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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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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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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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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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Reporters allowed to visit Fukushima complex

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 20, 2012, shows workers (R top) at the No. 4 reactor building of the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture. The lid of the reactor container can be seen in the left bottom. 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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Reporters allowed to visit Fukushima complex

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 20, 2012, shows workers (R bottom) at the No. 4 reactor building of the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture. Behind them is a fuel handling machine. 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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Reporters allowed to visit Fukushima complex

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 20, 2012, shows workers (R top) at the No. 4 reactor building of the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture. The lid of the reactor container can be seen in the left center. 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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Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Station

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - An employee (R) of Tokyo Electric Power Co. indicates the level (shown by arrow) reached by the March 2011 tsunami as officials from local governments examine the inside of the building housing a heat exchange system using seawater for the No. 4 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.

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Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Station

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Officials from local governments examine the main steam isolation valve within the container vessel of the No. 4 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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Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Station

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo shows a motor for a reactor recirculation pump within the container vessel of the No. 4 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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Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Station

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Local government officials examine the bottom of the No. 4 reactor, inside its containment vessel, 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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Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Station

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Local government officials examine the bottom of the No. 4 reactor, inside its containment vessel, 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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Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Station

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Local government officials examine the inside of the building housing a heat exchange system using seawater for the No. 4 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.

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Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Station

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Local government officials examine the main steam isolation valve (bottom) within the container vessel of the No. 4 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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U.S. Marines in Okinawa

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the U.S. Marine Corps arrive at the White Beach U.S. Naval facility in Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture, in April 2011, after taking part in Operation Tomodachi to support people affected by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan. On Feb. 6, 2012, Japan and the United States confirmed a policy to move about 4,700 U.S. Marines in Okinawa to Guam, delinking the troops' transfer from a plan to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station within the prefecture, Japanese officials said.

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Health conditions in temporary housing

SENDAI, Japan - An elderly person uses a walker between temporary housing units in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on Feb. 4, 2012. About 30% of those aged 65 years or older living in temporary housing in the town, which was severely damaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, are facing difficulties in walking following the disaster and have not recovered, according to a survey of the around 16,000 town residents.

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Myanmar's new president sworn-in

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Myanmar's new president Thein Sein who was sworn in on March 30, 2011. Thein Sein, who was prime minister under the previous military government, was elected as president on Feb. 4 by the new parliament dominated by the junta-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party.

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Christchurch paper thanks the world

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - A man reads the front page of The Press, a local newspaper in New Zealand, on March 4, 2011, in Christchurch. The paper thanked the people who came from around the world to help after the devastating Feb. 22 earthquake in the city in English, Indonesian, Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese and Spanish.

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Rubble removal in Christchurch

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - Workers remove rubble at the collapsed Canterbury TV building in Christchurch, New Zealand, on March 4, 2011. The New Zealand government said the previous day that it has ended the search for survivors from the Feb. 22 earthquake and has shifted operations to recovering bodies from the rubble.

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G-4 presses for UNSC reform

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Takeaki Matsumoto (2nd from R) and other participants of a meeting of the so-called Group of Four countries head for a press conference after their session in New York on Feb. 11, 2011. The G-4 members, also including Germany, India and Brazil, reiterated their common push for specific results in reforms of the U.N. Security Council by September 2011.

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Ex-U.S. sub captain speaks on collision anniversary

CARY, United States - Scott Waddle, a former captain of the U.S. submarine Greeneville that was involved in a collision with the Japanese fisheries school boat Ehime Maru, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Cary, North Carolina, on Feb. 4, 2011. The Feb. 9, 2001, collision off Hawaii killed nine people on the Ehime Maru -- four middle school students, two teachers and three crew members.

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Schalke draw with Dortmund

DORTMUND, Germany - Schalke 04 defender Atsuto Uchida (L) tussles with Borussia Dortmund striker Kevin Grosskreutz during a Bundesliga game at Dortmund, Germany, on Feb. 4, 2011. The game ended in a 0-0 draw.

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Minister visits area hit by heavy snow

UONUMA, Japan - Disaster prevention minister Ryu Matsumoto (3rd from L) inspects an area hit by heavy snow in Uonuma, Niigata Prefecture, on Feb. 5, 2011. The area recorded over 4 meters of accumulated snow in the winter season.

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Catch of yellowtail in Toyoma Pref. jumps 30-fold

TOYAMA, Japan - Buyers take part in an auction of yellowtail at a fish market in Himi, Toyama Prefecture, on Feb. 4, 2011. The number of yellowtail caught off the city along the Sea of Japan coast between December 2010 and January 2011 reached a record 130,774, up 30-fold from the same period a year before.

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Pine trees lit up in gold

KANAZAWA, Japan - Pine trees with ropes to protect against snow damage are lit up in gold in the Kenrokuen garden in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture on Feb. 4, 2011.

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March sumo tourney might be canceled

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hanaregoma speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2011. He suggested that the JSA may cancel the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament slated for March 13-27 in Osaka due to a match-fixing scandal that has rocked the ancient sport to its core and sparked public outrage.

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March sumo tourney might be canceled

OSAKA, Japan - A poster advertising the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament slated for March 13-27 in Osaka is on display at the Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium, the venue of the tournament, on Feb. 4, 2011. The Japan Sumo Association the same day postponed the start of ticket sales for the spring basho, while hinting that it may cancel the event due to a match-fixing scandal that has rocked the ancient sport to its core and sparked public outrage.

