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WRAP 24-hour strike agst govt economic policies, police, scuffles, rally
1. Wide of Acropolis and Parthenon temple
2. Wide of Athens city centre with taxis driving by
3. Mid of people hailing taxis from bus stop
4. Mid of metro entrance with gate down
5. Close up of man standing in front of gate at metro...
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CHILE: STRIKING TEACHERS TAKE TO THE STREETS
Spanish/Nat
At least 20-thousand striking teachers took to the streets in Chile demanding a wage hike earlier rejected by the government.
Carrying placards and banners, teachers marched in the capitol's centre demanding the minimum...
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FRANCE: UNION OFFICIALS AND TRUCK OWNERS MEET FOR WAGE TALKS
French/Nat
Talks between French union officials and truck owners got underway on Wednesday with little to show after a day of wrangling.
And in Bordeaux, the region at the heart of the dispute, there was violence overnight as masked...
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WRAP Bank Union comment, Kerviel home town, raid on brother's home
Paris
1. Various exteriors of Societe Generale headquarters
2. Main entrance to building
3. Michel Origier, Societe Generale union leader with camera crew
4. SOUNDBITE: (French) Michel Origier, Societe Generale union leader:
"He...
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EL SALVADOR: TRANSPORT WORKER'S STRIKE
Spanish/Nat
El Salvador has ground to a halt as transport workers across the country go on strike in protest at "pirate" buses.
The strikers say unlicensed buses and pickups provide unregulated and unfair competition and enjoy tax...
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Olympic Airlines workers walk onto runway to protest airline sale
1. Wide of Olympic Airlines workers holding banner and walking past airline vehicle as they march towards runway of Athens International Airport
2. Pull out of Olympic Airlines plane taking off with demonstrators marching in...
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SYND 3 5 79 PRESIDENT PINOCHET AT MAY DAY CELEBRATIONS IN SANTIAGO
Chilean President Augusto Pinochet attends the May Day celebrations in Santiago.
1. gv hall and officials
2. ms trade union leader speaking from dais, zoom in SOUNDBITE (Spanish)
3. ms trade union leader speaking, zoom in to mcu...
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Ongoing protests over the US/SKorea trade talks
1. Various wide shots protesters marching
2. Protester leading chant pan to mock traditional casket
3. Protestors carrying a mock casket pass over camera revealing more protesters
4. Various of protestors banging drums in front of...
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Cuba - May Day rally
More than a million people marched through Havana, the capital of Cuba on Thursday (01/05) as part of the annual May Day parade. The turn-out was higher then expected, partly because this year marked the 30th anniversary of the death of...
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SYND 30 3 77 PRIME MINISTER ANDREOTTI MEETS UNION LEADERS TO DISCUSS AUSTERITY CRISIS
The Italian government faces a crisis over the austerity measures demanded by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in exchange for a massive loan to prop up the sagging Italian economy. Premier Mario Andreotti met on Tuesday (29 March)...
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Cathay Pacific pilots back industrial action
1. Various Cathay Pacific pilots walking in to vote about industrial action
2. Various Cathay Pacific planes at Hong Kong airport
3. Cutaway press
4. Various Cathay Pacific pilots walking out of vote about industrial action
5....
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ARGENTINA: PRESIDENT CARLOS MENEM DEFENDS HIS ECONOMIC RECORD
Spanish/Nat
Argentine President Carlos Menem says he will not be intimidated by resurgent trade unions from pursuing his economic austerity policies.
Menem accuses the opposition of mounting an alliance similar to one that fifty years ...
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Writers Guild threatening to strike
1. Wide of Los Angeles Convention Centre
2. Members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) gathered at the centre
3. Members of the guild looking at poster reading (English) "Pencils down means pencils down."
4. Members arriving at the...
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WRAP Airports GVs; ADDS Airline administrator meets aviation officials
1. Wide exterior of Italy's National Civil Aviation Agency (ENAC)
2. Close-up of sign, reading (Italian): "ENAC - National Civil Aviation Agency"
3. Mid of Alitalia's bankruptcy administrator Augusto Fantozzi arriving at ENAC for...
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Fierce clashes between police and protesters; clean-up
1. Molotov cocktail going off and policeman catching on fire
2. Various of police and protesters clashing; Molotovs burning
3. People running from scene; clashes and smoke in background
4. Tracking shot of former Development Minister...
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Protesters take historic city centre, driving out tourists
19 July, 2006
1. Wide of Oaxaca town
2. Juarez statue
3. Wall graffiti reading:"Tourists, go home"
4. Wide of church in downtown
5. Mid and zoom out of barricade with banners reading: "PARAMILITARIES out of the indigenous places"...
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Striking postal workers demonstrate outside National Assembly
1. Pan from National Assembly building, demonstrating postal workers in background
2. Wide of police behind barriers watching striking postal workers with union flags
3. Pan of demonstrators
4. Mid shot of sign in French reading "yes to...
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Public transport employees stage work stoppage ahead of strike
1. Wide top shot of Athens traffic
2. Various of traffic with taxis
3. Wide of signs announcing general strike on Wednesday 15th December
4. Wide of entrance to metro station
5. Close-up of metro sign
6. Wide of closed metro gate
7....
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Teachers rally against federal police presence as classes resume after 5 months of strikes
1. Teachers marching in protest rally
2. Various of Federal Preventive Police in riot gear blocking road
3. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) (no name given), teacher:
"We, the teachers, will not come back to teach until the harassment of our...
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SLOVAKIA: DEMONSTRATION AGAINST PROPOSED MEDIA LAW
Eng/Slovak/Nat
Concern is mounting in Slovakia over a proposed law which would make it a crime to criticise the state.
Opponents of the move say it threatens basic human rights and accuse the government of trying to turn the clock...
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BOLIVIA: LEADING VOTE-GETTER HOLDS TALKS WITH OTHER PARTY LEADERS
Spanish/Nat
The leading vote-getter in Bolivia's presidential elections began talks with leaders of other parties on Monday.
Former dictator General Hugo Banzer Suarez led the field of 10 candidates in Sunday's election with 22 percent...
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GERMANY: CONSTRUCTION WORKERS PROTEST AGAINST FOREIGN WORKERS
German/Nat
35,000 constructions workers throughout Germany took to the streets to protest at the hiring of foreign workers for lower wages than are paid to German workers.
The protestors claim the practice is undercutting the jobs...
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Greece - Anti-government strikes, protests and riots
24-hour strike agst govt economic policies, rally
Athens, 21 Oct 2008
1. Wide of Acropolis and Parthenon temple
2. Tram station with one person sitting on platform
3. Close up of electronic sign on tram platform reading: (Greek) "24h...
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USA: HILARY CLINTON IN NO DOUBT OVER SENATE BID
English/Nat
Trying to end speculation that she is having second thoughts, Hillary Rodham Clinton left little room for doubt Tuesday that she is seeking the Senate seat from New York.
The first lady is telling supporters privately that...