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Russia - Financial crisis reaching its peak
Russia's central bank suspended all rouble foreign exchange trade on the Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange (MICEX) on Thursday (28/08), after opening trade showed the currency headed for a sharp drop. Trade across the country was...
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NEW ZEALAND: TAIWAN'S APEC ENVOY CHIANG PRESS CONFERENCE
English/Nat
Taiwan says it has fulfilled its obligations to join the World Trade Organisation and should have the right to join before China.
Speaking after his arrival in Auckland for the APEC forum, envoy Dr. Chiang Pin-kung said...
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SYND 8 9 74 PRESIDENT FORD ON INFLATION
President Gerald Ford addresses an audience on the subject of inflation as the cruellest form of taxation
1. mcu President Ford SOUNDBITE "The tyranny of double-digit inflation is our common enemy in 1974... inflation is the cruellest...
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Senate leaders reached tentative agreement Friday night on legislation to extend Social Security payroll tax cuts and jobless benefits for 2 months while requiring President Barack Obama to accept Republican demands for a swift decision on the fate of an oil pipeline that promises thousands of jobs.
HEADLINE: Senate leaders reach last-minute accord
CAPTION: Senate leaders have reached a tentative deal on legislation to extend Social Security payroll tax cuts and jobless benefits for 2 months while requiring Pres. Obama to accept...
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WRAP Thai tensions overshadow summit ADDS closing presser
1. Wide of Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya arriving at Summit venue
2. Mid of Philippines President Gloria Arroyo arriving
3. Pan of leaders sitting in retreat session
4. Close-up of Kasit
5. Close-up of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun...
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A day after Mitt Romney became the all-but-certain Republican nominee for president with Rick Santorum quitting the race, he goes after President Barack Obama. Romney says the president's misguided policies have harmed America.
HEADLINE: Romney on Obama: Not bad guy, policies just bad
CAPTION: A day after Mitt Romney became the all-but-certain Republican nominee for president with Rick Santorum quitting the race, he goes after President Barack Obama. Romney...
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Bank loans tractors to help boost Somalia's agricultural industry
Somali farmers are being given new tractors, as part of a project launched by the International Bank of Somalia.
It's hoped the equipment will help boost the agricultural industry, as the country tries to stabilise after two decades of...
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Market reacts to downgrading of Japan's credit rating, analyst
1. Various, Stock Exchange
2. Set up of Masaaki Kanno, Chief Economist at J P Morgan Securities, Japan
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Masaaki Kanno, Chief Economist at J P Morgan Securities, Japan:
"It takes time but eventually I think that...
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Republicans continue their call for spending cuts and fiscal reform. In the GOP's weekly address, House Republican Conference Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) accused President Barack Obama of proposing to extend Washington's "spending binge."
HEADLINE: Weekly GOP address: Time for spending reform
CAPTION: Republicans continue their call for spending cuts and fiscal reform. In the GOP's weekly address, House Republican Conference Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) accused...
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Kerry on ASEAN, sustainability, S China Sea
US Secretary of State John Kerry spoke of the high regard his nation held for the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) bloc as he addressed a news conference at the summit in Vientiane, Laos on Tuesday.Kerry also stated the...
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Arts suffer due to war and economic collapse
LEAD IN:The ongoing war in Yemen has not only killed thousands of civilians and left cities in ruin, cultural life is also suffering. With the economy crippled, there's precious little money available for the arts. But some artists are...
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Chavez opens summit admitting his nation to trade bloc
1. Wide shot of presidents embracing
2. Wide shot of conference
3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Evo Morales, Bolivian President:
"I wish Bolivia was not a beggar country, I am sure that by recovering our natural resources, Bolivia will not be a...
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IMF leader says he is ready for talks on new recovery package
1. Wide exterior of presidential palace
2. Various of President Kirchner and Finance minister Roberto Lavagna meeting IMF director, Hoerst Kohler and the IMF delegation
3. Exterior of Ministry of Economy
4. Hoerst Kohler and finance...
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APEC leaders arrive for final talks, group photo, Bush jogging
1. Los Cabos Golf resort
2. US President George W. Bush jogging
3. Los Cabos
4. Mexican President Vicente Fox waiting for leaders
5. Arrival of Australian Prime Minister, John Howard
6. Arrival of Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah
7....
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Unemployed resort to collecting rubbish for recycling
Night shots
1. Wide shot Avenida de Mayo
2. Casa Rosada
3. Empty street
4. Man with bags on street
5. Guillermo with trolley looking for rubbish
6. Guillermo walking down street
7. Guillermo crossing boulevard
8. Guillermo picking...
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USA: I-M-F - WORLD ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OUTLOOK
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International Monetary Fund officials have announced the battered Asian economies are on the rebound in 1999.
Korea and Japan in particular, said the I-M-F, were showing signs of strong recovery after months of economic...
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Racing motorbike company develops wheelchairs for dogs
AP Television
Kobaiyashi City (Chiba Prefecture)18 May 2009
1. Various of Akebono Katsue as she places her 8 year old corgi, Momotan into a wheel chair and begin their daily walk.
2. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Akebono Katsue, Momotan's...
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Steinmeier on Syria and France's economic policies
Germany's foreign minister said on Wednesday that the "prospects of success" of the Geneva talks on ending the Syrian conflict could not be guaranteed without the participation of the Syrian opposition.
The Western-backed Syrian National...
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YUGOSLAVIA: BELGRADE: MASS OPPOSITION RALLY
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Students in Belgrade staged a mock celebration of President Slobodan Milosevic's 58th birthday on Friday.
A cake representing Yugoslavia was cut into pieces and handed round to demonstrators to symbolise the break up...
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Opening ceremony and speeches at regional conference
1. Myanmar Prime-Minister Khin Nyunt drives up and gets out of car at convention centre
2. Philippine President Gloria Macapacal Arroyo walks through hallway and waves
3. Singapore's Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong walks through hallway and...
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Opel sots from governor of North Rhine Westphalia, German Finance Minister
1. Wide exterior of Chancellery
2. Close of window in building
3. SOUNDBITE (German) Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, German Minister for Economy:
"There are new proposals from Magna which are being negotiated with GM at the moment and are...
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Reax to extended detention for pro-democracy leader
Yangon, Myanmar - May 2002
1. Various Suu Kyi walking through crowds after being released (NB shots are mute)
Vientiane, Laos - November 29, 2004
2. Philippine President Gloria Macapacal Arroyo walks to podium
3. Philippine presidential...
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Deputy PM denies Spain already negotiating new bailout terms with Brussels
Spain's deputy prime minster, Soraya Saenz de Santamaria, denied on Friday reports that her government was already negotiating new bailout terms and conditions with Brussels.
Spain has for months been trying to avoid following Greece,...
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INDONESIA: RETAIL BUSINESSES LATEST CASUALTIES OF ECONOMIC CRISIS
Eng/Indonesian
Calvin Klein, Gucci and Ralph Lauren could be the latest casualties of the Indonesian economic crisis.
Brand name items have become too expensive for even wealthy Indonesians, and suppliers who used to import these famous...