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File French Astronaut Claudie Haignere

Handout photo shows ISS003-E-7084 (23-31 October 2001) --- The Soyuz Taxi crewmembers, Flight Engineer Konstantin Kozeev (left), Commander Victor Afanasyev and French Flight Engineer Claudie Haignere add their names to the list of the International Space Station (ISS) visitors in the ships log in the Unity node. Afanasyev and Kozeev represent Rosaviakosmos, and Haignere represents ESA, carrying out a flight program for CNES, the French Space Agency, under a commercial contract with the Russian Aviation and Space Agency. This image was taken with a digital still camera. Photo by Johnson Space Center/NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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File French Astronaut Claudie Haignere

Handout photo shows ISS003-E-6855 (23-31 October 2001) --- French Flight Engineer Claudie Haignere, works in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). Haignere represents ESA, carrying out a flight program for CNES, the French Space Agency, under a commercial contract with the Russian Aviation and Space Agency. This image was taken with a digital still camera. Photo by Johnson Space Center/NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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File French Astronaut Claudie Haignere

Handout photo shows ISS003-E-7251 (23-31 October 2001) --- The Soyuz Taxi crewmembers wave from a Soyuz spacecraft docked to the International Space Station (ISS). Clockwise from the top are Commander Victor Afanasyev, Flight Engineer Konstantin Kozeev and French Flight Engineer Claudie Haignere. Afanasyev and Kozeev represent Rosaviakosmos, and Haignere represents ESA, carrying out a flight program for CNES, the French Space Agency, under a commercial contract with the Russian Aviation and Space Agency. This image was taken with a digital still camera by one of the Expedition Three crew from the nadir docking port on the station. Photo by Johnson Space Center/NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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File French Astronaut Claudie Haignere

Handout photo shows ISS003-E-7032 (23-31 October 2001) --- The Expedition Three crew (bottom) and the Soyuz Taxi crew assemble for a group photo in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). The Expedition Three crewmembers are astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, Jr. (center), mission commander, and cosmonauts Mikhail Tyurin (left) and Vladimir N. Dezhurov, both flight engineers. The Soyuz Taxi crewmembers are Commander Victor Afanasyev (left), French Flight Engineer Claudie Haignere, and Flight Engineer Konstantin Kozeev. Tyurin, Dezhurov, Afanasyev, and Kozeev represent Rosaviakosmos. Haignere represents ESA, carrying out a flight program for CNES, the French Space Agency, under a commercial contract with the Russian Aviation and Space Agency. This image was taken with a digital still camera. Photo by Johnson Space Center/NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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File French Astronaut Claudie Haignere

Handout photo shows ISS003-E-7036 (23-31 October 2001) --- Astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, Jr. (foreground), Expedition Three mission commander, and the Soyuz Taxi crewmembers assemble for a group photo in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). From the left are Flight Engineer Konstantin Kozeev, Commander Victor Afanasyev, and French Flight Engineer Claudie Haignere. Afanasyev and Kozeev represent Rosaviakosmos, and Haignere represents ESA, carrying out a flight program for CNES, the French Space Agency, under a commercial contract with the Russian Aviation and Space Agency. This image was taken with a digital still camera. Photo by Johnson Space Center/NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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File French Astronaut Claudie Haignere

Handout photo shows ISS003-E-7037 (23-31 October 2001) --- Astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, Jr. (foreground), Expedition Three mission commander, and the Soyuz Taxi crewmembers assemble for a group photo in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). From the left are Flight Engineer Konstantin Kozeev, Commander Victor Afanasyev, and French Flight Engineer Claudie Haignere. Afanasyev and Kozeev represent Rosaviakosmos, and Haignere represents ESA, carrying out a flight program for CNES, the French Space Agency, under a commercial contract with the Russian Aviation and Space Agency. This image was taken with a digital still camera. Photo by Johnson Space Center/NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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File French Astronaut Claudie Haignere

Handout photo shows ISS003-E-7056 (23-31 October 2001) --- The Soyuz Taxi crewmembers, Commander Victor Afanasyev (left), French Flight Engineer Claudie Haignere and Flight Engineer Konstantin Kozeev, add their crew patch to the growing collection, in the Unity node, of insignias representing crews who have worked on the International Space Station (ISS). Afanasyev and Kozeev represent Rosaviakosmos, and Haignere represents ESA, carrying out a flight program for CNES, the French Space Agency, under a commercial contract with the Russian Aviation and Space Agency. This image was taken with a digital still camera. Photo by Johnson Space Center/NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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File French Astronaut Claudie Haignere

