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Britain and France try to speed up peace process
1. Various arrival of Hubert Vedrine and Jack Straw at airport, being greeted by Rwandan officials
2. Various of foreign ministers meeting Rwandan President Paul Kagame
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Jack Straw British Foreign Secretary
" Are...
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SADC chairman to mediate between Mugabe and Tsvangirai
1. Wide of Joseph Kabila, President of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and chair of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) arriving
2. Kabila greeting people at hotel entrance
3. Wide of Kabila entering hotel
4. Close up of...
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US State Department comment on Nkunda and Kim Jong Il
1. Wide shot of first US State Department briefing since Secretary Hillary Clinton took over
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Robert Wood, State Department spokesman:
"His removal is a welcome step on the road to peace. He has caused nothing...
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Russian FM comments on NKorean missile launch
1. Wide exterior of Russian Foreign Ministry reception hall
2. Wide of meeting room as Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Foreign Minister Alexis Tambwe Muamba enter room
3. Mid of media
4. Wide...
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Exterior of nuclear agency in Kinshasa, comment
1. Sign at the Nuclear Centre in Kinshasa
2. Various exterior shots of centre
3. Set-up of the director of DR Congo's single nuclear centre Professor Fortunat Lumu outside his house
4. SOUNDBITE: (french) Professor Fortunat Lumu,Director...
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SYND 25 5 77 KING HASSAN OF MORROCO MAKES STATEMENT ABOUT ZAIRE
King Hassan of Morroco makes statement about supporting President Mobutu in Zaire with troops
1. mcu Hassan speaks SOUNDBITE (in Arabic)Film: Rev - Sound: Mag SOF - Colour B&W - NYFilm: No - LN Number: LN82794 - Available in HD
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GRAPHIC FOOTAGE of Congolese refugees massacre
Gatumba camp, Burundi
1. Wide of burnt camp tents, charred bodies
2. Mid shot of bodies covered with material
3. Close up of arm and hand
4. Woman screaming, calling for God
5. Wide of burnt tents with more charred bodies
6. Mid shot...
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SYND 8 6 78 CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER HUANG HUA SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE IN KINSHASA
Chinese Foreign Minister Huang Hua speaking at a press conference in Kinshasa, Zaire.
1. ms Hua arriving to press conference
2. ms Hua going inside with Zaire's Foreign Minister
3. ms Foreign Minister
4. ms Hua seated at mikes
5. ms...
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French president on visit, speech to parliament
1. Wide of airport entrance
2. Dancers
3. French President Nicolas Sarkozy stepping off plane
4. Sarkozy with officials
5. Mid of airport
6. Sarkozy waving in Parliament
7. Sarkozy seated next to DRC President Joseph Kabila
8. SOUNDBITE...
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SYND 10 6 77 ZAIRE PRESIDENT MOBUTO MEETS D'ESTAING
The President of Zaire, Mobuto Sese Seko, visits France and meets with the French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing at the Elysee Palace.
1. vs of the exterior of the Elysee and the guard of honour2. vs of Mobuto arriving by car and...
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SYND 13 4 77 ANGOLAN FOREIGN MINISTER PAOLO JORGE GIVES PRESS CONFERENCE ON ZAIRE INVASION
The Angolan government has warned France against letting the fighting in Zaire spread into Angola itself. A note sharply criticizing France for its support of the Zaire government was handed to the French Charge' d'Affaires in Luanda....
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Tribal fighters scale down presence in tense town
1. Thomas Lubanga, Chairman of Rebel Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC), arriving to cheering crowds
3. Militiamen holding back the crowd
4. Wide rooftop pan of rally
5. UPC fighters standing to attention
6. Close-up, UPC fighters at...
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UN humanitarian chief visits eastern borderlands where violence continues
Luhago camp for displaced people, 132 kilometres (83 miles) from Bukavu, eastern Congo
1. Sign near camp
3. UN peacekeeper
4. Wide of camp
5. Various of UN humanitarian chief Jan Egeland talking to woman, Madame Shabundu, who has fled...
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DRC President Joseph Kabila comments on Zimbabwe ahead of visit
1. Wide of President of Democratic Republic of Congo Joseph Kabila and South African President Jacob Zuma in news conference
2. Cutaway of media
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Joseph Kabila, President of Democratic Republic of Congo:
"I don't...
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Ben Affleck headlines pre-Oscars Congo charity event
AP Entertainment
West Hollywood, California, 18 February 2009
1. Wide of House of Blues club on Sunset Strip in West Hollywood
2. Wide of House of Blues club on Sunset Strip in West Hollywood
3. Close "Children Mending Hearts" logo at...
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UPITN 22 9 74 GEORGE FOREMAN INTERVIEWED IN KINSHASA
Boxer George Foreman is interviewed at the Inter-Continental Hotel in Kinshasa about the delayed date for his fight with Mohammed Ali
1. Ws and pan down Inter-Continental Hotel
2. ms Foreman in hotel walking to interview, plaster over...
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SYND 1 6 78 EUROPEAN REFUGEES LEAVE
European refugees leave Zaire after the massacres at Kolwezi where, despite an exodus of European technicians, the copper mines are beginning to get back into production.
1. ms European children getting off bus 2. ms children of refugees...
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Scientist says volcanic eruption in Congo imminent
1. Wide of volcano smoking
2. SOUNDBITE: (French) Dieudonne Wafula, Volcanologist:
"What we have is two very active volcanoes that are amongst the most active in the world. The Nyiragongo volcano is one of the most dangerous in the world...
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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon arrives for visit
1. Wide exterior of Johannesburg International Airport
2. Wide of the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, and South African Minister for Minerals and Energy, Bulelwa Sonjica, shaking hands
3. Cutaway of photographers
4. Ban and Sonjica...
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SYND 6 7 78 MORROCAN TROOPS ON PATROL IN LUBUMBASHI
Moroccan troops on patrol near the town of Lububashi in Shaba province, gathered there to protect Zaire from incursions by Katangan rebels.
1. mcu Moroccan soldier, armoured personnel drive past carriers in background
2. various of...
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Expert comment on situation in DRCongo; File
FILE Jomba, Angola - 29 November 2008
1. Democratic Republic of Congo rebel leader Laurent Nkunda greeting United Nations envoy, former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo and former president of Tanzania Benjamin Mkapa
2. Nkunda,...
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CONGO: SINGLE MILITARY FORCE CREATED IN BID TO END FIGHTING
Eng/French/Nat
The Congolese government has re invented its army, recruiting men from rival factions into the force in an effort to ease tensions between different ethnic groups.
But as Rwandan army soldiers who led the offensive which...
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SYND 19 2 76 SCENES AT THE FNLA HEADQUARTERS IN ZAIRE
Scenes at the FNLA headquarters in Zaire with wounded soldiers from the Angola fighting and a brief interview with FNLA leader Doctor, Holden Roberto. The whole future and structure of the FNLA group in Angola is now in doubt, as its...
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SYND 28 5 78 RELIEF SUPPLIES ARRIVE AT KOLWEZI BY RED CROSS TRAIN
A Red Cross train brought medical supplies and food - both of which are in short supply in the town of Kolwezi. Up to 200 whites and 300 Africans were killed during last week's brief but bloody occupation of the town by Katangese...