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Stress, family medical history or possibly even poison led to the death of Vladimir Lenin, contradicting a popular theory that a sexually transmitted disease debilitated the former Soviet Union leader, a UCLA neurologist said Friday.
HEADLINE Neurologist: Syphilis likely didn't kill Lenin
CAPTION: Stress, family medical history or possibly even poison led to the death of Vladimir Lenin, contradicting a popular theory that a sexually transmitted disease debilitated...
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Pilots protest in call for revised aircrew fatigue restrix
1. Mid of pilots protesting against "pilot and cabin crew fatigue" outside the European Parliament building in Brussels, tilt down to banner reading (English) "EU law must change"
2. Pan across protesting pilots standing with banners and...
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Yale's Shiller Surprised by Surging U.S. Housing Market
Apr.27 -- Nobel laureate Robert Shiller, Yale University professor of economics, discusses the factors behind the soaring U.S. housing market on "Bloomberg Markets: The Close."
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USA: CLINTON ASKS CONGRESS TO CREATE INTERNATIONAL TRADE AUTHORITY
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President Clinton is asking Congress for the power to make trade deals with other nations.
He says the so-called "fast track" trade authority is needed to help the U-S stay competitive in world markets.
Without it,...
Bloomberg
Modi Kicks off India's Biggest Asset Sale
Mar.05 -- After years of small divestments, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched India’s biggest-ever asset sale. The government's $29 billion privatization drive would help prop up the economy but could also spark worker protests...
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SF Seeks 'Robot Tax' to Help Laid Off Workers
music montage
ROBOTS BUILD OUR CARS....AND CAN NOW DRIVE THEM TOO.
THEY CAN MAKE OUR DINNER....AND DELIVER IT RIGHT TO THE FRONT DOOR.
AND THAT MEANS HUMANS WHO USED TO DO THOSE JOBS MAY NO...
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Arlene Holt-Baker, Executive Vice-President of the AFL-CIO, says, "this economy is not working for so many in our country."
HEADLINE: Union leader: Workers 'challenged economically'
CAPTION: Arlene Holt-Baker, Executive Vice-President of the AFL-CIO, says, "this economy is not working for so many in our country." (Sept. 7)
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The United Auto Workers says it has reached a tentative contract agreement with General Motors that will immediately end a two-day nationwide strike.
HEADLINE: UAW Reaches Tentative Agreement With GM
CAPTION: The United Auto Workers said early Wednesday it has reached a tentative contract agreement with General Motors Corp. that ends a two-day nationwide strike. (Sept. 26)
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Clinton: RNC is 'Lots of Sound and Fury'
FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: apus059542Hillary Clinton says the Republican National Convention has thus far been "surreal" and is comparing the event to the classic fantasy film "Wizard of Oz."Clinton on Tuesday described the...
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School Workers Thwart Northern California Gunman
A deadly gunman on a mission rushed onto the grounds of a tiny elementary school in rural Northern California as small children were straggling outside after breakfast and getting dropped off for another day of school.
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Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Walter Pidgeon reads statement in Chicago, IL, regarding Screen Actors Guild request for intervention in 1946 Hollywood labor strike
Screen Actors Guild member celebrities seated around long table: Gene Kelly, Edward Arnold, Alexis Smith, Robert Taylor, Dick Powell, Walter Pidgeon, Ronald Reagan, Jane Wyman, George Murphy, June Allyson; SOT Powell; SOT Pidgeon reads...
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Workers, labour leaders welcome move to ease union membership
Dhaka - 10 May 2013
1. Wide top shot of diggers searching through rubble of collapsed building
2. Mid of diggers searching through rubble
3. Wide of relatives waiting in front of site of collapsed building
Dhaka - 14 May 2013
4. Various...
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PHILIPPINES: PROTEST MARCH IN SUPPORT OF STRIKERS IN SOUTH KOREA
English/Nat
About 50 workers from two labour groups marched around the financial district of Makati and held brief pickets at the South Korean Embassy to express their support for strikers in South Korea.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"We...
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Addiction clinic for children damaged by the internet and texting
AP Television
Rome, Italy, 4 March 2009
1. Mid shot of two young women looking at mobile phones and talking
2. Close up of mobile phone being held
3. Mid shot tilt down of teenager texting
4. Close up of texting
AP Television
San...
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Schools close to protest abduction of schoolgirls by Boko Haram and govt's failure to rescue them
A number of schools around Nigeria closed on Thursday to protest against the abductions of schoolgirls by Boko Haram, the government's failure to rescue them and the killings of scores of teachers by the Islamic extremists.
Families of...
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WRAP Workers protest at refineries ADDS Marseilles
Marseille
1. Various of dockworkers gathering and talking next to bonfire in the early morning
2. Wide of dockworkers next to bonfire with CRA national police vans in background
3. Various of dockworkers preparing to block access road to...
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SOUTH AFRICA: NATIONWIDE HALF DAY STRIKE
English/Nat
Tens of thousands of workers in South Africa Monday joined a nationwide half-day strike called by the Congress of South African Trade Unions.
COSATU called the strike to demand that the country's new black leadership...
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THAILAND: BANGKOK: ILO LEADERS DISCUSS ASIAN ECONOMIC CRISIS (2)
Eng/Thai/Nat
Labour representatives met in Bangkok on Wednesday to discuss the impact of Asia's financial crisis on employment.
Officials from eight countries were invited to the meeting, organised by the International Labour...
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Carson Daly's 'Last Call' was taping Thursday at NBC's Burbank, California studios. The show will air Monday, despite the ongoing writer's strike
HEADLINE: Daly resumes taping amid strike
CAPTION: Carson Daly's 'Last Call' was taping Thursday at NBC's Burbank, California studios. The show will air Monday, despite the ongoing writer's strike. (Nov. 29)
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RR7110B UK: THE INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS BILL
1. Graphic on industrial relations.
2. Vast march of trade unionists through London to Trafalgar Square
3. placards proclaim "Kill the Bill"
4. The Bill itself, pages turned.
5. Robert Carr, now Minister for Employment and...
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PHILIPPINES: PROTESTS TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR STRIKING KOREAN WORKERS
English/Nat
In the Philippines, some 50 protestors demonstrated outside the South Korean Embassy in Manila on Friday to express support for Korean workers currently fighting new labour laws adopted by Seoul.
They condemned the government...
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Gabrielle Union sues BET, claims 'Mary Jane' contract breach
GABRIELLE UNION SUES BET, CLAIMS 'MARY JANE' CONTRACT BREACHGabrielle Union is suing Black Entertainment Television, alleging the cable network wants to combine the fourth and fifth seasons of her series "Being Mary Jane" into a single...
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South African trade unions strike over proposed national minimum wage
Nationwide protests by members of the South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) brought the country's major towns and cities to a standstill on Wednesday.
The federation called a national general strike to protest...
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School workers thwart gunman in California shooting
A deadly gunman on a mission rushed onto the grounds of a tiny elementary school in rural Northern California as small children were straggling outside after breakfast and getting dropped off for another day of school.
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