Mother and her small daughter practicing yoga in the living room at home
A mother and her small daughter are bonding and practicing yoga in the living room at home.
BRITISH BUSING
ORIG. COLOR 900 SOF / MAG. VS CHILDREN OF ASIAN DESCENT WAITING AT BUS STOP, BOARDING & RIDING BUSES, ARRIVING AT SCHOOL, IN PLAYGROUND OF SCHOOL. VS ASIAN YOUTHS PLAYING CRICKET. MS GIRLS WALKING TO SCHOOL. VO WATSON. VS STREET SCENES IN EALING, BLACK & ASIAN SUBURB OF LONDON. VS COPS PATROLLING STREETS. INTV W / ASIAN MAN, SAYS BUSING DOES MORE HARM THEN GOOD. VO & SU WATSON. END CS. MORE TAKES SU. MORE OF KIDS IN SCHOOLYARDS. VS STREETS OF EALING W / MOSTLY ASIAN PEOPLE. MORE OF ASIAN & BLACK KIDS WALKING TO SCHOOL, WAITING FOR & BOARDING BUSES. VS OLDER YOUTHS (WHITE, ASIAN & BLACK) WALKING TO SCHOOL. VS YOUNG MEN PLAYING CRICKET. INTV W / ASIAN MAN ABOUT BUSING. VS 2 BOYS EATING BREAKFAST, PUTTING ON COATS & WALKING TO SCHOOL ESCORTED BY GRANDMOTHER. CI: GEOGRAPHIC: ENGLAND, LONDON. CIVIL RIGHTS: ENGLAND. CIVIL RIGHTS: INTEGRATION, BUSING. STREETS: SUBURBS, FOR. , LONDON (EALING). SPORTS: CRICKET. JUSTICE: POLICE, LONDON, ENGLAND. MANKIND: CHILDREN (ENGLISH).
SURVEY: 40% OF TRANS AMERICANS CONSIDER MOVING
<p>#NEWS: Largest survey of transgender people in the US reveals key insights at a time when trans rights are under attack</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>By Chandelis Duster, CNN</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Results from the largest survey of transgender people in the United States were released Wednesday, revealing key insights into their lives and experiences at a time when trans rights have increasingly come under attack. </p>\n<p></p>\n<p>The 2022 US Transgender Survey Early Insights report, conducted by the National Center for Transgender Equality, polled an “unprecedented” 92,329 binary and nonbinary transgender people ages 16 and older living in the US, its territories or military bases, according to the report.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Respondents were surveyed on issues including their family life, health care, employment, education, housing and public accommodation. While many transgender people surveyed who have transitioned said they were satisfied with their lives, the report also noted transgender people continue to face disparities and discrimination across the country. </p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen, executive director of NCTE, said there should be state and federal laws to ensure that everyone -- including transgender people -- is treated fairly. </p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“No one should ever face discrimination in employment, housing, health care, education, and other areas of life just because of who they are,” Heng-Lehtinen said in a statement.?“Transgender people are here to stay, and we are proud of who we are.” </p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Life after transitioning </p>\n<p></p>\n<p>The survey found the majority of people who transitioned genders said they were satisfied with their lives. </p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Ninety-four percent of respondents who lived at least some of the time in a different gender than the one they were assigned at birth reported being “a lot more satisfied” or “a little more satisfied” with their life, with 79% expressing the highest level of satisfaction, according to the report. </p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Only three percent of people surveyed indicated they were “a little less satisfied” (1%) or “a lot less satisfied” (2%), the report found.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>What’s more, “nearly all” respondents who said they were receiving hormone treatment at the time of the survey – 98% -- said receiving hormones for their gender identity/transition increased satisfaction with their life.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Eighty-four percent of respondents said they were “a lot more satisfied” while receiving hormone treatment and 14% of respondents said they were “a little more satisfied.” Less than 1% of people surveyed said receiving the hormones made them less satisfied with their lives.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Discrimination and mistreatment </p>\n<p></p>\n<p>The report’s findings come as multiple states have passed laws restricting or banning gender-affirming care. Forty percent of people surveyed said they considered moving because they experienced discrimination or unequal treatment where they were living, and 10% said they had already moved because of discrimination. </p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Respondents also reported moving from states like Florida, Virginia, Texas, and North Carolina because of laws targeting transgender people for unequal treatment. </p>\n<p></p>\n<p>More than a third (39%) of respondents said they were harassed online because of their gender expression or identity in