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US: Brush Fire Erupts In Del Mar Heights, San Diego 3

A brush fire erupted in the Del Mar Heights neighborhood in San Diego on Tuesday morning, June 25. The fire near Mira Montana Drive off Del Mar Heights Road prompted the mandatory evacuation of 2,500 residents from the area. The fire's forward progress was stopped by about 5:30 p.m. and all evacuation orders and warnings have been lifted by 7:20 p.m.

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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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Tiny nature reserve for rare birds in downtown Xiamen

STORY: Tiny nature reserve for rare birds in downtown Xiamen SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 27, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 30, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:29 LOCATION: XIAMEN, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of Wuyuan Bay Nature Reserve 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): CAI LIBO, Director of Xiamen Nature Reserve Affairs Center 3. various of Wuyuan Bay Nature Reserve STORYLINE: Xiamen, a coastal eastern Chinese metropolis, may have one of the world's smallest nature reserves for one single endangered bird species. The distinguished visitor to the reserve is called Merops philippinus, or Blue-tailed Bee-eater. Admired by many as one of the most beautiful birds in the world for its fancy feathers, the species is under Class II state protection in China. Set up in 2011, the Wuyuan Bay Nature Reserve for the Blue-tailed Bee-eater welcomes its big moment every April to late October when the birds stop by during migration and dig caves on the cliffs to lay and hatch their eggs. Surrounded by over-10-story buildings just 200 to 3

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Fukushima evacuees hold doll market to retain tradition

IWAKI, Japan - Red "daruma" dolls, a popular talisman of good luck, of various sizes await customers at the Futaba Daruma Market held in a temporary residential area in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 10, 2015. The evacuees from Futaba, forced to flee their homes close to the crippled Fukushima Daiichi atomic power plant following the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and ensuing nuclear disaster, organized the event in hopes of maintaining their hometown's tradition.

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Huge painting of Fukushima nuke accident on display

KOBE, Japan - A woman looks at a huge watercolor painting drawn by Japanese artist Hiroshige Kagawa depicting a scene from the Fukushima nuclear crisis at an exhibition in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 10, 2015. The nine-day show featuring paintings and other exhibits associated with the 2011 northeastern Japan disaster and the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake is under way until Jan. 18.

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Troupe on national tour of play on Fukushima disaster

FURANO, Japan - Playwright So Kuramoto speaks during an interview after a rehearsal by his drama troupe of his play about the 2011 Fukushima disaster in Furano, Hokkaido Prefecture, northern Japan, on Jan. 5, 2015. The group will perform the play, which is about the experiences of survivors of the tsunami and nuclear disaster in a small town in Fukushima Prefecture, nationally from Jan. 10 through March 14.

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Troupe play on Fukushima disaster on national tour

FURANO, Japan - Cast members of a drama troupe rehearse a scene from a play about the 2011 Fukushima disaster by playwright So Kuramoto, the group's leader, in Furano on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Jan. 5, 2015. The Furano Group will perform the play, which is about the experiences of survivors of the tsunami and nuclear disaster in a small town in Fukushima Prefecture, nationally from Jan. 10 through March 14.

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Nikkei hits 22-month high

TOKYO, Japan - A signboard at a Tokyo office of money broker Gaitame.com Co. shows the closing level of Japan's Nikkei stock index on the afternoon of Jan. 4, 2013. It ended the day's session at 10,688.11, up 292.93 points from the previous session on Dec. 28 and its highest close since March 4, 2011. The U.S. dollar trading in the upper 87 yen range is also shown.

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Toy poodles working as police dogs

TOTTORI, Japan - Toy Poodles Karin (L) and Fuga attend their first event as police dogs at the Tottori prefectural police headquarters in the city of Tottori, western Japan, on Jan. 10, 2012. The two poodles passed tests to become police dogs in November 2011.

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Meeting on tsunami tragedy at school

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - A woman heads to an elementary school in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Jan. 22, 2012, to attend a meeting held by the local education board to explain the events of the March 2011 tsunami to parents of pupils at Okawa Elementary School, where 74 of the 108 students and 10 of the 13 teachers died or went missing.

