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Rumsfeld hosts defence ministers from Central American nations
1. Dignitaries and officials arriving at news conference
2. Carlos Aldana Villanueva, Minister of Defence of Honduras arriving
3. Interior of news conference
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Donald Rumsfeld, U.S. Secretary of Defence:
"We...
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NICARAGUA: STUDENT PROTESTERS CLASH WITH POLICE
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At least five people have been injured in student riots in Nicaragua.
Some one-thousand university students clashed with police in the capital Managua during a protest against a presidential veto that will cut the...
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NICARAGUA: SANDINISTA PARTY CLAIM VICTORY IN MAYORAL ELECTION
Spanish/Nat
Nicaragua's leftist Sandinista party has claimed victory in the Managua mayoral election, despite a preliminary official count indicating a win for the conservative candidate.
Initial results from the October 20th election...
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Ousted Honduran President issues 'ultimatum' to interim govt
No Slate at Start of Story
1. Various of Honduran flag inside embassy
2. Plate of Honduras Embassy
3. Various of Honduran ousted President, Manuel Zelaya entering news conference and sitting down
4. Close of photographer
5. Wide of...
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NICARAGUA: ECONOMIC LINKS WITH TAIWAN ANGER CHINA
Spanish/Nat
A lucrative deal struck between Nicaragua and Taiwan is forging an alliance in the face of fierce Chinese opposition.
Nicaragua is fighting Taiwan's corner as the tiger economy seeks its own representation in the United...
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Chinese businessman wins contract for proposed canal in Nigaragua
1. Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and Wang Jing, President of the HKND (HK Nicaragua Canal Development Investment Company) Group, during signing ceremony, holding up documents to applause
2. Cutaway camera
3. Mid of Ortega...
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SYND 13 9 78 PRESIDENT SOMOZA MAKING STATEMENT ABOUT FIGHTING WITH REBELS
Nicaraguan president Anastasio Somoza Debayle says that his troops have gained the upper hand in their battle against Sandanista guerrillas, and have crossed into Costa Rica in pursuit of a band of 50 insurgents.
2. ms Somoza enters and...
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Nicaragua unveils its national cocktail
Rivas - 23 October 2006
1. Various of beaches and palm trees
Managua - 22 October 2006
2. Glasses hanging from rack at bar
3. Alcohol being poured into glass
4. Various of bartender preparing drink
5. Bartender putting ice in the...
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NICARAGUA: SLOW AID DISTRIBUTION CAUSES OUTCRY
Spanish/Nat
Hundreds of tons of hurricane aid destined for victims of Hurricane Mitch have been left abandoned on the dock side of a port town in Nicaragua.
The cargo, which has sat untouched for three weeks, was originally sent by U-S...
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NICARAGUA: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS UPDATE
Spanish/Nat
Nicaraguans turned out in record numbers Sunday to pick a new president and about two-thousand other public officials.
The big race is for the presidency with two main front-runners: former Sandinista president Daniel Ortega...
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NICARAGUA: STUDENTS & TEACHERS CLASH WITH RIOT POLICE
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Nicaraguan students and teachers clashed with anti-riot police in the capital, Managua, early on Sunday, for the second day running.
They were protesting against a government plan to change the way education is...
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Zelaya supporters on both sides of border, demo, Zelaya's wife
North of Tegucigalpa, Honduras
1. Wide of soldier blockading protest
2. Various of wife of ousted Honduras President Manuel Zelaya, Xiomara Castro, facing soldiers and reading them the constitution
3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Xiomara...
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Ousted leader goes shopping for hat, comments on crisis
1. Mid of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya's convoy leaving his hotel
2. Various of Zelaya escorted by policemen at a shopping centre
3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Manuel Zelaya, ousted Honduran President:
"Don't you have a doubt about...
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First reports indicate Ortega defeat in presidential elex
1. Wide shot of Nicaraguan National Electoral Board
2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Roberto Rivas, president of the country's Supreme Electoral Council.
"And the results, in percentage, are: Alianza Partido Liberal Constitucionalista (Liberal...
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NICARAGUA: TRANSPORT WORKERS CLASH WITH POLICE
Spanish/Nat
There have been violent clashes between protestors and police in the Nicaraguan capital Managua, as a transport strike in the city enters its seventh day.
Barricades have been set up throughout the city and tyres set alight...
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Ahmadinejad arrives in Managua
1. Wide of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's plane arriving
2. Mid of Ahmadinejad walking down steps of plane
3. Wide of plane, zoom into Ahmadinejad and Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega on red carpet
4. Close-up of flags
5. Wide...
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SYND 19 9 78 AIR ATTACK ON REBEL HELD TOWN OF ESTELI, IN NICARAGUA
Air attack on Esteli in Northern Nicaragua, where Sandinista Rebels were holding out (Sunday) against government forces. UPITN camera team also came under machine gun fire from the planes. The cameramen's car was forced to dive off the...
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Reax after lawmakers approve unlimited presidential terms
Nicaraguan lawmakers approved constitutional changes that allow President Daniel Ortega to be re-elected indefinitely, a move that his critics say is designed to keep the Sandinista (party) leader in power for life.
The largely...
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NICARAGUA: TICUANTEPE: EARTHQUAKES FORCE EVACUATION OF RESIDENTS
Spanish/Nat
A series of mild tremors were recorded near the Nicaraguan capital for the second consecutive day on Monday.
The quakes forced the evacuation of residents and caused minor damages.
The tremors came a day after three quakes,...
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NICARAGUA: FORMER PRESIDENT ORTEGA DENOUNCES ELECTION RESULT (2)
Spanish/Nat
Former Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega has denounced the results of the country's October 20th elections after conservative Arnoldo Aleman was confirmed the official winner on Friday.
The announcement followed the...
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Tropical Storm Alma slammed into Nicaragua's northwest corner on Thursday, near the city of Leon, becoming the first such storm of the eastern Pacific season
HEADLINE: Tropical Strom Alma blasting Central America
CAPTION: Tropical Storm Alma slammed into Nicaragua's northwest corner on Thursday, near the city of Leon, becoming the first such storm of the eastern Pacific season. (May 29)
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Constitutional reform clears way for President Ortega to run for 4th term
Protesters opposed to the Nicaraguan government's approval of reforms eliminating presidential term limits took to the streets on Tuesday.
The protesters say the reforms are designed to keep current president Daniel Ortega, and leader of...
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Nicaragua - Early election results
Early results in the Nicaraguan presidential election suggest that Conservative coffee grower Arnoldo Aleman will defeat former Sandinista president, Daniel Ortega.
GVs election officials counting votes;
WS stage;
Election official...
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NICARAGUA: RECONSTRUCTION FOLLOWING HURRICANE MITCH
Spanish/Nat
Enormous efforts are under way to reconstruct Central America after an estimated 10-thousand people died in Hurricane Mitch's fury two weeks ago.
Yet with so many villages still unaccounted for, the full scale of the...