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4:3 Hundreds of new cases as outbreak spreads through country
1. Various of woman with drip lying on stretcher in the corridor
2. Woman and her sick daughter taking a nap sitting on the hall
3. Various of patients at cholera ward
4. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Doctor Guillermo Hernandez, director of...
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A cousin of Carmen Tanco, one of the victims of Wednesday's building collapse in Harlem, said Tanco was always the "life of the party." Angel Vargas said he is angry at the situation and feels his cousin should still be alive today. (March 13)
A cousin of Carmen Tanco, one of the victims of Wednesday's building collapse in Harlem, said she was always the "life of the party."
Angel Vargas said he is angry at the situation and feels his cousin should still be alive today.
"I was...
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33 would-be migrants rescued, some dead
Playa Los Gringos, Nagua, Dominican Republic
1. People on beach looking at incoming boat
2. Boat being towed to shore
3. Boat landing on shore
4. Man being lifted out of boat
5. Survivors being helped out of boat
6. Man grimacing in pain...
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Taiwan''s injured Haiti envoy, latest on condition
January 14, 2010
1. Wide of exterior of Cedimat Hospital where people injured in Haiti earthquake arrived on Tuesday
2. Close-up of Cedimat sign
3. Ambulance parked outside hospital
4. Dr Eduardo Yermenos, Medical Director at Cedimat...
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: FUNERAL OF JOSE FRANCISCO PENA GOMEZ
Spanish/Nat
The funeral of Jose Francisco Pena Gomez was held in Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic, on Wednesday.
Pena, a tireless campaigner for the poor, died of cancer aged 61 last Sunday - six days before local...
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: BASKETBALL PRIZE CEREMONY MARRED BY STRIKE
Span/Eng/Nat
A general strike in the Dominican Republic has marred celebrations for baseball star Pedro Martinez who, on Tuesday, received the Cy Young prize for the U-S National League's top pitcher.
The young Montreal Expos baseball...
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: TROPICAL STORM MARCO POUNDS COUNTRY
Natural Sound
Tropical storm "Marco" pounded the Dominican Republic causing severe flooding and killing one man.
Rain saturated this Caribbean nation and 200 families were evacuated from their homes as the storm raged over the past...
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Locals protest DomRep restrictions, field hospital struggles
Malpasse
1. Dominican Republic soldier at the border gate stopping Haitians from crossing
2. Mid of Dominican Republic soldiers
3. Various of border crossing where Haitians are trying unsuccessfully to cross to the other side
4....
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Surgeons successfully remove second head from baby
1. Night shot of exterior of hospital in Santo Domingo
2. Parents Franklin Martinez and Maria Gisela Hiciano with baby Rebeca Martinez and surgical team getting out of elevator with nurses
2. Various of Rebeca in bed being moved into...
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Thousands evacuated as Hanna triggers flooding
1. Wide of big waves crashing ashore
2. Zoom through palm trees into waves crashing ashore
3. Wide of palm trees swaying in wind and waves in the background
4. Close of trees swaying with wind
5. Mid of sea
6. Mid of waves crashing...
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Rescue workers rush to collect bodies
1. Various of ruins of village
2. Woman walking in ruins in graveyard
3. Graveyard filled with ruins
4. Health workers arriving, masked against smell
5. Various of crowds of people gathered round back of truck dispensing aid, hands...
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Petrocaribe summit with Hugo Chavez and Raul Castro
1. Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez and Cuban interim President Raul Castro arriving at opening ceremony of Petrocaribe summit
2. Pull out of Chavez and Castro taking their seats
3. Wide of conference room
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Raul...
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: 12 KILLED BY HURRICANE GEORGE
Natural Sound
At least 12 people have been reported dead as Hurricane Georges blasted into the capital Santo Domingo causing heavy damage and flooding.
Hurricane Georges is one of the most powerful storms to hit the Caribbean in years...
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4:3 Hurricane Irene brushes northern coasts of DomRep, Haiti, moves on
Nagua, Dominican Republic
1. Mid of woman gathering belongings she used at shelter overnight
2. Wide of person moving carpet used as shelter material, woman and child walk into shot
3. Zoom out girl sleeping on floor
4. SOUNDBITE:...
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: CUBAN LEADER FIDEL CASTRO VISIT
Spanish/Nat
Cuban leader Fidel Castro attended the opening ceremony of a five day summit of 15 Caribbean leaders in the Dominican capital Santo Domingo.
He is in Santo Domingo at the invitation of Dominican president Leonel Fernandez for...
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Latin American leaders begin arriving in Santiago
August 16, 2001
1. Dominican Republic plane arriving
2. Dominican President Hipolito Mejia gets off
3. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Hippolito Mejia, President of the Dominican Republic
"My warmest salutations in the name of the Dominican people...
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+4:3 CANDIDATES CLOSE CAMPAIGN AHEAD OF ELECTIONS
The Dominican Republic will go to the polls on Sunday after one of its tightest presidential races of the past decades.
The two main contenders, Danilo Medina and Hipolito Mejia, already faced each other at the 2000 presidential...
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+4:3 Irene strengthens to Cat 3 over Bahamas; takes aim at US East Coast
Baracoa, Cuba
1. Various of waves crashing into walls and covering the Malecon, seaside avenue
2. Various of waves
3. Mid of woman with baby in window looking out to sea
4. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) vox pop, Marisleydis Bidot, resident of...
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Residents of southeastern Florida are being advised to keep an eye on Tropical Storm Noel. Forecasters say it could pass close to the state over the next few days. Its top sustained winds are near 40 miles per hour.
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HEADLINE: Tropical storm watch issued for Florida
CAPTION: A tropical storm watch has been issued for parts of southeast Florida. Tropical Storm Noel is gaining strength in the Atlantic after killing dozens in...
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Haitians mop up after Hurricane Sandy
1. Children walking through flooded streets
2. Young people working on clean up
3. Young man digging a trench to stop flood water
4. Wide of woman amid debris
5. Man standing on top of roof surrounded by clothes on washing line
6. Mid of...
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Haitians claim they gave their children to US Baptist missionaries
February 20, 2010
1. Wide set-up Regilus Chesnel (blue shirt) with reporters
2. Close up of card handed out by American missionaries detailing facilities being offered to children in the Dominican Republic
3. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Regilus...
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: BEACHES TEEMING WITH CHILD PROSTITUTES
Spanish/Nat
The Dominican Republic has acquired a reputation as a sexual paradise where under age sex can be bought for the price of a beer.
A recent study by UNICEF reports that up to 45 per cent of children are suffering from the twin...
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TAIWAN: TAIPEI: CHINA PROTESTS VICE PRESIDENT'S TRIP TO USA
English/Nat
Beijing is protesting over Taiwan's vice president being allowed into the U-S en route for the Dominican Republic next week.
Chinese politicians are furious, calling it \"transit diplomacy\".
Taiwan's foreign ministry is...
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Clashes with police, summit scenes, bilaterals
1. Various of protesters pushing down barricade of anti-riot police line
2. Demonstrators between police shields
3. Demonstrator covered with foam, attacking police
4. Demonstrators using a police barricade to break through police...