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NATO bombing of Yugoslavia kills int'l law: Serbian president

STORY: NATO bombing of Yugoslavia kills int'l law: Serbian president DATELINE: March 25, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:42 LOCATION: SOMBOR, Serbia CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. people gather at the square in Sombor 2. various of the commemoration event 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Serbian): ALEKSANDAR VUCIC, Serbian President 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Serbian): ALEKSANDAR VUCIC, Serbian President 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Serbian): ALEKSANDAR VUCIC, Serbian President 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (Serbian): ALEKSANDAR VUCIC, Serbian President STORYLINE: Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Friday that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)'s aggression against Yugoslavia 24 years ago marked the death of international law. Vucic made the remarks at a commemoration event in the city of Sombor, where the first bomb fell in 1999. SOUNDBITE 1 (Serbian): ALEKSANDAR VUCIC, Serbian President "24 years ago, the modern international law finally died, and you should know that it is not an unimportant bureaucratic wording -- but much more than that." SOUNDBIT

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History textbooks in Taiwan

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Photo shows history textbooks used in high schools in Taiwan. On July 23, 2013, the government of President Ma Ying-jeou gave the green light to school textbook publishers to use the term "occupation" in describing Japan's 50-year colonial rule of Taiwan, a major change of wording since his China-friendly government came to power in 2008.

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Suu Kyi takes parliamentary oath

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi answers reporters' questions after attending a parliamentary session in the capital Naypyitaw for the first time on May 2, 2012, after her National League for Democracy's sweeping by-election victory a month ago. Suu Kyi and 38 NLD members took the parliamentary oath the same day after withdrawing their demand for the modification of wording that calls for lawmakers to ''protect'' the Constitution.

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Suu Kyi takes parliamentary oath

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (C) attends a parliamentary session in the capital Naypyitaw for the first time on May 2, 2012, after her National League for Democracy's sweeping by-election victory a month ago. Suu Kyi and 38 NLD members took the parliamentary oath the same day after withdrawing their demand for the modification of wording that calls for lawmakers to ''protect'' the Constitution.

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Suu Kyi takes parliamentary oath

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (C) enters parliament in the capital Naypyitaw for the first time on May 2, 2012, after her National League for Democracy's sweeping by-election victory a month ago. Suu Kyi and 38 NLD members took the parliamentary oath the same day after withdrawing their demand for the modification of wording that calls for lawmakers to ''protect'' the Constitution.

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Suu Kyi takes parliamentary oath

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi enters parliament in the capital Naypyitaw for the first time on May 2, 2012, after her National League for Democracy's sweeping by-election victory a month ago. Suu Kyi and 38 NLD members took the parliamentary oath the same day after withdrawing their demand for the modification of wording that calls for lawmakers to ''protect'' the Constitution.

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Suu Kyi takes parliamentary oath

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (C) enters parliament in the capital Naypyitaw for the first time on May 2, 2012, after her National League for Democracy's sweeping by-election victory a month ago. Suu Kyi and 38 NLD members took the parliamentary oath the same day after withdrawing their demand for the modification of wording that calls for lawmakers to ''protect'' the Constitution.

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Japan revised quake warning report

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows copies of internal documents on the science ministry's draft report on a possible massive tsunami in the northeastern Japan region and an information exchange meeting. According to interviews and those documents made available on Feb. 25, 2012, a government panel granted a plea from three companies that operate nuclear power plants to revise wording in the draft report warning of such a tsunami.

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S. Korea welcomes U.S. move in support of claim to islets

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Lee Myung Bak's spokesman Lee Dong Kwan speaks at a press conference at the presidential office in Seoul on July 31. South Korea welcomed the U.S. government's decision to restore wording in a geographic names database to indicate that a pair of isles claimed by Japan are South Korean territory. The rocky islets are located in what South Korea calls the East Sea and Japan calls the Sea of Japan.

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Gov't remains upbeat on economy, but notes weak output

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from L), flanked by economic and fiscal policy minister Hiroko Ota (L) and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki 3rd from L), addresses a meeting of his economic ministers at his office on April 16. The government maintained its upbeat view on the Japanese economy in a monthly report, while tweaking details by noting weak industrial output and dropping negative wording on private consumption.

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Delegates to discuss wording of nuke document

BEIJING, China - Christopher Hill, U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asia and Pacific affairs, speaks to reporters about the six-way talks on North Korea's nuclear programs at a hotel in Beijing on Aug. 1. (Pool photo)

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Japan economy about to emerge from standstill: BOJ chief

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Toshihiko Fukui speaks at a news conference at the end of a two-day meeting of the bank's policy-setting panel on July 13. Fukui said that Japan's economy is about to emerge from its current pause, using the strongest wording yet to express confidence in the nation's economic recovery.

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(1)Roh says he, Bush sent warning to N. Korea over nuke issue

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun speaks in a meeting with Japanese correspondents in Seoul on June 4. Roh, due to begin a four-day visit to Japan on June 6, said that wording in a recent South Korea-U.S. joint statement on consideration of ''further steps'' if North Korea escalates tensions over the nuclear issue was inserted as a ''warning'' to the North.

