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174 migrants deported from Libya to Nigeria

STORY: 174 migrants deported from Libya to Nigeria SHOOTING TIME: June 25, 2024 DATELINE: June 26, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:35 LOCATION: Tripoli CATEGORY: SOCIETY/POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the migrants 2. various of the migrants departing STORYLINE: A total of 174 migrants were deported from Libya to Nigeria on Tuesday with the assistance of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), according to a Libyan official. Muhammad Baraida, an assistant for security affairs with the Libyan Illegal Immigration Control Department, told Xinhua that the repatriated migrants were mostly women "who tested positive for infectious and chronic diseases." The migrants were deported through IOM's Voluntary Humanitarian Return (VHR) program, which facilitates the return of migrants stranded in Libya to their countries of origin. Baraida added that the voluntary repatriation was carried out in collaboration with IOM and the Nigerian embassy in Libya. Since the 2011 downfall of late leader Muammar Gadd

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Hong Kong celebrates Tai O Dragon Boat Water Parade

STORY: Hong Kong celebrates Tai O Dragon Boat Water Parade SHOOTING TIME: June 10, 2024 DATELINE: June 10, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:15 LOCATION: HONG KONG, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1 STANDUP (English): YU LIZHEN, Xinhua correspondent 2 various of the Dragon Boat Water Parade 3 SOUNDBITE (English): SANJAY, Indian expat STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): YU LIZHEN, Xinhua correspondent "Here in Hong Kong, we're witnessing a centuries-old tradition come alive -- the Tai O Dragon Boat Water Parade. This is a unique sacrificial ceremony that takes place during the Dragon Boat Festival, deeply rooted in Hong Kong's cultural heritage. In 2011, this traditional ritual was inscribed on China's third National List of Intangible Cultural Heritage. Let's take a look." Tai O, a village in the deep south of Lantau Island, hosts one of Hong Kong's most special dragon boat events. During the festival, three fishermen associations paraded statues of deities from local temples on sampans towed by traditional dragon boats, p

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Kenyan flowers gaining visibility in Chinese market

STORY: Kenyan flowers gaining visibility in Chinese market SHOOTING TIME: June 7, 2024 DATELINE: June 9, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:20 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Tambuzi flower farm 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Swahili): PETER NDONGA, Worker at Tambuzi flower farm 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): REGINA WAIRIMU, Sales assistant at Tambuzi flower farm 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Swahili): WINFRED GACHENI, Worker at Tambuzi flower farm STORYLINE: The vibrant red roses grown in central Kenya's lush highlands have found an eager new market in China. At the Tambuzi flower farm not far from the capital Nairobi, workers like Peter Ndonga meticulously tend to the blossoming buds. Since 2011, Ndonga and his colleagues have seen the Chinese market become a crucial export destination for Tambuzi's diverse variety of roses. SOUNDBITE 1 (Swahili): PETER NDONGA, Worker at Tambuzi flower farm "The Chinese buyers have been very helpful. They have sustained our work and incomes. This has boosted us as they buy these flower

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Chinese garden reflects deep bond between Chongqing, Seattle

STORY: Chinese garden reflects deep bond between Chongqing, Seattle SHOOTING TIME: Recent footage DATELINE: June 4, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:30 LOCATION: CHONGQING, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of an event celebrating the 41st anniversary of the sister city relationship between China's Chongqing and Seattle in the United States 2. various of the Seattle Chinese Garden 3. SOUNDBITE (English): PAIGE MILLER, Vice-president of the Seattle Chinese Garden STORYLINE: June 3 marks the 41st anniversary of the sister city relationship between China's Chongqing and Seattle in the United States. The Seattle Chinese Garden reflects the deep bond between the two cities. Chongqing and Seattle became sister cities in 1983. Five years later, the two cities decided to commemorate their friendship by building a Chongqing-style garden in Seattle. The garden opened to the public in 2011 and serves as a place for Americans to learn about China. The Seattle Chinese Garden remains the only Chongqing-style garde

