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RUSSIA: STATUE OF TSAR NICHOLAS II UNVEILED
Russian/Nat
The unveiling of a monument to Russia's last Tsar, Nicholas II, has attracted a motley crew of nationalists, monarchists and fascist supporters.
A plaster model of the statue was blown up last November and a similar monument...
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Church goers reflect on austerity; security at parliament ahead of bailout vote
1. Wide of service inside Church of the Metamorphosis in Athens
2. Mid of priests in golden capes spread incense
3. Mid of candles and icon
4. Wide of congregation
5. Close of woman crossing herself
6. Wide of service
7. Various of...
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KOSOVO: ALBRIGHT VISIT (5)
English/Nat
U-S Secretary of State Madeleine Albright paid a one-day visit to Kosovo on Thursday to take a firsthand look at postwar reconstruction.
While she was granted an affectionate welcome by the ethnic Albanian community, she...
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RUSSIA: MOSCOW: PRESIDENT YELTSIN BEGINS HIS SECOND TERM
Russian/Nat
Boris Yeltsin began his second term in office with a promise to carry on with democratic reforms but the President looked exhausted at the country's first inaugural ceremony.
After an energetic election campaign, Yeltsin...
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Bomb threat report halts trial of Russian anti-Putin punk rockers
Court proceedings came to a halt on the fourth day of the trial of three members of the Russian punk band "Pussy Riot" Wednesday, following reports of a bomb threat.
The courthouse was ordered to evacuate and trained dogs were sent in...
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Trial continues for three members of punk band who are facing hooliganism charges
Three Russian feminist rockers, charged with hooliganism for performing a "punk prayer" against Vladimir Putin in Moscow's main cathedral, appeared in court on Tuesday (July 31), for a second day of trial.
The three members of the Pussy...
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Kosovo - Prayers for peace
Hundreds of Catholic Albanians on Sunday (15/03) gathered for a mass to pray for peace and remember those who died during the Serbian police assault on the village of Prekaz. At Sunday's mass in the Catholic cathedral in Pristina, the...
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YUGOSLAVIA: VOJISLAV KOSTUNICA PROFILE
Eng/Serbo-Croat/Nat
Vojislav Kostunica appears to have rekindled faith long lost among the Serbs.
The thousands of Yugoslavs who oppose the regime of Milosevic see the softly spoken law professor as a possible saviour.
Kostunica, who...
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Head of Serbian Orthodox church links Kosovo into Easter homily
Belgrade - 2 April 2006
1. Wide of Saint Sava Temple
2. Close-up of cross on top of temple
3. Head of Serbian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Pavle at microphones
4. SOUNDBITE: (Serbian) Patriarch Pavle, Head of Serbian Orthodox Church:
"In...
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SERBIA: BELGRADE: PROTESTERS GATHER ON ORTHODOX CHRISTMAS EVE
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Thousands of protestors gathered in the centre of Belgrade on Monday evening, in the latest demonstration against Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic.
The rally - marking Christmas Eve in the calendar of the Orthodox Church...
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JERUSALEM: LAST RESPECTS PAID TO DIODORUS THE 1ST
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Hundreds of Christian leaders and politicians on Thursday paid their last respects to Jerusalem's Greek Orthodox Patriarch, Diodorus the First.
The patriarch died late on Tuesday at the Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem.
He was...
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ITALY: ROME: RUSSIAN PRESIDENT BORIS YELTSIN VISIT
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Russian President Boris Yeltsin arrived on Monday for a three-day state visit to Italy and a meeting with Pope John Paul the Second at the Vatican.
He plans to meet with Italian business leaders and witness the signing of...
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Pro-Milosevic rally outside US embassy + brother comments
1. Pro-Milosevic demo outside the US Embassy in Moscow
2. Protesters waving Soviet flags with US flag over the Embassy in the background
3. Protesters
4. Woman holding the leaflet with Milosevic portrait and words "Freedom to Slobodan...
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YUGOSLAVIA: KOSOVO: PEC: KLA SOLDIER ARRESTED
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Italian K-FOR troops have arrested an armed Kosovo Liberation Army soldier in the southern Kosovan city of Pec.
The arrested man was brandishing a gun and grenade on the streets.
K-FOR is trying to cut violence in Kosovo...
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Orthodox Church faithful mark Epiphany with ice-cold swim
1. People outside Epiphany Cathedral in Moscow
2. Various of women pouring "holy water" from scoops into plastic bottles
3. Service inside Epiphany Cathedral
4. Metropolitan Kirill, interim patriarch of Russia
5. Icon
6. Believers...
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Kosovo Serbs celebrate Orthodox Christmas
1. Various of Kosovo Serbs walking and singing, holding branches
2. Mid of man cutting a branch from a tree
3. Various of tree being cut
4. Various of boys singing songs
5. SOUNDBITE: (Serbian) Vox pop, Marko Antic, Kosovo Serb:
"We...
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Swimmers brave cold waters to retrieve blessed cross
1. Mid of Orthodox Priest walking with cross
2. Wide of Priest throwing cross in the water and swimmers retrieving cross
3. Mid of swimmers kissing cross
4. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Vassilis Galanis, 32 years-old, private sector...
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Lebanese PM and Hezbollah react to deaths in Qana
1. Various exterior shots of Greek Orthodox Cathedral of Saint George
2. Interior of church with people holding mass
3. Various of mass and congregation
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): Archbishop Elias Audi, Metropolitan of Beirut:
"In these...
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Faithful gather for Easter service, cathedral lights
Night shots:
1. Wide shot onlookers in front of Cathedral of Christ the Saviour
2. Mid shot onlookers
3. Various of laser show on exterior of cathedral
4. Onlookers
5. Various of laser show
6. Mid shot Patriarch Alexy II, Moscow Mayor...
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Putin, Medvedev attend Easter service; Kosovo celebrations
Moscow, Russia
1. Wide exterior of Christ the Saviour Cathedral
2. Wide of Easter Liturgy led by Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, pan across people in cathedral
3. Mid of gold cross with congregation behind
4. Close up of Patriarch...
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Church service for victims of Saturday's suicide attacks
1. View of Kremlin from river
2. Christ the Saviour Cathedral
3. Pan from dome of cathedral to memorial service
4. Close up candles
5. People praying
6. Priest saying service
7. Woman listening to priest
8. Close up candles
9....
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Orthodox Russians make preparations a day before Easter
1. Wide of Trinity Church
2. People standing around a table with Easter cakes and painted eggs
3. Zoom in to cake on table
4. Priest blessing the cakes and the eggs
5. Woman lighting a candle
6. Various of priest blessing cakes and...
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RUSSIA: MOSCOW: ORTHODOX CHURCH DENOUNCES PRESIDENT YELTSIN
Russian/Eng/Nat
The Russian Orthodox Church on Thursday denounced President Boris Yeltsin's vetoing of a law that would have strengthened its grip on the country's faithful.
Yeltsin received complaints from the Pope and a threat by the...
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BOSNIA: YUGOSLAV PRESIDENT KOSTUNICA VISIT (2)
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Yugoslavia's new president averted a diplomatic debacle by meeting Bosnia's political leaders on Sunday, defusing anger over a decision to use his first visit to the country to attend the reburial of a prominent Serb...