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IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships 2025

1995 Finnish World Champions among audience, Antti Törmänen in the middle (5th from right) during the 2025 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships preliminary round group A match between Finland and Sweden in Stockholm on May 12, 2025. LEHTIKUVA / VESA MOILANEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Vesa Moilanen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Saturday Mothers Mark 1,000th Week Seeking Justice For Turkey's Disappeared

Saturday Mothers and a group of people gathered with banners at Galatasaray Square in Beyoglu, Istanbul, Turkey, on May 25, 2024, to ask about the fate of their relatives who have been missing 'for 1000' weeks. Saturday Mothers are a community of people who search for their missing relatives by organizing sit-in protests in Galatasaray Square every Saturday since May 27, 1995. Photo by Depo Photos/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Saturday Mothers Mark 1,000th Week Seeking Justice For Turkey's Disappeared

Saturday Mothers and a group of people gathered with banners at Galatasaray Square in Beyoglu, Istanbul, Turkey, on May 25, 2024, to ask about the fate of their relatives who have been missing 'for 1000' weeks. Saturday Mothers are a community of people who search for their missing relatives by organizing sit-in protests in Galatasaray Square every Saturday since May 27, 1995. Photo by Depo Photos/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Saturday Mothers Mark 1,000th Week Seeking Justice For Turkey's Disappeared

Saturday Mothers and a group of people gathered with banners at Galatasaray Square in Beyoglu, Istanbul, Turkey, on May 25, 2024, to ask about the fate of their relatives who have been missing 'for 1000' weeks. Saturday Mothers are a community of people who search for their missing relatives by organizing sit-in protests in Galatasaray Square every Saturday since May 27, 1995. Photo by Depo Photos/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Saturday Mothers Mark 1,000th Week Seeking Justice For Turkey's Disappeared

Saturday Mothers and a group of people gathered with banners at Galatasaray Square in Beyoglu, Istanbul, Turkey, on May 25, 2024, to ask about the fate of their relatives who have been missing 'for 1000' weeks. Saturday Mothers are a community of people who search for their missing relatives by organizing sit-in protests in Galatasaray Square every Saturday since May 27, 1995. Photo by Depo Photos/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Saturday Mothers Mark 1,000th Week Seeking Justice For Turkey's Disappeared

Saturday Mothers and a group of people gathered with banners at Galatasaray Square in Beyoglu, Istanbul, Turkey, on May 25, 2024, to ask about the fate of their relatives who have been missing 'for 1000' weeks. Saturday Mothers are a community of people who search for their missing relatives by organizing sit-in protests in Galatasaray Square every Saturday since May 27, 1995. Photo by Depo Photos/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Saturday Mothers Mark 1,000th Week Seeking Justice For Turkey's Disappeared

Saturday Mothers and a group of people gathered with banners at Galatasaray Square in Beyoglu, Istanbul, Turkey, on May 25, 2024, to ask about the fate of their relatives who have been missing 'for 1000' weeks. Saturday Mothers are a community of people who search for their missing relatives by organizing sit-in protests in Galatasaray Square every Saturday since May 27, 1995. Photo by Depo Photos/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Saturday Mothers Mark 1,000th Week Seeking Justice For Turkey's Disappeared

Saturday Mothers and a group of people gathered with banners at Galatasaray Square in Beyoglu, Istanbul, Turkey, on May 25, 2024, to ask about the fate of their relatives who have been missing 'for 1000' weeks. Saturday Mothers are a community of people who search for their missing relatives by organizing sit-in protests in Galatasaray Square every Saturday since May 27, 1995. Photo by Depo Photos/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Saturday Mothers Mark 1,000th Week Seeking Justice For Turkey's Disappeared

Saturday Mothers and a group of people gathered with banners at Galatasaray Square in Beyoglu, Istanbul, Turkey, on May 25, 2024, to ask about the fate of their relatives who have been missing 'for 1000' weeks. Saturday Mothers are a community of people who search for their missing relatives by organizing sit-in protests in Galatasaray Square every Saturday since May 27, 1995. Photo by Depo Photos/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spain Begins Its Presidency of the EU Council - Madrid

(L-R) The First Vice President and Minister of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation, Nadia Calviño; the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, who chairs the meeting and the Second Vice President and Minister of Labor and Social Economy, Yolanda DÍaz, during the plenary meeting of the Government of Spain and the College of Commissioners, at the Museo de las Colecciones Reales, on July 3, 2023, in Madrid (Spain). On Saturday, July 1, Spain took over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which it will hold for six months after Sweden handed over the baton. The next six months is the last stretch of the European institutional cycle before the appointment of a new Commission after the elections to the European Parliament, to be held in May 2024. It will be the fifth time that Spain has presided over the Council, after holding the presidency for the first time between January and June 1989 and again in 1995, 2002 and 2010. Photo by Eduardo Parra / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ursula Von Der Leyen And Pedro Sanchez Press Conference - Madrid