Handout photo shows ISS003-E-7033 (23-31 October 2001) --- The Soyuz Taxi crewmembers assemble for a group photo in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). From the left are Flight Engineer Konstantin Kozeev, Commander Victor Afanasyev, and French Flight Engineer Claudie Haignere. Afanasyev and Kozeev represent Rosaviakosmos, and Haignere represents ESA, carrying out a flight program for CNES, the French Space Agency, under a commercial contract with the Russian Aviation and Space Agency. This image was taken with a digital still camera. Photo by Johnson Space Center/NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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File French Astronaut Claudie Haignere

Handout photo shows ISS003-E-7061 (23-31 October 2001) --- Astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, Jr. (right), Expedition Three mission commander, shakes hands with French Flight Engineer Claudie Haignere of the Soyuz Taxi crew, in the Unity node on the International Space Station (ISS). Haignere represents ESA, carrying out a flight program for CNES, the French Space Agency, under a commercial contract with the Russian Aviation and Space Agency. This image was taken with a digital still camera. Photo by Johnson Space Center/NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Meeting Senior Security Advisors

United States President George W. Bush meets with Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director George Tenet (far left), U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney (center) and National Security Advisor Dr. Condoleezza Rice in the Oval Office of the White house in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, October 7, 2001..Mandatory Photo by Eric Draper - White House via CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM.

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File - Pope Jean Paul II

File photo dated October 12, 2001. Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez has been received by pope John Paul II during a private audience. Chavez is on an official visit to Italy as part of an european tour. He gave to the pope a wooden statue made by a venezuelan artist. Rome Vatican. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rally In Solidarity With Israel - Paris

A poster referring to the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States and the November 13, 2015 attacks in Fran during a "march of solidarity for Israel" organized by the CRIF (Representative Council of Jewish Institutions in France). Paris, October 9, 2023.Jeremy Paoloni/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Bsous Silk Museum keeps Lebanon's history of sericulture

STORY: Bsous Silk Museum keeps Lebanon's history of sericulture DATELINE: May 19, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:45 LOCATION: Beirut CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Bsous Silk Museum and visitors STORYLINE: Located in the village of Bsous of Aley County in Mount Lebanon Governorate, Bsous Silk Museum is the only one of its kind in Lebanon. Its structure was originally built by the Fayad family and operated as a silk factory between 1901 and 1954. It was restored by its owners, George and Alexandra Asseily who bought the property in 1973, and has been serving as a museum since 2001. Part of the silk museum's permanent collection includes live silkworms. The museum also regularly puts on annual exhibitions under different themes, showcasing silk culture from around the world. Past exhibitions have spotlighted the silk industry in China, India, Vietnam, Italy and France. The museum is open from May to October. Silk production was for one period the pillar of the Lebanese economy, accounting for 62 percen

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Giant panda Lin Hui passes away in Thailand's Chiang Mai Zoo

STORY: Giant panda Lin Hui passes away in Thailand's Chiang Mai Zoo DATELINE: April 20, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:37 LOCATION: Bangkok CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of a press conference 2. various of panda and tourists in Chiang Mai Zoo STORYLINE: The Chinese Consulate General in Chiang Mai confirmed on Wednesday that the female giant panda living in Chiang Mai Zoo had passed away at the age of 21. The consulate general said in a statement that Chiang Mai Zoo has informed them of the death of Lin Hui, and a joint investigation by both Chinese and Thai experts will be launched to find out the cause of Lin Hui's death as soon as possible. The giant panda showed signs of sickness on Tuesday. The zoo closely monitored Lin Hui's condition and sought guidance for treatment from experts of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, according to the statement. Lin Hui was born in September 2001 and arrived in Chiang Mai from China in October 2003. She enjoyed great popularity in Thailand

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China's aid eases misery of Afghan returnees in chilly winter