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Aoki signs 2-year deal with Brewers

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in Tokyo on Nov. 10, 2011, shows Japanese outfielder Norichika Aoki. The Milwaukee Brewers said Jan. 17, 2012, that the 30-year-old three-time Central League batting title winner has signed a two-year contract with the major league team.

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Hiroshima 'peace clock' reset

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Koichiro Maeda, director of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, resets the counter of a ''peace clock'' which displays the number of days since the last nuclear test, at the museum in Hiroshima on Jan. 10, 2012. The counter was reset to 55, following a U.S. test in November 2011.

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PM Noda in disaster-hit Iwate Pref.

OFUNATO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (L) communicates with people affected by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami at a temporary housing site in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, on Jan. 10, 2012.

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PM Noda in disaster-hit Iwate Pref.

OFUNATO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (L) on Jan. 10, 2012, inspects a cement plant in disaster-hit Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture. Behind him is a pile of debris formed due to the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, which is expected to be turned into raw materials for cement.

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Best Japanese garden

YONAGO, Japan - Photo shows the Adachi Museum of Art garden in Yasugi, Shimane Prefecture, on Jan. 10, 2012. The U.S. magazine Journal of Japanese Gardening picked it as the best Japanese garden for the ninth consecutive year. The 165,000-square-meter site housing traditional moss and dry gardens has been selected as 2011's finest Japanese garden, with specific mention given to its intensive grooming and maintenance efforts and staff attitude.

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Noda in disaster area

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (C) visits temporary homes for people affected by the March 2011 quake and tsunami in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Jan. 10, 2012.

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Poodles debut as police dogs

TOTTORI, Japan - Poodles Karin (L) and Fuga attend their first event as newly recruited police dogs in the city of Tottori, western Japan, on Jan. 10, 2012. The event was held by Tottori prefectural police to promote Japan's emergency police call number 110, which corresponds to Jan. 10 (110). The two poodles passed tests to become police dogs in November 2011.

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Decade after heroic death

TOKYO, Japan - South Korean woman Shin Yoon Chan (L) places flowers on a platform at JR Shin-Okubo Station in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2011, where her son Lee Su Hyon was killed by a train as he tried to rescue a stranger 10 years ago. On the right is Lee's father Lee Song Dae. Lee Su Hyon was 26 and studying at a Japanese language school when he was killed along with 47-year-old photographer Shiro Sekine, who also attempted to save a drunken man who had fallen off the platform on Jan. 26, 2001. The drunken man also died. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Joint sake sales promotion

OSAKA, Japan - Members of a joint sake sales promotion project attend a press conference in Osaka on Jan. 26, 2011. Hakutsuru Sake Brewing Co. and 10 other long-established brewers in the sake-producing areas of Nada, Fushimi and Itami in western Japan said they have launched a joint project to stimulate falling sake consumption.

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Japan vs. S. Korea in Asian Cup showdown

DOHA, Qatar - Japanese goal keeper Eiji Kawashima (R) pulls off a save as South Korean forward Ji Dong Won (10) and Japanese defender Yasuyuki Konno (4) look on during the first half of an Asian Cup semifinal in Doha on Jan. 25, 2011.

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Nissan Leaf electric vehicle production

TOKYO, Japan - Workers assemble a Leaf electric vehicle at Nissan Motor Co.'s plant in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Jan. 25, 2011. The automaker is aiming to produce 10,000 units of the EV through March.

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ASEAN foreign ministers show connectedness through road trip

CHIANG KHONG, Thailand - Foreign ministers from the 10 ASEAN member countries join hands in front of a construction site of the No. 4 Bridge of Friendship in Chiang Khong, northern Thailand, on Jan. 24, 2011. The bridge over the Mekong connecting Thailand and Laos is being built with China's financial support. The ASEAN ministers headed for China from Thailand the same day, on a 600-kilometer trip titled ''familiarization road trip to China'' to underlie the geographical proximity of the regions.

