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US Navy Shoots Down Its Own F/A-18 In Red Sea Fight

Handout photo dated July 18, 2011 shows An F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the Black Knights of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 154 lands aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) in the Gulf of Aden. A U.S. Navy cruiser shot down a Navy F/A-18 fighter jet over the Red Sea early Sunday morning, U.S. Central Command said. The F/A-18 was shot by weapons from the guided-missile cruiser the USS Gettysburg after taking off from the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier on Dec. 22. Both Navy aviators were able to eject from the fighter jet and were recovered safely. One of the two sustained minor injuries, according to CENTCOM. The USS Gettysburg “mistakenly fired on” the F/A-18, CENTCOM said. The shoot down happened amid a weekend of military action against the Houthis, a militant Yemeni nationalist group that controls much of Yemen, including the capital. American and British aircraft have been bombing targets in Sana’a since Saturday. The incident is under investigation. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Commun

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Oi plant's No. 4 reactor starts capacity operation

OBAMA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the No. 4 reactor building (right) at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi nuclear power plant in the town of Oi, Fukui Prefecture, on July 25, 2012. The reactor, which is the second to go back online after all of Japan's commercial reactors were taken offline for regular checks in the wake of the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident, started full-capacity power generation early on July 25 to ease electricity shortages in western Japan. The building housing the No. 3 reactor, the first to resume operation, is seen to the left.

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Oi plant's No. 4 reactor starts capacity operation

OBAMA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the No. 4 reactor building (front) at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi nuclear power plant in the town of Oi, Fukui Prefecture, on July 25, 2012. The reactor, which is the second to go back online after all of Japan's commercial reactors were taken offline for regular checks in the wake of the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident, started full-capacity power generation early on July 25 to ease electricity shortages in western Japan. The building housing the No. 3 reactor, the first to resume operation, is seen in the back.

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Day following reactor reboot at Oi nuclear plant

OI, Japan - Security guards stand near the entrance to Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi nuclear power plant in the town of Oi, Fukui Prefecture, on the Sea of Japan coast, on July 2, 2012. The No. 3 reactor at the plant attained a suspended nuclear fission chain reaction, or criticality, early in the day after it became the previous night the first reactor in Japan to be rebooted after regular checkups since 2011's Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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Oi nuclear plant's No. 3 reactor attains criticality

OI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on July 2, 2012, shows the No. 3 reactor building at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi nuclear power plant in the town of Oi, Fukui Prefecture, on the Sea of Japan coast. The No. 3 reactor attained a suspended nuclear fission chain reaction, or criticality, early in the day after it became the previous night the first reactor in Japan to be rebooted after regular checkups since 2011's Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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Oi nuclear plant's No. 3 reactor attains criticality

OI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on July 2, 2012, shows the No. 3 reactor building (R) at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi nuclear power plant in the town of Oi, Fukui Prefecture, on the Sea of Japan coast. The No. 3 reactor attained a suspended nuclear fission chain reaction, or criticality, early in the day after it became the previous night the first reactor in Japan to be rebooted after regular checkups since 2011's Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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Oi nuclear plant's No. 3 reactor attains criticality

OI, Japan - Employees work on the morning of July 2, 2012, in the central control room at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi nuclear power plant in the town of Oi, Fukui Prefecture, on the Sea of Japan coast, after the No. 3 reactor at the plant attained a suspended nuclear fission chain reaction, or criticality, early in the day. It became the previous night the first reactor in Japan to be rebooted after regular checkups since 2011's Fukushima nuclear crisis. (Pool photo)

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Cattle shipment ban lifted

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano attends a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Aug. 25, 2011 to announce the Japanese government lifted its ban on cattle shipments from Iwate, Fukushima and Tochigi prefectures the same day, saying sufficient measures are now in place to ensure that livestock are protected from radioactive contamination. With the latest move, cattle shipments will be resumed for all four prefectures that were instructed by the government between late July and early August to stop cattle shipments.

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Cattle shipment ban lifted

OSHU, Japan - Photo taken on Aug. 25, 2011 shows Maesawa beef cattle, one of the finest beef brands in Japan, in Oshu, Iwate Prefecture. The Japanese government lifted its ban on cattle shipments from Iwate, Fukushima and Tochigi prefectures the same day, saying sufficient measures are now in place to ensure that livestock are protected from radioactive contamination. With the latest move, cattle shipments will be resumed for all four prefectures that were instructed by the government between late July and early August to stop cattle shipments.

