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Leaders gather for APEC summit
1. Wide exterior of BEXCO conference centre
2. Various of Australian Prime Minister John Howard arriving, being greeted by South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun
3. Howard and Roh shaking hands for cameras
4. Canadian Prime Minister Paul...
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Bachelet returns to power after winning runoff against rival Matthei
Chile's once and future leader Michelle Bachelet easily won Sunday's presidential runoff, returning centre-left parties to power by promising profound social changes in response to years of street protests.
Bachelet won 62 percent of the...
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FRANCE: PARIS: CHILEAN PRESIDENT EDUARDO FREI VISIT
Spanish/Nat
Chilean President Eduardo Frei is in France for an official to strengthen ties between France and the countries of Mercosur - South America's largest trade bloc.
Frei's trip came two weeks after French President Jacques...
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Chile - Pinochet's son condemns father's arrest
The son of former Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet has condemned his father's arrest in London. Augusto Pinochet Hiriart spoke outside the offices of an organisation dedicated to his father in Chile's capital, Santiago. His...
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CHILE: CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER JEAN CHRETIEN CHILE VISIT
Spanish/Nat
Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien was in Chile today (Wednesday) to discuss
ways of strengthening economic and trade ties between Chile and Canada.
Chretien says he hopes Chile will be the fourth country to join NAFTA,...
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Tensions between countries, protesters outside
NB: wrong slate on tape, story correct
1. Anti-globalisation activists charging police barricade
2. Protesters spraying graffiti on bank
3. Protesters throwing stones at riot police
4. Close up of riot police, pull out to wide shot of...
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CHILE: FAMILIES OF PINOCHET'S VICTIMS CELEBRATE HIS DETENTION
Spanish/Nat
Families of the some of the thousands who "disappeared" under former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet celebrated his continued detention on Sunday.
Pinochet, 83, was arrested in London on October 16 following a request...
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Chilean President meets with French President
1. Mid shot of French flag
2. Exterior shot of Elysee Palace and pan down to Republican guard
3. Republican guard
4. Car carrying Chilean president Ricardo Lagos Escobar
5. Various shots of Lagos Escobar arriving and being greeted by...
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CHILE: SANTIAGO: FINAL DAY OF SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS: UPDATE
Spanish/Nat
Vowing to take concrete steps to form an expansive free trade bloc by 2005, the 34 heads of state of the Americas concluded the Second Summit of the Americas on Sunday.
The leaders directed negotiations to begin in September...
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ARGENTINA: CHILEAN PRESIDENT RICARDO LAGOS VISIT
Spanish/Nat
Chilean President Ricardo Lagos has met his Argentinian counterpart on the first day of his official visit to Buenos Aires.
Both presidents pledged to work together and praised each others' politics.
Lagos, who was...
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CHILE: GENERAL PINOCHET CHALLENGES RECENT CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMS
Spanish/Nat
Chile's former dictator, General Augusto Pinochet, has challenged recent constitutional reforms proposed by President Eduardo Frei to reduce the role of the military in the country's political affairs.
Speaking at an event to...
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CHILE: MASS BURIAL
Spanish/Nat
More than 100 Chileans on Saturday attended a mass burial in Santiago of eight bodies discovered in mass graves.
The remains belonged to political dissidents killed between 1973 and 1986 and included union leaders and...
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Chilean President reacts to WTC attack during UK visit
1. Chilean President Ricardo Lagos gets off plane
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Chilean President Ricardo Lagos: "I condemn what happened today to the American people. I would like to press my sincere condolences to the relatives of those who...
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UK: CHILEAN AMBASSADOR'S REACTION TO PINOCHET RULING
Spanish/Nat
Chile's ambassador to Britain, Mario Artaza, reacted cautiously to Home Secretary Jack Straw's decision on Thursday that Spain could continue to seek former Chilean dictator's extradition.
The ruling means that even though...
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CHILE: TOUGHER SENTENCES APPEALED FOR IN LETELIER MURDER CASE
Spanish/Nat
The sister of a slain Chilean foreign minister urged judges Thursday to impose a tougher sentence on his killers.
Orlando Letelier was blown up by a car bomb in 1976.
Two men, including the former head of Chile's secret...
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RUSSIA: PINOCHET SUPPORTERS GATHER OUTSIDE BRITISH EMBASSY
English/Nat
A handful of hardline Russian demonstrators have picketed outside the British embassy in Moscow in support of former Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet.
The protestors, representing Russian monarchist groups,...
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CHILE: ARGENTINA & CHILE SIGN CRUCIAL PROTOCOL
Spanish/Nat
Argentina and Chile have signed a crucial protocol aimed at solving the last territorial dispute between the two South American nations.
The protocol seeks to ensure congressional ratification of a 1991 treaty that put an end...
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Energy ministers meet to discuss rise in natural gas prices
1. Wide shot exterior of Chilean Embassy in Buenos Aires
2. Chilean flag
3. Chilean Energy Minister Karen Poniachik with other officials
4. Wide of Poniachik at presser
5. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): Karen Poniachik, Chilean Energy Minister...
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CHILE: VALPARAISO: CLINTON PRAISES CHILEAN DEMOCRACY
Valparaiso, Chile - 17 April 1998
1. Military walking in front of the Congress building
2. US President Bill Clinton's presidential limousine arriving in front of Congress
3. Limousine pulling up and Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton...
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WRAP Former colonial countries at summit to discuss LatAm issues
1. President Ricardo Lagos of Chile walking to meet President Carlos Mesa of Bolivia
2. Presidents Lagos and Mesa shaking hands
3. Chilean and Bolivian Presidents sitting down, talking, pan to Mesa
4. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil...
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Court refuses to strip Pinochet of immunity to allow trial
Santiago - 24 March 2005
1. Wide of Supreme Court justices
2. Close up of justice
3. Augusto Pinochet's defence attorney Pablo Rodriguez before court
4. Human rights lawyer before court
5. Pan of Carlos Prats' relatives and lawyers at...
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KING OF SPAIN MAKES OFFICIAL VISIT TO CHILE, MEETS PRESIDENT PINERA
Spain's King Juan Carlos was welcomed on Tuesday at La Moneda Palace in Santiago by Chilean President Sebastian Pinera, during the second leg of the monarch's Latin American tour.
The 74-year-old King is visiting Chile as part of a...
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UK: PINOCHET'S HOPES DASHED BY HOME SECRETARY
Natural Sound
Britain's top law enforcement official has dashed General Augusto Pinochet's hopes of immediately returning home.
Home Secretary Jack Straw on Thursday ruled that Spain could continue seeking the former Chilean dictator's...
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Heads of state arrive for inauguration of president-elect Garcia
1. Colombian President Alvaro Uribe walking off plane
2. Uribe walking across tarmac past honour guard
3. Closer shot Uribe on tarmac
4. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Alvaro Uribe, President of Colombia:
"We have come to this sister nation full...