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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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India's industrial production grows 2.4 pct in November 2023

STORY: India's industrial production grows 2.4 pct in November 2023 SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 13, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 14, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:16 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of India gate 2. various of manufacturing activities (file) STORYLINE: India's factory activity growth, determined by the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), grew 2.4 percent in November 2023, the government data showed Friday. For the month of November 2023, the quick estimates of IIP with base 2011-12 stands at 141.0. The indices of industrial production for the mining, manufacturing and electricity sectors for the month of November 2023 stand at 131.1, 139.2 and 176.3 respectively, reads the data issued by the federal ministry of statistics and programme implementation (MoSPI). As per use-based classification, the indices stand at 143.8 for primary goods, 98.0 for capital goods, 151.4 for intermediate goods and 164.1 for infrastructure/construction goods for the month of November 2023, according to t

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Folding screen picture drawn by Takehiko Inoue

KYOTO, Japan, Jan. 16 Kyodo - A folding screen picture drawn by manga artist Takehiko Inoue, titled "Shinran," the founder of the Jodo Shinshu school of Buddhism, is shown to the press at Higashi Honganji temple in Kyoto, western Japan, on March 26, 2011.

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Lawyer Takimoto

TOKYO, Japan - Lawyer Taro Takimoto answers reporters' questions after meeting Makoto Hirata, a former leading member of the AUM Shinrikyo cult, at a police station in Tokyo on Jan. 3, 2012. Hirata has been detained at the police station since turning himself in to police late on Dec. 31, 2011, after being on the run for more than 16 years.

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Octopus dolls popular as good luck charm for entrance exams

SENDAI, Japan - Octopus dolls are being made at a workshop in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on Jan. 16, 2014 as a good luck charm for students taking entrance examinations for higher education. "Octopus-kun," a character representing Minamisanriku where octopuses are a staple marine product, has become a symbol of rebuilding the northeastern Japanese town after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The Japanese word for octopus, "tako," sounds like part of a phrase meaning you are "most sought after."

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Kids from disaster-hit region visit 1995 quake memorial in Kobe

KOBE, Japan - Pupils from Hashikami Elementary School in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, visit the Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution, a memorial facility for the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake, in Kobe, western Japan, on Jan. 16, 2015. Miyagi is one of the prefectures in the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku hit by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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N.Y. trade fair features textile makers from quake-hit area

NEW YORK, United States - A buyer examines a product at a trade fair opened in New York on Jan. 18, 2012, featuring 16 textile and knitting firms from three Japanese prefectures hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Prefabricated school building in disaster-hit Iwate Pref.

KAMAISHI, Japan - Children arrive for the start of third term at a prefabricated school in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on Jan. 16, 2012, built near their original school that was destroyed by the March 2011 tsunami.

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16th anniversary of Great Hanshin Earthquake

OSAKA, Japan - Photo, taken on Jan. 17, 2011, shows Kobe, the western Japanese city devastated by the Great Hanshin Earthquake 16 years ago the same day. The massive quake claimed the lives of 6,434 people. A building (L, below) is lit up to show the figures ''117'' to commemorate the date of the disaster.

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Kitajima wins 1st race since Asian Games

LONG BEACH, United States - Japanese Olympic gold medalist Kosuke Kitajima takes part in a swimming competition in Long Beach, California, on Jan. 16, 2011. He clocked 1 minute, 53.44 seconds to win the 200-yard breaststroke in his first race since failing to medal at the Asian Games last November.

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Nishihira defeats recalled Akune mayor in election

AKUNE, Japan - Shinichi Takehara, former mayor of Akune, Kagoshima Prefecture, who was ousted in December 2010 after a series of controversial administrative decisions, speaks to reporters at his election office in the city on Jan. 16, 2011, after losing in a mayoral election. Yoshimasa Nishihira, a chicken farm operator who led a civic group that campaigned to recall Takehara, was elected the new mayor.

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Kotooshu vs. Kisenosato

TOKYO, Japan - Kotooshu (R) grapples with Kisenosato at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo on Jan. 16, 2011. Kotooshu won by yorikiri.

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Hakuho still spotless at New Year sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Grand champion Hakuho beats rank-and-filer Tamawashi to move into the sole lead at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo on Jan. 16, 2011.

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Unrest in Tunisia

TUNIS, Tunisia - People set up a checkpoint using a burnt car and other objects near Tunis, Tunisia, on Jan. 16, 2011, to prevent suspicious vehicles and people entering a village. People looted shops and inmates staged a mass jailbreak during social and political confusion after President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali and his family fled the North African country.

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Unrest in Tunisia

TUNIS, Tunisia - Young men set up a checkpoint near Tunis, Tunisia, on Jan. 16, 2011, to prevent suspicious vehicles and people entering a village. People looted shops and inmates staged a mass jailbreak during social and political confusion after President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali and his family fled the North African country.

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Unrest in Tunisia

TUNIS, Tunisia - A man walks past a vandalized shop in a suburb of Tunis, Tunisia, on Jan. 16, 2011. People looted shops and inmates staged a mass jailbreak during social and political confusion after President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali and his family fled the North African country.