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Digital technology breathes new life into Chinese shadow puppetry

STORY: Digital technology breathes new life into Chinese shadow puppetry DATELINE: June 11, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:18 LOCATION: SHENYANG, China CATEGORY: CULTURE/TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the live performance at the exhibition 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): HU BAI, Deputy director of Liaoning Provincial Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center 3. various of the exhibition STORYLINE: An exhibition on Chinese shadow puppetry opened on Saturday in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, presenting how digital technology breathes new life into the ancient folk art. With a history of over 2,000 years, the Chinese shadow puppetry was added to UNESCO's list of intangible cultural heritage of humanity in 2011. With the help of digital technology, the traditional art is now able to present itself to more audiences in more diversified and enchanting forms. Digital recording equipment such as full-frame camera and HD digital camcorder is increasingly used to document and record the folk art for better

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CHINA-QINGHAI-TIBET-POWER SUPPLY PROJECT-MAINTENANCE(CN)

(230604) -- GOLMUD, June 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on June 2, 2023 shows a power transmission tower in Hoh Xil of northwest China's Qinghai Province. Since 2012, the State Grid's Qinghai Electricity Power Company would conduct its annual centralized maintenance of the Qinghai-Tibet grid interconnection project, whose grid lines are laid at the plateau with an average altitude of 4,500 meters. Low temperatures, lack of oxygen and strong winds on the plateau challenge the operation and maintenance of the grid. Over 420 workers would finish this year's maintenance work of 608-kilometer-long power transmission lines as well as the Qaidam Converter Station in 15 days recently. Over 10.5 billion kWh of electricity has been transferred to Tibet through the Qinghai-Tibet grid interconnection project, which was put into operation in 2011. (Xinhua/Zhang Hongxiang)

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Overseas returnee explores seed breeding industry in China's Xiamen

STORY: Overseas returnee explores seed breeding industry in China's Xiamen DATELINE: June 3, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:29 LOCATION: XIAMEN, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the entrepreneur working 2. various of crops 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): KANG YINGDE, Entrepreneur in Xiamen 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): KANG YINGDE, Entrepreneur in Xiamen 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): KANG YINGDE, Entrepreneur in Xiamen STORYLINE: An entrepreneur in China's Fujian is dedicated to boosting agriculture with technology. Kang Yingde returned to his hometown in Xiamen City after graduating from a university in Japan, and launched a startup company. A dozen years later, Kang's company has become a leading enterprise in the industry. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): KANG YINGDE, Entrepreneur in Xiamen "When I came back to China to start my own business, in 2011, the Xiamen municipal government began to offer subsidies to encourage the development of modern agriculture. So we didn't need to make a huge investment. And the

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Fukushima hospital's reopening plan frozen

SENDAI, June 2 Kyodo - Photo taken May 22, 2015, shows the exterior of the Odaka-Akasaka hospital in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture. The hospital, vacated after the 2011 nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the prefecture, was planning to reopen in another municipality but the plan has been frozen due to financial difficulty.

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3,437 Japanese taiko drummers set new Guinness record

MORIOKA, Japan - A total of 3,437 Japanese "taiko" drummers pose for a commemorative photo in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on June 29, 2014, after performing in unison to break the current Guinness World Records number of 2,778 participants in an event of the kind set elsewhere in Japan in 2011.

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3,437 Japanese taiko drummers set new Guinness record

MORIOKA, Japan - More than 3,000 Japanese "taiko" drummers challenge the Guinness World Records number of 2,778 participants playing the taiko drum in unison in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, on June 29, 2014. Guinness later authorized the 3,437 participants as a new record exceeding the previous one set elsewhere in Japan in 2011.

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3,437 Japanese taiko drummers set new Guinness record

MORIOKA, Japan - More than 3,000 Japanese "taiko" drummers challenge the Guinness World Records number of 2,778 participants playing the taiko drum in unison in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, on June 29, 2014. Guinness later authorized the 3,437 participants as a new record exceeding the previous one set elsewhere in Japan in 2011.

