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Mothers and their babies trapped in hospital by fighting
As casualties mount in the Gaza Strip, doctors on Shifa Hospital's maternity ward are entrenched in a very different battle - fighting to save the lives of dozens of babies born since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas.
Wafa...
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USA: LONG BEACH: FORMER GANG MEMBERS OFFERED TATTOO REMOVALS
English/Nat
There's a new programme in Long Beach, California to help former gang members to get rid of their tattoos -- and the stigma attached to having been part of a gang.
Two Long Beach doctors are offering free tattoo removals in...
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France - Trial of 5 people accused of using cheap industrial silicone to fill breast implants
Trial of 5 people accused of using cheap industrial silicone to fill breast implants
Marseilles, 17 Apr 2013
1. Wide of judges arriving in makeshift court room (convention centre turned into courtroom to accommodate hundreds of women who...
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Russia - Deadly Taste For Mushrooms
Russia Natsot Duration: 2.38"
More than three hundred people have become sick and dozens have
died of poisoning since the start of the mushroom-picking season
in Russia this year. Russians have always been...
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Bionic dogs at hi-tech vets
AP Television
Godalming, UK - November 14, 2011
1. Wide pan left of bull mastiff dog Papagena running
2. Close of tracking shot of Papagena's prosthetic foot
3. Mid of Papagena lying on seat
4. Close of Papagena's prosthetic foot
5....
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Croatia - Surgery For Bosnian VP After Accident
Surgery for Bosnian VP after serious accident
Bosnian Vice President Ejup Ganic underwent surgery in the
Croatian town of Split on Friday (30/6) for injuries sustained in
a car accident in southern Bosnia. Ganic, Vice-President of...
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Israel - Bomb blast in Jerusalem
Police and security officials in Israel continued to search for evidence which might lead to those responsible for an explosion at a busy suburban bus stop in Jerusalem earlies in the day. The blast happened during rush hour on Thursday...
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Scientists, engineers and doctors watched via a live stream feed at Houston Methodist Hospital as doctors took images of a NASA spacesuit in order to find problems. An astronaut nearly drowned in his suit last year. (Dec. 9)
A spacesuit was the patient at Houston Methodist hospital Monday, as scientists, medical professionals, researchers and engineers watched their colleagues use imaging technology to check a NASA spacesuit for problems.
Last year, Luca...
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The FDA reverses a 14-year ruling and approves silicon breast implants.
HEADLINE: FDA lifts silicone breast implants ban
CAPTION: The FDA ends a 14-year old ban on silicone breast implants despite lingering safety concerns, approving them for sale for reconstruction and augmentation. (Nov. 17)
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The Pentagon's research arm showed off some new projects Wednesday, including some cutting-edge technology designed to make things easier for troops in the field and those who've come home wounded. (May 21)
The Pentagon's research arm showed off some projects at the Pentagon Courtyard, including some cutting-edge technology designed to make things easier for troops in the field and those who've come home wounded.
DARPA, Defense Advanced...
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French Health Minister urges women with PIP implants to have them removed
23 December, 2011
1. Wide of press conference
2. Mid of journalists
3. SOUNDBITE (French) Jean-Yves Grall, France's Director General for Health:
"The National Cancer Institute and a group of experts have shown that there is no particular...
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Israel - Potential bombing disaster averted
A major bomb disaster in a crowded Jerusalem street was averted on Sunday morning (19/7) when a car went up in flames but the explosive device failed to detonate due to a technical problem. The driver was seriously hurt and taken to...
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Russia - Plastic Surgery For Girl
For Sasha Petrova, the arrival of "Operation Smile" in Russia meant the end of a painful six year wait to undergo much needed plastic surgery.
Born with a serious face defect that made her breathing difficult, Sasha was told she had to...
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Latest health technology on show
AP Television
London, 18th June 2009
1. Wide skeleton and man cycling
2. Close-up replacement kneecap
3. Close-up animated kneecap on computer monitor
4. Wide visitors
5. Zoom out nurse talking to visitor
6. Various man using Wii...
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Rural voters feel marginalised ahead of presidential election
There are just days to go until voting starts to elect a new Tunisian president.
It's the first presidential poll since the country's 2011 uprising.
Voters in some rural areas say they have seen little change so far - and question...
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Bosnia - Finnish Investigation
Finnish investigators who have been trying to retrieve the remains of atrocity victims in Bosnia said in Tuzla on Wednesday (10/7) that they had suspended their efforts because of Bosnian Serb obstruction. Funded by Dutch and Finnish...
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France ponders removing risky breast implants, plastic surgeon intv
1. Mid of Dr Maurice Mimoun in his office, taking out two breast implants manufactured by PIP (Poly Implant Prothese) from box
2. Close up of two PIP silicone implants in Mimoun's hands
3. Close up of PIP silicone implant
5....
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Medical robot making the rounds in pioneering project
London, UK - 23 May 2005
1. Alexander Fleming plaque on exterior of hospital
2. Exterior of St Mary's Hospital
3. Sign on wall: St Mary's
4. Tilt up robot coming down corridor
5. Low shot of robot moving through ward
6. Following shot of...
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Antartica - Expedition In The Antartic
"You have to be psychologically disturbed to spend 45 days in the
Antarctic," according to the leader of a three-man Siberian/Slovak
expedition whose members have done just that. Although the team failed to break a world record by...
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Laser treatments popular in Thailand
Bangkok, Thailand - 29 July 2010
1. Various of female client's face wearing protective eyewear as laser is applied to her face and flashes light.
2. Medium of female doctor pressing computer control panel of cosmetic facial device.
3....
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400 woman sue to have faulty breast implants replaced
1. Group of women walking with their lawyers into courthouse
2. Mid of faces of plaintiffs
3. Close up of a Poly Implant Prothese, or PIP, label that came with the faulty breast implants
4. Mid of plaintiff showing the label
5. Various...
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Kazakhstan - Soyuz capsule lands successfully
A precarious space odyssey ended for two Russian cosmonauts on Thursday (14/8) when their Soyuz capsule touched down safely in Kazakhstan, just over three hours after it had undocked from the Mir orbital station.
Cosmonauts Vasily...
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Aid ship arrives in Conakry carrying medical equipment to help fight Ebola
A cargo plane carrying humanitarian aid to help fight the spread of Ebola arrived at the Gbessia International airport in Guinean capital Conakry on Thursday.
On board were 14 jeeps to be used as ambulances, as well as equipment...
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Gaza - Closures responsible for deaths
The Palestinian minister of health, Dr. Riad Za'anoun, has lashed out at the Israeli government saying their security measures have been responsible for the deaths of at least 17 patients in Gaza. At a press conference in Gaza city, Dr...