STORY: China's aid eases misery of Afghan returnees in chilly winter DATELINE: Feb. 22, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:40 LOCATION: BAMYAN, Afghanistan CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various shots of central Afghanistan's Bamyan Province in winter and locals 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Dari): Abdul Azim, Local resident 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Dari): Abdul Azim, Local resident 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Pashto): MAWLAWI SHAKIR TAHIR, Provincial director for natural disaster management and humanitarian affairs STORYLINE: Abdul Azim, together with his 10 family members, huddled in a mud hut of about 50 square meters in Dara-e-Foladi, a far-flung village in the mountainous area of central Afghanistan's Bamyan province, where the temperature drops to minus 30 degrees Celsius in winter. During the 20 years of conflicts in Afghanistan after the United States invaded the country in October 2001, more than 30,000 civilians lost their lives, and some 11 million people were made refugees. To escape the war, Azim was once one of the refugees who fled from Ba

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Ryozo Kato to become longest-serving Japan ambassador to U.S.

WASHINGTON, United States - File photo of Ryozo Kato, who will become the longest-serving Japanese ambassador to the United States on Sunday, having carried out his duties in Washington for over five years and nine months. Kato, 65, who was appointed ambassador in September 2001 and assumed his duties in late October that year, will break the previous record set by Koichiro Asakai from 1957 to 1963.

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Writer Yasuoka dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows prizewinning writer Shotaro Yasuoka at his Tokyo home in October 2001, when he was recognized by the Japanese government as a Person of Cultural Merit. Yasuoka died on Jan. 26, 2013. He was 92.

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USJ visitors to reach 100 million

OSAKA, Japan - Many people visit Universal Studios Japan in Osaka on Oct. 10, 2012. The number of visitors to the Hollywood-themed amusement park since its opening in 2001 is expected to reach 100 million as early as the end of October 2012.

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Up to 6.4 C temperature rise expected by end of century

TOKYO, Japan - Ice from the Ilulissat Glacier in Greenland falls off into the sea in a photo taken in October 2006. A U.N. climate change panel warned on Feb. 2 that the Earth's average surface air temperature is projected to rise by up to 6.4 C from the 1990 level by the end of this century, revising upward its projection made in 2001 to show more serious concern over global warming.

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Former Kintetsu, Orix manager Ogi dies at 70

TOKYO, Japan - Former baseball manager and Hall of Famer Akira Ogi, seen in this photo with Seattle Mariners' Ichiro at Safeco Field in October 2001, died of respiratory failure at a Fukuoka hospital on Dec. 15. He was 70. Ogi is known as the man who was most influential in the early professional career of Ichiro Suzuki, changing his registered name with the Pacific League to simply 'Ichiro' from his full name to give him more appeal.

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Lower house passes bill to extend antiterror law by 1 yr

TOKYO, Japan - The House of Representatives special committee on support for Iraqi rehabilitation passes a bill on Oct. 18 to extend an antiterrorism law another year to allow Japan to continue refueling U.S.-led coalition vessels in the Indian Ocean. The special antiterrorism law, due to expire Nov. 1, was enacted in October 2001 after the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States that year. The legislation was extended for two years in October 2003.

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(1)China's Jiang steps down as military chief, Hu takes over

BEIJING, China - Chinese President Jian Zemin (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi pose ahead of their talks in Shanghai in a photo taken in October 2001. Jiang has resigned as chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China. President Hu Jintao succeeded Jiang, China's official Xinhua News Agency said on Sept. 19.

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Rakugo storyteller Katsura Bunji dies at 80

TOKYO, Japan - Popular rakugo storyteller Katsura Bunji (in photo taken in October 2001) died of kidney failure caused by acute leukemia at a Tokyo hospital on Jan. 31, his family said. He was 80. Bunji, whose real name was Tatsuo Sekiguchi, was known for his crisp and well-mannered style of delivering his stories, which conveyed the traditions of the Edo Period (1603-1867).

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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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Murder victim featured in school guidebook

URAWA, Japan - A female university student, the victim of a fatal stalking case in Saitama Prefecture in October last year, is featured in a photo (bottom left) in her school's new guidebook as a student hard at work in a classroom. The photo of Shiori Ino, a 21-year-old student at Atomi College, appears in the women's college's Guidebook 2001 for the next fiscal year starting in April.

