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Looting at port ahead of handover to peacekeepers
LURD-controlled area of Monrovia
1. Various of people emerging from port area carrying looted bags of food aid
2. People running as LURD fighters attempt to stop looting
3. LURD fighters breaking apart looted sacks of food aid with...
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Efforts stepped up to prevent spread of infection
Port health workers in Nigeria stepped up efforts to screen crew members for Ebola on Monday amid fears that people transiting in and out of the country could spread the disease.
The current crisis has spiralled into the worst ever Ebola...
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LIBERIA: REBEL FIGHTERS HOLD HUNDREDS OF CIVILIANS CAPTIVE
English/Nat
Rebel fighters are holding hundreds of civilians and West African peacekeepers captive, Tuesday, as fighting continued between government troops and rebel forces.
Thousands of people, including foreign diplomats and Liberian...
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USA: LUCIANON PAVAROTTI TO JOIN CHILDREN'S CHARITY BENEFIT CONCERT
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Luciano Pavarotti on Thursday announced he would join the Spice Girls and Celine Dion in a June benefit concert for a children's charity in war-torn Liberia.
The third annual "Pavarotti and Friends" concert will be held in...
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New York City school officials on Monday warned principals to be on the lookout for bullying of West African students after two brothers from Senegal reported being taunted with chants of "Ebola" and attacked. (Oct. 29)
New York City school officials on Monday warned principals to be on the lookout for bullying of West African students after two brothers from Senegal reported being taunted with chants of "Ebola" and attacked.
An advocacy group for...
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GNS WRAP US president and First Lady arrive, ceremony, speeches
Dakar
1. Wide shots of Air Force One taxiing on tarmac
2. US President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush disembarking
3. Cutaway of official cars
4. Various shots of Bush greeting Senegalese officials
Dakar
5. Bush and...
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Nancy Writebol, the second American sickened with Ebola, told reporters she didn't know if she would live or die after discovering she had the deadly disease, but told her husband that everything would be ok. (Sept. 3)
Nancy Writebol, the second American sickened with Ebola, said she believes an experimental drug, her medical care and her faith helped save her.
She said didn't think she had Ebola but she was tested for it anyway. She said she didn't...
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At Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, there is an isolation unit similar to the one being used to treat the two Americans infected with the Ebola virus. (Aug. 6)
At Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, there is an isolation unit similar to the one being used to treat the two Americans infected with the Ebola virus.
"Part of the training we've developed here was for viral hemorrhagic fevers like...
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The news that a man in Texas flew from Liberia to the US after exposure to Ebola, and wound up in a hospital isolation ward, has led to calls for tougher measures to protect Americans, such as a ban on flights from countries hit by the epidemic. (Oct. 7)
The news that a man in Texas flew from Liberia to the U.S. after exposure to Ebola, and wound up in a hospital isolation ward, has led to calls for tougher measures to protect Americans, such as a ban on flights from countries hit by the...
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African leaders sign agreement to fight AIDS in Africa
1. Exterior of venue
2. Various inside of African ministers at conference and posters about AIDS
3. SOUNDBITE (Italian): Mario Marazziti, Sant'Egidio Charity:
""With DREAM (Drug Resources Enhancement against AIDS and Malnutrition - a...
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4:3 US State Department welcomes conviction of former Liberian leader
1. Wide of US State Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland arriving at podium to give daily State Department briefing
2. Mid of reporter asking question
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Victoria Nuland, US State Department Spokesperson:
"The...
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Reactions as former leader found guilty of war crimes
1. Various of Liberians viewing news reports about former president Charles Taylor on street billboards
2. Various of Carolyn Myers-Zoduah, civil society activist and former local TV anchor
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Carolyn Myers-Zoduah,...
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President Taylor refuses to leave until peacekeepers arrive
1. Various of evangelical preachers and President Taylor praying for peace in the Samuel K Doe Stadium
2. Wide shot stadium with people and soldiers
3. Close up soldiers praying for peace with their hands in the air
4. SOUNDBITE:...
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U.K. Airports to Begin Screening for Ebola
Oct. 10 ""Travelers to the U.K. arriving at Heathrow and Gatwick Airports and the Eurostar train terminals will now be screened for the Ebola virus. Bloomberg's Ryan Chilcote reports on Countdown. (Source: Bloomberg)
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President Barack Obama said it was important not to discourage U.S. health care workers from travelling to Africa to fight the spread of the Ebola virus. (Oct. 28)
President Barack Obama says the United States cannot be seen as shying away from battle against Ebola.
Obama did not directly criticize quarantine policies for returning health care workers implemented in the states of New York and New...
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LIBERIA: US TASK FORCE ON WAY TO LIBERIA
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A U-S naval task force is heading for Liberia, carrying 15-hundred Marines.
The men aboard the Guam and Trenton have been training hard, in case they're ordered in to Monrovia to help protect the U-S Embassy.
The U-S-S...
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Nurse who survived ebola wants to get back to work
While many living in Liberia are afraid of close contact with Ebola survivors, a nurse who recently recovered from the virus wants to go back to work to help others.
More than fifty survivors, now immune to Ebola, were nonetheless hosed...
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Locals complain that cremating Ebola victims is polluting their neighbourhood
Residents of a small community near the Liberian capital, Monrovia, complained on Tuesday that cremating Ebola victims in their neighbourhood was polluting the area and putting the health of the residents at risk.
Earlier this summer,...
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Joint session of Congress in honour of President of Liberia
1. Mid shot US Vice President Dick Cheney, Speaker of US House of Representatives Dennis Hastert and Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
2. UPSOUND: (english) Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the House of Representatives
"Members of the...
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Doctors Without Borders team provide much needed aid in capital
As the West African Ebola crisis accelerates, the World Health Organization says it has linked more than 3,000 deaths to the disease.
Even that figure is likely an underestimate of the true toll, said WHO.
Liberia has been hardest...
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Brewery turned into makeshift hospital
1. Pan of patients in makeshift hospital
2. Mid shot injured man
3. Close up leg with splints
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Andrew Tunis
"We are out of medicine completely, theres no drugs, no anaesthetic, no nothing of the kind. We are...
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WRAP US president and First Lady arrive, ceremony, speeches
Dakar
1. Wide shots of Air Force One taxiing on tarmac
2. US President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush disembarking
3. Cutaway of official cars
4. Various shots of Bush greeting Senegalese officials
Dakar
5. Bush and...