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INDIA: BUDDHISM TAKES A SWING TOWARDS FEMINISM
English/Nat
Buddhism has taken a swing towards feminism in India where an international group of women became fully ordained nuns for the first time in nearly a century.
The first, and until now the last, order of nuns in India petered...
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VOICER:Tibetans protest China's occupation of homeland
0000 Wide shot of police stopping chanting Tibetan protesters from entering Chinese embassy - pans left to two policemen restraining protester -
0014 UPSOUND "We want freedom"
0018 Pan to another protester running with banner, then to...
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USA: NEW YORK: TIBET'S SPIRITUAL LEADER DALAI LAMA VISIT
English/Nat
On day two of his two week visit to the United States, the Dalai Lama presented a traditional Tibetan teaching to a large audience in New York City.
Among those in the audience was Richard Gere, the movie star and practicing...
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USA: DALAI LAMA TIBETAN SPIRITUAL LEADER VISIT
English/Nat
The Dalai Lama Wednesday had a low-key meeting with the president and vice-president of the United States, designed to avoid increasing tensions between the US and China.
The Tibet's spiritual leader-in-exile said...
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Exile leader disappointed Tibetan immolations ignored, calls for UN investigation
The political leader of Tibetan exiles said on Monday that he was disappointed that dozens of self-immolations by Tibetans had not received the same world attention as the similar suicide of a Tunisian man that sparked the Arab...
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NEW Annual gathering of Communist Party opens
1. Wide of plenary session of Second Session of the 11th National Committee of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC)
2. Pan of Chinese President Hu Jintao and other officials walking to seats
3. Chinese leaders...
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+4:3 Quake kills at least 53 in Asia Tibet, Ind govt briefing
Bhaktapur, suburb of Katmandu, Nepal
1. Wide of house damaged by earthquake
2. Woman in her damaged house
3. Residents removing bricks from alley
4. Wide of damaged building
5. Women looking at damaged house
6. Woman inside kitchen of...
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INDIA: TIBETAN WOMEN STAGE ANTI-CHINA PROTEST
Natural Sound
About a thousand Tibetan women exiled in India marched and shouted anti-China slogans to mark the 40th anniversary of a failed uprising against communist rule in their homeland.
Three weeks of protests and riots in 1959...
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THAILAND: TAIWANESE TO BRING HOME 2000 YEAR OLD BUDDHA RELIC
Mandarin/Eng/Nat
A Taiwanese delegation left for Thailand to bring home a two thousand year-old tooth believed to have belonged to the Buddha -- the spiritual founder of Buddhism.
However China is claiming ownership of the tooth.
The...
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UK: QUEEN BIDS FAREWELL TO PRESIDENT ZEMIN
Mandarin/Eng/Nat
Queen Elizabeth has said farewell to Chinese President Jiang Zemin on the final day of his controversial state visit to Britain.
President Jiang, whose presence in Britain has sparked numerous human rights protests, left...
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Tibet - Controversy over Chinese education
Within sight of the Potala Palace, Tibetan and Han Chinese students are learning and growing up together at Lhasa's "#1 Primary School". From a Chinese point of view this demonstrates the effectivenesss of their policy of integrating...
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CHINA: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL STAGE POLITICAL PRISONER PROTEST
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The human rights group Amnesty International has tested the limits of Chinese tolerance with a rare protest highlighting the plight of political prisoners.
The demonstration came at the NGO (Non-Governmental Organisation)...
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Security at Acropolis and stadium before flame is handed over to Chinese
1. Acropolis hill with the Panathenian in the background, dividers on the road to mark torch relay course
2. Mid of Panathenian, where the Olympic flame spent the night
3. Security around the Acropolis
4. Police patrolling pedestrian...
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VENEZUELA: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL LAUNCHES ANNUAL REPORT
Spanish/Nat
Amnesty International launched its annual report on Wednesday detailing human rights violations across the world.
The report names China, Indonesia, Nigeria and Guatemala among the many countries where torture and the death...
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Dalai Lama attends start of five-day conference on compassion
1. Pan wide shot as Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama enters auditorium
2. Close-up Dalai Lama greeting people on stage
3. Cutaway members of audience applauding
4. Various of Dalai Lama on stage
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dan...
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CHINA: DEVELOPMENT
APTN File - Qinghai, August 6, 1999
1. Medium shot people on tractor driving through grassland
2. Close shot dry plant on grassland
APTN File - Dunhuang area, Gansu province, September 6, 1997
3. Medium shot desert, camel...
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CANADA: VANCOUVER: APEC TRADE SUMMIT: YAMAICHI SECURITIES
English/Nat
The shock waves from the collapse of one of Japan's largest brokerages - Yamaichi Securities - are already reverberating round the APEC trade summit in Vancouver.
The Japanese Government have been quick to tell other APEC...
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Presser to announce Tibetan Olympics
1. Tibetan Olympic organisers preparing for news briefing
2. Wide of news conference
3. Close-up of organiser of the Tibetan Olympics, Lobsang Wangyal
4. Mid-shot of reporters and camera operators
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Lobsang Wangyal,...
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China - End To Dispute Over Human Rights
Beijing moved on Tuesday (25/6) to calm a damaging row with Bonn over human rights, after Germany's parliament passed an all-party motion condemning Chinese policies in Tibet. China's Foreign Ministry spokesman Cui Tiankai told a media...
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The ''God of Sight'' restoring vision to thousands
AP Television
Hetauda, Nepal , February 2010
1.Close of Raj Kaliya Dhanuk , suffering from cataract in both eyes
2.Wide of Dhanuk seated with two other women , all of them suffering from cataracts
3.Women being led into room for...
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WORLDWIDE:ASIAN & EUROPEAN LEADERS MEET FOR ASEAN SUMMIT
English/Nat
Asian and European leaders are gathering in Bangkok for a 2 day Summit meeting.
The 15 European Union nations have pledged to raise issues of democracy and human rights at Friday's ASEAN summit but Asian leaders have sought...
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Demonstrators protest against Chinese President Hu's visit
1. Tilt from Eiffel tower to demonstrators for Tibet's independence
2. Medium shot of demonstrators
3. Close up demonstrator showing a photo of the youngest prisoner in the world which is a Tibetan
4. More of demonstration
5. Medium shot...
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CHINA: BEIJING: CHINA REPEATS DEMAND TO JOIN WTO
Mandarin/Nat
China repeated her demand Thursday to be allowed to join the World Trade Organisation as a developing nation, despite objections from the United States and other member countries.
Weeks before a crucial W-T-O meeting, a...
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Dalai Lama, Prince Charles reunite in Britain
HEADLINE: Dalai Lama, Prince Charles reunite in Britain
CAPTION: Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, paid tribute to Prince Charles during an informal visit to the British royal's residence on Wednesday evening. (20 June...