The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, on their arrival at a press conference following the plenary meeting of the Spanish Government and the College of Commissioners, in the Royal Collections Gallery, on July 3, 2023, in Madrid (Spain). On Saturday, July 1, Spain took over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which it will hold for six months after Sweden handed over the baton. The next six months is the last stretch of the European institutional cycle before the appointment of a new Commission after the elections to the European Parliament, to be held in May 2024. It will be the fifth time that Spain has presided over the Council, after holding the presidency for the first time between January and June 1989 and again in 1995, 2002 and 2010. Photo by Eduardo Parra / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ursula Von Der Leyen And Pedro Sanchez Press Conference - Madrid

The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, on their arrival at a press conference following the plenary meeting of the Spanish Government and the College of Commissioners, in the Royal Collections Gallery, on July 3, 2023, in Madrid (Spain). On Saturday, July 1, Spain took over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which it will hold for six months after Sweden handed over the baton. The next six months is the last stretch of the European institutional cycle before the appointment of a new Commission after the elections to the European Parliament, to be held in May 2024. It will be the fifth time that Spain has presided over the Council, after holding the presidency for the first time between January and June 1989 and again in 1995, 2002 and 2010. Photo by Eduardo Parra / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ursula Von Der Leyen And Pedro Sanchez Press Conference - Madrid

The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, on their arrival at a press conference following the plenary meeting of the Spanish Government and the College of Commissioners, in the Royal Collections Gallery, on July 3, 2023, in Madrid (Spain). On Saturday, July 1, Spain took over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which it will hold for six months after Sweden handed over the baton. The next six months is the last stretch of the European institutional cycle before the appointment of a new Commission after the elections to the European Parliament, to be held in May 2024. It will be the fifth time that Spain has presided over the Council, after holding the presidency for the first time between January and June 1989 and again in 1995, 2002 and 2010. Photo by Eduardo Parra / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ursula Von Der Leyen And Pedro Sanchez Press Conference - Madrid

The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, during a press conference following the plenary meeting of the Spanish Government and the College of Commissioners, at the Royal Collections Gallery, on July 3, 2023, in Madrid (Spain). On Saturday, July 1, Spain took over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which it will hold for six months after Sweden handed over the baton. The next six months is the last stretch of the European institutional cycle before the appointment of a new Commission after the elections to the European Parliament, to be held in May 2024. It will be the fifth time that Spain has presided over the Council, after holding the presidency for the first time between January and June 1989 and again in 1995, 2002 and 2010. Photo by Eduardo Parra / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spain Begins Its Presidency of the EU Council - Madrid

Family photo, in the center, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, pose with Spanish government ministers who are members of the Council of the European Union, on their arrival at the inauguration of the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, on July 3, 2023, in Madrid (Spain). Spain has acceded, since last Saturday July 1, to the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which it will lead for six months after Sweden has handed over the baton. The next six months is the last stretch of the European institutional cycle before the appointment of a new Commission after the elections to the European Parliament, to be held in May 2024. It will be the fifth time that Spain has presided over the Council, after holding the presidency for the first time between January and June 1989 and again in 1995, 2002 and 2010. Photo by Eduardo Parra / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spain Begins Its Presidency of the EU Council - Madrid

Family photo, in the center, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, pose with Spanish government ministers who are members of the Council of the European Union, on their arrival at the inauguration of the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, on July 3, 2023, in Madrid (Spain). Spain has acceded, since last Saturday July 1, to the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which it will lead for six months after Sweden has handed over the baton. The next six months is the last stretch of the European institutional cycle before the appointment of a new Commission after the elections to the European Parliament, to be held in May 2024. It will be the fifth time that Spain has presided over the Council, after holding the presidency for the first time between January and June 1989 and again in 1995, 2002 and 2010. Photo by Eduardo Parra / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spain Begins Its Presidency of the EU Council - Madrid

The EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission, Josep Borrell (left), greets the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez (right), on his arrival at the inauguration of the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, on July 3, 2023, in Madrid (Spain). Since last Saturday, July 1, Spain has held the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which it will lead for six months after Sweden handed over the baton. The next six months is the last stretch of the European institutional cycle before the appointment of a new Commission after the elections to the European Parliament, to be held in May 2024. It will be the fifth time that Spain has presided over the Council, after holding the presidency for the first time between January and June 1989 and again in 1995, 2002 and 2010. Photo by Eduardo Parra / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spain Begins Its Presidency of the EU Council - Madrid