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Tsunami-damaged piano returns to elementary school

KAMAISHI, Japan - A grand piano, washed away from Toni Elementary School in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, by the devastating tsunami of March 11, 2011, is displayed in the vacated yard of the school after repair on June 2, 2014.

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2011 tsunami-surviving piano returns to home school

KAMAISHI, Japan - Pupils of Toni Elementary School sing a school song in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on June 2, 2014, to the accompaniment of a repaired grand piano which survived the 2011 tsunami disaster.

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Dai-ichi Life poised to buy U.S. insurer Protective

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in 2011 shows the headquarters of Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co. in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward. Dai-ichi Life is poised to acquire Protective Life Corp. of the United States for about 500 billion yen ($4.9 billion), sources familiar with the matter said June 2, 2014.

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Power-saving summer

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in June 2011 shows Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Genkai Nuclear Power Station in Genkai, Saga Prefecture. Japan will go into power-saving mode on July 2 with no prospects in sight for the immediate reactivation of Genkai and most other nuclear power plants that are currently idled.

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Sendai man to serve as Olympic torch runner

SENDAI, Japan - Sadaharu Mishina (L), 31, an employee at ANA Holiday Inn Sendai, shakes hands with his supervisor Kimifusa Shibata, 47, in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on June 1, 2012. Mishina, who lost his 2-year-old daughter and saw his home damaged in the March 2011 disaster that struck the region, will be a torch runner in the upcoming London Olympics, running with the sacred flame in a suburb of Leeds, a city in the north of England, on June 25.

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Mihama reactor

TOKYO, Japan - File photo from November 2011 shows the No. 2 reactor (front) and No. 1 reactor (back) of the Mihama nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture. Japan's nuclear safety agency plans to conclude that Mihama's No. 2 reactor is safe enough to operate beyond 40 years, the period of operation at which mandatory safety assessments for age-related factors must be carried out, sources close to the matter said on June 6, 2012.

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6 months after Japan quake, tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Photos of Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, (from L) on March 16, June 2 and Sept. 3, 2011, show that rubble from the March 11 tsunami has been mostly removed. Student volunteers in the newest photo are clearing small pieces of debris.

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Amur leopard at Yokohama zoo

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A 2-year-old male Amur leopard is on the prowl at Zoorasia Yokohama Zoological Gardens in Yokohama on Aug. 7, 2011. The feline of the species in danger of extinction, which was moved to its new home from Hiroshima City Asa Zoological Park in Hiroshima in June, began appearing before the public in late July.

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Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi nuclear power plant

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in June 2011, shows Nos. 1 (front) and 2 (back) reactors at the Oi nuclear power plant in the town of Oi, Fukui Prefecture, operated by Kansai Electric Power Co. The No. 1 unit will be manually halted due to a problem with its cooling system, prefectural officials said July 16, 2011.

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Genkai nuclear power plant

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on June 9, 2011, shows the Nos. 2 (back) and 3 (front) reactors of the Genkai nuclear power plant operated by Kyushu Electric Power Co. in the town of Genkai, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan. Japan plans to conduct safety assessments called ''stress tests'' on all its nuclear power plants to allay heightened public concerns over their safety, industry minister Banri Kaieda said July 6, 2011.

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Genkai nuclear power plant

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the suspended No. 2 (front) and No. 3 (back) reactors of the Genkai nuclear power plant in the town of Genkai, Saga Prefecture, in June 2011.

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Kvitova advances to Wimbledon final

LONDON, Britain - Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic returns the ball to Victoria Azarenka of Belarus in a women's singles semifinal match of the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Club in southwest London on June 30, 2011. Kvitova advanced to a Grand Slam final for the first time by beating Azarenka 6-1, 3-6, 6-2.

