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Turkey justice minister answered journalists' questions - Ankara

Turkiye'a justice minister Yilmaz Tunc, answered journalists' questions in the parliament, in Ankara, on March 26, 2025. Eight journalists covering anti-government protests held in Turkey. Arrests condemned as ‘unlawful’ by press freedom groups, highlighting growing repression amid demonstrations against President Erdogan. The journalists were among 10 arrested in dawn raids on their homes earlier this week. An Istanbul court initially ruled the journalists should be released before reversing the decision and issuing an official arrest order, according to their lawyers and representatives. Among the detained are Yasin Akgul of Agence France-Presse and the former AFP photojournalist Bulent Kılıc, who was named Guardian agency photographer of the year in 2014 for his coverage of Ukraine, events on the Turkish border with Syria and the deadly crash of flight MH17. Photo by Depo Photos/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turkey justice minister answered journalists' questions - Ankara

Turkiye'a justice minister Yilmaz Tunc, answered journalists' questions in the parliament, in Ankara, on March 26, 2025. Eight journalists covering anti-government protests held in Turkey. Arrests condemned as ‘unlawful’ by press freedom groups, highlighting growing repression amid demonstrations against President Erdogan. The journalists were among 10 arrested in dawn raids on their homes earlier this week. An Istanbul court initially ruled the journalists should be released before reversing the decision and issuing an official arrest order, according to their lawyers and representatives. Among the detained are Yasin Akgul of Agence France-Presse and the former AFP photojournalist Bulent Kılıc, who was named Guardian agency photographer of the year in 2014 for his coverage of Ukraine, events on the Turkish border with Syria and the deadly crash of flight MH17. Photo by Depo Photos/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turkey justice minister answered journalists' questions - Ankara

Turkiye'a justice minister Yilmaz Tunc, answered journalists' questions in the parliament, in Ankara, on March 26, 2025. Eight journalists covering anti-government protests held in Turkey. Arrests condemned as ‘unlawful’ by press freedom groups, highlighting growing repression amid demonstrations against President Erdogan. The journalists were among 10 arrested in dawn raids on their homes earlier this week. An Istanbul court initially ruled the journalists should be released before reversing the decision and issuing an official arrest order, according to their lawyers and representatives. Among the detained are Yasin Akgul of Agence France-Presse and the former AFP photojournalist Bulent Kılıc, who was named Guardian agency photographer of the year in 2014 for his coverage of Ukraine, events on the Turkish border with Syria and the deadly crash of flight MH17. Photo by Depo Photos/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Erdogan's Arch-Enemy Gulen Dies at 83 - Pennsylvania

File picture of Fethullah Gulen is seen with Ekrem Dumanli, at his home in his property, Saylorsburg, PA, USA, on March 10, 2014. Fethullah Gulen, the Turkish cleric accused of masterminding a bloody attempted coup in 2016, has died aged 83, on Monday October 21, 2024, the Turkish foreign minister has confirmed. The cleric, who had been living in self-imposed exile in the USA, died after being admitted to a Pennsylvania hospital, according to reports in Turkish media. Sometimes described as Turkey's second most powerful man, Gulen was the spiritual leader of the Gulen movement, a powerful Islamic community with followers in Turkey and worldwide. Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan blamed the Gulen movement for the 2016 attempted coup, accusations Gulen denied. Photo by Depo Photos/AbACAPRESS.COM

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Erdogan's Arch-Enemy Gulen Dies at 83 - Pennsylvania

File picture of Fethullah Gulen is seen at his home in his property, Saylorsburg, PA, USA, on March 10, 2014. Fethullah Gulen, the Turkish cleric accused of masterminding a bloody attempted coup in 2016, has died aged 83, on Monday October 21, 2024, the Turkish foreign minister has confirmed. The cleric, who had been living in self-imposed exile in the USA, died after being admitted to a Pennsylvania hospital, according to reports in Turkish media. Sometimes described as Turkey's second most powerful man, Gulen was the spiritual leader of the Gulen movement, a powerful Islamic community with followers in Turkey and worldwide. Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan blamed the Gulen movement for the 2016 attempted coup, accusations Gulen denied. Photo by Depo Photos/AbACAPRESS.COM

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Erdogan's Arch-Enemy Gulen Dies at 83 - Pennsylvania

