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Nigeria - At least 16 killed in blast at UN office in Abuja
On August 26th 2011 the Nigerian Red Cross said at least 16 people are dead after a car bomb attack on the United Nations' offices in Nigeria's capital of Abuja.
Witnesses told the Associated Press that a sedan broke through the exit at...
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CAN231 LARGE MEETING OF STRIKING NIGERIAN WORKERS
Large meeting of striking Nigerian workers as general strike enters ninth day. Trade Unionist Michael Imoudu addresses the rally.
1. ws high angle crowds walking along road
2. ws high angle troop of police stand guard on edge of...
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SYND 10/12/1970 O.A.U. MEETING IN LAGOS
Delegates from the African states attend the OAU meeting in lagos
1) ms flags of OAU countries
2) mounted police guard
3) ext of conference hall
4) interior hall, display of captured weapons
5) various photographs
6) various of weapons...
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SYND 11-11-70 NIGERIAN REFUGEE CHILDREN ARRIVE BY PLANE FROM THE IVORY COAST TO LAGOS
Refugee children from the Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire) arrive by plane in the capital of Nigeria and are greeted by President Yakubu Gowon.
1. VS of Gowon and officials walking towards the plane
2. MS of children getting out of and being...
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Massive blaze as blast rips through warehouse full of fireworks
1. Various of flames and smoke billowing from rooftops/ UPSOUND: crackles, bangs and explosions
2. Smoke and flames billowing from windows in building and from partially destroyed property next door
3. Wide of skyline with column of...
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UPITN 26 6 71 PRESIDENT SANGOULE LAMIZANA OF THE UPPER VOLTA VISITS GHANA
President Sangoule Lamizana of Upper Volta makes a state visit to Ghana and is greeted by the commander of the army of Ghana Major General Joseph Ankrah.
1. ms plane arrives
2. ms Ankrah walks to meet plane
3. ms Upper Volta citizens in...
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Opposition supporters march in the capital
1. Supporters of opposition Union for the Forces of Change (UFC) running down street
2. Board with buttons showing picture of UFC leader Jean-Pierre Fabre
3. Woman dancing
4. Back of UFC supporter''s yellow shirt with group''s palm tree...
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Plane arrives to take second American with Ebola to US for treatment
The Liberia airport authority says a chartered evacuation plane that will take home the second American sick with Ebola has landed at the airport in the capital.
The plane arrived late on Monday afternoon in Monrovia, according to...
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Police arrest man who attempted to smuggle explosives onto plane
1. Explosives on display
2. Man holding explosives
3. Close up of the explosives
4. Various newspaper headlines on the incident
Nigerian security forces foiled an attempt to smuggle a stash of explosives onto a domestic aircraft over the...
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SYND 10-7-72 BODY OF LATE KWAME NKRUMAH, FORMER PRESIDENT OF GHANA, LYING IN STATE
Body of late Kwame Nkrumah, former President of Ghana, lying in state at Accra state house
1) Funeral cortege arrives at state house
2) coffin on gun carriage
3) coffin carried into state house
4) traditional musicians playing (no audio)...
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Africa's 1st elected female pres. at church ahead of inauguration
1. Exterior of church
2. Various of security
3. Donald Booth, US ambassador to Liberia, arriving to church
4. Other dignitaries arriving
5. Arrival of president-elect Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's motorcade
6. Cutaway media photographers
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French troops continue to arrive in Mali
1. Various of French troops shifting equipment, a military transport plane in the background
2. Wide of troops moving equipment
3. Various of troops loading kit bags onto a truck
4. Mid of troops moving crates
5. Various of troops...
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SYND 1 2 70 THE OCAM CONFERENCE IN YAOUNDE FINISHES
Heads of state and delegates to the afro-Malagasy common organisation conference arriving for the final session of annual summit meeting. The footage includes shots of President Ahmadou Ahidjo of Cameroon, President Felix...
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CAN103 WEST NIGERIA ELECTION CAMPAIGN AND POLLING DAY
Election and campaigns in West Nigeria. A rally for Dennis Osadebay, who was supported by Michael Orpara (Eastern Nigeria) . Scenes of voting at a polling station.
1. ms soldiers on duty at Nigerian Congress rally
2. ws speaker talking...
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IVORY COAST: ELECTIONS: POLLS OPEN
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Voting opened slowly on Sunday in legislative elections in Ivory Coast, where an opposition boycott and fears of violence kept many people at home.
In some cities in the opposition-dominated north, voting had not begun by...
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SWITZERLAND: IOC ASKS SIX MEMBERS TO RESIGN
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On Sunday, the International Olympic Committee (I-O-C) recommended that six members resign in a bid to stem a spiraling crisis that started with allegations of vote-buying in Salt Lake City's winning bid for the 2002...
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Thousands of soccer fans stampeded outside a stadium Sunday before an exhibition game between Nigeria and North Korea, leaving 15 people injured, including one police officer who was seriously hurt.
HEADLINE: Raw Video: Soccer fans stampede in S. Africa
CAPTION: Thousands of soccer fans stampeded outside a stadium Sunday before an exhibition game between Nigeria and North Korea, leaving 15 people injured, including one police...
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Protest against army general taking power
Protests in Burkina Faso capital continued on Friday after the country's military chief, General Honore Traore, announced that he would assume the presidency until elections were called.
The protestors gathered outside Burkina Faso Army...
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Fans get ready to watch Togo, SKorea match
1. Various shots of Togo supporters dancing in the street
2. Wide shot of beach
Soccer mad fans were dancing in the streets of Togo's capital Lome ahead of the African nation's first World Cup clash against South Korea on Tuesday.
The...
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Benedict XVI greeted by Italian PM Monti as he departs for Benin
1. Mid of Pope Benedict XVI disembarking Vatican helicopter at Rome's Fiumicino Airport and being greeted by newly appointed Italian premier, Mario Monti
2. Close-up of photographer
3. Mid of Monti and Pope Benedict XVI walking together...
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WRAP Presidents and leaders arrive for G8 summit
1. Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi walking down plane steps, being greeted by officials
2. Top shot of motorcade, waiting on tarmac
3. Berlusconi posing for photos with Japanese girls
4. European Commission President Jose...
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Pope Benedict XVI closes his African trip with a mass
1. Pope Benedict XVI kissing baby in his pope-mobile surrounded by cheering crowd, baby is handed back to parents
2. Mid of women singing and dancing
3. Mid of the pope waving from pope-mobile
4. Various wide shots of pope-mobile and...
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SYND 7/2/72 COLONEL ACHEAMPONG MEETS HIS LOCAL COMMISSIONERS
Ghanaian Head of State Colonel Ignatius Acheampong addressing Ghana's regional commissioners in Accra.
1. ws Acheampong arrives and enters building
2. vs Acheampong talks with regional commissioners round table
Film: Rev - Sound: Mute -...
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Synd 5 2 70 THE CELEBRATIONS FOR THE ANNIVERSARY OF CHADIAN INDEPENDENCE
African heads of state join Chad President Francois Tombalbaye at celebrations to mark his country's tenth anniversary of independence. Guest include President Jean-Bedel Bokassa of the Central African Republic, President Sangoule...