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Blue skies over Beijing as IOC meets ADDS Gosper s'bite on Internet
1. Wide of Beijing's 2008 Olympic countdown clock showing six days to go
2. Volunteers walking in Olympic Green
3. Olympic rings on broadcasting tower
4. Wide of National Aquatic Centre, known as the water cube
5. Low-angle shot of...
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Moscow swelters as summer temperatures soar
1. Wide of Moscow city centre, the Kremlin visible in background
2. Various of street scenes, traffic and pedestrians
3. Exterior of Telegraph building with digital screen showing date and temperature of 38 degrees Celsius (100.4...
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MEXICO: MOTHERS STAGE UNUSUAL PROTEST DEMANDING CLEAN AIR
Spanish/Nat
Scores of mothers have staged an unusual protest in Mexico City to demand clean air for their children.
Following last week's record-breaking smog emergency, mothers strapped oxygen masks onto their children and wheeled...
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America's first pony car, the Ford Mustang, is celebrating its 50th birthday with a new design and plans to go global. It's been engineered to meet various international safety and emissions standards. (Dec. 5)
America's first pony car, the Ford Mustang, is celebrating its 50th birthday with a new design and plans to go global.
Ford Motor Co. revealed the 2015 Mustang on Thursday morning (Dec. 5) in Times Square in New York.
"Great day, great...
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JAPAN: KYOTO: CLIMATE CHANGE CONVENTION: ACTIVISTS POSE AS LEADERS
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Environmental activists posing as world leaders kicked around an inflatable globe around on Friday in Kyoto in a colourful attack on the lack of progress in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
They claim the negotiations at...
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Popocatepetl continues to rumble, spewing ash
1. Wide of Popocatepetl Volcano covered by clouds
2. Wide of volcano's top covered by clouds
3. Mid of volcano's top covered by clouds
4. Mid of volcano ashes on the floor near main square of Santiago Xalitzintla's town
5. Close of...
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Government announces plans to slash congestion
1. Various of traffic jam during rush hour
2. Close of exhaust
3. Wide of news conference
4. Cutaway of media
5. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Zhou Zhengyu, Vice Secretary General of Beijing city government:
"The Beijing Municipal Government...
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WRAP Delegates at UN climate summit enter crucial final week of negotiations
1. Australian Environment Minister Peter Garrett walking through hotel
2. Cutaway of media
3. Garrett and US Senator John Kerry walking towards media
4. Cutaway of media
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) John Kerry, US Senator:
"In the Congress...
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Last-minute shopping and prayers as nation ready to welcome New Year
1. Wide of re-enactment of ancient heaven worshipping ceremony in Beijing's Ditan Park
2. Close-up of performer
3. Mid of performer
4. Pan across performers
5. Various of dragon dance, marking opening of Ditan temple fair
6. Close of...
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Marathon talks at COP17 as time runs out for delegates to find consensus
1. Wide interior shot of the COP17 Conference of the Parties 17) conference venue, with an empty corridor
2. Close sign reading COP17/CMP7
3. Wide setup Connie Hedegaard, European Commissioner for Climate Change, talking to colleagues...
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Smogs shrouds buildings, traffic slows to a crawl
1. Wide view of Red Square
2. Long view of tower with sun shining through smog
3. Wide view of Kremlin shrouded in smog
4. Wide view of traffic driving through the smog
5. Wide view of people walking down the street
6. Mid view of...
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Environmentalist says EU's soft climate change policy negative signal to other countries
A proposal by the European Commission to not set energy targets for each member nation has raised concern that the European Union is stepping away from its policy to fight climate change and discouraging aspiring EU members from adhering...
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CHILE: SANTIAGO: ENVIRONMENTALISTS HOLD MASS RALLY
Spanish/Nat
Thousands of environmentalists staged a massive rally in Santiago, Chile, on Saturday.
The protestors included doctors, politicians and activists, uniting to demand tougher measures against increasing air pollution.
And, as...
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Kremlin shrouded by smoke from forest fires
SHOTLIST: NB: no slate at the start of story
1. Moscow covered in smoke
2. Church domes in smoke
3. Bridge in smoke
4. Various of Kremlin shrouded in smoke
5. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Elena Volkov, Muscovite:
"Of course, it is very...
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Rome imposes limits on traffic to lower pollution levels
1. Various of heavy traffic in Rome
2. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Ludovica (last name not given), Rome resident:
"We are very worried because we work here, we are on the first floor. We cannot open the windows anymore. It is forbidden by the...
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Tehran shrouded in smog amid lack of snow and rain
Tehran residents are facing smoggy conditions in the capital.
There's been no snow and little rain so far this winter - and that's the cause being given for the polluted air.
A grey haze hovers above Tehran's skyline.
Smog is filling...
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CHINA: TAXIS FACE BAN AS GOVERNMENT FIGHTS POLLUTION
Mandarin/Nat
The Beijing government in China has moved toward cleaning up air pollution by ordering the destruction of the city's favourite public transport.
The "Miandi" (Meeyan-dee) mini-van taxis are due to disappear from public...
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JAPAN: KYOTO: CLIMATE CHANGE CONVENTION ENTERS ITS LAST DAY
English/Nat
The stand-off between the United States and the European Union shows little sign of ending as the Kyoto Conference on Climate Change enters its last day.
European delegates said the U-S team offered a further two percent cut...
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Thick smog has been covering China's capital for a week. The US Embassy in Beijing says the pollution levels are ten times what would be considered unsafe. (Feb. 26)
SOUNDBITE (English) Huang Wei, Climate and Energy Campaigner, Greenpeace China:
"I think on behalf of many of the parents, they're worried about their kids' health. And this pollution has been lasted for over seven days.
Beijing - 26...
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Paris auto show gets underway in the French capital
1. Wide of Paris Auto Show
2. Mid of cars on display and attendees
3. Mid top show cars and attendees near BMW stand
4. Wide of Mercedes Benz stand
5. Mid exterior of Mercedes Benz vehicle
6. Mid interior Mercedes Benz vehicle
7....
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MEXICO: POLLUTION HAS REACHED CRITICAL LEVELS IN MEXICO CITY
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Mexico City is one of the dirtiest places on the planet.
Air pollution in Mexico's capital has reached such critical levels that the authorities are proposing increasing the present one-day a week driving ban to two...
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UK: LONDON: WORLD WIDE FUND FOR NATURE HOST CONFERENCE
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The potential horrors of global warming and how to avoid them were the subject of an international conference in London on Wednesday.
The meeting conference, hosted by the World Wildlife Fund for Nature, looks ahead to the...
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FRANCE: PARIS: AIR POLLUTION PROMPTS AUTHORITIES TO RESTRICT TRAFFIC
French/Nat
Half of all private cars will not be allowed on Paris roads on Wednesday because of the record levels of pollution that have hit the French capital.
Only cars with odd-numbered license plates will be allowed on the streets...
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Conference adjourned after India and China raises objections
AP Television
1. Wide of United Nations climate change conference room
2. Various of delegates inside room talking
3. Close-up of conference papers
4. Wide of chairman of meeting Rachmat Witeolar and other officials on stage, addressing...