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SOUTH KOREA: US NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER MEETS WITH OFFICIALS
English/Korean
South Korea has asked the United States not to improve ties with North Korea unless Pyongyang softens its hard-line Stalinist policies.
South Korean officials made the request when they met White House national security...
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China - Lake Meets Chinese Officials
On his fourth day in Beijing on Tuesday (9/4), US National Security Advisor Anthony Lake met Chinese President Jiang Zemin. The meeting with Jiang followed key meetings on Tuesday with Foreign Minister Qian Qichen, Defence Minister Chi...
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Dozens of swimmers dressed in Santa Claus hats and festive swimming suits dived into Berlin's Oranke lake on Thursday for a traditional swim. (Dec. 25)
For "Berlin seals", Christmas is not just the time for singing and being merry, but also the time for their annual swim.
Dozens of swimmers dressed in Santa Claus hats and festive swimming suits dived into Berlin's Oranke lake on...
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Thirteen military veterans whose remains went unclaimed at a Detroit morgue were finally laid to rest Thursday in side-by-side plots at Great Lakes National Cemetery in Holly Township, Michigan. (Sept. 11)
Thirteen military veterans whose remains went unclaimed at a Detroit morgue finally have been laid to rest.
Dozens of military members, family and others were on hand for Thursday's memorial service and burial at Great Lakes National...
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Fire officials are still fighting the massive wildfire near Lake Tahoe; while business owners worry about the impact on tourism.
HEADLINE: Visitors stay despite wildfire damage
CAPTION: The wildfire outside Lake Tahoe, California has destroyed about 200 homes and burned more than 3,000 acres. But as Correspondent Haven Daley reports, businesses worry there could...
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Hundreds brave the cold for annual New Year's Day plunge in lake
Hundreds of swimming enthusiasts on Wednesday braved cold temperatures to take a new year's dip in Berlin.
The Berliner Seehunde (Berlin Seals) club has organised their annual swim in Lake Oranke in north Berlin since the 1980s.
While...
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VIETNAM: SENATOR McCAIN'S REUNION WITH MAN WHO SAVED HIS LIFE
Eng/Viet/Nat
After nearly thirty years, U-S Senator John McCain returned to Vietnam to meet the man who saved his life.
McCain was shot down while flying sorties over Hanoi in 1967.
A Vietnamese man who witnessed McCain's plane crash...
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Asian carp may be a plankton-gobbling nuisance threatening the Great Lakes, but Illinois officials on Thursday expressed hope in changing that perception one bite at a time.
Headline: Illinois launches Asian carp anti-hunger program
caption: Asian carp were imported from China and escaped into the Mississippi River in the 1970s and now Illinois officials want to stop this invasive species from entering the...
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One day after a massive storm swept through the midwest, burying cities like Chicago in snow, many people were trying to dig out and be reunited with their stranded cars.
HEADLINE: Road cleared, blizzard not forgotten in Chicago
CAPTION: One day after a massive storm swept through the midwest, burying cities like Chicago in snow, many people were trying to dig out and be reunited with their stranded...
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Nearly 200 eagles are spending the winter at a power plant along the shore of Lake Erie in Michigan. The birds are drawn to the factory's warm water discharge that's teeming with tasty fish as well as the seclusion of the wooded area nearby. (Feb. 19)
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SOUNDBITE (English) Matthew Shackelford, Wildlife Biologist, DTE Energy:
"Not many people get to see eagles in the wild. Just seeing one is amazing." (partially covered)
SOUNDBITE (English)...
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Turkey - Pictures of Lake Monster
Sightings of the Lake Van monster were first reported about two years ago but further evidence was offered on Tuesday (10/6) with bad quality amateur pictures showed something long and dark moving at a distance in the middle of the Lake....
