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USA: WASHINGTON: SANCTIONS AGAINST CUBA BILL IS PASSED BY SENATE
English/Nat
A watered-down version of a bill to moderately increase the U-S embargo on Cuba has been passed by the Senate in Washington.
Passage of the controversial "Libertad" bill, which was sponsored by Senator Jesse Helms, comes...
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WRAP Castro's daughter against dealth penalty in Cuba
1. Wide shot of posters against death penalty
2. Wide shot of Alina Fernandez during an interview
3. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Alina Fernandez, daughter of Fidel Castro:
"I've been a dissident in Cuba for some years before leaving the...
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SPAIN: 2 CZECHS FREED FROM CUBA ON ROUTE HOME
Czech/Nat
Two prominent Czechs jailed for more than three weeks in communist Cuba are homeward bound after admitting to breaking the law in a case that strained relations between two former Cold War-era allies.
Czech lawmaker Ivan Pilip...
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COLOMBIA: GARCIA MARQUEZ ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL
Spanish/Nat
Colombia's Nobel Prize winner for literature, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, has been hospitalised for exhaustion.
Garcia Marquez, who is 72, was admitted late last week for medical tests at the Santa Fe Foundation clinic in...
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: ENT1-ARTHUR MILLER IN CUBA
Span/Eng/Nat
American writers ARTHUR MILLER, WILLIAM STYRON, and Colombian literary great GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ found Cuban President Fidel Castro likes his dinner engagements to last as long as his legendary speeches when their supper...
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USA: LEGISLATION UNVEILED CALLING FOR END OF EMBARGO AGAINST CUBA
Spanish/Eng/Nat
A bipartisan group of congressmen on Wednesday unveiled legislation in Washington DC calling for an end to the U-S embargo on food and medicine to Cuba.
The move came as other congressmen debated legislative amendments...
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CUBA: HAVANA: FOREIGN MINISTER DEFENDS MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS
Spanish/Nat
As a flotilla of Cuban-Americans protesters approached Cuban waters, Foreign Minister Roberto Robaina spoke Thursday to the foreign press, defending the recent municipal elections.
Robaina stressed that high voter turnout of...
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Denmark - Mandela, Castro Arrive; Ovation For Exil
Mandela, Castro arrive; ovation for exiled Nasri
Delegates to the United Nations social summit on Friday (10/3)
finally agreed on a plan to end worldwide poverty and social
injustice but warned that results would not come quickly...
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Sinn Fein president tours hospital, comments on politics.
1. Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams at Cuba's Foreign Ministry meeting with Cuban foreign minister Felipe Perez Roque
2. Cutaway press
3. Various of Adams and Cuban officials
4. SOUNDBITE: (English - with Spanish translation) Gerry Adams,...
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Lawyers present case in war crimes hearing
1. Palais de Justice
2. Various exteriors of Palais de Justice
3. Plaintiff approaching
4. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Souad Srour al-Mereh, Survivor of survivors of the Sabra and Chatilla massacre
"It is my hope and the hope of all the...
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Latest on constitutional vote, Zelaya meeting international observers
1. Manuel Zelaya, President of Honduras, greeting ambassadors
2. Zelaya greeting international observers
3. Cutaway of photographer
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Manuel Zelaya, President of Honduras
"Tomorrow will be a historic moment in our...
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Nobel winning writer Garcia Marquez greets fans on his 87th birthday
Colombian novelist and Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez briefly greeted fans and media who had gathered outside his Mexico City home on Thursday to wish him a happy 87th birthday.
"Gabo", as he is affectionately known in Latin...
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State Department comment on Venezuela
1. Wide of press briefing
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Sean McCormack, State Department spokesperson:
"This focuses on concerns that they have in terms of the relationships they've built up with states like Iran and Cuba, states that sponsor...
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Claims increased demand for sugar cane comes at the expense of the work force
Quissama, Rio de Janeiro State - May 2007
1. Sugarcane fields
2. Old abandoned farmhouse called Fazenda Machadinha
3. Slave quarters in Fazenda Machadinha pan to older man.
4. SOUNDBITE : (Portuguese) Gilson Inacio da Silva
"May...
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Barbados - Castro joins parade during tour
On the second stop of his Caribbean goodwill tour, Cuban leader Fidel Castro on Saturday (01/08) joined a public procession to a memorial statue of Bussa, the leader of an 1816 slave revolt. Barbados' Prime Minister Owen Arthur has...
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Havana's Capri hotel, once a playground for mobsters and movie stars, reborn after restoration
In its heyday, Havana's Capri Hotel and casino was the playground of men known as The Blade and The Fat Butcher.
It was also a pleasure garden for headline stars who portrayed Mafiosi on the silver screen: George Raft, known for hoodlum...
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Cubans react to Benedict's exhortation to replace Marxism with new models
1. Wide of Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez at news conference in Havana
2. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Bruno Rodriguez, Cuban Foreign Minister:
"We respect all opinions and we think the exchange of ideas (with Pope Benedict XVI) is very...
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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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Opening of art museum by late artist Guayasamin, presidents attend
1. Wide of inaugural ceremony and crowds attending
2. Fidel Castro walking through art museum grounds during inaugural ceremony
3. Mid shot of crowd
4. Close up of Castro in suit and tie
5. Chavez arriving at museum inauguration
6....
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Raul Castro says US policy changes "minimal"
1. Zoom out President Raul Castro arriving in conference room
2. Wide shot delegates applauding
3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Raul Castro, President of Cuba:
"The measures recently announced by President Obama are positive, but their reach is...
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+4:3 Pope Benedict visits shrine of Our Lady of Charity
1. Wide Pope Benedict XVI entering Sanctuary of El Cobre, home to Cuba's Patron Saint
2. Close of Virgen del Cobre
3. Reverse shot of Benedict walking down aisle
4. Mid Benedict walking to altar
5. Wide interior of church
6. Close...
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Pilot programme let residents test first microwaves in Cuba
1. Wide shot exterior of house
2. Mid of resident Ana Magdalena Melian standing in doorway
3. Mid of Melian entering dining room, opening fridge
4. Close up Melian peeling potatoes
5. Melian getting a glass and filling it with water
6....
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Chelsea artists, galleries are being featured in an exhibit in Havana. The organizers hope this is a step toward improving relations between the United States and Cuba.
HEADLINE: NY art exhibit takes Chelsea to Havana
CAPTION: Chelsea artists, galleries are being featured in an exhibit in Havana. The organizers hope this is a step toward improving relations between the United States and Cuba. (March...
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'TELENEWS WEEKLY VOLUME 14, ISSUES 37, 38, 39 & 40'
'TELENEWS WEEKLY VOLUME 14, ISSUES 37, 38, 39 & 40'