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Muslims in Indonesia and Malaysia pray to mark end of the fasting month of Ramadan
Muslims in Indonesia and Malaysia gathered at mosques on Monday to mark Eid al-Fitr, the festival celebrated at the end of Ramadan.
Eid is a national holiday in Indonesia, where the majority of the population are Muslims, and thousands...
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Polish Cardinal comment on Pope's health
1. Front of Argentinian cardinal's official residence
2. Flag in front of cardinal's official residence
3. Media outside main entry of cardinal's residence
4. Polish cardinal surrounded by local church personnel
5. SOUNDBITE (Polish)...
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Inspections, Turkish delegation, Friday prayers, voxpops
Saddam International Airport, Baghdad
1. Plane carrying Turkish trade minister Kursad Tuzmen taxiing on runway
2. Iraqi military official waiting with other officials to greet Tuzmen
3. Tuzmen walking down steps of plane and hugging and...
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Fatah supporters march in Gaza, clashes with Hamas police, Haniyeh
1. Wide of Fatah supporters
2. Man in crowd holding banner in Arabic: "Our national unity is a strong safeguard for liberation and return"
3. Close up of man holding up picture and yellow Fatah flag
4. Wide of men praying
5. Various of...
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INDIA: BOMBAY: ANNUAL GANESH FESTIVAL
Hindi/Nat
The annual Ganesh festival in the Western Indian state of Maharashtra has a new motif this year.
The revered elephant-headed God is flanked by ballistic missiles and displays that show why India says it was forced to conduct...
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Reax to Pope's letter calling for change in relations with China
1. Wide interior tilt down from vaulted ceilings to mass
2. Congregation raising hands and singing
3. Man singing
4. Pull focus from close of child, to silver crucifix
5. Wide pan from congregation to priest addressing them
6. SOUNDBITE:...
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Various masses in France, Czech Rep, Baltic states, UK
Marseilles, France
1. Exterior of Notre Dame de la Garde in Marseilles
2. Cardinal Bernard Panafieu of Marseilles at the altar for midday mass
3. Worshippers crossing themselves
4. Wide of Panafieu on the altar
5. SOUNDBITE: (French)...
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Fischer meets Peres + Arafat at prayers + unrest
Tel Aviv
1. Israeli Foreign Minister, Shimon Peres and German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer walking into news conference
2. Wide shot the two men
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Joschka Fischer, German Foreign Minister
"The heads of state...
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Archbishop Rosales reax plus vigil, prayers for Pope
1. Wide shot of Catholics lighting candles at church steps
2. Close-up of hands lighting candles
3. Various of Catholics lighting candles
4. Wide shot of Catholics lighting candles at church steps
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Voxpop (No name...
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JERUSALEM: COMMEMORATION OF DESTRUCTION OF 1ST AND 2ND TEMPLES
English/Nat
Hundreds of people came to the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem on Sunday -- the day of Tisha B'Av.
Tisha B'Av is the day of mourning and repentance when Jewish people reflect on the destruction of the First and Second Temples and...
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Eid celebrations in Bosnia, Romania to mark the end of Ramadan
Sarajevo, Bosnia
1. Wide of people praying in the yard of Gazi Husrev Begova mosque in old town Sarajevo
2. Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu arriving for prayer
3. People praying as sun rises through window of mosque
4. Sunrise...
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Hundreds gather for Eid prayers in Tripoli, Benghazi
Tripoli
1. Wide of Martyrs'' Square, armed man standing in foreground
2. Pan people seated on ground for prayers
3. People seated on ground for prayers, some standing waving new Libya flag
4. Close-up of man praying
5. Close-up of young...
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MIDDLE EAST: REACTIONS TO CAMP DAVID TALKS
Arabic/Eng/Nat
An Israeli cabinet minister has revealed that Prime Minister Ehud Barak favours a U-S proposal enabling Israel and the Palestinians to share sovereignty over parts of Arab East Jerusalem.
Michael Melchior, Diaspora...
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Washington and NY services + Giuliani comment
New York
1. Exterior of St Patrick's Cathedral in New York
2. Interior of Cathedral
3. People praying
4. UPSOUND Priest conducting service
5. Various of service
6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Pat Mullen, New York Parishioner
"Anyone in any...
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A look at the threat Christians face in southern Egypt from Islamic militants
Many Christians in Upper Egypt say they are living in fear following a swathe of attacks on Christian homes, businesses and churches there.
The town of Dalga, located 270 kilometres (160 miles) south of Cairo, in Minya province, is home...
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Kosovo - Prayers for peace
Hundreds of Catholic Albanians on Sunday (15/03) gathered for a mass to pray for peace and remember those who died during the Serbian police assault on the village of Prekaz. At Sunday's mass in the Catholic cathedral in Pristina, the...
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Iftar for fasting Muslims in a Jewish synagogue
It is a touching experience when guests from a number of different faiths dine together in peace and celebration.
When the setting is a Jewish synagogue in Cairo and the occasion is Iftar - a fast-breaking meal that Muslims have during...
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Security guard held after nun, parishioner shot dead at cathedral
A man opened fire in a cathedral on Russia's Sakhalin Island in the Pacific on Sunday, killing a nun and a parishioner and wounding six others, investigators said.
Law enforcement officers detained the 24-year-old at the scene and were...
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Public in Pope''s hometown react to his hospitalisation
1. Various of the bishop''s residence where Pope lived when he was a bishop in Poland and window in the same building in which he appears when visiting Poland
2. Various of Mariacki Cathedral
3. People exiting cathedral
4. SOUNDBITE...
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WRAP Gansu, monks, Dalai Llama presser, India demo, DL praying
Dharmsala, India
1. Wide of Dalai Lama entering news conference
2. SOUNDBITE (English): Dalai Lama, Tibetan Spiritual leader:
"Poor record of China, regarding human rights, and religious freedom, and that also we should take notice. So...
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Aftermath of Sunday's strike on mayor's house; Israeli tanks near border as cease-fire holds
A new cease-fire between Israel and the militant Hamas group appeared to be holding in the Gaza Strip on Monday, a day after the two sides agreed to resume talks in Cairo.
Fighting continued late on Sunday, before the cease-fire went...
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Voxpops on hostages and Karzai win
1. Pan of crowd gathered at the garden of Puli Khusti Mosque for prayer
2. Men kneeling down for prayer
3. Man holding hand over eyes to block the sun
4. Crowd preparing for prayer
5. Various of men praying
6. Male child looking into...
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Turkish Muslims celebrate Eid with prayer, music and chocolate
Turkish Muslims are celebrating Eid Al-Fitr by praying for peace in Gaza, and other troubled areas in the Middle East.
The Eid, known in Turkey as Bayram, starts at 6.40am in the morning with the Eid Prayer, which takes place before the...
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National day of prayer and reflection in honour of late president
South Africans flocked to houses of worship for a national day of prayer and reflection on Sunday to honour former president Nelson Mandela.
At the Regina Mundi Church in Soweto, Father Sebastian J. Rossouw led hundreds in prayer and...