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Islamic organisation slams Austria headscarf ban
An Islamic religious organisation is threatening legal action after Austrian lawmakers approved plans to ban girls in elementary schools from wearing headscarves, a move that would add to existing restrictions on veils.
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Hong Kong's embattled chief executive meets Bush.
1: Still of Tung and George W Bush
2. Tung walks out of the White House and up to the microphones
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong Chief Executive
"I expressed my appreciation for the administration's initiative on...
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CHINA: BEIJING: CATHOLIC'S EASTER CELEBRATIONS
Man/Eng/Nat
Christians worldwide have been celebrating Easter.
But in China, the majority of the country's 14 (m) million Catholics are still unable to practise their religion freely.
Human rights groups say persecution of Catholics is...
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Interview at Vatican with new cardinal of Hong Kong
1. Various of Bishop John Tong Hon and his assistant walking through street in Vatican City
2. Mid of Bishop John Tong Hon talking with a priest
3. SOUNDBITE (English) John Tong Hon, Bishop of Hong Kong:
"My role is to keep the door...
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SYND 16 5 79 INDIAN CHRISTIANS PROTESTING IN NEW DELHI AGAINST NEW FREEDOM OF RELIGION BILL
Indian Christians demonstrating in New Delhi against new freedom of religion bill
1. various of protesters marching through streets with banners and crosses, priests in procession
2. various of a man addressing protesters SOUNDBITE...
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WRAP US president in Dubai, talking to young Arabs
1. Wide of Bush arriving and being greeted by small children holding flowers at the historic home of the former ruler of Dubai,
2. Close up of Bush
3. Pull out of Bush to girls giving him flowers
4. Pan of girls dancing and Bush watching...
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Protest as Muslim-by-birth woman who married Christian sentenced to death
Protesters gathered outside a court in Sudan's capital on Thursday after a pregnant Muslim-by-birth woman who married a Christian man was sentenced to death for refusing to recant her Christian faith.
Meriam Ibrahim was convicted of...
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President of World Uighur Congress on violence in China
1. Wide of news conference
2. Mid shot media
3. Wide of Rebiya Kadeer, President of the World Uyghur Congress and Uyghur American Association, at podium
4. SOUNDBITE: (Uighur) Rebiya Kadeer, President of the World Uyghur Congress and...
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WRAP French FM on hostage crisis, meeting Moussa
1. French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier approaching microphone in French embassy
2. SOUNDBITE (French) Michel Barnier, French Foreign Minister
"I appeal for the release of these men in the name of the principles of humanity and...
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Jewish community celebrates Hanukkah
++Night shots - snow falling++
1. Various shots of people dancing in square near Kremlin
2. Close-up of candle being lit on hanukkia, zoom out to wide shot of lighting ceremony
3. People watching, word "Hanukkah" lit in background
4. Pan...
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WRAP Bush dedicates new US Embassy, exteriors, voxes
1. Wide of rostrum for official United States Embassy opening ceremony in Beijing
2. Mid of American Ambassador Clark T Randt Jr and former US president George Bush, Senior, and current US President, George W. Bush, walking to rostrum ...
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Tibetan spiritual leader refuses to criticise Obama for not meeting him
1. Wide of Montecitorio, the Italian parliament building
2. Medium of Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama arriving for news conference
3. Wide of news conference
4. Close of Dalai Lama adjusting robe, greeting people
5. Wide of news...
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President Bush has begun what he calls a "poignant" visit to Vietnam -- three decades after the war ended; he says that conflict's lesson for Iraq is that it takes time for freedom to prevail.
CAPTION: President Bush and other Pacific Rim leaders meeting in Vietnam are demanding that North Korea return to talks and ultimately scrap its nuclear weapons program. (Nov. 19)
[Notes:ANCHOR VOICE]
[Notes:Bush and other leaders meet...
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Christmas message from Iraqi Chaldean Patriarch
1. Various set-up shots of Emmanuel III Delly, the Chaldean Patriarch of Iraq seated for interview
2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Emmanuel III Delly, the Chaldean Patriarch of Iraq:
"We have no freedom of religion in our country Iraq, that's a...
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Senate votes to outlaw Islamic face veils in last step to make ban law
14 September 2010
1. Interior of French Senate
2. Mid shot of Gerard Larcher, President of the Senate
3. Mid shot of Michele Alliot Marie, French Justice Minister
4. SOUNDBITE (French) Michele Alliot Marie, French Minister of Justice ...
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Annual report on rights in Russia, Iran, Iraq S. Arabia
1. State Department briefing, Kozak at podium
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Michael Kozak, Assistant Secretary for Human Rights:
"We''re trying to report facts here, not to necessarily satisfy somebody''s desire for a conclusion. Russia is a...
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Dalai Lama speaks at Radio City Music Hall, protests
New York City
1. Dalai Lama bowing to crowd
2. Wide interior of Radio City Music Hall
3. Monks listening
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Dalai Lama, Buddhist spiritual leader:
"I'm very, very happy to be here with you mainly on the invitation of...
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REPLAY Last day of Chn govt-controlled visit by foreign reporters
1. Mid of Potala Palace, zoom out to show people spinning prayer wheels
2. Close old woman spinning prayer wheels
3. Close of hands spinning prayer wheels
4. Mid of people spinning prayer wheels
5. Long shot of street
6. Tilt up...
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Vatican excommunicates Chinese bishops
1. Wide shot of St. Peter''s square
2. John Allen, Vatican correspondent for the National Catholic Reporter, reading the Vatican bulletin of the day
3. Close up Vatican bulletin
4. Close up of Vatican bulletin reading: "The Holy Father...
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Head of HK's Catholics pledges to unite with Chinese worshippers
1. Wide tilt down of interior of Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception to media crowding around Bishop John Tong
2. Mid of Bishop John Tong talking to reporters inside Cathedral
3. Close of Bishop John Tong talking to reporters inside...
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Sufis hope for more religious freedoms under new leadership
As Egypt's new president sets about making his mark, Sufi Muslims say they're hoping for a new era of religious tolerance in the country.
They say they faced increased levels of persecution following the 2011 revolution.
A group of...
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Preview to Chirac's political decision on Islamic headscarves in school
1. Exterior - Henri-Wallon school in Aubervilliers, outside Paris, students exit
2. Various of schoolgirls wearing islamic headscarf outside school
3. SOUNDBITE: (French) Sabrina Jaoud, student:
"I don't think the headscarf bothers...
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RUSSIA: MOSCOW: ORTHODOX CHURCH DENOUNCES PRESIDENT YELTSIN
Russian/Eng/Nat
The Russian Orthodox Church on Thursday denounced President Boris Yeltsin's vetoing of a law that would have strengthened its grip on the country's faithful.
Yeltsin received complaints from the Pope and a threat by the...
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Germany - Pro Church of Scientology rally
Some 2,000 members of the Church of Scientology demonstrated Monday (27/10) in Berlin for religious freedom on the eve of a court ruling on whether the group was a religion or a business. Scientologists worldwide, especially in the...