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Liberia's political parties hold final rallies ahead of polls

STORY: Liberia's political parties hold final rallies ahead of polls DATELINE: Oct. 10, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:01 LOCATION: Monrovia CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of political rallies and campaigns in Monrovia, Liberia STORYLINE: Political parties in Liberia have concluded their campaigns in a final push for votes ahead of Tuesday's general elections in the West African country. Campaigns for the general elections ended at midnight Sunday, following the guidelines provided by the National Election Commission (NEC), which is overseeing the electoral process. Twenty candidates, including incumbent President George Weah, will participate in Tuesday's presidential election, alongside the national legislature elections. The fates of the presidential candidates will be decided by more than 2.4 million registered voters out of Liberia's population of 5.4 million. The polls will be conducted across a total of 5,890 polling places in the 2,080 voting precincts identified by the National Election Commission.

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Last aristocratic manor in Tibet testament of cruel serfdom

STORY: Last aristocratic manor in Tibet testament of cruel serfdom DATELINE: March 28, 2023 LENGTH: 0:03:21 LOCATION: LHASA, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Palha Manor and Tibet 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Tibetan): NORBU TSERING, Son of a former serf at Palha Manor 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Tibetan): NORBU TSERING, Son of a former serf at Palha Manor 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Tibetan): NORBU TSERING, Son of a former serf at Palha Manor 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Tibetan): NORBU TSERING, Son of a former serf at Palha Manor STORYLINE: Palha Manor in Gyangze County under Xigaze in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region is the only remaining aristocratic manor of the 12 such manors in old Tibet. It is kept in its original shape as a museum, where one can see the luxurious lifestyle of the masters and the tragic fates of the serfs in the past. SOUNDBITE 1 (Tibetan): NORBU TSERING, Son of a former serf at Palha Manor "Thinking of the cruel life in the old Tibet, my heart hurts, and my nose can't help but get sour." Palha Manor is

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Japanese mission heads home after talks with N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Junichi Ihara, director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, is seen at Pyongyang's international airport on Oct. 30, 2014, before heading home, wrapping up a four-day visit to North Korea aimed at scrutinizing the country's investigation into the fates of Japanese nationals it abducted decades ago.

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Japan urges N. Korea to advance probe into abductees

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Junichi Ihara, director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau of Japan's Foreign Ministry, meets with reporters in Pyongyang on Oct. 28, 2014, following the first round of talks with North Korean officials. Tokyo demanded that Pyongyang put the highest priority on advancing its investigation into the fates of Japanese abductees. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan mission in N. Korea to scrutinize abduction probe

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Junichi Ihara, director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, is surrounded by reporters after arriving in Pyongyang on Oct. 27, 2014. During its four-day visit, a Japanese delegation led by Ihara aims to assess North Korea's investigation into the fates of Japanese nationals abducted decades ago.

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Japan mission in N. Korea to scrutinize abduction probe

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Junichi Ihara (L), director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, is welcomed by a senior North Korean official as he arrives in Pyongyang on Oct. 27, 2014. During its four-day visit, a Japanese delegation led by Ihara aims to assess North Korea's investigation into the fates of Japanese nationals abducted decades ago.

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Japanese diplomat en route to Pyongyang

BEIJING, China - Junichi Ihara, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, leaves a Beijing hotel to head for Pyongyang on Oct. 27, 2014. Ihara leads a delegation of Japanese officials who will make a four-day visit to the North Korean capital aimed at assessing the North's investigation into the fates of Japanese nationals abducted decades ago.

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Japan, N. Korea to discuss abduction probe next week

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks with reporters at his office in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2014, about the government's plan to send a delegation of around 10 officials to Pyongyang next week to hold talks on North Korea's ongoing investigation into the fates of Japanese nationals abducted decades ago. "The purpose of the trip is to tell someone in a responsible position that the abduction issue is the highest priority for Japan," Abe said.

