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Demarcation project starts in tsunami-hit Japan city

SENDAI, Japan - The Yuriage district of Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, is photographed on Oct. 20, 2014, at the start of a demarcation project undertaken as part of reconstruction from the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011.

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Demarcation project launched in tsunami-hit Japan city

SENDAI, Japan - Mayor Isoo Sasaki (R) of Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, and other people attend a groundbreaking ceremony on Oct. 20, 2014, to launch a demarcation project in the Yuriage district of the northeastern Japan city devastated by the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011.

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Japan's empress turns 80

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in July 2013 shows Japanese Emperor Akihito (far L) and Empress Michiko (2nd from L) meeting with people affected by the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters at an elementary school in Kawamata, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. The empress, on the occasion of her 80th birthday on Oct 20, expressed hope that peace can be brought about ahead of the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II next year.

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Japan's empress turns 80

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in August 2011 shows Empress Michiko (C) playing the piano with a violist and a clarinetist in Kusatsu, Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan. The empress, on the occasion of her 80th birthday on Oct 20, expressed hope that peace can be brought about ahead of the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II next year.

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Internally displaced in Libya

TRIPOLI, Libya - Evacuees from Tawergha, western Libya, cook a meal in the corridor of a shelter in the suburbs of Tripoli on Oct. 20, 2012. About 40,000 residents of Tawergha have been forced to live elsewhere in Libya since anti-Muammar Gaddafi forces took over the town that was loyal to the former leader in August 2011.

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Internally displaced in Libya

TRIPOLI, Libya - Evacuees from Tawergha, western Libya, watch TV at a shelter in a Tripoli suburb on Oct. 20, 2012. About 40,000 residents of Tawergha have been forced to live elsewhere in Libya since anti-Muammar Gaddafi forces took over the town that was loyal to the former leader in August 2011.

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Nano-level oxygen bubbles effective to purify lake

HAKODATE, Japan - Yoichi Kadokami, director of Kadokami Laboratories of Integrated Sciences in Hakodate, investigates the quality of water in a lake, in which nanometer-sized oxygen bubbles have been injected, in the town of Nanae, Hokkaido, on Oct. 20, 2011. The injection stimulates aquatic microorganisms and has the potential to improve the water quality of whole lakes through continuous injection, according to a research team.

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7 billionth baby in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Tomoko Watanabe, 20, holds her son, who was born on Oct. 31, 2011, as one of the ''7 billionth babies,'' at a hospital in the city of Fukushima. The U.N. Population Fund estimates that the world's population exceeded 7 billion that day. Watanabe said she will raise her son in Fukushima despite relatively high radiation levels due to the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.

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Libyan militias end fighting

MISRATA, Libya - A group of militiamen who fought against forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi return from Sirte to Misrata, Libya, on Oct. 23, 2011, after the death of the former Libyan leader on Oct. 20.

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Gaddafi coverture

SIRTE, Libya - Photo on Oct. 23, 2011, shows a culvert pipe near Sirte where Muammar Gaddafi was reportedly hiding when he was captured on Oct. 20. The former Libyan leader was killed after his capture.

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Libyans celebrate Gaddafi's death

MISRATA, Libya - Women are seen celebrating liberation from the rule of Muammar Gaddafi at a square in Misrata, Libya, on Oct. 23, 2011. The former Libyan leader's body was kept in the city, about 200 kilometers east of Tripoli, after he was captured by anti-Gaddafi forces on Oct. 20 and died in an apparent slaughter.

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Gaddafi hometown wrecked

SIRTE, Libya - Muammar Gaddafi's hometown Sirte is seen on Oct. 23, 2011, devastated by fighting between forces loyal to the former Libyan leader and supporters of the revolution. Gaddafi was captured near the city and killed on Oct. 20.

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Tunisians prepare for election

TUNIS, Tunisia - Election campaign staff in Tunis, the capital of Tunisia, on Oct. 20, 2011, call on people to vote for their candidates in the National Constituent Assembly election slated for Oct. 23, 2011. The election will be the first in the North African country since President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was overthrown in January 2011.

