HEADLINE: High stakes for Obama in jobs speech CAPTION: With the nation''s unemployment rate stuck around 9 percent, there are high stakes surrounding President Obama''s speech to the nation Thursday on jobs. (Sept. 7) (Gene...

1. Side view of U.S. President Barack Obama leaving Oval Office and walking towards Rose Garden 2. Cutaway audience 3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Barack Obama, U.S. President: "We can''t just cut our way out of this hole. It''s going to take a...

1. Wide of demonstrators walking by Greek Parliament 2. Demonstrator wearing costume and mask inspired by the Edvard Munch painting "The Scream" holding sign reading (Greek): "I gave up smoking, I gave up drinking, what else must I give...

HEADLINE: Video Essay: Taxpayers rally at U.S. Capitol CAPTION: Tens of thousands of protesters fed up with government spending marched to the U.S. Capitol on Saturday, showing their disdain for the president's health care plan, among...

HEADLINE: GOP Weekly Address: A second chance CAPTION: Sen.-elect Marco Rubio of Florida said in the Republican address that lawmakers owe it to the voters to make a course correction from government spending and deficits. (Nov. 6)

March 27, 2013 - New York, NY 1. Mid veterans at job fair 2. Mid job seekers at table April 5, 2013 - Washington, DC 3. SOUNDBITE (English) Alan Krueger, Chairman, White House Council of Economic Advisors "I think this recovery faces...

Supporters of communist-backed labour union PAME gathered in their thousands in Athens and marched against austerity measures, part of a nationwide strike that gripped the nation on Wednesday. About 20,000 people marched along the...

FILE: 6 May 2012 1. Various of French President Francois Hollande greeting crowd on election night 5 May 2013 2. Wide of demonstration against economic austerity by supporters of far-left leader Jean-Luc Melenchon 3. Close up of...

1. Close up of fountain, pumpkins at market stall 2. Mid of market stall 3. Set up of Professor James Walston, political analyst at the American University of Rome, cycling in the Campo de Fiori 4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Professor James...

Plunging oil prices and the soaring costs of Iraq's war against the Islamic State group are hurting Iraq's economy and will prompt government spending cuts, including in defence, the country's finance minister said on Wednesday. Hoshyar...

1. Wide of protest in city near Rio de Janeiro's Municipal Theatre 2. Mid of people marching 3. Medium of female protesters jumping and holding posters 4. Pan right of men banging on drums in the middle of protest 5. Pan right of...

1. Various of Frankfurt Stock Exchange and traders 2. SOUNDBITE: (German) Stefan Scharfetter, Trader/Analyst, Baader Bank "If Hollande is really ahead of Sarkozy in two weeks, Europe will have to prepare for a new power balance as it...

Seoul, South Korea 1. Wide of South Korean market opening ceremony for new year at the Korea Exchange (KRX) 2. Close of Kospi value on stock board 3. Officials clapping 4. Various of stock board with share prices 5. Wide of speech by...

Inspectors overseeing Greece's tortured financial recovery programme returned to Athens on Thursday as pressure mounts on Greece's new coalition government to swiftly slash spending. Poverty and recession continue to worsen and the...

1. Wide top shot of the motorcade of Pope Francis leaving Copacabana beach, supporters lining the streets, cheering 2. Various of protesters trying to surge forward and being pushed back by police at Copacabana beach 3. Wide of...

EU - Finance ministers arriving for meeting to discuss Portugal bailout EU FINANCE 20110408Ix Budapest - 8 Apr 2011 1. Wide of EU ministers arriving for a meeting at the Godollo castle in Hungary, to discuss Portugal's bailout deal 2....

Russian/Eng/Nat The panic in Russia's market continued on Wednesday with stocks down more than 11 per cent. After more than a week of economic turmoil, President Boris Yeltsin called a special meeting with his Prime Minister, Finance...

Health workers gathered outside the Italian Health Ministry on Tuesday to protest cuts planned by the Italian government to reduce spending in the health system. Carmelo Lagamba, an Italian Red Cross operator, said thousands of jobs were...

Portuguese/Ita/Nat The world's wealthiest countries endorse U-S President Bill Clinton's proposal to allow the International Monetary Fund to speed emergency loans to countries facing the threat of investor panic. The I-M-F loan...

1. Police run to man, pushing him back repeatedly, then push him to ground yelling at him, female police officer yells at camera man (English) "move out the way, move out the way!" Camera pans to police striking man with baton, another...

HEADLINE (48 characters): Obama presses Congress to avoid shutdown CAPTION: (255 characters): With the prospect of a government shutdown just days away, President Obama sought to reinvigorate compromise talks between congressional...

1. Armoured police truck drives past, pan left to group of demonstrators from a coalition of local groups marching to protest government spending on hosting the World Cup 2. Demonstrators with banner, reading: (English) "World Cup for...

Piraeus - 18 October 2012 1. Close of mooring bollard at port, docked ferry in background 2. Mid of water 3. Mid of docked ferries 4. Wide of docked ferry with people milling around entrance 5. Close-up of ferry tied to mooring bollard,...

1. Various of Antonis Samaras, Greek Prime Minister, arriving at business conference organised by Hellenic American Chamber of Commerce 3. SOUNDBITE: (Greek) Antonis Samaras, Greek Prime Minister: "Therefore, 2013 will be a turning...