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Book launched dedicated to murdered investigative journalist

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Moscow, 30 May 2007 1. Tilt down of exterior of Gorbachev Foundation 2. Journalist registering to enter conference room 3. Close up of Anna Politkovskaya's books 4. Assistant giving Politkovskaya's book to a journalist 5. Wide shot of...
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Russia - US Nuclear Team Begins Mission Prompted B

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US nuclear team begins mission prompted by START. A team of US nuclear inspectors arrived in the Russian capital, Moscow on Wednesday (1/3) to implement their side of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) signed in 1991 by former...
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WRAP Security, preps for Obama visit; headlines, reax

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1. Wide of Kremlin 2. Mid of clock tower 3. Wide of square 4. Wide of police cars 5. Wide of policemen standing at the wall 6. Wide of street, pan to Ritz Carlton hotel 7. Close up of hotel nameplate 8. Security officers standing at...
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Mourners watch Pope funeral, prayers in Moscow, Vilnius

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Vilnius, Lithuania 1. Wide shot City of Vilnius 2. Wide shot Vilnius 3. Wide shot open air mass 4. Mid shot mass 5. Close-up priest hands out communion 6. Wide shot street 7. Mid shot ceremonial tree being planted in honour of Pope John...
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WRAP Anti govt protests plus US Ambassador comments

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1. Various of police in riot gear on the streets of Tbilisi 2. SOUNDBITE ( English) Richard Miles, US Ambassador to Georgia: "I had a good and useful meeting with President Shevardnadze. The topic was exclusively the election process....
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GEORGIA: TBILISI: GUNMEN OPEN FIRE ON PRESIDENT SHEVARDNADZE'S CAR

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Natural Sound Troops have moved into the streets of the Georgian capital Tbilisi after an assassination attempt on President Eduard Shevardnadze on Monday night. Officials say gunmen opened fire on Shevardnadze's car, killing one of his...
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Former President Boris Yeltsin has died, a Kremlin official said Monday. He was 76.

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HEADLINE: Boris Yeltsin dead at 76 CAPTION: Former Russian President Boris Yeltsin, who engineered the final collapse of the Soviet Union, has died at the age of 76. (April 23) [Notes:ANCHOR VOICE]
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Bethlehem police training, Hebron tear gas, Sharon, Peres

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Bethlehem 1. Various shots of Palestinian police training on the parade ground 2. Various shots of training exercise 3. Various of police training to make arrests 4. Mid shot, instructor shows a self defence move 5. Various shots of of...
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GERMANY: CHANCELLOR KOHL RULES OUT CABINET RESHUFFLE

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German/Nat The German Chancellor Helmut Kohl has ruled out the possibility of a cabinet reshuffle on Monday. In a speech in Berlin, he also suggested Germany would be looking at the possibility of re-establishing ties with Iran. Kohl...
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RUSSIA: EXHIBITION DEVOTED TO RAISA GORBACHEV

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Russian/Nat On of the eve of the first anniversary of the death of his wife, former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev unveiled an exhibition devoted to Raisa at Moscow's modern history museum on Tuesday. Speaker after speaker praised...
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AP intv with former leader, comments on Rus-US relations, criticism of Putin

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1. Wide exterior of Gorbachev Foundation building 2. Close up sign reading (English and Russian) Gorbachev Foundation 3. Wide of former president of USSR Mikhail Gorbachev speaking 4. Cutaway of hands 5. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Mikhail...
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Russia - Gorbachev says firing Lebed was correct

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Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev told WTN on Saturday (19/10) that sacked National Security Advisor Alexander Lebed deserved to be fired. Gorbachev said he was waiting for the sacking to happen. He claimed Lebed had got to wrapped...
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RUSSIA: MIKHAIL GORBACHEV ON KURSK TRAGEDY

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Russian/Nat Russia's last Soviet-era leader Mikhail Gorbachev Wednesday added his voice to criticism of president Putin's handling of the Kursk tragedy. Gorbachev said Putin should have cut his vacation short, referring to Putin's...
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RUSSIA: MIKHAIL GORBACHEV SPEAKS

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Russian/Nat Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev spoke in defence of Russia's independent broadcaster, N-T-V on Saturday. Gorbachev, who is a chairman of N-T-V's honorary board of supervisors, said that recent moves by the...
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Gorbachev reax to Bush comments on Russian democracy

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Moscow - 6 June, 2007 1. Wide shot of former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev being interviewed 2. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Mikhail Gorbachev, Former Soviet President: "We cannot count on establishing pure democracy without first improving...
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RUSSIA: UNCENSORED VERSION OF AGENT KIM PHILBY'S MEMOIRS RELEASED

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English/Nat Memoirs by the notorious British double agent Kim Philby have appeared for the first time uncensored in Russia. The book reveals the feelings Philby had about the Soviet Union under former leaders Leonid Brezhnev and Mikhail...
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RUSSIA: NOBEL PRIZE WINNER ZHORES ALFEROV

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Russian/Nat The winner of this year's Nobel Prize for physics, Russian parliamentarian, Zhores Alferov, was given a hero's welcome on Wednesday by fellow lawmakers in Russia's parliamentary lower house, the Duma. Alferov said he accepted...
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World figures gather for Shimon Peres' 80th birthday

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1. Pan round table with various heads of state and dignitaries seated 2. Shimon Peres followed by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon enter 3. Pan from Peres to Sharon sitting with guests 4. SOUNDBITE (English): Ariel Sharon, Israeli Prime...
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Germans cross bridge, talk about memories of fall of Wall

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1. Wide of people gathered on Bornholmer Strasse bridge 2. SOUNDBITE: (German) Michael K�hn, Berlin resident who lived in East Berlin when the Wall fell: "We lived right over there, not far away from here. And we were in the fifth or...
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Gorbachev on Arafat death

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1. Stair leading up to Campidoglio (Rome's City Hall) 2. Piazza Campidoglio -- statue of Marcus Aurelius 3. Conference room, Gorbachev seated at table 4. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Claudio Lenoci, International Labour Organisation: "We cannot...
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President George H.W. Bush and Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev held their final news conference of Summit

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1. WS White House Chief of Protocol Joseph Verner Reed leads Mrs. Raisa Gorbachev and Mrs. Barbara Bush to their seats in the White House's East Room 2. MS Raisa Gorbachev takes her seat next to Soviet Union Foreign Minister Eduard...
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Ultranationalist politician Zhirnovski welcomes Obama's strong poll ratings

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1. Wide of residence of Vladimir Zhirinovsky, leader of Liberal Democratic Party 2. Close up of window 3. Mid pan of Zhirinovsky entering the room and taking seat 4. Cutaway clock 5. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Vladimir Zhirinovsky, leader...
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Subversive punk band speak out against Russian government

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Music/video/performance rights must be cleared AP Television St. Petersburg, Russia - September 6, 2009 1. Wide shot St.Petersburg 2. Mid shot boat on the river 3. Wide shot street 4. Wide shot people on the street 5. Wide shot...
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Arrests during protests over election fraud, Gorbachev comments

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1. Various of police arresting protesters 2. Various of crowd chanting (Russian) "Shame!", as police clear the street 3. Line of police moving up street 4. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Angelica, no last name given: "I think, the rating of the...