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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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One-legged cyclist challenges China's longest national highway

STORY: One-legged cyclist challenges China's longest national highway DATELINE: April 19, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:59 LOCATION: LHASA, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Sun Youzhi cycling 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): SUN YOUZHI, Cyclist 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): FEI YUAN, Cyclist 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): SUN YOUZHI, Cyclist 5. various of Sun Youzhi cycling STORYLINE: With only one leg, an amateur rider from central China's Henan Province is on his bicycle challenge along the country's longest and highest national highway. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): SUN YOUZHI, Cyclist "I'm 34 years old. I lost my left leg in an accident in 2009. I took up cycling in 2013, and became interested in this sport. Since then, I have traveled by bike every year, sometimes for a long journey." Sun started to ride along the G219 highway on Feb. 20, and is expected to complete the over 10,000-km journey in mid-June. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): FEI YUAN, Cyclist "I have ridden for a few days with Sun. He is very pushful with a really

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Interplay between traditional and modern enriches lives of China's ethnic minorities

STORY: Interplay between traditional and modern enriches lives of China's ethnic minorities DATELINE: Feb. 22, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:56 LOCATION: KUNMING, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY/CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the mountainous area 2. various of people singing and dancing 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LI NALUO, Laodabao villager 4. various of the ethnic minorities 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): GUO YULAN, Banli villager 6. various of tea farmers working 7. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): LU JIASHOU, Zhengwan villager STORYLINE: Nestled in a mountainous area, Laodabao, in Pu'er region of China's southwestern province of Yunnan, is home to hundreds of villagers from the Lahu ethnic group. A decade ago, around 80 percent of its population lived below the country's poverty line. Li Naluo, 39, was one of a few villagers who got the chance to see the outside world as she learned to play guitar as a child and followed her father to go out of the village to perform. In 2013, she established a performing arts company, engaging mo

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter some 1,500 meters above ground shows the building housing the No. 4 reactor of the troubled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on Feb. 10, 2013. At top are the base of a facility under construction to remove spent fuel from the pool in the building.

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter some 1,500 meters above ground shows the troubled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on Feb. 10, 2013. From bottom right to top left are the buildings housing the No. 1 to No. 4 reactors.

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the troubled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on Feb. 10, 2013. Seen in front are tanks containing water contaminated by radioactive materials. In the background are the buildings housing (from L) the No. 1 to No. 4 reactors.

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TonenGeneral to buy Mitsui Oil to create 3rd largest oil wholesaler

TOKYO, Japan - Jun Muto, president of oil wholesaler TonenGeneral Sekiyu K.K., announces at a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 18, 2013, that the company will acquire a stake of nearly 90 percent in Mitsui Oil Co. for 24.9 billion yen from the trader on Feb. 4. The acquisition would allow the TonenGeneral group to rival Cosmo Oil Co. as Japan's third-largest oil wholesaler in terms of sales following JX Holdings Inc. and Idemitsu Kosan Co.

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter some 1,500 meters above ground shows the troubled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on Feb. 10, 2013. At top right are the buildings housing the No. 1 to No. 4 reactors. At bottom left are tanks containing water contaminated by radioactive materials.

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Sharp posts 1st profit in 3 years

TOKYO, Japan - Kozo Takahashi, president of Sharp Corp., answers a reporter's question after releasing the company's earnings results for the nine months to Dec. 31, 2013, at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2014. Sharp reported a group net profit of 17.72 billion yen for the period, a turnaround from a year-earlier loss of 424.35 billion yen and its first black ink in three years.

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Sharp posts 1st profit in 3 years

TOKYO, Japan - Kozo Takahashi, president of Sharp Corp., answers a reporter's question after releasing the company's earnings results for the nine months to Dec. 31, 2013, at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2014. Sharp reported a group net profit of 17.72 billion yen for the period, a turnaround from a year-earlier loss of 424.35 billion yen and its first black ink in three years.

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Panasonic returns to profit

TOKYO, Japan - Hideaki Kawai (R), managing director of Panasonic Corp., answers a reporter's question after releasing the company's earnings results for the nine months through Dec. 31, 2013, at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2014. Panasonic said it posted a group net profit of 243.01 billion yen in the April-December period, a turnaround from a loss of 623.83 billion yen a year earlier.

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Panasonic returns to profit

TOKYO, Japan - Hideaki Kawai, managing director of Panasonic Corp., answers a reporter's question after releasing the company's earnings results for the nine months through Dec. 31, 2013, at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2014. Panasonic said it posted a group net profit of 243.01 billion yen in the April-December period, a turnaround from a loss of 623.83 billion yen a year earlier.

