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174 migrants deported from Libya to Nigeria

STORY: 174 migrants deported from Libya to Nigeria SHOOTING TIME: June 25, 2024 DATELINE: June 26, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:35 LOCATION: Tripoli CATEGORY: SOCIETY/POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the migrants 2. various of the migrants departing STORYLINE: A total of 174 migrants were deported from Libya to Nigeria on Tuesday with the assistance of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), according to a Libyan official. Muhammad Baraida, an assistant for security affairs with the Libyan Illegal Immigration Control Department, told Xinhua that the repatriated migrants were mostly women "who tested positive for infectious and chronic diseases." The migrants were deported through IOM's Voluntary Humanitarian Return (VHR) program, which facilitates the return of migrants stranded in Libya to their countries of origin. Baraida added that the voluntary repatriation was carried out in collaboration with IOM and the Nigerian embassy in Libya. Since the 2011 downfall of late leader Muammar Gadd

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Tiny nature reserve for rare birds in downtown Xiamen

STORY: Tiny nature reserve for rare birds in downtown Xiamen SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 27, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 30, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:29 LOCATION: XIAMEN, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of Wuyuan Bay Nature Reserve 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): CAI LIBO, Director of Xiamen Nature Reserve Affairs Center 3. various of Wuyuan Bay Nature Reserve STORYLINE: Xiamen, a coastal eastern Chinese metropolis, may have one of the world's smallest nature reserves for one single endangered bird species. The distinguished visitor to the reserve is called Merops philippinus, or Blue-tailed Bee-eater. Admired by many as one of the most beautiful birds in the world for its fancy feathers, the species is under Class II state protection in China. Set up in 2011, the Wuyuan Bay Nature Reserve for the Blue-tailed Bee-eater welcomes its big moment every April to late October when the birds stop by during migration and dig caves on the cliffs to lay and hatch their eggs. Surrounded by over-10-story buildings just 200 to 3

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Libya deports over 600 illegal Egyptian migrants

STORY: Libya deports over 600 illegal Egyptian migrants SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 6, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 7, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:55 LOCATION: Tripoli CATEGORY: LAW SHOTLIST: 1. various of the illegal migrants 2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): MOHAMED BRED'A, Security Affairs official of the Libyan Illegal Migration Control Department 3. various of the illegal migrants STORYLINE: The Libyan Illegal Migration Control Department on Monday deported more than 600 illegal Egyptian migrants to their country. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): MOHAMED BRED'A, Security Affairs official of the Libyan Illegal Migration Control Department "Today, we are deporting more than 600 migrants of Egyptian nationalities who entered Libya without any legal procedures." The migrants were deported overland in coordination with the Egyptian Embassy to Libya, Bred'a said. Because of the insecurity and chaos in the country since the fall of late leader Muammar Gaddafi's regime in 2011, many migrants, mostly Africans, chose to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Europe

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61 illegal migrants rescued off Libyan coast

STORY: 61 illegal migrants rescued off Libyan coast DATELINE: April 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:19 LOCATION: Tripoli CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the sea 2. various of the migrants STORYLINE: The Libyan Coast Guard on Tuesday rescued 61 illegal migrants and recovered 11 bodies off the coast of Garrabulli, some 55 km east of the capital Tripoli. "We recovered 11 bodies, including a child. The total number of illegal migrants rescued today is 61 of different African, Asian and Arab nationalities," Esa al-Zarrug, a Coast Guard officer, told Xinhua. Because of the insecurity and chaos in the country since the fall of late leader Muammar Gaddafi's regime in 2011, many migrants, mostly Africans, choose to cross the Mediterranean Sea to European shores from Libya. A total of 4,335 illegal migrants have been rescued or intercepted by the Libyan authorities so far this year. Meanwhile, 310 illegal migrants have died and 227 others have gone missing on the central Mediterranean route off the Libyan coast,

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Famed Japanese musician Ryuichi Sakamoto

Photo taken on Aug. 15, 2011 shows world-renowned musician and composer Ryuichi Sakamoto (L) playing the piano at a poetry reading event for Fukushima Prefecture after it was hit by the huge March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant. Sakamoto, the keyboardist of the legendary electronic music band Yellow Magic Orchestra, known as YMO, died in late March 2023 at 71 after battling cancer.

