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SYND 5 3 80 BOMB BLAST AT THE AGRICULTURAL MINISTRY
In El Salvador, a bomb blast damaged a branch office of the Agricultural Ministry on Saturday (1 March), and three policemen were killed in a guerrilla ambush. The Agricultural Ministry bomb had been delivered inside a suitcase, which...
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EL SALVADOR: EARTHQUAKE AFTERMATH LATEST
Spanish/Nat
One week after the earthquake that triggered a landslip in the suburbs of San Salvador, mourners gathered amongst the debris to mark the moment when relatives and friends were buried under tonnes of falling earth.
In the...
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San Salvador president on canonisation of Monsignor Oscar Romero and situation in El Salvador and Venezuela
El Salvador would welcome the canonisation of a Salvadoran Archbishop murdered in 1980, the country's new president Salvador Sanchez Ceren said after a private audience with Pope Francis on Friday.
"This is very good news for us because...
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EL SALVADOR: EARTHQUAKE AFTERMATH: GRAVES
Natural Sound
Strong aftershocks have sent rescuers fleeing from the search for survivors of the earthquake in El Salvador which has killed more than 250 people.
But rescuers quickly resumed their desperate search for hundreds of...
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Authorities evacuate 200 families in area under risk of landslides
1. Wide of site of landslide in Las Canas neighbourhood
2. Homes on edge of landslide
3. Home damaged by landslide with broken pipes hanging over edge
4. Close of home hanging over edge with damage in background
5. Various of...
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Minister of Health announces Ebola security protocols at airports, borders and ports
El Salvador's Minister of Health announced on Wednesday that security protocols had been put in place at airports, borders and ports to prevent Ebola from entering the Central American country.
Violeta Menjivar was addressing journalists...
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Bush will head to El Salvador after Peru, preview
1. Wide shot of United States military personnel doing construction work
2. Close up of same
3. Mid shot of military men planning construction
4. Wide shot of military personnel on site
5. Close up of work in progress
6. Mid shot of...
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SYND 5 9 80 LEFTISTS BURN CAR DEALER'S PREMISES IN SUBURB OF SAN SALVADOR
Leftist militants in a San Salvador suburb attacked a car dealer's premises, firing shots and burning some 30 new cars including Volkswagens and other makes.
1. ws burned vehicles, troops, fire brigade
2. various ms still smoking...
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Taiwanese Pres Chen Shui-bian arrives on a visit
1. Wide shot plane of Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian taxiing in on arrival
2. Wide shot people waving Taiwanese flags
3. Close up President Chen Shui-bian coming off plane and waving
4. Close up sea of flags
5. Mid shot Elias...
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Protest against reported detention of al-Sadr aide
1. Wide of protest
2. Protesters with banner reading (in Arabic) "We want the Spanish army to release Yacoubi."
3. Clerics chanting
4. Wide of crowd
5. Posters held up
6. Crowd
7. Salvadoran soldiers on guard
8. Crowd sitting
9....
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Preparations and arrivals for inauguaration of Ortega
AP Television
1. Various of supporters of Daniel Ortega on buses
2. Various of arrival of Felipe Calderon, Mexican President
3. Various of Ortega meeting Calderon
AP Television
4. Various of arrival of Evo Morales, Bolivian President...
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EL SALVADOR: FUNERALS OF 11 PEOPLE KILLED IN USA HIGHWAY ACCIDENT
Spanish/Nat
The bodies of eleven Salvadorans killed in a California highway accident have been buried in their native El Salvador.
The victims died when their van crashed into a trailer truck on November 16 as they drove to Fresno,...
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EL SALVADOR: CIVIL POLICE UNDER FIRE OVER HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES
Spanish/Nat
El Salvador's National Civil Police have come under fire recently for human rights abuses.
Some leaders are asking for a reorganisation of the police force.
An alleged victim of El Salvador's National Civil Police.
A recent...
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EL SALVADOR: 14 CHARGED IN CRACKDOWN ON DEATH SQUADS
Spanish/Nat
A court in El Salvador has upheld criminal charges against 14 people in an historic crackdown on death squads.
At least four policemen, including the former deputy police chief, are among those charged in the so-called Black...
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CUTS 09 06 1982 SOLDIERS PROTECT FARMERS FROM GUERILLA ATTACK
Farm labourers are being protected by the army while they work due to the threat of attack from guerrillas.
1. ws people collecting water
2. vs people pouring water into pots
3. ws exterior church pan to people collecting water from...
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PERU: DRAMATIC RISE IN NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING IN POVERTY
Spanish/Nat
The economic crisis in Peru has seen a dramatic rise in the number of people living in poverty .
Around sixty percent of Peruvians are estimated to be on the breadline - with over five million of them in the slums of the...
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EL SALVADOR: EARTHQUAKE AFTERMATH: RESCUE
Spanish/Nat
The search for bodies continued in the neighbourhood of Las Colinas in Santa Tecla outside the El Salvador capital on Tuesday.
Now the chances of finding anyone alive are slim but local and international rescue groups are not...
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EL SALVADOR: TAIWAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER JOHN CHANG VISIT
Spanish/Nat
Taiwan's Foreign Minister John Chang has arrived in El Salvador for meetings with government officials.
He is visiting the country as part of an 11 country tour of Central American and the Caribbean.
Chang was greeted by...
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Leader of leftist party dies, adds doctor and president comment
1. Wide shot of Handal's body being off-loaded from helicopter
2. Ambulance arriving at hospital and body being wheeled inside as media surround
3. Mid shot of doctor (left on screen)
4. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) , doctor (no name...
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Prison hostage crisis ends peacefully, reax
Chaletenango, El Salvador
Night Shots
1. Interior of Chalatenango jail, guards at door
2. Exterior shot of prison with barbed wire
3. People on roof of jail
4. Guard at watch tower
5. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Unidentified Hostage (since...
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Central America leaders meet to discuss the economic crisis in Latin America
1. Plane carrying Panamanian President Martin Torrijos arriving at Augusto Cesar Sandino airport
2. Fire truck at the airport
3. Various of Panamanian aircraft taxiing
4. President of Panama Martin Torrijos (Left) with Orlando Gomez...
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El Salvador - No Survivors In Plane Crash
Most of the bodies of the victims of a plane crash in El Salvador
have been recovered. A Guatemalan Boeing 737 airliner crashed in
La Finacona, a mountainous area about 65 kilometres (40 miles)
east of San Salvador, killing all 65...
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WRAP Summit of Central American nations on crime
1. Wide of summit
2. Medium of representative from Costa Rica speaking to Guatemalan President Oscar Berger
3. Medium of Colombia and European Union representatives
4. Wide of summit
5. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Manuel Zelaya, President of...
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WRAP Latest in political crisis, pro-Zelaya rally in San Salvador
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
1. Wide of police in street in front of Brazilian Embassy
2. Man on roof of Brazilian Embassy
3. Various of police and military around the embassy
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
4. Wide of Francisco Catunda, business...