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Belarus seeks review of report on effects of Chernobyl disaster

MINSK, Belarus - Vladimir Tsalko, head of the Chernobyl committee under the Belarusian ministerial council, points to the site of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant on the map at his office on March 15. Belarus has proposed that revisions be made to an international report compiled in 2005 summarizing the effects of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster, which it views as being too hasty in estimating the health effects.

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ElBaradei urges int'l community to heed IAEA views

TOKYO, Japan - International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Mohamed ElBaradei speaks at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Oct 8. He urged the international community to heed the views of his group more carefully, implying that the United States should not have been so hasty in launching a war on Iraq last year.

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One year on, trauma never leaves Afghan people since U.S. hasty withdrawal

STORY: One year on, trauma never leaves Afghan people since U.S. hasty withdrawal DATELINE: Aug. 28, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:30 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: SOCIETY/POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English) ZOU XUEMIAN, Xinhua correspondent 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Pashto): MAWLADAD, Local villager of Panjwai district 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Pashto): DAD MOHAMMAD, Local villager of Panjwai district 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Dari): NISAR AHMAD, Kabul resident 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Pashto): AGAL KHAN, Kabul resident 6. SOUNDBITE 5 (Dari): MUZAMILL AMIRI, Eyewitness STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): ZOU XUEMIAN, Xinhua correspondent "I am now in Panjawai district of south Afghanistan's Kandahar Province. What behind me is a village which had been attacked for several times in U.S. air strikes. According to locals, numbers of Afghan civilians nearby were killed in U.S. military operations. The U.S.-led coalition forces may have run from Afghanistan last year, but the indiscriminate killing of innocent people by the United States in the name of 'anti-terrori

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U.S., EU leaders divided on new sanctions against Russia in hasty meetings

STORY: U.S., EU leaders divided on new sanctions against Russia in hasty meetings DATELINE: March 26, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:17 LOCATION: Brussels CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the summits 2. various of Germany 3. various of the European Union 4. various of Russia STORYLINE: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit, G7 gathering and the summit of the European Council were held successively in Brussels, during which the Ukraine crisis was the major focus. U.S. President Joe Biden squeezed his schedule for Thursday and Friday to attend the three intensive summits, but he failed to talk the European partners into more sanctions against Russia. At the European Council summit on Thursday, EU leaders, after an exchange of views with Biden on transatlantic cooperation in the context of the Ukraine crisis, concluded that the bloc would not impose more sanctions against Russia. Although the United States and the EU announced a task force on Friday to reduce Europe's reliance on Russian fos

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Pakistani experts decry U.S. splitting of Afghan assets

STORY: Pakistani experts decry U.S. splitting of Afghan assets DATELINE: March 15, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:36 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): ALI JASWAL, Xinhua correspondent 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): AHMER BILAL SOOFI, Pakistan's former Law Minister 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): JAVED HASSAN, Pakistani economist STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): ALI JASWAL, Xinhua correspondent "After two decades of U.S. so-called 'war on terror' and nation-building process, the situation in Afghanistan is that right after the United States hasty and irresponsible withdrawal, the country moved to a verge of a severe humanitarian catastrophe mainly because the U.S. froze their assets. Now, at this point of time, Washington decided to unfreeze 7 billion U.S. dollars, from over 9 billion frozen Afghan assets, and splitting it between humanitarian aid for cash-strapped Afghanistan and a fund for 9/11 victims. The legal and economic experts in Pakistan are of the view that this decision is a blatant v

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Yearender: Xinhua's top 10 world news events in 2021

(211230) -- BEIJING, Dec. 30, 2021 (Xinhua) -- People gather at the Kabul airport during evacuation in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 16, 2021, after the Taliban's takeover of Kabul on Aug. 15. Xinhua's top 10 world news events in 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan a big fiasco, leaving disasters behind On Aug. 30, U.S. troops were completely pulled out of Afghanistan. The 20-year war Washington unilaterally launched ended in a big fiasco. The hasty withdrawal, regardless of U.S. allies, led to turmoil on Afghan soil. Meanwhile, brutal airstrikes brought many civilians, including children, to death. America once again demonstrated its selfish and high-handed nature. The longest war in U.S. history claimed more than 30,000 lives of Afghan civilians, and turned about 11 million people into refugees. Long-term wars and conflicts took a heavy toll on people's livelihood, as three-quart.....

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ElBaradei urges int'l community to heed IAEA views

TOKYO, Japan - International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Mohamed ElBaradei speaks at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Oct 8. He urged the international community to heed the views of his group more carefully, implying that the United States should not have been so hasty in launching a war on Iraq last year. (Kyodo)

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THE HASTY HEART

THE HASTY HEART Director VINCENT SHERMAN Date: 1949

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THE HASTY HEART

THE HASTY HEART PATRICIA NEAL, Director VINCENT SHERMAN, Lighting Cameraman WILKIE COOPER Date: 1949

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THE HASTY HEART

THE HASTY HEART Associate Producer ALEX BOYD, Director VINCENT SHERMAN, Casting Director ROBERT LENNARD Casting conference at Elstree Studios Date: 1949

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