File picture of Fethullah Gulen is seen at his home in his property, Saylorsburg, PA, USA, on March 10, 2014. Fethullah Gulen, the Turkish cleric accused of masterminding a bloody attempted coup in 2016, has died aged 83, on Monday October 21, 2024, the Turkish foreign minister has confirmed. The cleric, who had been living in self-imposed exile in the USA, died after being admitted to a Pennsylvania hospital, according to reports in Turkish media. Sometimes described as Turkey's second most powerful man, Gulen was the spiritual leader of the Gulen movement, a powerful Islamic community with followers in Turkey and worldwide. Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan blamed the Gulen movement for the 2016 attempted coup, accusations Gulen denied. Photo by Depo Photos/AbACAPRESS.COM

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Erdogan's Arch-Enemy Gulen Dies at 83 - Pennsylvania

File picture of Fethullah Gulen is seen at his home in his property, Saylorsburg, PA, USA, on March 10, 2014. Fethullah Gulen, the Turkish cleric accused of masterminding a bloody attempted coup in 2016, has died aged 83, on Monday October 21, 2024, the Turkish foreign minister has confirmed. The cleric, who had been living in self-imposed exile in the USA, died after being admitted to a Pennsylvania hospital, according to reports in Turkish media. Sometimes described as Turkey's second most powerful man, Gulen was the spiritual leader of the Gulen movement, a powerful Islamic community with followers in Turkey and worldwide. Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan blamed the Gulen movement for the 2016 attempted coup, accusations Gulen denied. Photo by Depo Photos/AbACAPRESS.COM

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Erdogan's Arch-Enemy Gulen Dies at 83 - Pennsylvania

File picture of Fethullah Gulen is seen at his home in his property, Saylorsburg, PA, USA, on March 10, 2014. Fethullah Gulen, the Turkish cleric accused of masterminding a bloody attempted coup in 2016, has died aged 83, on Monday October 21, 2024, the Turkish foreign minister has confirmed. The cleric, who had been living in self-imposed exile in the USA, died after being admitted to a Pennsylvania hospital, according to reports in Turkish media. Sometimes described as Turkey's second most powerful man, Gulen was the spiritual leader of the Gulen movement, a powerful Islamic community with followers in Turkey and worldwide. Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan blamed the Gulen movement for the 2016 attempted coup, accusations Gulen denied. Photo by Depo Photos/AbACAPRESS.COM

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Erdogan's Arch-Enemy Gulen Dies at 83 - Pennsylvania

File picture of Fethullah Gulen is seen at his home in his property, Saylorsburg, PA, USA, on March 10, 2014. Fethullah Gulen, the Turkish cleric accused of masterminding a bloody attempted coup in 2016, has died aged 83, on Monday October 21, 2024, the Turkish foreign minister has confirmed. The cleric, who had been living in self-imposed exile in the USA, died after being admitted to a Pennsylvania hospital, according to reports in Turkish media. Sometimes described as Turkey's second most powerful man, Gulen was the spiritual leader of the Gulen movement, a powerful Islamic community with followers in Turkey and worldwide. Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan blamed the Gulen movement for the 2016 attempted coup, accusations Gulen denied. Photo by Depo Photos/AbACAPRESS.COM

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Erdogan's Arch-Enemy Gulen Dies at 83 - Pennsylvania

File picture of Fethullah Gulen is seen at his home in his property, Saylorsburg, PA, USA, on March 10, 2014. Fethullah Gulen, the Turkish cleric accused of masterminding a bloody attempted coup in 2016, has died aged 83, on Monday October 21, 2024, the Turkish foreign minister has confirmed. The cleric, who had been living in self-imposed exile in the USA, died after being admitted to a Pennsylvania hospital, according to reports in Turkish media. Sometimes described as Turkey's second most powerful man, Gulen was the spiritual leader of the Gulen movement, a powerful Islamic community with followers in Turkey and worldwide. Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan blamed the Gulen movement for the 2016 attempted coup, accusations Gulen denied. Photo by Depo Photos/AbACAPRESS.COM

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Erdogan's Arch-Enemy Gulen Dies at 83 - Pennsylvania

