in damascus. annan is the highest level diplomat to meet with president bashar al assad since syria s violent uprising started a year ago. the former u.n. secretary general annan asked for a cease-fire and wants syria to allow relief agencies access to people caught in the fighting. i ve been here for a very short period. almost everyone i met wants peace. they want the violence to stop. they want to move on with their lives. while the two men talked peace in damascus, violence raged across syria. opposition activists say at least 25 people were killed in fighting today. hundreds gather in japan today marking the one-year anniversary of a devastating earthquake and tsunami. nearly 16,000 people died in the disaster. another 3,000 are still missing. cnn s kyung lah shows us one city one year later. reporter: this is one area, still burying the scars of when the tsunami roared ashore a year ago. there is so much rebuilding to be done. for just one moment, this city paus