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Türkiye's unemployment rate at lowest level in 11 years

STORY: Türkiye's unemployment rate at lowest level in 11 years SHOOTING TIME: Earlier footage DATELINE: Dec. 12, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:15 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of a textile factory and employees in Türkiye (shooting date: Nov. 13, 2023) (courtesy of ihlas news agency) 2. various of construction workers in Türkiye (shooting date: Nov. 25, 2023) (courtesy of ihlas news agency) 3. various of a bread factory and employees in Türkiye (shooting date: July 3, 2023) (courtesy of Ankara Municipality) 4. various of a textile factory and employees in Türkiye (shooting date: Dec. 7, 2023) (courtesy of ihlas news agency) STORYLINE: The jobless rate in Türkiye was 8.5 percent in October, the lowest level since November 2012 when it was 8.4 percent, the Turkish Statistical Institute said on Monday. The number of unemployed people, aged 15 years old and over, dropped by 163,000 to 2.96 million year-on-year in November, it said, adding the unemployment rate dropped by 0.5 percentage point

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Book distribution festival held in Iraq

STORY: Book distribution festival held in Iraq SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 11, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 12, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:29 LOCATION: Baghdad CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of book distribution festival STORYLINE: A book distribution festival titled "I Am Iraqi, I Read" was held on Saturday in the Iraqi capital Baghdad. About 40,000 books were distributed to Iraqi people for free during the event, which came within the framework of ongoing efforts to motivate young people to read and effectively use their time to acquire new knowledge. Since its first edition in 2012, the festival has been staged each year in different provinces across the country. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Baghdad. (XHTV)

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LDP lawmaker Tokuda

TOKYO, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Takeshi Tokuda answers reporters' questions after meeting LDP Secretary General Shigeru Ishiba at the Diet building in Tokyo on Nov. 12, 2013. Tokuda will leave the ruling party after six people linked to him were arrested on suspicion of illegally providing rewards to people who worked on the lower house member's December 2012 general election campaign.

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LDP lawmaker Tokuda

TOKYO, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Takeshi Tokuda answers reporters' questions after meeting LDP Secretary General Shigeru Ishiba at the Diet building in Tokyo on Nov. 12, 2013. Tokuda will leave the ruling party after six people linked to him were arrested on suspicion of illegally providing rewards to people who worked on the lower house member's December 2012 general election campaign.

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6 arrested over Tokuda's election campaign

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Takeshi Tokuda. On Nov. 12, 2013, police arrested six people linked to Tokuda, including his two elder sisters, on suspicion of illegally providing rewards to people who worked on the lower house member's campaign for the December 2012 general election.

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Man arrested in Aichi bank standoff, all hostages released

TOYOKAWA, Japan - Police officers cut through a glass window at Toyokawa Shinkin Bank's Zoshi branch in Toyokawa, Aichi Prefecture, in the early hours of Nov. 23, 2012, to rescue hostages being held by a man armed with a knife during a standoff lasting more than 12 hours. Police arrested the man, Koji Nagakubo, and released all captives.

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Man arrested in Aichi bank standoff, all hostages released

TOYOKAWA, Japan - Police officers storm Toyokawa Shinkin Bank's Zoshi branch through a window in Toyokawa, Aichi Prefecture, in the early hours of Nov. 23, 2012, to rescue hostages being held by a man armed with a knife during a standoff lasting more than 12 hours. Police arrested the man, Koji Nagakubo, and released all captives.

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Man arrested in Aichi bank standoff, all hostages released

TOYOKAWA, Japan - Police officers storm Toyokawa Shinkin Bank's Zoshi branch through a window in Toyokawa, Aichi Prefecture, in the early hours of Nov. 23, 2012, to rescue hostages being held by a man armed with a knife during a standoff lasting more than 12 hours. Police arrested the man, Koji Nagakubo, and released all captives.

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Atlantic bluefin tuna

AGADIR, Morocco - The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, an international body managing fishery resources in the Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic, decides at its annual conference in Agadir, Morocco, on Nov. 19, 2012, to expand the bluefin tuna catch quota to 13,400 tons in 2013 from the current 12,900 tons, the first expansion in 10 years.

