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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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CHINA-GUANGXI-MOUNTAIN VILLAGE-CHILDREN-CHANGE (CN)

(230603) -- NANNING, June 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows Lan Qiuyan, who has just graduated from a college, posing for a photo when she comes back home for the Spring Festival on Jan. 21, 2023 (above) and 11-year-old Lan Qiuyan in a yellow top walking home on a mountain road from school on July 4, 2012 (below) in Nongyong Village of Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. TO GO WITH "Feature: Children in the photos witness changes in China mountain village" (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-MOUNTAIN VILLAGE-CHILDREN-CHANGE (CN)

(230603) -- NANNING, June 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows 7-year-old Meng Wangbing (2nd L) playing with friends at school on July 4, 2012 (L) and Meng Wangbing, who is a freshman at Guilin University of Technology, posing for a photo on Jan. 25, 2023 in Nongyong Village of Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. TO GO WITH "Feature: Children in the photos witness changes in China mountain village" (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-MOUNTAIN VILLAGE-CHILDREN-CHANGE (CN)

(230603) -- NANNING, June 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows 7-year-old Meng Jinchen having class at school on July 4, 2012 (L) and Meng Jinchen, who is a freshman at a vocational school, posing for photos on Jan. 25, 2023 in Nongyong Village of Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. TO GO WITH "Feature: Children in the photos witness changes in China mountain village" (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-MOUNTAIN VILLAGE-CHILDREN-CHANGE (CN)

(230603) -- NANNING, June 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows 4-year-old Meng Xuanhong in his sister's old dress playing with Lan Xiaoshuai on July 16, 2012 (L) and middle school students Meng Xuanhong and Lan Xiaoshuai posing for a photo on Jan. 21, 2023 (R) in Nongyong Village of Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. TO GO WITH "Feature: Children in the photos witness changes in China mountain village" (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-TEENAGERS-HOMETOWN-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230122) -- DAHUA, Jan. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Meng Xuantai, Meng Xuanren and their schoolmates are pictured on their way home after school in Nongding Village of Bansheng Town, Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, July 4, 2012. Meng Xuanren and his younger brother Meng Xuantai were nicknamed "ladder teenagers" because they had to climb mountains and hanging ladders to get to school as children. They've all grown up and achieved their goals now. Meng Xuanren, 22, is a sophomore at the Liaoning Provincial College of Communications, and Xuantai, 19, works at an auto repair factory in south China's Guangdong Province after graduating from a vocational school. The brothers returned to Nongding Village in Bansheng Town for a family reunion during the Spring Festival. They have seen the transformation of transportation infrastructure, school facilities, and village housing in their hometown over the last decade. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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Chinese Kung Fu gains popularity in Malawi

STORY: Chinese Kung Fu gains popularity in Malawi DATELINE: Jan. 1, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:12 LOCATION: BLANTYRE, Malawi CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Kung Fu practices at Blantyre youth center 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MEDDINGTON MSISKA, Senior member of Blantyre Youth Center Wushu Team 3. various of Kung Fu practices at Blantyre youth center 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chichewa): PROMISE SYMON, Trainee 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): EDGAR NTULUMBWA, Spokesperson, Malawi National Council Of Sports STORYLINE: After practicing Kung Fu for 10 years, Meddington Msiska, a member of the Wushu team at the Blantyre Sports Club, is now teaching his fellows various skills of Chinese martial arts. Msiska started learning Kung Fu in 2012 with the help of some Chinese trainers. He said he likes Kung Fu because of its beauty. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MEDDINGTON MSISKA, Senior member of Blantyre Youth Center Wushu Team "It is a beautiful sport and it is not just physical. I think it helps one's mind as well. My mind is sharp

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U.N. chief Ban in interview

NEW YORK, United States - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon speaks in an interview with Kyodo News at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Jan. 4, 2012. Ban said he is closely monitoring the situation in North Korea following the ascent of Kim Jong Un in the wake of his father's death, expressing his readiness to travel to the country to promote peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula.

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Futenma report at Okinawa Pref. offices

NAHA, Japan - Documents of a key environmental impact assessment report are placed in a room at the Okinawa prefectural offices in Naha on Jan. 4, 2012. Prefectural officials began clerical procedures the same day to inspect the report delivered by the Defense Ministry the previous week on the controversial relocation of a U.S. military base within the prefecture.

