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USA: MIR SPACE STATION, JOINT RUSSIAN US MISSION
English/Nat
American and Russian astronauts aboard Russia's Mir space station have launched experiments to determine how long man can safely fly in space.
American astronaut Norm Thagard talked on Friday from on board the space station ...
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ONLY ON AP NKorean farmers face heavy workload in crucial rice transplanting season
North Koreans farmers are now in the most crucial stage of their work.
The rice transplanting season in May means back-breaking labour, putting seedlings of the staple crop, rice, into the main paddy fields.
Getting the job done right...
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New Government review into cosmetic surgery
A major review into cosmetic surgery is being launched in the UK in light of the breast implant scandal.
It was requested by the British Health Secretary and it could lead to tighter regulation of the industry.
Melanie Schilling was one...
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Chinese doctors give training on Ebola treatment
A health clinic in Conakry began an Ebola training programme on Sunday, instructing Guinean doctors on how to treat the virus and how to avoid infection.
The training was held at the 'Polyclinic Fei-Tsui', a hospital set up by the...
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Morning scenes at hospital where Felipe Massa is being treated
1. Wide exterior of AEK hospital, where Formula One driver Felipe Massa is being treated
2. Various of people leaving and entering the hospital
3. Satellite trucks outside the hospital
4. Pull-out of media and satellite truck outside the...
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RUSSIA: REACTION TO BORIS YELTSIN'S HEART SURGERY ANNOUNCEMENT
Russian/Nat
Thursday's announcement by Boris Yeltsin that he will undergo heart surgery at the end of the month, has brought angry reactions from Russian opposition politicians.
Speaking in their offices in Russia's parliament,...
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USA: NEW YORK: ROBOT ASSISTED HEART SURGERY
English/Nat
A sixty-seven year old man will be one of the first to undergo robot assisted heart surgery next Monday at a hospital in New York.
On Thursday, he met the robot that will operate on him -- as well as the doctors who will...
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Former president announces foundation's new AIDS initiative
1. Wide shot press briefing at Clinton office in Harlem
2. SOUNDBITE: (English): Former US President Bill Clinton:
"First we've launched a paediatric programme that will put 10,000 children on AIDS treatment in at least 10 countries in...
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Brazilian carnival star eyes plastic surgery record
Rio de Janeiro - January 2008
1. Angela Bismarchi being filmed for a local television programme on beauty and carnival
2. Angela dancing an imaginary samba
3. Close up Angela's headgear and makeup
4. Close up of Angela's make up being...
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New spa offers exclusively organic treatments
AP Television
Espace Nomad Holistic Spa, Montreal, Canada - 13 November 2010
1. Tilt down on esthetician applying organic cocoa exfoliant on woman's back.
2. Medium of esthetician rubbing organic cocoa exfoliant on woman's back.
3....
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Colombian President undergoes surgery for prostate cancer
1. Wide of news briefing held by medical team who performed surgery on Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos
2. Mid of Director of Santa Fe Foundation hospital, Adolfo Llinas (centre) and Santos' lead Dr. Felipe Gomez (right)
3....
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HONG KONG: CLINIC HELPS PARENTS CHOOSE GENDER OF CHILD (2)
Cant/Eng/Nat
This is the only clinic in Hong Kong which uses Western medical techniques to allow parents to choose the gender of their child.
The clinic faces closure this month as the local legislative council looks set to pass a new...
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CHILE: PINOCHET CONTINUES TO UNDERGO MEDICAL TREATMENT
Spanish/Nat
Chile's former dictator General Augusto Pinochet continues to undergo medical treatment for acute pneumonia in a military hospital in the Chilean capital Santiago.
His son Augusto Pinochet says his father's condition is...
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WRAP Police arrest Indian doctor suspected of running illegal transplant op; ADDS presser
1. Indian doctor Amit Kumar being brought out of the police station in Katmandu
2. Photographers taking pictures of Kumar, surrounded by media
3. Police showing money, bank cheque and passport allegedly seized from Kumar
4. Kumar being...
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JAPAN: ROBOT THERAPY
Japanese/Nat
They say a dog is man's best friend, but it seems robots could be a child's best medicine.
A team of Japanese researchers claim the physical interaction between people and pet robots could imitate the bond between real pets...
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Doctors remove 3rd arm from boy, adds file GRAPHIC PIX
Shanghai, 6 June 2006
1. Exteriors of Shanghai Children's Medical Centre
FILE- Shanghai, 5 June 2006
2. Surgeon, mother and father looking at baby
3. Close-up baby
4. Close-up surgeon
5. Mid shot surgeon flexing one of the baby's arms
6....
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The future of the indigenous Batwa tribe of Uganda looks bleak
Kisoro District, South-West Uganda. May 9-10, 2009
1. Wide of Batwa people singing and dancing.
2. Mid shot of a Batwa woman smoking a pipe
3.Various shots of children being served a local brew.
4. Mid shot of Batwa elder
5. Close up of...
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Russia - Flu epidemic
At a time when Russian President Boris Yeltsin's health is still in doubt the country itself is going through one of the worst influenza epidemics in years. The virus has already spread to three dozen cities and claimed 15 lives, seven...
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Reax as health minister sacked after criticises funding for medicine imports
++AP Television is adhering to Iranian law that stipulates all media are banned from providing BBC Persian or VOA Persian any coverage from Iran, and under this law if any media violate this ban the Iranian authorities can immediately...
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Jordan - Alshifa factory press conference
A group of Jordanians who took part in the construction of the Alshifa pharmaceuticals factory in the Sudanese capital Khartoum -- the factory destroyed by American cruise missiles late Thursday -- held a press conference on Saturday...
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Look at how country tries to raise awareness of crisis
Mumbai, Maharashtra - May 17, 2006
1. Various of volunteer playing a drum to start a street play on HIV/AIDS awareness
2. Volunteers performing street play on HIV/AIDS awareness
3. Truck and taxi drivers watching
4. Over the shoulder...
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Medical camp for flood victims
1. Wide of medical camp for flood victims
2. Mid of patients
3. Tilt down from patient to antibiotics
4. Close of female patient
5. Wide of patients waiting outside the camp
6. Tilt down from banner in Hindi reading: "Flood relief...
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Conjoined twins taken to Saudi for operation at invitation of Saudi king
1. Medical team surrounding conjoined twins Ritaj and Rital Abu Assi
2. Conjoined twins Ritaj and Rital Abu Assi at hospital
3. Close up on twins on stretcher
4. Twins prepared to be taken to ambulance
5. Close up of twins
6. Close up...
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Palestinian leader flown out for medical treatment
1. Helicopter coming in to land
2. Mid shot helicopter landing, pan to helicopters touching down
3. Helicopters on tarmac
4. Doctors gathered next to helicopter
5. Crowd gathering
6. Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia and...