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Nishihira defeats recalled Akune mayor in election

AKUNE, Japan - Yoshimasa Nishihira (C) celebrates his victory in the mayoral election of Akune in Kagoshima Prefecture with his supporters in the city on Jan. 16, 2011. Nishihira, a chicken farm operator, defeated Shinichi Takehara, the former mayor who was ousted in December 2010 after a series of controversial administrative decisions.

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Kobe quake memorial

ITAMI, Japan - People stand in a circle around a picture made with candles and offer prayers for the victims of the Great Hanshin Earthquake at a memorial event in the city of Itami in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 16, 2011. The earthquake on Jan. 17, 1995, claimed more than 6,000 lives.

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Austria's Kofler wins 2nd day of Sapporo World Cup event

SAPPORO, Japan - Andreas Kofler of Austria jumps during a World Cup large hill event in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Jan. 16, 2011. Kofler picked up his third win of the season.

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ASEAN foreign ministers in Indonesia

LOMBOK, Indonesia - Foreign ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations pose during a photo session at the Indonesian resort island of Lombok on Jan. 16, 2011, prior to the start of a two-day informal meeting.

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Austria's Kofler wins 2nd day of Sapporo World Cup event

SAPPORO, Japan - Austria's Andreas Kofler (C) stands on the podium after winning on the large hill on the second day of a World Cup ski jumping event in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Jan. 16, 2011. Germany's Severin Freund (L) finished second and fellow Austrian Thomas Morgenstern came third.

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Austria's Kofler wins 2nd day of Sapporo World Cup event

SAPPORO, Japan - Andreas Kofler of Austria jumps during the second round of a World Cup large hill event in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Jan. 16, 2011. Kofler picked up his third win of the season.

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Kan attends New Year tea ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (C) attends a New Year tea ceremony in Tokyo on Jan. 16, 2011. After having tea prepared by Sen Soshitsu XVI (L), head of the Urasenke school of Japanese tea ceremony, Kan said, ''The color (of the tea) was beautiful and it was tasty.'' (Pool photo taken by Kyodo News)

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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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Archery in traditional attire

KYOTO, Japan - Young women in traditional attire take part in an archery competition at Sanjusangendo temple in Kyoto, western Japan, on Jan. 16, 2011. Around 2,000 people from across the country, including many aged 19 and 20 celebrating their coming of age this year, took part in the event.

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Winter illuminations light up Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - People walk on a street lit up by winter illuminations in Osaka's Kita Ward on Dec. 11, 2010. The illumination event runs through Jan. 16, 2011.

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SENEGAL-SALOUM DELTA

(220919) -- DAKAR, Sept. 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Jan. 16, 2022 with a mobile phone shows egrets perching on trees in the Saloum Delta region of Senegal. Senegal's Saloum Delta lies at the estuary of the Saloum River which flows into the North Atlantic Ocean. It was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2011. (Xinhua/Wang Zizheng)

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10 years after Great East Japan Earthquake

Combined panoramic photo shows a tsunami-devastated area (top) in Onagawa in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, pictured on March 16, 2011, and the same area (bottom) pictured on Jan. 30, 2021, ahead of the 10th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

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Japanese pop group SMAP on verge of breaking up: sources

Fans of Japanese male pop group SMAP attend the group's first overseas concert at Workers Stadium in Beijing on Sept. 16, 2011. SMAP is on the verge of breaking up after more than 20 years, sources at the band's agency said Jan. 13, 2016, in a move that would send shockwaves through the Japanese entertainment industry given the band's popularity at home and elsewhere in Asia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese pop group SMAP on verge of breaking up: sources

A large crowd of fans of Japanese male pop group SMAP attend the group's first overseas concert at Workers Stadium in Beijing on Sept. 16, 2011. SMAP is on the verge of breaking up after more than 20 years, sources at the band's agency said Jan. 13, 2016, in a move that would send shockwaves through the Japanese entertainment industry given the band's popularity at home and elsewhere in Asia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Winter illuminations light up Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - People walk on a street lit up by winter illuminations in Osaka's Kita Ward on Dec. 11, 2010. The illumination event runs through Jan. 16, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Kids from disaster-hit region visit 1995 quake memorial in Kobe

KOBE, Japan - Pupils from Hashikami Elementary School in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, visit the Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution, a memorial facility for the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake, in Kobe, western Japan, on Jan. 16, 2015. Miyagi is one of the prefectures in the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku hit by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo)

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Ex-AUM cult member Hirata

TOKYO, Japan - Makoto Hirata, a former leading member of the AUM Shinrikyo cult, is escorted by a police officer to the Tokyo District Court in Tokyo on Jan. 3, 2012. Hirata turned himself in to police late on Dec. 31, 2011, after being on the run for more than 16 years. (Kyodo)

