AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Space balloons inflating passenger flight hopes
After a string of high profile setbacks for rocket programmes aimed at one day flying paying customers into space a Spanish tech firm plans to send stargazers skyward using gas filled balloons
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Gabon president launches dialogue after election unrest
Gabonese President Ali Bongo launches a forum of political and social groups on resolving a crisis sparked by his re election last year but the talks are boycotted by his rival Jean Ping
Bloomberg
Wharton Schools' Garrett Says China Is Rival to U.S.
Jun.22 -- Wharton School of University of Pennsylvania Dean Geoffrey Garrett discusses geopolitics and talks about his outlook for China and the economy. He speaks from the 2017 Wharton Global Forum on "Bloomberg Daybreak: Asia."
Bloomberg
Hank Paulson Opening Remarks at New Economy Forum
Nov.20 -- Hank Paulson, chairman of the Paulson Institute and former U.S. Treasury Secretary, delivers opening remarks at the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in Beijing.
Bloomberg
2022 Bloomberg New Economy Forum Highlights
The 2022 Bloomberg New Economy Forum returned to Singapore at a time of economic turbulence, war, the ongoing pandemic, and urgent threats such as famine and the climate crisis. The Forum is a rare opportunity for the world's leaders to...
Curated Video
VOICER Protests as world social forum opens
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17 January 2004
00 00 Dancers in traditional Indian costumes dancing to music on march
00 10 8. Protestor wearing George W Bush mask shaking people's hands
00 16 Asian women with anti-Bush banners
00 20 Tibetan...
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SYND 6 12 75 UN VOTE ON RESOLUTION ON ISRAEL
UN voting on yet another resolution on Israeli Arab dispute.
1. ms Palestinian representative speaking about resolutions on Israeli Arab dispute SOUNDBITE (English): insists to implement all relevant UN resolutions and not pick only...
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SYND 22-10-73 INTERVIEWS WITH POLITICIANS ABOUT WATERGATE
Washington and Boston Senator Edmund Muskie and Congressman Robert Drinan reacting to President Richard Nixon's decision to fire special Watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox.
1. vs Muskie interviewed
2. vs Drinan interview
Film: Pos -...
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USA: WASHINGTON: SENATE PROBE INTO CAMPAIGN FUND-RAISING CONTINUES
English/Nat
Testimony from a top Republican fund-raiser in the Senate's campaign money probe appears to contradict that of former party chairman Haley Barbour.
Barbour told the committee on Thursday money loaned to a think tank he...
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THAILAND: ASEAN FORUM OPPOSES USA MISSILE SHIELD
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Russia, China and Vietnam joined forces on Thursday to oppose the United States' reported proposal to expand the missile defense shield it wants to spread over Japan to cover all of East Asia.
The theater missile defense...
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World Economic Forum founder believes 2015 marks a crossroads for the world
The founder of the World Economic Forum (WEF) said 2015 marks a crossroads for the world.
Speaking in Geneva on Wednesday, Klaus Schwab, WEF founder and Executive Chairman, said this will be a "a year of destiny for human kind".
Schwab...
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Problems faced by Asean members, is the forum still relevant?
Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei - August 1, 2002
1. Exterior of convention centre
2. ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) emblem on sign
Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei - July 30, 2002
3. Ministers in casual dress - mostly batik shirts...
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SINGAPORE: SOUTHEAST ASIAN AND EUROPEAN FOREIGN MINISTERS MEET
English/Nat
The twelfth annual meeting between Southeast Asian and European Foreign Ministers is underway in Singapore.
During two days of talks, the politicians will discuss ways of improving the economic and cultural ties between the...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN: Italian ex-militant to unveil new book at World Social Forum
CLEAN: Italian ex-militant to unveil new book at World Social Forum
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : IMF chief sees 'tepid' growth for world economy
CLEAN : IMF chief sees 'tepid' growth for world economy
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Second day of World Economic Forum on Africa
CLEAN : Second day of World Economic Forum on Africa
AFP News Agency
CLEAN: Eurozone affirms 'unshakeable desire' to ke
CLEAN: Eurozone affirms 'unshakeable desire' to ke
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Brazil should chase markets outside Latin America: analyst
CLEAN : Brazil should chase markets outside Latin America: analyst
AFP News Agency
VOICED: Are you too ugly to be a sperm donor?
VOICED: Are you too ugly to be a sperm donor?
AFP News Agency
CLEAN: Compilation of Osama bin Laden file as Al-Qaeda confirms death
CLEAN: Compilation of Osama bin Laden file as Al-Qaeda confirms death
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : St Petersburg's International Economic Forum: interview with CEO
President and CEO of the American Chamber of Commerce in Russia Alexis Rodzianko says Russian buyers who are interested in American products and working with US companies can never be sure if they'll be able to do business with them at...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : At forum on seniors and health Le Pen attacks medical tourism
At a forum on health and aging sponsored by her own far right National Front party French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen promised to rid her country of medical tourism
Bloomberg
Is U.S. Tax Reform in 2017 Plausible?
Apr.12 -- Austan Goolsbee, economics professor at University of Chicago, and Douglas Holtz-Eakin, president of American Action Forum, discuss the difficulty of trying to get tax reform in the U.S. They speak with Bloomberg's Vonnie Quinn...