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Red Sox's Ortiz receives 2011 Clemente Award

ST. LOUIS, United States - Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz (R) hugs Vera Clemente, the widow of Roberto Clemente, at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri, on Oct. 20, 2011, after he received the Roberto Clemente Award. The annual award recognizes the player who best represents the game of baseball through positive contributions, on and off the field, paying tribute to the achievements and character of the late MLB star Clemente. The 12-time All-Star and Hall of Famer died in a plane crash on New Year's Eve 1972 while attempting to deliver supplies to earthquake victims in Nicaragua.

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Ibaraki Airport wins low-cost airport of year award

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Ibaraki Gov. Masaru Hashimoto (R) attends an award ceremony in Singapore on Oct. 20, 2011, as Ibaraki Airport in his prefecture won the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation's best low-cost airport of the year award. The airport, which opened in March 2010 in Ibaraki Prefecture about 40 kilometers outside Tokyo, received the award for being the most ''innovative and influential'' airport in the Asia-Pacific region, according to the Sydney-based CAPA.

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Flooding in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - Employees at a Honda factory in eastern Bangkok pile up sandbags around the facility on Oct. 20, 2011, as floodwaters that had hit Thailand's northern regions approached the capital.

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Opening ceremony for extra Diet session

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (top) attends the opening ceremony of a 51-day extraordinary Diet session in the main hall of the House of Councillors in Tokyo on Oct. 21, 2011. The session, from Oct. 20 to Dec. 9, 2011, will discuss a 12.10 trillion yen fiscal 2011 third extra budget to finance full-fledged reconstruction of areas ravaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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People in flood-hit northern Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - People sit on stacked sandbags on Oct. 20, 2011, which were placed in front of stores in northern Bangkok to stave off floodwater. Central Bangkok was on high alert the same day as flooding that has caused large-scale damage throughout Thailand poured into the northern part of the capital city.

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Flooding in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - Cup noodles are scarce in supply in a supermarket in Bangkok on Oct. 20, 2011, as floodwaters that had hit Thailand's northern regions approached the capital.

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Cards, Rangers tied 1-1 after Texas wins Game 2

ST. LOUIS, United States - Allen Craig of the St. Louis Cardinals hits an RBI single in the seventh inning of Game 2 in the World Series against the Texas Rangers at Busch Stadium in St. Louis on Oct. 20, 2011. Texas stole a win, 2-1, with two runs in the ninth, tying the best-of-seven series 1-1.

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Large-scale quake drill in California

LOS ANGELES, United States - People take part in an earthquake drill at a supermarket in Los Angeles on Oct. 20, 2011. Some 8.6 million people participated in major exercises, dubbed the ''Shakeout,'' in California, including Los Angeles and San Francisco, which simulated a magnitude 7.8 temblor hitting the state.

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Flooding in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - Motorists drive past stacked sandbags in Bangkok on Oct. 20, 2011, placed on the roadside to stave off floodwater.

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Red Sox's Ortiz receives 2011 Clemente Award

ST. LOUIS, United States - Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz, nicknamed Big Papi, attends a press conference at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri, on Oct. 20, 2011, after he received the Roberto Clemente Award. The annual award recognizes the player who best represents the game of baseball through positive contributions, on and off the field, paying tribute to achievements and character of the late MLB star Clemente. The 12-time All-Star and Hall of Famer died in a plane crash on New Year's Eve 1972 while attempting to deliver supplies to earthquake victims in Nicaragua.

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China, Taiwan sign nuclear power safety pact

TIANJIN, China - Chen Yunlin (R), chairman of China's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits, and Chiang Pin-kung, chairman of Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation, shake hands in Tianjin, China, on Oct. 20, 2011, after signing an agreement to cooperate on nuclear power safety.

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People in flood-hit northern Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - People ride motor scooters on a flooded street in a residential area of northern Bangkok on Oct. 20, 2011. Central Bangkok was on heightened alert the same day as flooding that has caused large-scale damage throughout Thailand poured into the northern part of the capital city.