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Lawyer Takimoto

TOKYO, Japan - Lawyer Taro Takimoto answers reporters' questions after meeting Makoto Hirata, a former leading member of the AUM Shinrikyo cult, at a police station in Tokyo on Jan. 3, 2012. Hirata has been detained at the police station since turning himself in to police late on Dec. 31, 2011, after being on the run for more than 16 years. (Kyodo)

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N.Y. trade fair features textile makers from quake-hit area

NEW YORK, United States - A buyer examines a product at a trade fair opened in New York on Jan. 18, 2012, featuring 16 textile and knitting firms from three Japanese prefectures hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo)

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16th anniversary of Great Hanshin Earthquake

OSAKA, Japan - Photo, taken on Jan. 17, 2011, shows Kobe, the western Japanese city devastated by the Great Hanshin Earthquake 16 years ago the same day. The massive quake claimed the lives of 6,434 people. A building (L, below) is lit up to show the figures ''117'' to commemorate the date of the disaster. (Kyodo)

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Kitajima wins 1st race since Asian Games

LONG BEACH, United States - Japanese Olympic gold medalist Kosuke Kitajima takes part in a swimming competition in Long Beach, California, on Jan. 16, 2011. He clocked 1 minute, 53.44 seconds to win the 200-yard breaststroke in his first race since failing to medal at the Asian Games last November. (Kyodo)

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U.S. envoy in Fukushima

IWAKI, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos offers flowers on Jan. 16, 2012, in an area of Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, hit by the March 2011 tsunami. The envoy visited the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station the same day. (Kyodo)

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Prefabricated school building in disaster-hit Iwate Pref.

KAMAISHI, Japan - Children arrive for the start of third term at a prefabricated school in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on Jan. 16, 2012, built near their original school that was destroyed by the March 2011 tsunami. (Kyodo)

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Unrest in Tunisia

TUNIS, Tunisia - People set up a checkpoint using a burnt car and other objects near Tunis, Tunisia, on Jan. 16, 2011, to prevent suspicious vehicles and people entering a village. People looted shops and inmates staged a mass jailbreak during social and political confusion after President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali and his family fled the North African country. (Kyodo)

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Nishihira defeats recalled Akune mayor in election

AKUNE, Japan - Shinichi Takehara, former mayor of Akune, Kagoshima Prefecture, who was ousted in December 2010 after a series of controversial administrative decisions, speaks to reporters at his election office in the city on Jan. 16, 2011, after losing in a mayoral election. Yoshimasa Nishihira, a chicken farm operator who led a civic group that campaigned to recall Takehara, was elected the new mayor. (Kyodo)

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Unrest in Tunisia

TUNIS, Tunisia - Young men set up a checkpoint near Tunis, Tunisia, on Jan. 16, 2011, to prevent suspicious vehicles and people entering a village. People looted shops and inmates staged a mass jailbreak during social and political confusion after President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali and his family fled the North African country. (Kyodo)

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Nishihira defeats recalled Akune mayor in election

AKUNE, Japan - Yoshimasa Nishihira (C) celebrates his victory in the mayoral election of Akune in Kagoshima Prefecture with his supporters in the city on Jan. 16, 2011. Nishihira, a chicken farm operator, defeated Shinichi Takehara, the former mayor who was ousted in December 2010 after a series of controversial administrative decisions. (Kyodo)

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Unrest in Tunisia

TUNIS, Tunisia - A man walks past a vandalized shop in a suburb of Tunis, Tunisia, on Jan. 16, 2011. People looted shops and inmates staged a mass jailbreak during social and political confusion after President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali and his family fled the North African country. (Kyodo)

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Hakuho still spotless at New Year sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Grand champion Hakuho beats rank-and-filer Tamawashi to move into the sole lead at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo on Jan. 16, 2011. (Kyodo)

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ASEAN foreign ministers in Indonesia

LOMBOK, Indonesia - Foreign ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations pose during a photo session at the Indonesian resort island of Lombok on Jan. 16, 2011, prior to the start of a two-day informal meeting. (Kyodo)

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Kotooshu vs. Kisenosato

TOKYO, Japan - Kotooshu (R) grapples with Kisenosato at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo on Jan. 16, 2011. Kotooshu won by yorikiri. (Kyodo)

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Kobe quake memorial

ITAMI, Japan - People stand in a circle around a picture made with candles and offer prayers for the victims of the Great Hanshin Earthquake at a memorial event in the city of Itami in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 16, 2011. The earthquake on Jan. 17, 1995, claimed more than 6,000 lives. (Kyodo)

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Kan attends New Year tea ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (C) attends a New Year tea ceremony in Tokyo on Jan. 16, 2011. After having tea prepared by Sen Soshitsu XVI (L), head of the Urasenke school of Japanese tea ceremony, Kan said, ''The color (of the tea) was beautiful and it was tasty.'' (Pool photo taken by Kyodo News) (Kyodo)

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Austria's Kofler wins 2nd day of Sapporo World Cup event

SAPPORO, Japan - Andreas Kofler of Austria jumps during the second round of a World Cup large hill event in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Jan. 16, 2011. Kofler picked up his third win of the season. (Kyodo)