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Japan to send mission to N. Korea over abduction probe

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga attends a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2014. He said Tokyo will send a delegation to Pyongyang on Oct. 27 to check on North Korea's reinvestigation into the fates of Japanese nationals abducted decades ago

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Japan to send officials to N. Korea to check abduction probe

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Sakie Yokota, Shigeo Iizuka and Teruaki Masumoto, whose family members were abducted by North Korea decades ago, meet the press at the Cabinet Office in Tokyo on Oct. 20, 2014, after they were informed by the government of its decision to send officials soon to North Korea to check its investigation into the fates of Japanese nationals abducted by Pyongyang.

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Japan to send officials to N. Korea to check abduction probe

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga tells a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 20, 2014, that the government will send officials soon to North Korea to check its investigation into the fates of Japanese nationals abducted by Pyongyang decades ago.

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Japan to send officials to N. Korea to check abduction probe

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga tells a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 20, 2014, that the government will send officials soon to North Korea to check its investigation into the fates of Japanese nationals abducted by Pyongyang decades ago.

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Song meets with reporters in Shenyang

SHENYANG, China - Song Il Ho, North Korea's ambassador for negotiations to normalize relations with Japan, meets with reporters in Shenyang, China, on Sept. 30, 2014. It was reported that North Korea proposed during bilateral talks that Japanese officials visit Pyongyang to learn about the details of the North's investigations into the fates of Japanese abductees.

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Japan officials asked to visit N. Korea for abduction details

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets with reporters in Tokyo on Sept. 30, 2014, after being briefed about the bilateral meeting with North Korea over the abduction issue. Abe said North Korea has asked Japanese officials to visit Pyongyang to learn details of the North's investigation into the fates of Japanese abductees

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Japan urges N. Korea to release abduction probe findings

SHENYANG, China - Combined photo shows Junichi Ihara (R), head of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, and Song Il Ho, North Korean ambassador for negotiations to normalize relations with Japan. During their meeting in Shenyang, China, on Sept. 29, 2014, Ihara urged Song to release without delay the findings of a special investigation committee into the fates of Japanese nationals abducted by Pyongyang.

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N. Korea ready to give Japan new info on abductions

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Song Il Ho, North Korea's ambassador for negotiations to normalize relations with Japan, gestures during an interview with Kyodo News in Pyongyang on Sept. 9, 2014. Song said North Korea is ready to provide to Japan at any time the initial findings of its special investigation team on the fates of abductees and other Japanese nationals, as the two countries have a tacit understanding for that to happen around mid-September.

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N. Korea ready to give Japan new info on abductions

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Song Il Ho, North Korea's ambassador for negotiations to normalize relations with Japan, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Pyongyang on Sept. 9, 2014. Song said North Korea is ready to provide to Japan at any time the initial findings of its special investigation team on the fates of abductees and other Japanese nationals, as the two countries have a tacit understanding for that to happen around mid-September.

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Group reports rarely heard voices of death row inmates

TOKYO, Japan - An event to commemorate the World Day Against the Death Penalty is held in Tokyo on Oct. 11. The rarely heard voices of death row inmates were reported at the event, and many of the reports indicated that inmates feel great anxiety over their fates and expressed skepticism over the rightfulness of capital punishment.

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Japan, N. Korea to begin abduction talks in Pyongyang

BEIJING, China - Mitoji Yabunaka, director general of the Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, speaks to reporters at a Beijing hotel on Nov. 9 prior to departure for Pyongyang to resume talks with North Korea on the fates of Japanese victims of abduction by North Korean agents.

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N. Korea may only show progress report on 10 Japanese at talks

BEIJING, China - Song Il Ho, North Korea's representative for a working-level meeting with Japan, indicated at Beijing's international airport on Aug. 10 that Pyongyang is only ready to provide a progress report on the reinvestigation into the fates of 10 Japanese abductees during two-day bilateral talks in Beijing from Aug. 11.

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Koizumi seeking to bring home kin of abductees

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi speaks at his office on May 21 about his visit to Pyongyang for talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, hoping to bring to Japan eight family members of five repatriated abductees and gain convincing accounts of the fates of 10 other abductees.

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(1)Attack on U.S.

NEW YORK, United States - Relatives and colleagues of 19 Japanese who are missing after this week's terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center arrive in New York on Sept. 15 in a bid to learn of their fates. A total of 22 Japanese are unaccounted for after terrorists demolished the twin trade center buildings with two hijacked jetliners on Sept. 11.

