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US Moves Aircraft Carrier Toward Israel

Handout photo dated March 16, 2013 shows he aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) transits the Suez Canal. The USS Dwight Eisenhower aircraft carrier has reportedly sailed north through the Red Sea toward Israel in a show of deterrence from the Biden administration. The carrier would be able to intercept missiles and drones fired by Iran. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Kameren Guy Hodnett via ABACAPRESS.COM

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XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(240116) -- BEIJING, Jan. 16, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Jiang Wan (C), a member of the Shangshan Service Center for the Disabled, teaches in a lesson designed for people with disabilities in Lianhuashan Village, Yuelu District of Changsha, central China's Hunan Province, March 4, 2022. In 2013, a tragic fire left Xie Xiangqian with severe burns and physical disabilities. A year later, with the support of disabled persons federations, Xie founded the Shangshan Service Center for the Disabled in his hometown of Lianhuashan Village. The center has since become a hub for employment opportunities, offering jobs in electronic components processing, packaging, and various agricultural activities. Over the past decade, the Shangshan Service Center for the Disabled has not only provided agricultural training but also facilitated job placements for over 5,000 individuals with disabilities. Almost 200 of them have secured employment directly through the center. In recent years, Xie and fellow disabled individuals have reache

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Expanded US-Led Naval Task Force To Protect Red Sea Shipping

Handout photo dated March 16, 2013 shows seaman Victoria Bastian, assigned to guided-missile cruiser USS Hue City (CG 66), stands watch on the ship's port bridge wing while transiting the Suez Canal. The Pentagon has convinced more than a half dozen allies to join a strengthened naval task force in the Red Sea amid mounting attacks by Iran-backed rebels on commercial shipping that have driven oil prices higher. More than 9mn barrels a day of oil shipments, or almost a tenth of global demand, pass through the Red Sea, making it one of the world’s busiest energy chokepoints. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Matthew R. Cole via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Expanded US-Led Naval Task Force To Protect Red Sea Shipping

Handout photo dated March 16, 2013 shows the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) transits the Suez Canal. The Pentagon has convinced more than a half dozen allies to join a strengthened naval task force in the Red Sea amid mounting attacks by Iran-backed rebels on commercial shipping that have driven oil prices higher. More than 9mn barrels a day of oil shipments, or almost a tenth of global demand, pass through the Red Sea, making it one of the world’s busiest energy chokepoints. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Kameren Guy Hodnett via ABACAPRESS.COM

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US To Send 2nd Aircraft Carrier To Eastern Mediterranean

Handout photo dated March 16, 2013 shows he aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) transits the Suez Canal. The Pentagon has ordered a second carrier strike group to the eastern Mediterranean Sea and is sending Air Force fighter jets to the region as Israel prepares to expand its Gaza operations, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a statement Saturday. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Kameren Guy Hodnett via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nurse at quake-hit hospital awarded by Red Cross

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken May 14, 2013, shows Aiko Kin, deputy director and head nurse at the Ishinomaki Japanese Red Cross Hospital in Miyagi Prefecture, who was awarded the Florence Nightingale Medal by the International Committee of the Red Cross earlier in the year for her dedication to victims of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan. Kin was among 32 nurses from 16 countries to receive the medal, which honors "exceptional courage and devotion to victims of armed conflict or natural disaster."

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Court decision over vote disparity

AKITA, Japan - Lawyer Hidetoshi Masunaga (C) and other plaintiffs hold a press conference in the city of Akita on March 27, 2013, after the Sendai High Court's Akita branch ruled that a general election result in a northeastern Japan constituency was unconstitutional due to a significant disparity in the weight of votes. The ruling by the court was the last in 16 cases brought by two groups of lawyers over disparities in the weight of votes of up to 2.43 to 1 in the Dec. 16 general election.

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25 years after Kurd massacre

HALABJA, Iraq - A woman sheds tears before an exhibition of photos at the venue of a ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of the chemical-weapons massacre of Kurds by the then Iraqi government of Saddam Hussein in Halabja, northeastern Iraq, on March 16, 2013.

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World figure skating championships

LONDON, Canada - South Korea's Kim Yu Na performs during the women's free skate of the world figure skating championships in London, Canada, on March 16, 2013. Kim won gold with 218.31 points.

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World figure skating championships

LONDON, Canada - South Korea's Kim Yu Na performs during the women's free skate of the world figure skating championships in London, Canada, on March 16, 2013. Kim won gold with 218.31 points.

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World figure skating championships

LONDON, Canada - South Korea's Kim Yu Na performs during the women's free skate of the world figure skating championships in London, Canada, on March 16, 2013. Kim won gold with 218.31 points.

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World figure skating championships

LONDON, Canada - South Korea's Kim Yu Na performs during the women's free skate of the world figure skating championships in London, Canada, on March 16, 2013. Kim won gold with 218.31 points.

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World figure skating championships

LONDON, Canada - South Korea's Kim Yu Na (C) holds her gold medal after her victory at the world figure skating championships in London, Canada, on March 16, 2013. At left is Carolina Kostner of Italy with her silver and at right is Japan's Mao Asada with her bronze.

