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Civilians in DR Congo's Sake suffer from rebel M23 offensive

STORY: Civilians in DR Congo's Sake suffer from rebel M23 offensive SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 13, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 14, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:29 LOCATION: Kinshasa CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of people fleeing Sake towards Goma, eastern DR Congo 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Swahili): EUSTACHE GASORE, Displaced person 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Swahili): SON AMANI, Displaced person 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Swahili): GUILAIN IRUNVA, Displaced person STORYLINE: For several weeks, residents of Sake, a city in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), have been living under the intensive exchange of heavy weapons fire as fighting flared up between government troops and March 23 Movement (M23) rebels, Xinhua correspondents observed on the ground. Located about 20 km from Goma, the capital of North Kivu province, much of which is occupied by the M23, Sake City is considered to be the last barrier for Goma, which was taken by M23 rebels in late 2012. The DRC army and military partners such as the Southern African Development

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Fossil of carnivorous dinosaur found in Japan

KUJI, Japan - Photo taken in Kuji, Iwate Prefecture on March 29, 2013, shows a fossil found in the city in May 2012 which has since been confirmed as a toe bone of a Coelurosauria, a carnivorous dinosaur living in the latter part of the Cretaceous period around 85 million years ago.

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Fossil of carnivorous dinosaur found in Japan

KUJI, Japan - Photo taken in Kuji, Iwate Prefecture on March 29, 2013, shows Takato Sasaki, a 13-year-old junior high school student from neighboring Aomori Prefecture. A fossil found in Kuji in May 2012 by Sasaki has been confirmed as a toe bone of a Coelurosauria, a carnivorous dinosaur living in the latter part of the Cretaceous period around 85 million years ago, a researcher said the same day.

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Fossil of carnivorous dinosaur found in Japan

KUJI, Japan - Takato Sasaki, a 13-year-old junior high school student from Aomori Prefecture, holds a fossil in Kuji, Iwate Prefecture on March 29, 2013. The fossil found in Kuji in May 2012 by Sasaki has been confirmed as a toe bone of a Coelurosauria, a carnivorous dinosaur living in the latter part of the Cretaceous period around 85 million years ago, a researcher said the same day.

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Peach Aviation logs over 1 million passengers

KANSAI AIRPORT, Japan - Shinichi Inoue (C), chief executive officer of Peach Aviation Ltd., presents the one-millionth passenger of the Japanese budget carrier, Kayo Hamada (2nd from R), with a memento and a flight voucher worth 100,000 yen during a ceremony at Kansai airport in Osaka Prefecture on Nov. 29, 2012. The carrier, partially owned by All Nippon Airways Co., went into business in March 2012.

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USJ has 100 millionth guest

OSAKA, Japan - Yumiko Yamashita from Tokyo holds a number plate at Universal Studios Japan in Osaka on Oct. 29, 2012, upon becoming the 100 millionth visitor to the U.S.-originated Hollywood movie theme park since its opening in March 2001.

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USJ has 100 millionth guest

OSAKA, Japan - Yumiko Yamashita from Tokyo holds a number plate at Universal Studios Japan in Osaka on Oct. 29, 2012, upon becoming the 100 millionth visitor to the U.S.-originated Hollywood movie theme park since its opening in March 2001.

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Japan, China mark 40th anniversary of ties amid tensions

BEIJING, China - Armed police officers march around the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Sept. 29, 2012, the 40th anniversary of the normalization of ties between the two countries. Japan and China marked the 40th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations as simmering tensions sparked by Tokyo's nationalization of a group of Japanese-administered, Beijing-claimed islands in the East China Sea showed no signs of subsiding.

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Paralympics opening ceremony

LONDON, Britain - British athletes march during the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in London on Aug. 29, 2012. The games kicked off with an estimated 4,300 athletes from a record 166 countries and regions taking part.

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Paralympics opening ceremony

LONDON, Britain - Japanese athletes march during the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in London on Aug. 29, 2012. The games kicked off with an estimated 4,300 athletes from a record 166 countries and regions taking part.

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Paralympics opening ceremony

LONDON, Britain - Japanese athletes march during the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in London on Aug. 29, 2012. The games kicked off with an estimated 4,300 athletes from a record 166 countries and regions taking part.

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Paralympics opening ceremony

LONDON, Britain - A crowd cheers as British athletes march during the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in London on Aug. 29, 2012. The games kicked off with an estimated 4,300 athletes from a record 166 countries and regions taking part.

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Paralympics opening ceremony

LONDON, Britain - Japanese athletes march during the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in London on Aug. 29, 2012. The games kicked off with an estimated 4,300 athletes from a record 166 countries and regions taking part.

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Japan pavilion wins top award at Venice architecture exhibition

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) architect Toyoo Ito, photographer Naoya Hatakeyama, and architects Kumiko Inui, Akihisa Hirata and Sosuke Fujimoto, are pictured with the Golden Lion trophy at the award ceremony for the 13th Venice Biennale International Architecture Exhibition in Venice on Aug. 29, 2012, where the Japan pavilion won top prize. Ito, commissioner of the pavilion, exhibited along with other architects the process of designing "Home for All" places where survivors of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan gather to eat, drink and talk. Hatakeyama displayed photos of disaster-hit areas.

