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U.S.: Airstrikes to destroy Iran supplied weapons
The U.S. retaliatory airstrikes against militants in Iraq destroyed five weapons depots, but the top U.S commander for the Middle East acknowledged Friday that there are many similar sites that the U.S. has so far not hit because of...
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Brain injuries in Iraq shows 'unseen wounds of war'
The spotlight on brain injuries suffered by American troops in Iraq this month is an example of America's episodic attention to this invisible war wound, which has affected hundreds of thousands over the past two decades but is not yet...
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Bush speaking at Pentagon following briefing with Rumsfeld
1. US President George W. Bush walks out to podium
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) US President George W. Bush
"(US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld) Thank you for your leadership. You are courageously leading our nation in the war against...
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Test craft launched to meet up with Pentagon satellite
1. Various of the Stargazer L-1011 aircraft and DART spacecraft in flight
A NASA robotic spacecraft equipped with navigational computers and sensors was launched into orbit on Friday to rendezvous with a Pentagon satellite without the...
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USA: PRESIDENT CLINTON LOOKS AHEAD TO 4 MORE YEARS IN THE WHITE HOUSE
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One day after US Presidential elections, Bill Clinton looks ahead to the challenges of four more years in the White House as the nation's chief executive.
With more than 300 electoral votes to his credit, there is talk of a...
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USA: PRESIDENTIAL PANEL INVESTIGATION INTO GULF WAR SYNDROME
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Stress is the most likely source of a host of ailments reported among veterans of the Persian Gulf War, members of a U-S presidential panel said Wednesday.
The panel wants the Pentagon and other government agencies to...
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Defence officials say Al Qaida leaders killed in Afghanistan
1. Wide shot, General Tommy Franks and U.S. Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld walking into briefing room
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) General Tommy Franks, U.S. Commander of Afghanistan campaign:
"All the while we have been setting conditions...
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APTN looks at how America's symbol of defence has been rebuilt
APTN - August 21, 2002
1. Wide of reconstructed area of Pentagon destroyed on 9/11
2. Pan from exterior wall to limestone cap of time capsule with date inscribed
Department of Defense Video (DOD) - September 11, 2001 - APTN Clients...
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USA: NAVY EXERCISES MAY RESUME IN PUERTO RICO
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A surprise deal between Puerto Rico and Washington has paved the way for the U-S Navy to resume bombing exercises which it says are vital to national defence.
Exercises were suspended in April after a civilian security guard...
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Rumsfeld meets Italian counterpart, comments on Iraq
1. United States Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld greets Italian Defence Minister Antonio Martino at the Pentagon
2. Cutaway of soldiers
3. Rumsfeld and Martino walk to press conference
4. Cutaway of media
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Donald...
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Gates announces 3 month extension to tours of duty in Iraq, Afghanistan
1. Wide of US Secretary of Defence Robert Gates entering room
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Robert M.Gates, US Secretary of Defence:
"I am announcing today a new policy intended to provide better clarity, predictability and sustainability in...
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US defence secretary briefing on Iraq and Korea
1. Wide shot of Rumsfeld at press conference
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Donald Rumsfeld, US Defence Secretary:
"Fibre optic cable they've been laying. You've been aware of that, in fact we've tackled some of their fibre optic cable. The...
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USA: ANNIVERSARY OF ATOMIC BOMBING OF NAGASAKI DEMONSTRATION
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Protesters in Washington, D-C gathered outside the Pentagon to condemn the dropping of an atomic bomb on Nagasaki 50 years ago.
Earlier in New Mexico - home of the atom bomb project - Japanese and Americans came together to...
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Defence Secy holds news briefing on Iraq
1. Wide shot of US Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld and General Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, walking into Pentagon briefing room
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Rumsfeld, US Secretary of Defence:
"We hope to...
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New Defense Secretary Robert Gates discussed a possible infusion of more U.S. troops into Iraq with American commanders, but said no decisions have been made.
HEADLINE: Gates Visits Iraq to Discuss More Troops
CAPTION: New Defense Secretary Robert Gates discussed a possible infusion of more U.S. troops into Iraq with American commanders, but said no decisions have been made. (Dec....
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Protests on 40th anniv of Martin Luther King death
New York
1. Wide shot of protesters gathered outside of Grants tomb
2. Close up of sign on tomb says "Let us Have Peace"
3. Mid shot of Doctor Ford speaking to crowd before the march
4. Wide shot of crowd listening to speeches
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Author claims Sept 11 was a Bush led conspiracy
1. Various of Parisian bookshop "Livre Sterling"
2. Zoom into Thierry Meyssan "L'Effroyable Imposture" (The Horrifying Fraud") book on display
3. Meyssan's book next to counter - book by French journalists Jean Guisnel and Guillaume...
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Pentagon-Released Video of Osama bin Laden Talking About Terrorist Attacks B
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Osama bin Laden:
"We calculated in advance the number of casualties from the enemy, who would be killed based on the position of the tower. We calculated that the floors that would be hit would be three or four floors....
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WRAP adds s/b to Iraqi Nat. Congress meet with State Dept.
1. Iraqi opposition leaders arriving at the State Department
2. State Department officials meeting with Iraqi opposition leaders
3. Iraqi delegation exits State Department
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Hamid al-Bayati, attended as the...
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USA: WASHINGTON: SLOVENIA MINISTER OF DEFENCE TIT TURNSEK VISIT
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The Slovenian minister of defence arrived in Washington on Tuesday on a mission to boost his country's chances of getting an invitation to join NATO.
Tit Turnsek's visit came ahead of the NATO summit in Madrid, when the...
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Heightened security, minute's silence at US airports
BOSTON, LOGAN AIRPORT - 11 September 2002
1. Shot of plane taking off from Boston's Logan Airport
2. Shot of passenger walking towards gate
3. Various shots of American Airlines observing moment of silence at 8:46 am
VIRGINIA, DULLES...
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USA: US DEFENCE SECRETARY WILLIAM COHEN PRESS CONFERENCE
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The commander of the US air base blown up in a terrorist attack in Saudi Arabia failed to protect his men, US Defence Secretary William Cohen said on Thursday.
Brigadier General Terryl Schwalier was in charge of the Dhahran...
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The Senate blocked a bill that would strip senior military commanders of authority to prosecute rapes and other serious offenses in the ranks. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand called the vote 'painful,' but vowed to keep fighting for victims. (March 6)
The Senate has blocked a bill that would have stripped senior military commanders of their authority to prosecute rapes and other serious offenses in the ranks.
The vote on Thursday was 55-45, short of the 60 necessary to move ahead on...
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Hearing on Iraq pre-war intelligence
HEADLINE: Hearing on Iraq pre-war intelligence
CAPTION: The Senate Armed Services committee hears from the Defense Department's inspector general on the Pentagon's pre-war intelligence, including a report Chairman Carl Levin calls 'very...