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The Cardinals ‘Papabile’ - Vatican

File photo - Cardinal ‘papabile’ Marc Ouellet (Canada) at the Vatican March 4, 2013. - Ouellet served as Archbishop of Quebec and Primate of Canada from 2003 to 2010. He was made a cardinal by Pope John Paul II on 21 October 2003 and was considered a possible candidate for election to the papacy in both 2005 and 2013. He is considered, within the church and the curia, one of the papal names, and could be the Successor of Peter. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Chinese company performs "heart bypass surgery" to ease traffic jam in Iraqi capital

STORY: Chinese company performs "heart bypass surgery" to ease traffic jam in Iraqi capital SHOOTING DATE: March 2, 2024 DATELINE: March 8, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:33 LOCATION: Baghdad CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the traffic 2. various of the project 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): YANG LIN, Chief engineer of Nisour Square Development Project 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): GUO XIAOWEI, Project manager of Nisour Square Development Project STORYLINE: Decades of war and conflict, particularly the 2003 U.S. invasion, have left deep scars on Iraq's infrastructure, including its road network. In the Nisour Square at the heart of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, where the peak traffic flow reaches about 12,300 vehicles per hour, traffic congestion has long gripped commuters in the city. Such a struggling situation is going to be changed due to the Chinese-constructed Nisour Square Development Project. The project, undertaken by Chinese firm Transtech, includes two overpasses and five tunnels, aiming to erect a mult

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Iraqis slam U.S. for lying about Iraq War

STORY: Iraqis slam U.S. for lying about Iraq War DATELINE: March 22, 2023 LENGTH: 00:06:36 LOCATION: Baghdad CATEGORY: MILITARY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP 1 (English): YANG YIRAN, Xinhua correspondent 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): ALI MUSA, Iraqi political analyst 3. STANDUP 2 (English): FAN SHUAISHUAI, Xinhua correspondent 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): KHUDHAIR AL-ASADI, Head of Medical Department, Imam Hussein Hospital 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): MOHAMMED SHARIF, Cleaner at Imam Hussein Hospital 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (Arabic): NADHUM AL-JUBOURI, Iraqi political expert 7. SOUNDBITE 5 (Arabic): RAZZAQ HAMEED, Shop owner, Baghdad 8. SOUNDBITE 6 (Arabic): ABU REDHA, Citizen, Baghdad 9. SOUNDBITE 7 (Arabic): HAIDER SAAD, Oil worker, Halfaya oilfield, Maysan province STORYLINE: Firdos Square Baghdad, Iraq STANDUP 1 (English): YANG YIRAN, Xinhua correspondent "In April, 2003, the statue of Saddam Hussein that had once stood here was toppled, with the U.S. soldiers waving American flags and promising peace, freedom and prosperit

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Bullet-ridden car that carried slain diplomats arrives in Japan

NARITA, Japan - A four-wheel-drive vehicle two Japanese diplomats were in when they were ambushed and killed in Iraq in November 2003 is unloaded on arrival at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on March 4, for investigation by Japanese authorities. The vehicle had been in the custody of the Japanese Embassy in Baghdad after the incident.

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Cabinet endorses arrest of lawmaker Sakai

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken March 4, 2003, shows Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Takanori Sakai at a House of Representatives plenary session. The cabinet on March 6 backed a request by prosecutors to arrest Sakai for allegedly ordering his secretaries not to declare 120 million yen in donations.

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(3)Lower house clears 81.79 tril. yen FY 2003 budget

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) and Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa bow in appreciation after the House of Representatives passed an 81.79 trillion yen state budget for fiscal 2003 in a plenary session March 4, ensuring it will be enacted in time for the new fiscal year starting April 1.

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(1)Lower house clears 81.79 tril. yen FY 2003 budget

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the House of Representatives cast their vote on an 81.79 trillion yen state budget for fiscal 2003 in a plenary session March 4. The powerful lower chamber endorsed the bill, ensuring it will be enacted in time for the new fiscal year starting April 1.

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(2)Lower house clears 81.79 tril. yen FY 2003 budget

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) and members of his cabinet talk to former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto and other members of his Liberal Democratic Party who walk past the rostrum to vote for an 81.79 trillion yen state budget for fiscal 2003 in a plenary session March 4.