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Preparations for possible protests ahead of summit
Geneva - 26 May
1. Wide shot of Geneva
2. Street scene Geneva
3. Various of barricaded shops
4. Men putting barricade into truck
5. Various men putting up barricades
6. Shop front
7. Barricade
8. Barricaded front
9. Various of police...
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11 countries will compete in the World Ice and Snow Sailing Competition this weekend on a frozen Lake Winnebago in eastern Wisconsin. (Feb. 12)
An international sailing competition is being held in eastern Wisconsin on a frozen Lake Winnebago.
The World Ice and Snow Sailing Championship brings in ice and snow sailing enthusiasts from 11 countries to compete in three classes:...
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Sinkhole that swallowed Bosnian pond overnight unsettles villagers
The residents of a remote Bosnian village have been left dumbfounded by the sudden disappearance of their local pond.
The pond water disappeared two weeks ago when a sinkhole formed, swallowing trees and sucking in fish along with...
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Changing Face of China, AP focuses on environmentalist protecting large lake
South of Kunming
1. Wide of Dianchi Lake
2. Activist Zhang Zhengqiang walking through bushes to the lake
3. Zhang Zhengqiang walking towards the lake's edge, stopping and taking out camera
4. Close up of white and brown scum on top of...
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Mayor told to remain on standby amid Pitt-Jolie wedding rumours
Ap Television
Cernobbio, Lake Como
1. Wide of Lake Como
2. Close up of Cernobbio church bell tower ringing
3. Various of media by lake
4. Various of satellite truck
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Steffi Kammerer, Journalist for...
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Preparations for evacuations in Mianyang
1. Wide of low water levels on Fujiang river
2. Mid of water flowing gently
3. Wide of river
4. Tents on river bank
5. People living under bridge
6. Tents under bridge
7. Various of people eating lunch next to tent
8. Cooking...
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A couple whose son was killed while fighting in Iraq have channeled their grief into action, building and maintaining a bed and breakfast in Michigan. Blum's Landing is free of charge for anyone who served in the military after Sept. 11, 2001. (Aug. 1)
SOUNDBITE (English) Richard Dunkley, Blum's Landing Guest:
"They're saying 'thank you' in the way that they know how _ by inviting us into their home and treating us like family."
THEIR SON, ARMY SERGEANT TREVOR BLUMBERG, WAS KILLED...
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Russian President continues holiday, greets the people
1. Russian President Vladimir Putin walking by lake
2. various of Putin visiting Church of the Transfiguration, (Unesco Heritage Site)
3. Pan to icons on wall
4. Putin posing for photos with orthodox priest and family
5. Putin...
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Authorities begin limited cull
1. Wide of veterinary experts chasing chicken in the village near Plivsko Lake
2. Close-up of man chasing a chicken
3. Medium of man catching the chicken
4. Close-up of dead chicken being put inside a bag and tied
5. Wide of experts...
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WRAP Aftermath, clean-up, puppets of leaders, Greenpeace boats
Geneva, Switzerland
1. People walking down street with boarded up windows
2. Shop windows with broken glass
3. Man sweeping up broken glass on street
4. More shops with shattered windows
Annemasse, France
5. Barricades in street
6....
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CHINA: US NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR ANTHONY LAKE TALKS WITH CHINA
Mandarin/Nat
U-S President Clinton's national security adviser, Anthony Lake has been meeting Chinese President Jiang Zemin in Beijing.
Their talks are aimed at stabilising relations between the two countries.
Washington's intervention...
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Kuril Lake freezes for first time in 10 years
Kuril Lake in the Kamchatka peninsula in far eastern Russia has frozen for the first time in almost a decade. According to the director of the Kronotsky State Nature Reserve, storm winds from the Sea of Ohkotsk usually prevent the lake...
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Technology fuels birdwatching craze in Brazil
Birdwatching is becoming increasingly popular in Brazil and it's technology that's fuelling the trend according to experts.
The creation of birdwatching apps and the decreasing cost of camera equipment is seeing the number of...