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Akihabara pedestrian zone reopened

TOKYO, Japan - People dressed as animation characters celebrate the reopening of a section of a vehicle-free pedestrian zone in Tokyo's Akihabara district, which is popular with shoppers and tourists for its cluster of shops selling electronics gadgets, on Jan. 23, 2011. The pedestrian zone was closed after a man drove a truck into shoppers, hitting and killing three men, and then fatally stabbed four people and left 10 others injured in June 2008.

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Akihabara pedestrian zone reopened

TOKYO, Japan - People including local officials cut the ribbon during a ceremony to mark the reopening of a section of a vehicle-free pedestrian zone in Tokyo's Akihabara electronics district on Jan. 23, 2011. The pedestrian zone was closed after a man drove a truck into shoppers in June 2008, hitting and killing three men, and then fatally stabbed four people and left 10 others injured.

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Japan vs Qatar in Asian Cup soccer

DOHA, Qatar - Japan's Shinji Kagawa (10) heads home an equalizer in the 28th minute of an Asian Cup quarterfinal match against Qatar in Doha on Jan. 21, 2011.

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Japan vs Qatar in Asian Cup soccer

DOHA, Qatar - Japan's Ryoichi Maeda (11) and Shinji Okazaki (C) congratulate Shinji Kagawa (10) after Kawaga scored an equalizer in the 28th minute of an Asian Cup quarterfinal match against Qatar in Doha on Jan. 21, 2011.

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DPJ gearing up for local elections

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) and Katsuya Okada, secretary general of the Democratic Party of Japan, hang a signboard for the DPJ task force on nationwide local elections in April at party headquarters in Tokyo on Jan. 21, 2011. The ruling party set up the task force the same day ahead of unified local elections on April 10, when gubernatorial elections will be held in 13 prefectures, including Tokyo and Fukuoka, while mayoral and prefectural assembly elections will be held in five major cities and 44 prefectures. Other local elections taking place every four years will be held on April 24.

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College entrance exams

TOTTORI, Japan - High school students in the city of Tottori, western Japan, walk in heavy snow to a local venue for the country's unified college entrance examinations on Jan. 16, 2011. The start of the exams was delayed at around 10 venues across the country as some applicants failed to arrive on time due to heavy snowfall or other unavoidable reasons.

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Independence referendum in Sudan

JUBA, Sudan - Photo taken Jan. 10, 2011, shows Yuichi Ishii, a former Japanese ambassador to Sudan and head of the Japanese observer delegation dispatched for an independence referendum for southern Sudan, in Juba. Ishii said the referendum has been proceeding smoother than expected.

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N. Korean IRBMs at 2010 military parade

BEIJING, China - Photo shows what appear to be North Korea's ''Musudan'' intermediate-range ballistic missiles at a military parade in Pyongyang on Oct. 10, 2010, the 65th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates told journalists in Beijing on Jan. 11, 2011, that the North could pose a direct threat to the United States within five years if it continues to develop intercontinental ballistic missiles and expand its nuclear weapons capability.

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New Prius models unveiled at Detroit auto show

DETROIT, United States - Toyota President Akio Toyoda stands beside the Prius v wagon with a bigger interior cargo space (L) and the new compact Prius c (R) at the annual North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan, on Jan. 10, 2011. Toyota plans to launch the Prius v in the summer of 2011 in the United States and Japan, and the Prius c in the first half of 2012.

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Chevrolet Sonic unveiled at Detroit auto show

DETROIT, United States - General Motors Co. Chief Executive Officer Dan Akerson stands beside the Chevrolet Sonic, a compact car with promising fuel efficiency, which was unveiled for the first time at the annual North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan, on Jan. 10, 2011.

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Auto show in Detroit

DETROIT, United States - Akio Toyoda, president of Japan's Toyota Motor Corp., unveils a new ''family'' of Prius hybrid vehicles at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit on Jan. 10, 2011.

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Japan,-U.S. joint drill

NAGASAKI, Japan - Rear Adm. Samuel Perez, commander of the U.S. aircraft-carrier Carl Vinson, answers reporters' questions aboard the flattop during a joint drill with Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force off the Goto Islands in Nagasaki Prefecture on Jan. 10, 2011. (Pool photo)

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Japan, Iraq discuss oil field

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Japanese trade minister Akihiro Ohata (L) and Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Hussain Al-Shahristani (R) attend a joint press conference in Baghdad on Jan. 10, 2011. Ohata made an unannounced visit to Baghdad that day and called on Iraq to resume negotiations with a group of Japanese firms over developing the Nasiriyah oil field in southern Iraq.