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World figure skating championships

LONDON, Canada - South Korea's Kim Yu Na performs during the women's free skate of the world figure skating championships in London, Canada, on March 16, 2013. Kim won gold with 218.31 points.

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World figure skating championships

LONDON, Canada - South Korea's Kim Yu Na (C) holds her gold medal after her victory at the world figure skating championships in London, Canada, on March 16, 2013. At left is Carolina Kostner of Italy with her silver and at right is Japan's Mao Asada with her bronze.

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World figure skating championships

LONDON, Canada - Japan's Mao Asada performs during the women's free skate of the world figure skating championships in London, Canada, on March 16, 2013. Asada took bronze with 196.47 points.

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World figure skating championships

LONDON, Canada - Japan's Mao Asada performs during the women's free skate of the world figure skating championships in London, Canada, on March 16, 2013. Asada took bronze with 196.47 points.

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World figure skating championships

LONDON, Canada - Japan's Mao Asada performs during the women's free skate of the world figure skating championships in London, Canada, on March 16, 2013. Asada took bronze with 196.47 points.

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World figure skating championships

LONDON, Canada - Japan's Mao Asada performs during the women's free skate of the world figure skating championships in London, Canada, on March 16, 2013. Asada took bronze with 196.47 points.

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World figure skating championships

LONDON, Canada - South Korea's Kim Yu Na (C) holds her gold medal after her victory at the world figure skating championships in London, Canada, on March 16, 2013. At left is Carolina Kostner of Italy with her silver and at right is Japan's Mao Asada with her bronze.

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World figure skating championships

LONDON, Canada - Japan's Mao Asada performs during the women's free skate of the world figure skating championships in London, Canada, on March 16, 2013. Asada took bronze with 196.47 points.

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World figure skating championships

LONDON, Canada - Japan's Mao Asada performs during the women's free skate of the world figure skating championships in London, Canada, on March 16, 2013. Asada took bronze with 196.47 points.

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World figure skating championships

LONDON, Canada - Meryl Davis and Charlie White of the United States perform during the ice dance free skate of the world figure skating championships in London, Canada, on March 16, 2013. The pair won the ice dance title with 189.56 points.

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World figure skating championships

LONDON, Canada - Meryl Davis and Charlie White of the United States perform during the ice dance free skate of the world figure skating championships in London, Canada, on March 16, 2013. The pair won the ice dance title with 189.56 points.

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World figure skating championships

LONDON, Canada - Meryl Davis and Charlie White of the United States perform during the ice dance free skate of the world figure skating championships in London, Canada, on March 16, 2013. The pair won the ice dance title with 189.56 points.

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China launches new Cabinet

BEIJING, China - A plenary session of the National People's Congress, China's parliament, is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 16, 2013. China launched a new government led by Premier Li Keqiang the same day, appointing former Ambassador to Japan Wang Yi as foreign minister to succeed Yang Jiechi.

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China launches new Cabinet

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Ma Kai, one of the four new Chinese vice premiers appointed March 16, 2013.

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China launches new Cabinet

BEIJING, China - Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) and Premier Li Keqiang attend a plenary session of the National People's Congress, China's parliament, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 16, 2013. China launched a new government led by Li the same day, appointing former Ambassador to Japan Wang Yi as foreign minister to succeed Yang Jiechi.

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China launches new Cabinet

BEIJING, China - A plenary session of the National People's Congress, China's parliament, is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 16, 2013. China launched a new government led by Premier Li Keqiang the same day, appointing former Ambassador to Japan Wang Yi as foreign minister to succeed Yang Jiechi.

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China launches new Cabinet

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Wang Yang, one of the four new Chinese vice premiers appointed March 16, 2013.

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China launches new Cabinet

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Zhang Gaoli, one of the four new Chinese vice premiers appointed March 16, 2013.

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JR Kyushu exhibition in Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - Designer Eiji Mitooka visits an exhibition in Bangkok on March 16, 2013, showcasing train models he designed for Kyushu Railway Co., known as JR Kyushu. When Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra visited Japan in April 2012, she was impressed by the bullet train services operated by JR Kyushu, both in their technical and design aspects. She then invited JR Kyushu and Mitooka to exhibit their successful experience in Thailand.

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China launches new Cabinet

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows new Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. Wang, China's former Ambassador to Japan, was appointed as foreign minister March 16, 2013, to succeed Yang Jiechi.

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Japan mulled possessing nuke weapons in 1958

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows (from L) former Japanese Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi, former Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Hisanari Yamada and former U.S. Ambassador to Japan Douglas MacArthur II. Japanese officials in 1958 discussed an option for the country to possess ''defensive'' nuclear weapons as protection against the Soviet Union during the Cold War, and conveyed those talks to the United States, declassified U.S. archives showed March 16, 2013. That year, MacArthur told a meeting with U.S. defense and state department officials that then Japanese Prime Minister Kishi believed it was ''essential'' for Japan to have nuclear arsenals and Yamada, then Japan's vice foreign minister, told the envoy that Japanese Foreign Ministry officials discussed whether Tokyo should study and reach a decision on acquiring defensive nuclear weapons.

