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RUSSIA: STROBE TALBOTT KOSOVO PEACEKEEPING TALKS (2)
Russian/Eng/Nat
Russian and U-S officials have been grappling with the sticky question of Moscow's precise role in the peacekeeping operation for Kosovo.
Russia plans to contribute up to ten-thousand troops for the K-FOR peacekeeping...
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Excerpt news conference by Canadian defence minister
1. Peter MacKay, Canadian Defence Minister, entering briefing room
2. Cutaway of photographers
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Peter MacKay, Canadian Defence Minister:
"The cost of this leadership, with respect to Canada's contribution, to...
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Military trucks carrying Patriot missiles for Turkey leave air base
De Peel Air Base, Vredepeel, Netherlands
1. Dutch military convoy hauling Patriot missiles
2. Rear shot convoy
3. Various of missile convoy
4. Long shot of the missile truck convoy
5. Wide of the truck convoy carrying Patriot...
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Wesley Clark testifies in Milosevic trial, comments
1. Wide shot, exterior tribunal at Hague
2. UN flag flying
3. Demonstrators from the New Communist Party against Clark and US government and State dept restricting testimony
4. Sign: "NATO General Clark - Media Murderer"
5. SOUNDBITE:...
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USA: PENTAGON: NATO ATTACKS TO INTENSIFY
English/Nat
United States officials say that although NATO's air assault on Yugoslavia is far from accomplishing its goals, the alliance is pressing ahead with an intensified targeting of Serb troop concentrations in Kosovo.
Although...
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Bosnia - Izetbegovic Welcomes Peace Moves
Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic said on Thursday (28/12) he's
glad peace has finally come to Bosnia-Herzegovina despite the deal
being less satisfactory than he wished.
ws of presser;
izetbegovic sot with translator saying he is glad...
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President Al-Yawer speaks to National Press Club
1. News conference
2. Cameraman
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ghazi al-Yawer, Iraqi Interim President:
"First of all about inviting NATO, definitely we would want multi-national forces from countries which are effective, we do not want to...
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BELGIUM: FOREIGN MINISTERS FROM NATO ALLIANCE MEET
English/Nat
Foreign ministers from the 16-nation NATO alliance met in Brussels on Tuesday to lay the groundwork for the 50th anniversary summit in Washington in April.
Leaders will be expected to approve the alliance's strategy for the...
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Russia to allow more supplies to Afghanistan
1. Various exteriors of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) headquarters
2. Mid of NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen walking to lectern
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO Secretary-General:
"My strong...
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KOSOVO: NATO COMMANDER CALLS FOR ETHNIC TOLERANCE
English/Nat
Amid a wave of fresh violence, the new commander of NATO peacekeepers in Kosovo appealed to people in the province to promote ethnic tolerance on Monday.
He warned that Western governments will withhold support if attacks on...
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Polls close, opposition claims 'massive fraud'
1. Exterior of polling station
2. Serbian flag on window inside building
3. Mid shot man closes door of polling station
4. Close-up of man locking door
5. Wide shot referendum committee checking ballot boxes
6. Mid shot woman breaking...
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ZAGREB: UN SPECIAL ENVOY YASUSHI AKASHI: INTERVIEW
English/Nat
U-N Special Envoy Yasushi Akashi says his troops were forced to pull out of the supposedly safe area of Srebrenica because their lives were under threat.
Speaking in Zagreb, he defended the withdrawal of the peacekeepers...
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Bush meets counterpart Yushchenko
1. US President, George W. Bush, and Ukrainian President, Viktor Yushchenko, sitting in-front of media
2. SOUNDBITE (English) George W. Bush, US President:
"Mr. President, welcome. I welcome you here to the Oval Office. I admire your...
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Ethnic Albanians hope for independence as Troika hands over report
1. Various street scenes in Pristina
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Agron Bajrami, Editor-in-Chief, Albanian newspaper Koha Ditore:
"I think that the tenth of December will confirm what we all expect, that the additional process of...
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CHINA: US TREASURY SECRETARY SUMMERS VISIT (V)
Natural Sound
U-S Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers and Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji discussed China's campaign to enter the World Trade Organisation in talks on Sunday that Summers said were «very useful.»
Zhu told Summers that China...
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KOSOVO: MITROVICA: SITUATION UPDATE: BRIDGE
English/Nat
French troops in Serb dominated northern Mitrovica have completed the construction of a footbridge across the river dividing the city.
It's expected that in a few days, families from the southern, Albanian part of the city...
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YUGOSLAVIA: KOSOVO: AGANI FOUND DEAD : FILE
English/Nat
Fehmi Agani, a prominent politician and member of the Kosovo Albanian delegation at February's failed peace talks in France, is reported to have been found dead.
The Yugoslav state-run Tanjug news agency reported that Agani's...
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Interview with NATO Secretary General Rasmussen on Ukraine, Afghanistan
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Thursday expressed his outrage at the violence in Ukraine, where dozens of protesters have been killed in clashes with police, and warned that the situation could affect Ukraine's relations...
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Top NATO commander to recommend Libya mission end
1. Zoom out Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO Secretary General, arriving at news conference
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO Secretary General:
"We have taken a preliminary decision to end operation Unified Protector on the...
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ITALY: VIKTOR CHERNOMYRDIN MEETS PM D'ALEMA
Russ/Italian/Natural Sound
Russian special envoy Viktor Chernomyrdin arrived in Rome on Thursday evening to brief Italian Premier Massimo D'Alema on Russia's attempts to negotiate an end to the Balkan conflict.
The two men talked for...
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Dramatic fight in Kabul ends after 20 hours
HEADLINE: Dramatic fight in Kabul ends after 20 hours
CAPTION: A 20-hour battle with insurgents in Kabul ended Wednesday after a volley of helicopter gunfire. The U.S. Ambassador blamed the Haqqani network for the coordinated attack that...
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SERBIA: BELGRADE: POLICE STOP ACTIVISTS PAINTING FOOTPRINTS
English/Nat
Belgrade police on Thursday prevented young Democratic Party activists from painting red footsteps in front of the Federal parliament building.
It would have been a bold attempt to show a way for Yugoslav President Slobodan...
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WRAP Ethnic Albanians reax as Troika hands over report; Serbia reax
Pristina, Kosovo
1. Various street scenes in Pristina
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Agron Bajrami, Editor-in-Chief, Albanian newspaper Koha Ditore:
"I think that the tenth of December will confirm what we all expect, that the additional...
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Belgium - NATO Approves Bosnia Peace Enforcemtent
The NATO council of ambassadors formally approved of the peace enforcement mission in Bosnia, early Saturday (16/12).
Acting Secretary General Sergio Balanzino and US General George
Joulwan, Supreme Commander of allied forces in Europe...