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Next phase in custody hearing for Anna Nicole Smith's daughter
1. Courthouse exterior
2. Police setting up barricade outside courthouse
3. Anna Nicole Smith's mother Virgie Arthur's limo pulling up
4. Arthur getting out of car
5. Wayne Munroe, lawyer for the estate of Anna Nicole Smith, entering...
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The Vatican has not commented on President Barack Obama's announcement that he supports gay marriage. But the president's endorsement has some U.S. Catholics asking if the church's view on same-sex marriage is out of date
HEADLINE: Churchgoer: Time for new view on gay marriage
CAPTION: The Vatican has not commented on President Barack Obama's announcement that he supports gay marriage. But the president's endorsement has some U.S. Catholics asking if...
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DNA tests confirm Bulgarian woman is mother of girl in Greece, Greek Roma and lawyer reaction
DNA tests have confirmed that a Bulgarian Roma couple living in an impoverished village with their nine other children are the biological parents of the girl found in Greece with another Roma couple, authorities said on Friday.
"We...
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People take part in protest against proposals to legalise gay marriage
1. Wide of hundreds of people marching and singing anti-gay songs through the streets of Port-au-Prince
2. Mid of people with their hands raised singing during march
3. Mid of people holding plants in their hands as they sing and...
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Lawmakers approve bill banning adoptions by same-sex couples
1. Wide of interior of State Duma
2. Wide of audience watching the screen
3. Close up of the screen with voting: for: 98.7% against: 0.0% PASSED
4. Mid of cameras
5. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Anatoly Lokot, Russian Communist Party:
"We do...
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It's all over for Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman
1. Various file Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman
2. SOT Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman - "It's different to anything that I have ever done before so..." SOT Question - "Will you say anything about the role in this movie?" SOT Tom Cruise -...
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Newly elected UK cardinal holds news conference
The newly elected Cardinal Vincent Gerard Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster, described a recent UN report on child abuse in the Catholic Church as "profoundly misleading" on Monday.
Nichols was speaking at a news conference in Rome,...
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Clashes between Palestinian youths and Israeli forces, injured; funeral, police sbite
Silwan, east Jerusalem
1. Mid of people coming down stairs to join funeral procession
2. Tracking shot of body of Sami Sirhan being carried in procession
3. View from balcony of crowd lifting up body
4. Crowd carrying body and chanting...
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Club formed to teach women to be more obedient to husbands
1. Wide of launching ceremony of the 'Obedient to Husband' club
2. Mid of bill board reading: (Indonesian/English) "Launching of Obedient to husband club Jakarta, 18 June 2011"
3. Various of club members listening to lectures
4. Pan...
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: ISABELLA ROSSELLINI
English/Nat
Story: Isabella Rossellini
Location: New York
Date: September 28th 1999
Screen icon and model, ISABELLA ROSSELLINI launched her own makeup line, "MANIFESTO" at the New York department store, "Bloomingdales" yesterday.
The...
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4:3 Mayor Bloomberg officiates wedding of two city workers
1. Wide of wedding party on steps of Gracie Mansion, walking towards Michael Bloomberg, New York City Mayor, at podium
2. Mid of Jonathan Mintz (left) and John Feinblatt exchanging rings at podium
UPSOUND: (English) Michael Bloomberg,...
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A United Methodist Church bishop drops the case against a retired Methodist minister, accused of breaking church law by officiating his son's same-sex marriage in New York. (March 10)
A retired United Methodist Church minister accused of breaking church law by officiating his son's same-sex wedding had his case dropped by a New York bishop Monday, just a few months after another minister was defrocked for the same...
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TAIWAN: MOTHER WHO SOLD HER DAUGHTER IS REUNITED
Mandarin/Eng/Nat
It has been 18 long years filled with shame and rejection but now the 40-year-old woman who sold her baby is close to realising a dream.
In 1980 Yen Kan gave birth to a baby girl out of wedlock and sold her to a...
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Alabama man talks about adopting Ukrainian children at height of conflict
An American couple knew adopting four orphans at once from Ukraine would be stressful, but they never expected the process to include riots, grenades and gunfire.
David and Lisa Bundy spent last week a half-mile (0.8 km) from the centre...
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Police crack down on protesters after rally against same sex bill
1. Tracking shot of protester being detained by riot police after demonstration of opponents to same-sex marriage
2. Tracking shot of riot police dragging protester away from crowd
3. Mid of riot police detaining protester
4. Wide of...
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CZECH REPUBLIC: RISE IN PROSTITUTION LEADS TO BABIES BEING ABANDONED
Czech/Nat
A big rise in prostitution in the Czech Republic has led to hundreds of babies being abandoned.
Prostitutes, many of them poor Gypsy women, are giving birth to children and dumping them in orphanages.
But because many are the...
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Upper chamber of parliament votes in favour of anti-US adoption bill
1. Wide of Federation Council, the upper chamber of Russian parliament
2. Chair of the Federation Council, Valentina Matvienko, proposing to move to a vote
3. Wide of Federation Council
4. Close-up of screen showing vote results in...
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GUATEMALA: ADOPTIONS & UNWANTED CHILDREN
Spanish/Eng/Nat
The Central American country Guatemala has become one of the world's leading exporters of unwanted children.
Various factors ranging from war to natural disasters have led the country to rank just below China, Russia and...
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Scantily-dressed women protest Vatican's opposition to gay marriage
1. Two scantily-dressed Femen protesters with "Pope No More" painted on their upper bodies light pink flares and chant (English) "Pope No More" in front of Saint Peter's Basilica, policeman tries to stop them
2. Policeman move in on one...
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Intv with family member expecting to receive one of the children
1. Vincent Desgeorges, member of a host family, walking in park
2. SOUNDBITE: (French) Vincent Desgeorges, member of a host family:
"We started the adoption request procedure in 2003 and we got the go ahead in 2005, and we heard about...
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Children meet adoptive parents from France
1. Mid of young girl being handed to adoptive mother
2. Mid of adoptive mother caressing boy
3. Mid of adoptive mother giving a doll and kissing a little girl
4. Mid of adoptive mother explaining to little boy that she is crying because...
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Changing Face of China, AP focus on adult generatn of 'Little Emperors'
Changchun city, Jilin province, China - July 3, 2008
1. Close up of baby crying in bed
2. Wide of baby surrounded by grandparents and parents
3. Close of Grandmother looking at the baby
4. Medium of father passing baby to mother
5....
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Hundreds march against bill that would legalise same-sex marriage
1. Wide pan of demonstration against marriage bill being debated in French parliament
2. Mid of protesters
3. Wide of demo with speakers on the stage
4. Frigide Barjot, spokesperson of the anti-gay demo, speaking on the stage
5. Mid of...
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Couple wed on flight on day NZealand legally recognises same-sex marriage
A New Zealand couple celebrated the legalisation of gay marriage in the country on Monday by tying the knot in a plane at 39-thousand feet (11,900 metres).
Holding their bouquets Lynley Bendall and Ally Wanikau walked down the aisle of...