File picture of Fethullah Gulen is seen at his home in his property, Saylorsburg, PA, USA, on March 10, 2014. Fethullah Gulen, the Turkish cleric accused of masterminding a bloody attempted coup in 2016, has died aged 83, on Monday October 21, 2024, the Turkish foreign minister has confirmed. The cleric, who had been living in self-imposed exile in the USA, died after being admitted to a Pennsylvania hospital, according to reports in Turkish media. Sometimes described as Turkey's second most powerful man, Gulen was the spiritual leader of the Gulen movement, a powerful Islamic community with followers in Turkey and worldwide. Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan blamed the Gulen movement for the 2016 attempted coup, accusations Gulen denied. Photo by Depo Photos/AbACAPRESS.COM

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Erdogan's Arch-Enemy Gulen Dies at 83 - Pennsylvania

File picture of Fethullah Gulen is seen at his home in his property, Saylorsburg, PA, USA, on March 10, 2014. Fethullah Gulen, the Turkish cleric accused of masterminding a bloody attempted coup in 2016, has died aged 83, on Monday October 21, 2024, the Turkish foreign minister has confirmed. The cleric, who had been living in self-imposed exile in the USA, died after being admitted to a Pennsylvania hospital, according to reports in Turkish media. Sometimes described as Turkey's second most powerful man, Gulen was the spiritual leader of the Gulen movement, a powerful Islamic community with followers in Turkey and worldwide. Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan blamed the Gulen movement for the 2016 attempted coup, accusations Gulen denied. Photo by Depo Photos/AbACAPRESS.COM

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Erdogan's Arch-Enemy Gulen Dies at 83 - Pennsylvania

File picture of Fethullah Gulen is seen at his home in his property, Saylorsburg, PA, USA, on March 10, 2014. Fethullah Gulen, the Turkish cleric accused of masterminding a bloody attempted coup in 2016, has died aged 83, on Monday October 21, 2024, the Turkish foreign minister has confirmed. The cleric, who had been living in self-imposed exile in the USA, died after being admitted to a Pennsylvania hospital, according to reports in Turkish media. Sometimes described as Turkey's second most powerful man, Gulen was the spiritual leader of the Gulen movement, a powerful Islamic community with followers in Turkey and worldwide. Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan blamed the Gulen movement for the 2016 attempted coup, accusations Gulen denied. Photo by Depo Photos/AbACAPRESS.COM

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Erdogan's Arch-Enemy Gulen Dies at 83 - Pennsylvania

File picture of Fethullah Gulen is seen at his home in his property, Saylorsburg, PA, USA, on March 10, 2014. Fethullah Gulen, the Turkish cleric accused of masterminding a bloody attempted coup in 2016, has died aged 83, on Monday October 21, 2024, the Turkish foreign minister has confirmed. The cleric, who had been living in self-imposed exile in the USA, died after being admitted to a Pennsylvania hospital, according to reports in Turkish media. Sometimes described as Turkey's second most powerful man, Gulen was the spiritual leader of the Gulen movement, a powerful Islamic community with followers in Turkey and worldwide. Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan blamed the Gulen movement for the 2016 attempted coup, accusations Gulen denied. Photo by Depo Photos/AbACAPRESS.COM

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Erdogan's Arch-Enemy Gulen Dies at 83 - Pennsylvania

File picture of Fethullah Gulen is seen at his home in his property, Saylorsburg, PA, USA, on March 10, 2014. Fethullah Gulen, the Turkish cleric accused of masterminding a bloody attempted coup in 2016, has died aged 83, on Monday October 21, 2024, the Turkish foreign minister has confirmed. The cleric, who had been living in self-imposed exile in the USA, died after being admitted to a Pennsylvania hospital, according to reports in Turkish media. Sometimes described as Turkey's second most powerful man, Gulen was the spiritual leader of the Gulen movement, a powerful Islamic community with followers in Turkey and worldwide. Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan blamed the Gulen movement for the 2016 attempted coup, accusations Gulen denied. Photo by Depo Photos/AbACAPRESS.COM

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Families of MH370 victims mark 10 years since flight disappearance

STORY: Families of MH370 victims mark 10 years since flight disappearance SHOOTING TIME: March 3, 2024 DATELINE: March 5, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:09 LOCATION: Kuala Lumpur CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the event 2. SOUNDBITE (English): ANTHONY LOKE SIEW FOOK, Malaysia's Transport Minister 3. various of the event STORYLINE: Family members of those aboard Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 marked the tenth year since the disappearance of the aircraft in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday. With speeches, presentations and poems, the next-of-kin marked the milestone, with Transport Minister Anthony Loke Siew Fook being in attendance. SOUNDBITE (English): ANTHONY LOKE SIEW FOOK, Malaysia's Transport Minister "As the minister and representing the Malaysian government to be here today, it is not just to express our solidarity, but it is a commitment and promise that the search will go on." The disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 was a tragic incident that occurred on March 8, 2014, when the Boeing 777,

