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CHINA: SHANGHAI: 300 COUPLES TIE THE KNOT AT MASS WEDDING
Mandarin/Nat
More than 300 couples have tied the knot at a mass wedding in China.
The ceremony was held in Shanghai at a time when the Chinese government is trying to stop the rising divorce rate and has proposed legislation which would...
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Samaritans looking to Ukraine for brides
The parable of the good Samaritan in the Bible has inspired the idea of helping strangers around the world.
But the Samaritan sect that inspired the parable are now under threat after years of intermarriage.
Some members have now...
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No adoption or "buying children" say French humanitarian group
1. Pan of Vatry international airport
2. People who were waiting for orphans from Darfur gathered outside refreshments tent
3. Woman talking on the phone
4. People who were were waiting for orphans outside terminal building
5. People...
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Thousands rally against gay marriage in France
1. Wide pan of demonstration
2. Various of demonstrators with flags, banners and balloons
3. Mid of banner reading (French) "Father + Mother, there is nothing better for a child"
4. Wide of demonstrators staring to march
5. Placards...
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Gov. David Paterson has told NY state agencies to recognize gay marriages that are legally performed in other states and countries. He says his decision will help NY avoid lawsuits from gay couples married elsewhere, but the move is certain to be controversial.
HEADLINE: NY to recognize same-sex marriage
CAPTION: Gov. David Paterson has told NY state agencies to recognize gay marriages that are legally performed in other states and countries. He says his decision will help NY avoid lawsuits...
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Measles cases put spotlight on day care centres
Health authorities in the US state of Illinois are warning about more expected cases of measles as they await laboratory tests to confirm that a total of five infants attending the same day-care centre have been infected.
Lab results...
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Clashes at protest against bill allowing homosexual marriage, interior minister comment
1. Tracking of anti-gay protesters waving batons and throwing stones towards journalists then running away towards smoke
2. Wide of protesters hooting and shouting amidst the smoke UPSOUND: gun fire
3. Mid of protestors kicking man in...
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Mexico City first in Latin America to recognize gay weddings
1. Wide of interior chamber of Mexico City's legislative body
2. Screen showing votes of lawmakers as they are being cast
3. Lawmakers in chamber
4. Close of man looking up at screen
5. Close of screen
6. Woman announcing result...
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President Barack Obama said Wednesday that there is a profound recognition in the country that gays must be treated like every other American. Yet days after New York state legalized same-sex marriage, the president stopped short of endorsing such unions himself.
HEADLINE: Obama speaks at LGBT pride reception
CAPTION:President Barack Obama said Wednesday that there is a profound recognition in the country that gays must be treated like every other American. Yet days after New York state legalized...
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A Palestinian rocket landed in a courtyard next to a crowded day care center on Monday, sending panicked mothers scrambling to take their screaming toddlers to safety.
Rocket lands by Israeli day care center
A Palestinian rocket landed in a courtyard next to a crowded day care center on Monday, sending panicked mothers scrambling to take their screaming toddlers to safety. (Sept. 3) 2007
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SPAIN: PREPARATIONS FOR PRINCESS CRISTINA'S MARRIAGE UNDERWAY
Spanish/Eng/Nat
Royal watchers will be treated to a blue blooded ceremony on Saturday as King Juan Carlos of Spain gives away his daughter in marriage.
Preparations for Princess Cristina's marriage are well underway at the Gothic...
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Changing Face of China AP focus on alternative forms of marriage
Beijing, China - June 1, 2008
1. Wide of people sitting in a circle playing games at mass dating event
2. Close of a woman's finger in a man's hand as part of dating game
3. Mid of a man grabbing a woman's finger and both laughing
4....
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Eurovision song contest to get first on-stage lesbian kiss
1. Wide, slow zoom in to Finland's Eurovision Song Contest entrant Krista Siegfrids singing "Marry Me" (UPSOUND) music during a dress rehearsal
2. Mid of same
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Krista Siegfrids, Finland's entrant to the Eurovision...
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Thousands of women call for equality as they mark Women's Day
1. Women marching and singing with banners reading (Turkish) "I am not a slave, mind your own business!"
2. Women marching with banners reading (Turkish) "I will not marry my rapist!"
3. Wide high shot of women's protest march
4. Close...
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Lawmakers approve bill to protect male circumcision
1. Various of German parliament in session
2. German Chancellor Angela Merkel sitting at desk
3. Jewish and Muslim representatives participating in session
4. Jewish representatives
5. Muslim representatives
6. Various of lawmakers...
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Media mogul Rupert Murdoch and wife reach divorce deal
Media baron Rupert Murdoch and his soon-to-be-ex-wife said they were parting with "mutual respect" Wednesday (20 NOV. 2013) after telling a judge they had reached a divorce deal.
The chairman of News Corp. and 21st Century Fox and his...
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UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF NAVI PILLAY MEETS MUGABE AND TSVANGIRAI
Zimbabwe's president says homosexuality doesn't belong in Zimbabwe because the union of men and women is needed to bear children
President Robert Mugabe, 88, speaking at a women's HIV/Aids and gender rights conference in Harare, said on...
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A gay couple from Russia's Olympic city of Sochi have gotten married in Buenos Aires and plan to seek asylum in Argentina.
A gay couple from Russia's Olympic city of Sochi have gotten married in Buenos Aires and plan to seek asylum in Argentina.
Alexander Eremeev and Dmitry Zaytsev married at the civil registry in Argentina's capital on Tuesday, dressed in...
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A group of Florida same-sex spouses with legal marriages conducted in other states have filed suit in Florida, demanding the Sunshine State recognize their marriages. (March 13)
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Eight gay couples and the American Civil Liberties Union have filed a federal lawsuit seeking to force Florida to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states.
ACLU of Florida Executive Director Howard...
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Book on Amanda Knox, US student serving 26 yrs for murder
AP Television
Rome - 14 October 2010
1. Wide of Montecitorio, Italian parliament building
2. Member of Parliament Rocco Girlanda in his office holding a copy of his book about Amanda Knox, a U.S. student who is currently serving a 26...
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House where baby allegedly stayed in Bahamas, lawyer comment
1. Various exteriors of Shane Gibson's property in the Marathon section of Nassau where Anna Nicole Smith's 5-month old baby Dannielynn was allegedly staying
2. Set-up of Bahamian lawyer Sidney Collie
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Sidney...
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A Montgomery, Alabama couple and the four children they adopted amid the violence in Ukraine were safely reunited on Friday. Physician Lisa Bundy flew into Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport with her 16-year-old daughter, Nastia. (March 14
An Alabama couple and the four children they adopted amid the violence in Ukraine safely reunited Friday in Atlanta's main airport.
Montgomery physician Lisa Bundy flew into Atlanta's Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport...
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Texas child welfare officials have brought in mental health professionals and behavioral experts as the agency tries to ensure a sense of normalcy for the more than 400 children removed from a polygamous sect's enclave, an agency spokeswoman said
HEADLINE: Volunteers give comfort to polygamist sect youths
CAPTION: Efforts are growing to provide comfort and assistance to the more than 400 children who were removed from the polygamist sect compound in Eldorado, Texas. The AP's...
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Debate on draft law authorising gay marriage
Sevran, suburb of Paris - 22 October 2012
1. Wide of Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed and Qiyaammudeen Jantjies sitting on sofa, eating breakfast
2. Wide of couple on sofa, looking at their wedding rings
3. Close of their wedding rings
4....