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11th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Police officers search for clues about the fates of people still listed as missing in the Iwate Prefecture city of Rikuzentakata, on March 11, 2022, the 11th anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster that devastated the country's northeast.

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11th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Police officers observe a moment of silence before searching for clues about the fates of people still listed as missing in the Iwate Prefecture city of Rikuzentakata, on March 11, 2022, the 11th anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster that devastated the country's northeast.

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Koizumi seeking to bring home kin of abductees

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi speaks at his office on May 21 about his visit to Pyongyang for talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, hoping to bring to Japan eight family members of five repatriated abductees and gain convincing accounts of the fates of 10 other abductees. (Kyodo)

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Lost : Season 3 (2006)

Rodrigo Santoro Characters: Paulo Television: Lost : Season 3 (TV-SERIE) Usa 2004-2010, Director: Jeffrey Lieber & J.J. Abrams 04 October 2006 LOST -- 'Further Instructions' - The fates of Locke, Eko and Desmond are revealed after the implosion of the hatch, while Hurley returns to the beach camp to tell the tale of what happened when he, Jack, Kate and Sawyer encountered 'The Others.' Meanwhile, Claire is shocked to find Nikki and Paulo in Jack's tent. Ian Somerhalder guest stars as Boone, on 'Lost,' WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11 (9:00-10:00 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network. (ABC/MARIO PEREZ) RODRIGO SANTORO Date: 04 October 2006

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N. Korea says fresh probe into Japan abductees almost done

Song Il Ho, North Korea's top negotiator in charge of normalization talks with Japan, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Pyongyang on Sept. 9, 2015. Song said Pyongyang has nearly completed a fresh investigation it promised Japan last year into the fates of Japanese citizens allegedly abducted by North Korea decades ago. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korea says fresh probe into Japan abductees almost done

Song Il Ho, North Korea's top negotiator in charge of normalization talks with Japan, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Pyongyang on Sept. 9, 2015. Song said Pyongyang has nearly completed a fresh investigation it promised Japan last year into the fates of Japanese citizens allegedly abducted by North Korea decades ago. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Relatives of Japanese in N. Korea waiting for their return

Photo taken June 30, 2015, shows Kazuko Taguchi, who is still awaiting her sister Yasuko's return to Japan from North Korea. She said the government has to find a way to have Japanese citizens in the North return home as soon as possible. Pyongyang has told Tokyo that it needs more time to complete its latest round of investigations into the fates of Japanese, including those abducted decades ago and those married with North Koreans like Yasuko Taguchi, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on July 3. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korea tells Japan more time needed for abduction probe

Photo taken July 1, 2015, shows Sakie (L) and Shigeru Yokota (2nd from L), the parents of Megumi Yokota, who was abducted to North Korea in 1977 at age 13, attending a meeting in Tokyo. The two, along with Shigeo Iizuka (R), who heads a group of abductees' families, called for the return of abducted Japanese. Pyongyang has told Tokyo that it needs more time to complete its investigation into the fates of Japanese in the North, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on July 3. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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One year after Japan-N. Korea deal on abduction probe

A woman walks in front of portraits of former North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung (L) and Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang on May 28, 2015. A year has passed since Japan and North Korea announced a deal to get Pyongyang to "reinvestigate" the fates of abductees in return for the lifting of some of Tokyo's unilateral sanctions on Pyongyang. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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One year after Japan-N. Korea deal on abduction probe

Two women under a parasol walk in Pyongyang on May 27, 2015. A year has passed since Japan and North Korea agreed to get Pyongyang to "reinvestigate" the fates of abductees in return for the lifting of some of Tokyo's unilateral sanctions on Pyongyang. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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One year after Japan-N. Korea deal on abduction probe

Photo taken in Pyongyang on May 28, 2015, shows an exhibition held to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, known as Chongryon. A year has passed since Japan and North Korea announced a deal to get Pyongyang to "reinvestigate" the fates of abductees in return for the lifting of some of Tokyo's unilateral sanctions on Pyongyang. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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One year after Japan-N. Korea deal on abduction probe