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Mariners' Ichiro

SEATTLE, United States - Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki hits a leadoff home run, his first homer of the season, in the first inning of a game against the Atlanta Braves at Safeco Field in Seattle on June 28, 2011. Ichiro went 2-for-4 with an RBI in a 5-4 loss.

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Mariners' Ichiro

SEATTLE, United States - Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki hits a leadoff home run, his first homer of the season, in the first inning of a game against the Atlanta Braves at Safeco Field in Seattle on June 28, 2011. Ichiro went 2-for-4 with an RBI in a 5-4 loss.

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Toray breaks ground for factory in S. Korea

GUMI, South Korea - A ground-breaking ceremony is held at a carbon fiber factory in Gumi in North Gyeongsang Province on June 28, 2011. Toray Advanced Materials Korea Inc., a South Korean arm of Japanese textile maker Toray Inc., envisions the factory will have an annual production capacity of 2,200 tons.

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Japan beat New Zealand at Women's World Cup

BOCHUM, Germany - Japan players celebrate after Yuki Nagasato (2nd from L) scored the team's first goal in a Women's World Cup game against New Zealand in Bochum, Germany, on June 27, 2011. Japan won 2-1 to make a winning start in the Women's World Cup campaign.

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Japan beat New Zealand at Women's World Cup

BOCHUM, Germany - Japan players celebrate after Aya Miyama (C) scored a free kick in the team's second goal in a Women's World Cup game against New Zealand in Bochum, Germany, on June 27, 2011. Japan won 2-1 to make a winning start in the Women's World Cup campaign.

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Khmer Rouge tribunal

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Nuon Chea, who was known as Brother No. 2 in the former Khmer Rouge government after the late Pol Pot, faces a U.N.-backed tribunal in Phnom Penh on June 27, 2011, in the image shown on a screen at a press room. The tribunal began a hearing that day of the case of four former Khmer Rouge leaders blamed for the deaths of at least 1.7 million Cambodians in the late 1970s.

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Health checks on Fukushima residents

CHIBA, Japan - An employee of the National Institute of Radiological Sciences goes under a body surface pollution monitor to check radioactive exposure during a demonstration for reporters at a facility of the institute in the city of Chiba on June 27, 2011. The demonstration is to show how health examinations including radioactive exposure measurement using whole-body counters are being conducted on residents of Fukushima Prefecture. The health checks began the same day for all of the prefecture's about 2 million residents following the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.

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Gay parade in New York

NEW YORK, United States - A gay ''pride'' parade is held in New York on June 26, 2011. About 2 million people took part.

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Aoyama-Fujiwara pair loses to Italian pair

LONDON, Britain - Shuko Aoyama (2nd from L) and Rika Fujiwara (R), both from Japan, congratulate an opponent after their loss in a women's doubles first round match of the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Club in southwest London on June 25, 2011. Italian pair Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci beat the Japanese pair 3-6, 6-2, 6-3.

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V. Williams at Wimbledon

LONDON, Britain - Venus Williams of the United States plays a shot in her women's singles third round match of the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Club in southwest London on June 24, 2011. The five-time Wimbledon champion advanced to the fourth round of the tournament by beating Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez of Spain 6-0, 6-2.

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Nishikori-Devvarman at Wimbledon

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Kei Nishikori (front) and Somdev Devvarman of India (back) play against Rainer Schuettler and Alexander Waske in a first round match of the men's doubles at the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Club in southwest London on June 24, 2011. Nishikori and Devvarman advanced into the second round by beating the German pair 6-7, 6-3, 6-2.

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Japan reach final round of London Olympic q'fiers

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait - Japan's Hiroki Sakai (L) celebrates his goal with Kensuke Nagai (R) in the first half of a 2012 London Olympics qualifier against Kuwait in Kuwait on June 23, 2011. Japan's Under-22s advanced to the final round of the qualifiers despite a 2-1 loss in the second leg of the home-and-away series.

