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Liberia - Factional Fighting Continues
New factional fighting broke out in Monrovia on Saturday (18/5), with Krahn factions loyal to Roosevelt Johnson advancing into territory previously held by rival militiamen. The fighting is pitting the Krahns against forces loyal to...
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SYND 4-1-72 PRESIDENT TOLBERT ADDRESSES A CROWD
The new President of Liberia William R Tolbert was sworn-in. Among the representatives of more than fifty nations was United States President Richard Nixon's wife, Pat.
1. vs Tolbert speaks with cutaways to guests
2. ws crowds in...
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WRAP Taylor says may step down, US to send military experts
Monrovia, Liberia
1. Wide shot of Liberian priests and President Charles Taylor in hall
2. UPSOUND: Audience singing hymn
3. Mid shot of Taylor
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Charles Taylor, Liberian President:
"So one would want and it is not...
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US embassy workers rescue seven year old girl in Liberia
1. Exterior orphanage
2. Group of orphans outside orphanage
3. Shadya with group of workers
4. Close up Shadya
5. Close up orphanage worker with passports
6. Various of Shadya walking with group, including a man (white vest) who is...
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Aftermath of mortar attacks on Monrovia
1. High shot of Westpoint, a suburb of Monrovia where the shells landed
2. Mid shot of people running from shelling
3. Wide shot of man pointing to mortar
4. Shot of unexploded mortar embedded in ground (apparently an 81mm mortar)
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LIBERIA: MONROVIA: EVACUATION OF FOREIGNERS CONTINUES
English/Nat
The evacuation of foreigners from Liberia continued on Saturday despite the introduction of a new ceasefire.
Nearly 1500 expatriates had fled the capital Monrovia, and some aid groups are reported to also be planning to pull...
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LAWYERS AND HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS COMMENT AHEAD OF TAYLOR SENTENCE
On Wednesday, an international war crimes court will deliver its sentence on warlord-turned-Liberian president Charles Taylor.
In a landmark ruling in April, judges at the Special Court for Sierra Leone found Taylor guilty of 11 counts...
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An American doctor exposed to Ebola in Sierra Leone is now under observation in an isolation unit at the National Institutes of Health. He does not have the disease but is being watched out of an abundance of caution. (Sept. 28)
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Frederick, Maryland - September 28, 2014
1. Wide of physician exposed to Ebola walking off plane while wearing a...
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Fighting continues on frontline as peacekeepers arrive
Government controlled area - footage shot by military cameraman
1. Man firing automatic rifle, man shouting instructions
2. Man firing, cocking gun
3. Old bridge with smoke rising in background (allegedly from looting in rebel controlled...
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VOICER Peace hopes as life returns to normal in the capital
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0004 People queuing
0008 Queue outside bank entrance
0010 People walking into bank
0014 Money being handed over to customer
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0022 Various people moving around freely
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Soccer star-turned-politician addresses crowd at huge rally
1. Exterior of presidential candidate George Weah's house
2. Weah's sports cars in garage
3. Close-up of licence plate on car
4. Swimming pool
5. Weah coming out of house with supporters
6. Various of rally on main road
7. Weah waving...
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Ebola victims given traditional burials as policy of cremation is suspended
A new burial site for Ebola victims was prepared in Monrovia on Monday as the Liberian government put an end to the cremation of the Ebola dead.
Cremation violates values and cultural practices in the West African country.
The order has...
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Candidates voting, queues at polling stations
Kendenja village, 10 miles (16 km) south of Monrovia
1. Sunrise
2. UN peacekeepers taking ballot boxes out of truck
3. Wide shot of UN peacekeepers
4. Crowd queueing outside voting station
5. Man waiting
6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Vox...
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US ambs'dor and Nigerian troops chief meet rebel leaders across bridge
1. People crossing Gabriel Tucker bridge
2. Wide of the US ambassador convoy crossing the bridge, going to LURD (Liberian United for Reconstruction and Democracy) rebel side
3. Motorcade approaching Old Bridge, in foreground rebel waves...
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GNS WRAP Chaos as fighting reaches edge of capital, thousands flee
1. Various of civilians carrying belongings fleeing fighting which is a few hundred metres away (audio of gunfire)
2. Injured man being carried
3. Youths fist fighting, another approaches with gun and points it at suspected rebel
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Thomas Eric Duncan's family provided his medical records to The Associated Press. The documents chronicle his hospital care before becoming the first patient to die from Ebola in the U.S. They've also raised concerns from his relatives. (Oct. 10)
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Thomas Eric Duncan's temperature spiked to 103 degrees during the hours of his initial visit to an emergency room - a fever that was flagged with an exclamation point in the hospital's...
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On the road with ambulance crew taking suspected Ebola patients to hospitals
A major concern for health workers in Liberia's capital Monrovia is that a shortage of ambulances is causing Ebola sufferers to die at home, potentially risking their communities with further contagion.
As at least 1,830 people are...
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Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara says his country will lift the controversial suspension of flights to countries affected by the Ebola virus
Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara said on Friday his country will lift its controversial suspension of flights to countries stricken by the Ebola virus to show solidarity with the nations affected by the lethal outbreak.
He said...
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Liberia - Former Liberian President Charles Taylor sentenced to 50 years in prison for war crimes
Netherlands - 4:3 Lawyers react to Taylor guilty verdict; file
FILE: Monrovia, Liberia - 18 May 2000
1. Then-Liberian President Charles Taylor walking past camera at airport
Leidschendam - 30 May 2012
2. Various of judges entering...
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US marines guard embassy in tense capital
1. Liberian men walking in street: UPSOUND (English): "You are welcome, nothing is going to happen here, you are welcome." pans to two US marines behind concrete pillar
2. US marines behind concrete pillar, Liberian children running in...
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Liberia - Evacuation From Monrovia
As fighting continued in Liberia for the sixth day on Thursday (11/4), the first pictures came out of the stricken capital of Monrovia The pictures - taken from Monday to Wednesday (8-10/4), show gunfire and explosions rocking the city,...
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Liberia - Aftermath Of Looting In Monrovia
Monrovians continued to clear up damage from by two weeks of looting and factional fighting. Fighting left hundreds dead in the charred and garbage strewn capital, Monrovia.
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bodies in street
scarf lying in street
people...
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Int community on efforts to to move Taylor''s trial to The Hague
1. Wide Shot of the media conference room
2. Mid shot of reporters writing
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) J Victor Angelo, UN Resident Representative in Sierra Leone:
"What will be the impact on stability and security in the sub-region, not...
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Fears that people escaping ebola outbreak in eastern province are putting others at risk
There are fears that people who are escaping an ebola outbreak in the eastern provinces of Sierra Leone are putting others at risk because they aren't being checked for the deadly virus.
Isata Sanoh ran away from Daru, a small town in...