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Mother of executed hijacker talks about her loss
1. Various of street
2. House exterior
3. Media and hijacker's mother
5. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Ramona Copello, Mother of executed hijacker:
"They came to my home at 6 in the morning and knocked on the door and told me to go to the...
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Arrival of Taiwanese president in Managua
1. Various of plane carrying Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian arriving in Managua
2. Mid of soldiers running
3. Mid of delegation walking off plane
4. Mid of group greeting Chen
5. Mid of Chen walking off plane
6. Mid of band
7....
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CUBA: SANTIAGO: POPE JOHN PAUL II VISIT
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Pope John Paul II travelled on Saturday to Cuba's eastern-most city, Santiago.
The city has been the scene of the island's most important historic events and was the birthplace of the Cuban revolution.
The people of Santiago...
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USA: MIAMI: CARGO FLIGHT TO DELIVER AID TO CUBA FOLLOWING HURRICANE LILI
Span/Eng/Nat
A U-S cargo flight is set to deliver aid to Cuba this weekend.
The plane will carry 70-thousand pounds of food, clothing and other aid to victims of hurricane Lili.
The Clinton administration-- which cancelled flights to...
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Morning newspapers, reaction to latest on Castro's health
1. Close up front page Granma newspaper headline reading "Unforgettable afternoon between brothers"
2. Close up of a picture in the newspaper: Cuban President Fidel Castro is with his brother Raul and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez,...
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US: MIAMI: SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS: ANTI FIDEL CASTRO DEMO
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Thousands of anti Fidel Castro demonstrators took to the streets of Miami Saturday demanding the ouster of the Cuban leader.
The protesters are angry that the Cuban question is not being addressed formally at this weekend's...
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USA: MIAMI: CUBAN EXILES DEMONSTRATION
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Cuban exiles demonstrated in Miami Tuesday in protest against the Clinton administration's policy of returning Cuban rafters.
Shops were closed down and thousands of people poured into Miami's "Little Havana" to show their...
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Cuban punk rocker facing up to 4 years in prison
1. Zoom out from Tribunal sign
2. Wide exterior of courthouse with press and Cuban punk rocker Gorki Aguila supporters outside
3. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Ciro Diaz, guitarist for "Porno Para Ricardo" band:
"The trial is a political trial,...
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Mexican authorities display immigration records of their most famous political exiles
Mexican authorities have put the immigration records of some of their most famous political exiles of the last century on display at an exhibit in Mexico City to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the country's National Institute of...
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WRAP Pope Benedict visits, to attend gathering on family values
1. Pan of people gathered at airport, many wearing caps with the white and yellow colours of the Vatican
2. Wide of Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero and regional and local authorities arriving at airport
3. Various of...
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Venezuelan president arrives in Mosccow for visit
1. Plane taxiing at the Moscow Vnukova airport carrying Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez
2. Close-up emblem
3. Wide shot Russian officials on the tarmac
4. Wide shot Chavez alights from plane
5. Guards of honour at the airport
6. Chavez...
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Venezuela FM visits Latam school of medicine
1. Wide shot exterior Latin-American Medical School in Havana
2. Jesus Perez, Foreign Minister of Venezuela being greeted
3. Perez and Ambassador Adam Chavez entering school
4. Wide shot Perez and Chavez with Venezuelan medical students...
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Cuban leader visits
1. Li Peng, Chairman of Chinese National People's Congress greeting Cuban President Fidel Castro at the Great Hall of People, handshaking
2. Chinese vice foreign minister Li Zhaoxing shaking hands with Cuban delegates
3. Li Peng and...
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Cuban dissidents urge Ibero-American summit to discuss human rights
1. Various of exterior of dissident house
2. Various of dissidents inside
3. Various cutaways of media
4. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Leonardo Bruzon, Director of 24 February Human Rights Movement:
"We are going to denounce the Castro regime...
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CUBA: HAVANA: STAGE SET FOR THE ARRIVAL OF POPE JOHN PAUL II
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The stage is set, the world is waiting for the moment the Pope shakes hands with Fidel Castro on Cuban soil.
It will be a snapshot indelibly inked on late 20th century history - the question now is how or if it will...
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USA: FLORIDA: BAD WEATHER REDUCES SIZE OF CUBAN EXILE GROUP'S PROTEST
Spanish/Eng/Nat
Bad weather forced a Cuban exile group to trim its protest plans on Friday.
The Miami-based group had intended to stage a large-scale protest off Cuba's coast on Saturday, to draw attention to the human rights record of...
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Reax to first new pictures of Fidel in months
Cubans in Havana on Tuesday welcomed the publication of the first photos of their former leader Fidel Castro to be seen in more than five months, following speculation he was on his deathbed.
The photographs show the 88-year-old former...
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USA: NEW YORK: CUBAN EXILES GATHER FOR RENAMING OF CUBA STREET
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New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and a group of Cuban exiles gathered in downtown New York City Friday to rename the street where the Cuban Mission is located.
The street name was changed to "Brothers to the Rescue...
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Cuban FM Perez Roque visits, says Castro is recovering "quickly"
1. Vehicle arriving at government guest house, Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque stepping out
2. Roque greeting Vietnam Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem
3. Roque shaking hands with Vietnamese officials
4. Roque and Khiem...
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USA: GOVERNMENT'S EASING OF TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS TO CUBA UPDATE
Spanish/Nat
Cuban exiles in the U-S have reversed the tide following the Clinton administration's easing of travel restrictions.
The Clinton administration relaxed travel restrictions to the island in October.
But the massive flow of...
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USA: BILL CLINTON TAKES STEPS TO PUNISH CUBA OVER PLANES INCIDENT
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President Clinton has taken steps to punish Cuba for shooting down two civilian planes from Florida.
Clinton announced measures that will affect economic, diplomatic and political ties with the communist state.
The steps will...
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Migrants sent back to Cuba to be allowed into US
1. Wide shot exterior Hernandez family home
2. Medium shot of Ernesto Hernandez and sons
3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Ernesto Hernandez, Cuban Migrant:
"Yesterday's news shows clearly that there is a God up above and he's looking at...
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Cuban cigar fair attended by two of Fidel Castro's sons
1. People entering the Cigar Gala Auction
2. Antonio Castro, son of Fidel Castro, entering
3. Alex Castro son of Fidel Castro entering
4. Wide of Gala dinner and auction
5. Models entering room carrying trays of cigars
6. Close-up woman...
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Cuba says expelled Czech diplomat is spy for U.S.
1. Wide of Perez Roque, Foreign Minister of Cuba exiting car
2. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Felipe Perez Roque, Foreign Minister of Cuba:
"It''s our decision to not allow the presence of a civil servant that continuously violates the Vienna...