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Libya plans to reopen all closed border crossings

STORY: Libya plans to reopen all closed border crossings DATELINE: Feb. 8, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:29 LOCATION: Tripoli CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of forces of the Libyan Illegal Immigration Control Department STORYLINE: The Libyan Illegal Immigration Control Department on Tuesday said that Libya plans to reopen all of the closed border crossings. The announcement was made after Mohamed al-Khoja, the head of the department paid a visit to the southwestern border city of Ghadames and met with local security officials. Al-Khoja discussed with the security officials strengthening security in the area and the efforts to fight illegal activities, mainly illegal immigration, according to a statement issued by the department. Al-Khoja also visited the Libyan-Algerian border crossing, where he opened the office of the immigration control department, the statement said. Taking advantage of Libya's insecurity and chaos since the fall of late leader Muammar Gaddafi's regime in 2011, many migrants, m

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Jang Song Thaek

PYONGYANG, North Korea - File photo shows Kim Jong Un (C front), son of the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, saluting as he walks beside a hearse carrying the coffin of the elder Kim in Pyongyang on Dec. 28, 2011. The younger Kim's uncle Jang Song Thaek (behind Kim Jong Un), then vice chairman of the National Defense Commission, is also present. Jang was executed Dec. 12, 2013, after being accused of attempting to overthrow the regime.

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Report on U.S. base relocation

NAHA, Japan - An employee of the Okinawa prefectural government checks the content of the environmental impact assessment report on the relocation of a U.S. Marine base within the prefecture at the government office in Naha on Jan. 5, 2012. Delivering the report to the prefectural government drew public attention late 2011 after protesters blocked the report's submission and the Defense Ministry managed to get it through by delivering it in the predawn hours of Dec. 28 when protesters were scarce.

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Lawyer Takimoto

TOKYO, Japan - Lawyer Taro Takimoto answers reporters' questions after meeting Makoto Hirata, a former leading member of the AUM Shinrikyo cult, at a police station in Tokyo on Jan. 3, 2012. Hirata has been detained at the police station since turning himself in to police late on Dec. 31, 2011, after being on the run for more than 16 years.

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N. Koreans in China mourn Kim Jong Il

BEIJING, China - North Korean women leave the country's embassy in Beijing after attending a memorial service for the late leader Kim Jong Il on Dec. 29, 2011.

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N. Koreans in Japan mourn Kim Jong Il

TOKYO, Japan - A woman (front) cries as she and other mourners offer red carnations during a memorial service for North Korea's late leader Kim Jong Il, held by the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, a North Korean-affiliated organization known as Chongryon, at a hall in Tokyo's Kita Ward on Dec. 29, 2011.

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N. Koreans in China mourn Kim Jong Il

BEIJING, China - North Koreans head for the country's embassy in Beijing on Dec. 29, 2011, to attend a memorial service for the late leader Kim Jong Il.

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N. Koreans in Japan mourn Kim Jong Il

TOKYO, Japan - A memorial service for North Korea's late leader Kim Jong Il is held by the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, a North Korean-affiliated organization known as Chongryon, at a hall in Tokyo's Kita Ward on Dec. 29, 2011.

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Kim Jong Un with father's hearse

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Kim Jong Un (L front), son of the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and his successor, salutes beside the hearse carrying the coffin of the elder Kim in Pyongyang on Dec. 28, 2011. The younger Kim's uncle and presumed guardian Jang Song Thaek (behind Kim Jong Un), a vice chairman of the National Defense Commission, and Ri Yong Ho (R), chief of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army, are also in the photo.

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Kim Jong Un with father's hearse

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Kim Jong Un (C front), son of the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and his successor, salutes as he walks beside the hearse carrying the coffin of the elder Kim in Pyongyang on Dec. 28, 2011. The younger Kim's uncle and presumed guardian Jang Song Thaek (behind Kim Jong Un), a vice chairman of the National Defense Commission, and Ri Yong Ho (R front), chief of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army, are also present.

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Funeral motorcade for Kim Jong Il

PYONGYANG, North Korea - The funeral motorcade including a car exhibiting a large portrait of the late Kim Jong Il drives by the Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on Dec. 28, 2011.

