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CLEAN : Egypt inaugurates new bus service for tourists visiting Giza pyramids
Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities opens an electric bus service on the Giza plateau and an environmentally-friendly restaurant directly in front of the pyramids for the plateau's visitors as part of tourism development (Footage...
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UPITN 29 4 73 SOVIET WOMEN GYMNASTIC TEAM IN USA
The USSR women's gymnastic team now the in USA meet President Richard Nixon, and perform to Maryland University.
1. ws the White House
2. ws Nixon greeting the women gymnasts at the White House (mute) team includes Olga Korbut
3. mcu...
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Big Brown's cracked left front hoof held up well Tuesday in his final workout before the Belmont Stakes and his bid for the Triple Crown. Trainer Rick Dutrow Jr. will wait until Friday to have a patch applied to the hoof
HEADLINE: Big Brown does well in pre-Belmont workout
CAPTION: Big Brown's cracked left front hoof held up well Tuesday in his final workout before the Belmont Stakes and his bid for the Triple Crown. Trainer Rick Dutrow Jr. will wait...
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Serbia - Pets join owners in protest marches
Dozens of dogs, goldfish and a grey horse swelled the ranks of demonstrators in Serbia on Friday (17/1), as students brought their pets onto the streets.
Veterinary students organised the demonstration on the 60th day of protests against...
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Farmers take animals to protest over government policies
1. Tilt down from facade of Economy Secretariat to cow placed in front with banner hanging with a list of food required to feed the cow
2. Cutaway media
3. Cow in front of building
4. Demonstrators opening cans with milk and throwing...
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A utility company preparing to build a new substation southeast of Los Angeles has stumbled on a trove of fossils dating back 1.4 million years. The cache contains nearly 1,500 fossils, including an ancestor of the saber-toothed tiger.
HEADLINE: First person: 1.4 million-year-old fossils found
CAPTION: A utility company preparing to build a new substation southeast of Los Angeles has stumbled on a trove of fossils dating back 1.4 million years. The cache contains...
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Gaza zookeepers draw crowds with zany zebras
HEADLINE: Gaza zoo paints donkeys to look like zebras
CAPTION: Gaza City zookeepers have found a creative way of drawing crowds to their dilapidated zoo _ by painting their donkeys to look like Zebras. (Oct. 8)
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Bosnia - Survival of Lippizzaner horses
International troops in Bosnia have come to the rescue of the world-famous Lippizzaner horses, whose future is still under threat despite the end of the war in the Balkans. Bred at only three stud farms in the world, their precious blood...
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A group of New Yorkers are putting Mayor Bill de Blasio on notice for what they say is reneging on his campaign promise to ban carriage horses. They rallied Tuesday near the mayor's Gracie Mansion home. (Aug. 26)
A group of New Yorkers are putting Mayor Bill de Blasio's feet to the fire for what they say is reneging on his campaign promise to ban carriage horses.
They rallied Tuesday near the mayor's Gracie Mansion home, saying he's taken no...
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Painted donkeys replace zebras that died during conflict
1. Wide exterior of Marah Land zoo
2. Sign over Marah Land zoo entrance
3. Wide of zoo interior, with visitors milling around
4. Close-up children touching donkeys painted to look like zebras
5. Side-view of children looking at...
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Former high ranking agriculture official charged with cruelty to animals
1. Wide shot horse bones
2. Closeup horse skull
3. Closeup trowel and technician's hands
4. Closeup bag of bones
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Doctor Melinda Merck, American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals veterinarian:...
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USA: NEW YORK: RINGLING BROS. BARNUM BAILEY CIRCUS COMES TO TOWN
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What's billed as the "Greatest Show on Earth" has arrived in New York City.
The Ringling Bros., Barnum Bailey Circus came to town early Wednesday morning.
Crowds lined the street for what has become a tradition - the annual...
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Bosnia - Stud farm
A herd of the world-famous Lipizzaner horses bred at a Bosnian stud farm are being given a second chance after lack of funds threatened their survival. Help has come in the unlikely form of soldiers from the multi-national forces in...
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Baby Giraffe undergoes surgery to correct its legs
AP TELEVISION - June 1, 2007
1. Wide zoo
2. Mid children entering zoo
3. Wide giraffes in enclosed area
4. Pan close up Esperanza eating to crouched position
5. Close up knees of Esperanza
6. Mid Esperanza
7. Cutaway people watching...
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AP reports on cruelty to horses sent to Puerto Rico
FILE: Canovanas - 12 May 2008
1. Amateur video of a horse being pulled out of container after four day trip from Florida to Puerto Rico
2. Various of man bridling horse to take him out of container
Caguas - 12 June 2008
3. SOUNDBITE...
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Traditional British game of conkers under threat from local council
1. Cyclist in London street
2. A Horse Chestnut tree
3. Fruit on the tree
4. Set up of Harry Watson, Deputy Leader Norwich Council
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Harry Watson, Deputy Leader Norwich Council
6. A view of a Horse Chestnut...
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MONGOLIA: GOBI DESERT: SEVERE COLD (2)
Voice and effects
Voiced by Louise Bates
As bitter winds sweep through Mongolia's barren pastures and temperatures drop to minus 45 Celsius (minus 49 Fahrenheit), tens of thousands of families are forced to watch their cattle die from...
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RR7215B NAIVE ART IN YUGOSLAVIA
Naive Art in Yugoslavia began in the 1930s as an
attempt by a few peasant craftsmen to reproduce
picture postcards. Today it is still very much a
peasant art, strongly rooted in folk traditions and
easily identified by its flat...
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Since retiring from soccer, former USA star Michelle Akers has done her best to rescue abused horses. Now she's faced with selling her soccer memorablia to save her flood-damaged farm
HEADLINE: Former soccer star saving horses
CAPTION: Since retiring from soccer, former USA star Michelle Akers has done her best to rescue abused horses. Now she's faced with selling her soccer memorablia to save her flood-damaged...
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Conservationists bid to revive oxpecker bird population
AP Television
Mabula game reserve, Limpopo province, South Africa, 26th October 2010
1. Mid rhinos with red-billed oxpecker birds on their backs
2. Close up rhino zoom into bird
3. Wide zoom in rhino's grazing with oxpeckers on the...
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A new wildfire in Colorado is forcing some residents from their homes. The fire was burning on about 10 acres Thursday about a mile northwest of the town of Lake George in Park County. (June 14)
HEADLINE: Colorado wildfire forces evacuations
CAPTION: A new wildfire in Colorado is forcing some residents from their homes. The fire was burning on about 10 acres Thursday about a mile northwest of the town of Lake George in Park...
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Smith's Lawn airfield memorial unveiled by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
Smith's Lawn airfield memorial unveiled by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
Bridgeman Arts
The Compendium of Chronicles by Rashid-al-Din Hamadani
Rashid al-Din Tabib, also Rashid ad-Din Fadhlullah Hamadani (1247 - 1318), was a Persian physician, writer and historian, who wrote an enormous Islamic history volume, the Jami al-Tawarikh, in the Persian language. He was the Grand...