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Himalaya Airlines becomes first certified safety-audit operator in Nepal

STORY: Himalaya Airlines becomes first certified safety-audit operator in Nepal SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 9, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 10, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:35 LOCATION: Katmandu CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the press conference STORYLINE: Himalaya Airlines has been registered as an operator under an International Air Transport Association (IATA) safety audit program, the first and only one for airlines in Nepal. The move means the operational management and control systems of Himalaya Airlines have been recognized and accepted internationally, the Kathmandu-based airline announced on Tuesday at a press meet in the Nepali capital. Himalaya Airlines, a China-Nepal joint venture established in 2014, was certified in late December under the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) program, and the registry is valid until early March 2025. "This milestone signifies a positive shift in Nepal's aviation industry," Vijay Shrestha, the operator's vice resident, said at the press briefing. "We're proud to lead by

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Alstom To Cut 1500 Jobs

File photo dated April 28, 2014 shows French engineering group Alstom's headquarters in Levallois-Perret, near Paris, France. On Wednesday, November 15, the Group announced a net income of just € 1 million for the first half of its new financial year (April 2023 to March 2024). Management has announced two major changes. First, at the close of the Annual General Meeting in July 2024, former Safran CEO Philippe Petitcolin will become Chairman and current CEO Henri Poupart-Lafarge will become Managing Director. The second change is a cost-cutting strategy to turn around the balance sheet that will see the elimination of 1,500 full-time equivalent jobs "or 10 % of sales and administrative functions." Photo by Thierry Orban/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Alstom To Cut 1500 Jobs

File photo dated April 28, 2014 shows French engineering group Alstom's headquarters in Levallois-Perret, near Paris, France. On Wednesday, November 15, the Group announced a net income of just € 1 million for the first half of its new financial year (April 2023 to March 2024). Management has announced two major changes. First, at the close of the Annual General Meeting in July 2024, former Safran CEO Philippe Petitcolin will become Chairman and current CEO Henri Poupart-Lafarge will become Managing Director. The second change is a cost-cutting strategy to turn around the balance sheet that will see the elimination of 1,500 full-time equivalent jobs "or 10 % of sales and administrative functions." Photo by Thierry Orban/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Alstom To Cut 1500 Jobs

File photo dated April 28, 2014 shows French engineering group Alstom's headquarters in Levallois-Perret, near Paris, France. On Wednesday, November 15, the Group announced a net income of just € 1 million for the first half of its new financial year (April 2023 to March 2024). Management has announced two major changes. First, at the close of the Annual General Meeting in July 2024, former Safran CEO Philippe Petitcolin will become Chairman and current CEO Henri Poupart-Lafarge will become Managing Director. The second change is a cost-cutting strategy to turn around the balance sheet that will see the elimination of 1,500 full-time equivalent jobs "or 10 % of sales and administrative functions." Photo by Thierry Orban/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Alstom To Cut 1500 Jobs

File photo dated April 28, 2014 shows French engineering group Alstom's headquarters in Levallois-Perret, near Paris, France. On Wednesday, November 15, the Group announced a net income of just € 1 million for the first half of its new financial year (April 2023 to March 2024). Management has announced two major changes. First, at the close of the Annual General Meeting in July 2024, former Safran CEO Philippe Petitcolin will become Chairman and current CEO Henri Poupart-Lafarge will become Managing Director. The second change is a cost-cutting strategy to turn around the balance sheet that will see the elimination of 1,500 full-time equivalent jobs "or 10 % of sales and administrative functions." Photo by Thierry Orban/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Thousands join "People's Climate March" in Lima

LIMA, Peru - The "People's Climate March" is held in Lima, Peru, on Dec. 10, 2014, where the 20th session of the Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework on Climate Change, or COP20, is under way. The marchers demanded a just solution to climate change.