The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, and the President of the European Commission, Úrsula von der Leyen, on their arrival at the inauguration of the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, on July 3, 2023, in Madrid (Spain). Spain has acceded, since last Saturday July 1, to the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which it will lead for six months after Sweden has handed over the baton. The next six months is the last stretch of the European institutional cycle before the appointment of a new Commission after the elections to the European Parliament, to be held in May 2024. It will be the fifth time that Spain has presided over the Council, after holding the presidency for the first time between January and June 1989 and again in 1995, 2002 and 2010. Photo by Eduardo Parra / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spain Begins Its Presidency of the EU Council - Madrid

The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, pose for a family photo at the inauguration of the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, on July 3, 2023, in Madrid (Spain). Spain has acceded, since last Saturday July 1, to the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which it will lead for six months after Sweden has handed over the baton. The next six months is the last stretch of the European institutional cycle before the appointment of a new Commission after the elections to the European Parliament, to be held in May 2024. It will be the fifth time that Spain has presided over the Council, after holding the presidency for the first time between January and June 1989 and again in 1995, 2002 and 2010. Photo by Eduardo Parra / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spain Begins Its Presidency of the EU Council - Madrid

(L-R) The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen; the First Vice-President and Minister for Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation, Nadia Calviño; the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez and the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission, Josep Borrell, on their arrival at the inauguration of the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, on July 3, 2023, in Madrid (Spain). Spain has acceded, since last Saturday July 1, to the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which it will lead for six months after Sweden has handed over the baton. The next six months is the last stretch of the European institutional cycle before the appointment of a new Commission after the elections to the European Parliament, to be held in May 2024. It will be the fifth time that Spain has presided over the Council, after holding the presidency for the first time between January and June 1989 and again in 1995, 20

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Spain Begins Its Presidency of the EU Council - Madrid

The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, pose for a family photo at the inauguration of the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, on July 3, 2023, in Madrid (Spain). Spain has acceded, since last Saturday July 1, to the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which it will lead for six months after Sweden has handed over the baton. The next six months is the last stretch of the European institutional cycle before the appointment of a new Commission after the elections to the European Parliament, to be held in May 2024. It will be the fifth time that Spain has presided over the Council, after holding the presidency for the first time between January and June 1989 and again in 1995, 2002 and 2010. Photo by Eduardo Parra / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spain Begins Its Presidency of the EU Council - Madrid

(L-R) The First Vice-President and Minister of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation, Nadia Calviño; the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen; the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission, Josep Borrell and the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, on their arrival at the inauguration of the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, on July 3, 2023, in Madrid (Spain). Spain has acceded, since last Saturday July 1, to the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which it will lead for six months after Sweden has handed over the baton. The next six months is the last stretch of the European institutional cycle before the appointment of a new Commission after the elections to the European Parliament, to be held in May 2024. It will be the fifth time that Spain has presided over the Council, after holding the presidency for the first time between January and June 1989 and again in 1995, 200

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Spain Begins Its Presidency of the EU Council - Madrid

The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, and the President of the European Commission, Úrsula von der Leyen, on their arrival at the inauguration of the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, on July 3, 2023, in Madrid (Spain). Spain has acceded, since last Saturday July 1, to the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which it will lead for six months after Sweden has handed over the baton. The next six months is the last stretch of the European institutional cycle before the appointment of a new Commission after the elections to the European Parliament, to be held in May 2024. It will be the fifth time that Spain has presided over the Council, after holding the presidency for the first time between January and June 1989 and again in 1995, 2002 and 2010. Photo by Eduardo Parra / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spain Begins Its Presidency of the EU Council - Madrid

The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, and the President of the European Commission, Úrsula von der Leyen, on their arrival at the inauguration of the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, on July 3, 2023, in Madrid (Spain). Spain has acceded, since last Saturday July 1, to the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which it will lead for six months after Sweden has handed over the baton. The next six months is the last stretch of the European institutional cycle before the appointment of a new Commission after the elections to the European Parliament, to be held in May 2024. It will be the fifth time that Spain has presided over the Council, after holding the presidency for the first time between January and June 1989 and again in 1995, 2002 and 2010. Photo by Eduardo Parra / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spain Begins Its Presidency of the EU Council - Madrid