the previous 12 months, and 30% reported being verbally harassed during the same time frame. </p>\n<p></p>\n<p>The report also revealed findings that suggest the ongoing culture war over transgender rights has impacted students. </p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Nearly 60% of respondents ages 16 to 17 who are out or perceived as transgender in grades K-12 said they experienced mistreatment or a negative experience, including “verbal harassment, physical attacks, online bullying, being denied the ability to dress according to their gender identity/expression, teachers or staff refusing to use chosen name or pronouns, or being denied the use of restrooms or locker rooms matching their gender identity.” </p>\n<p></p>\n<p>A majority of respondents of all ages, 62%, also said they were “very uncomfortable” or “somewhat uncomfortable” asking police for help when needed because of their gender expression or identity. </p>\n<p></p>\n<p> Health and safety </p>\n<p></p>\n<p>When asked about their health care experiences, nearly half of respondents, 48%, who had seen a provider in the past 12 months said they had at least one negative experience because they were transgender, according to the report. </p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Some of those experiences reported included, “being refused health care, being misgendered, having a provider use harsh or abusive language when treating them, or having a provider be physically rough or abusive when treating them.” </p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Nearly a quarter of respondents said they avoided seeing a doctor in the previous year when they needed to out of fear of mistreatment, while 28% said they did not go to the doctor during that timeframe because of cost.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>The report also found that the unemployment rate among respondents was nearly five times the national average --18%.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>The 2022 US Trans Survey is a follow up to the 2015 US Trans Survey, which included more than 27,700 respondents across the US, its territories and its military bases.? The 2022 survey was conducted online in Spanish and English by the NCTE in conjunction with the Black Trans Advocacy Coalition, National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance, and TransLatin@ Coalition. </p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Participants were surveyed from October 19 through December 5, 2022, and the majority of respondents – 84,170 – were ages 18 and older.? </p>\n<p></p>\n<p>CNN’s Scottie Andrew contributed to this report. </p>\n<p></p>\n<p>https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/07/health/trangender-survey-harassment-poverty.html</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Many Transgender Americans Face Stigma and Financial Hardship, Survey Finds</p>\n<p>The survey reflects the life experiences of more than 92,000 transgender and nonbinary Americans.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Transgender and nonbinary Americans experience stark rates of unemployment and harassment, according to the largest survey of their life experiences to date. The data reflect a longstanding pattern of discrimination at a time when states across the country have passed laws restricting their health care, bathroom access and participation in sports.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>The findings come from the U.S. Transgender Survey, which many researchers and policymakers have relied on since a version of it debuted in 2011. The National Center for Transgender Equality, an advocacy group, carried out the latest iteration of the survey in late 2022, garnering responses from more than 92,000 transgender and nonbinary Americans, age 16 and up, from every state in the country.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>The group released a preliminary analysis of responses to the survey’s 600 questions on Wednesday, with the full report expected later this year.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>The survey was not given to a random sample of transgender people, so it cannot be interpreted as representative of the transgender population as a whole. It also skewed young, with 43 percent of respondents ages 18 to 24.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>SKIP ADVERTISEMENT</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Still, there were more than three times as many respondents as there were in 2015, the last time the survey was conducted, when 28,000 people participated.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>The Anti-Trans Push in America</p>\n<p>Utah: Utah will prohibit transgender people from using bathrooms in public schools and government-owned buildings that align with their gender identity, after Gov. Spencer Cox signed a bill that imposed the restrictions.