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Kyocera's durable smartphones popular overseas

OSAKA, Japan - One of the durable smartphones Kyocera Corp. is set to sell in Latin America in 2015 is shown in this undated photo. The Japanese company's consolidated sales in its telecommunications business for fiscal 2014 ending March 31, 2015, are expected to show a 10 percent year-on-year rise thanks to brisk overseas demand.

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Actor Takakura joins press event for new movie

TOKYO, Japan - Famed Japanese actor Ken Takakura poses with actress Hiroko Yakushimaru at a press conference in Tokyo in March 1978 unveiling the production of the film "Never Give Up." Takakura died of illness at 83 on Nov. 10, 2014.

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Actor Takakura poses with actress at press event

TOKYO, Japan - Famed Japanese actor Ken Takakura (L) and actress Sayuri Yoshinaga pose at a press conference in Tokyo in March 1979 to announce the production of the 1980 Japanese film "Doran" (tumult) depicting a young army officer and his wife during the turbulent days before World War II. Takakura died of illness at 83 on Nov. 10, 2014.

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Pakistan's Malala, Indian activist win Nobel Peace Prize

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in March 2006 shows Indian children's rights advocate Kailash Satyarthi surrounded by girls and young women near New Delhi. On Oct. 10, 2014, Satyarthi won the Nobel Peace Prize together with Pakistani education activist Malala Yousafzai.

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1964 Tokyo Olympic cauldron removed

TOKYO, Japan - The 1964 Tokyo Olympics cauldron at the National Stadium in Tokyo is removed by crane on Oct. 10, 2014, for transfer to the March 2011 disaster-hit city of Ishinomaki. The stadium will be demolished prior to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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Japan nuclear plant gets safety OK

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken in March 2014 shows two reactors at the Sendai power plant in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. The plant, operated by Kyushu Electric Power Co. obtained a safety clearance from regulators on Sept. 10, 2014, becoming the first to meet new regulations imposed following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.

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Monument on Miyagi mountain for B-29 crashes

SENDAI, Japan - The "Cenotaph of Fubo," built for 34 U.S. crew members who died in crashes of three B-29 bombers on the ridge of Mt. Fubo on March 10, 1945, the day of the so-called Great Tokyo Air Raids, is seen on Aug. 2, 2014, in Shiraishi, Miyagi Prefecture.

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Man shows photos of B-29s crashed in 1945

SENDAI, Japan - Hiroshi Kawamata speaks in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 3, 2014, about his experience with showing pictures of U.S. B-29 bombers taken four months after they crashed on the ridge of Mt. Fubo in Shiraishi, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 10, 1945, the day of the so-called Great Tokyo Air Raids. Residents in the city are planning to hold a memorial service for 34 crew members killed in the three B-29 crashes, in 2015, the 70th anniversary of the end of the Pacific War.

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Prince Katsura, cousin of Emperor Akihito, dies at 66

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in March 2007 shows Prince Katsura, a cousin of Emperor Akihito, while watching an international ski competition in Sapporo, Hokkaido. He died of acute heart failure at a Tokyo hospital at 10:55 a.m. on June 8, 2014, aged 66.

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Prince Katsura, cousin of Emperor Akihito, dies at 66

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in March 2007 shows Prince Katsura, a cousin of Emperor Akihito. He died of acute heart failure at a Tokyo hospital at 10:55 a.m. on June 8, 2014, aged 66.

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Suit over pupils' deaths in tsunami

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Photo shows Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 19, 2014. A hearing was held the same day at the Sendai District Court in the prefecture, after relatives of 23 pupils at the school who died in the earthquake and tsunami disaster of March 11, 2011, filed a damages suit in March. At the school, 74 of the 108 pupils died or remain unaccounted for, and 10 of the 13 teachers and school officials died in the disaster.

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Woman prays for March 2011 victims before new cenotaph

SENDAI, Japan - A woman prays for the victims of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster in front of a cenotaph newly erected at a park in Iwanuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on May 10, 2014.

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Woman weeps before monument for March 2011 victims

SENDAI, Japan - A woman weeps before a monument listing the names of people killed in the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster at a park in Iwanuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on May 10, 2014.

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New cenotaph for March 2011 disaster victims unveiled

SENDAI, Japan - A veil is removed from a new cenotaph for the victims of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster on a park hill built with debris from the catastrophe in Iwanuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on May 10, 2014.