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Auto show in Detroit

DETROIT, United States - Japan's Honda Motor Co. debuts a new concept for the Civic at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit on Jan. 10, 2011.

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Japan,-U.S. joint drill

NAGASAKI, Japan - A fighter is seen on the U.S. aircraft-carrier Carl Vinson during a joint drill with Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force off the Goto Islands in Nagasaki Prefecture on Jan. 10, 2011. (Pool photo)

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Auto show in Detroit

DETROIT, United States - Japan's Toyota Motor Corp. unveils the Prius v wagon (L) and the new compact Prius c (R) at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit on Jan. 10, 2011.

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Japan,-U.S. joint drill

NAGASAKI, Japan - Airplanes are seen on the U.S. aircraft-carrier Carl Vinson during a joint drill with Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force off the Goto Islands in Nagasaki Prefecture on Jan. 10, 2011. (Pool photo)

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Japan, Iraq discuss oil field

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Officials of Japan (R) and Iraq (L) discuss the issue of the Nasiriyah oil field in southern Iraq in a meeting in Baghdad on Jan. 10, 2011. Japanese trade minister Akihiro Ohata made an unannounced visit to Baghdad that day and called on Iraq to resume negotiations with a group of Japanese firms over developing the Nasiriyah oil field.

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Japan, S. Korea defense ministers' meeting

SEOUL, South Korea - People protest against Japanese Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa's visit to South Korea in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on Jan. 10, 2011. Kitazawa and South Korean Defense Minister Kim Kwan Jin agreed in a meeting the same day to begin discussions toward signing pacts to boost cooperation between Japan's Self-Defense Forces and the South Korean military.

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Japan,-U.S. joint drill

NAGASAKI, Japan - A fighter takes off from the U.S. aircraft-carrier Carl Vinson during a joint drill with Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force off the Goto Islands in Nagasaki Prefecture on Jan. 10, 2011. (Pool photo)

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Japan, S. Korea defense ministers' meeting

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa (R) and South Korean Defense Minister Kim Kwan Jin meet in Seoul on Jan. 10, 2011.

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China, U.S. defense chiefs' meeting

BEIJING, China - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates (L) and Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie attend a welcoming ceremony for the U.S. defense chief in Beijing on Jan. 10, 2011. They agreed in a meeting the same day to boost military exchanges, including the launch of a working group to study measures to develop bilateral military ties.

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New Year sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian grand champion Hakuho (L) brushes aside Toyonoshima on the second day of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan hall in Tokyo on Jan. 10, 2011.

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China, U.S. defense chiefs' meeting

BEIJING, China - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates (C) and Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie (L) attend a welcoming ceremony for the U.S. defense chief in Beijing on Jan. 10, 2011. They agreed in a meeting the same day to boost military exchanges, including the launch of a working group to study measures to develop bilateral military ties.

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Man acquitted of espionage charge in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Yoon Jong Heon, a Korean resident of Japan, smiles on Jan. 10, 2011, after a Seoul district court acquitted him of an espionage charge brought against him 26 years ago.

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Coming of Age Day

URAYASU, Japan - New adults pose for photos during a Coming of Age Day ceremony at Tokyo Disneyland in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, on Jan. 10, 2011. Ceremonies and commemorative events for Japan's 1.24 million new adults as of Jan. 1 were held across the country to mark Coming of Age Day, a national holiday in Japan.

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China, U.S. defense chiefs' meeting

BEIJING, China - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates (L) and Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie attend a press conference in Beijing on Jan. 10, 2011. They agreed in a meeting the same day to boost military exchanges, including the launch of a working group to study measures to develop bilateral military ties. (Pool photo)

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Pirated goods

BEIJING, China - Pirated DVDs and CDs are destroyed in Beijing on Jan. 10, 2011. Around 5.21 million pirated goods were disposed of across China the same day.