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Tension in Monetenegro over religious rights law
Dozens of police were deployed in Montenegro on Monday during Orthodox Christmas Eve celebrations amid tensions over a religious rights law in the small Balkan country.
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Serbs protest against religious rights law
Hundreds of people gathered outside a prominent Serbian orthodox church in Belgrade on Friday to protest against the new religious rights law adopted by the Montenegro government.
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Russia hails military ties with Serbia
Russian military cooperation with Serbia has reached a "high level of partnership", Russia’s defense minister said Monday as he visited his Balkan ally amid rising tensions in the volatile region.
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Religious groups in dispute over repairs to Church of Holy Sepulcher
16 October 2008
1. Pan from dome of Church of the Holy Sepulcher to roof of Deir el-Sultan monastery
2. Wide of roof of damaged hut
3. Tilt-up from visitors passing by to damaged hut
4. Zoom out from damaged hut to visitors gathered...
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Fire at art market
1. Wide of blaze at Izmailovsky Vernisazh market
2. Various of flames and smoke
3. Fire engine
4. Wide of flames raging out of building roof
5. Various of tower on fire
6. Wide of tower, smoke
7. Wide of scene of fire, flames, charred...
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Authenticity of Czar family remains questioned in Russia
Saint-Petersburg, Russia,1998
1. Various of royal family funeral ceremony
Location and exact date unknown, 1910s
2. Various of Czar family
Yekaterinburg, Russia - August 2007
3. Wide of experts at the site where the remains of Princess...
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YUGOSLAVIA: KOSOVO: BURNING AND LOOTING CONTINUES
Natural Sound
The burning and looting of Orthodox churches and the homes of Serb civilians continued in western Kosovo on Tuesday.
Despite pleas by the Serbian Orthodox clergy for Serbs to remain in the area, thousands are fleeing.
In...
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Francis meets religious leaders at Catholic University, meets orphans at orphanage
Pope Francis ended his trip to Albania on Sunday by paying a visit to an orphanage and addressing religious leaders at a Catholic university in the capital.
Security was unusually tight for the pope's first trip to a majority Muslim...
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Orthodox priests claim to be able to cure HIV with holy water
Entoto Mountain
1. Various of Father Bahetawi Gebremedhin from St Mary's Church walking down mountain to showering hall
2. Various people walking towards church
3. Wide of ritual hall
4. Wide of people gathering at ritual hall
5. Wide of...
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Speech by Vatican official holding talks with Orthodox leaders
1. Wide shot of Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Moscow
2. Mid shot Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
3. Wide shot of Cardinal Walter Kasper and a priest walking in to service
4. Wide shot congregation
5. SOUNDBITE 1...
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Turkey - Royal baptism
The former King of Greece, King Constantine, was joined by the members of several royal families at the baptism of his granddaughter in Istabul, Turkey on Sunday (22/12). The Prince of Wales, Spain's Queen Sophia, who is also...
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Mourners watch Pope funeral, prayers in Moscow, Vilnius
Vilnius, Lithuania
1. Wide shot City of Vilnius
2. Wide shot Vilnius
3. Wide shot open air mass
4. Mid shot mass
5. Close-up priest hands out communion
6. Wide shot street
7. Mid shot ceremonial tree being planted in honour of Pope John...
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South Korean Catholics given rare permission to mark cathedral anniversary in Pyongyang
A group of South Korean Catholics from Seoul were granted rare permission to attend Mass in the North Korean capital Pyongyang on Sunday.
The service was the mark the 25th anniversary of the opening of the Jangchung Cathedral.
Twelve...
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SYND 11 8 74 MAKARIOS ARRIVES AT GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH
President of Cypru Archbishop Makarios III arriving at All Saints Greek orthodox church in London.
1. ws exterior All Saints church; crowds throw roase petals
2. ws Makarios makes church entrance
3. ws scuffles in crowd
4. ms Makarios...
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Church ceremony, Patriarch, protest
1. Pan down exterior of Greek Orthodox Church in Fener district
2. Entrance of the church
3. People kissing icons of Jesus and Mary next to candles
4. Interior of the church during ceremony
5. Congregation watching the ceremony
6....
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WRAP Georgian soldiers freed, Russians in Poti, mass, displaced
Poti
1. Various of Poti port in the distance
2. Wide of flags at Russian base on outskirts of Poti
3. Wide of Russian soldiers standing on armoured vehicle
4. Tank covered by tent in Russian base
5. Wide of Russian soldier walking with...
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RUSSIA: MOSCOW: ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS CELEBRATE EASTER
Russian/Nat
Today (Sunday) millions of Orthodox Russian Christians are celebrating their Easter.
After seventy years of oppression under the Communism the Orthodox Church is now free to go about its business.
But its the business aspect...
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Highlights from Russia, Bosnia and Kosovo
Moscow, Russia
1. People walking near pond with Ostankino Church of Trinity in background
2. Various of marchers from "Movement Against Illegal Immigration" (DPNI) and other nationalist organisations marching with DPNI flags and...
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Christians are baptised in the River Jordan
1. Various of faithful submerging themselves in the River Jordan
2. Various of Jordanian soldiers watching
3. Various of Israeli soldiers watching
4. Various of Greek Orthodox priests on river bank blessing wreathes
5. Wide shot of...
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KOSOVO: PRISTINA: NATO CHIEF SOLANA VISIT UPDATE (2)
English/Nat
NATO Secretary General Javier Solana said on Thursday K-FOR would protect all of those in Kosovo, regardless of their ethnic background.
He was speaking after several days of escalating violence between ethnic Albanians and...
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WRAP Polls close in Lebanese elections, counting begins
1. Exterior shot for polling station
2. Wide of voters climbing the stairs to the polling station
3. Various of voting
4. Voting officials inside polling station
5. Senior electoral assistance expert Nguyen Dong inside polling station
6....
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KOSOVO: UN KOSOVO ENVOY KOUCHNER VISIT
Eng/Albanian/Nat
The end of the holy month of Ramadan was marked by both violent attacks and peaceful celebrations in the Kosovan republic.
U-N police and Yugoslav media reported that Ethnic Albanians had attacked Serbs in a series of...
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RUSSIA: NORWEGIAN PM KJELL MAGNE BUNDEVIK VISIT (2)
Russian/Nat
The Norwegian Prime Minister, Kjell Magne Bundevik, is in Moscow for a two-day visit to the Russian capital.
The visit was aimed at improving bilateral ties between Norway and Russia but it also gave Bundevik the opportunity...