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British document on Senkakus

LONDON, United Kingdom - Photo taken on March 10, 2014, shows a document dating from the early 1970s at the National Archives in London in which Britain expresses uncertainty over Japan's claim to the Senkaku Islands.

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British document on Senkakus

LONDON, United Kingdom - Photo taken on March 10, 2014, shows a document dating from the early 1970s at the National Archives in London in which Britain expresses uncertainty over Japan's claim to the Senkaku Islands.

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Japanese dancer wins prize at int'l youth ballet competition

TOKYO, Japan -File photo shows Japanese ballet dancer Haruo Niyama performing in a ceremony before a professional baseball game at Tokyo Dome in March 2014. It was announced April 10, 2014, that the 17-year-old had won the first prize in the men's senior age division between 15 and 19 at the Youth America Grand Prix ballet competition in New York.

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Japanese dancer wins prize at int'l youth ballet competition

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese ballet dancer Haruo Niyama performing in a ceremony before a professional baseball game at Tokyo Dome in March 2014. It was announced April 10, 2014, that the 17-year-old had won the first prize in the men's senior age division between 15 and 19 at the Youth America Grand Prix ballet competition in New York.

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Taiwan students end occupation of parliament

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Protesters, made up mainly of university students, who have occupied Taiwan's parliament since March 18, speak before leaving the building on April 10, 2014.

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Taipei photo exhibition on quake, tsunami in Japan

TAIPEI, Taiwan - A man looks at a picture, taken by Japan's Sankei Shimbun, showing damage caused by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, at a news photo exhibition in Taipei on April 10, 2014. Photographs by 13 news organizations, members of the Japan Newspaper Publishers

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Taipei photo exhibition on quake, tsunami in Japan

TAIPEI, Taiwan - A visitor looks at a picture, taken by Japan's Niigata Nippo, showing damage caused by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, at a news photo exhibition in Taipei on April 10, 2014. Photographs by 13 news organizations, members of the Japan Newspaper Publishers

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Fishermen hold tasting event for fish caught in Tokyo Bay

CHIBA, Japan - Members of the Amaha Fisheries Cooperative in Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, hold a tasting event for fish caught in Tokyo Bay to publicize their safety in the prefectural city of Futtsu on April 9, 2014. The cooperative had suspended fishing from March 20 due to an oil spill resulting from a collision by two freighters off Miura, Kanagawa Prefecture, but resumed its activities on April 10.

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Student protesters siege Taiwan's legislature

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Students occupy Taiwan's parliament in Taipei on March 20, 2014, in protest against a trade deal with Beijing that they believe will hurt Taiwan's economy. They vacated the building on April 10, 2014, after discussion with Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng.

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Museum of scales in Mie Pref. closes

TSU, Japan - Kenzo Kobayashi, the 73-year-old owner and curator of Hakarinoyakata, one of only two museums on scales, weights and measures in Japan, speaks of his collection of over 10,000 items in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, in central Japan, on March 30, 2014. The museum closed the same day, with Kobayashi's collection to be donated to a scale maker in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, for exhibition in a new museum to open there in October.

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Tanaka strikes out 10, solid in final spring appearance

TAMPA, United States - The New York Yankees' Masahiro Tanaka pitches in a preseason exhibition game against the Miami Marlins in Tampa, Florida, on March 28, 2014. Tanaka got 10 strikeouts over six scoreless innings after replacing starter Hiroki Kuroda in the fourth inning.

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Tanaka strikes out 10, solid in final spring appearance

TAMPA, United States - The New York Yankees' Masahiro Tanaka pitches in a preseason exhibition game against the Miami Marlins in Tampa, Florida, on March 28, 2014. Tanaka got 10 strikeouts over six scoreless innings after replacing starter Hiroki Kuroda in the fourth inning.

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Tanaka strikes out 10, solid in final spring appearance

TAMPA, United States - The New York Yankees' Masahiro Tanaka pitches in a preseason exhibition game against the Miami Marlins in Tampa, Florida, on March 28, 2014. Tanaka got 10 strikeouts over six scoreless innings after replacing starter Hiroki Kuroda in the fourth inning.

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Taiwanese opponents of China trade pact

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Protesters occupying Taiwan's legislative chamber, mostly university students, hold a press conference in front of the chamber in Taipei on March 27, 2014. They started the occupation 10 days ago to protest a trade deal with China.