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Muslim holiday Eid al-Adha begins with prayers
1. Pan women getting ready for prayers at mosque
2. Mid shot of women getting ready for prayers at mosque
3. People arriving for prayers
4. Mid men preparing for prayers
5. Wide of mosque
6. SOUNDBITE (Indonesian) Anna...
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Extreme Mammals on show in New York
New York, May 12th 2009
1. Pan Extreme Mammals exhibit showing life size model of a Indricotherium, it weighed 20 tons as an adult and lived in Asia until about 23 million years ago
2. Tight of fossilised skull - the Uintatherium, a...
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Ancient Mayan journey re-enacted
Island of Cozumel, Mexico - 2 June 2007
1. Mid of rowers landing on beach
2. Mid of rowers leaving canoes
3. Mid of the rowers pulling the canoe out of the water
4. Close of rowers hands
5. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Ema Reyes, one of the...
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Rio's floating tree lit up and Mexico tree record attempt
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1. Wide of Christmas tree fireworks show on Rodrigo de Freitas Lake
2. Tilt down of Christmas tree lit up
3. Various of people watching display
4. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Edinaldo Gaudito, Rio de Janeiro resident:...
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Russia-Mining students dig up prehistoric fossils
In St Petersburg, they can be had for as little as 20 US dollars, as compared to the West where they can fetch thousands. Students of the Mining Institute in St Petersburg, desperate for cash to supplement their meagre stipends, have...
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Scientists say giant penguins roamed Peru 40 million years ago
1. Wide exterior of Museum of Natural History
2. Medium of museum
3. Pan of Palaeontologist Rodolfo Salas showing penguin fossils
4. Zoom into two fossil samples, the larger one belonging to the new species and the smaller, to the...
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Celebrations in Afghanistan, Iraq, Indonesia and Pakistan preps
Kabul, Afghanistan - 27 November 2009
1. Wide of Afghans walking to mosque to attend Eid prayers
2. Mid of Afghan security forces searching people
3. Policeman standing guard with weapon
4. Various interiors of Afghans in mosque during...
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Fears of record crop losses as severe drought hits Texas
AP Television
Lockhart Texas August 6, 2009
1. Wide shot of cattle
2. Medium shot and pan across cows
3. Mid shot and set up of Bill Hyman, Rancher
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Bill Hyman, Rancher:
"We normally get 35-38 inches a year - we've...
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CHINA: BIRD FOSSIL BELIEVED TO BE OLDEST EVER EXCAVATED
Mandarin/Nat
Chinese palaeontologists believe that a fossil discovered by a peasant in north-east China is the oldest bird fossil ever excavated.
They said the find could provide the missing link between dinosaurs and birds, refuting ...
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Replanting the forest devastated by fire
Carmel, Israel - 7 December 2010
1. Various +aerials+ of area damaged in fire
2. Ground shots, Effie Stenzler CEO of KKL Israel and Russel Robinson, CEO JNF (Jewish National Fund) USA touring the burnt forest
3. SOUDNDBITE (English)...
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FRANCE: REMAINS OF YOUNGEST FOSSILISED BABIES SHOWN AT MUSEUM
English/Nat
A team of archaeologists in Paris on Tuesday showed off the remains of the youngest fossilised babies ever found.
The team, which discovered the bones after unearthing a site outside Pretoria, South Africa, consists of...
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USA: SCIENTISTS RECREATE THE NOISE OF THE DINOSAURS
English/Nat
No one really knows what a dinosaur sounded like, but some New Mexico scientists think they have approximated the roar of the Parasaurolophus from 70 million years ago.
The sound, created after more than two years of...
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USA: NEW YORK: NEW FOSSIL CENTRE OPENS AT NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM
English/Nat
A new fossil centre has opened featuring the latest display of early dinosaur skeletons at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.
This centre concentrates on the earliest animals considered to be true...
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Sacred sycamore integral to plan to attract tourists
With a giant trunk and boughs towering 60 feet (18 metres) high, a gnarled sycamore near Jericho's main square has long been touted as the very tree that the hated tax collector Zacchaeus climbed to get a glimpse of Jesus, as recounted...
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Fireworks spectacle as huge floating Christmas tree lit up
1. Wide of Christmas tree fireworks show on Rodrigo de Freitas Lake
2. Tilt down of Christmas tree lit up
3. Various of people watching fireworks
4. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Edinaldo Gaudito, Rio de Janeiro resident:
"I come here every...
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Powell visits tsunami areas, meets president, comments
Galle
1. US Secretary of State Colin Powell's helicopter landing
2. Cutaway of photographers
3. Powell exits helicopter and walks with entourage to motorcade
4. Powell's motorcade departs
Galle
5. Powell's motorcade driving through...
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Mammoth remains reveal the ancient world
Cherskii, Siberia, Russia - 22 - 29 October 2010
1. Wide pan on the frozen Kolyma river
2. Mid of scientist Sergey Zimov walks up to mammoths and bison's bones laying on the deck of his boat
3. Close up and zoom out on Zimov lifting up...
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Fossil of previously unknown squirrel species found
1. Pan from journalists to palaeontologist
2. Mid of unveiling of figurine of animal
3. Close of figurine
4. Close of fanged squirrel's head
6. Mid photographer taking photo of model
6. Wide of model
7. Wide of palaeontologist...
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USA: NEW YORK: BONE COLLECTION BOUTIQUE
English/Nat
Are you looking for shark vertebrae or rodent skulls?
Well, Maxilla and Mandible in New York's trendy Upper West Side has a selection sure to please the most discriminating bone collector.
This shop in New York's trendy...
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Massacre victims' bodies transferred for reburial
Near Srebrenica
1. Wide shot of Potocari cemetery with new memorial centre visible
2. Sign by road announcing opening of memorial to Srebrenica on 20th September
3. Stone monument with "Srebrenica, July 1995" engraved on side
4. Graves...
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China - Bird fossils on display
The unassuming Museum of Ancient Creatures in Beijing is quietly stealing some of the limelight from the ever popular dinosaurs.
This exhibit of fossilised birds opened recently and showcases a number of important finds from the...
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SYND 21 10 80 BACKGROUND REPORT ON KAMPUCHEA
With a larger number of votes than last year, the United Nations General Assembly has decided again to keep the Kampuchea seat at the world body, occupied by the Pol Pot Khmer Rouge regime. Ling Qing, the Chinese delegate to the United...
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New centre provides rock climbers with new highs and lows
Cambodia's first outdoor rock climbing centre complete with caving, abseiling and via ferrata is now open for business near Kampot in southern Cambodia.
Visitors experience the highs of the sport as well as the lows, deep inside the...