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JR East studying building new station on Yamanote Line

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 4, 2012, shows a part of the Yamanote commuter rail loop line between JR Shinagawa and Tamachi stations, both in Tokyo's Minato Ward. East Japan Railway Co., known as JR East, envisions building a new station between those two stations, sources familiar with the matter said the same day.

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Futenma report at Okinawa Pref. offices

NAHA, Japan - Cardboard boxes containing a key environmental impact assessment report are moved at the Okinawa prefectural offices in Naha on Jan. 4, 2012. Prefectural officials began clerical procedures the same day to inspect the report delivered by the Defense Ministry the previous week on the controversial relocation of a U.S. military base within the prefecture.

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U.S. diplomat Campbell in China

BEIJING, China - Kurt Campbell (L), U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, speaks to reporters at Beijing Capital International Airport on Jan. 4, 2012, after meeting with senior Chinese officials during a two-day visit to the country's capital.

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Upper house lawmaker Oishi dies at 75

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in January 2007 shows Hisako Oishi, a House of Councillors member of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan. Oishi died of respiratory failure at a Tokyo hospital on Jan. 4, 2012, the party said. She was 75.

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U.S. diplomat Campbell in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Kurt Campbell, U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, speaks to reporters upon his arrival at Incheon International Airport in South Korea on the night of Jan. 4, 2012.

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U.S. diplomat Campbell in China

BEIJING, China - Kurt Campbell, U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, answers questions from reporters at Beijing Capital International Airport on Jan. 4, 2012, after meeting with senior Chinese officials during a two-day visit to the country's capital.

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Free agent Matsui in his hometown Ishikawa

KANAZAWA, Japan - Professional baseball player Hideki Matsui, now a free agent, answers questions from reporters at his alma mater Seiryo Senior High School in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Jan. 4, 2012.

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JR East studying building new station on Yamanote Line

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 4, 2012, shows a part of the Yamanote commuter rail loop line between JR Shinagawa (bottom) and Tamachi stations, both in Tokyo's Minato Ward. East Japan Railway Co., known as JR East, envisions building a new station between those two stations, sources familiar with the matter said the same day.

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New party Kizuna

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Uchiyama, head of a new party called Kizuna, meaning solidarity or bonds between people, attends a press conference at a Diet facility in Tokyo on Jan. 4, 2012, after the formation of the party.

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Suu Kyi's NLD holds rally on independence day

YANGON, Myanmar - The National League for Democracy, a political party led by pro-democracy icon and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, holds a rally at its headquarters in Yangon, Myanmar, on Jan. 4, 2012, marking the country's 64th anniversary of independence.

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Free agent Matsui in his hometown Ishikawa

KANAZAWA, Japan - Professional baseball legend Hideki Matsui, now a free agent, answers questions from children at the Hideki Matsui Baseball Museum in Nomi, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Jan. 4, 2012.

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Ancient football

KYOTO, Japan - Men in Heian era (eighth to 12th centuries) aristocratic attire demonstrate ''kemari'' (ancient football) in an event at Shimogamo Shrine in Kyoto on Jan. 4, 2012.

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Protest over Senkakus

BEIJING, China - A man reads out a protest letter in front of the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Jan. 4, 2012, after a group of Japanese landed on one of the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea the previous day. The man was taken away by police officers shortly afterward.

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New party Kizuna

TOKYO, Japan - The nine members of a new party called Kizuna, meaning solidarity or bonds between people, including the party's head Akira Uchiyama (C front) pose for photos after a press conference at a Diet facility in Tokyo on Jan. 4, 2012.

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Protest over Senkakus

BEIJING, China - A man (back C) reads out a protest letter in front of the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Jan. 4, 2012, after a group of Japanese landed on one of the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea the previous day. The man was taken away by police officers shortly afterward.

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Fukushima decontamination office

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Masaru Moriya (L), head of an Environment Ministry task force on the decontamination of Fukushima Prefecture following the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, stands by a signboard bearing the name of the ministry's Fukushima decontamination office set up in the city of Fukushima on Jan. 4, 2012.

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Noda in New Year press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda speaks during a New Year press conference at his office in Tokyo on Jan. 4, 2012.

