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SRI LANKA: ARTHUR C. CLARKE SPEECH ON 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF MOON VISIT
English/Nat
Science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke on Tuesday has delivered a special message to mark the 30th anniversary of the landing of the first man on moon.
The author of 2001: A Space Odyssey, on which film-maker Stanley...
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Vice president on the health of Fidel Castro and the death of his friend, author Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Fidel Castro was hit hard by last week's death of longtime friend and Nobel Prize-winning Colombian novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Cuba's second in command said Friday.
Speaking in Havana as he signed a book of condolences at the...
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Naguib Mahfouz, the only Arab Nobel winner for literature, dies at 94
Cairo - Recent
1. Wide of Cairo
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2. Various of Nobel prize winning author Naguib Mahfouz walking in street
3. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Naguib Mahfouz, Nobel prize winning author:
"It is clear that I always...
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UK: LONDON: ROMANTIC AUTHOR CATHERINE COOKSON DIES AGED 91
English/Nat
Best-selling British romance writer Catherine Cookson is dead.
The prolific author died just nine days short of her 92nd birthday.
A family spokesperson says she died peacefully after a long illness.
She wrote around 70...
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Russia - Classic literary works
To combat the growing scourge of crime and romance novels being read by Russian a group of students made an offer to people in the streets of Moscow that many couldn't refuse. Turn in your cheap detective novel for a classic work of...
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400th anniversary of publication of Don Quixote
Mexico City, Mexico
1. Actors performing scenes from 'Don Quixote' at book fair
2. Children watching
3. Various of book fair with 'Don Quixote' books on display
4. Close-up 'Don Quixote' book
5. Spanish musician and songwriter Joaquin...
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Romance Novels Challenge Nigerian Traditions
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLYSHOTLIST:AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLYKano, Nigeria - 6 April 20161. Young girls at Quranic school AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLYKano, Nigeria - 3 April 20162. Various of workers sorting and binding...
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200th anniversary of Pride and Prejudice publication ++REPLAY++
AP Television
Chawton, Hampshire, U.K - 22 October 2012
1. Mid shot exterior Jane Austen's house
2. Cutaway leaves on tree
3. Wide village of Chawton pan to Jane Austen's House
4. Close up sign pointing to Jane Austen's House
5. Tilt...
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Sam Claflin, Lily Collins and Suki Waterhouse attend the world premiere of rom-com 'Love Roise'
Sam Claflin and Lily Collins were in London Monday night (6 OCT. 2014) for the world premiere of their romantic comedy, "Love, Rosie."
They were joined at the event by co-star Suki Waterhouse and director Christian Ditter.
"I love a...
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The Vegetarian authors on Booker prize victory
South Korean author Han Kang has won the Man Booker International Prize for fiction with "The Vegetarian," an unsettling novel in which a woman's decision to stop eating meat has devastating consequences.Han beat literary stars including...
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Japanese writer misses out on top prize
The Crime Writer's Association annual awards ceremony was held in London on Tuesday night, celebrating crime writing from across the world.One of the writers pipped for the international category award, called the "International Dagger"...
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CES preview: Lifelike robots built to win over humans
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is set to be a top trend at the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.
In Hong Kong, a startup is envisioning a future in which AI-powered robots evolve to...
Bridgeman Arts
Sheep in the countryside. France, 1955
Clip 8 from the 1955 film 'La Piste Du Soleil', exploring the possibilities of exotic photography in France. Herds of sheep roam the countryside.
Bridgeman Arts
Men discussing photography outdoors. A woman watches from a balcony. France, 1955
Clip 1 from the 1955 film 'La Piste Du Soleil', exploring the possibilities of exotic photography in France. A baby running on the beach. Streams, trees, and a tent in the countryside. Photos hang on a clothes line. A man sitting outside...
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Holiday makers explore the High Valley and set up camp. France, 1930s
Clip 1 from the 1930s French documentary 'A la decouverte de la France: La Creuse ignoree' (Discover France: The unknown Creuse), about the Creuse region in France. Cyclists on road stop at bridge over the river Creuse, France, Europe....
Bridgeman Arts
Boules, waterskiing and Monte-Carlo villages. Southern France, 1955
Clip 3 from a 1955 French film 'Petits Paradis de Mediterranee' exploring the Mediterranean harbour and the South of France. Men and women play boules, and waterski in the sea. Scenes of villages in Monaco and footage of the Palace of...
Bloomberg
When Fiction Seems Like Reality
May.20 -- P.W. Singer, author and strategist at New America, discusses the novel he co-authored with August Cole, "Burn-In." The book explores a future America where AI, robotics and remote work are more common. He and his co-author were...
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Innovative museum exhibits famous novel
Fans of a romantic novel by author Orhan Pamuk are being urged to travel to Turkey to complete the book.
The 83 chapters in "Kemal and Fusun" are on paper, but at the end of the book there's a free a ticket to a museum in Istanbul that...
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Ex head of intelligence claims Chvez and Castro intend alliance
Lima -19 October 2006
1. Exterior of bookstore where former spy chief Vladimiro Montesinos' book is being sold
2. Wide of interior of bookstore
3. Books
4. Tilt up of copies of Montesinos' book "Mud Idols"
5. Medium of person...
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CHINA: GAO XINGJIAN WINS NOBEL PRIZE
Mandarin/Nat
Gao Xingjian, the self-exiled author whose works are banned in his native China, won the Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday - the first Chinese to win the award in its 100-year history.
In exile in France since 1987, the...
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Nobel winner Vargas Llosa holds news conference, reax from Peru
New York, New York, US - 7 October 2010
1. Nobel Prize in Literature winner Mario Vargas Llosa taking his seat at news conference
2. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Mario Vargas Llosa, Winner of Nobel Prize in Literature:
"What represents a step...
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The Gwinnett County Public Library system in suburban Atlanta says it will not be circulating the popular 'Fifty Shades of Grey' novel or other books in the trilogy because it considers the works to be erotica, which the library does not have on its shelves.
HEADLINE: Ga. Library says no to 'Grey' novel series
CAPTION: The Gwinnett County Public Library system in suburban Atlanta says it will not be circulating the popular 'Fifty Shades of Grey' novel or other books in the trilogy because it...
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WRAP Le Clezio receives Nobel prize in Literature ADDS interview
Stockholm
1. Horace Engdahl, Swedish Academy Permanent Secretary, walks into media briefing then makes a statement
SOUNDBITE: (Swedish) Horace Engdahl, Swedish Academy Permanent Secretary:
"Good day ladies and gentlemen and welcome to...
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WRAP Hospital presser, Reax to Nobel laureate's death
1. Exterior of Police Hospital where Naguib Mahfouz died
2. Close-up of hospital sign
3, Ambulance arriving at hospital
4. Wide of news conference
5. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Doctor Hossam Mowafi:
"Yesterday at 7 pm he had a failure in the...