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Japan pavilion wins top award at Venice architecture exhibition

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese architect Toyoo Ito (back) receives the Golden Lion trophy at the award ceremony for the 13th Venice Biennale International Architecture Exhibition in Venice on Aug. 29, 2012, where the Japan pavilion won top prize. Ito, commissioner of the pavilion, exhibited along with other architects the process of designing "Home for All" places where survivors of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan gather to eat, drink and talk.

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Japan pavilion wins top award at Venice architecture exhibition

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Aug. 26, 2012, shows the Japan pavilion at the 13th Venice Biennale International Architecture Exhibition. The pavilion, which focuses on the process of designing "Home for All" places where survivors of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan gather to eat, drink and talk, won the Golden Lion top prize on Aug. 29, 2012. The model of the "Home for All" can be seen in the center.

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Japan pavilion wins top award at Venice architecture exhibition

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Japanese architect Toyoo Ito. The Japan pavilion won the Golden Lion top prize at the 13th Venice Biennale International Architecture Exhibition on Aug. 29, 2012. Ito, commissioner of the pavilion, exhibited along with other architects the process of designing "Home for All" places where survivors of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan gather to eat, drink and talk.

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Mysterious woman in Indian Olympic march

LONDON, Britain - An unidentified woman (C) marches along with athletes and officials of the Indian delegation during the opening ceremony of the London Olympics on July 27, 2012. The Times of India reported July 29 she was unrelated to the delegation.

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H.K. rally against nat'l education

HONG KONG, China - Tens of thousands of people march in Hong Kong on July 29, 2012, in a demonstration against the planned implementation of a national education curriculum in public schools starting in September the same year, calling it brainwashing and an attempt to glorify Beijing's ruling Communist Party.

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Mysterious woman in Indian Olympic march

LONDON, Britain - An unidentified woman (behind girl carrying copper petal) marches along with athletes and officials of the Indian delegation during the opening ceremony of the London Olympics on July 27, 2012. The Times of India reported July 29 she was unrelated to the delegation.

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Antinuclear rally in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Antinuclear protesters march past the headquarters of Tokyo Electric Power Co. (R) in Tokyo's Uchisaiwaicho district on July 29, 2012. People took to the streets of central Tokyo the same day to protest at the resumption of two nuclear reactors at the Oi power plant on the Sea of Japan coast, the first reactivations since all of the nation's reactors were shut down following the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi complex.

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For young Japanese men, looking pretty is pretty cool

TOKYO, Japan - A 34-year-old patissier receives nail care at a beauty salon for men in Osaka on March 29, 2012. Young Japanese men are starting to resemble their female counterparts when it comes to the pursuit of beauty, with the nation awash in salons dedicated to male grooming and products such as hair removal creams, electric nose-hair trimmers and face-firming masks targeting the image-conscious man.

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Hosono regrets not having admitted nuclear meltdowns immediately

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's nuclear disaster minister Goshi Hosono (R) and Michael Sandel, a professor of political philosophy at Harvard University, shake hands after their discussion in Tokyo on May 29, 2012. Hosono said he regrets that the Japanese government did not admit the possibility of nuclear meltdowns at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi plant shortly after the disaster was triggered by the earthquake and tsunami in March 2011.

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Boy wins gov't award for quake memorial coin design

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a design by Taichi Kojima, 9, one of three designs chosen by Finance Ministry for coins commemorating the March 2011 quake and tsunami. Adults produced the other two designs unveiled by the Finance Ministry on May 29, 2012.

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Noda in U.S.

WASHINGTON, United States - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (R) welcomes the parents of Taylor Anderson, an American teacher who was killed in the March 2011 quake and tsunami in Japan, during a reception in Washington on April 29, 2012. (Pool photo)

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Suu Kyi souvenirs

YANGON, Myanmar - Merchandise bearing the image of Myanmar's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi is on sale in front of the headquarters of the National League for Democracy, the main opposition party she leads, in Yangon on March 29, 2012.

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Asada at world c'ships

NICE, France - Japan's Mao Asada performs during the women's short program at the figure skating world championships in Nice, France, on March 29, 2012. She botched her trademark triple axel to place fourth.

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U.S. Energy Secretary Chu in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Energy Department Secretary Steven Chu (2nd from R, front) and Japanese industry minister Yukio Edano (L front) hold talks at the ministry in Tokyo on March 29, 2012.

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Zuckerberg in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg (L) shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on March 29, 2012.

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A's beat Mariners

TOKYO, Japan - Seattle Mariners first baseman Justin Smoak hits a solo homer during the seventh inning of the second game of the two-game season opening series against the Oakland Athletics at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on March 29, 2012. The Athletics won 4-1.

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Chilean President Pinera in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Chilean President Sebastian Pinera (2nd from L, front) and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (2nd from R, front) hold talks at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on March 29, 2012.

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Murakami at world c'ships

NICE, France - Japanese teenager Kanako Murakami performs during the women's short program at the figure skating world championships in Nice, France, on March 29, 2012. She took second place.

