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Emergency crews clear up remains of 10,000 gallon oil spill outside stripclub
Emergency crews sopped up the remains of about 10,000 (US) gallons (37,851 litres) of crude oil that sprayed into Los Angeles streets and onto buildings early on Thursday after a high-pressure pipe burst.
Oil was knee-high in some parts...
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Reax to climate change report from chairman, NGOs
1. Wide of exterior of Charlemagne building
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Osvaldo Canziani, Co chairman of IPCC :
"So we have to keep things going smoothly, reducing consumption, using the energy efficiently and trying to improve any element...
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Rhino shot nine times by poachers arrives at Johannesburg Zoo
1. Wide of Phila the black rhino headbutting trailer
2. Phila running through enclosure, zoom out to people watching
3. Close-up of Phila
4. Wide pan of Phila running through enclosure
5. Various of Phila running inside the enclosure
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Climate change monitoring station opens atop of the Chacaltaya glacier
1. Wide of Chacaltaya glacier monitoring station located on side of mountain
2. Wide of Chacaltaya glacier
3. Pan of exposed mountainside where glacier used to be
4. Mid of exposed mountainside where glacier used to be
5. Mid of...
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Update on EU environment troica tour in the US on Kyoto Protocol
Washington DC, 3 April
1. Pan of European Environment Commissioner Margot Wallstroem walking with Swedish Environment Minister Kjell Larsson to news conference
2. Cutaway of reporters
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Kjell Larsson, Swedish...
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A new environmental report has listed what it claims are the worst polluted hotspots in the world with three Russian cities falling in the top ten.
HEADLINE: Dirty Cities: A New Environmental Report
CAPTION: A new environmental report has listed what it claims are the worst polluted hotspots in the world with three Russian cities falling in the top ten. (May 20)
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FRANCE: PARIS: ATTEMPTS TO AVERT POLITICAL FALLOUT OVER NUCLEAR TEST
Eng/French/Nat
French government officials on Wednesday attempted to avert the political fallout from the nuclear test beneath Mururoa Atoll.
The explosion ended France's three-year moratorium on nuclear tests and sparked a
huge...
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President Barack Obama defended his administration's handling of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in Thursday's news conference but didn't take a defensive tone. Instead, Obama admitted there were times the government could have done better.
HEADLINE: Obama defends, but isn't defensive, on oil spill
CAPTION: President Barack Obama defended his administration's handling of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in Thursday's news conference but didn't take a defensive tone....
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Huge collection of ivory auctioned
Pretoria, 6 November 2008
1. Wide of exterior of South African Reserve Bank, where ivory auction is being held
2. Cutaway to sign reading: (English) "South African Reserve Bank Conference Centre"
3. Wide interior of auction room
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The White House says the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico could affect President Obama's plans for a clean energy bill and an expansion of offshore drilling.
HEADLINE: Oil spill could impact Obama's drilling plan
CAPTION: The White House says the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico could affect President Obama's plans for a clean energy bill and an expansion of offshore drilling. (April 29)...
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Asian countries pledge new protections against climate change
1. New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark, zoom out to wide of signing room
2. Indian President Manmohan Singh signing statement
3. South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun signing statement
4. Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer...
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Deprived of their daily catch, fishermen smuggle in supplies
Gaza City, Gaza Strip - 23 February 2010
1. Pan of boats at Gaza port
2. Fishing boats anchored at port
3. Fishing boat at sea
4. Fisherman Khaled Al-Hisi standing on boat, handling fishing net
5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Khaled Al-Hisi,...
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South Africa-Red panda twins at Johannesburg Zoo
Johannesburg Zoo is celebrating the birth of Red Panda twins, born on December 28th 1996. The cubs are the third set of twins born to parents Jamie and Mishra, who have been with the Zoo for more than five years.
Johannesburg Zoo is...
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WRAP Comments of various delegates; ADDS EU Environment Commissioner bites
1. Wide pan of interior of meeting room
2. Various of delegates
3. Mid of US delegation
4. Mid of Australian delegation
5. Wide of meeting room
6. Wide of delegates applauding
7. EU Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas talking to...
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Health minister on AIDS, bird flu, water pollution
Ditan AIDS Hospital, Beijing, 30 November 2003
1. Doctor standing next to HIV/AIDS patient in hospital bed
2. Various of patient
3. Nurse preparing medication
4. Close up of nurse
5. Nurse injecting medicine into bottle
State Council...
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RUSSIA: CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR DISASTER REMEMBERED WRAP
Slavutich and Kiev, Ukraine, Moscow, Russia - April 25-26, 2000 and File XFA
Slavutich - Night shots
1. Graves of people who died in Chernobyl aftermath
2. Close up lighting candles
3. Woman crying
4. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Vox pop,...
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UN Secretary-General speech to climate change conference
1. Wide of audience at plenary session of United Nations climate change conference
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations:
"I know most of you are all exhausted from your sleepless night...
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WRAP Displays in Tiananmen Sq; haze, humidity; Rogge s'bte
1. Wide of 2008 Beijing Olympics countdown clock in Tiananmen Square
2. Close-up of countdown clock showing 4-days left until start of Games
3. Various of schoolchildren displaying their skills with basketballs and skipping ropes in...
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USA: CHINESE PREMIER ZHU RONGJI VISIT UPDATE (2)
Mandarin/Eng/Nat
On the second day of his official visit to Washington, Chinese Primer Minister Zhu Ronji attended a conference on development and the environment.
He was joined by U-S Vice President Al Gore during the second plenary...
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President Bush on Wednesday hailed the move by G-8 leaders to coalesce behind a broad global climate-change strategy, claiming 'significant progress toward a comprehensive approach.'
HEADLINE: Bush: 'Significant progress' on climate change (bush-g8)
CAPTION: President Bush on Wednesday hailed the move by G-8 leaders to coalesce behind a broad global climate-change strategy, claiming 'significant progress toward a...
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+4:3 Kenyan authorities seize at least two tonnes of illegal elephant ivory
Mombasa - January 15, 2013
1. Seized ivory tusks, destined in a cargo shipment at the Port of Mombasa for Indonesia, laid out on ground
2. Various of workers unpacking tusks and laying out
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Gitau Gitau, Assistant...
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INDIA: ELECTIONS
Hindi/Nat
The people of four Indian states have gone to the polls to elect their provincial governments in what is being seen as a referendum on Prime Minister Vajpayee's eight month old coalition government.
The polls are also crucial...
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COLOMBIA: THOUSANDS MAKE LIVING OUT OF RECYCLING TRASH
Spanish/Nat
While the crisis of rapid urban growth is discussed at the UN Human Settlements Habitat Conference, Colombians are busy showing the world how to improve their environment.
A lack of government involvement in tackling the...
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New electric car system unveiled in Seoul
1. Wide of the "On-line Electric Vehicle" (OLEV) being driven through Seoul Grand Park
2. OLEV driver
3. Various of OLEV monitor showing level of electricity use
4. Tilt-up from painted line marking power strip beneath the ground to...