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BOLIVIA: PEOPLE RETURNING TO TRADITIONAL MEDICINE
Spanish/Nat
Bolivians are turning to traditional medicine as a natural alternative to its modern counterpart.
In the interior of the country, modern doctors are few and far between, and drinks made from herbs and plant extract are the...
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Celebrations as president returns home after cancer treatment
1. Mid of Chavez supporters at Bolivar Square in Caracas downtown with banners, reading (Spanish) "Go forward commander"
2. Close-up of Chavez supporter at Bolivar Square in Caracas downtown chanting (Spanish) " He is back , he is back,...
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Powell to undergo prostate cancer surgery
1. US President George W. Bush's at last cabinet meeting of 2003, flanked by Secretary of State Colin Powell and Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld
2. Powell and Bush
3. Close shot, Powell, Bush and Rumsfeld
File - Bethesda, Maryland -...
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Closing speeches and ceremony at Aids Conference
1. Dancing at closing ceremony of the International AIDS Conference
2. Dr Helene Gayle, Incoming International AIDS Society President walking on stage
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Helene Gayle, Incoming International AIDS Society...
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PERU: LIMA: AUTHORITIES BAN ANTI IMPOTENCE DRUG VIAGRA
Spanish/Nat
The new anti-impotence drug Viagra has been banned by Peru's health authorities.
The drug won't be available even with prescription.
But Peruvian's have always had traditional forms of medicine to treat impotency - and many...
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SOUTH AFRICA: INTERNATIONAL AIDS CONFERENCE
English/Nat
Computer tycoon Bill Gates is making a U-S 50 (m) million dollar donation to fight the spread of AIDS in the southern African nation of Botswana.
The Bill and Melinda Gates foundation will make the donation over five years to...
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An ALS patient who has had an experimental stem cell transplant therapy at Emory University took part in the ice bucket challenge to raise awareness and funding for more research into the disease. (Aug. 25)
An ALS patient has taken the ALS ice bucket challenge himself.
Ed Tessaro has had the disease for seven years and wanted to raise awareness and money for more research into treatments and a cure by participating in the social media...
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Scores await treatment as cholera epidemic spreads; presser
L'Estere
1. Wide of bridge over the Artibonite river, where people infected with cholera got their water
2. Close of the dirty looking Artibonite river water
3. Pan of queue of people leading up to hospital
4. Mid of Cuban doctor...
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Powell undergoes prostate cancer surgery
Department of State TV
Washington, DC - 15 December 2003
1. State Department spokesman Richard Boucher walking to podium
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Richard Boucher, U.S. Department of State:
"Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, it is a...
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+4:3 Former Peruvian President Fujimori to have tongue surgery
21 February 2011
1. Various exteriors of hospital where Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori received treatment
2. Car arrives and Fujimori's daughter and presidential candidate, Keiko Fujimori getting out of car and walking...
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Irish teen getting reconstructed face
HEADLINE: Irish teen getting reconstructed face
CAPTION: An Irish teen who suffers from a rare medical condition called otofacial syndrome is undergoing surgery to correct the facial deformity. Last summer, surgeons at Mt. Sinai...
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PREVIEW ahead of international AIDS conference in Rio
1. Zoom-out from facade of Gaffre-Guinle Hospital to wide of facade of hospital
2. Wide of the entrance of the hospital
3. Wide of AIDS ward at the hospital Gaffre-Guinle
4. AIDS patient
5. 25 year old AIDS patient
6. Wide of mother...
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CHINA: AIDS PROBLEM APPEARS TO BE DRAMATICALLY WORSENING
Mandarin/Cantonese/Nat
The AIDS problem appears to be dramatically worsening in the world's most populous nation, China.
Official government figures estimate the number of H-I-V infections jumped fifteen to twenty fold between 1993 and...
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Crowds gather at Rio's Copacabana beach to celebrate International Marijuana Day
Hundreds of fake marijuana leaves were "planted" on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday to mark International Cannabis Day.
Activists in the Brazilian city are calling for the drug to be legalised for medical use, and some...
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Hundreds of medical marijuana stores in Los Angeles are closing their doors as a new ordinance aimed at helping the city keep track of the businesses takes effect. Some "pot shops" that registered before a 2007 moratorium are being allowed to stay open.
HEADLINE: Pot shop owner: L.A. law a good example
CAPTION: Hundreds of medical marijuana stores in Los Angeles are closing their doors as a new ordinance aimed at helping the city keep track of the businesses takes effect. Some "pot...
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Doctors say some signs of improvement after second surgery
French doctors treating Michael Schumacher said on Tuesday that the Formula 1 champion had shown surprising improvement that allowed a second surgery for head injuries he suffered during a ski accident.
But the doctors cautioned that...
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Iranian doctors alarmed by trend for self medication
++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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WRAP Reax as pope has surgery for broken wrist; pope's holiday chalet exts
Vatican
1. Wide of St. Peter's Square
2. Close of closed window of Papal office
3. News stand at Vatican
4. Tilt-down newspapers showing picture of Pope Benedict waving from car window
5. Headline reading: (Italian) "Ratzinger,...
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Campaign curbs cases among drug users, despite austerity cuts
Health officials in Greece say an overhauled AIDS-prevention campaign has curbed an alarming spike in the number of cases among drug users, but warn the crisis-hit country still faces dangers from austerity cuts in healthcare and a shift...
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How to protect yourself against malaria whilst on holiday
AP Television
FILE: Cannes, France 21 May 2010
1. Various of Cheryl Cole on red carpet
Masaai Mara, Kenya 2009
2. Various shots of tourists in Masaai Mara observing wildlife and scenery.
3. Wide shot of giraffe's in the Masaai Mara.
4....
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Zaire - Refugee crisis
An estimated 50,000 Rwandan refugees were on Friday (29/11) moving from
the Zairean town of Sake toward the Rwandan border, 15 kilometres to the east. They were believed to be part of a group of more than 200,000 who fled their camps...
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Indian PM, Rompuy and Barroso on Greece and Iran; protest over free trade agreement
1. Wide of anti-FTA protest, demonstrators carrying giant inflated pill
2. Mid of protesters marching
3. Mid of protesters
4. Close of placard reading (English) "We don't agree with Free Trade Agreements"
5. Zoom in to protesters'...
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Manukura the white kiwi is among the rarest of birds, and she appears to have recovered after a heart scare during surgery in New Zealand to remove a stone from her gizzard.
HEADLINE : Raw Video: Rare white Kiwi recovers from surgery
CAPTION: Manukura the white kiwi is among the rarest of birds, and she appears to have recovered after a heart scare during surgery in New Zealand to remove a stone from her...
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Facility to see inside Camps X-Ray and Delta
1. Detainee doing situps (shot through fence)
2. Guard in watchtower
3. Pull focus on fence
4. Detainee doing situps
5. Pan of barbed wire fence
6. Various of detainees (shot through fence
7. Guard behind fence
8. Arrow painted on ground...