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A's beat Mariners

TOKYO, Japan - Oakland Athletics starter Bartolo Colon pitches in the second game of the two-game season opening series against the Seattle Mariners at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on March 29, 2012. The Athletics won 4-1.

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A's beat Mariners

TOKYO, Japan - Oakland Athletics center fielder Yoenis Cespedes hits a two-run homer during the seventh inning of the second game of the two-game season opening series against the Seattle Mariners at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on March 29, 2012. The Athletics won 4-1.

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A's beat Mariners

TOKYO, Japan - Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki catches a fly ball hit by Oakland Athletics catcher Kurt Suzuki during the fifth inning of the second game of the two-game season opening series at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on March 29, 2012. The Athletics won 4-1.

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TEPCO requests 1 tril. yen public fund injection

TOKYO, Japan - Toshio Nishizawa, president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., listens to a reporter's question at a press conference at the company's head office in Tokyo on March 29, 2012. The utility requested the same day the injection of 1 trillion yen in public funds as it teeters under the weight of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant crisis.

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Departing JICA chief Ogata

TOKYO, Japan - Sadako Ogata, chief of the Japan International Cooperation Agency, speaks at a news conference at the organization's headquarters in Tokyo on March 29, 2012, two days before stepping down as JICA chief.

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Shifting college enrollment to fall

TOKYO, Japan - Takao Shimizu, executive vice president of the University of Tokyo, speaks at a news conference at the university in Tokyo on March 29, 2012. Shimizu announced 12 Japanese universities have agreed to establish a forum of their presidents to discuss switching the start of the academic year from spring to autumn.

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Election campaign in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Han Myeong Sook, leader of South Korea's main opposition Democratic United Party, speaks in Seoul on March 29, 2012, during a campaign for the country's general election on April 11.

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Japan hangs 3 death row inmates

HIROSHIMA, Japan - File photo taken in February 2011 shows the detention house in Hiroshima, western Japan. Three death row inmates at detention houses in Tokyo, Hiroshima and Fukuoka were hanged on March 29, 2012, in the first executions in 20 months in Japan, one of the few advanced countries to retain the death penalty.

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Japan hangs 3 death row inmates

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken March 29, 2012, shows the detention house in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan. Three death row inmates at detention houses in Tokyo, Hiroshima and Fukuoka were hanged the same day in the first executions in 20 months in Japan, one of the few advanced countries to retain the death penalty.

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Japan hangs 3 death row inmates

TOKYO, Japan - Justice Minister Toshio Ogawa talks about his decision to order the execution of three death row inmates at a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on March 29, 2012. The three inmates were hanged the same day by his order in the first executions in 20 months in Japan, one of the few advanced countries to retain the death penalty.

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Election campaign in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Park Geun Hye, election committee chairperson of South Korea's ruling Saenuri Party, shakes hands with a citizen in Seoul on March 29, 2012, during a campaign for the country's general election on April 11.

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Mariners pitcher Iwakuma in Tokyo for season-opening series

TOKYO, Japan - Seattle Mariners pitcher Hisashi Iwakuma (C) smiles with manager Eric Wedge (L) and pitcher Felix Hernandez of his major league team at a press conference in Tokyo on March 24, 2012, ahead of their season-opening series against the Oakland Athletics at Tokyo Dome on March 28 and 29. Iwakuma joined Seattle from the Rakuten Eagles, a ballclub based in the northeastern city of Sendai hit hard by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, after the 2011 season.

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Gori nuclear plant

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo shows the Gori Nuclear Power Plant in Busan, South Korea, on Feb. 29, 2012. In the far right is the Gori-1 reactor, which was suspended in March 2012 following a report of a possible malfunction.

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67th anniversary of Tokyo air raids

TOKYO, Japan - People offer prayers during a memorial service in Tokyo on March 10, 2012, the 67th anniversary of the 1945 U.S. air raids on the Japanese capital. One estimate puts the death toll from the air raids, involving more than 300 U.S. B-29 bombers, at around 100,000.

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Tokyo Sky Tree completion ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - A Shinto ceremony to mark the completion of Tokyo Sky Tree is held inside the tower in Tokyo's Sumida Ward on March 2, 2012. The 634-meter tower, the world's tallest, completed on Feb. 29, will open to the general public on May 22.

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Thai premier in interview

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra is interviewed by a group of Japanese reporters at the prime minister's office in Bangkok on Feb. 29, 2012, ahead of her first visit to Japan beginning March 6.

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Thai premier in interview

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra is interviewed by a group of Japanese reporters at the prime minister's office in Bangkok on Feb. 29, 2012, ahead of her first visit to Japan beginning March 6.

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Roos, Son, Sakurai meet Fukushima students

MINAMISOMA, Japan - (From R front) U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos, Masayoshi Son, chairman of Softbank Corp., and Katsunobu Sakurai, mayor of Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, pose for photos with local senior high school students in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture on Feb. 29, 2012. Roos and Son visited the school to encourage students following the March 2011 quake and tsunami and ensuing nuclear crisis.