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China launches new Cabinet

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Liu Yandong, one of the four new Chinese vice premiers appointed March 16, 2013.

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JR Kyushu exhibition in Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - Designer Eiji Mitooka visits an exhibition in Bangkok on March 16, 2013, showcasing train models he designed for Kyushu Railway Co., known as JR Kyushu. When Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra visited Japan in April 2012, she was impressed by the bullet train services operated by JR Kyushu, both in their technical and design aspects. She then invited JR Kyushu and Mitooka to exhibit their successful experience in Thailand.

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Cherry blossoms bloom in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - The someiyoshino variety of cherry blossoms begin to bloom at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on March 16, 2013.

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Cherry blossoms bloom in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - The someiyoshino variety of cherry blossoms begin to bloom at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on March 16, 2013.

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2 train lines connected in central Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken March 16, 2013, shows Shibuya station in central Tokyo, one of the Japanese capital's busiest stations where numerous train lines meet. On March 16, the Tokyu Toyoko Line serving major residential and commercial areas in the southwest of the metropolis, and the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line, a subway line running beneath some of Tokyo's main commercial hubs, were connected through Shibuya station, allowing passengers to now travel between Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture and western regions of Saitama Prefecture without the need to transfer.

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Monument for eternal memory of tsunami

OTSUCHI, Japan - Yusaku Yoshida (L), a 16-year-old high school student in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, and Tadayoshi Oguni, deputy chief of the Ando district neighborhood association, stand in front of a wooden monument Yoshida erected on a hill there on March 11, 2013 to indefinitely remember the devastating tsunami that hit the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku exactly two years earlier.

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Japan vs. Netherlands in WBC

TOKYO, Japan - Hayato Sakamoto of Japan watches the ball after hitting a grand slam in the seventh inning of a World Baseball Classic second-round game against the Netherlands at Tokyo Dome on March 10, 2013. Japan won 16-4 to advance to the final round in San Francisco. The game was called in the bottom of the seventh inning.

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Japan vs. Netherlands in WBC

TOKYO, Japan - Hayato Sakamoto of Japan hits a grand slam in the seventh inning of a World Baseball Classic second-round game against the Netherlands at Tokyo Dome on March 10, 2013, in front of catcher Sebastiaan Nooij. Japan won 16-4 to advance to the final round in San Francisco. The game was called in the bottom of the seventh inning.

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Japan vs. Netherlands in WBC

TOKYO, Japan - Hayato Sakamoto of Japan hits a grand slam in the seventh inning of a World Baseball Classic second-round game against the Netherlands at Tokyo Dome on March 10, 2013. Japan won 16-4 to advance to the final round in San Francisco. The game was called in the bottom of the seventh inning.

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Japan vs. Netherlands in WBC

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshio Itoi of Japan hits a three-run home run in the fourth inning of a World Baseball Classic second-round game against the Netherlands at Tokyo Dome on March 10, 2013, in front of catcher Dashenko Ricardo. Japan won 16-4 to advance to the final round in San Francisco. The game was called in the bottom of the seventh inning.

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Japan vs. Netherlands in WBC

TOKYO, Japan - Atsunori Inaba of Japan hits a solo home run in the third inning of a World Baseball Classic second-round game against the Netherlands at Tokyo Dome on March 10, 2013. Japan won 16-4 to advance to the final round in San Francisco. The game was called in the bottom of the seventh inning.

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Japan vs. Netherlands in WBC

TOKYO, Japan - Seiichi Uchikawa of Japan hits a three-run home run in the second inning of a World Baseball Classic second-round game against the Netherlands at Tokyo Dome on March 10, 2013, in front of catcher Dashenko Ricardo. Japan won 16-4 to advance to the final round in San Francisco. The game was called in the bottom of the seventh inning.

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Japan vs. Netherlands in WBC

TOKYO, Japan - Seiichi Uchikawa of Japan watches the ball after hitting a three-run home run in the second inning of a World Baseball Classic second-round game against the Netherlands at Tokyo Dome on March 10, 2013. Japan won 16-4 to advance to the final round in San Francisco. The game was called in the bottom of the seventh inning.

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Japan vs. Netherlands in WBC

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuhiro Matsuda of Japan hits a two-run home run in the second inning of a World Baseball Classic second-round game against the Netherlands at Tokyo Dome on March 10, 2013. Japan won 16-4 to advance to the final round in San Francisco. The game was called in the bottom of the seventh inning.

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Japan vs. Netherlands in WBC

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Toritani of Japan hits a home run to open the scoring in the first inning of a World Baseball Classic second-round game against the Netherlands at Tokyo Dome on March 10, 2013, in front of catcher Dashenko Ricardo. Japan won 16-4 to advance to the final round in San Francisco. The game was called in the bottom of the seventh inning.

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Japan vs. Netherlands in WBC

TOKYO, Japan - Japan starter Kenta Maeda pitches against the Netherlands in a World Baseball Classic second-round game at Toyo Dome on March 10, 2013. Japan won 16-4 to advance to the final round in San Francisco. The game was called in the bottom of the seventh inning.