The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, on his arrival at the inauguration of the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, on July 3, 2023, in Madrid (Spain). On Saturday, July 1, Spain took over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which it will hold for six months after Sweden handed over the baton. The next six months is the last stretch of the European institutional cycle before the appointment of a new Commission after the elections to the European Parliament, to be held in May 2024. It will be the fifth time that Spain has presided over the Council, after holding the presidency for the first time between January and June 1989 and again in 1995, 2002 and 2010. Photo by Eduardo Parra / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships 2023

Head coach Curt Lindström (R) of 1995 World Champion Team Finland observes the 2023 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships semifinal match between Canada and Latvia in Tampere on May 27, 2023. LEHTIKUVA / JUSSI NUKARI - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Jussi Nukari/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Lawyer meets ex-AUM cult member Hirata

TOKYO, Japan - Lawyer Taro Takimoto speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Jan. 2, 2012, after meeting with Makoto Hirata, a former leading member of the AUM Shinrikyo cult who turned himself in to police on Dec. 31. Takimoto said Hirata, 46, who had been on the wanted list since May 1995, thinks that AUM founder Shoko Asahara ''deserves the death penalty'' and that he does not believe in the cult anymore.

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Man with suspected link to Tokyo murder

TORONTO, Canada - He Liang, a Chinese man who Japanese police believe may know who committed a 1995 triple murder in suburban Tokyo, leaves an airport in Toronto, Canada, with investigators from the Tokyo metropolitan police on Nov. 14, 2013. He arrived at Narita airport near Tokyo the following day.

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Ex-British Prime Minister Thatcher dies at 87

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in May 1995 shows former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (L) being presented with the Order of the Precious Crown from Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama at the prime minister's office in Tokyo. Thatcher died April 8, 2013, after suffering a stroke, according to the BBC and other British media. She was 87.

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Canadian court grants extradition of Chinese man

TORONTO, Canada - A lawyer speaks in front of a court in Toronto, on Sept. 10, 2012, on a court decision to extradite to Japan a Chinese man living in Canada who Japanese police believe may know who murdered three women in a Tokyo suburb in 1995.

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Ex-upper house lawmaker Tomobe dies at 83

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in May 1995 shows Tatsuo Tomobe, a former House of Councillors member who was convicted of fraud and expelled from parliament in 2001. Tomobe died on Jan. 28, 2012, in Tokyo, police said Feb. 3, 2012. He was 83.

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Foreign ministers visit Bulguk Temple in Gyeongju

GYEONGJU, South Korea - Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (L), South Korean Foreign and Trade Minister Yu Myung Hwan (C) and Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada visit Bulguk Temple, which was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1995, in Gyeongju on May 16, 2010, a day after they held trilateral talks.

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Foreign ministers visit Bulguk Temple in Gyeongju

GYEONGJU, South Korea - Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (R), South Korean Foreign and Trade Minister Yu Myung Hwan (2nd from R) and Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada (2nd from L) pose for photos at Bulguk Temple, which was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1995, in Gyeongju on May 16, 2010, a day after they held trilateral talks.

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Police says AUM carried out unsolved 1995 police chief shooting

TOKYO, Japan - Goro Aoki, head of the public security department of Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on May 30, 2010, after the 15-year statute of limitations for prosecutions in the 1995 shooting of the then National Police Agency chief Takaji Kunimatsu ran out at midnight on March 29. Aoki said police were unable to build a criminal case on the shooting as they did not obtain sufficient evidence to identify culprits, but added that only AUM Shinrikyo could be considered responsible.

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Japan children look at pictures from quake-hit Sichuan Province

KOBE, Japan - Japanese children in Kobe, western Japan, look at pictures sent by primary school pupils in the quake-hit Sichuan Province in China on May 12 as the province marked the first anniversary of a major earthquake that struck the southwestern Chinese province a year ago. Kobe was hit by the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake in January 1995.

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Hyogo Pref. group gives China know-how gained from 1995 quake

TOKYO, Japan - Former Hyogo Gov. Toshitami Kaihara (R), head of a prefectural support group for the victims of the May quake in China, presents documents to Chinese Ambassador to Japan Cui Tiankai (L) on June 12 detailing how the region in western Japan recovered from the devastation caused by the Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995. The documents were handed over in the presence of Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (C) at his office.

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Film director Kumai, acclaimed for tackling social issues, dies at 76

TOKYO, Japan - Kei Kumai (in file photo taken in October 1995), an eminent film director known for tackling social issues, died of subarachnoid hemorrhage at a hospital in Tokyo on May 23. He was 76. Kumai won acclaim both at home and abroad for ''Sandakan Hachiban Shokan Bokyo (Sandakan No. 8)'' in 1974, a film depicting the tragedy of a woman who worked as a prostitute in Sandakan, Borneo, before World War II.