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Cattle shipment ban lifted

OSHU, Japan - Photo taken on Aug. 25, 2011 shows one of a herd of Maesawa beef cattle, among the finest beef brands in Japan, in Oshu, Iwate Prefecture. The Japanese government lifted its ban on cattle shipments from Iwate, Fukushima and Tochigi prefectures the same day, saying sufficient measures are now in place to ensure that livestock are protected from radioactive contamination. With the latest move, cattle shipments will be resumed for all four prefectures that were instructed by the government between late July and early August to stop cattle shipments.

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Stranded freighter at Kamaishi port

KAMAISHI, Japan - File photo taken in July 2011 shows the 4,724-ton Panamanian-registered freighter Asia Symphony, which has been stranded on a dock at Kamaishi port in Iwate Prefecture since the March 11 tsunami. The freighter will be removed as early as October, local government sources said Aug. 18.

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Cleanup continues 52 yrs after partial meltdown in Los Angeles

SIMI VALLEY, United States - Contractors of the Environmental Protection Agency collect soil samples at the former site of Santa Susana Field Laboratory in the suburbs of Los Angeles on June 20, 2011. An experimental nuclear reactor at the lab that was active from the late 1940s to early 1980s experienced a partial meltdown in July 1959. Analysis of the soil will show how much radioactive material remains.

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Century-old ammunition dump in Taiwan opened to media

HSIYU, Taiwan - An ammunition dump built by the colonialist Japanese on Hsiyu, or Fisher Island, in Taiwan's Penghu archipelago in the early 1900s was opened to Kyodo News on July 25, 2011.

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KDDI to launch Windows Phone in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A woman holds Windows Phone IS12T smartphones in Tokyo on July 27, 2011, when KDDI Corp. said it will begin selling in early September or later, for the first time in Japan, the new smartphone based on Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Phone 7.5 operating system.

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Japan considering Mt. Fuji, Kamakura as cultural heritage candidates

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in February 2004 shows the Great Buddha statue in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, which was Japan's capital between the late 12th and early 14th centuries. The Japanese government is considering recommending that UNESCO approve Mt. Fuji in central Japan and Kamakura as World Heritage cultural sites, officials said July 26, 2011.

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Toshiba to deliver water treatment system to Fukushima plant

TOKYO, Japan - Toshiba Corp. employees build a water treatment system in Yokohama on July 14, 2011. The company is set to deliver the system to the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to help decontamination efforts amid a series of problems with existing devices. The new system, which can treat 1,200 tons of water a day, will start operation from early August to help plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. deal with the crisis triggered by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Wooden stirrup from 5th-6th century

OTSU, Japan - A wooden stirrup dating back to the late fifth to early sixth centuries unearthed in Higashiomi, Shiga Prefecture, in western Japan, is shown to reporters on July 11, 2011. The Shiga Prefecture cultural property preservation association said the artifact is the oldest of its kind in Japan.

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Fatal boat accident in Russia

MOSCOW, Russia - A flag flies at half-staff over a government building in Moscow in the early hours of July 12, 2011, following a fatal cruise ship accident on Volga River in central Russia on July 10, 2011.

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IHI to launch R&D firm for algae biofuel

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows algae biofuel (front) and a bottle containing algae at the headquarters of heavy machinery maker IHI Corp. in Tokyo on July 7, 2011. The company said it will jointly establish a research and development company for algae biofuel in early August with a university venture, eyeing commercial production in fiscal 2020.

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Rakuten to begin e-book distribution service

TOKYO, Japan - Rakuten Inc. demonstrates an electronic book distribution service in Tokyo on July 7, 2011. The leading Japanese online shopping mall operator plans to launch the service in early August, offering more than 10,000 titles at first for an e-book reader handset due to be simultaneously released by Panasonic Corp.

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S. Korea to host 2018 Olympics

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea - People celebrate in Pyeongchang, South Korea, in the early hours of July 7, 2011, after the International Olympic Committee selected the city as host of the 2018 Winter Olympic Games.

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S. Korea to host 2018 Olympics

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea - People cerebrate in Pyeongchang, South Korea, in the early hours of July 7, 2011, after the International Olympic Committee selected the city as host of the 2018 Winter Olympic Games. A man is seen holding South Korea's national flag.