</p>\n<p>Ohio: The Republican-controlled state legislature overrode Gov. Mike DeWine’s veto of a bill that would bar gender-affirming care for minors, clearing the way for the ban to take effect.</p>\n<p>Idaho: A federal judge temporarily blocked the enforcement of a state law that bans gender transition care for minors and threatens medical professionals with a felony conviction if they provide such care.</p>\n<p>Tennessee: Transgender youth and their families asked the Supreme Court to block the state’s ban on transition care for minors, petitioning the court to intervene for the first time on the issue.</p>\n<p>“You don’t see data sets like this,” Sandy James, an attorney and the lead researcher of the new survey, said in a press briefing. “Tens of thousands of trans people knew that it was imperative that they make their voices heard.”</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Many respondents reported financial challenges. Eighteen percent of survey respondents said they were unemployed, much higher than the national rate, and one-third said they had experienced homelessness at some point in their lives. More than one-quarter reported not seeing a doctor when they needed to in the previous year because of high costs.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Nearly one-third of survey respondents said they had been verbally harassed in the previous year, and three percent of respondents said they were physically attacked in the last year because of their gender identity.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>But they also reported positive experiences. An overwhelming majority of respondents — nearly 94 percent — said they were more satisfied with their lives since transitioning. Among those receiving hormones, 98 percent said the treatments had made them more satisfied with life.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Editors’ Picks</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Do You Respect ‘Curb’?</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>What’s Behind This $10 Chicken Over Rice? An $18,000 Permit.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>If I Read a Vintage Dr. Seuss to My Son, Do I Skip the Racist Part?</p>\n<p>SKIP ADVERTISEMENT</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>SKIP ADVERTISEMENT</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Since the 2015 survey, state legislatures have grown considerably more hostile toward L.G.B.T.Q. people, with restrictions on health care for minors and adults, library books, bathroom access, sports participation in schools and gender identification on legal documents. State legislatures are now considering nearly 400 such bills, according to the American Civil Liberties Union.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Nearly half of the 2022 survey respondents said that they had considered moving in the previous year because of restrictive bills passed or introduced in their state, and 5 percent said they had moved. Forty-four percent reported serious psychological distress in the previous 30 days.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>The results seem largely in keeping with the findings from 2015, although the group has not yet compared the data in detail, Dr. James said.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“A steady condition, environment, has been created in which people are not able to thrive,” Dr. James said. “And trans people are trying to move through their lives, as anyone else in the United States wants to do.”</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>The 2022 survey was the first to include respondents ages 16 and 17, and they comprised more than 8,000 of the total respondents. Adolescents were excluded from some of the preliminary report’s other analyses, such as those related to their experiences with medical treatments, but they will be included in the report published later this year.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Sixty percent of teenagers reported mistreatment at school, including verbal harassment, physical violence and online bullying, as well as being barred from using their chosen names, pronouns or the bathroom matching their gender identity. Minors were also more likely than adults to report having family members who were not supportive of their gender identity, and 5 percent said that family members had been violent toward them because they were transgender.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--SUPERS</b>--</p>\n<p>File</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--LEAD IN</b>--</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--VO SCRIPT</b>--</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--TAG</b>--</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>-----END-----CNN.SCRIPT-----</b></p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--KEYWORD TAGS--</b></p>\n<p>LGBTQ+ LGBT TRANS TRANSGENDER NONBINARY SURVEY</p>
TIGER MANIA (04/15/1997)
Tiger Woods success is spurring new interest in traditionally white game of golf.