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Ichiro sets AL record streak of consecutive stolen bases

BOSTON, United States - Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki (R) successfully stole second base during the first inning in a game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston on May 3. Suzuki set an American League record streak of 41 consecutive stolen bases without being caught, breaking Tim Raines' mark set between July 1993 and August 1995.

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High court rejects AUM founder Asahara's objection to ruling

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo High Court has rejected an objection filed by the defense team for AUM Shinrikyo founder Shoko Asahara (in a photo taken in September 1995) against the court's March 27 decision to dismiss their appeal against his death sentence two years and three months ago, judicial sources said on May 30. The decision paves the way for Asahara's death sentence to stand since the Supreme Court is unlikely to overrule unless any violation of the Constitution or a precedent can be found in the high court decision.

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Memorial gas lamp for Hanshin Earthquake destroyed

KOBE, Japan - The case of a gas lamp placed in Kobe in memory of the victims of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake is found broken May 3. The lamp sits in Higashi Amusement Park in the city's Chuo Ward.

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Hyogo Gov. Kaihara signals intention to resign

KOBE, Japan - Four-term Hyogo Gov. Toshitami Kaihara (file photo) has signaled his intention to resign before his current term expires in November next year, sources close to the governor said May 21. They said Kaihara, 67, appears ready to quit now that Kobe's rehabilitation efforts following the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake are virtually complete.

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Japan, S. Korea agree on basis for resolving textbook issue

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka (R) meets with South Korean Ambassador to Japan Choi Sang Yong at her ministry in Tokyo on May 2. They agreed that an apology issued in 1995 by then Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama should be the basis for resolving the issue of controversial Japanese history textbooks.

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Kobe completes complex for quake-affected manufacturers

KOBE, Japan - The city of Kobe in western Japan holds a ceremony May 17 to mark the completion of a factory complex for manufacturers hit by the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake that devastated the area and killed more than 6,400 people. The complex of four five-story buildings is to house local firms such as shoemakers who lost their own factories in the Jan. 17, 1995 quake.

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Turkey's annual inflation hits 24-year high

STORY: Turkey's annual inflation hits 24-year high DATELINE: June 3, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:04 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of banks and markets in Turkey STORYLINE: Turkey's consumer price index (CPI) surged by 73.5 percent year-on-year in May, hitting a record high since October 1998, the Turkish Statistical Institute announced Friday. The country's CPI increased by 2.98 percent month-on-month in May, according to data released by the institute. The highest annual price surge was in the transportation sector with 107.62 percent. The cost of food and non-alcoholic drinks increased 91.63 percent, while furnishings and household equipment prices were up 82.08 percent. Meanwhile, the domestic producer price index climbed 8.76 percent month-on-month in May, with an annual rise of 132.16 percent, marking its highest level since 1995, the data showed. The country is undergoing financial woes unseen in decades, with the Turkish lira losing half its value last year due to th

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Memorial gas lamp for Hanshin Earthquake destroyed

KOBE, Japan - The case of a gas lamp placed in Kobe in memory of the victims of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake is found broken May 3. The lamp sits in Higashi Amusement Park in the city's Chuo Ward.

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Hyogo Gov. Kaihara signals intention to resign

KOBE, Japan - Four-term Hyogo Gov. Toshitami Kaihara (file photo) has signaled his intention to resign before his current term expires in November next year, sources close to the governor said May 21. They said Kaihara, 67, appears ready to quit now that Kobe's rehabilitation efforts following the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake are virtually complete.

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High court upholds death sentence on AUM's Hayakawa

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo High Court upheld on May 14 a death sentence imposed on former senior AUM Shinrikyo member Kiyohide Hayakawa (file photo) for crimes including the murders of a lawyer and his family and of an AUM member who wanted to leave the cult. Hayakawa, 54, pleaded guilty in all seven cases in which he was charged, which also included building a plant in Yamanashi Prefecture to mass-produce the nerve gas sarin used in the 1995 fatal attack on the Tokyo subway system. (Kyodo)

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Former senior AUM member Inoue sentenced to death

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo High Court on May 28 sentenced to death Yoshihiro Inoue (file photo), a former senior member of the AUM Shinrikyo cult who was charged in 10 criminal cases, including the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system, overturning a life sentence handed down by a lower court. (Kyodo)

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Due South (1995)

Paul Gross Characters: Constable Benton Fraser Television: Due South (1993) 09 May 1995 Date: 09 May 1995

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To Vlemma Tou Odyssea; Ulysses (1995)

Movie Poster Film: To Vlemma Tou Odyssea; Ulysses Gaze (1995) Director: Theodoros Angelopoulos 24 May 1995 Date: 24 May 1995