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Japan, U.S. to work out road map to prevent nuclear terrorism

TOKYO, Japan - Laura Holgate, senior director for weapons of mass destruction terrorism and threat reduction in the White House's National Security Council, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2011. Holgate said the United States and Japan have agreed to work out a road map to prevent nuclear terrorism ahead of the second nuclear security summit to be held in Seoul in 2012.

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Myanmar premier Thein Sein elected president

BANGKOK, Thailand - File photo taken in March 2010 shows Thein Sein, who was elected as Myanmar's president on Feb. 4, 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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Fire suspends monorail to Haneda

TOKYO, Japan - A monorail train is stranded in Tokyo's Minato Ward as a fire at an electric power substation caused temporary suspension of railway services between downtown Tokyo and Haneda airport on Feb. 4, 2011.

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U.S. destroyer in Japan

SAPPORO, Japan - The Fitzgerald, a U.S. destroyer equipped with the most advanced Aegis missile guidance system, calls at Otaru port in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Feb. 4, 2011. The U.S. Navy said the call was for friendship and exchanges.

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Rookie feeds calf

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Rookie Hirokazu Sawamura, who joined the Yomiuri Giants in the first round of the amateur draft, feeds a calf at a cattle farm on Feb. 4, 2011, in the city of Miyzaki, where the baseball club is on spring training.

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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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Yamanashi begins study on rediscovered 'kunimasu' salmon

FUJIKAWAGUCHIKO, Japan - A man holds a fish carcass that could be of an indigenous freshwater salmon species known as ''kunimasu'' in the town of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Feb. 4, 2011. The Yamanashi prefectural government began field research that day into the kunimasu, which was thought to have gone extinct about 70 years ago but found in Lake Saiko late 2010.

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Myanmar parliament to elect president

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Myanmar Prime Minister Thein Sein, ranked fourth in the junta. He is considered a prominent candidate for the country's presidential post as parliament is expected to vote for a president on Feb. 4, 2011.

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Kawasaki's W800

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd.'s W800 motorcycle with a 4-stroke vertical twin engine. The company is scheduled to start selling the new model in Japan from Feb. 1, 2011.

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Takahama plant's No. 4 reactor automatically shuts down

Kenji Miyata, a senior official of Kansai Electric Power Co., attends a press conference on Feb. 29, 2016, in the town of Takahama on the Sea of Japan coast, after the No. 4 reactor at the utility's Takahama nuclear power plant automatically shut down. The reactor was reactivated on Feb. 26, the fourth unit restarted under stricter safety rules following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Takahama plant's No. 4 reactor automatically shuts down

Photo taken Feb. 29, 2016, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the No. 4 reactor (front) of the Takahama nuclear power plant on the Sea of Japan coast. The reactor automatically shut down on the day, following an alert, after reactivation on Feb. 26. It is the fourth unit reactivated under stricter safety rules following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Takahama plant's No. 4 reactor automatically shuts down

Photo taken Feb. 29, 2016, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the No. 4 reactor of the Takahama nuclear power plant on the Sea of Japan coast. The reactor automatically shut down on the day, following an alert, after reactivation on Feb. 26. It is the fourth unit reactivated under stricter safety rules following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Takahama plant's No. 4 reactor automatically shuts down

File photo taken January 2016 shows the No. 4 reactor (at rear) of Takahama nuclear power plant on the Sea of Japan coast. The reactor automatically shut down on Feb. 29, 2016, following an alert, after reactivation on Feb. 26. It is the fourth unit reactivated under stricter safety rules following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Takahama plant's No. 4 reactor automatically shuts down

File photo taken Jan. 12, 2016, shows the No. 4 reactor of Takahama nuclear power plant on the Sea of Japan coast. The reactor automatically shut down on Feb. 29, 2016, following an alert, after reactivation on Feb. 26. It is the fourth unit reactivated under stricter safety rules following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Takahama plant's No. 4 reactor automatically shuts down

File photo taken Jan. 12, 2016, shows the No. 4 reactor (front) of Takahama nuclear power plant on the Sea of Japan coast. The reactor automatically shut down on Feb. 29, 2016, following an alert, after reactivation on Feb. 26. It is the fourth unit reactivated under stricter safety rules following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Takahama reactor reactivated

Protesters stage a rally on Feb. 26, 2016, in front of a gate of the Takahama nuclear power plant in the town of Takahama on the Sea of Japan coast against the reactivation of its No. 4 reactor, the fourth unit to be reactivated under stricter safety rules following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Takahama reactor reactivated

Workers at the Takahama nuclear power plant in the town of Takahama on the Sea of Japan coast perform duties for reactivating the plant's No. 4 reactor in the central control room on Feb. 26, 2016. The reactor is the fourth unit to be reactivated under stricter safety rules following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Takahama reactor reactivated

Workers at the Takahama nuclear power plant in the town of Takahama on the Sea of Japan coast perform duties for reactivating the plant's No. 4 reactor in the central control room on Feb. 26, 2016. The reactor is the fourth unit to be reactivated under stricter safety rules following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kansai Electric restarts another reactor under post-Fukushima rules

File photo taken in January 2016 shows the No. 3 and 4 reactors at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Takahama nuclear plant in Fukui Prefecture, western Japan. The power supplier restated the No. 4 reactor (front) on Feb. 26, making it the fourth reactor reactivated under stricter safety rules following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Takahama reactor reactivated

Protesters stage a rally on Feb. 26, 2016, in front of the parliament building in Tokyo against the reactivation of the No. 4 reactor at the Takahama nuclear plant in Fukui Prefecture, the fourth unit to be reactivated under stricter safety rules following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo