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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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Hong Kong restaurant gives disabled youth chance to work

STORY: Hong Kong restaurant gives disabled youth chance to work SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 15, 2024 DATELINE: March 13, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:00 LOCATION: HONG KONG, China CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Holy Cafe 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): MARIA SUNG LAW MAN-KWAN, Founder of Holy Cafe 3. various of Holy Cafe 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): MARIA SUNG LAW MAN-KWAN, Founder of Holy Cafe 5. various of Holy Cafe 6. various of Holy Cafe distributing lunch boxes to the elderly 7. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): MARIA SUNG LAW MAN-KWAN, Founder of Holy Cafe STORYLINE: A restaurant in Hong Kong's Cheung Sha Wan provides job opportunities and training for people with disabilities, helping them to develop their capacity for self-care and integration into society. The restaurant, named Holy Cafe, was opened in 2011 by Maria Sung Law Man-kwan. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): MARIA SUNG LAW MAN-KWAN, Founder of Holy Cafe "I hope the staff members can learn different catering skills here. My restaurant used to serve Western-style food. Some o

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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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Syrian president meets with UAE FM to discuss cooperation

STORY: Syrian president meets with UAE FM to discuss cooperation DATELINE: Jan. 5, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:40 LOCATION: Damascus CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Syrian President receiving UAE Foreign Minister (Syrian Presidency) 2. various of the meeting (Syrian Presidency) 3. various of the Syrian presidential palace (Syrian Presidency) STORYLINE: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad met on Wednesday with visiting Foreign Minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan in the capital Damascus, state news agency SANA reported. The two sides discussed cooperation on different levels and ways to boost economic cooperation, according to the report. Al Nahyan's last visit to Damascus was in 2021. In 2018, the UAE resumed diplomatic relations with Syria after closing its embassy in Damascus in 2011 when a civil war broke out in the country. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Damascus. (XHTV)

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Iwakuma to play for Mariners

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken at Narita airport, near Tokyo, on Nov. 6, 2011, shows free agent right-hander Hisashi Iwakuma before leaving for the United States. The Seattle Mariners said Jan. 5, 2012, that they have signed a one-year contract with the 30-year-old Japanese pitcher.

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Lingerie shop worker in Saudi Arabia

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in April 2011 shows a male sales clerk working at a women's lingerie shop in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. A law allowing only women to work in female lingerie and clothing shops took effect in the Islamic country on Jan. 5, 2012, according to Arab media reports.

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Former volleyball coach Matsudaira dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japan men's national volleyball team head coach Yasutaka Matsudaira being tossed into the air by members of his team after winning the gold medal at the Munich Olympics in September 1972. The Japan Volleyball Association said Jan. 5, 2012, that Matsudaira died from a lung condition at a Tokyo hospital on Dec. 31, 2011. He was 81.

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Former volleyball coach Matsudaira dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in July 2001 shows former Japan men's national volleyball team head coach Yasutaka Matsudaira. Matsudaira, who steered the country to the gold medal at the 1972 Munich Olympics, died from a lung condition at a Tokyo hospital on Dec. 31, 2011, the Japan Volleyball Association said Jan. 5, 2012. He was 81.

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Report on U.S. base relocation

NAHA, Japan - An employee of the Okinawa prefectural government checks the content of the environmental impact assessment report on the relocation of a U.S. Marine base within the prefecture at the government office in Naha on Jan. 5, 2012. Delivering the report to the prefectural government drew public attention late 2011 after protesters blocked the report's submission and the Defense Ministry managed to get it through by delivering it in the predawn hours of Dec. 28 when protesters were scarce.

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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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Kyushu Electric stresses need for successful reactor restart

FUKUOKA, Japan - Michiaki Uriu, president of Kyushu Electric Power Co., delivers a New Year address to company officials at the utility's head office in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 5, 2015. He stressed that Kyushu Electric must be successful in reactivating its Sendai nuclear power plant in Kagoshima Prefecture, possibly in March, to become the first of the idled nuclear plants to restart operations in Japan after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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White starfish at Tottori aquarium

TOTTORI, Japan - A rare white starfish is displayed at Tottori Karo Crab Aquarium in Tottori, western Japan, on Jan. 5, 2012. It was discovered on the coast in the town of Daisen in Tottori Prefecture in November 2011.

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17th anniv. of Great Hanshin quake in Japan

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - People in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, in northeastern Japan, the area hit hardest by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, observe a moment of silence to commemorate the victims of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake at 5:46 a.m. on Jan. 17, 2012, the exact time the quake hit western Japan 17 years ago.

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China's J-20 stealth fighter

BEIJING, China - Photo shows the J-20, China's first radar-evading stealth fighter, in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, on Jan. 5, 2011. China plans to increase its military spending in 2011 by 12.7 percent from the previous year.