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BTM, Mitsubishi Trust announce alliance plan

TOKYO, Japan - Satoru Kishi (2nd from L), president of the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi (BTM), and Akio Utsumi (3rd from L), president of Mitsubishi Trust & Banking Corp., along with Tomoaki Hirano (L), president of Nippon Trust Bank, and Hiroshi Hayashi, president of Tokyo Trust Bank, shake hands in Tokyo on April 19 after announcing an agreement to integrate their management under a joint holding company in April 2001. The two banks will create the world's fifth largest and Japan's fourth biggest banking group by assets. Mitsubishi Trust will also absorb two BTM trust subsidiaries, Nippon Trust Bank and Tokyo Trust Bank, in October 2001.

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N. Italy sees hottest Oct. since 1800

STORY: N. Italy sees hottest Oct. since 1800 DATELINE: Nov. 10, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:58 LOCATION: Rome CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of people in park and traffic STORYLINE: Large swathes of northern Italy this year experienced the hottest October since records began in 1800, Italy's National Research Council said Tuesday. Temperatures reached 3.18 degrees Celsius above normal levels in the northern part of the country, the Council said. However, in Italy as a whole, temperatures were high but not record-breaking. The Council said they were 2.08 degrees Celsius higher than normal, the second-highest increase compared to normal levels, just behind the record of 2.13 degrees Celsius reached in 2001. The new data comes from Giulio Betti, a meteorologist and climatologist with the National Research Council. In addition to the high temperatures, much of the country has also suffered from a lack of rainfall, and an increase in extreme weather events including storms, floods, and strong winds. The

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U.S. deserves blame for mess it leaves in Afghanistan: former Pakistani diplomat

STORY: U.S. deserves blame for mess it leaves in Afghanistan: former Pakistani diplomat DATELINE: Sept. 17, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:15 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (English): MUHAMMAD AYAZ WAZIR, Former Pakistani career diplomat and ambassador to Afghanistan STORYLINE: Afghanistan, which is in urgent need of post-war reconstruction, has been facing a worsening humanitarian crisis, economic depression and terrorist attacks since the takeover by the Taliban in August last year. The U.S.-led military coalition invaded Afghanistan under the excuse of fighting terror in October 2001, and abruptly withdrew in August last year. A former Pakistani diplomat says that the U.S., which hastily withdrew from Afghanistan in disregard of its responsibilities and obligations, deserves much blame for the mess it left behind. SOUNDBITE (English): MUHAMMAD AYAZ WAZIR, Former Pakistani diplomat and ambassador to Afghanistan "U.S.-led NATO forces in Afghanistan, they did destruction, nothing else

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U.S. has left nothing good to us: Afghan people

STORY: U.S. has left nothing good to us: Afghan people DATELINE: Aug. 31, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:34 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of street views 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Dari): ALYAS, Ice cream seller 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Pashto): MAWLADAD, Local villager of Panjwai district 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Pashto): DAD MOHAMMAD, Local villager of Panjwai district 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Dari): NAJIBULLAH JAMI, Professor, Kabul University STORYLINE: One year has passed since the last batch of U.S. troops left Afghanistan at midnight on Aug. 30, 2021. The 20-year war has left the unsettled country with a horrific legacy. Following the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington D.C., the United States accused Afghanistan of harboring Osama Bin Laden, the leader of al-Qaida, and invaded the country in October 2001. Since then, Afghan people's lives have been totally changed. Some 3 million Afghan children have dropped out of school to earn money to support their families. SOUNDBITE 1 (Dari): ALYAS, Ice cream seller "I'd rath

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Donald Rumsfeld Dies Aged 88

File photo dated October 9, 2001 of United States Air Force General Richard B. Myers, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld hold a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, USA to discuss the continuing anti-terrorist activities by the United States. Donald Rumsfeld, the acerbic architect of the Iraq war and a master Washington power player who served as US secretary of defense for two presidents, has died at the age of 88. Photo by Ron Sachs/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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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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Lower house passes bill to extend antiterror law by 1 yr

TOKYO, Japan - The House of Representatives special committee on support for Iraqi rehabilitation passes a bill on Oct. 18 to extend an antiterrorism law another year to allow Japan to continue refueling U.S.-led coalition vessels in the Indian Ocean. The special antiterrorism law, due to expire Nov. 1, was enacted in October 2001 after the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States that year. The legislation was extended for two years in October 2003. (Kyodo)

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Former Kintetsu, Orix manager Ogi dies at 70

TOKYO, Japan - Former baseball manager and Hall of Famer Akira Ogi, seen in this photo with Seattle Mariners' Ichiro at Safeco Field in October 2001, died of respiratory failure at a Fukuoka hospital on Dec. 15. He was 70. Ogi is known as the man who was most influential in the early professional career of Ichiro Suzuki, changing his registered name with the Pacific League to simply 'Ichiro' from his full name to give him more appeal. (Kyodo)

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Ryozo Kato to become longest-serving Japan ambassador to U.S.