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Funeral motorcade for Kim Jong Il

PYONGYANG, North Korea - The funeral motorcade including a car exhibiting a large portrait of the late Kim Jong Il drives through Pyongyang on a snowy road on Dec. 28, 2011.

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Kim Jong Il funeral

BEIJING, China - Photo captured from Hong Kong-based Phoenix Television shows the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's heir apparent Kim Jong Un (front R) walking beside the limousine carrying the elder Kim's body during his funeral in Pyongyang on Dec. 28, 2011.

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N. Korea on funeral day for Kim Jong Il

DANDONG, China - Photo taken from Dandong, China on the border with North Korea shows a cyclist near a propaganda banner for Kim Jong Il, the late North Korean leader, in North Korea on Dec. 28, 2011. The country held Kim's funeral the same day.

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N. Koreans mourn Kim Jong Il

DANDONG, China - A North Korean woman heads to an event to mourn Kim Jong Il in Dandong, China, on Dec. 28, 2011, timed to coincide with the late leader's funeral in Pyongyang.

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S. Korea's private delegation meets Kim Yong Nam

PYONGYANG, North Korea - (From L) Lee Hee Ho (L), the widow of former South Korean President Kim Dae Jung, North Korea's Kim Yong Nam, president of Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, and Hyundai Group Chairwoman Hyun Jeong Un pose for photos in Pyongyang on Dec. 27, 2011. An unofficial condolence delegation from South Korea, including Lee and Hyun, paid respects to the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.

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S. Korea's private condolence delegation returns from N. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Members of an unofficial South Korean condolence delegation to North Korea are surrounded by the media upon their arrival in Paju, South Korea, on Dec. 27, 2011. They paid tribute to the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang.

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S. Korea's private condolence delegation returns from N. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Lee Hee Ho (C), the widow of former South Korean President Kim Dae Jung, and other members of an unofficial South Korean condolence delegation arrive in Paju, South Korea, on Dec. 27, 2011. They paid tribute to the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang.

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Bahrain Shiite opposition head Salman in interview

MANAMA, Bahrain - Ali Salman, head of Bahrain's main Shiite opposition Al Wefaq, gives an interview in Manama, Bahrain, in November 2014. Pro-government Sunnis dominated the late November parliamentary elections for the lower house in Bahrain, the first full-fledged elections since the uprising in 2011.

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Ex-inmate sets up NPO to help other convicts

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Igarashi (C), a former inmate who launched the nonprofit organization "Mother House" to assist convicts and those released from prisons, shares a light hearted moment with priest Hideo Kato (L) and friar Hernandez, both of whom he was greatly influenced by, at a church in Tokyo. Igarashi set up the NPO in 2012 after he was released from a prison in late 2011 after a total of some 20 years of detention. (Photo by Toshihiro Ariyoshi)

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Rest station in town hit by nuke disaster luring visitors

TOMIOKA, Japan - A rest station in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, photographed on Sept. 26, 2014, is attracting an increasing number of visitors following the recent removal of local road traffic curbs imposed after the 2011 nuclear disaster. Opened in late August by a major construction company tasked with decontaminating the northeastern Japan town, the facility exhibits photos to help people understand cleanup work and has a bathroom and a lounge.

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TEPCO ordered to pay damages over evacuee's suicide

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Mikio Watanabe (C) heads for the Fukushima District Court in the northeastern Japan city of Fukushima with a picture of his late wife Hamako on Aug. 26, 2014. The court ordered Tokyo Electric Power Co. to pay 49 million yen in damages over the suicide of Hamako, who was forced to evacuate from her home by the 2011 nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi complex.

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TEPCO ordered to pay damages over evacuee's suicide

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Mikio Watanabe (L), holding a picture of his late wife Hamako, answers reporters' questions outside the Fukushima District Court in the northeastern Japan city of Fukushima on Aug. 26, 2014, after the court ordered Tokyo Electric Power Co. to pay 49 million yen in damages over the suicide of Hamako. The couple was forced to evacuate from their home by the 2011 nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi complex.

