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USA: CUBAN BOY CUSTODY BATTLE: FATHER PROFILE
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Now in the United States, the father of Elian Gonzalez says he hopes it won't be long before he's reunited with his son.
A meeting that's expected Friday morning between Juan Miguel Gonzalez and Justice Department officials...
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President Bush lends his clout to the Mideast peacemaking process today. He's hosting the Israeli and Palestinian leaders in separate sessions, ahead of tomorrow's Mideast conference in Annapolis, Maryland. AP White House correspondent Mark Smith reports.
HEADLINE: Bush, Mideast leaders meet ahead of Annapolis
CAPTION: In meetings with Israeli and Palestinian leaders, President Bush says he is optimistic about the prospect of Mideast peace. Bush met with Ehud Olmert and Mahmoud Abbas...
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USA: INTERACTIVE VIDEO LEARNING
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Imagine learning about Antarctica firsthand without ever leaving the classroom. Students from in the United States were doing just that recently using interactive video technology.
It's a project that those involved say has...
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USA: CLINTON ASKS FOR INCREASE IN AID TO THE HOMELESS
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US President Bill Clinton said Wednesday he will ask Congress to increase federal aid to the homeless by 15 percent in the fiscal year beginning in 2000.
In a visit to a community centre in Baltimore, Clinton said the nation...
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Newly elected speaker John Boehner hailed the Republican Party's return to control of the House Wednesday, vowing a more open legislative process but acknowledging that "a great deal of scar tissue has built up on both sides of the aisle."
HEADLINE: 112th Congress convenes; Boehner elected speaker
CAPTION: Newly elected speaker John Boehner hailed the Republican Party's return to control of the House Wednesday, vowing a more open legislative process but acknowledging that...
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Youngsters take up increasingly popular football
Bethesda, Maryland
June 18, 2002
1. Children playing football
2. Child shooting over the goal
3. Coach giving directions
4. Children practicing
5. Child fighting for the ball
Bethesda, Maryland
June 19, 2002
6. SOUNDBITE: (English)...
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ISRAEL: MURDER TRIAL DEFENDENT SHEINBEIN PLEADS NOT GUILTY
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A U.S. teenager who fled accusations of a grisly murder to seek shelter in Israel has pleaded not guilty to killing fellow Maryland teenager Alfredo Tello.
Samuel Sheinbein fled to Israel shortly after the murder in 1997...
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The Marines are trying to build a case for the controversial Joint Strike Fighter, a multibillion-dollar aircraft marked by cost overruns and delays. The AP''S Sagar Meghani got a look at the high-tech F-35B during a test flight in Maryland.
HEADLINE: Military shows off short takeoff fighter jet
CAPTION: The Marines are trying to build a case for the controversial Joint Strike Fighter, a multibillion-dollar aircraft marked by cost overruns and delays. The AP''S Sagar...
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Bush, Olmert conclude meetings as their time in office winds to close
1. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert arriving at the White House in black limousine ++NIGHT SHOT++
2. Olmert and United States President George W. Bush shaking hands in the Oval Office
3. Cutaway of Bush and Olmert
4. SOUNDBITE:...
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USA: LEWINSKY SCANDAL CONTINUES
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It seems the Monica Lewinsky scandal is set to drag on and on.
The latest person involved in all the intrigue, New York literary agent Lucianne Goldberg, wrapped up her testimony before a grand jury in Maryland on Thursday...
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USA: SAMUEL SHEINBEIN MURDER TRIAL CONVICTION IN ISRAEL (2)
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There's been a guilty plea on Thursday in a case that has strained American-Israeli relations.
As part of a plea bargain with Israeli prosecutors, Maryland murder suspect Samuel Sheinbein admitted in an Israeli court on...
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US issues invites to Mideast conference, analysis Govt role in MidEast
US State Department TV
Washington, DC - 20 November 2007
1. Sean McCormack walking into State Department briefing room
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Sean McCormack, US State Department Spokesman
"This is coming together. The conference is...