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B-787 'Dreamliner' in Osaka

ITAMI, Japan - A state-of-the-art Boeing 787 ''Dreamliner'' takes off from Osaka airport in western Japan on July 5, 2011. The airplane will be put into service by All Nippon Airways Co. as early as September.

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Chubu Electric asks for support to restart Hamaoka

TOKYO, Japan - Chubu Electric Power Co. President Akihisa Mizuno (R) submits a request to industry minister Banri Kaieda at the Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry in Tokyo on July 4, 2011, asking for the ministry to support the utility's efforts for an early resumption of operations at its Hamaoka nuclear power plant, which was shut down at the government's request for safety reasons in the wake of the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

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ANA to fly Boeing 787

TOKYO, Japan - All Nippon Airways Co. President Shinichiro Ito (L) and James Albaugh, president and chief executive officer of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, shake hands on a boarding ramp after emerging from a Boeing 787 Dreamliner at Haneda airport in Tokyo on July 4, 2011. ANA will become the first airline in the world to operate the airplane as early as in September 2011.

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KDDI's new smartphone

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on May 17, 2011, in Tokyo shows KDDI Corp.'s new smartphone model ''Infobar A01,'' which the operator of the ''au'' cellular service has unveiled. The model will be available from early July 2011.

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Southern Sudan to gain independence

JUBA, Sudan - People holding the flag of the Southern Sudan authority celebrate in Juba on Jan. 30, 2011. A referendum commission announced later the same day that over 99 percent of voters in Southern Sudan had voted for secession from the north, ensuring that the oil-rich region will become Africa's 54th state as early as in July after decades of civil war. (Photo by Tomoaki Nakano)

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Southern Sudan to go independent

JUBA, Sudan - People celebrate in Juba on Jan. 30, 2011, after the referendum commission announced the outcome of the vote that more than 99 percent of voters in Southern Sudan voted for secession from the north, ensuring that the oil-rich south will go independent as the 54th African state as early as in July after decades of civil war. (Photo by Tomoaki Nakano)

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Southern Sudan to go independent

JUBA, Sudan - An official (L) of the referendum commission announces the outcome of the vote in Juba on Jan. 30, 2011, that more than 99 percent of voters in Southern Sudan voted for secession from the north, ensuring that the oil-rich south will go independent as the 54th African state as early as in July after decades of civil war. (Photo by Tomoaki Nakano)

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Southern Sudan to gain independence

JUBA, Sudan - Southern Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit delivers a speech on Jan. 30, 2011, after a referendum commission announced that over 99 percent of voters in Southern Sudan had voted for secession from the north, ensuring that the oil-rich region will become Africa's 54th state as early as in July after decades of civil war.

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Southern Sudan to go independent

JUBA, Sudan - A man holds paper reading ''We are independent'' in Juba on Jan. 30, 2011, after the referendum commission announced the outcome of the vote that more than 99 percent of voters in Southern Sudan voted for secession from the north, ensuring that the oil-rich south will go independent as the 54th African state as early as in July after decades of civil war. (Photo by Tomoaki Nakano)

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Southern Sudan to go independent

JUBA, Sudan - People celebrate in Juba on Jan. 30, 2011, as the outcome of a referendum was announced that more than 99 percent of voters in Southern Sudan voted for secession from the north, ensuring that the oil-rich south will go independent as the 54th African state as early as in July after decades of civil war. (Photo by Tomoaki Nakano)

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GLOBALink | 10 years on, old revolutionary base embarks on new development path

STORY: 10 years on, old revolutionary base embarks on new development path DATELINE: July 23, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:38 LOCATION: NANCHANG, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: various of Ganzhouvarious of the Old revolutionary baseSOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): HUANG XIAOMIAN, Resident of Shanqi Village in Ganzhouvarious of a village SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): HUA JIFENG, General manager of a local agricultural companySOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): ZHOU YUANCHUN, Employee of a local agricultural companySOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): ZENG QINGCHUN, Official in Ganzhouvarious of local industries STORYLINE: The old revolutionary base of Ganzhou in China's Jiangxi Province has embarked on a new development path, thanks to a comprehensive strategy launched 10 years ago. Ganzhou is an inland city with a complex landscape. It was important in early revolutionary activities due to its remote mountain ranges, but the geographical advantage during wartime turned out to be a stumbling block for development. In 2011, nearly 2.2 million people wer