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TEPCO ordered to pay damages over evacuee's suicide

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Mikio Watanabe heads for the Fukushima District Court in the northeastern Japan city of Fukushima with a picture of his late wife Hamako on Aug. 26, 2014. The court ordered Tokyo Electric Power Co. to pay 49 million yen in damages over the suicide of Hamako, who was forced to evacuate her home by the 2011 nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi complex.

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Japan to disclose Fukushima nuclear plant chief's testimony

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga announces on Aug. 25, 2014, in Tokyo that the government will release transcripts of interviews with those who had key roles in handling the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi complex next month. The interviewees include the late Masao Yoshida, who headed the plant when the crisis broke out in March 2011.

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Man misses late wife in Miyagi Pref.

HIGASHIMATSUSHIMA, Japan - Naoyasu Abe reminisces about his late wife Reiko at his home in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 29, 2014. Reiko, who was a nurse at a coastal hospital in Ishinomaki in the northeastern Japanese prefecture, was a victim of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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Man misses wife killed in 2011 disaster

HIGASHIMATSUSHIMA, Japan - Naoyasu Abe stands in front of the kitchen countertop decorated with numerous photos of his late wife Reiko, a victim of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster, and of their children at his home in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on July 29, 2014.

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Man fills home with late wife's photos

HIGASHIMATSUSHIMA, Japan - Naoyasu Abe points to photos of his late wife Reiko, a victim of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster, and of their children on the kitchen countertop at his home in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on July 29, 2014.

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SL Milky Way runs in Iwate Pref.

HANAMAKI, Japan - The steam locomotive "SL Ginga (SL Milky Way)" passes through the city of Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, on April 12, 2014, as East Japan Railway Co. started operating the train between Hanamaki and Kamaishi Stations on the Kamaishi Line as part of efforts to help restoration in areas affected by the 2011 disastrous quake and tsunami. The train, named after "Gingatetsudo no Yoru (Night On The Milky Way Train)" written by Kenji Miyazawa, runs on weekends and holidays. Miyazawa, the late poet and author of children's literature, was born in Hanamaki in 1896.

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SL Milky Way runs in Iwate Pref.

HANAMAKI, Japan - The steam locomotive "SL Ginga (SL Milky Way)" passes through the city of Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, on April 12, 2014, as East Japan Railway Co. started operating the train between Hanamaki and Kamaishi Stations on the Kamaishi Line as part of efforts to help restoration in areas affected by the 2011 disastrous quake and tsunami. The train, named after "Gingatetsudo no Yoru (Night On The Milky Way Train)" written by Kenji Miyazawa, runs on weekends and holidays. Miyazawa, the late poet and author of children's literature, was born in Hanamaki in 1896.

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SL Milky Way runs in Iwate Pref.

HANAMAKI, Japan - The steam locomotive "SL Ginga (SL Milky Way)" passes through the city of Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, on April 12, 2014, as East Japan Railway Co. started operating the train between Hanamaki and Kamaishi Stations on the Kamaishi Line as part of efforts to help restoration in areas affected by the 2011 disastrous quake and tsunami. The train, named after "Gingatetsudo no Yoru (Night On The Milky Way Train)" written by Kenji Miyazawa, runs on weekends and holidays. Miyazawa, the late poet and author of children's literature, was born in Hanamaki in 1896.

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SL Milky Way runs in Iwate Pref.

HANAMAKI,Japan - The steam locomotive "SL Ginga (SL Milky Way)" departs from JR Hanamaki Station in Iwate Prefecture, northern Japan, on April 12, 2014, as East Japan Railway Co. started operating the train between Hanamaki and Kamaishi Stations on the Kamaishi Line as part of efforts to help restoration in areas affected by the 2011 disastrous quake and tsunami. The train, named after "Gingatetsudo no Yoru (Night On The Milky Way Train)" written by Kenji Miyazawa, runs on weekends and holidays. Miyazawa, the late poet and author of children's literature, was born in Hanamaki in 1896.

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N. Korea purges leader's uncle

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Kim Jong Un (C front), son of the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, saluting as he walks beside a hearse carrying the coffin of the elder Kim in Pyongyang on Dec. 28, 2011. The younger Kim's uncle Jang Song Thaek (behind Kim Jong Un), a vice chairman of the National Defense Commission, is also present. North Korea said Dec. 9, 2013, that Jang, widely seen as the second most powerful figure in the country after leader Kim Jong Un, has been stripped of all his posts for committing "anti-party" and "counter-revolutionary factional acts."