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People in flood-hit northern Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - People drive or ride through a flooded street in a residential area of northern Bangkok on Oct. 20, 2011. Central Bangkok was on high alert the same day as flooding that has caused large-scale damage throughout Thailand poured into the northern part of the capital city.

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China, Taiwan sign nuclear power safety pact

TIANJIN, China - Chen Yunlin (R), chairman of China's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits, and Chiang Pin-kung, chairman of Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation, shake hands in Tianjin, China, on Oct. 20, 2011, at the outset of a meeting. China and Taiwan signed an agreement to cooperate on nuclear power safety.

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Protests in Athens

ATHENS, Greece - People demonstrate near the Greek parliament in Athens on Oct. 20, 2011, the second day of a general strike against the latest wave of austerity measures planned by the government.

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Japan team wins solar car race in Australia

ADELAIDE, Australia - A solar car of Japan's Tokai University finishes first in Adelaide, Australia, on Oct. 20, 2011, winning a five-day, 3,000-kilometer solar car race across the continent. In the World Solar Challenge race, 37 teams from 20 countries and territories took part.

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Protests in Athens

ATHENS, Greece - People demonstrate near the Greek parliament in Athens on Oct. 20, 2011, the second day of a general strike against the latest wave of austerity measures planned by the government.

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Flooding in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - People pile up sandbags in central Bangkok on Oct. 20, 2011, as floodwaters that had hit Thailand's northern regions approached the capital.

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Flooding in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - Buddhist monks walk on sandbags in Bangkok on Oct. 20, 2011, as floodwaters that had hit Thailand's northern regions approached the capital.

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Fukushima assembly calls for decommissioning local reactors

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - The Fukushima prefectural assembly adopts on Oct. 20, 2011, a petition calling for decommissioning all 10 reactors at the prefecture's two nuclear power plants in the aftermath of the nuclear disaster at one of them following the March earthquake and tsunami.

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Removing ship after tsunami

KAMAISHI, Japan - The 4,724-ton freighter Asia Symphony is lifted from land at Kamaishi port in Iwate Prefecture before being moved to the sea on Oct. 20, 2011. The ship was washed onto the land by the March 11 tsunami.

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Removing ship after tsunami

KAMAISHI, Japan - The 4,724-ton freighter Asia Symphony is lifted from land at Kamaishi port in Iwate Prefecture before being moved to the sea on Oct. 20, 2011. The ship was washed onto the land by the March 11 tsunami.

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Madame Tussauds waxworks in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A woman poses for a photo with a waxwork of late movie star Audrey Hepburn (L) on display at an exhibition organized by London's Madame Tussauds wax museum at Decks Tokyo Beach in Tokyo's Daiba district on Oct. 6, 2011. The ''Madame Tussauds Tokyo'' exhibition through Jan. 4, 2012, features around 20 waxworks of celebrities and characters.

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Madame Tussauds waxworks in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Yuko Oshima (L), a member of Japanese pop idol group AKB48, poses with a waxwork of herself on display at an exhibition organized by London's Madame Tussauds wax museum at Decks Tokyo Beach in Tokyo's Daiba district on Oct. 19, 2011. The ''Madame Tussauds Tokyo'' exhibition through Jan. 4, 2012, features around 20 waxworks of celebrities and characters.

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Removing ship after tsunami

KAMAISHI, Japan - The 4,724-ton freighter Asia Symphony is lifted from land at Kamaishi port in Iwate Prefecture before being moved to the sea on Oct. 20, 2011. The ship was washed onto the land by the March 11 tsunami.

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Panasonic to scale down TV business

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter in December 2009 shows Panasonic Corp.'s No. 3 plant in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture. The production of plasma television display panels at the factory will be ceased by the end of March 2012 as company sources said on Oct. 20, 2011, that the electronics appliance maker has decided to sharply scale down its money-losing television-making business, reducing production of plasma display panels and cutting over 1,000 jobs.

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Madame Tussauds waxworks in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A woman poses for a photo with a waxwork of American actor Johnny Depp on display at an exhibition organized by London's Madame Tussauds wax museum at Decks Tokyo Beach in Tokyo's Daiba district on Oct. 6, 2011. The ''Madame Tussauds Tokyo'' exhibition through Jan. 4, 2012, features around 20 waxworks of celebrities and characters.