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Shinto rope over Nachi Waterfall

SHINGU, Japan - Shinto priests set up a ''shimenawa'' sacred rope at the top of the Nachi Waterfall in the town of Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, on Oct. 19, 2011. The 133-meter-tall fall is maintained as a sacred site by the Kumano Nachi Taisha shrine and its rope is usually renewed twice a year in July and December, but the previous rope was swept away in early September when the area was hit by flooding triggered by Typhoon Talas, leading to the day's operation. (Kyodo)

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Century-old ammunition dump in Taiwan opened to media

HSIYU, Taiwan - An ammunition dump built by the colonialist Japanese on Hsiyu, or Fisher Island, in Taiwan's Penghu archipelago in the early 1900s was opened to Kyodo News on July 25, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Cattle shipment ban lifted

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano attends a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Aug. 25, 2011 to announce the Japanese government lifted its ban on cattle shipments from Iwate, Fukushima and Tochigi prefectures the same day, saying sufficient measures are now in place to ensure that livestock are protected from radioactive contamination. With the latest move, cattle shipments will be resumed for all four prefectures that were instructed by the government between late July and early August to stop cattle shipments. (Kyodo)

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Cattle shipment ban lifted

OSHU, Japan - Photo taken on Aug. 25, 2011 shows Maesawa beef cattle, one of the finest beef brands in Japan, in Oshu, Iwate Prefecture. The Japanese government lifted its ban on cattle shipments from Iwate, Fukushima and Tochigi prefectures the same day, saying sufficient measures are now in place to ensure that livestock are protected from radioactive contamination. With the latest move, cattle shipments will be resumed for all four prefectures that were instructed by the government between late July and early August to stop cattle shipments. (Kyodo)

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Cattle shipment ban lifted

OSHU, Japan - Photo taken on Aug. 25, 2011 shows one of a herd of Maesawa beef cattle, among the finest beef brands in Japan, in Oshu, Iwate Prefecture. The Japanese government lifted its ban on cattle shipments from Iwate, Fukushima and Tochigi prefectures the same day, saying sufficient measures are now in place to ensure that livestock are protected from radioactive contamination. With the latest move, cattle shipments will be resumed for all four prefectures that were instructed by the government between late July and early August to stop cattle shipments. (Kyodo)

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Stranded freighter at Kamaishi port

KAMAISHI, Japan - File photo taken in July 2011 shows the 4,724-ton Panamanian-registered freighter Asia Symphony, which has been stranded on a dock at Kamaishi port in Iwate Prefecture since the March 11 tsunami. The freighter will be removed as early as October, local government sources said Aug. 18. (Kyodo)

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Cleanup continues 52 yrs after partial meltdown in Los Angeles

SIMI VALLEY, United States - Contractors of the Environmental Protection Agency collect soil samples at the former site of Santa Susana Field Laboratory in the suburbs of Los Angeles on June 20, 2011. An experimental nuclear reactor at the lab that was active from the late 1940s to early 1980s experienced a partial meltdown in July 1959. Analysis of the soil will show how much radioactive material remains. (Kyodo)

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IHI to launch R&D firm for algae biofuel

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows algae biofuel (front) and a bottle containing algae at the headquarters of heavy machinery maker IHI Corp. in Tokyo on July 7, 2011. The company said it will jointly establish a research and development company for algae biofuel in early August with a university venture, eyeing commercial production in fiscal 2020. (Kyodo)

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Rakuten to begin e-book distribution service

TOKYO, Japan - Rakuten Inc. demonstrates an electronic book distribution service in Tokyo on July 7, 2011. The leading Japanese online shopping mall operator plans to launch the service in early August, offering more than 10,000 titles at first for an e-book reader handset due to be simultaneously released by Panasonic Corp. (Kyodo)

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S. Korea to host 2018 Olympics

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea - People cerebrate in Pyeongchang, South Korea, in the early hours of July 7, 2011, after the International Olympic Committee selected the city as host of the 2018 Winter Olympic Games. A man is seen holding South Korea's national flag. (Kyodo)

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S. Korea to host 2018 Olympics

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea - People celebrate in Pyeongchang, South Korea, in the early hours of July 7, 2011, after the International Olympic Committee selected the city as host of the 2018 Winter Olympic Games. (Kyodo)

