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WRAP Governing council announces date for end of US occupation
1. Wide shot press conference with members of Iraqi Governing Council
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Ahmad Chalabi, Member of Iraqi Governing Council:
"To draft a law for the administration during the transition period, and before the end of...
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WRAP Gere and Negroponte at Senate Foreign Relations Committee
1. Wide of new conference
2. Mid of US actor Richard Gere (to right of screen) and US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte
3. Mid of Negroponte reading statement
4. SOUNDBITE (English) John Negroponte, US Deputy Secretary of...
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France's ban on face-covering Islamic veils takes effect Monday. The measure forbids women to hide their faces in public places, even in the streets.
HEADLINE Controversial French veil ban begins Monday
CAPTION: France's ban on face-covering Islamic veils takes effect Monday. The measure forbids women to hide their faces in public places, even in the streets. (April 10)
(nats in...
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WRAP IAEA Chief gets Four Freedoms award from Roosevelt Foundation
1. Close-up of poster for Four Freedoms Awards
2. Close-up of Four Freedoms medals
3. Bronze statue showing former US President Franklin Roosevelt
4. Pan shot across former British Ambassador to Burma Martin Moreland - collecting the...
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REPLAY Zen says China's state-run Catholic Church impedes religious freedom
1. Tilt down to wide of mass inside Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
2. Wide of Cardinal Joseph Zen swinging an incense-burner during mass
3. Worshippers singing during mass
4. Wide Zen swinging an incense-burner during mass
5....
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GERMANY: BERLIN: THOUSANDS MARCH FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
English/Nat
Several thousand people marched in Berlin on Monday in a demonstration for religious freedom in Germany, organised by the Church of Scientology.
The protest was in retaliation to the German government which views Scientology...
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The first mosque in formerly Communist east opens
1. Exterior of Khadija mosque in Berlin district Pankow-Heinersdorf
2. Dome of mosque
3. Men entering mosque
4. SOUNDBITE: (German) Asif Malik, Ahmadiyya Muslim community member:
"The Ahmadiyya Muslim community in Berlin has had no...
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Taiwan worried as China looks for better relations with Vatican
Beijing, China - April 14, 2005
1. Wide interior shot of morning mass at Xuan Wu Men Cathedral
2. Various shots of priests at altar
3. Mid shot of worshippers singing hymn
4. Close-up worshipper
5. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin): Sun Shangen,...
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USA: WASHINGTON: RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE LISTS REPORT
English/Nat
The U-S State Department has designated seven nations for possible sanctions over "severe" violations of religious freedom.
An annual State Department report on religious tolerance lists China, Iran, Iraq, Myanmar,...
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USA: RELIGIOUS REPRESSION IN CHINA
English/Nat
Religious repression in China has increased over the past year, according to a new U-S State Department report released on Tuesday.
The report found global violations of religious freedom, particularly in communist and Muslim...
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HONG KONG: US RELIGIOUS LEADERS COMPLETE TOUR OF CHINA
English/Nat
Three American religious leaders who have just completed a tour to mainland China claim their mission has helped raise the profile of freedom of religion in the country.
Representing Jews, Catholics and the Evangelical...
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VOICER Pilgrimage and anti US protest in Iraq
0000 Wide shot of Hussein's shrine
0004 Wide shot of crowd of pilgrims with raised arms
0009 Various Pilgrims crawling
0017 Various of pilgrims bleeding from the head
0026 Wide shot of pilgrims in front of Hussein's shrine
0031 Banner...
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Morales says Church leaders behaving like 'Inquisition'
1. Evo Morales, Bolivian President, surrounded by cameramen
2. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Evo Morales, President of Bolivia:
"I am watching and am very worried about the behaviour of some of the hierarchy in the Catholic church. They are...
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Theatre performance featuring words from Breivik's court testimony
1. Wide exterior of Weimar National theatre
2. People in street outside theatre
3. Wide of theatre manager Thomas Schmidt walking outside theatre
4. SOUNDBITE (German) Thomas Schmidt, manager of the National Theatre in Weimar:
"There are...
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Clooney given the Walter Cronkite Faith and Freedom Award
AP Television
New York, 1st November 2006
1. WS exterior of Essex House Hotel
2. MS George Clooney entrance with Walter Cronkite
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Rev. Welton Gaddy, President, The Interfaith Alliance :
"This year we are especially...
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International security conference ends
1. Wide of conference
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Sergei Ivanov,Russian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence:
"Unfortunately, we have to admit that this threat has not been reduced despite of active and more and more organised...
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Russia, Norwegian FMs hold talks, Lavrov on Hamas
1. Exterior of Russian Foreign Ministry
2. Mid of Russian and Norwegian delegations sitting down to talks
3. Cameramen
4. Close up of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov talking
5. Mid of talks
6. Mid of Norwegian Foreign Minister...
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Excerpts of presser by secretary of state
1. Various shots of US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice entering press conference
2. Various of journalists
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Condoleezza Rice, US Secretary of State:
"The North (North Korea) has not yet demonstrated a...
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USA: STATE DEPARTMENT REPORT ON PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS
English/Nat
The US State Department's first report on the world-wide persecution of Christians accuses China of sharply restricting religious freedom.
The report states that China regularly violates its constitutional guarantees of...
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President on Iraq in weekly radio address
1. Slate with picture of US president George W. Bush
UPSOUND (English) George W. Bush, US president:
"Next Tuesday is the first anniversary of the moment the Iraqi people reclaimed their free and sovereign nation. To mark that historic...
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Bush addresses students, highlights
1. US President George W. Bush enters and shakes hands with Chinese dignitaries
2. Various of Bush introducing members of his government
3. Chinese and US delegations leave photo opportunity
4. Presidential motorcade outside
5. Close-up...
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China - Hopes for religious freedom
In a show of greater openness, China has agreed to allow three American religious leaders known for their firm stance against religious persecution to travel early next year to the communist state for a fact-finding mission. The...
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Reax to plans for law banning ritual slaughter of animals
Amsterdam
1. Cars and cyclists passing windmill in Amsterdam
2. Pigeons and boats on canal
3. Cyclists
4. Close of processed halal lamb being sliced in doner kebab shop
5. Mid of man slicing meat
6. Sign reads (Dutch) "Islamic...
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Welcome ceremony, joint presser, adds Bush mtg Wen
1. Chinese President Hu Jintao walking alongside US President George W. Bush during welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People
2. Wide shot Hu and Bush walking onto stage
3. Hu and Bush during playing of US national anthem
4. US...