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Trade fair in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo taken on Oct. 17, 2011, shows the overhead view of the seventh Pyongyang Autumn International Trade Fair at the Three-Revolution Exhibition in Pyongyang. The trade fair opened the same day for a run until Oct. 20, featuring machine tools, vehicles, electronics and other products from Asia and Europe.

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Trade fair in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Visitors look at jewels on display at the seventh Pyongyang Autumn International Trade Fair at the Three-Revolution Exhibition in Pyongyang on Oct. 17, 2011. The trade fair opened the same day for a run until Oct. 20, featuring machine tools, vehicles, electronics and other products from Asia and Europe.

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Japanese Finance Minister Azumi in Paris

PARIS, Japan - Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi speaks at a press conference in Paris on Oct. 14, 2011. Azumi was in Paris for a two-day meeting of financial chiefs from the Group of 20 leading economies and held brief talks with U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner prior to the meeting.

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7th month anniv. of Japan tsunami

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - The gymnasium of an elementary school in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, stands empty on Oct. 11, 2011, after the departure of all of the evacuees who were staying there. Ishinomaki shut down about 20 remaining evacuation centers the same day, including the gymnasium that accommodated over 1,500 evacuees at one point, seven months after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Nissan launches fuel efficient sedan in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - Toru Hasegawa (R), president of Nissan Motor (Thailand) Co., and Nissan Motor Co. Chief Operating Officer Toshiyuki Shiga introduce the new Almera sedan during the vehicle's unveiling event in Bangkok on Oct. 7, 2011. The car features fuel economy of 20 kilometers per liter and low carbon dioxide emissions, meeting requirements necessary to receive the Thai government's eco-car designation, according to the automaker.

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Household radiation counter

TOKYO, Japan - A woman holds a home radiation counter as S.T. Corp. said on July 26, 2011, that it will launch the Air Counter dosimeter Oct. 20. Demand for such counters has risen following the radioactive contamination from the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

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Matsuyama to turn pro golfer

SENDAI, Japan - Amateur golfer Hideki Matsuyama of Tohoku Fukushi University speaks at a press conference at its campus in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on Oct. 20, 2010. The 18-year-old who has earned a spot in the 2011 Masters Tournament in the United States said he will turn professional after graduating from the university.

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Relocated village in central China sees promising future in rural revitalization

STORY: Relocated village in central China sees promising future in rural revitalization DATELINE: Oct. 9, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:20 LOCATION: ZHENGZHOU, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project 2. various of the Zouzhuang Village 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WANG HENGJU, Zouzhuang villager 4. various of the Zouzhuang Village 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ZOU HUIYI, Farmer of Zouzhuang Village 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): CUI LIPING, Village official STORYLINE: This is a village in central China's Henan Province. People here used to live near the Danjiangkou reservoir. In 2011, they relocated to the Zouzhuang Village because of the construction of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project. With the help of the government, the village has developed industries and rural tourism, building fruit trees planting base and eco-tourism resort. The annual income of the village exceeds 300,000 yuan (about 42,100 U.S. dollars). SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WANG HENGJU, Zouzhuang village

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Miyagi, Mie agree to work to publicize disaster recovery at summit

Miyagi Gov. Yoshihiro Murai (L) and Mie Gov. Eikei Suzuki (C) visit Kashiko Island, where the G7 Ise-Shima Summit will be held in 2016, in Shima, Mie Prefecture, central Japan, on Oct. 20, 2015. The two governors agreed to work together in asking the central government to set up an exhibition at the international press center in Ise to show the updated situation of reconstruction in areas devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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7 billionth baby in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Tomoko Watanabe, 20, holds her son, who was born on Oct. 31, 2011, as one of the ''7 billionth babies,'' at a hospital in the city of Fukushima. The U.N. Population Fund estimates that the world's population exceeded 7 billion that day. Watanabe said she will raise her son in Fukushima despite relatively high radiation levels due to the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. (Kyodo)