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Gaza/Bethlehem - Protest against education cuts
Palestinian schoolchildren and their parents abandoned
classrooms on Saturday, staging a walkout in protest at big cuts
in education assistance by the United Nations Relief and Works
Agency (UNRWA).
In Bethlehem, on the West Bank, about...
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President Barack Obama takes a first step toward national health care Thursday when he presents his first budget, a document that also includes an additional $750 billion _ if needed _ to rescue America's troubled financial system.
HEADLINE: Obama pledges to slash spending by $2 trillion
CAPTION: President Barack Obama is promising to slash federal spending by $2 trillion, even as the administration initially invests large sums of money to revive the faltering...
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US President comments on domestic affairs
1. Wide shot of US President Barack Obama during Associated Press interview
2. Cutaway of interviewer
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Barack Obama, US President:
"Well first of all, I'm confident we're going to raise the debt limit. We always...
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USA: PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON'S ECONOMY SPEECH
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President Clinton has admitted there's little his administration can do to halt the dollar's continuing slide on foreign currency markets.
But he says the U-S wants a strong dollar and insists America's economy is sound. ...
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USA: PRESIDENT CLINTON 1 DAY BEFORE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL
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A day before his impeachment hearing starts, President Bill Clinton went ahead with presidential duties.
At a White House ceremony, he announced a new projection for the current fiscal year's surplus: 76 billion (B) U-S...
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Members of a special House-Senate deficit-cutting "supercommittee" urged their colleagues Tuesday to go beyond the panel's minimum spending-cut target of $1.2 trillion over the coming decade1
HEADLINE: Obama's jobs plan complicates task of debt panel
CAPTION: Members of a special House-Senate deficit-cutting "supercommittee" urged their colleagues Tuesday to go beyond the panel's minimum spending-cut target of $1.2 trillion...
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USA: WASHINGTON: CLINTON & CONGRESS FINALLY AGREE ON 1996 BUDGET
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President Clinton and the Republican-controlled Congress have finally come to an agreement on the federal budget for 1996.
With a strong majority of both parties, the House and the Senate voted to move the 160 (b) billion...
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USA: PRESIDENT CLINTON CELEBRATES 500 BILLION DOLLAR 1993 BUDGET
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U-S President Bill Clinton has been celebrating the 500 (b) billion dollar 1993 budget that he credits with setting the U-S economy on the path to prosperity.
The celebration took place on Thursday evening at the White...
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CHINA: SOARING TRADE DEFICIT WITH US THREATENS TO SPOIL RELATIONS
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China's soaring trade deficit with the United States threatens to spoil steadily improving relations, a senior US trade official warned on Wednesday.
US Undersecretary of Commerce David Aaron urged Chinese trade and industry...
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Congress sent President Barack Obama hard-fought legislation cutting a record $38 billion from federal spending on Thursday, bestowing bipartisan support on the first major compromise between the White House and newly empowered Republicans in Congress.
HEADLINE: Congress OKs big budget cuts
CAPTION:Congress sent Pres. Barack Obama hard-fought measure cutting a record $38 billion from federal spending, giving bipartisan support to the first major compromise between the White House and...
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Members speak ahead of vote, protests, vox pops
AP Television
1. Wide of US Capitol
2. Pan of health care bill opponents singing and holding signs in front of Capitol
3. Protesters cheering
4. Tight shot of sign reading "Stop gov''t take-over of health care"
5. SOUNDBITE: (English)...
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Italy - Lloyd Bentsen Comments After G-7 Summit
Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen refused on Sunday (10/7) to
predict how currency markets might react following the conclusion
of the G-7 summit in Naples. This year's annual meeting of the
world's seven largest economies opened with low...
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President Barack Obama's $3.5 trillion-plus budget plan will likely be ignored by resurgent Republicans intent on cutting tens of billions of dollars from the president's old budget
HEADLINE:Obama takes scalpel to budget, avoiding pain
CAPTION: President Barack Obama's $3.5 trillion-plus budget plan will likely be ignored by resurgent Republicans intent on cutting tens of billions of dollars from the president's...
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Reax and analysis as Palestinian PM attends annual donor meeting
Ramallah, West Bank
1. Wide of people marching
2. Mid of women walking holding banners
3. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Sabri Abu Maria, a teacher from Ramallah:
"Unfortunately, the economic situation here is very bad. That can affect the...
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Republicans showed new signs of flexibility to break a budget impasse Wednesday, but the White House raised the ante, pushing for more deficit reduction and casting the GOP as defenders of corporate tax giveaways.
HEADLINE: Obama raises stakes on deficit reduction
CAPTION: Republicans showed new signs of flexibility to break a budget impasse Wednesday, but the White House raised the ante, pushing for more deficit reduction and casting the GOP as...
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Drawing a bright line with congressional Republicans, President Obama is proposing $1.5 trillion in new tax revenue as part of his long-term deficit reduction plan.
HEADLINE: Obama to propose $1.5 trillion in new tax revenue
CAPTION: Drawing a bright line with congressional Republicans, President Obama is proposing $1.5 trillion in new tax revenue as part of his long-term deficit reduction plan. ...
Bloomberg
Frances Valls to Meet Merkel in Berlin
Sept. 22 -- Bloomberg's Hans Nichols reports on French Prime Minister Manuel Valls trip to Germany to visit with Angela Merkel and what the countries are trying to accomplish with Mark Barton on Countdown. (Source: Bloomberg)
Bloomberg
Australia's August Trade Deficit Better Than Expected
Oct. 2 -- Bloomberg's Paul Allen reports on Australia's August trade balance. He speaks on ""On The Move Asia."" (Source: Bloomberg)
Bloomberg
Japan October Exports Rise 9.6% on Year
Nov. 20 -- Japan releases its latest trade figures for October with exports beating estimates. Bloomberg's John Dawson reports on First Up. (Source: Bloomberg)
Bloomberg
Voter Frustration Will Spur GOP Senate Win: Gregg
Nov. 4 ""Former Democratic Senator Kent Conrad and Former Republican Senator Judd Gregg preview the midterm elections and outlook for the government if the Republicans win a majority in the Senate. They speak on Bloomberg Television's...
Bloomberg
U.S. Budget Deficit Falls to Six-Year Low of $483B
Nov. 4 -- Bloomberg's Scarlet Fu reports on today's top news stories on Market Makers.
Bloomberg
Australia Sept. Employment Change Revised to 23,700 Loss
Nov. 4 -- Bloomberg's Paul Allen reports on Australia's revised jobs data. He speaks with Bloomberg's Angie Lau on ""First Up."" (Source: Bloomberg)
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USA: PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON'S TV NEWS CONFERENCE
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President Clinton has said he is strongly against to proposed sales of nuclear reactors by Russia and China to Iran,
He is especially concerned in the light of information from U-S intelligence agencies that Iran is...