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Mizuho to create new holding firm

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Holdings Inc. Chief Executive Officer Terunobu Maeda speaks at a news conference Dec. 4. He said the company will transform itself into a more narrowly defined bank holding firm and come under a new comprehensive holding company to be created in March 2003 to bolster the group's overall financial business. The new holding firm, Mizuho Financial Group, will oversee the group's whole business activities, while the existing holding company will more directly control the group's two core banks -- Mizuho Bank and Mizuho Corporate Bank -- to have them work more closely together.

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19 years on, U.S. crimes against human rights still fresh in memory of Iraqis

STORY: 19 years on, U.S. crimes against human rights still fresh in memory of Iraqis DATELINE: March 20, 2022 LENGTH: 00:04:19 LOCATION: Baghdad CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of street views in Baghdad 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): KADHIM AL-ADHARI, Journalist 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): Dr. AMIR AL-SAADI, Researcher in politics 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): HAMZA AL-WARRAQ, Owner of a bookshop 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Arabic): AIDA ABDUL KARIM, Engineer STORYLINE: 19 years after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, many Iraqis remember the horrors of war and the human rights violations committed by Americans that took a heavy toll on civilians. It's a normal day in Baghdad that marks the 19th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq by the U.S.-led coalition on March 20, 2003, that toppled its former leader Saddam Hussein, promising peace, freedom, and democracy to Iraqis. However, Kadhim al-Adhari, 61, a journalist in the local al-Adala Newspaper, rebutted U.S. claims of democracy and human rights, and described t

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Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta

Saturday at 4 pm in Rome at the Campodoglio ceremony in honor of the twentieth anniversary of the death of Umberto di Savoia, Maria Gabriella di Savoia Amedeo D'Aosta and Silvia Paternò. Rome, Italy, on March 29, 2003. Photo by Antonia Cesareo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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(2)Lower house clears 81.79 tril. yen FY 2003 budget

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) and members of his cabinet talk to former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto and other members of his Liberal Democratic Party who walk past the rostrum to vote for an 81.79 trillion yen state budget for fiscal 2003 in a plenary session March 4. (Kyodo)

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S. Korean president's special envoys to visit Pyongyang

File photo taken in October 2003 in Geneva shows Chung Eui Yong. The South Korean presidential office said on March 4, 2018 that Moon Jae In's special envoys, led by Chung, head of the National Security Office, will make a two-day visit to Pyongyang from the following day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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(1)Lower house clears 81.79 tril. yen FY 2003 budget

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the House of Representatives cast their vote on an 81.79 trillion yen state budget for fiscal 2003 in a plenary session March 4. The powerful lower chamber endorsed the bill, ensuring it will be enacted in time for the new fiscal year starting April 1. (Kyodo)

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Bullet-ridden car that carried slain diplomats arrives in Japan

NARITA, Japan - A four-wheel-drive vehicle two Japanese diplomats were in when they were ambushed and killed in Iraq in November 2003 is unloaded on arrival at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on March 4, for investigation by Japanese authorities. The vehicle had been in the custody of the Japanese Embassy in Baghdad after the incident. (Kyodo)

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Cabinet endorses arrest of lawmaker Sakai

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken March 4, 2003, shows Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Takanori Sakai at a House of Representatives plenary session. The cabinet on March 6 backed a request by prosecutors to arrest Sakai for allegedly ordering his secretaries not to declare 120 million yen in donations. (Kyodo)

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(1)Koga Nobuyuki

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuyuki Koga, president of Nomura holdings, Inc. The photo was taken March 4, 2003. (Kyodo)

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(3)Lower house clears 81.79 tril. yen FY 2003 budget

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) and Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa bow in appreciation after the House of Representatives passed an 81.79 trillion yen state budget for fiscal 2003 in a plenary session March 4, ensuring it will be enacted in time for the new fiscal year starting April 1. (Kyodo)

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Mizuho to create new holding firm

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Holdings Inc. Chief Executive Officer Terunobu Maeda speaks at a news conference Dec. 4. He said the company will transform itself into a more narrowly defined bank holding firm and come under a new comprehensive holding company to be created in March 2003 to bolster the group's overall financial business. The new holding firm, Mizuho Financial Group, will oversee the group's whole business activities, while the existing holding company will more directly control the group's two core banks -- Mizuho Bank and Mizuho Corporate Bank -- to have them work more closely together. (Kyodo)