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Latest from Mogadishu as violence continues
1. Various of family with children hurrying away from gunfire, AUDIO of gunfire
2. Various wide shots of road, men in back of pick-up truck driving, AUDIO of gunfire
3. Adults and children walking along street AUDIO of gunfire
4. Pan of...
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Suicide bomber kills at least four in attack on elite military troops in capital
A suicide car bomber blew himself up near a moving convoy of Somalia's US-trained elite forces in Mogadishu, killing at least four people, a Somali police officer said on Sunday.
Somali militant group al-Shabab claimed responsibility for...
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Insurgents fire mortars at airport as president arrives, killing five
1. African Union (AU) armoured vehicles guarding presidential convoy
2. Presidential convoy heading to the presidential palace
3. Wide of plume of smoke rising from area considered an insurgent stronghold, after alleged firing from the...
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Clashes between Islamic militants and Somali and Ethiopian troops have residents in Mogadishu staying off the streets or fleeing to safer areas
HEADLINE: New fighting breaks out in Somali capital
CAPTION: Clashes between Islamic militants and Somali and Ethiopian troops have residents in Mogadishu staying off the streets or fleeing to safer areas. (March 23)
[Notes:NATS: Gunfire...
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Aftermath of fighting, bodies, mayor, militant GRAPHIC PIX
1. Government soldiers patrolling battlefield of fighting that took place Wednesday in the south of Mogadishu
2. Tilt down from government soldiers to body of insurgent fighter
3. Various of body of insurgent lying on the ground
4....
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Somali government expresses condolences for those who died when migrant boat sank
A Somalian government spokesman said on Friday that his country was working to try and prevent large numbers of migrants heading for Europe.
Ridwan Hajji Abdiweli, was speaking after Thursday's shipwreck off the coast of the Italian...
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Somalia - War casualties
Since the outbreak of full-scale warfare in early December in the south of Somalia's divided capital, casualties have been pouring into Keysaney hospital in the north of the city. The hospital, originally built as a prison by the late...
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Ceremonial burning of illegally-held weapons seized by Kenyan authorities
1. Wide shot of Kenya police commissioner Major-General Mohamed Hussein Ali lighting fire to burn the confiscated weapons.
2. Mid shot of confiscated weapons on fire.
3. SOUNDBITE (English): Major-General Mohamed Hussein Ali,...
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Leaders gather to discuss famine situation in Horn of Africa
1. Mid of arrival of Ethiopian prime minister Meles Zenawi
2. Close of Kenyan president Mwai Kibaki''s arrival
3. Wide of South Sudan President, Salva Kiir''s arrival
4. Close up of Ethiopia and Djibouti delegation
5. Wide of Somalia...
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Guns amnesty, ADDS Def Min saying gov. in control of all Somalia
Mogadishu
1. Wide of news conference
2. Cutaway of media
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ali Mohamed Gedi, Somalian Prime Minister:
"The arms collection today is under process. The weapons collection centres are ready with personnel appointed...
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Aftermath of blast near hotel where Turkish delegation are staying
A suicide car bomber blew himself up at the gate of a hotel which was being used by a delegation of Turkish officials on Thursday in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, killing three Somalis.
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, speaking in...
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SOMALIA: RED CROSS SENDS AID TO HELP FLOOD VICTIMS
English/Nat
The International Committee of the Red Cross has sent a convoy of 24 trucks into the Jilib region of southern Somalia, in an effort to help flood victims trapped there.
Flood water prevented the trucks reaching the worst hit...
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Start of peace talks, gun battle in Mogadishu
1. Wide of delegates walking into the venue of the reconciliation conference
2. Interior of delegates walking in
3. Somalia Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi walks into conference
4. Wide of people in hall
5. SOUNDBITE: (Somali) Ali...
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Islamic insurgents in Somalia have made a video showing a man reciting prayers from the Quran before apparently blowing himself up in a suicide blast
HEADLINE: Somali Islamists produce martyr video
CAPTION: Islamic insurgents in Somalia have created a video showing a man reciting prayers from the Quran before purportedly blowing himself up in a suicide blast. It's another sign...
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The World Food Program is sending nearly 900 tons of high energy biscuits to East Africa to help fight the famine in Somalia.
HEADLINE: Food aid to Africa increases as famine worsens
CAPTION: The World Food Program is sending nearly 900 tons of high energy biscuits to East Africa to help fight the famine in Somalia. (Aug. 9)
AS MANY AS 15-HUNDRED REFUGEES A DAY...
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4:3 Army claims Al Shabab positions after "tactical withdrawal"
1. Pan of Somali troops near barricade in Mogadishu street, left by the al-Shabab militant group when they vacated the area
2. Troops patrolling deserted road, trench visible by the side of road
3. Various of troops in the area
4. Man...
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Four people dead in car bomb attack
1. Car in flames, with crowds gathered around
2. Mid of person throwing sand onto the burning car
3. Wide of crowds surrounding the burning car
4. Close-up of the car on fire
5. Crowd gathered by the burning car
6. Various of bodies...
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Government soldiers desert to join Islamic Courts
1. Various of government troops who claim to have defected riding into town on trucks, carrying weapons
2. Various of troops holding weapons, ammunition
3. SOUNDBITE (Somali) Farhan Abshir Malin, troops' commander:
"We are more then 100...
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Islamic leader says Ethiopia has sent troops to back up his rival
1. Armed men in street
2. Heavy machine gun on vehicle
3. Young boy at wheel of machine gun vehicle
4. Soldier with machine on shoulder with journalists in background
5. Wide shot of press conference room
6. SOUNDBITE: (Somali with...
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Ten killed in explosion at PM's rally: GRAPHIC PICTURES
please note: part of Shot 4 contains graphic footage of a body.
May 3, 2005
1. Various Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi giving a speech in the stadium in Mogadishu
2. People running up steps of stadium towards injured in immediate...
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Aid escorted by French navy evades pirates
Offshore
1. Various of French navy dinghy sailing from navy ship to World Food Programme ship
2. Wide shot of WFP ship carrying food aid
3. French navy soldier in dinghy
4. Various of French soldier firing a machine gun during a practice...
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Somali govt spox reacts to attack on US ship by pirates
1. Mid of Hassan Abdullahi Heyle, Somali Presidential Spokesman talking on phone
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Hassan Abdullahi Heyle, Somali Presidential Spokesman:
"I'm sorry once again that the captain of the ship has not been actually...
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+4:3 1998 US embassy blasts suspect killed, body, Nairobi reax
Mogadishu, Somalia - 9 June 2011
1. Various of people looking at bodies of two men on ground, one is al-Qaida member Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, the other a Somali with Fazul
2. Various of bullet-ridden vehicle which Fazul Abdullah Mohammed...
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Foreign Minister says big ransoms paid encouraging Somalia piracy
1. Wide of the Intercontinental Hotel
2. Mid of flags outside the Intercontinental Hotel
3. Wide of news conference
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Moses Wetangula, Kenyan Foreign Minister
"We are advised that in the last twelve months, ransom to...