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Toyota raises profit outlook

TOKYO, Japan - Reporters swarm around Takuo Sasaki (L), managing officer of Toyota Motor Corp., after Sasaki released the company's latest earnings forecast at a press conference at the company's Tokyo head office on Feb. 4, 2014. Toyota revised upward its group operating profit projection for fiscal 2013 through March 2014 to a record 2.4 trillion yen from an earlier estimated 2.2 trillion yen, citing the yen's slide, robust sales in North America and cost-cutting measures.

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Panasonic returns to profit

TOKYO, Japan - Hideaki Kawai, managing director of Panasonic Corp., releases the company's earnings results for the nine months through Dec. 31, 2013, at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2014. Panasonic said it posted a group net profit of 243.01 billion yen in the April-December period, a turnaround from a loss of 623.83 billion yen a year earlier.

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Panasonic returns to profit

TOKYO, Japan - Hideaki Kawai, managing director of Panasonic Corp., answers a reporter's question after releasing the company's earnings results for the nine months through Dec. 31, 2013, at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2014. Panasonic said it posted a group net profit of 243.01 billion yen in the April-December period, a turnaround from a loss of 623.83 billion yen a year earlier.

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Toyota raises profit outlook

TOKYO, Japan - Takuo Sasaki, managing officer of Toyota Motor Corp., releases the company's latest earnings forecast at a press conference at the company's Tokyo head office on Feb. 4, 2014. Toyota revised upward its group operating profit projection for fiscal 2013 through March 2014 to a record 2.4 trillion yen from an earlier estimated 2.2 trillion yen, citing the yen's slide, robust sales in North America and cost-cutting measures.

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Toyota raises profit outlook

TOKYO, Japan - Takuo Sasaki, managing officer of Toyota Motor Corp., releases the company's latest earnings forecast at a press conference at the company's Tokyo head office on Feb. 4, 2014. Toyota revised upward its group operating profit projection for fiscal 2013 through March 2014 to a record 2.4 trillion yen from an earlier estimated 2.2 trillion yen, citing the yen's slide, robust sales in North America and cost-cutting measures.

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Sony PlayStation 4

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. announces in Tokyo on Sept. 9, 2013, that it will start selling its PlayStation 4 home gaming console on Feb. 22, 2014, in Japan.

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Animals in Fukushima no-go zone

TOMIOKA, Japan - Animal protection activist Naoto Matsumura takes a rest after feeding cattle put under protection on Feb. 4, 2013, in a no-go zone in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.

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Animals in Fukushima no-go zone

TOMIOKA, Japan - A female pig-boar hybrid snorts in warning as she protects her piglets on Feb. 4, 2013, in a no-go zone in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.

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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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Fukui museum seeking roots of Japan dinosaurs

SURANAREE, Thailand - Photo taken Feb. 4, 2013, shows a cleaned fish fossil excavated at a site in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, where Japan's Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum and Thailand's Khorat Fossil Museum are conducting a joint fossil excavation project.

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Fukui museum seeking roots of Japan dinosaurs

SURANAREE, Thailand - Photo taken Feb. 4, 2013, shows an excavation site in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, about 260 kilometers northeast of Bangkok, where Japan's Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum and Thailand's Khorat Fossil Museum are conducting a joint fossil excavation project.

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Fukui museum seeking roots of Japan dinosaurs

SURANAREE, Thailand - Yoshikazu Noda, a researcher at the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum, holds a fossil piece excavated at a site in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, on Feb. 4, 2013.

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Fukui museum seeking roots of Japan dinosaurs

SURANAREE, Thailand - Workers break rocks on Feb. 4, 2013, at an excavation site in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, where Japan's Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum and Thailand's Khorat Fossil Museum are conducting a joint fossil excavation project.

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Norway Foreign Minister Eide

OSLO, Norway - Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide speaks in an interview with Kyodo News at the ministry in Oslo on Feb. 28, 2013. He was speaking ahead of an international conference -- to be hosted by Norway on March 4-5 -- on the humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons.

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Norway Foreign Minister Eide

OSLO, Norway - Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide speaks in an interview with Kyodo News at the ministry in Oslo on Feb. 28, 2013. He was speaking ahead of an international conference -- to be hosted by Norway on March 4-5 -- on the humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons.

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Hot air balloon crash in Egypt

LUXOR, Egypt - Photo taken in Luxor, southern Egypt, on Feb. 26, 2013, shows the wreckage of a hot air balloon that crashed in the morning after exploding in mid-air and falling 300 meters. Nineteen of the 21 foreign tourists aboard died, including 4 Japanese, according to reports.

