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USA: TRADE RELATIONS WITH CHINA
English/Nat
United States President Bill Clinton signed into law on Tuesday a bill that permanently normalises trade relations with China and could yield billions of dollars in new sales for U-S farmers, manufacturers and service...
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Leftist lawmakers end blockade of Congress, agree on energy bill
AP Television
April 25, 2008
1. Various of lawmakers in lower house of Congress rolling up large banner, reading "closed", that covers front of chamber
2. Media filming in the chamber
3. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Santiago Creel, Senate...
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Row over U-S Congress discriminating against Mexican trucks
July 26 2001
1. Wide shot of U-S President George W. Bush
2. Mid shot of reporters
3. Mid shot of press
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) George W. Bush, President of the United States
"It is wrong for the Congress to discriminate against Mexican...
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Nuclear safety authorities agree to stress tests
Brussels - 15 March 2011
1. Wide of meeting venue
2. Mid of EU energy commissioner Guenther Oettinger greeting delegates at meeting
3. Cutaway photographer
4. Oettinger sits
5. Various of EU meeting on nuclear energy security with...
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USA: SENATE HEARING ABOUT CHEMICAL EXPOSURE IN PERSIAN GULF WAR
English/Nat
At a Senate hearing in Washington on Thursday, the U-S deputy Defence Secretary, John White, predicted more revelations about chemical exposures to Persian Gulf War veterans.
The Senate Armed Services Committee started its...
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The ancient art of felt rug making
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 shut...
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The stakes couldn't be higher in the Supreme Court's consideration of President Obama's signature health overhaul. But the political impact of its decision could cut in lots of surprisingly different ways. (March 28)
HEADLINE: High Court Health Ruling: Winning by Losing?
CAPTION: The stakes couldn't be higher in the Supreme Court's consideration of President Obama's signature health overhaul. But the political impact of its decision could cut in lots...
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Kosovo government toughens stance on polluters
Glogovac
1. Wide of truck unloading black slag
2. Various of inspectors at NewCo Ferronikeli factory compound
3. SOUNDBITE (Albanian) Vehbi Ejupi, Environmental Inspector:
"Ferronikeli did not implement the dynamic of investment in the...
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Drone used to track down illegal polluters
AP Television
Caserta, Italy - March 23, 2012
1. Wide shot of an old dumpsite overgrown with trees and bushes with toxic fumaroles rising from the ground, in Naples countryside of Caserta
2. Medium shot of toxic fumaroles at dawn.
3....
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USA: SOME OF TWA'S ASSETS PURCHASED BY AMERICAN AIRLINES
English/Nat
U-S carrier American Airlines has purchased most of T-W-A's assets for about 500 (m) million U-S dollars, as well as some of U-S Airways' assets from United Airlines.
Donald Carty, chief executive of American Airlines, said...
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Iran nuclear negotiator comments, Russia and China meet
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 shut...
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UN weapons inspectors visit sites from their base in Mosul
1. Exterior Nineveh Palace Hotel ,
2. Various of inspectors preparing to leave from hotel
3. UN convoy leaving for inspection.
4. Various shot of UN convoy entering Al Rimah steel factory, 60 km west of Mosul.
5. Various of UN vehicles...
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USA: IRAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER KHARRAZI SPEAKS OF RELATIONS WITH US
English/Nat
Iran's foreign minister on Tuesday said his country was open to re-establishing relations with the U-S but must be assured that Washington is sincere.
In a rare speech by an Iranian official to an American audience, Foreign...
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US trade official warns EU over embargos
1. Wide shot of World Economic Forum (WEF) event
2. US Trade Representative Robert Zoellick (seated centre)
3. Mid shot of WEF
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Robert Zoellick, U.S. Trade Representative
"We generally have an agreement which is...
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Job seekers from across the country lined up in Denver Thursday for a job fair specializing in the state's newly-legalized marijuana industry. (March 13)
That's where the line of hopefuls stretched Thursday outside a central Denver office building that was hosting a marijuana industry job fair.
OpenVAPE, Cullen's vaporizers company, organized the fair to meet its own growing staffing...
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Partial smoking ban begins in Turkey
Besiktas district, Istanbul - 16 May 2008
1. Taxi driver smoking inside car
2. Wide of man smoking at taxi stop
3. SOUNDBITE: (Turkish) Huseyin Erdogan, Taxi Driver:
"I don't know if these bans would work, and how much of a deterrent...
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Government's plans to introduce smoking ban met with dismay
Plans to enforce a Western-style smoking ban in restaurants, cafes and other public places has sparked a heated debate in Jordan.
The ban - which comes from a law passed in 2008, but not fully enforced - would also see the government...
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A car crash victim gets a rare transplant operation
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 shut...
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President signs 'Do not call' legislation
1. U.S. President George W. Bush enters media conference
2. Cutaway of media
3. Wide shot of Bush
4. SOUNDBITE (English): George W. Bush, U.S. President:
"The registry allows Americans to shield their home and cell phone numbers from...
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Reax as agreement reached on course for future global warming talks
1. Wide of closing plenary session of COP17 (17th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change) conference
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, South Africa's foreign minister and conference...
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Reax after EU plans binding limits on carbon-dioxide emissions for new cars
Brussels, Belgium
1. Exterior of European Commission HQ
2. Pan across luxury cars parked outside European Commission
3. Pan across European Commission sign
4. Man reading Commission's paper on CO2 reductions inside European Commission...
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Japanese FM meets Indian counterpart
1. Wide of Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada and his Indian counterpart S. M. Krishna walking onto stage
2. Wide of joint press conference
3. SOUNDBITE: (Japanese) Katsuya Okada, Japanese Foreign Minister:
"I also stated very...
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PERU: TV JOURNALISTS WANT BARUSH REINSTATED
Spanish/Nat
Peru's return to democracy means the new government is facing a deluge of requests to overturn the actions of the Fujimori regime.
Three years ago an Israeli media baron, and owner of one of Peru's main television stations,...
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Two top Yahoo Inc. officials on Tuesday defended their company's role in the jailing of a Chinese journalist but ran into withering congressional criticism over information Yahoo gave the Chinese government about the man's online activities.
HEADLINE: Yahoo execs defend company on Capitol Hill
CAPTION: Two top Yahoo Inc. officials on Tuesday defended their company's role in the jailing of a Chinese journalist but ran into withering congressional criticism over information...