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Control room for No. 5 reactor at Hamaoka nuclear plant

SHIZUOKA, Japan - File photo taken on Jan. 25, 2011, shows personnel working in the control room for the No. 5 reactor at the Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture. The operator, Chubu Electric Power Co., is planning to restart the No. 3 reactor at the plant, currently undergoing regular checks, in July to ensure stable power supplies in the summer.

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Supporting Iraqi children with cancer by buying chocolates

TOKYO, Japan - Minoru Kamata, a doctor and head of the civic group Japan Iraq Medical Network, poses in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2011 with tins of chocolates that are being sold for a donation charity to help pediatric cancer patients in war-torn Iraq at the group's head office.

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Japan beat Saudi Arabia in Asian Cup

DOHA, Qatar - Japan coach Alberto Zaccheroni (R) talks to Shinji Okazaki (9) after Okazaki scored their team's first goal in the eighth minute of an Asian Cup Group B match against Saudi Arabia in Doha on Jan. 17, 2011. Japan beat Saudi Arabia 5-0 with Okazaki securing his hat-trick with the team's fifth goal.

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Japan beat Saudi Arabia in Asian Cup

DOHA, Qatar - Japan's Shinji Okazaki (9) scores his team's fifth goal to achieve a hat-trick in the 80th minute of an Asian Cup Group B match against Saudi Arabia in Doha on Jan. 17, 2011. Japan beat Saudi Arabia 5-0.

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Japan beat Saudi Arabia in Asian Cup

DOHA, Qatar - Japan's Keisuke Honda (2nd from L) congratulates hat-trick scorer Shinji Okazaki (9) after their team's 5-0 victory over Saudi Arabia in an Asian Cup Group B match in Doha on Jan. 17, 2011.

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Japan vs. Saudi Arabia in Asian Cup

DOHA, Qatar - Japan's Ryoichi Maeda (R) celebrates after scoring his team's fourth goal during an Asian Cup Group B match against Saudi Arabia in Doha on Jan. 17, 2011. Japan beat Saudi Arabia 5-0.

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Japan vs. Saudi Arabia in Asian Cup

DOHA, Qatar - Japan's Shinji Okazaki (L) celebrates after achieving a hat-trick during an Asian Cup Group B match against Saudi Arabia in Doha on Jan. 17, 2011. Japan beat Saudi Arabia 5-0.

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Japan vs. Saudi Arabia in Asian Cup

DOHA, Qatar - Japan's Ryoichi Maeda (L) heads home his team's fourth goal during an Asian Cup Group B match against Saudi Arabia in Doha on Jan. 17, 2011. Japan beat Saudi Arabia 5-0.

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Japan vs. Saudi Arabia in Asian Cup

DOHA, Qatar - Japan's Shinji Okazaki (2nd L) scores his team's fifth goal to achieve a hat-trick during an Asian Cup Group B match against Saudi Arabia in Doha on Jan. 17, 2011. Japan beat Saudi Arabia 5-0.

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Japan vs. Saudi Arabia in Asian Cup

DOHA, Qatar - Japan's Ryoichi Maeda (L) heads home his team's fourth goal during an Asian Cup Group B match against Saudi Arabia in Doha on Jan. 17, 2011. Japan beat Saudi Arabia 5-0.

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Japan vs. Saudi Arabia in Asian Cup

DOHA, Qatar - Japan's Shinji Okazaki (R) scores his team's first goal during an Asian Cup Group B match against Saudi Arabia in Doha on Jan. 17, 2011. Japan beat Saudi Arabia 5-0.

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Japan vs. Saudi Arabia in Asian Cup

DOHA, Qatar - Japan's Ryoichi Maeda (L) heads home his team's fourth goal during an Asian Cup Group B match against Saudi Arabia in Doha on Jan. 17, 2011. Japan beat Saudi Arabia 5-0.

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Japan vs. Saudi Arabia in Asian Cup

DOHA, Qatar - Japan's Keisuke Honda (R) congratulates Shinji Okazaki (9) after he scored Japan's second goal during an Asian Cup Group B match against Saudi Arabia in Doha on Jan. 17, 2011. Japan beat Saudi Arabia 5-0.

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Japan vs. Saudi Arabia in Asian Cup

DOHA, Qatar - Japan's Shinji Okazaki (L) scores his team's second goal with a diving header during an Asian Cup Group B match against Saudi Arabia in Doha on Jan. 17, 2011. Japan beat Saudi Arabia 5-0.

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16th anniversary of Great Hanshin Earthquake

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - People offer a silent prayer around a clock stopped at 5:46 a.m. on Jan. 17, 1995, the time the Great Hanshin Earthquake struck the area, in the western Japanese city of Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, on the morning of Jan. 17, 2011, the 16th anniversary of the disaster. The quake claimed the lives of 6,434 and imposed many challenges still remaining in the region.

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16th anniversary of Great Hanshin Earthquake

KOBE, Japan - People commemorate the 16th anniversary of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake at 5:46 a.m., the time the quake struck the area, by lighting lanterns in the western Japan port city of Kobe on Jan. 17, 2011. The disaster claimed the lives of 6,434 and imposed many challenges still remaining in the region.