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Tuna conference

AGADIR, Morocco - Photo shows the venue of an annual conference of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas in Agadir, Morocco, on Nov. 18, 2012. The international body managing fishery resources in the Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic decided on Nov. 19 at the conference to expand the bluefin tuna catch quota to 13,400 tons in 2013 from the current 12,900 tons, the first expansion in 10 years.

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Seeds of Fukushima cherry blossom tree donated to Britain

LONDON, Britain - Mizuki Murakami (L) and Kaito Tauchi (R), both 12 years old, of Nakasato elementary school in the town of Miharu, Fukushima Prefecture, hold seeds collected from a famed cherry blossom tree in the prefecture at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew in London on Nov. 15, 2012. They delivered the seeds on their classmates' behalf to Kew Gardens to express their gratitude for Britain's support for those affected by the March 2011 disaster.

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Seeds of Fukushima cherry blossom tree donated to Britain

LONDON, Britain - Mizuki Murakami (R), along with Kaito Tauchi (C), hands a panel expressing thoughts on the Anglo-Japanese friendship to a staff member of the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew in London on Nov. 15, 2012. The two, both 12 years old, of Nakasato elementary school in the town of Miharu, Fukushima Prefecture, delivered on their classmates' behalf seeds collected from a famed cherry blossom tree in the prefecture to Kew Gardens to express their gratitude for Britain's support for those affected by the March 2011 disaster.

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IEA chief

LONDON, Britain - International Energy Agency Executive Director Maria van der Hoeven (C) speaks during a press conference in London on Nov. 12, 2012.

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Supercomputer 'K' slips to third

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, in November 2011 shows "K," a supercomputer jointly developed by Riken, a Japanese state-backed research institute, and Fujitsu Ltd. "K" has slipped to third place globally in computing speed, according to a biannual ranking announced on Nov. 12, 2012, by the U.S.-European TOP500 project. It fell to second place in June after topping the previous two rankings. (Photo taken with fish-eye lens)

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S. Korea presidential election

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean presidential candidate Moon Jae In from the main opposition Democratic United Party meets foreign reporters in Seoul on Nov. 12, 2012.

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BOJ governor

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa delivers a speech in Tokyo on Nov. 12, 2012.

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German farm minister in Japan

KESENNUMA, Japan - German farm minister Ilse Aigner (R) visits an oyster farm in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on Nov. 12, 2012. The northeastern Japan city was hit by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.

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Harumafuji loses on 2nd day

FUKUOKA, Japan - Newly promoted yokozuna Harumafuji (L) loses to Okinoumi on the second day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament in Fukuoka on Nov. 12, 2012.

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German farm minister in Japan

KESENNUMA, Japan - German farm minister Ilse Aigner (R) visits an oyster farm in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on Nov. 12, 2012. The northeastern Japan city was hit by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.

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German farm minister in Japan

KESENNUMA, Japan - German farm minister Ilse Aigner is pictured during her visit to Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on Nov. 12, 2012. The northeastern Japan city was hit by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.

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Probe into S. Korea president

SEOUL, South Korea - A special counsel office vehicle carrying documents submitted by the presidential security service leaves a government building in Seoul on Nov. 12, 2012. The special counsel office is investigating a scandal involving South Korean President Lee Myung Bak's retirement home plan.

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Publisher apologizes to mayor

OSAKA, Japan - Officials of Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. bow in apology to Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto (L) at the Osaka city hall on Nov. 12, 2012, over an article on the mayor's family background that appeared in its weekly magazine Shukan Asahi.

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Sports university students visit N. Korea

BEIJING, China - Nippon Sport Science University board director Kenshiro Matsunami (C front) and about 40 students leave Beijing airport for Pyongyang on Nov. 12, 2012, for sports exchanges with North Korea.

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Honda Motor in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai Honda Manufacturing Co. President Shunichi Eguchi speaks during a ceremony at the company's plant in Bangkok on Nov. 12, 2012. The Thailand subsidiary of Honda Motor Co. began a new production line for mid-displacement motorcycles at the factory.