WASHINGTON, United States - File photo of Ryozo Kato, who will become the longest-serving Japanese ambassador to the United States on Sunday, having carried out his duties in Washington for over five years and nine months. Kato, 65, who was appointed ambassador in September 2001 and assumed his duties in late October that year, will break the previous record set by Koichiro Asakai from 1957 to 1963. (Kyodo)

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Wasabi (2001)

Ryoko Hirosue Characters: Yumi Yoshimido Film: Wasabi (2001) Director: Gerard Krawczyk 31 October 2001 Date: 31 October 2001

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Wasabi (2001)

Carole Bouquet & Jean Reno Characters: Sofia, Hubert Fiorentini Film: Wasabi (2001) Director: Gerard Krawczyk 31 October 2001 Date: 31 October 2001

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Wasabi (2001)

Jean Reno & Michel Muller Characters: Hubert Fiorentini, Maurice 'Momo' Film: Wasabi (2001) Director: Gerard Krawczyk 31 October 2001 Date: 31 October 2001

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Wasabi (2001)

Jean Reno & Ryoko Hirosue Characters: Hubert Fiorentini, Yumi Yoshimido Film: Wasabi (2001) Director: Gerard Krawczyk 31 October 2001 Date: 31 October 2001

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Wasabi (2001)

Jean Reno Characters: Hubert Fiorentini Film: Wasabi (2001) Director: Gerard Krawczyk 31 October 2001 Date: 31 October 2001

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Wasabi (2001)

Jean Reno Characters: Hubert Fiorentini Film: Wasabi (2001) Director: Gerard Krawczyk 31 October 2001 Date: 31 October 2001

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Wasabi (2001)

Jean Reno & Michel Muller Characters: Hubert Fiorentini, Maurice 'Momo' Film: Wasabi (2001) Director: Gerard Krawczyk 31 October 2001 Date: 31 October 2001

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Wasabi (2001)

Ryoko Hirosue & Jean Reno Characters: Yumi Yoshimido, Hubert Fiorentini Film: Wasabi (2001) Director: Gerard Krawczyk 31 October 2001 Date: 31 October 2001

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Wasabi (2001)

Jean Reno Characters: Hubert Fiorentini Film: Wasabi (2001) Director: Gerard Krawczyk 31 October 2001 Date: 31 October 2001

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Wasabi (2001)

Jean Reno Characters: Hubert Fiorentini Film: Wasabi (2001) Director: Gerard Krawczyk 31 October 2001 Date: 31 October 2001

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The Last Castle (2001)

Rod Lurie Film: The Last Castle (2001) Director: Rod Lurie 19 October 2001 Date: 19 October 2001

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The Last Castle (2001)

Robert Redford, Mark Ruffalo & Rod Lurie Characters: Lt. Gen. Eugene Irwin,Yates & Film: The Last Castle (2001) Director: Rod Lurie 19 October 2001 Date: 19 October 2001

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The Last Castle (2001)

Film Poster Film: The Last Castle (2001) Director: Rod Lurie 19 October 2001 Date: 19 October 2001

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The Last Castle (2001)

Mark Ruffalo Characters: Yates Film: The Last Castle (2001) Director: Rod Lurie 19 October 2001 Date: 19 October 2001

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The Last Castle (2001)

Paul Calderon, Robert Redford & Mark Ruffalo Characters: Dellwo,Lt. Gen. Eugene Irwin & Yates Film: The Last Castle (2001) Director: Rod Lurie 19 October 2001 Date: 19 October 2001

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The Last Castle (2001)

Mark Ruffalo & Robert Redford Characters: Yates & Lt. Gen. Eugene Irwin Film: The Last Castle (2001) Director: Rod Lurie 19 October 2001 Date: 19 October 2001