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WRAP Christmas preparations in Moscow and Bethlehem
Bethlehem, West Bank
1. Scouts marching in Manger Square
2. Drummers marching
3. Scouts marching with flags
4. Pipe band marching
5. Girl scouts marching
6. Close shot of candles, pull out to medium shot
7. Various shots of children...
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Voting in EU elections in Italy, Greece and Germany
Athens
1. Wide of Parliament
2. Mid of pedestrians near Parliament
3. Wide of main square Constitution Square
4. Wide of entrance to school, where voting takes place
5. Close up of sign
6. Wide of interior of school
7. Mid of...
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YUGOSLAVIA: KOSOVO: PATRIARCH VISITS REFUGEES IN MONASTRY
Serbo-Croat/Nat
The head of the Serbian Orthodox Church on Tuesday heard the fears of 100 Serb civilians when he visited the monastery where they have been in hiding for the past 10 days.
Patriarch Pavle did his best to reassure the...
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Christians in Gaza hold Sunday Mass in the middle of conflict
Dozens attended mass in the Christian Orthodox church of St. Porphyrios on Sunday in Gaza, to pray for peace in the region even as violence raged.
The cemetery outside the church was damaged in an Israeli strike last month.
Israel...
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GREECE: ATHENS: GENERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGNING
Natural Sound
Hundreds of thousands of Greeks have been swarming to the provinces ahead of Sunday's general election.
Campaigning is not permitted on Saturday, so as to allow Greece's nearly nine (m) million registered voters a day of...
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RUSSIA: REACTION TO PUTIN'S STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH
Russian/Eng/Nat
Leading Russian politicians on Saturday welcomed the debut state of the union address by President Vladimir Putin.
The Russian leader had told them that only a strong, unified government with a clearly defined division of...
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Greek Orthodox church's leader comments after transplant delay
1. Exterior of St. Sophia church
2. Various of Archbishop Christodoulos, the Archbishop of Athens and all Greece arriving at St. Sophia church
3. Christodoulos walking along, UPSOUND: (English)
(Reporter Question: How are you...
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Highlights of the Pope's first day in Armenia
1. Plane taxiing
2. Honour guard
3. Pope waving to crowd
4. Flags
5. Pope getting into car
6. Car driving away
7. Pope and Armenian Patriarch Karekin II
8. Karekin II shows Pope book
9. Close up on Pope
10. Wide shot pan down of church...
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Polls open, Hariri's son, widow voting
1. Soldier standing in street
2. Army vehicle parked on the street
3. Mid view of soldier watching traffic from the turret of the army vehicle
4. Mid view of army vehicle parked next to election poster
5. Various of EU monitoring team...
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Lawyers on postponement of appeal, protest in support of band members
Moscow
1. Various of believers praying in front of court building
2. Close of man with cross
3. Mid of defence lawyers
5. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Violetta Volkova, defence lawyer:
"If the sentence goes into effect, if it's not significantly...
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Historic city marks 300th anniversary
1. Wide shot exterior of St. Peter's and Paul's fortress
2. Mid shot of people on the embankment
3. Wide shot of religious procession on Palace Square
4. Wide shot of procession
5. Mid shot of procession
6. Mid tracking shot of Russian...
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WRAP Thaci independence bite, Kosovo Serb and Albanian vox pops, KFOR troops
Prekaz, Kosovo
1. Wide of Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci arriving at Albanian cemetery
2. Thaci laying down flowers at cemetery
3. SOUNDBITE: (Albanian) Hashim Thaci, Kosovo Prime Minister:
"Tomorrow is a historic day in our...
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YUGOSLAVIA: KOSOVO: SERB HOUSES SET ON FIRE
Albanian/Nat
Violence against Kosovar Serbs continues as ethnic Albanians return to their shattered homes.
In the latest incident Serb houses were set on fire and an Orthodox church ransacked in the village of Poplan in Kosovo on...
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TURKEY: ORTHODOX COMMUNITY CELEBRATE BAPTISM OF CHRIST
Turkish/Nat
The Greek Orthodox community of Turkey celebrated the baptism of Christ on Saturday.
Celebrations took place across Istanbul.
The Greek Orthodox celebrate Epiphany with the ceremony of the blessing of the waters, symbolising...
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WRAP Full coverage of Pope's Bosnian visit
1. Wide shot Pope's plane on arrival
2. Mid shot people cheer and wave Vatican flag
3. Pope being wheeled to stage at the airport
4. Wide shot Pope and the Serb, Croat and Muslim members of Bosnia's joint presidency
5. Close up of Pope...
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ISRAEL: GREEK ORTHODOX EASTER CELEBRATIONS (V)
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Hundreds of Christian pilgrims and worshipers took part in a procession to the Holy Sepulchre Church in Jerusalem, as part of celebrations for the Greek Orthodox Easter on Sunday.
Easter is the Orthodox Christianity's...
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Preview of Pope's visit to the ruined town of Quneitra
1. Wide shot of Israeli surveillance installation on Golan Heights
2. Road to Syria/Israel border
3. Mid shot of border checkpoint
4. Shot of UN post
5. Barbed wire with mines warning sign hanging on it
6. Pan down of derelict Church of...
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President lays flowers at monument to Russian patriots, soundbite
1. Wide of Red Square exteriors
2. Minin and Pozharsky Monument at Red square in square
3. Close up of stone cross
4. Tilt down Kremlin tower from spire to doorway
5. Wide of Russian President Vladimir Putin and student entourage...
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Ukrainian church in Crimea prays for peace in Ukraine
As millions of Ukrainians head to polling stations for the country's parliamentary elections on Sunday, the remaining pro-Kiev supporters in Crimea can only hope for a peaceful outcome.
Residents of Crimea, annexed from Ukraine in March,...
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Coptic Christians celebrate mass for Orthodox Easter
1. Various of exterior of Abaseya church
2. Pope Shenouda III entering the church
3. Cutaway of priests
4. Pan from Pope Shenouda III entering church to faithful
5. Mid of Pope Shenouda III leading service
6. Cutaway of officials...
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Patriarch accused in land deal, Qureia bite
Ramallah, West Bank
1. Arab representatives of the church entering press conference
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Marwan Tubasi, Arab Greek Orthodox leader:
"Leasing the land to the Israelis - in terms of serving the Israeli aspirations...
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Ukrainian president comments ahead of Orthodox Christmas
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko gave a televised Orthodox Christmas message to the nation on Tuesday during which he asked people to pray for Ukrainians soldiers as fighting continues in the east of the country between government...
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WRAP Chinese President meets Putin, plus war memorial
1. Pan from Russian Orthodox church to museum complex on Poklonnaya Hill
2. Pan from statue to group of people inside museum
3. Wide shot of Hu Jintao and wife with officials
4. Cutaway of bronze bust
5. Mid shot of museum guide with Hu...
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Parliament to vote on bill that would make it illegal to hold gay rights rallies
January 22, 2013
1. Wide of Orthodox activists clashing with gay-rights campaigners near State Duma, Russia's lower house of parliament
2. Close of gay-rights campaigner Sergei Gubanov having bloodied nose wiped by another campaigner
3....