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Japan reach final round of London Olympic q'fiers

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait - Japan's Hiroki Sakai (C) scores in the opening half of a 2012 London Olympics qualifier against Kuwait in Kuwait on June 23, 2011. Japan's Under-22s advanced to the final round of the qualifiers despite a 2-1 loss in the second leg of the home-and-away series.

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Federer advances to 3rd round at Wimbledon

WIMBLEDON, Britain - Roger Federer of Switzerland plays in a men's singles second round match of the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Club in southwest London on June 23, 2011. Six-time Wimbledon champion Federer advanced to the third round by beating Adrian Mannarino of France 6-2, 6-3, 6-2.

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Japan reach final round of London Olympic q'fiers

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait - Kuwait's Hamad Aman (R) scores in the second half of a 2012 London Olympics qualifier against Japan in Kuwait on June 23, 2011. Japan's Under-22s advanced to the final round of the qualifiers despite a 2-1 loss in the second leg of the home-and-away series.

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S. Williams at Wimbledon

WIMBLEDON, Britain - Serena Williams of the United States returns the ball against Simona Halep of Romania during a women's singles second round match of the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Club in southwest London on June 23, 2011. Four-time Wimbledon champion Williams advanced to the third round by beating Halep 3-6, 6-2, 6-1.

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Soeda at Wimbledon

WIMBLEDON, Britain - Japan's Go Soeda is seen in action during a men's singles first-round match at the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on June 21, 2011. Soeda was ousted by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France, 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-2.

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Ishikawa at U.S. Open

BETHESDA, United States - Japan's Ryo Ishikawa tees off on the first hole during the final round of the U.S. Open at Congressional Country Club in Maryland on June 19, 2011. The 19-year-old finished in a tie for 30th at 2 over in the tournament.

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Clock at quake-hit station

KESENNUMA, Japan - Photo taken June 16, 2011, shows the inside of JR Shishiorikarakuwa Station in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. The clock stopped at 2:46 p.m. when the powerful earthquake jolted the area.

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Tsunami-devastated area in Ishinomaki

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Photo taken June 15, 2011, shows an area in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, some three months after it was destroyed by the March 11 massive tsunami. Of the more than 7,700 people still missing in northeastern Japan since the disaster, 2,770 have been reported in Ishinomaki, the city with the most missing people.

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Athletics' Matsui homers against Royals

OAKLAND, United States - Oakland Athletics designated hitter Hideki Matsui homers during the fourth inning of a game against the Kansas City Royals at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in California on June 14, 2011. Matsui went 2-for-5 as his team lost 4-7.

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Mariners' Ichiro

DETROIT, United States - Seattle Mariners leadoff man Ichiro Suzuki hits a run-scoring single to left in the fifth inning of a game against the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan, on June 12, 2011. Ichiro went 2-for-5 with an RBI in a 7-3 victory.

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Kan at disaster-hit Kamaishi

KAMAISHI, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (C) and Kamaishi Mayor Takenori Noda (2nd from L) observe a moment of silence at 2:46 p.m. on June 11, 2011, the time when the massive earthquake hit the area three months ago, in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture. Kan pledged to reflect requests of municipalities damaged by the March quake-tsunami disaster in the next reconstruction-financing budget during a meeting with local officials.

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3 months after March quake, tsunami

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Children pray for the victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, at 2:46 p.m. on June 11, 2011, the time when the earthquake struck the area three months ago.

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Takahama nuclear power station

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken June 6, 2011, shows the Takahama nuclear power station in Fukui Prefecture, operated by Kansai Electric Power Co. (From front to back) Reactors No. 4, 3, 2 and 1.

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Oi nuclear power station

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken June 6, 2011, shows the Oi nuclear power station in Oi, Fukui Prefecture, operated by Kansai Electric Power Co. (From front to back) Reactors No. 4, 3, 2 and 1.

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Oi nuclear power station

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken June 6, 2011, shows the Oi nuclear power station's reactors No. 1 (R) and 2, operated by Kansai Electric Power Co., in Oi, Fukui Prefecture.