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Mass baptism site to be opened near heavily mined area
1. Wide of baptism site
2. Mid of sign reading (English/Hebrew/Arabic): "Danger mines!"
3. Mid of soldiers
4. Pull out of Silvan Shalom, Israeli Vice Prime Minister and Minister for Regional Development, unveiling sign at opening...
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Officials declare Saakashvili winner, Christmas service
1. Set-up shot of Head of Georgia's Central Election Commission, Levan Tarkhnishvili
2. Cutaway of reporters
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Levan Tarkhnishvili, Head of Georgia's Central Election Commission:
"The leading candidate is...
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Nestinari dancers perform ritual firedance
1. Wide of a Nestinari woman dancing around smouldering embers, illuminated by flashing cameras
2. Close of smouldering embers
3. Wide of dancer spreading smouldering embers into the shape of a sun
4. Mid of dancer spreading smouldering...
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Orthodox Christians in Bulgaria, WBank, Turkey celebrate Epiphany, prepare for Christmas
Orthodox Christians celebrated the feast of Epiphany on Monday - some by leaping into the icy waters of a river in rural Bulgaria, others by attending a colourful parade of musicians in the West Bank town of Bethlehem.
Epiphany is held...
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SERBIA: BELGRADE: PROTESTS KEEP PRESSURE UP ON GOVERNMENT
Eng/Serbo-Croat/Nat
Yugoslavia's foreign minister conceded Friday that opponents of President Slobodan Milosevic had won a majority of Belgrade's municipal districts in November's elections.
Opposition leaders claimed the government...
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YUGO: ALLIANCE FOR CHANGE RALLIES
Serbo-Croat/Nat
Politicians from the Alliance for Change spoke in the Yugoslav town of Krusevac on Sunday to an enthusiastic crowd of several thousand people.
The group is leading demonstrations around the country calling for Milosevic...
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BOSNIA: SARAJEVO: SERBIAN GROUP AWARDED "ALTERNATIVE" NOBEL PRIZE
Serbo Croat/Eng/French
A Sarajevo-based Serbian group which opposes ethnic cleansing was one of the four winners of the annual ``alternative Nobel Prize'.
The ``Serb Civic Council of Sarajevo' (SSCS) was recognised on Wednesday for its...
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Feminist punk protesters on trial for anti-Putin demo in church
Three feminist punk rockers have gone on trial in Moscow for performing a "punk prayer" against President Vladimir Putin from the pulpit of Russia's largest cathedral.
The women - all members of the band Pussy Riot - face a possible...
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SERBIA: BELGRADE: ORTHODOX CHURCH CRITICISES PRESIDENT MILOSEVIC
English/Nat
The Orthodox Church has issued its toughest criticism ever of President Slobodan Milosevic on Thursday, accusing him of trying to set Serb against Serb in order to maintain power.
Church leaders met in an emergency session on...
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SERBIA: BELGRADE: PROTESTERS CLASH WITH POLICE (2)
Natural Sound
Baton-wielding police fired tear gas into crowds of stone-throwing protesters in Belgrade on Thursday.
The tensions followed President Slobodan Milosevic's crackdown on non-government media.
Hundreds of police in full riot...
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Pope Francis says terrorist acts committed by Muslims are not true reflection of Islam
Pope Francis gave a wide-ranging interview onboard the papal plane from Istanbul to Rome on Sunday, covering Islamophobia, his decision to pray with Istanbul's Grand Mufti and his hopes to visit Moscow.
Francis spent 45 minutes speaking...
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SERBIA: BELGRADE: OPPOSITION LEADERS CALL FOR MILOSEVIC RESIGNATION
Eng/Serbo-Croat/Nat
As opposition to the Yugoslav President appears to be gathering momentum across Serbia, Serb opposition leaders renewed their call for Slobodan Milosevic's resignation.
The opposition Democratic Party held a meeting...
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Serb protesters clash with police and NATO peacekeepers
1. Wide of riot police walking towards protest
2. Mid of police officer with rifle
3. Wide of police standing next to protesters, people watching from bridge
4. Mid of protester holding flare up behind police line
5. Smoke and flame...
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WRAP Medvedev arrives in Cuba, talks with Raul Castro, visits cathedral
1. Russian president's plane arriving at Havana airport
2. Wide Cuban officials waiting
3. Wide of airport entrance
4. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev shaking hands with Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque (left) and other Cuban...
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BOSNIA: HEAD OF RUSSIA'S ORTHODOX CHURCH CELEBRATES CHRISTMAS
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The Head of Russia's Othordox Church, Patriarch Nikolai, celebrated Christmas in Sarajevo on Wednesday - as the city's Christians celebrated a peaceful festival.
The city has seen a series of Christmas services - attended...
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Protesters outside trial of Pussy Riot punk band
Three protestors were arrested Friday after climbing on to the balcony of a building near a Moscow courthouse and chanting their support for three members of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot who were standing trial inside.
The...
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NEWS FEATURE View of Serbs ahead of Kosovo status talks at UN
Belgrade
1. Wide of dome of St Sava Cathedral
2. Exterior of St Alexander Nevski church downtown
3. SOUNDBITE: (Serbian) Father Radivoje Panic, Serbian Orthodox priest
"We are not denying any right to the (ethnic Albanian) majority...
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BELGRADE: MASS BLESSING FOR PEOPLE OF SERBIA
Natural Sound
On Friday in Belgrade thousands of people joined Patriarch Pavle, head of the Serbian Christian Orthodox church, in a mass open air service of blessing for the people of Serbia.
The impromptu service was held outside the...
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Swimmers take part in traditional celebration of Epiphany
1. Serbian Orthodox Patriarch Irinej arriving
2. Wide of audience
3. Various of Patriarch Irenej conducting ceremony
4. Various of audience
5. Two men dressed as knights bring the cross of honour
6. Cutaway of audience
7. Swimmers...
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Russia - Stolichny Bank's Gold For Cathedral
In the one of the most significant charitable acts in recent
Russian history, a Russian bank on Thursday (17/8) donated more
tha 50 kilogrammes of gold to the Russian Orthodox Church. The
gold will be used to decorate the cupola of the...
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KOSOVO: MITROVICA: EASTER CELEBRATION TENSION
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During the Easter weekend of the Serb orthodox church KFOR troops are escorting Serbs to and from Church services.
Tensions remain high on both sides of this ethnically divided town and hundreds of KFOR troops are...
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Medvedev and Putin attend Orthodox Easter Mass
1. Mid of Russian Patriarch Kirill during Orthodox Easter Mass
2. Wide of faithful holding candles and crossing themselves
3. Wide of Patriarch Kirill blessing the faithful
4. Wide of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev with wife Svetlana,...
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Christian, Muslim leaders urge followers to end violence
1. Mid of Pope Shenouda III arriving
2. Wide of Sheik Ahmed al-Tayeb, the grand Imam of Cairo's al-Azhar mosque, arriving
3. Various of meeting between Sheik Ahmed al-Tayeb and Pope Shenouda III
4. Various of officials
5. Wide pan...
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Palestinian leader Abbas meets Russian Foreign Minister
1. Exterior of Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2. Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov entering meeting room, shaking hands
3. Press
4. Delegations sit at table
5. Lavrov and Russian delegation...