A signboard to commemorate the 70th anniversary of North Korea's liberation from Japanese colonial rule is held up in Pyongyang on May 27, 2015. A year has passed since Japan and North Korea agreed to get Pyongyang to "reinvestigate" the fates of abductees in return for the lifting of some of Tokyo's unilateral sanctions on Pyongyang. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gap in view of accord may cause stall in abduction talks

Photo taken in Tokyo on May 29, 2014, shows Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announcing North Korea's agreement to reinvestigate the fates of abduction victims. There has been no tangible progress a year later. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korea may only show progress report on 10 Japanese at talks

BEIJING, China - Song Il Ho, North Korea's representative for a working-level meeting with Japan, indicated at Beijing's international airport on Aug. 10 that Pyongyang is only ready to provide a progress report on the reinvestigation into the fates of 10 Japanese abductees during two-day bilateral talks in Beijing from Aug. 11. (Kyodo)

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Japan, N. Korea to begin abduction talks in Pyongyang

BEIJING, China - Mitoji Yabunaka, director general of the Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, speaks to reporters at a Beijing hotel on Nov. 9 prior to departure for Pyongyang to resume talks with North Korea on the fates of Japanese victims of abduction by North Korean agents. (Kyodo)

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Group reports rarely heard voices of death row inmates

TOKYO, Japan - An event to commemorate the World Day Against the Death Penalty is held in Tokyo on Oct. 11. The rarely heard voices of death row inmates were reported at the event, and many of the reports indicated that inmates feel great anxiety over their fates and expressed skepticism over the rightfulness of capital punishment. (Kyodo)

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Japanese mission heads home after talks with N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Junichi Ihara, director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, is seen at Pyongyang's international airport on Oct. 30, 2014, before heading home, wrapping up a four-day visit to North Korea aimed at scrutinizing the country's investigation into the fates of Japanese nationals it abducted decades ago. (Kyodo)

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Japanese diplomat en route to Pyongyang

BEIJING, China - Junichi Ihara, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, leaves a Beijing hotel to head for Pyongyang on Oct. 27, 2014. Ihara leads a delegation of Japanese officials who will make a four-day visit to the North Korean capital aimed at assessing the North's investigation into the fates of Japanese nationals abducted decades ago. (Kyodo)

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Japan to send officials to N. Korea to check abduction probe

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga tells a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 20, 2014, that the government will send officials soon to North Korea to check its investigation into the fates of Japanese nationals abducted by Pyongyang decades ago. (Kyodo)

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Japan to send officials to N. Korea to check abduction probe

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Sakie Yokota, Shigeo Iizuka and Teruaki Masumoto, whose family members were abducted by North Korea decades ago, meet the press at the Cabinet Office in Tokyo on Oct. 20, 2014, after they were informed by the government of its decision to send officials soon to North Korea to check its investigation into the fates of Japanese nationals abducted by Pyongyang. (Kyodo)

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Japan officials asked to visit N. Korea for abduction details

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets with reporters in Tokyo on Sept. 30, 2014, after being briefed about the bilateral meeting with North Korea over the abduction issue. Abe said North Korea has asked Japanese officials to visit Pyongyang to learn details of the North's investigation into the fates of Japanese abductees (Kyodo)

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Japan urges N. Korea to release abduction probe findings

SHENYANG, China - Combined photo shows Junichi Ihara (R), head of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, and Song Il Ho, North Korean ambassador for negotiations to normalize relations with Japan. During their meeting in Shenyang, China, on Sept. 29, 2014, Ihara urged Song to release without delay the findings of a special investigation committee into the fates of Japanese nationals abducted by Pyongyang. (Kyodo)

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N. Korea ready to give Japan new info on abductions

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Song Il Ho, North Korea's ambassador for negotiations to normalize relations with Japan, gestures during an interview with Kyodo News in Pyongyang on Sept. 9, 2014. Song said North Korea is ready to provide to Japan at any time the initial findings of its special investigation team on the fates of abductees and other Japanese nationals, as the two countries have a tacit understanding for that to happen around mid-September. (Kyodo)