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Africa's first elected woman president takes office
1. Wide shot of the Liberian President-elect, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, walking among the crowd
2. Wide shot of Johnson shaking hands with US ambassador to Liberia, Donald Booth, and the UN special representative to Kofi Annan, Alan Doss
3....
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GNS WRAP Fighting continues in capital, dozens buried in common grave
Monrovia
1. Pan from government soldiers to rebels on the Old Bridge in central Monrovia
2. Various of rebel soldiers on streets of area of town they control
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Rebel Soldier:
"I'm happy, I'm happy, because I can go...
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Sufferers' families say access to treatment a struggle despite opening of new isolation unit
Liberia's largest Ebola treatment centre is already handling 112 patients, a day after it opened, though not all of are confirmed to have the dreaded disease.
Health officials said Monday that 46 people admitted to the Island Clinic...
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WRAP Inauguration of Africa's 1st woman President
1. Wide of US aeroplane on tarmac
2. US First Lady, Laura Bush, disembarking
3. UN helicopter flying overhead
4. Liberian opposition leader George Weah arriving
5. Liberian President-elect Ellen Johnson Sirleaf arriving and waving to...
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FILE of US embassy in Monrovia, which has been shelled
April 14 1996
1. Soldiers, in fortified position on balcony of building in US embassy compound, using binoculars to observe street
2. Zoom in to another sandbagged position on a balcony roof of building in the US embassy compound
3....
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Nun who survived Ebola talks about donating blood to try to save other victims; news briefing by health ministry
A nursing assistant who appears to have beaten Ebola won't be considered free from the virus until she is tested a second time for the disease, Spanish Health Ministry spokesman Fernando Simon said on Monday.
Teresa Romero, 44, tested...
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Nigerian president receives hero's welcome
Monrovia Airport, Liberia
1. Olusegun Obasanjo plane taxis at Monrovia airport
2. Obasanjo getting of the plane
3. Obasanjo walking with Moses Blah
4. Obasanjo and Blah bending for honour at airport
5. Liberian women bending for...
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Liberian President accepts asylum; gives no timeframe
1. Wide shot, plane taxiing on the runway
2. Liberia's President, Charles Taylor, walks past the cameras
3. Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo gets off plane
4. Taylor and Olusegun walking along the tarmac
5. Protest banner " Drop...
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WRAP Boy ran over by car, police opens fire to let US team through
1. Various of people lining the street as US assessment team arrives
2. Various of US military personnel securing the convoy
3. Mid shot of people cheering
4. Various of US military personnel
5. Various of people cheering "We want...
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Anti-Taylor protest in front of US embassy
1. Peace demonstrators running along street past US Embassy
2. Demonstrators gathered outside US Embassy waving green branches as symbols of peace
3. Close up of banner reading: "Taylor come down: the Liberians need Peace"
4. Close up of...
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Preliminary results announced
1. Wide exterior of central street in capital Monrovia
2. Mid shot of street vendors
3. Exterior of the Unity conference centre where the results are being registered
4. Mid shot of of two observers carrying ballot bags
5. Mid shot of...
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MSF: international community has failed to tackle Ebola outbreak fast enough; WHO warns of reaching critical number of cases
International relief organisations and health experts said on Monday that the deadly Ebola virus is outpacing the world's response to it and called on rich nations to do more to fight the outbreak in West Africa.
On the second day of the...
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Red Cross begins aid efforts in Monrovia
SHOTLIST: Monrovia, 14 July 2002
1. Various of International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) food and non-food items distribution
2. People carrying away aid items
3. Young girl carrying blanket on her head
4. Various of aid...
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SIERRA LEONE: LIBERIAN REFUGEES UPDATE
English/Nat
After six days at sea, hundreds of exhausted Liberian and Sierra Leonean war refugees have finally found a place to dock.
Authorities in the Sierra Leone port of Freetown gave the boat permission, putting an end to their...
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Electoral commission confirms preliminary results
1. Frances Johnson-Morris of Liberian National Elections Commission walks into news conference
2. Camera crews
3. Officials
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Frances Johnson-Morris, Liberian National Elections Commission:
"Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf...
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Health dep gen briefing as nurses union expresses concern over dealing with it
A Spanish missionary priest who tested positive for the Ebola virus was in stable condition at a Madrid hospital on Thursday after being evacuated from Liberia, health officials said.
The priest, Miguel Pajares, 75, was helping to treat...
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Sirleaf says optimistic EU country will jail Taylor, meets Queen
London, 31 May 2006
1. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia, meeting Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace
2. Various of Sirleaf arriving at news conference
3. SOUNDBITE (English): Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia:
"We...
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Sierra Leone - US Marines Airlift Liberian Warlord
Street battles broke out in Liberia on Sunday (5/5), two days
after US Marines airlifted Liberian warlord Roosevelt Johnson to
Ghana for peace talks.
The upcoming Ghana talks, aimed at ending the six-year-old war,
are being seen as the...
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US secretary of state meets President Johnson-Sirleaf
1. Zoom in to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton greeting Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
2. Mid of Clinton and Johnson-Sirleaf
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Liberian President:
"Once again, I'm just pleased...
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Government forces heading to front line to fight rebels
1. Government militiaman holding a rocket propelled grenade (RPG) launcher
2. Wide shot of government militiamen walking along road
3. Government militiaman taking up position in grass
4. Close up of government militiaman crouching in...
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Senegal's president is inaugurated, as dictators, statesmen look on
1. Wide of stadium
2. Wide of stadium interior
3. Wide of crowds
4. Wide of Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi arriving
5. Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and Libyan president Moammar Gadhafi greeting officials
6. Liberian president...
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Senegal/Germany - Evacuation From Liberia
Scores of Americans evacuated from strife-torn Liberia began arriving in Senegal on Wednesday (10/4) enroute to the United States, Canada, France and Canada. After four days of hiding from factional fighting in Liberia, they were...
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WRAP Charles Taylor demands peacekeepers, plus US assessment team
Note: Livewire Material
Monrovia, 12 July 2003
1. Car with Liberian President Charles Taylor arriving
2. Crowd cheering
3. Taylor walking through crowd
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Charles Taylor, Liberian President:
"If you can call upon a...
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US Sec of State comment on former Liberia president Charles Taylor
1. Wide shot of floor of Senate Judiciary
2. SOUNDBITE (English): Condoleezza Rice, US Secretary of State:
"I certainly believe that the Nigerian government has a responsibility to transfer Charles Taylor safely through Liberian custody...