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Hot air balloon crash in Egypt

LUXOR, Egypt - Photo taken in Luxor, southern Egypt, on Feb. 26, 2013, shows the wreckage of a hot air balloon that crashed in the morning after exploding in mid-air and falling 300 meters. Nineteen of the 21 foreign tourists aboard died, including 4 Japanese, according to reports.

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Hot air balloon crash in Egypt

LUXOR, Egypt - Photo taken in Luxor, southern Egypt, on Feb. 26, 2013, shows the site where a hot air balloon crashed in the morning after exploding in mid-air and falling 300 meters. Nineteen of the 21 foreign tourists aboard died, including 4 Japanese, according to reports.

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Hot air balloon crash in Egypt

LUXOR, Egypt - Photo taken in Luxor, southern Egypt, on Feb. 26, 2013, shows the site where a hot air balloon crashed in the morning after exploding in mid-air and falling 300 meters. Nineteen of the 21 foreign tourists aboard died, including 4 Japanese, according to reports.

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Kenya presidential election

NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenyan Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta makes a campaign speech in Nairobi on Feb. 22, 2013, for the March 4 presidential election.

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Kenya presidential election

NAKURU, Kenya - Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga makes a campaign speech in Nakuru, Kenya, on Feb. 23, 2013, for the March 4 presidential election.

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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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Sony head speaks on new PlayStation

NEW YORK, United States - Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. President Andrew House speaks during an exclusive interview with Kyodo News in New York on Feb. 21, 2013. House said he anticipates a strong launch of the newly unveiled PlayStation 4, the first overhaul of the iconic gaming device since 2006.

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Sony unveils PlayStation 4

NEW YORK, United States - Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. President and Group CEO Andrew House launches the PlayStation 4 in New York on Feb. 20, 2013, marking the first overhaul of its home gaming machine since the 2006 release of the PlayStation 3.

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Parallel traders between China, H.K.

HONG KONG, China - A Feb. 4, 2013, photo shows a drugstore selling foreign-brand baby formula in a main area of Hong Kong. Hong Kong announced measures in February 2013 to address a shortage of infant formula in the territory caused by bulk purchases by mainland tourists and so-called parallel traders who resell the milk powder in China at a profit.

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Japan defeat Latvia in World Cup warm-up

KOBE, Japan - Japan's Keisuke Honda (4) scores his team's second goal during the second half of a friendly against Latvia in Kobe on Feb. 6, 2013. Japan won 3-0 ahead of a World Cup qualifier in March away to Jordan.

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S. Korea nuclear power plant

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo shows the Shin Kori 3 (R) and Shin Kori 4 (L) reactors under construction at a nuclear power plant in Ulsan, South Korea, on Feb. 5, 2013.

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo shows the No. 4 reactor building of the damaged Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture shown to reporters on Feb. 5, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo shows the No. 4 reactor building (C back) of the damaged Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture shown to reporters on Feb. 5, 2013. A facility (R) to remove spent fuel from the pool of the reactor is under construction. (Pool photo)

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Body of former King Sihanouk cremated

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Cambodian King Sihamoni (2nd from R) and Queen Mother Monineath (3rd from R), along with Buddhist monks, bid farewell to former King Norodom Sihanouk during a cremation ceremony in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Feb. 4, 2013. Sihanouk died in October 2012 at the age of 89.

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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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Body of former King Sihanouk cremated

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - A ceremony is held to cremate the body of former Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Feb. 4, 2013. Sihanouk died in October 2012 at the age of 89. The smoke is from fireworks used during the ceremony.

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JAL ups FY 2012 earnings outlook

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Co. President Yoshiharu Ueki (R) attends a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2013, to release the company's earnings and earnings forecasts. JAL raised its group earnings projection for the current business year ending in March on firm demand for international routes, shrugging off possible adverse effects of recent safety problems involving Boeing Co. 787 Dreamliners.

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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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Renowned Singaporean photographer arrested

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a book of photos taken by Leslie Kee, a renowned Singaporean photographer, that contains images of male genitals. Tokyo police arrested Kee on Feb. 4, 2013, on suspicion of distributing obscene documents by selling the book. Kee is known for his works featuring music stars such as Lady Gaga and Yumi Matsutoya.

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Shopping for Lunar New Year

BEIJING, China - A man shops for fireworks and firecrackers in Beijing on Feb. 4, 2013, ahead of the Lunar New Year.