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Voting begins; Karzai voting
1. Afghan President Hamid Karzai entering polling station, election official checking Karzai's identification
2. Ballot box
3. Karzai leaving voting booth and casting his vote in ballot box
4. Close up of ink on Karzai's hand, then...
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Pakistan's largest city reels after 51 killed in 4 days
1. Various of empty market area with closed shops and stalls
2. Close of lock
3. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Zahid Azeem, local resident:
"I came out from my house for work but no transportation, all businesses are closed. Unemployment is...
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An Orange County jury has reached a verdict of not guilty on all counts in the trial of two former Fullerton police officers charged with killing a homeless man. (Jan. 13)
Two former California police officers were acquitted in the death of a homeless man who died five days after a violent, videotaped struggle with several officers.
It was a rare case in which police officers were charged for a death that...
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CHINA: POLLUTION THREATENING COUNTRY'S SCENIC REGIONS
Mandarin/Nat
U-S President Bill Clinton's trip to China is hoped to improve many aspects of cooperation between the two countries.
One area which has avoided controversy and criticism is the environment.
Recently, China has been paying...
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Mayor Michael Bloomberg is warning in his "State of the City" address that New York's deepest budget deficits are yet to come. But he also insisted that spending cutbacks won't stop New York from transforming itself into a city of the future.
HEADLINE: NYC's Bloomberg warns of deep budget cuts
CAPTION: Mayor Michael Bloomberg is warning in his "State of the City" address that New York's deepest budget deficits are yet to come. But he also insisted that spending cutbacks...
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RR0246/C Italy: Slow Cities
Fields; villagers walking near Greve-in-Chianti centre; town centre; Interior Falorni butcher shop; man sharpening knives; meat being cut; meat carcass taken down from hook; Lorenzo Falorni (butcher) sniffing the meat; customers handling...
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Senior aide to Pakistani Taliban commander surrenders
1. Wide of Khar in the Bajur region of Pakistan
2. Various of security checking those taking part in Jirga (gathering)
3. Mid of security in post during Jirga
5. Wide of men seated at gathering
6. SOUNDBITE: (Pashto) Salar Mehsud, former...
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Drought affects every day life in Kenya
18 August 2009, Laikipia, Kenya
1. Wide shot of dead cow.
2. Mid shot of dead cow.
3. Mid shot of dead cow.
4. Close up of dead cow.
5. Wide shot of Peruan Lesakut grazing his cattle.
6. Set up of of Peruan Lesakut
7. SOUNDBITE...
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The former city manager of Bell was sentenced Wednesday to 12 years in prison and ordered to make restitution of $8.8 million in a corruption scheme that nearly bankrupted the small, blue-collar city. (April 16)
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The former city manager of Bell was sentenced Wednesday to 12 years in prison and ordered to make restitution of $8.8 million in a corruption scheme that nearly bankrupted the small,...
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RR7030A ISRAELI ROOTS IN THE OLD CITY
In the three years since the Jewish and Arab sectors of Jerusalem were united by force of Israeli arms, the
Israelis have set up their own administration in the former Arab section known as the Old City. The barbed-wire barriers that...
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Baby born with deformed limbs
1. Wide shot of "La Solidaridad" hospital, exteriors
2. Medium shot of interior of hospital
3. Zoom in to Moises Chavez, baby with medical condition, known in Peru as "Lobster Boy"
4. Medium shot of extremities
5. Tilt down on...
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Bosnia - Municipal elections to go ahead
Bosnia's postponed municipal elections are to go ahead between November 22 and November 24. The decision was announced on Friday (4/10) by Robert Frowick, the chief representative in Bosnia of the body supervising the elections - the...
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A gunman carrying a grudge against City Hall left a suicide note on his bed warning 'The truth will come out in the end,' before he went on a deadly shooting spree at a council meeting, his brother told The Associated Press on Friday
HEADLINE: Gunman's note: ``The truth will come out'
CAPTION: A gunman carrying a grudge against City Hall left a suicide note on his bed warning 'The truth will come out in the end,' before he went on a deadly shooting spree at a...
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Europe's first commercial solar power plant generates energy for one town
1. Wide of solar plant
2. Close up of city sign
3. Zoom out of power tower to wide of plant
4. Pan across 'heliostatic' field (covered in mirrors) to tower
5. Various of technicians cleaning mirrors
6. Technicians talking
7....
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Mico-units, the American way to downsize
Maybe it's the urban dwelling of the future: studio apartments measuring no more than 300 square feet.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Monday invited developers to propose ways to turn a Manhattan lot into an apartment building filled mostly...
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Smart design to help the poor and the environment
Pahang - 4 October, 2012
1. Close up of a pumpkin flower
2. Various shots of Norlailawati Yusof, working inside green house
3. SOUNDBITE: (Malay) Norlailawati Yusof, villager working in greenhouse:
" I am very happy here because my...
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Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced Thursday that he will ask City Council to change New York's term-limits law so he can run for another four years in office to deal with the 'unprecedented challenges' brought on by the financial meltdown.
HEADLINE:Bloomberg says he'll seek 3rd term
CAPTION : Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced Thursday that he will ask City Council to change New York's term-limits law so he can run for another four years in office to deal with the...
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Residents return to find homes, businesses in ruins
Residents on Thursday continued to return to the ruins of the former pro-Russian rebel stronghold of Slovyansk in eastern Ukraine following the withdrawal of the rebels from the town last weekend.
The town is marked with the scars of...
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Calderon dissolves public electrical utility
1. Various exteriors of the state-run electricity company Luz y Fuerza
2. Workers placing fences around the building
3. Various of Federal Police standing guard outside Luz y Fuerza headquarters
4. Various of more police arriving
5....
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WRAP Union begins partial bus strike, transit officials say talks fruitless
1. Transport Workers Union (TWU) workers marching
2. Wide shot police
3. Close-up Roger Toussaint walking with protesters
4. Wide shot workers marching in circle
5. Close up "STRIKE" sign
6. Mid shot protesters chanting
7. SOUNDBITE...
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio held a moment of silence for police officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos. (Dec. 23)
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New York - December 23, 2014
SOUNDBITE (English) Bill de Blasio New York City Mayor:
"I want to ask everyone assembled here and everyone who is watching and listening, all throughout New...
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First came marijuana as medicine. Now comes legal pot for the people. Colorado and Washington have become the first states to allow pot for recreational use. (Nov. 7)
HEADLINE:Advocate: 'historic' vote on legalizing pot
CAPTION: First came marijuana as medicine. Now comes legal pot for the people. Colorado and Washington have become the first states to allow pot for recreational use. (Nov. 7)
Denver -...
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San Francisco honours crooner Tony Bennett as hit song turns 50
American singer Tony Bennett was given the keys to the city of San Francisco on Tuesday (14 FEB 2012), on the 50th Anniversary of his hit song "I Left My Heart in San Francisco."
A symphony, a children's chorus and the Gay Men's Chorus...
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Under pressure from outraged residents and facing a probe by the California attorney general, the beleaguered City Council of this small blue-collar city voted Monday to slash its salaries by 90 percent.
HEADLINE: City Council in L.A. Suburb slashes salaries
CAPTION: Under pressure from outraged residents and facing a probe by the California attorney general, the beleaguered City Council of this small blue-collar city voted Monday...