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B-787 'Dreamliner' in Osaka

ITAMI, Japan - A state-of-the-art Boeing 787 ''Dreamliner'' takes off from Osaka airport in western Japan on July 5, 2011. The airplane will be put into service by All Nippon Airways Co. as early as September. (Kyodo)

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ANA to fly Boeing 787

TOKYO, Japan - All Nippon Airways Co. President Shinichiro Ito (L) and James Albaugh, president and chief executive officer of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, shake hands on a boarding ramp after emerging from a Boeing 787 Dreamliner at Haneda airport in Tokyo on July 4, 2011. ANA will become the first airline in the world to operate the airplane as early as in September 2011. (Kyodo)

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Chubu Electric asks for support to restart Hamaoka

TOKYO, Japan - Chubu Electric Power Co. President Akihisa Mizuno (R) submits a request to industry minister Banri Kaieda at the Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry in Tokyo on July 4, 2011, asking for the ministry to support the utility's efforts for an early resumption of operations at its Hamaoka nuclear power plant, which was shut down at the government's request for safety reasons in the wake of the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant. (Kyodo)

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KDDI to launch Windows Phone in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A woman holds Windows Phone IS12T smartphones in Tokyo on July 27, 2011, when KDDI Corp. said it will begin selling in early September or later, for the first time in Japan, the new smartphone based on Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Phone 7.5 operating system. (Kyodo)

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Japan considering Mt. Fuji, Kamakura as cultural heritage candida

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in February 2004 shows the Great Buddha statue in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, which was Japan's capital between the late 12th and early 14th centuries. The Japanese government is considering recommending that UNESCO approve Mt. Fuji in central Japan and Kamakura as World Heritage cultural sites, officials said July 26, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Wooden stirrup from 5th-6th century

OTSU, Japan - A wooden stirrup dating back to the late fifth to early sixth centuries unearthed in Higashiomi, Shiga Prefecture, in western Japan, is shown to reporters on July 11, 2011. The Shiga Prefecture cultural property preservation association said the artifact is the oldest of its kind in Japan. (Kyodo)

US Navy Shoots Down Its Own F/A-18 In Red Sea Fight

Oi plant's No. 4 reactor starts capacity operation

Oi plant's No. 4 reactor starts capacity operation

Day following reactor reboot at Oi nuclear plant

Oi nuclear plant's No. 3 reactor attains criticality

Oi nuclear plant's No. 3 reactor attains criticality

Oi nuclear plant's No. 3 reactor attains criticality

Cattle shipment ban lifted

Cattle shipment ban lifted

Cattle shipment ban lifted

Stranded freighter at Kamaishi port

Cleanup continues 52 yrs after partial meltdown in Los Angeles

Century-old ammunition dump in Taiwan opened to media

KDDI to launch Windows Phone in Japan

Japan considering Mt. Fuji, Kamakura as cultural heritage candidates

Toshiba to deliver water treatment system to Fukushima plant

Wooden stirrup from 5th-6th century

Fatal boat accident in Russia

IHI to launch R&amp;D firm for algae biofuel

Rakuten to begin e-book distribution service

S. Korea to host 2018 Olympics

S. Korea to host 2018 Olympics

B-787 'Dreamliner' in Osaka

Chubu Electric asks for support to restart Hamaoka

ANA to fly Boeing 787

KDDI's new smartphone

Southern Sudan to gain independence

Southern Sudan to go independent

Southern Sudan to go independent

Southern Sudan to gain independence

Southern Sudan to go independent

Southern Sudan to go independent

GLOBALink | 10 years on, old revolutionary base embarks on new development path

Shinto rope over Nachi Waterfall

Century-old ammunition dump in Taiwan opened to media

Cattle shipment ban lifted

Cattle shipment ban lifted

Cattle shipment ban lifted

Stranded freighter at Kamaishi port

Cleanup continues 52 yrs after partial meltdown in Los Angeles

IHI to launch R&D firm for algae biofuel

Rakuten to begin e-book distribution service

S. Korea to host 2018 Olympics

S. Korea to host 2018 Olympics

B-787 'Dreamliner' in Osaka

ANA to fly Boeing 787

Chubu Electric asks for support to restart Hamaoka

KDDI to launch Windows Phone in Japan

Japan considering Mt. Fuji, Kamakura as cultural heritage candida

Wooden stirrup from 5th-6th century

IHI to launch R&D firm for algae biofuel