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Taiwan pres meets journalists after inauguration of Dom Rep president
True Date Created = 17/08/2008
1. Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou arriving to meet with journalists
2. Wide shot Ma Ying-jeou seated at table talking
3. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin) Ma Ying-jeou, Taiwanese President:
"If a country's condition...
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: POLITICAL LEADERS CALL FOR A END TO VIOLENCE
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Political leaders in the Dominican Republic have pleaded for an end to the violence that has plagued the country's current electoral campaign.
The election, which takes place in 10 days time, has sparked confrontations...
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WRAP US Baptists charged in child quake victim case, lawyer
1. Various of two of the missionaries leaving courtroom surrounded by police and media
2. Various of missionaries entering vehicle surrounded by media
3. Two of the missionaries waiting inside courtroom
4. Two of the missionaries...
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Dominican Republic - Election Results Protest
In response to early results, hundreds of angry supporters of the main opponent for the Presidency of the Dominican Republic, Jose Francisco Pena Gomez, burned tyres and threw stones claiming the Republic's election was a fraud.
people...
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PERU: LIMA: LATEST HOSTAGE RELEASES STILL LEAVES 80 HELD CAPTIVE
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Some 80 hostages remain inside the Japanese ambassador's residence in Lima after Tupac Amaru rebels released 20 more hostages, including two ambassadors.
The latest releases on Saturday follow the first face-to-face talks...
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Judge frees 8 of 10 US missionaries; lawyer, Preval; airport arrival
1. Various of eight US missionaries leaving jail
2. Various of eight US missionaries in vehicle leaving jail
3. Wide of tarmac at Port au Prince international airport
4. Various of released US missionaries at airport, surrounded by...
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION UPDATE
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Residents of the Dominican Republic spent their Sunday casting ballots for the man who will succeed Joaquin Balaguer-- president of this Caribbean country for 22 of the past 30 years.
It's a close race... social democrat Jose...
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WRAP Haiti judge frees 8 of 10 American missionaries; lawyer, Preval sbites
1. Various of eight US missionaries leaving jail
2. Various of eight US missionaries in vehicle leaving jail
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Aviol Fleurant, Lawyer for US Missionaries:
"Only Laura Silsby and Charisa Coulter will stay in jail for...
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Colombia President Uribe shakes hands with Chavez, Correa
1. Pan of summit, officials clapping
2. Mid of Colombian President Alvaro Uribe
3. Mid of Dominican President Leonel Fernandez (right)
4. Uribe walking over to shake hands with Ecuadorean president Rafael Correa
5. Venezuelan...
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Parents reunited with children they handed to US Baptists
1. Various of SOS Orphanage where children were being kept
2. Parents being reunited with their children
3. Mid shot of children
4. Various of children with their parents
5. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Florence Avrilier, Parent:
"I''m very...
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PERU: AREQUIPA: ALBERTO FUJIMORI VISITS VICTIMS OF MUDSLIDE DISASTER
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A day after his return from Cuba, President Alberto Fujimori was again away from Lima.
This time the Peruvian leader went on a sympathy mission to the southern village of Arequipa, where a killer mud slide caused the death...
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Haiti childbeggars sign of economic gulf between neighbours
Santo Domingo, 2 August 2010
1. Various of Haitian children in the streets of the capital offering to clean car windshields
Santo Domingo, 3 August 2010
2. Pan down of photo of children to Estibaliz Ladron de Guevara at Ninos del Camino...
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: COLUMBUS LIGHTHOUSE IS LARGEST IN THE AMERICAS
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The Dominican Republic is the home of the largest lighthouse in the Americas.
The Columbus Lighthouse was named after Christopher Columbus who arrived in Hispaniola in 1492.
But the government has been criticised for...
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Chaos on streets following Aristide's departure from Haiti
1. Plane taxiing on runway and taking off
2. Various of people and fires in street
3. Presidential palace
4. Rubble on streets
5. Various of security
7. Various of US Marines at US embassy
8. Various of Port-au-Prince skyline
9....
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Singer Wyclef Jean to run for president, reax
music/video/performance rights must be cleared
FILE: Gonaives, Haiti - 14 September 2008
1. US-Haitian musician Wyclef Jean exiting helicopter
2. Various of Jean and US actor Matt Damon handing out beans to victims of August 2008...
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Isaac drenches Haiti, heads toward Cuba, Florida
Rains from Tropical Storm Isaac left heavy flooding in Haiti's capital of Port au Prince and damaged camps that play home to victims of the 2010 earthquake.
Residents waded through flooded streets in waters that reached up to their...
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PERU: LIMA: BEAUTY QUEEN STRIPPED OF HER TITLE
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Miss Perú 1999, Rosa Elvira Cartagena, has been stripped of her title after it was discovered she lied about winning another international title.
The tall, dark haired Cartagena claimed she had won a beauty queen contest...
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Haitian police detained a group of Americans on Saturday on suspicion of trying to take children out of the country without proper papers amid the chaos following the Jan. 12 earthquake.
HEADLINE: Haiti detains Americans taking kids over border
CAPTION: Haitian police detained a group of Americans on Saturday on suspicion of trying to take children out of the country without proper papers amid the chaos following the...
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WRAP Dominican decide on giving president third term ADDS observer comment
1. Wide exterior of voting centre
2. Various of voters lined up outside centre
3. Various of election staff processing voters
4. Woman voting
5. Cameramen at news conference
6. Wide of Organisation of American States (OAS) observer panel...
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION UPDATE
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The candidate favoured by the long-time president of the Dominican Republic, Joaquin Balaguer, has taken an early lead in elections to succeed him.
With results in from 68 per cent of the 9,946 polling stations, attorney...
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Dominican authorities expel 244 Haitians after 3 people killed along Haiti-Dominican Republic border
Haitians expelled from the Dominican Republic were taken to a shelter north of Port-au-Prince on Sunday where they received food and money to help them return to their former Haitian towns.
According to migrant advocates, the Dominican...
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Haiti's singer-turned-president joins Julio Iglesias at charity concert
1. Zoom in of Haiti president Michel Martelly walking from his seat in the audience to the stage perform a duet with singer Julio Iglesias, AUDIO: audience cheering and clapping
2. Mid pan of audience applauding
3. Mid of Iglesias and...
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: 4 DEMONSTRATORS DIE IN CLASHES WITH POLICE
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An estimated four people have died in violent clashes with police this week around the Dominican Republic's capital Santo Domingo.
The victims died as hundreds demonstrated at poor living conditions and lack of domestic power...
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CARIBBEAN: HURRICANE GEORGE UPDATE
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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...