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Greek Orthodox Patriarch tries to seize church compound
1. Israeli police officers outside Greek Patriarchy compound
2. Various of clergy outside church talking to officers
3. Clergy and police gathered outside compound
4. Clergy arguing with man
5. Policeman watching
6. Clergyman walking...
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ROMANIA: POPE JOHN PAUL II VISIT
Bucharest, Romania - 7 May 1999
1. Plane taxis on runway
2. Cutaway of school children waiting to welcome him
3. Pope on steps of plane
4. Cutaway
5. Pope descends the steps of plane
6. Cutaway
7. Pope greeted at base of steps by...
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Damascus bishop promotes message of peace during Christmas mass
An Armenian bishop has called for peace in Syria, as Orthodox Christians marked Christmas Day.
Armach Nalbandian spoke as worshippers gathered for mass in Damascus.
Bells summon the faithful to Christmas Day mass.
Armenian Orthodox...
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Orthodox Kyrgyz jump into frozen lakes and rivers to celebrate Epiphany
1. Orthodox Christians gather at frozen lake to receive baptism
2. Wide of Russian Orthodox Priest, Igor Dronin preparing celebration
3. Close of bible held by priest
4. Mid of Priest Dronin during ceremony
5. Crowd gathering as...
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WRAP Centre for people displaced by crisis, Russian troops HRW s'bite
Gori
1. Various of Russian tank by billboard
2. United Nations vehicle on side of road
3. Set up shot of Marc Galasco, senior military analyst at Human Rights Watch
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Marc Galasco, senior military analyst at...
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Freed Pussy Riot member and husband of jailed musician react after appeal
AP Entertainment
Moscow, 10 October 2012
1. Wide of assembled crowding around Yekaterina Samutsevich, released member of Pussy Riot
2. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Yekaterina Samutsevich, released member of Pussy Riot punk band:
(Reporter asks...
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Orthodox Christians gather in Bethlehem to celebrate Christmas Eve
1. Mid of musicians playing pipes
2. Various of drummers
3. Wide of crowd watching procession
4. Mid of drummers
5. Mid of crowd watching
6. Various of pipers marching
7. Wide of pipers playing
8. Mid of piper
9. Wide of crowd
10....
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Thousands at service to greet relics of St. John the Baptist
1. Wide Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow
2. Wide shot Russian Patriarch Alexy II carrying gold shrine with relics of St. John the Baptist
3. Close up shrine
4. Wide shot people praying
5. Mid shot people crossing themselves
6....
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Trial of feminist punk rockers Pussy Riot continues, court interiors
Defence lawyers of Pussy Riot band arrived for another day of hearings on Friday as members of the feminist punk rock group stand trial for performing a 'punk prayer' against Russian President Vladimir Putin at Moscow's main Russian...
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Catholic church official says NKorea faithful said prayers for Pope Francis
1. Wide exterior of Changchun Catholic Church
2. Mid exterior of church
3. Wide pan of Kim Chol Ung, President of Changchun Catholic Church, member of Central Committee of Korean Catholics Association walking into church
4. Wide of altar...
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Priest who supported Pussy Riot protesters is defrocked by church
A small-town cleric in Russia who resigned from the Russian Orthodox church in a show of support for the Pussy Riot protest band said on Tuesday that they have exposed "the ills and blisters of society".
The feminist band staged an...
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Pontiff laments Armenians' deaths under Ottoman rule
1. Car driving by the Tsitsernagaberd Memorial
2. Guard of honour
3. Pope John Paul II getting out of the car
4. Cutaway to cameraman
5. Various of Pope going down the steps of memorial
6. Pan of memorial to flame
7. Close up of...
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USA: LAWMAKERS CONDEMN THE RECENT VIOLENCE IN KOSOVO
Eng/Serbo-Croat/Nat
Lawmakers in Washington on Wednesday condemned the recent ethnic violence in the turbulent Serbian Kosovo province.
Republicans said the U-S and its European allies weren't doing enough to end the crisis and expressed...
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Coptic Christians suffer persecution, attacks on churches as unrest grips country
Egyptian Christians ventured out to church on Sunday as Egypt continued to brace itself for more violence later in the day.
Further confrontation between the Muslim Brotherhood and security forces are expected later on Sunday.
In the...
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YUGOSLAVIA: CROWN PRINCE ALEKSANDAR KARADJORDJEVIC
Serbo-Croat/Nat
Yugoslavia's crown prince, Aleksandar Karadjordjevic, arrived in Belgrade to a warm welcome on Sunday, on his first visit to Serbia since Milosevic was ousted.
Addressing supporters, Prince Aleksandar Karadjordjevic...
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Russians to celebrate Orthodox Christmas
1. Wide shot exterior Cathedral of Christ the Saviour as seen across the ice-bound Moskva River
2. Wide shot golden church domes
3. Pan from Street to statue of Prince Yuri, the founder of Moscow, in Father Christmas attire
4. Close...
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Lawyer says guilty verdict inevitable, warns of violence
A lawyer for members of a feminist punk band who performed an anti-Vladimir Putin stunt in Moscow's main cathedral, said on Tuesday it was unlikely that the three women would be set free, and that a guilty verdict was more or less...
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Priest reacts as French police probe threats on Coptic Christians
1. Exterior of Coptic church with security barriers and police tape
2. Wide of sign at entrance of Coptic church, people entering
3. Close of sign
4. Father Guirguis Lucas inside church talking to journalists
5. SOUNDBITE (French)...
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RUSSIA: ORTHODOX CHRISTMAS
Russian/Nat
Hundreds of Russian believers prayed for good fortune in the year 2001 as Moscow's main church ushered in Orthodox Christmas on Sunday.
The service was held at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, whose reconstruction was...
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Serbia's President Boris Tadic formally inaugurated
1. Exterior of Serbian parliament building
2. Serbian flag outside parliament
3. Guard of honour outside parliament
4. US ambassador to Serbia, Cameron Munter, arriving
5. Serbian President, Boris Tadic, arriving and being greeted by...
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AP interview with moderate Serb leader on UN Kosovo report
1. Pan of United Nations (UN) envoy Martti Ahtisaari walking to UN building
2. Various of security
3. Exterior of UN building
4. SOUNDBITE: (Serbian ) Oliver Ivanovic, Kosovo Serb moderate leader:
"I have received the documents from...
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RUSSIA: POLICE DEFUSE SEVERAL LAND MINES PLACED INSIDE STATUE
Russian/Nat
Police in Moscow on Sunday defused several land mines that were placed inside a giant statue in the centre of the city.
A radical Communist group said it staged the incident to protest against plans to bury Bolshevik leader...
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Faithful celebrate Orthodox Christmas by burning yule logs
1. Wide of the yule logs being sold in park
2. Medium of the people in the park selling yule log branches
3. Man selling log branches to a customer
4. Wide of the patriarchal office in Belgrade
5. Medium of Amfilohije, Metropolitan of...
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Pope Francis calls for peace in Syria during Angelus address
Pope Francis prayed for peace in Syria and across the whole of the Middle East, during Sunday mass in Saint Peter square.
Pope Francis met with John X, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and as such, head all Greek Orthodox communities...