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KOSOVO: NATO'S NEW SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER VISITS
Natural Sound
U-S Air Force General, Joseph W. Ralston, travelled to Kosovo late on Friday for his first visit since being appointed NATO's Supreme Allied Commander.
He met with commanders of the NATO-led peacekeeping force and visited...
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YUGOSLAVIA: BELGRADE: SERBIAN CELEBRATE ORTHODOX EASTER
Serbo-Croat/Nat
Now the war is over, Serbians are celebrating Orthodox Easter with a sense of peace and hope for the future.
With their Easter falling one month after that of other Christian denominations, most Serbians see it as...
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GEORGIA: POPE JOHN PAUL II MEETS ORTHODOX PATRIARCH
Georgian/Nat
Pope John Paul II has visited the residence of the Orthodox Christian Patriarch, His Holiness Ilia II, on the first day of the papal tour of the ex-Soviet republic of Georgia.
The meeting between the two religious leaders...
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RUSSIA: ORTHODOX CHRISTMAS
Russian/Nat
It was Christmas Eve in Russia on Tuesday where the holy day is still determined by the ancient Julian calendar.
Orthodox churches across the nation held special Christmas eve masses to mark the event.
Russian Prime...
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Decorated ostrich eggs buck tradition
Beloostrov, Leningrad region - 23 March, 2010
1. Wide of ostrich farm, ostriches running out of the shed into corral
2. Close up of ostrich heads
3. Wide of ostriches in corral
4. Interior ostrich shed, wide of ostriches in shed
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President Assad visits church, meets senior figures
1. Tilt down on exterior al-Mariamieh Orthodox Church
2. Cross on church
3. Car of Syrian President Bashar Assad, arrives, he gets out and greets waiting senior religious figures: 1st man he greets is Ignace IV Hazim, Greek Orthodox...
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Serbia - Protest/Patriarch's message to government
Tens of thousands of people braved sub-zero temperatures in the Serbian capital Belgrade on Saturday (4/1) to protest against President Slododan Milosevic.
The Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church on Saturday again called for the...
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Newspaper headlines and reaction to authorities' plan to break up pro-Morsi protests
1. Wide of Tahrir Square
2. Wide of tents set up by opponents of ousted president Mohammed Morsi
3. Car driving around barbed wire set up by Morsi's opponents at entrance to square
4. Close of barbed wire
5. Wide of streetside newspaper...
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Nation mourns for victims of boat sinking; flags at half mast
Kazan
1. Mid, pan right of church service, in Peter and Paul Russian Orthodox Christian church, after a cruise ship sank amid wind and rain on Sunday. Russian Transport Minister Igor Levitin standing next to priest, pan right to...
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Pilgrims head to River Jordan for Epiphany
Qasr al Yahud, near Jericho
1. Pilgrims arriving at baptism site
2. Pilgrims lighting candles
3. Pan from river to pilgrims
4. Greek Orthodox clergymen marching
5. Patriarch Theophilos III throwing flowers into river, white dove flies...
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Bosnian Muslim widow wins battle to remove Serbian Orthodox church
Konjevic Polje village, 20 kilometres (12.4 miles) east of Srebrenica, 3 October 2007
1. Wide of land owner Fata Orlovic's land, with Serbian orthodox church in the foreground, Orlovic's house in the back
2. Close-up of cross on the...
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WEST BANK: ARCHEOLOGISTS DISCOVER ROCK WHERE MARY RESTED
Greek/English/Nat
Israeli archaeologists say they have discovered the rock where Mary, believed to be the virgin mother of Jesus Christ, stopped to rest on her way to Bethlehem.
Christians believe that Jesus, the son of God, was born...
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Egypt's Coptic Christians celebrate Christmas
1. Wide exterior of Abbasiya Cathedral, the Coptic church in Cairo
2. Close of cross on top of church
3. Pope Shenouda III arriving at mass
4. People cheering as Pope Shenouda III arrives
5. Mid of people at mass
6. Various of Pope...
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Politicians react to Putin's annual address to parliament
Russian politicians have given their reaction to President Vladimir Putin's 70-minute state-of-the-nation address on Thursday.
During his speech, addressed to both houses of the Russian parliament, Putin defended conservative values and...
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Demonstrations in support of jailed Pussy Riot punk band, lawyer, Kasparov, relatives
A Moscow judge sentenced three members of the provocative punk band Pussy Riot to two years in prison on hooliganism charges on Friday, following a trial seen around the world as an emblem of Russia's intolerance of dissent.
Nadezhda...
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Christian pilgrims attend traditional Easter "washing of the feet" ceremony
1. Church of the Holy Sepulchre
2. Thousands of Christian pilgrims arriving
3. Long shot mass inside the church
4. Close shot Mishel Sabah leading the mass
5. People praying
6. Priests praying
7. More of mass
8. Long shot thousands of...
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Eastern Orthodox clerics celebrate Easter with the "holy fire"
Jerusalem - 14 April 2012
1. Mid of Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem emerging from the Edicule, the small chamber marking the supposed site of Jesus'' tomb, with a lit torch, surrounded by guards
2. Wide top shot of Patriarch...
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Russia - Orthodox Church unveil Tsar monument
A new monument to commemorate Russia's last Tsar, Nicholas II was unveiled on Tuesday (28/7) in the town of Podolsk, 40km outside of Moscow. The ceremony was conducted by members of the Orthodox church who chose the occasion to bestow...
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Patriarch calls for Kosovo Serbs to stay; Thaci on border crossings
Mitrovica - 15 September 2011
1. Wide of Serbian Orthodox church on hill overlooking Mitrovica
2. Mid of people gathering at entrance to church
3. Close-up of Patriarch Irinej, Head of the Serb Orthodox Church, approaching church
4. Mid...
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Cuban dissidents ask US Greek Orthodox leaders to deliver msg Patriarch
1. Pan left dissidents entering US Chief of Mission's home
2. Close up Vladimiro Roca and Elizardo Sanchez greeting US Interests Section Chief, James Cason
3. Leader, Greek Orthodox Church US, Archbishop Demetrios entering Cason'S...
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RUSSIA: MOSCOW: ARGENTINE PRESIDENT CARLOS MENEM VISIT
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Argentine President Carlos Menem is continuing his Russian visit, hoping to increase
trade and map out plans for cooperation between the two countries in the next century.
On Friday, he is holding talks with Prime Minister...
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Orthodox believers brave cold waters to retrieve cross, attend mass
1. Wide of Patriarch Bartholomew I walking to the shore of the Golden Horn (an inlet of the Bosphorus)
2. Mid of Bartholomew I walking towards shore with clergy and worshippers
3. Wide of faithful in swimwear waiting on a boat for...
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YUGOSLAVIA: BELGRADE: RESIDENTS PRAY FOR PEACE
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Thousands of Belgrade residents gathered at the Vaznesnjska Church of Holy Assumption on Thursday to pray for peace on the official Saints Day of Belgrade.
The congregation spilled out onto the street outside, where...
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Muscovites enjoy the last day of annual pancake week
1. Wide shot Red Square
2. Wide shot people arriving at Red Square to mark the end of pancake week
3. Close up pancakes
4. Woman making pancakes
5. People waiting for pancakes
6. Close up pancake
7. Close up woman eating pancakes
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