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Unified college entrance exams begin in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Applicants head to a site to take the unified college entrance examinations at the University of Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2011, as the two-day test began across the country on the day. The number of people taking the test increased to 558,984, up 5,616 from the previous year.

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Ivory Coast confusion

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast - Armored trucks of the U.N. peacekeeping forces are deployed at the entrance of a hotel in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, where the country's former prime minister and presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara has been staying, on Jan. 5, 2011. The West African country has been in upheaval since a disputed presidential election in November 2010 that both Ouattara and incumbent Laurent Gbagbo claim to have won.

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Japan team in Antarctic

ANTARCTIC, Antarctic - An Adelie penguin watches members of a Japanese expedition team work on the ice sheet off the country's Showa Base on Jan. 5, 2011. (Pool photo)

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Sharp to sell 70-inch liquid crystal television in U.S.

LAS VEGAS, United States - A presenter unveils a 70-inch liquid crystal television, which the company will release for sale in the United States in May, in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Jan. 5, 2011, a day before the opening of the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in the city.

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U.S. nuclear envoy Bosworth in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Stephen Bosworth (C), U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, arrives at Beijing international airport from Seoul on Jan. 5, 2011. Bosworth, who is on a three-nation Asian tour aimed at defusing tension on the Korean Peninsula, is scheduled to move to Tokyo on Jan. 6 after meeting with senior Chinese officials.

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Ice and snow festival opens in China's Harbin

HARBIN, China - People view an ice palace on the first day of China's annual ice and snow festival in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, on Jan. 5, 2011.

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Panasonic unveils tablet featuring TV-based services

LAS VEGAS, United States - Panasonic Corp. unveils its multifunction tablet which enables users to access services in conjunction with its Viera Internet-capable televisions, during a press conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Jan. 5, 2011, a day before the opening of the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in the city. The company said it will release the product worldwide during the second half of 2011.

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Ice and snow festival opens in China's Harbin

HARBIN, China - Fireworks light up the sky above ice structures on the first day of China's annual ice and snow festival in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, on Jan. 5, 2011.

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Japanese minister Gemba in Mongolia

ULAN BATOR, Mongolia - Mongolian President Tsakhia Elbegdorj (R) and Koichiro Gemba (L), Japanese state minister in charge of national strategy, shake hands in Ulan Bator, the Mongolian capital, on Jan. 5, 2011. The two agreed to enter negotiations on an economic partnership agreement in April.

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Winter swimming event in China

HARBIN, China - A man comes out of a swimming pool during a winter swimming event in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, on Jan. 5, 2011, amid freezing temperatures.

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Winter swimming event in China

HARBIN, China - A man dives into a pool from a diving platform made of ice during a winter swimming event in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, on Jan. 5, 2011, amid freezing temperatures.

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Gymnast Uchimura, Yamamuro to join Konami

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese gymnasts Kohei Uchimura (L) and Koji Yamamuro pose during a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2011. Uchimura, a two-time world champion, and Yamamuro, another member of the Japanese team at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in 2010, will join the Konami group after graduating from Nippon Sport Science University in March 2011.

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Ice and snow festival opens in China's Harbin

HARBIN, China - Structures made of ice are lit up on the first day of China's annual ice and snow festival in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, on Jan. 5, 2011.

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Yoshimoto eyes selling TV programs overseas

OSAKA, Japan - Hiroshi Osaki, president of talent agency Yoshimoto Kogyo Co., speaks during an interview in Osaka on Jan. 5, 2011. Osaki spoke of the company's plans to cooperate with U.S. and Chinese companies to produce and sell television programs for overseas markets.

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Ichiro at workout in Kobe

KOBE, Japan - Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki throws the ball during a voluntary workout at Skymark Stadium in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on Jan. 5, 2011.

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Kan attends labor federation's New Year party

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) and Japanese Trade Union Confederation President Nobuaki Koga raise ''masu'' boxes during a toast at a New Year gathering organized by the labor union association at a hotel in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2011.

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Kan attends labor federation's New Year party

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Trade Union Confederation President Nobuaki Koga (L), Prime Minister Naoto Kan (2nd from L), New Party Nippon leader Yasuo Tanaka (R) and Social Democratic Party leader Mizuho Fukushima (2nd from R) break the cover of a sake barrel using wooden hammers during a toast at a New Year gathering organized by the labor union association at a hotel in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2011.

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Ichiro at workout in Kobe

KOBE, Japan - Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki is seen during a voluntary workout at Skymark Stadium in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on Jan. 5, 2011.

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World champion gymnast Uchimura to join Konami

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese gymnast Kohei Uchimura, winner of the men's individual all-around title at two consecutive world championships, smiles during a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2011. Uchimura will join the Konami group after graduating from Nippon Sport Science University in March 2011.