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After a tense standoff, Texas authorities were allowed to search a polygamist compound run by Warren Jeffs. So far over 100 children and dozens of women have been removed
HEADLINE: Police raid polygamist compound in Texas
CAPTION: After a tense standoff, Texas authorities were allowed to search a polygamist compound run by Warren Jeffs. So far over 100 children and dozens of women have been...
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Demo to support a proposed project law that would enable same-sex civil unions
Hundreds of people took part in a march in Peru's capital on Saturday to show their support for proposals to allow same-sex civil unions.
A coalition known as "Civil Union Now" organised the gathering in downtown Lima.
In September,...
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ARGENTINA: ALBERTO FUJIMORI VISIT
Spanish/Nat
Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori met with Argentine President Carlos Menem on Monday to discuss a new Latin American trading bloc launched by the recent Miami Summit.
Mr Fujimori declined to speak about his marriage...
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HIV-positive Dutchman among first to enter US after travel ban repeal
1. HIV positive man, Clemens Ruland, in JFK airport after arriving on a flight from the Netherlands
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Clemens Ruland, HIV positive traveller:
"I''m delighted to be here and for the first time in a legal way without...
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Couples challenge snow storm to celebrate Valentine
1. Couple standing at altar
2. Couple kissing after being married
3. Couple holding hands
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Clayton Hudson, newlywed, from Cambridge, UK
"For me it's the most romantic day that you could do possibly in the year,...
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Scuffles as Femen activists disrupt anti-gay marriage protest
1. Members of the Catholic organisation Civitas and members of other organisations march against President Francois Hollande's plan to legalise marriage and adoption for same sex couples
2. Femen activists, wearing nun head dresses,...
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Ministry of Civil Affairs on support for earthquake orphans and elderly
1. Wide of news conference
2. Cutaway of media
3. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin) Zhang Shi-feng, Vice Director of Social Welfare Office - Chinese Ministry of Civil Affairs:
"Vaguely speaking, or carefully speaking, the number of orphans this...
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Mass commitment ceremony for lesbian couples
1. Wide shot of girl in priest costume hosting unofficial wedding for lesbian couple in Taipei nightclub
2. Girl in black suit making wedding vows UPSOUND: (Mandarin) "I do"
3. Girl in wedding gown making wedding vows UPSOUND:...
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PERU: CALLAO: MASS MARRIAGE CEREMONY
Spanish/Nat
One hundred and fifteen couples have attended a mass marriage in Peru in anticipation of St. Valentine's Day.
The oldest groom was 73 years old and the youngest bride 15, but luckily they weren't marrying each other.
This is...
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The death toll from Mexico's day-care center fire has climbed to 38 with the deaths of three more children Saturday. Mexico's president Felipe Calderon has ordered an investigation
HEADLINE: Mexico day care fire kills 38 children
CAPTION: The death toll from Mexico's day-care center fire has climbed to 38 with the deaths of three more children Saturday. Mexico's president Felipe Calderon has ordered an...
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Reaction in Scottish village famous for English runaway weddings on potential divorce from UK
For years, English couples rushed to the town of Gretna Green, just across the border with Scotland, to say "I do".
Now locals are hoping that Scots won't be seeking to divorce the United Kingdom.
Gretna Green became a popular wedding...
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California Supreme Court agrees to hear challenges to gay marriage ban
FILE - 21 October 2008
1. Wide of San Francisco City Hall building
2. Mid of gay couple wearing blue robes getting married inside City Hall
3. Rear view of ceremony
4. Wide interior of City Hall building
5. Mid of gay couple being...
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President Barack Obama''s move to grant same-sex partners full visitation rights in hospitals is being praised by some gay rights advocates. Still others say it''s a very small step toward equality.
HEADLINE: Obama expanding gay rights draws some praise
CAPTION: President Barack Obama''s move to grant same-sex partners full visitation rights in hospitals is being praised by some gay rights advocates. Still others say it''s a very...
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Russian official reassures US adoptive parents
17 January 2012
1. Mid of Russia's Children's Rights Commissioner, Pavel Astakhov, entering news conference
2. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Pavel Astakhov, Russia's Children's Rights Commissioner:
"A statement was issued, and the statement is a...
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Voters in North Carolina head to the polls Tuesday to decide whether to ban gay marriage in the state constitution. And both sides claim God is on their side.
HEADLINE: N.C. to vote on gay marriage ban
CAPTION: Voters in North Carolina head to the polls Tuesday to decide whether to ban gay marriage in the state constitution. And both sides claim God is on their side. (May 7)
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Gay rights advocates march in push for civil rights protections
1. Pan of demonstrators shouting "Yes We Can!"
2. Demonstrator with megaphone in front of the White House
3. Demonstrators marching and chanting "What do we want? Equality! When do we want it? Now!" in front of the White House
4. Wide of...
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Attorneys for gay couples, the state of Florida and proponents of so-called traditional marriage squared off Wednesday in a lawsuit seeking to overturn a ban on same-sex marriage enshrined in the state constitution by voters in 2008. (July 2)
Attorneys for gay couples, the state of Florida and proponents of so-called traditional marriage squared off Wednesday in a lawsuit seeking to overturn a ban on same-sex marriage enshrined in the state constitution by voters in...
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Officials and doctors on domestic abuse crisis
1. Man hitting a woman
2. Man coming to her rescue
3. Man who hit woman getting kicked and punched
4. Close-shot of woman crying, with blood streaming down face
5. Woman and man who hit her sitting on ground, talking
6. STILLS: Various...
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Interview with grandmother of child in Taiwan custody battle
1. Zoom out from picture of orphan Iruan Ergui Wu to Wu's grandmother Rosa Leocadia Da Silva Ergui
2. Wu's paintings and letters to grandmother
3. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Rosa Leocadia Da Silva Ergui, Grandmother:
"I have no idea what is...
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Couples rush to register to marry on opening day of Olympic Games
1. Wide pan of couples waiting to reserve their marriage registration for 8 August 2008, the day of the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games
2. Various of couples waiting
3. Pan from couple to marriage registration official...
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First gay union ceremony in Latin America
1. Various of Cesar Cigliutti and Marcelo Suntheim at union ceremony
2. Various of Cesar Cigliutti and Marcelo Suntheim after ceremony
3. Tilt of members of the public looking on from balconies
4. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Vox pop:
"I...
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SOUTH AFRICA: ANGLICAN PRIEST PRESIDES OVER GAY WEDDING
English/Nat
Four years after apartheid ended in favour of racial equality, gays in South Africa are breaking barriers of their own.
In a ceremony marked by nearly all the traditional trimmings two men have been married by an Anglican...
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US, African comment on gay bishop consecration
Washington, DC - 18 October 2004
1. Wide view of National Cathedral
2. Bishop John Chane walking to podium
3. Pan from Seal of the Diocese of Washington to Chane UPSOUND: "Where does that leave Gene Robinson?"
4 SOUNDBITE: (English)...
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Grandmother says boy sent back because of bad behaviour
Shelbyville, Tennessee
1. Wide of home where Russian boy lived with his adoptive mother, pan to boy''s adoptive grandmother''s home
2. Mid of swing outside boy''s home
3. Close of child''s see-saw in garden
4. Mid of doorway with Easter...