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(2)3 demonstrators killed in antigovernment rally

PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Demonstrators burn an effigy of British Prime Minister Tony Blair during an antigovernment rally in Peshawar, east of Islamabad on Nov. 9, 2001. Three people were killed in a separate rally in southern Pakistan.

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(1)3 demonstrators killed in antigovernment rally

PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Holding pictures of Ismamic militant Osama bin Laden, demonstrators shout antigovernment slogans during a violent rally in Peshawar, west of Islamabad on Nov. 9, 2001. Three people were killed in a separate rally in southern Pakistan.

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Thaksin praises Japan's SDF dispatch

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra speaks in an interview with Japanese journalists in Bangkok on Nov. 9, 2001 ahead of his official visit to Japan beginning Nov. 18. Thaksin said he admired Japan's decision to provide logistical support for the U.S.-led war against terrorism in the wake of the Sept. 11 suicide attacks in the United States.

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Ex-Giants manager Nagashima in Taipei

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Former Yomiuri Giants manager Shigeo Nagashima speaks at a news conference on arrival at Taipei airport on Nov. 9, 2001 to watch the baseball World Cup tournament games underway in Taiwan.

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Tanaka gives up N.Y. trip, will focus on budget debate

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka (L) and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda listens to debates during a House of Representatives plenary session Nov. 9, 2001. Tanaka said she will ''give her all'' to next week's Diet deliberations on a supplementary budget for the current fiscal year, leaving Japan's participation in international conferences on in New York to others.

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Hiranuma at WTO meeting

DOHA, Qatar - Japanese trade minister Takeo Hiranuma speaks to journalists in Doha on Nov. 9, 2001 before the start of a five-day World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial meeting.

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Japan mission leaves for Pakistan

TOKYO, Japan - A Japanese government mission leaves Narita airport on Nov. 9, 2001 for Pakistan, where it will explore ways to extend aid to Afghan refugees. The mission will visit Islamabad, Karachi and other places in Pakistan for talks on refugees' requests and safety with Pakistani government officials and representatives of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees.

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Japan Energy, Nippon Mining to form joint holding firm

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Energy Corp. Chairman Akihiko Nomiyama (L) and Nippon Mining & Metals Co. Chairman and President Takashi Sakamoto shake hands at a news conference in Toikyo on Nov. 9, 2001, where they announced the two firms have agreed in principle to come under a joint holding company to be established in October 2002.

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Japan trounces Russia 12-0 for 3rd win at World Cup baseball

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Seibu Lions outfielder Tomoaki Sato hits a two-run single in the top of the fifth inning as Japan went on to blank Russia 12-0 for its third victory at the World Cup tournament Chunichi Dragons infielder Hirokazu Ibata drove home two runs in a four-run second inning Friday as Japan went on to blank Russia 12-0 for its third victory at the World Cup tournament at Shinchuan Stadium on Nov. 9, 2001.

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Koizumi rules out a cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi listens as Yoshito Sengoku, a lawmaker from the opposition Democratic Party of Japan, puts questions during a House of Representatives plenary session Nov. 9, 2001. Koizumi reiterated he is not planning a cabinet reshuffle to replace Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka, who is often seen at odds with her ministry's bureaucrats.

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Japanese journalist held by Taliban optimistic of release

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Photo shows a written memo and a cassette tape sent to Kyodo News on Nov. 9, 2001 by Daigen Yanagida, a freelance journalist detained in Afghanistan by the ruling Taliban since Oct. 22. Yanagida said in the recording that he was being treated well by the Taliban and that he is optimistic about being released soon.

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Duval takes 2-shot lead after 2nd round of Dunlop Phoenix

MIYAZAKI, Japan - British Open champion David Duval blast a bunker shot on the second day Nov. 9, 2001 of the 200 million yen Dunlop Phoenix tournament at the the Phoenix Country Club in Miyazaki Prefecture. Duval celebrated his 30th birthday with a 4-under-par 67 to take a two-stroke lead at the halfway stage.

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Japan to give some $620,000 for conservation project in China

TOKYO, Japan - Japan decided Nov. 9, 2001 to give $623,798 to the first phase of the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) Longmen grottoes (undated file photo) conservation project to help preserve the sculptures carved in cave walls over a millennium ago in China. The more than 2,000 grottoes, located in Henan Province, contain about 110,000 Buddhist sculptures over a period of 400 years from the late period of the Northern Wei Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty (493-907).

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Oba takes 1st-round lead at Itoen Ladies golf

CHONAN, Japan - Michie Oba (L) takes a stride towards her third tour victory of the year after shooting a 4-under-par 68 to grab sole possession of the lead after the first round of the Itoen Ladies golf tournament at the Great Island Club in Chiba Prefecture on Nov. 9, 2001. Oba was followed by Japan's veteran Ayako Okamoto (R), England's Laura Davies and Taiwan's Tseng Hsiu-feng.

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Toyama police officers reprimanded for concealing case

NAGOYA, Japan - Masafumi Ueda refuses to speak to a reporter in Nagoya on Nov. 9, 2001 after he resigned earlier in the day as head of the Chubu Regional Police Bureau of the National Police Agency. He is one of nine police officers reprimanded for concealing a drug case in 1995.

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Lacquer-coated scooter to feature festival

KAINAN, Japan - Members of a youth association in Kainan, Wakayama Prefecture, renowned for its traditional lacquer ware, show off a lacquer-coated scooter Nov. 9, 2001, which they have taken two months to finish for display during the annual ''Kishu Lacquer Ware Festival'' beginning in the city Nov. 10. (Kishu is Wakayama's medieval name.) The special product, based on a secondhand Italian make, is not for sale. ''If you ask me, it could carry a price tag of no less than 1 million yen,'' Association chief Toshiyuki Nakamura said.