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Tokyo stocks start new year higher

TOKYO, Japan - Signboards show Tokyo stocks opened sharply higher at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo's Kabutocho area on Jan. 4, 2012.

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Cenotaph at Hiroshima peace park sprayed with golden paint

HIROSHIMA, Japan - The cenotaph for atomic bomb victims in the Peace Memorial Park in the city of Hiroshima is seen defaced with what appears to be golden paint in the early hours of Jan. 4, 2012. Paint was sprayed over part of the cenotaph's inscription, which reads, ''Let all souls here rest in peace, for we shall not repeat the evil.''

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Yangon's Insein Prison

YANGON, Myanmar - People await the release of detained family members in front of Insein Prison in Yangon, the largest city in Myanmar, on Jan. 3, 2012. Myanmar's President Thein Sein announced the previous day that he was reducing prisoners' sentences to mark the country's 64th independence anniversary on Jan. 4.

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Yangon's Insein Prison

YANGON, Myanmar - People await the release of detained family members in front of Insein Prison in Yangon, the largest city in Myanmar, on Jan. 3, 2012. Myanmar's President Thein Sein announced the previous day that he was reducing prisoners' sentences to mark the country's 64th independence anniversary on Jan. 4.

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FC Tokyo wins Emperor's Cup

TOKYO, Japan - Players of the soccer team FC Tokyo celebrate after they beat Kyoto Sanga 4-2 to win the Emperor's Cup at National Stadium in Tokyo on Jan. 1, 2012. The J-League second division champions became the first J2 team to win the cup.

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Decontamination work in Fukushima

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 4, 2011, shows workers wearing protective suits using a high-pressure water sprayer to wash the premises of the Okuma town office in Fukushima Prefecture to reduce radioactive materials in the wake of the nuclear crisis. The Environment Ministry said Jan. 26, 2012, it plans to complete decontamination activities in part of the evacuation zones around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant by March 2014.

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Japanese pair Morita-Fujiwara at Australian Open

MELBOURNE, Australia - Ayumi Morita of Japan (L) and compatriot Rika Fujiwara (R) play against Ksenia Pervak of Kazakhstan and Sloane Stephens of the United States in the first round of the women's doubles at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on Jan. 18, 2012. The Japanese pair won the match 7-6(7-4), 6-4.

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Stress test results for 2 reactors in Fukui to be approved

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in November 2011 shows the facilities of the Oi nuclear power station in the town of Oi, Fukui Prefecture. Buildings containing the Nos. 3 and 4 units (2nd from front L and front L) are seen. The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency is expected to approve stress test results as appropriate for the two reactors operated by Kansai Electric Power Co. on the afternoon of Jan. 18, 2012, agency sources said.

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U.S. sailor weathers storms, races for berth in London Olympics

EAST HAVEN, United States - U.S. sailor Alice Leonard gives an interview at her home in East Haven, Connecticut on Jan. 4, 2012. (Photo by Meg Maruyama)

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U.S. sailor weathers storms, races for berth in London Olympics

EAST HAVEN, United States - U.S. sailor Alice Leonard speaks in front of a storm-damaged house in her East Haven, Connecticut neighborhood on Jan. 4, 2012. Hurricane Irene struck the area on Aug. 28, 2011, destroying at least 25 houses and causing extensive damage. (Photo by Meg Maruyama)

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Hosokawa clan's artifacts

FUKUOKA, Japan - Former Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa stands in front of some artifacts from the Eisei-Bunko Museum, which holds treasures of the Hosokawa clan, during a preview on Dec. 26, 2011, of a special exhibition to be held from Jan. 1, 2012, through March 4, 2012, at Kyushu National Museum in Dazaifu, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan. Hosokawa is the 18th head of the clan that has lasted some 700 years and ruled the Kumamoto domain in feudal Japan.

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Madame Tussauds waxworks in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A woman poses for a photo with a waxwork of late movie star Audrey Hepburn (L) on display at an exhibition organized by London's Madame Tussauds wax museum at Decks Tokyo Beach in Tokyo's Daiba district on Oct. 6, 2011. The ''Madame Tussauds Tokyo'' exhibition through Jan. 4, 2012, features around 20 waxworks of celebrities and characters.

