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Christmas Day Mass in Baghdad
1. Wide exterior of the Virgin Mary Church
2. Sign in Arabic and English reading: 'The Virgin Mary Church'
3. Wide pan from congregation to altar
4. Various of Christmas mass, congregation
5. Mid shot of priest addressing congregation...
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IRAQ: BAGHDAD: KOFI ANNAN MEETS SADDAM HUSSEIN (4)
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There are increasing hopes that the dispute between Iraq and the United Nations will be resolved peacefully.
Kofi Annan - the U-N Secretary-General - spent three hours in talks with President Saddam Hussein and afterwards his...
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Iraqis need better equipment to tackle oil fire
1. Various of burning oil on oil fields near Basra
2. Various of firefighters
3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Nassir Husam, engineer, Iraqi Southern Oil Company:
"We saw the clouds of smoke and we went there to put the fire out. As you see, the...
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IRAQ: SADDAM HUSSEIN OPENS NEW HOTEL
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Iraqi President Saddam Hussein sent a crowd in Baghdad into a frenzy on Tuesday as he opened a new hotel in the Iraqi capital.
The crowd went wild as the President, dressed in a dapper hat, fired several rifle rounds into...
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Empty streets in Baghdad on 4th anniversary of fall of capital
1. Wide shot of empty street with barbed wire in foreground
2. Wide shot of al Fardous Square, where the statue of Saddam Hussein used to stand and was toppled during the fall of Baghdad
3. Close-up of mosque and statue
4. Various shots...
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President Bush makes surprise trip to consult with new Iraqi PM
1. Shot (from interior of transport helicopter) of helicopter preparing to land in Baghdad's Green Zone
2. Ground shot - pan from Air Force One to helicopter at Baghdad Airport
3. Various shots of US President George W. Bush meeting new...
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Explosions in Baghdad, smoke and sirens
1. Various of Baghdad skyline with AUDIO of sirens sounding
Explosions were heard on Sunday in Baghdad near the heavily fortified Green Zone headquarters area of the American-run occupation authority.
Smoke rose from above one of Saddam...
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Palestinians in anti-war rally
1. Long shot of demonstration
2. Medium shot of demonstration
3. Flags of Iraq and Hamas waved in the air
4. Various of male demonstrators
5. Long shot of women demonstrating and flags
6. Various of women demonstrating
7. Various of...
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STILLS Saddam in court amid defence team claims he was attacked during hearing
1. Various still photos of Saddam Hussein during hearing
Members of Saddam Hussein's Jordan-based defence team claimed Saturday that the former Iraqi president was attacked during a court appearance last week, a claim immediately...
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Reports Iraq's most prominent Shiite leader survives assassination attempt
1. Zoom in to mid shot of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Husseini al-Sistani, then zoom out
2. Various of Sistani
3. Various exterior shots of Najaf mosque
Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Husseini al-Sistani, an influential Shiite cleric, is reported to...
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Dutch to prosecute man for allegedly supplying Saddam chemicals
1. Aerial over ruins of buildings in the Kurdish Iraqi village of Halabja
2. Various of street with bodies of people killed in chemical attack (++includes bodies of children++)
Prosecutors in the Netherlands said on Tuesday they will...
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Hotel housing media bombed
1. Wide of square near Palestine Hotel showing cement-mixing truck moving back and forth against barricade on the bottom right of screen
2. THIRD explosion going off
3. Big ball of flame covering screen, then smoke covers screen
4. Close...
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Roadside bomb hits US convoy, humvee on fire
1. Wide shot of scene, black smoke from Humvee on fire, police car with lights flashing in foreground
2. Various of Humvee burning
3. Various of firemen putting out fire on Humvee, smoke and steam
4. Wide shot of street, smoke
A roadside...
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DoD video of what military calls largest air assault since invasion
DoD (Department of Defence - US Military handout)
1. Soldiers from 101st Air Airborne Division and Iraqi army inside helicopter
2. Close up Airborne Division eagle logo on helmet
3. View from helicopter window
4. Mid shot soldiers...
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Japanese ship brings equipment for troops in Iraq
1. Japanese navy transport ship Osumi arriving in Shuaiba port
2. Soldier looking at ship from shore
3. Troops on board ship
4. Ship coming into port
5. Ship with soldier standing on deck and flag
6. Troops on deck
7. Troops securing...
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Thousands mourn death one of Iraq's most powerful Shiite leaders
1. Various of mourners carrying banners and flags, with shrine of Imam Hussein behind
2. Tight shot of mourners with banners and flags
3. Mid of mourners carrying pictures of Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim and his son Ammar
4. Wide of...
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President says he will not tolerate Iran nuclear weapons
1. Wide view US president George W Bush in Cabinet room
2. Mid shot of US Vice President Dick Cheney
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) George W Bush, US President:
"I'll say something right now - he operated on very sound intelligence and those...
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GWT: WRAP Iraqis rally against looting and disorder
1. Locked-off shot of line of US military personnel holding back protesters gathered outside Palestine Hotel
2. Chanting demonstrators, one with Iraqi flag
3. Iraqi policeman talking to demonstrator
4. Iraqi policeman talking to...
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Number 18 on most wanted Iraqis list captured
1. STILL OF Latif Nusayyif Jasim Al-Dulaymi, Ba'ath Party, Military Bureau, Deputy Chairman
2. Playing card depicting the same
US forces have captured two more of the 55 most wanted Iraqis, including a former member of Saddam Hussein's...
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SAUDI ARABIA: VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT CHAVEZ VISIT
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has begun a whirlwind Middle East tour of OPEC countries aimed at forging unity among OPEC's fractious members.
Chavez started his trip on Monday in Saudi Arabia, where he met with Saudi King Fahd...
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4:3 Government troops, Sunni tribesmen press campaign against al-Qaida in western Anbar
Fighting continued on Saturday between al-Qaida militants and Iraqi government troops in a serious escalation of their confrontation in two western Iraqi cities.
Gunfire and explosions could be seen across Fallujah on Saturday...
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SYND 31 5 76 KOSYGIN ARRIVES IN BAGHDAD
Alexei Kosygin arrives in Baghdad
1 ms plane on tarmac
2 ms Alexei Kosygin and party out of plane and greeted (Saddam Hussein just seen)
3 ms Kosygin shakes hands with ministers
4 ms children present flowers to Kosygin he kisses the...
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Three more Iraqi officials held STILLS
1. Taha Muhie-eldin Marouf, an Iraqi vice president and member of the Revolutionary Command Council
2. Mizban Khadr Hadi, a member of Saddam's Revolutionary Command Council and a top Baath Party leader
3. Abd al Tawab Mullah Huwaysh,...
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WRAP Massive blast hits central Baghdad hotel
1. Fire in background with ambulance in foreground
2. Ambulance with injured inside
3. Various of scene with smoke, emergency vehicles, people and chaos
6. Various emergency vehicles and soldiers at scene
7. Overhead shot of scene with...