomo (C), on loan to Inter Milan, stays on the bench during a Serie A game with Bari in the southern Italian city of Bari on Feb. 3, 2011.

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Lunar New Year in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Children in ethnic costumes enjoy a Korean skipping game at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on Feb. 3, 2011, the Lunar New Year day.

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Violent protests in Egypt

CAIRO, Egypt - A member of the press lies on the ground after being attacked by mobs while soldiers surround him in Cairo on Feb. 3, 2011. Violent confrontations took place between supporters of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and antigovernment protesters in the country.

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Protestors in Cairo

CAIRO, Egypt - Protestors gather at Tahrir Square in Cairo on Feb. 3, 2011. Violent confrontations between supporters of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and antigovernment protesters took place in the city.

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Ito wins bronze in dual moguls at Asian Winter Games

ALMATY, Kazakhstan - Japan's Miki Ito poses with her bronze medal at the Asian Winter Games in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on Feb. 3, 2011, after finishing third in the dual moguls of the women's freestyle skiing.

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Nakano meets governors' group on abduction issue

TOKYO, Japan - National Public Safety Commission Chairman Kansei Nakano (L), who is in charge of the issue of North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals, receives a letter of request for Prime Minister Naoto Kan from Niigata Gov. Hirohiko Izumida asking for action on the issue at the Cabinet Office in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2011. Izumida is a member of the governors' group addressing the issue.

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3 sumo wrestlers, elder admit to match-fixing

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hanaregoma talks to reporters about a match fixing allegation at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Feb. 3, 2011, as two sumo wrestlers and one elder have admitted to being involved in fixing bouts.

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Lunar New Year in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korean people offer flowers at the statue of Kim Il Sung, former leader of the country, at Mansudae hill in Pyongyang on Feb. 3, 2011, the Lunar New Year day.

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Yoonhak to star in Japanese drama

GIFU, Japan - Actress Shihori Kanjiya, who plays the main character in an upcoming NHK drama series ''Koisuru Kimchi'' (kimchi in love) speaks during a press conference in Nagoya on Feb. 3, 2011. Kanjiya will co-star with Yoonhak, a member of popular South Korean boy band Choshinsei, in a drama about city employees in Gifu Prefecture who aspire to make ''kimchi'' Korean pickles to boost tourism.

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NHK to cancel annual sumo charity

TOKYO, Japan - NHK President Masayuki Matsumoto speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2011, announcing that the public broadcaster decided to cancel its annual ''Fukushi Ozumo'' charity event due to a match-fixing scandal. He also said NHK will study whether to scrap live coverage of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in March.

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Women's freestyle skiing at Asian Winter Games

ALMATY, Kazakhstan - Japan's Miki Ito (L) and Tae Satoya flip in the air during the third-place match in the dual moguls of the women's freestyle skiing at the Asian Winter Games in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on Feb. 3, 2011. Ito went on to capture the bronze.

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Panasonic's 3-D Viera series

OSAKA, Japan - A woman watches 3-D images on the screen of a Panasonic Corp. Viera television model. The company said Feb. 3, 2011, that it will launch 10 new 3-D models in the Viera series from March 11.

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Sumo match-fixing scandal

SAITAMA, Japan - Sumo wrestler Enatsukasa, one of three wrestlers who have reportedly admitted involvement in match-fixing, gets into a car outside the Irumagawa stable in Saitama on Feb. 3, 2011. Japan Sumo Association sources said the same day the lower-tier wrestler is believed to be a mediator in fixing matches, a day after police said text messages suggesting bout-fixing have been found on some wrestlers' confiscated cellphones.

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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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Sumo match-fixing scandal

SAITAMA, Japan - Sumo wrestler Enatsukasa, one of three wrestlers who have reportedly admitted involvement in match-fixing, leaves the Irumagawa stable in Saitama on Feb. 3, 2011. Japan Sumo Association sources said the same day the lower-tier wrestler is believed to be a mediator in fixing matches, a day after police said text messages suggesting bout-fixing have been found on some wrestlers' confiscated cellphones.

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Clashes in Cairo

CAIRO, Egypt - A vehicle is set on fire on a road in central Cairo, above a tank, in the early hours of Feb. 3, 2011, as clashes between supporters and opponents of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak continued, killing at least seven.

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Volcano in southwestern Japan

KIRISHIMA, Japan - Photo taken from Kirishima, Kagoshima Prefecture, shows Shinmoe Peak in the Kirishima volcanic group on the border of Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures spewing columns of smoke on Feb. 3, 2011. The volcano in southwestern Japan erupted for the third straight day.

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Clashes in Cairo

CAIRO, Egypt - Supporters and opponents of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak throw fire bombs at each other in Cairo in the early hours of Feb. 3, 2011. At least seven people have been killed in clashes between the two sides.

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Clashes in Cairo

CAIRO, Egypt - A vehicle is set on fire on a road next to the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities in the early hours of Feb. 3, 2011, near Tahrir Square in Cairo, where clashes between supporters and opponents of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak continued, killing at least seven.