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Madame Tussauds waxworks in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Yuko Oshima (L), a member of Japanese pop idol group AKB48, poses with a waxwork of herself on display at an exhibition organized by London's Madame Tussauds wax museum at Decks Tokyo Beach in Tokyo's Daiba district on Oct. 19, 2011. The ''Madame Tussauds Tokyo'' exhibition through Jan. 4, 2012, features around 20 waxworks of celebrities and characters.

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Madame Tussauds waxworks in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A woman poses for a photo with a waxwork of American actor Johnny Depp on display at an exhibition organized by London's Madame Tussauds wax museum at Decks Tokyo Beach in Tokyo's Daiba district on Oct. 6, 2011. The ''Madame Tussauds Tokyo'' exhibition through Jan. 4, 2012, features around 20 waxworks of celebrities and characters.

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Fukushima decontamination office

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Masaru Moriya (L), head of an Environment Ministry task force on the decontamination of Fukushima Prefecture following the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, stands by a signboard bearing the name of the ministry's Fukushima decontamination office set up in the city of Fukushima on Jan. 4, 2012. (Kyodo)

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Madame Tussauds waxworks in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Yuko Oshima (L), a member of Japanese pop idol group AKB48, poses with a waxwork of herself on display at an exhibition organized by London's Madame Tussauds wax museum at Decks Tokyo Beach in Tokyo's Daiba district on Oct. 19, 2011. The ''Madame Tussauds Tokyo'' exhibition through Jan. 4, 2012, features around 20 waxworks of celebrities and characters. (Kyodo)

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Madame Tussauds waxworks in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A woman poses for a photo with a waxwork of American actor Johnny Depp on display at an exhibition organized by London's Madame Tussauds wax museum at Decks Tokyo Beach in Tokyo's Daiba district on Oct. 6, 2011. The ''Madame Tussauds Tokyo'' exhibition through Jan. 4, 2012, features around 20 waxworks of celebrities and characters. (Kyodo)

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Madame Tussauds waxworks in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A woman poses for a photo with a waxwork of late movie star Audrey Hepburn (L) on display at an exhibition organized by London's Madame Tussauds wax museum at Decks Tokyo Beach in Tokyo's Daiba district on Oct. 6, 2011. The ''Madame Tussauds Tokyo'' exhibition through Jan. 4, 2012, features around 20 waxworks of celebrities and characters. (Kyodo)

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Suu Kyi's NLD holds rally on independence day

YANGON, Myanmar - The National League for Democracy, a political party led by pro-democracy icon and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, holds a rally at its headquarters in Yangon, Myanmar, on Jan. 4, 2012, marking the country's 64th anniversary of independence. (Kyodo)

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U.N. chief Ban in interview

NEW YORK, United States - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon speaks in an interview with Kyodo News at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Jan. 4, 2012. Ban said he is closely monitoring the situation in North Korea following the ascent of Kim Jong Un in the wake of his father's death, expressing his readiness to travel to the country to promote peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula. (Kyodo)

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JR East studying building new station on Yamanote Line

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 4, 2012, shows a part of the Yamanote commuter rail loop line between JR Shinagawa (bottom) and Tamachi stations, both in Tokyo's Minato Ward. East Japan Railway Co., known as JR East, envisions building a new station between those two stations, sources familiar with the matter said the same day. (Kyodo)

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U.S. diplomat Campbell in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Kurt Campbell, U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, speaks to reporters upon his arrival at Incheon International Airport in South Korea on the night of Jan. 4, 2012. (Kyodo)

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JR East studying building new station on Yamanote Line

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 4, 2012, shows a part of the Yamanote commuter rail loop line between JR Shinagawa and Tamachi stations, both in Tokyo's Minato Ward. East Japan Railway Co., known as JR East, envisions building a new station between those two stations, sources familiar with the matter said the same day. (Kyodo)

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Futenma report at Okinawa Pref. offices

NAHA, Japan - Documents of a key environmental impact assessment report are placed in a room at the Okinawa prefectural offices in Naha on Jan. 4, 2012. Prefectural officials began clerical procedures the same day to inspect the report delivered by the Defense Ministry the previous week on the controversial relocation of a U.S. military base within the prefecture. (Kyodo)