THE WHITE HOUSE
PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH SPEAKS AT THE ASIAN PACIFIC DINNER AND MEETS W/ A YOUTH GROUP IN LOS ANGELES. 22:33:41:00 MCU OF CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR PETE WILSON ADDRESSING THE ASIAN PACIFIC DINNER. HE INTRODUCES BUSH. BUSH ADDRESSES THE DINNER. HE PRAISES PATRICIA SALKI, THE HEAD OF THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (SBA) FOR HER EFFORTS TO HELP LOS ANGELES AFTER THE RIOTS. HE SAYS AMERICA IS A PROUD, STRONG MOSAIC. POOL SLATE. 22:43:38:00 HE SAYS HE IS PROUD OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSE TO THE RIOTS. BUSH GREETS ASIAN AMERICAN LEADERS ON THE PODIUM AFTER THE SPEECH. POOL SLATE. CUTS OF THE DINNER. MCU OF SENATOR JOHN SEYMOUR (R-CALIF). BUSH ARRIVES ON THE DAIS. BUSH RECITES THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. 22:53:56:00 CUTS OF GUESTS SEATED AT THEIR TABLES. CUTS OF BUSH SPEAKING. 22:59:22:00 BUSH ATTENDS A MEETING IN A GYMNASIUM W/ PARTICIPANTS IN A YOUTH PROGRAM. LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF SHERMAN BLOCK INTRODUCES BUSH. BUSH ADDRESSES THE GROUP. HE SAYS COMPETITIVE SPORTS ARE VERY BENEFICIAL TO YOUTHS. HE SAYS THE PROGRAM MAKES THE YOUTHS FEEL WANTED. 23:10:40:00 BUSH TAKES QUESTIONS FROM THE KIDS. HE SAYS HE LIKES HIS JOB. CI: POLITICS: PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY CAMPAIGN, 1992.
19 20 National edition: [issue of May 21, 2023]
REACTION TO ROCKER COMMENTS (12/23/1999)
MORE REAX TO JOHN ROCKER, AND REMARKS HE MADE ABOUT NEW YORK IN A SPORTS ILLUSTRATED INTERVIEW.
Mother using her laptop to watch online yoga classes and practice with her small daughter in the living room at home
A mother is using her laptop to watch online yoga classes and practice with her small daughter in the living room at home.
PRESIDENT CLINTON ON AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PT. 1 (1995)
PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON’S REMARKS ON AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION.
PING PONG TOURNAMENT IN PEKING, CHINA
COLOR PRINT 800 SOF / MAG. VS BLDGS ON SQUARE IN PEKING. CU'S BLOOMING FLOWERS. VS POSTER ADVERTISING ASIAN-AFRICAN LATIN AMERICAN TABLE TENNIS FRIENDSHIP INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT. VS POSTERS. WA PEOPLE ARRIVING AT ARENA FOR TOURNAMENT. WA CROWD & INT OF STADIUM. VS CROWD. VS TOURNAMENT NAMENT OFFICIALS ARRIVAL. VS OFFICIALS AT DESK (EACH ONE INTRODUCED BY NARRATOR OF FILM-IN CHINESE) MORE VS JUDGES & CROWD. MS MILITARY BAND PLAYING. VS OPENING CEREMONIES OF TOURNAMENT. TEAMS FROM DIFFERNET NATIONS PARADE AROUND ARENA. MS OFFICIALS READING OPENING STATEMENTS. VS TEAMS FROM DIFFERENT NATIONS. VS COLORFUL, LARGE SCALE DANCE OF WELCOME PUT ON BY CHINESE. VS CROWD. VS CHINESE YOUNGSTERS PRESENTING THEIR OWN DANCE NUMBER. MORE OF CROWD. VS MARTIAL ARTS DANCE-DISPLAY. VS DISPLAY BY CHINESE ACROBATIC TROOP. ROUTINE W / PEOPLE DRESSED AS DRAGONS BALANCING ON LARGE BALLS. MORE OF YOUTHS DANCE INCL. SEGMENT W / LIGHTS OUT AND KIDS CARRYING COLORED LIGHTS. VS OPENING DANCES, PERFORMERS, JUDGES AND CROWD. CI: GEOGRAPHIC: CHINA, PEKING. SPORTS: MISC: PING PONG. MUSIC: DANCING. MANKIND: NATIONALITIES: CHINESE.
SLO MO Toddler riding balance bike.
SLO MO happy toddler riding balance bike in park, outdoors.