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Japan economy stagnates in 3rd qtr

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese economic and fiscal policy minister Seiji Maehara gives a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 12, 2012 on the country's gross domestic product data for the third quarter of 2012, released earlier in the day. GDP contracted an annualized real 3.5 percent from the previous quarter.

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Acquitted man lodges damages suit

TOKYO, Japan - Shoji Sakurai, one of two men acquitted in a 1967 robbery and murder case, holds a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 12, 2012, after lodging a suit seeking 190 million yen in damages over allegedly illegal acts by law enforcement authorities that led to false accusations against him.

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Suzuki Motor opens Thai plant

RAYONG, Thailand - Osamu Suzuki (C), president and chairman of Suzuki Motor Corp., takes part in a tape-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of the company's new plant in Rayong, eastern Thailand, on Nov. 12, 2012.

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Ex-DPJ leader Ozawa acquitted over political funds scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa, former leader of the Democratic Party of Japan, leaves the Tokyo High Court in Tokyo on Nov. 12, 2012, after the court acquitted him over allegations of false political funds reporting.

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Tobacco convention conference in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - The fifth session of the Conference to the Parties to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control opens in Seoul on Nov. 12, 2012.

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Syrian opposition coalition leader

DOHA, Qatar - Moaz al-Khatib, head of a new coalition of Syrian opposition groups, holds a press conference in Doha on Nov. 12, 2012.

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Syrian opposition coalition leader

DOHA, Qatar - Moaz al-Khatib, head of a new coalition of Syrian opposition groups, speaks to reporters in Doha on Nov. 12, 2012.

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Ex-DPJ leader Ozawa acquitted over political funds scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Court-appointed lawyers acting as public prosecutors in the appeal trial of Ichiro Ozawa, former leader of the Democratic Party of Japan, arrive at the Tokyo High Court in Tokyo on Nov. 12, 2012. The court acquitted Ozawa later that day over allegations of false political funds reporting.

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Dalai Lama in Okinawa

YAESE, Japan - Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama is pictured during a press conference in the town of Yaese, Okinawa Prefecture, on Nov. 12, 2012. He countered allegations by the Chinese government that he is abetting acts of self-immolation by activists protesting against Beijing's control of Tibet.

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Dalai Lama in Okinawa

YAESE, Japan - Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama answers a question during a press conference in the town of Yaese, Okinawa Prefecture, on Nov. 12, 2012. He countered allegations by the Chinese government that he is abetting acts of self-immolation by activists protesting against Beijing's control of Tibet.

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Officers investigating online intimidation leave for U.S.

NARITA, Japan - Japanese police officers leave Narita airport near Tokyo for the United States on Nov. 12, 2012. Investigative sources said they aim to investigate a series of threatening messages posted online from personal computers believed to have been infected with malicious software enabling them to be controlled remotely by cybercriminals.

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Japanese icebreaker Shirase departs for Antarctica

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese icebreaker Shirase leaves Harumi Wharf in Tokyo Bay on Nov. 11, 2012, for Antarctica to support Japan's 54th expedition team to be deployed there. The 12,650-ton vessel was unable to dock at Japan's Showa Base the previous year, blocked by snow and thick ice, for the first time since 1994, meaning the expedition team had to reach the Antarctic base by air and land.

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Japanese icebreaker Shirase departs for Antarctica

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese icebreaker Shirase leaves Harumi Wharf in Tokyo Bay on Nov. 11, 2012, for Antarctica to support Japan's 54th expedition team to be deployed there. The 12,650-ton vessel was unable to dock at Japan's Showa Base the previous year, blocked by snow and thick ice, for the first time since 1994, meaning the expedition team had to reach the Antarctic base by air and land.

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Trailblazer 4th, Little Mike wins Breeders' Cup Turf

ARCADIA, United States - Trailblazer (12), ridden by Yutaka Take, gallops in the Breeders' Cup Turf at Santa Anita Park racecourse in Arcadia, California, on Nov. 3, 2012. Trailbrazer placed fourth. To the far right is Little Mike, winner of the race.