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SOUTH AFRICA: JOHANNESBURG ZOO HOLDS SECOND ANNUAL BUGFEST
English/Nat
In what is turning into a bizarre annual ritual, Johannesburg Zoo has held its second ever bugfest.
Among the exotic dishes at the bug barbeque: mopane worms, roast cockroach and chocolate-coated locusts.
A Sunday lunch...
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South Africa - Creepy crawlies on the lunch menu
South Africa has certainly become a place for the brave in heart and stomach. Recently Johannesburg Zoo staged a most extraordinary event. Not only were visitors encouraged to admire and even touch some of the country's most exotic...
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Jay Chou and Eason Chan top Golden Melody Awards
music/video/performance rights must be cleared
AP Television
Taipei,Taiwan June 27, 2009.
1. Wide shot Korean boy band "Super Junior" walking on red carpet.
2. Fans screaming to "Super Junior".
3. Pan shot members of "Super Junior"...
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TAHITI: ANTI NUCLEAR PROTESTERS GATHER OFF FRENCH TEST SITE
Eng/French/Nat
A war of words has broken out between the government of French Polynesia and anti-nuclear protesters gathering off the French nuclear test site in the South Pacific.
The president of French Polynesia, Gaston Flosse, has...
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National Museum receives newly discovered animal/plant species
1. Top shot of Professor Philippe Bouchet from the French National Museum of Natural History holding specimen of newly discovered species
2. Close-up of new species
3. Various shots of specimens of newly discovered species on...
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Hundreds join protest against bill they fear will put food sovereignty at risk
Demonstrators took the streets of Chile's capital on Saturday to protest a proposed bill they say would put at risk the country's food sovereignty.
The protesters rallied against the so-called "Monsanto Law", which seeks to expand...
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An elderly woman has been convicted of murdering two homeless men to collect millions of dollars in insurance payouts. She and another elderly woman were also found guilty of conspiracy to murder for financial gain. The AP's John Mone spoke with an attorney for one of the women dubbed "The Black Widows."
HEADLINE: Homeless Hit and Run Verdicts
CAPTION: An elderly woman has been convicted of murdering two homeless men to collect millions of dollars in insurance payouts. She and another elderly woman were also found guilty of conspiracy...
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Illegal logging almost eliminated in wintering ground of monarch butterfly
Researchers and government officials in Mexico say illegal logging has been all but eliminated in the wintering grounds of the monarch butterfly.
It is the first time that logging has not been detected there since the area was declared a...
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Conservationists bid to revive oxpecker bird population
AP Television
Mabula game reserve, Limpopo province, South Africa, 26th October 2010
1. Mid rhinos with red-billed oxpecker birds on their backs
2. Close up rhino zoom into bird
3. Wide zoom in rhino's grazing with oxpeckers on the...
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY:ENT5-JAPAN TOYS
Japanese/Nat
Title: ROBOTIC PETS
Date: 17TH MARCH 2000
Location: TOKYO
Man's best friend is his...electronic pet.
First there were robot dogs, then robot cats, and now Japan's third-largest toymaker is betting that the craze for...
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Huge blow up sculptures battle wind and rain to delight locals
AP Television
Hong Kong - 2 May 2013
1. Inflatable art work "Sacrilege" by Jeremy Deller, based on Stonehenge
2. Wide of Hong Kong's tallest building, ICC, and tilt to "Sacrilege"
3. Various of people jumping on "Sacrilege"
4. Close of...
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All Jeff Ellis could do was wait as he sat terrified 30,000 feet in the air staring at the wriggling scorpion that stung him on a flight to Alaska.
HEADLINE: First Person: Scorpion stings Ore. man on plane
CAPTION: All Jeff Ellis could do was wait as he sat terrified 30,000 feet in the air staring at the wriggling scorpion that stung him on a flight to Alaska. (July 1)
("We were on...
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Scientists find shrimp-like creature under Antarctic ice sheet
Pine Island Glacier Ice Shelf, Antarctica - December 2009
1. Shrimp-like creature swimming around camera cable inside bore hole
Greenbelt, Maryland, USA - 12 March 2010
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Robert Bindschadler, NASA Ice Scientist:...
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Romantic butterfly revival ahead of Valentine's Day
AP Television
Chia, Colombia - December 4, 2010
1. Various of native butterflies
2. Wide pan right to left of John Restrepo entering shop, sign reading: (Spanish) "Wings of Colombia"
3. Mid of hand made butterfly on the shop
4. Mid of...
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Beetle mania comes to town in Thailand
You will have heard of bull fighting, and maybe even cock fighting, but how about beetle fighting?
It's a traditional form of entertainment in Thailand and is being celebrated at a special festival.
It's a battle of the beetles.
These...
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Flying above the Cambodian jungles
Historical sites wouldn't usually cause a scream, but here at Siem Reap in Cambodia - just miles from seventh wonder of the world Angkor Wat - it's doing just that.
Located inside Angkor Archaeological Park's 6-hectare site, this is...
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A feast for the senses - the culinary highlights of 2013
Cake designs reached new heights in 2013 with everything from burgers to Buckingham Palace captured in sugar craft.
While a beating snake heart delicacy and cheese riddled with maggots were among the more unusual culinary delights of...
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Sean "Diddy" Combs raises awareness for Malaria charity
AP Television
Los Angeles 4 July, 2009
1. Exteriors of mansion
2. Poster of "Malaria No More"
3. Set-up shot of Sean "Diddy" Combs/Entrepreneur
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Sean "Diddy" Combs/Producer/Entrepreneur, on the charity "Malaria...
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France - Le Pen starts appeal
France's far-right National Front leader Jean-Marie Le Pen on Monday (28/9) started his appeal against a two-year political ban for physically attacking a Socialist politician. Earlier this year a court convicted the 70-year-old leader...
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AUSTRIA: PENSIONER NICKNAMED THE BLACK WIDOW GOES ON TRIAL UPDATE
German/Nat
A 66-year-old woman - dubbed the "Black Widow" - is facing a murder charge in the Austrian town of Krems, amid claims that she is responsible for a series of deaths.
Police in Vienna claim Elfriede Blauensteiner confessed to...
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Tropical depression racing toward gulf affects cleaning efforts
Gulf of Mexico - 22 July 2010
1. Wide of ships working at oil spill site
2. Onboard shot of US Coast Guard boat moving towards work site
3. Waves off side of US Coast Guard boat
4. Wide of US Coast Guard ship
Port Fourchon, Louisiana -...
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South Africa - Insect Display
Johannesburg Zoo has opened its doors to children to allow them to sample the flavours of insect cuisine. Bugs, creepy crawlies and worms are on view for study and on the plate for lunch.
ws children entering museum
cu children looking...
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SOUTH AFRICA: POLICE CRACK REPTILE SMUGGLING NETWORK
English/Nat
South African police have cracked an illegal reptile smuggling network with links to the United States, Germany, the Netherlands, Colombia and Madagascar.
Adders, pythons and scorpions were seized in a night raid which ended...
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Feminine glamour at Valentino
SHOTLIST NB: wrong slate
APTN - 12th October 2003, Paris
1. VS catwalk show
2. finale
3. Valentino on catwalk
"So much colour in that Valentino show, and I thought that it was as light and beautiful as a butterfly. And there were...