LONDON FEED
LONDON SATELLITE FEEDS. 15:50:05:00 wtn. vs of people voting in the belgium general elections including premier wilfried martens. 15:50:56:12 natural sound. vs of people on line to vote in an election in nigeria. 15:52:08:00 natural sound. vs of security personnel searching women before an asean (association of southeast asian nations) meeting. brief mcu of philippine president corazon aquino. 15:53:40:00 natural sound. vs of south korean political candidates at outdoor rallies. they are kim dae jung, roh tae woo and kim young sam. 15:54:51:09 natural sound. vs of israeli troops clashing with palestinian youths in the occupied territories. 15:56:13:00 natural sound. vs of people singing an dancing at an antinuclear rally in great britain. 15:57:29:00 vo english. mcu of musician bob geldorf, who condemns mozambican rebels for committing atrocities against civilians. vs of geldorf meeting with mozambican children. 15:58:26:00 natural sound. vs of an experimental aircraft in flight. location unknown. 15:59:22:00 natural sound. vs of carved terra cotta figures on display in a museum in great britain. 16:00:08:00 wtn sports feed and abc slate. 16:18:09:16 abc. cs vo on the art of falconry in the united arab emirates. mcu of a man in traditional arab dress holding a falcon. vs of a falcon in flight across the desert. soundbite of a man who say falconry is his hobby. vs of falcons in flight over the desert. mcu of a falcon capturing a buzzard. su. cu of a falcon, pullback to a ws of a group of men sitting in a circle with a falcon on a perch in the middle of the group. 16:20:30:21 refeed. cs. natural sound and abc slate. CI: PERSONALITIES: AQUINO, CORAZON. PERSONALITIES: GELDORF, BOB. PERSONALITIES: KIM DAE JUNG. PERSONALITIES: KIM YOUNG SAM. PERSONALITIES: MARTENS, WILFRIED. PERSONALITIES: ROH TAE WOO. ANIMALS: BIRDS, FALCONS. DEMONSTRATIONS: ANTINUCLEAR, ENGLAND. DEMONSTRATIONS: POLITICAL, SOUTH KOREA. EXHIBITIONS: ART. POLITICS: ELECTIONS, BELGIUM. POLITICS: ELECTIONS, NIGERIA. RIOTS: ARAB YOUTH, ISRAEL. SPORTS: FALCONRY.
Child care , Outdoors
Girl playing on the swing
Special stage 2 "2022, a year of sport"
LONDON FEED
WTN, LONDON AND SOVIET FEEDS. 03:17 wtn feed. ftg of damaged buildings and iraqi men, women and children in a hospital ward after a missile attack by iran. 04:26 cs british vo about the value of british petroleum stock. vs of lines of investors. 05:17 ftg of an asian man deplaning from an airplane in geneva and sitting in the rear seat of an automobile. 06:29 ext ws of the pastuer center in france. int cutaways of a conference on aids (acquired immune deficiency syndrome). 07:29 vs of photographers and firemen outside a bombed building in norway. 08:31 highlights of the european community tennis championship in antwerp with ivan lendl and steffi graf. 10:52 vs of palestinian youths blocking streets with carts and small fires. ws of israeli soldiers watching from the roadside. ws of soviet foreign minister eduard shevardnadze deplaning in the soviet union. 11:42 french ftg of coastguard police and vs of a panamanian supply ship. 12:42 ftg of israeli prime minister yitzhak shamir at a podium saying that very few israelis refuse military duty. 14:43 abc remote ftg of ships in the persian gulf. vs of the us reflagged kuwaiti oil tanker gas princess, medium ws of us frigate 54 ford. mls of a dhow with a warship passing in the bg. high ws of a tanker with a us frigate escort. 19:50 soviet television ftg of shevardnadze deplaning. ms of us arms negotiator max kampelman at a photo opportunity in moscow. clips of soviets on line to buy vegetables and cigarettes. ms of soviet soldiers on line to buy food at an outdoor cafe. 23:18 slate to end. CI: PERSONALITIES: GRAF, STEFFI. PERSONALITIES: KAMPELMAN, MAX. PERSONALITIES: LENDL, IVAN. PERSONALITIES: SHAMIR, YITZHAK. PERSONALITIES: SHEVARDNADZE, EDUARD. CASUALTIES: INJURED. CONFERENCES: AIDS. DEMONSTRATIONS: ARAB YOUTH, ISRAEL. MILITARY: OPERATIONS, PERSIAN GULF. SPORTS: TENNIS. WAR: IRAN / IRAQ.