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Princess Hisako to attend IOC meet

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Princess Hisako, widow of the late Prince Takamado. The Imperial Household Agency said Sept. 2, 2013, that the princess will attend a general meeting of the International Olympic Committee in Buenos Aires on Sept. 7 and make a speech thanking the world for supporting northeastern Japan after the devastating March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Girl's dream to become designer lives on in handkerchiefs

IWAKI, Japan - Photo taken in July 2013 shows a handkerchief featuring the late Himeka Suzuki's award-winning painting. Himeka was killed at age 10 by the massive tsunami waves that engulfed her hometown of Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, and other places along the northeastern Japan coast in March 2011.

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'Barefoot Gen' marks 40th anniversary of publication

OSAKA, Japan - File photo taken July 6, 2011, shows the late Keiji Nakazawa, author of "Hadashi no Gen (Barefoot Gen)," a Japanese manga series describing the life of a 6-year-old boy called Gen before and after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945. The series marked the 40th anniversary of its publication in 2013. Nakazawa died in December 2012.

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African Union

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Photo taken on May 24, 2013, shows the headquarters building of the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, which was completed in late 2011, funded by China. A summit meeting was held there on May 25, 2013, the 50th anniversary of the foundation of its predecessor Organization of African Unity.

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"Manga" museum reopens after tsunami

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Ishinomori Mangattan Museum, a museum featuring the Masked Rider series and other works of the late cartoonist Shotaro Ishinomori, reopens in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Nov. 17, 2012, after closing for about 20 months since the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami.

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"Manga" museum reopens after tsunami

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Ishinomori Mangattan Museum, a museum featuring the Masked Rider series and other works of the late cartoonist Shotaro Ishinomori, reopens in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Nov. 17, 2012, after closing for about 20 months since the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami.

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"Manga" museum reopens after tsunami

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Ishinomori Mangattan Museum, a museum featuring the Masked Rider series and other works of the late cartoonist Shotaro Ishinomori, reopens in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Nov. 17, 2012, after closing for about 20 months since the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami.

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Young ibises in Sado

SADO, Japan - Two young crested ibises (L) look for food beside one of their parents (R) in a fallow rice paddy in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on June 1, 2012. The young birds were two of three crested ibis chicks born in late April 2012 to a pair released in March 2011. They are believed to have begun learning to fly in late May 2012, becoming the first crested ibises to do so in the wild in Japan for 38 years. (Pool photo)

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Young ibises in Sado

SADO, Japan - A young crested ibis (L) lands beside one of its parents in a fallow rice paddy in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on June 1, 2012. The young bird is one of three crested ibis chicks born in late April 2012 to a pair released in March 2011. They are believed to have begun learning to fly in late May 2012, becoming the first crested ibises to do so in the wild in Japan for 38 years. (Pool photo)

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Young ibises in Sado

SADO, Japan - Two young crested ibises spread their wings in a fallow rice paddy in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on June 1, 2012. The young birds were two of three crested ibis chicks born in late April 2012 to a pair released in March 2011. They are believed to have begun learning to fly in late May 2012, becoming the first crested ibises to do so in the wild in Japan for 38 years. (Pool photo)

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Young ibis flies

SADO, Japan - A young crested ibis flies in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on May 31, 2012. The bird was one of three crested ibis chicks born in late April 2012 to a 3-year-old male and a 2-year-old female released in March 2011. They are believed to have begun learning to fly between May 25 and 27, 2012, becoming the first crested ibises to do so in the wild for 38 years in Japan. (Pool photo)

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Young ibis on rooftop

SADO, Japan - A young crested ibis is perched on a rooftop in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on May 31, 2012. The bird was one of three crested ibis chicks born in late April 2012 to a 3-year-old male and a 2-year-old female released in March 2011. The one-month-old birds are believed to have begun learning to fly between May 25 and 27, 2012, becoming the first crested ibises to do so in the wild for 38 years in Japan. (Pool photo)