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WRAP Lee speech on 65th anniversary of independence, protests
Seoul
1. Wide tilt-down of crowd at event marking the 65th anniversary of Korea's liberation from Japan
2. South Korean president Lee Myung-bak and the first lady Kim Yoon-ok in traditional dress walking to ceremony
3. Various of Lee...
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VIETNAM: US WAR VETERAN PLANS OWN MARATHON
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A US veteran still struggling to get over the Vietnam war has come up with an unusual new therapy ... he's running 13-hundred miles through the country where he once fought.
Michael Liscio hopes to complete his marathon...
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Unveiling of memorial to those killed in Korean War
More than sixty years after the Korean war, a memorial to the British troops who fought and died in the conflict was unveiled in London on Wednesday.
The memorial to what's been dubbed Britain's "forgotten war" was a gift from the South...
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WW2 warbirds still flying high
World War II veterans are aging, and so are the airplanes they once flew.
Keeping the old warbirds in the air is a unique challenge for crews who maintain the planes, including the B-17 bomber "Aluminum Overcast."
But with the help of a...
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Alan Moore, a 61-year-old Vietnam veteran and grandfather of five, became the oldest player ever to get in a college football game. Moore kicked an extra point for NAIA Faulkner in its season-opener on Saturday.
HEADLINE: First Person: Oldest college football player
CAPTION: Alan Moore, a 61-year-old Vietnam veteran and grandfather of five, became the oldest player ever to get in a college football game. Moore kicked an extra point for NAIA...
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First Person: Former POW's on torture allegations
HEADLINE: First Person: Former POW's on torture allegations
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CAPTION: At a conference for American ex-prisoners of war, former POW's spoke out on allegations that the United States tortures detainees. President Bush...
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Richard Crum is one of a dwindling number of World War II veterans who remembers first-hand what it was like to face enemy fire on the shores of Normandy on June 6, 1944. This year marks the 70th anniversary of the invasion. (May 29)
They are stories of D-Day -- June 6, 1944.
That stormy morning, 156,000 Allied troops crossed the English Channel and into the maw of Adolf Hitler's killing machine. The assault by 7,000 ships and landing craft along a 50-mile stretch of...
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Russia - WWII Veterans' Celebration Charity Dinner
Five thousand World War II veterans sat down on Wednesday (12/4)
to charity dinners in some of Moscow's best restaurants. Most of
the veterans in Moscow live on the verge of poverty. The meal programme was sponsored by the Moscow city...
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Duke and Duchess of Cambridge attend a wreath laying ceremony at war memorial
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge attended a wreath laying ceremony at the Blenheim War Memorial in the north east of the South Island of New Zealand on Thursday morning.
The ceremony was conducted to mark the anniversary of the start of...
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US forces in Afghanistan mark Veterans' day
1. Various of soldiers observing a minute of silence to mark Veterans' Day celebration
2. Slide show of pictures of US soldiers involved in previous wars
3. Various, soldiers watching
4. Wide of ceremony
5. Afghan and American flags...
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THAILAND: WW2 VETERANS RETURN TO BRDGE ON RIVER KWAI UPDATE
Jap/Eng/Nat
A former Japanese interrogator from WWII led prayers for peace and reconciliation in Thailand today.
Nagase Takashi has been campaigning for a Japanese apology for two decades.
Around 120,000 Asian slave labourers and Allied...
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President Obama's housing plan aims to help 9 million struggling homeowners avoid foreclosure, but it leaves out many borrowers in battered housing markets who won't qualify because their homes have lost too much value.
HEADLINE: Will Obama housing plan do enough?
CAPTION: President Obama's housing plan aims to help 9 million struggling homeowners avoid foreclosure, but it leaves out many borrowers in battered housing markets who won't qualify because...
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Opp leader says Mugabe preparing 'war against the people'
1. Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai surrounded by reporters during news conference
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of the Movement for Democratic Change:
"We are aware that ZANU-PF has no programme on...
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Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama in Washington, Bush, WH spox
North West Washington DC
1. Wide shot of limousine with Dalai Lama pulls up in front of hotel, zoom into security guards around the limousine helping Dalai Lama out
2. Cutaway of reporter taking notes
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Dalai...
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USA: PROTESTS AGAINST US TREATMENT OF FILIPINO WWII VETERANS
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More than 100 protesters marched on the White House in Washington D.C on Friday, demonstrating against U-S treatment of Filipino World War Two veterans.
Many of them who were ageing soldiers chained themselves to the fence in...
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VE day parade rehearsal, portrait of a WWII veteran
6 May 2005
1. Soldier marching and taking his place in a line of other soldiers
2. Officers carrying a red victory banner marching past a military band playing
3. Close up of victory banner
4. Soldiers dressed in 1943 uniforms marching...
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Americans awoke Monday to a world without Osama bin Laden, and many felt jubilation, a surge of patriotism and a sense their prayers were answered. "I thanked the Lord. I'm thinking it's all over," said Carroll Fisher, a retired Air Force member.
HEADLINE: Fmr. SEAL, Veteran hail bin Laden death
CAPTION: Americans awoke Monday to a world without Osama bin Laden, and many felt jubilation, a surge of patriotism and a sense their prayers were answered. "I thanked the Lord. I'm...
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USA: WASHINGTON: NERVE GAS WARNING TO 5000 GULF WAR VETERANS
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The Pentagon is warning 5000 Persian Gulf War veterans, they may have been exposed to nerve gas when U-S troops destroyed an Iraqi weapons depot in 1991.
The latest figure is far higher than the number of soldiers officials...
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SYND 23-12-73 COMEDIAN BOB HOPE GIVING SHOW TO VIETNAM WAR VETERANS
American comedian Bob Hope giving a show to Vietnam veterans in hospital and talking to one of them in a ward.
1. ws Hope on stage
2. ms audience
3. SOUNDBITE (English): mcu Hope tells a joke
4. ws Hope with veteran, Miss World and Lynda...
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British and Australian veterans attend memorial
Solma-Ri, Kyongi-gi Province
1. British veterans march over bridge
2. Veterans marching
3. Soldiers marching with flags
4. Soldiers watching
5. Ceremony
6. Veterans seated
7. Plaque to "Battle of Solma-ri"
8. Veteran lays wreath
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Obama presents Medals of Honor to previously denied ethnic or minority veterans
Twenty-four ethnic or minority US soldiers who performed bravely under fire in three of the nation's wars finally received on Tuesday the Medal of Honor that the government concluded should have been awarded a long time ago.
The...
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Exhibition of political cartoons promoting their role in political freedom
1. Wide of exterior of Auditorium designed by architect Renzo Piano, venue of Cartoon Exhibition
2. Exhibition poster reading: (Italian) "Cartoons from the world, for human rights"
3. Wide news conference
4. Mid shot of speakers at...
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Military veterans marched in support of the Occupy Wall Street movement Wednesday in New York. The protestors marched from Manhattan's Vietnam Veterans Memorial past the New York Stock Exchange before ending at the Occupy Wall Street encampment.
HEADLINE: Raw video: Military veterans join NYC protests
CAPTION: Military veterans marched in support of the Occupy Wall Street movement Wednesday in New York. The protestors marched from Manhattan's Vietnam Veterans Memorial past the...
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In a sobering sign of economic times, thousands of out of work military veterans showed up at a special job fair in New York City. More than 150 corporations, state and federal agencies were on hand to take applications and do informal interviews.
HEADLINE: Thousands crowd job fair for veterans
CAPTION: In a sobering sign of economic times, thousands of out of work military veterans showed up at a special job fair in New York City. More than 150 corporations, state and federal...