Mother using her laptop to watch online yoga classes and practice with her small daughter in the living room at home
A mother is using her laptop to watch online yoga classes and practice with her small daughter in the living room at home.
19 20 National edition: [issue of November 6, 2022]
Iraq Sport - International efforts to revitalise sporting institutions
TAPE: EF03/0569 IN_TIME: 23:04:03 DURATION: 2:33 SOURCES: APTN RESTRICTIONS: DATELINE: Baghdad - 21 June 2003 SHOTLIST: 1. Wide shot former headquarters of Iraqi Olympic Committee 2. Close up Olympic rings 3. Close up Iraqi flag with Olympic rings 4. Wide shot ruins of former Iraqi Olympic Committee headquarters 5. Close up burnt out building 6. Wide shot ruined building 7. Wide shot ruins with Martyrs' Monument (on right) 8. Wide pan across interior of Olympic swimming pool 9. US soldiers jump in water 10. Close up US soldier swimming 11. Wide shot barbed wire outside building 12. Wide shot FIFA representative and UN special representative Vieira de Mello 13. Various of former Iraqi football player Hussein Sa'eed 14. Cutaway of the meeting 15. SOUNDBITE (English) Paul Mony Samuel, FIFA Development Officer, Asia: "We had a long meeting last night and the night before. We have now more or less identified and confirmed that four competitions within the next half a year will be participated by Iraq." 16. Cutaway of Hussein Sa'eed 17. SOUNDBITE (English) Hussein Sa'eed, Head of Iraqi Football Interim Committee Association and former Iraqi international football player: "We're beginning from the zero now because we don't have anything now. Everything is destroyed in our federation so now FIFA has elected seven persons now to handle the football in Iraq and are coming to build headquarters for the Iraq Football Association." 18. Wide shot US helicopters landing at as Sha'ab National Stadium 19. US jeep at entrance to camp inside stadium 20. US soldiers on armoured vehicle 21. Picture of Saddam in stadium 22. Sign with football and Iraqi flag STORYLINE: After decades of abuse and neglect, Iraqi sporting institutions are seeking to return to international arenas. Under Saddam's regime the Iraqi Olympic Committee and the Iraqi Football Association were run by his son Uday who was accused of torturing, jailing and even killing players and athletes who did not perform well. An International Olympic Committee's (IOC) ethics investigation found the allegations credible. The abuse all but devastated Iraq's Olympic and footballing programme, leaving the country with just four athletes at the 2000 Sydney Games after 46 competed at the 1980 Moscow Games. The last Iraq war put the programme in further disarray. The committee's Baghdad headquarters were mostly destroyed by looters and US-led bombing runs scattered athletes and football players across the country. In May, the IOC's ethics commission urged officials to dissolve Iraq's Olympic committee and create a new one with no ties to the former regime. The IOC's executive board also voted to send a delegation to Baghdad to help Iraq's Olympic hopefuls. On Saturday, FIFA sent their Asia Development Officer Paul Mony Samuel to meet UN special representative Sergio Vieira de Mello at the organisation's headquarters in Baghdad and request UN Development Programme assistance in facilitating the return of football and athletic teams to the international stage. For now, FIFA's representative promises that Iraq will participate in four competitions, the first being the qualifying football matches for the Asian Cup. Next week the IOC and US State Department will meet in Kuwait to discuss specific plans for rebuilding Iraq's Olympic programme. The group will discuss plans for providing training opportunities for elite Iraqi athletes, rebuilding the country's sports infrastructure - particularly at the youth level - and creating exchanges of athletes and coaches to share training information.
Girls' Soccer Team. Practicing to shoot for goal.
Practicing to shoot for goal. Shot from behind the goal net.