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Economist's warnings on inequality amid pandemic
Renowned French economist Thomas Piketty pocketed a small fortune from the publication of a weighty book about the perils of economic inequality and the necessity of wealth taxes.
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UK Deputy PM says Murdoch should testify over hacking allegations, Market analyst
1. Wide of City of London, by the Bank of England
2. City workers on their way to work
3. Newspaper headline reading "Murdoch retreats."
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Nick Clegg, Deputy Prime Minister
"Well it's been looked at by OFCOM -...
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Associated Press President and CEO Tom Curley says the shadow of the September 11th terror attacks is eclipsing press freedom in the U.S. Curley made the statements while receiving the First Amendment Leadership Award from the Radio and Television News Directors Foundation
HEADLINE: AP President honored with First Amendment award
CAPTION: Associated Press President and CEO Tom Curley says the shadow of the September 11th terror attacks is eclipsing press freedom in the U.S. Curley made the statements...
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PAKISTAN: BIN LADEN MATCHBOX REWARD
Pashtu/Natsound
In the Pakistani city of Peshawar on the border with Afghanistan, ordinary people are being offered cash incentives to help catch suspected terrorist, Osama bin Laden.
The U-S Consulate in Peshawar has sponsored...
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Meditation and mind control provide the key to internal martial arts
AP Television
Beijing, China - August 14, 2010
1. Tilt down from trees to internal martial arts class
2. Various of class, with internal martial arts master Liu Xiuyang making adjustments to their positions
3. Mid of male pupil...
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Focus on physical and mental trauma suffered by Gazan children during Israeli onslaught
Rafah, southern Gaza Strip - 5 January 2009
1. People running in street after tank shelling, thick black smoke rising over building
2. Children running in street
3. UPSOUND: explosion, pan to black smoke rising over site of shelling
4....
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Election shows growth of new Afghan media; uncertainty remains over its freedom
The proliferation of Afghan media in the past 12 years is one of the most visible bright spots of the fraught project to foster a stable democracy.
However, with the country's presidential election looming, it is not certain whether the...
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Blinded Srebrenica survivor on Mladic arrest AP EXCLUSIVE
FILE: Bosnia - 13 April 1993 (exact location unknown)
1. Sead Bekric, as a young boy after he was blinded in Srebrenica schoolyard attack, being lifted onto stretcher
FILE: Bosnia - April 1993 (exact date and location unknown)
2. Mid of...
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Philippines - Albright attends ASEAN meeting
US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright denounced the military-ruled government of Myanmar (Burma) on Monday (27/07). Albright was reacting to the Mynmar military government's refusal to let opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi meet her...
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NEW Oprah Winfrey and Deepak Chopra attend Jaipur Literature Festival in India
American talk show host Oprah Winfrey said Sunday that her visit to India was "one of the greatest life experiences" she had ever had and that she would have to come back many more times to understand the paradoxes and complexities of...
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Murdoch close to owning WS Journal publisher Dow Jones
AP Television
New York City, 31 July 2007
1. Mid of Rupert Murdoch coming out of News Corporation building, photographers taking photos of him
2. Mid of Murdoch getting into car, photographers taking photos of him
3. Wide of exterior of...
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A feature about the upcoming divorce of Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman
1. File Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman at the Venice Film Festival (31/08/1999)
2. SOT Martin Grove, columnist, Hollywood Reporter - on how the split is going to affect the couple - "In California stardom is not community property so in...
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At least 2 children, 1 adult killed in creche stabbing; police; flowers; comment
1. Wide of community centre where authorities are providing counselling to parents
2. Community centre sign
3. Community centre
4. Man and woman walking towards community centre
5. Man and woman wrapping coat around woman outside...
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Prelim results say former PM Almazbek Atambayev will be next president
1. Wide of news conference at the Central Election Commission
2. Cutaway of sign reading (Kyrgyz and Russian) "2011 Presidential Elections of the Kyrgyz Republic, Election Commission"
3. Mid of journalists at news conference
4. Cutaway...
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Tech giant unveils its first tablet computer to take on Apple's iPads
Technology giant Nokia introduced its first tablet computer on Wednesday, hours ahead of Apple's expected presentation of its new iPads.
The Lumia 2520 was presented to the world at a Nokia World event in Dubai.
"What we see on tablets...
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Crowds turned out in several US cities to hold vigils for the victims of the attack on a satirical newspaper in Paris. People said they were there to show support for freedom of speech and freedom of the press. (Jan. 8)
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Vigil were held in several North American cities on Wednesday night, following the terror attack on a French satirical newspaper that left ten journalists and two police officers dead. A...
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CROATIA: AUTHORITIES THREATEN TO CLOSE INDEPENDENT RADIO STATION
Eng/Serbo-Croat/Nat
Croatian authorities said Wednesday they would close the country's last independent radio station, saying it was too political.
With the state already controlling nationwide television and radio and three of the four...
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UK: COMPUTER HACKER MAY HAVE INFILTRATED SECRET SERVICES
Eng/Nat
A mystery computer buff may have hacked his way into the confidential records of the British royal family and Britain's secret services.
A journalist who received the information says the same technique could also be used by...
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Mas calls off independence vote, but unofficial poll to go ahead, PM reax
The leader of Spain's wealthy Catalonia region on Tuesday called off an independence vote but said an unofficial poll will take place next month to gauge secessionist sentiment.
Artur Mas was forced to cancel the 9 November referendum...
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Freed BBC journalist Alan Johnston gives presser
AP Television
Jerusalem
1. Wide of freed BBC journalist Alan Johnston walking into news conference
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Alan Johnston, Freed BBC Journalist:
"The guard was a kind of extraordinarily moody man, who would flair into...
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LA residents turned out in big numbers for a spontaneous celebration of Michael Jackson's life and music at the city's Leimert Park. AP photojournalist Chris Carlson was there
HEADLINE: Video Essay: Jackson's music echoes across LA
CAPTION: LA residents turned out in big numbers for a spontaneous celebration of Michael Jackson's life and music at the city's Leimert Park. AP photojournalist Chris Carlson was...
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Russia - Al Gore Visits Russian Prime Minister
U.S. Vice President Al Gore on Friday (30/6) completed his talks
with Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin on economical and
technical co-operation. They failed to resolve one of the most burning disputes between their two nations...
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Gary Pruitt, who heads the third-largest newspaper company in the U.S., will become the next president and CEO of The Associated Press. Pruitt will join AP in July. (March 21)
HEADLINE:Gary Pruitt of McClatchy new AP president, CEO
CAPTION: Gary Pruitt, who heads the third-largest newspaper company in the U.S., will become the next president and CEO of The Associated Press. Pruitt will join AP in July. (March...
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President Barack Obama on Friday praised Walter Cronkite as a journalistic icon, calling the CBS anchor the "voice of certainty in an uncertain world," who will be truly missed
HEADLINE: Obama remembers Walter Cronkite
CAPTION: President Barack Obama on Friday praised Walter Cronkite as a journalistic icon, calling the CBS anchor the "voice of certainty in an uncertain world," who will be truly missed. (July 18)