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Japan economy about to emerge from standstill: BOJ chief

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Toshihiko Fukui speaks at a news conference at the end of a two-day meeting of the bank's policy-setting panel on July 13. Fukui said that Japan's economy is about to emerge from its current pause, using the strongest wording yet to express confidence in the nation's economic recovery. (Kyodo)

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Gov't remains upbeat on economy, but notes weak output

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from L), flanked by economic and fiscal policy minister Hiroko Ota (L) and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki 3rd from L), addresses a meeting of his economic ministers at his office on April 16. The government maintained its upbeat view on the Japanese economy in a monthly report, while tweaking details by noting weak industrial output and dropping negative wording on private consumption. (Kyodo)

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Japan's ruling bloc formally approves new security legislation

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (3rd from L) speaks at a meeting with government and ruling party officials at his office in Tokyo on May 11, 2015. Abe's Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner, the Komeito party, agreed the same day on the content and wording of a series of security-linked bills that will enable Japan to exercise the right to collective self-defense. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's ruling bloc formally approves new security legislation

Natsuo Yamaguchi, leader of the Komeito party, speaks with reporters after a meeting with government and ruling party officials at Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's office in Tokyo on May 11, 2015. Abe's Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner Komeito agreed the same day on the content and wording of a series of security-linked bills that will enable Japan to exercise the right to collective self-defense. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's ruling bloc formally approves new security legislation

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (far L) attends a meeting with government and ruling party officials at his office in Tokyo on May 11, 2015. Natsuo Yamaguchi (3rd from front, R), leader of the Komeito party, is also shown. Abe's Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner Komeito agreed the same day on the content and wording of a series of security-linked bills that will enable Japan to exercise the right to collective self-defense. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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H.K. court reviews validity of two pro-independence lawmakers-elect

Sixtus Leung of pro-independence group Youngspiration arrives at the High Court in Hong Kong on Nov. 3, 2016, to attend a hearing for a judicial review launched by the Hong Kong government to challenge the validity of his status as a lawmaker-elect after he inserted anti-China wording when taking an oath of office. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korea welcomes U.S. move in support of claim to islets

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Lee Myung Bak's spokesman Lee Dong Kwan speaks at a press conference at the presidential office in Seoul on July 31. South Korea welcomed the U.S. government's decision to restore wording in a geographic names database to indicate that a pair of isles claimed by Japan are South Korean territory. The rocky islets are located in what South Korea calls the East Sea and Japan calls the Sea of Japan. (Kyodo)

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Delegates to discuss wording of nuke document

BEIJING, China - Christopher Hill, U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asia and Pacific affairs, speaks to reporters about the six-way talks on North Korea's nuclear programs at a hotel in Beijing on Aug. 1. (Kyodo)

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6-way delegates enter 6th day of discussion

BEIJING, China - Chief U.S. delegate Christopher Hill leaves his hotel in Beijing on July 31 to discuss wording of joint document to end the North Korean nuclear issue under the six-way talks. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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N. Korea, U.S. at odds over stating nuke 'dismantlement' in docu

BEIJING, China - Chief U.S. delegate Christopher Hill responds to questions from reporters at a hotel in Beijing on July 29, the fourth day of the six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear ambitions. North Korea and the United States remained deadlocked over wording in an envisaged six-party joint document. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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N. Korea, U.S. at odds over stating nuke 'dismantlement' in docu

BEIJING, China - Chief North Korea delegate Kim Kye Gwan (2nd from L) leaves the North Korean Embassy in Beijing for the fourth day of the six-nation talks on the country's nuclear ambitions. North Korea and the United States remained deadlocked over wording in an envisaged six-party joint document. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Suu Kyi takes parliamentary oath

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi answers reporters' questions after attending a parliamentary session in the capital Naypyitaw for the first time on May 2, 2012, after her National League for Democracy's sweeping by-election victory a month ago. Suu Kyi and 38 NLD members took the parliamentary oath the same day after withdrawing their demand for the modification of wording that calls for lawmakers to ''protect'' the Constitution. (Kyodo)

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Suu Kyi takes parliamentary oath

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (C) attends a parliamentary session in the capital Naypyitaw for the first time on May 2, 2012, after her National League for Democracy's sweeping by-election victory a month ago. Suu Kyi and 38 NLD members took the parliamentary oath the same day after withdrawing their demand for the modification of wording that calls for lawmakers to ''protect'' the Constitution. (Kyodo)

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Suu Kyi takes parliamentary oath

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (C) enters parliament in the capital Naypyitaw for the first time on May 2, 2012, after her National League for Democracy's sweeping by-election victory a month ago. Suu Kyi and 38 NLD members took the parliamentary oath the same day after withdrawing their demand for the modification of wording that calls for lawmakers to ''protect'' the Constitution. (Kyodo)

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Suu Kyi takes parliamentary oath

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi enters parliament in the capital Naypyitaw for the first time on May 2, 2012, after her National League for Democracy's sweeping by-election victory a month ago. Suu Kyi and 38 NLD members took the parliamentary oath the same day after withdrawing their demand for the modification of wording that calls for lawmakers to ''protect'' the Constitution. (Kyodo)

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Suu Kyi takes parliamentary oath

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (C) enters parliament in the capital Naypyitaw for the first time on May 2, 2012, after her National League for Democracy's sweeping by-election victory a month ago. Suu Kyi and 38 NLD members took the parliamentary oath the same day after withdrawing their demand for the modification of wording that calls for lawmakers to ''protect'' the Constitution. (Kyodo)

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Japan revised quake warning report

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows copies of internal documents on the science ministry's draft report on a possible massive tsunami in the northeastern Japan region and an information exchange meeting. According to interviews and those documents made available on Feb. 25, 2012, a government panel granted a plea from three companies that operate nuclear power plants to revise wording in the draft report warning of such a tsunami. (Kyodo)

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(1)Roh says he, Bush sent warning to N. Korea over nuke issue

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun speaks in a meeting with Japanese correspondents in Seoul on June 4. Roh, due to begin a four-day visit to Japan on June 6, said that wording in a recent South Korea-U.S. joint statement on consideration of ''further steps'' if North Korea escalates tensions over the nuclear issue was inserted as a ''warning'' to the North. (Kyodo)