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The Pittsburgh Steelers are headed to the Super Bowl after beating the Ravens, 23-14, in the AFC title game. Pittsburgh quarterback Ben Roethlisberger threw a 65-yard touchdown pass to Santonio Holmes in the win. (Jan. 19)
HEADLINE: Steelers beat Ravens for AFC title
CAPTION: The Pittsburgh Steelers are headed to the Super Bowl after beating the Ravens, 23-14, in the AFC title game. Pittsburgh quarterback Ben Roethlisberger threw a 65-yard touchdown pass...
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Fear grips Washington suburbs as sniper still at large
Kensington, Maryland - October 9, 2002
1. Push in view where 25 year old Lori Ann Lewis-Rivera was shot at petrol station
2. Close-up flowers at scene
3. Close-up posters made by children
Washington, DC - October 9, 2002
4. Pull back...
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Hardline Likud leader says he'll negotiate with Palestinians if elected
Jerusalem - November 10, 2008
1. Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli opposition leader and head of the Likud Party, walking into hotel lobby with Middle East peace envoy Tony Blair, zoom in to Netanyahu and Blair shaking hands during photo-op,...
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The mall where a Maryland teenager gunned down two people before killing himself has reopened to shoppers. The Mall in Columbia opened at 1 p.m. Monday, two days after a man with a shotgun killed two employees of a skateboard gear shop. (Jan. 27)
The mall where a Maryland teenager gunned down two people before killing himself has reopened to shoppers.
The Mall in Columbia opened at 1 p.m. Monday, two days after a man with a shotgun killed two employees of a skateboard gear...
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New FM warns concessions will bring war, not peace
1. Wide of Israeli flags
2. Sign reading: (English) "State of Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs"
3. New Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman sitting next to outgoing Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, walks over to podium
4. SOUNDBITE...
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The storm is causing slow-going - at best - around Washington, DC, where up to a foot of snow blanketed the area. Snow plows are out but the storm keeps coming. (Feb. 13)
After pummeling wide swaths of the South, a winter storm dumped more than a foot of snow in parts of the Mid-Atlantic region as it marched Northeast and threatened more power outages, traffic headaches and widespread closures for...
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Reaction from mideast to Annapolis conference
Tel Aviv, Israel
1. Wide shot of Tel Aviv beach
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Motti, Tel Aviv resident, Vox pop:
"I don't believe in these speeches. It's only to make believe. In 2008, nothing will happen. No agreement will be achieved."
3....
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USA: HURRICANE FLOYD REACHES CAPE FEAR (2)
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Hurricane Floyd roared ashore today near Cape Fear, North Carolina with one hundred and ten miles-per-hour (one hundred and seventy kilometres-per-hour) winds.
It then quickly weakened after flooding the coasts of the...
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FM Lieberman warns concessions bring war, not peace
1. Wide of Israeli flags
2. Sign reading: (English) "State of Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs"
3. Outgoing Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni walking to podium
4. Mid of audience
5. New Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman sitting next to...
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Presser by Russian FM and Palestinian PM Abbas, Hamas reax
Ramallah, West Bank
1. Convoy arriving
2. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov waving at press, entering building
3. Various of photo opportunity with Lavrov and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
4. Cameramen
5. Lavrov and Abbas...
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Pres Abbas on talks demands, funerals in Bethlehem and Gaza
Ramallah, West Bank
1. Exterior of Palestinian presidential compound
2. Wide of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and others at conference
3. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian president
"We need a state with the 1967...
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WRAP French FM meets Olmert, Livni, UK FM meets Barak ADDS presser
Tel Aviv, Israel
1. Zoom in to Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak shaking hands with British Foreign Secretary David Miliband, talking about Israel's football match victory against Russia last night
2. Cutaway media
3. SOUNDBITE...