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GAZA: ARAFAT ARRIVES IN GAZA
English/Nat
The Palestinian Chairman, Yasser Arafat, arrived in Gaza on Saturday after a meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
On his arrival Arafat said that the peace process is important to the entire international...
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PERU: OPPOSITION PARTY LEADERS SIGN ACCORD
Spanish/Nat
Peru's opposition leaders have signed a common charter aimed at impeding President Alberto Fujimori from being elected should he decide to run for a third straight term in next April's general elections.
The charter, signed...
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Thousand protest in latest anti-gov't demo outside of parliament
1. Wide pan of crowd of protesters chanting, waving Hungarian flags
2. Mid of protesters
3. Wide of protesters, stage
4. Mid of protesters waving flags
5. Wide of protesters
6. Various of protesters
7. Mid of man with child on his...
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Sudan - First General Election
Voting began on Wednesday (6/3) in Sudan's first general elections
in a decade, but turnout was low. President Omar el-Beshir, who installed a muslim government after taking over power in a military coup in 1989, is seeking formal...
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More voting scenes from Rome
1. St. Peter's Basilica
2. Nun walking to the polling station
3. Exterior of polling station
4. Man hammering signs on the wall indicating polling station sections
5. Nun registering to vote at polling station, handing cell phone as part...
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Doubts cast on fairness of Oct 10 general election
Karachi - recent
1. Karachi City shot with Election Signs.
2. Flag of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP)
3. Pan of different posters showing Benazir Bhutto, Nawaz Sharif , and Altaf Hussain.
4. Various shots of MQM Public meeting
Wah...
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Israelis use election-day off to indulge in some shopping
1. Pan of shopping mall in Tel Aviv
2. Pan of shops, people walking by
3. Mid of window shop with sign reading: (Hebrew) "70 percent off on election day"
4. Pan of shoppers sitting in coffee shop
5. SOUNDBITE: (Hebrew) Yonatan (surname...
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Gordon Brown resigns as UK Prime Minister
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has resigned with a brief, emotional statement, ending 13 years of Labour government and paving the way for the Conservative party under David Cameron to take office.
Yards away, Brown's two chief...
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Firefighters on their expectations for Sunday's elections
June 4, 2011
1. Wide firefighters running
2. Wide firefighters preparing to leave for a training exercise
3. Wide tilt up firefighters putting on uniform, pans left
4. Wide firefighters move towards fire engine
5. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese)...
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ISRAEL: EHUD BARAK VOTES IN GENERAL ELECTION
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Israeli prime ministerial hopeful, Ehud Barak, voted on Monday morning in his hometown of Kochav Yair.
Israelis have gone to the polls in a nationwide general election.
Polls have been showing Barak has a clear lead over...
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NIGERIA: NIGERIA AWAITS RESULTS AS POLLS CLOSE IN GENERAL ELECTION
English/Nat
Nigeria has moved to sweep aside 15 years of corrupt and brutal military rule, with presidential elections that mark the final phase of democracy's return to Africa's most populous nation.
Polls have closed, vote counting has...
Bloomberg
Vote for New Greek President Begins Dec. 17
Dec. 9 -- Greek stocks and bonds slumped after Prime Minister Antonis Samaras opted to bring forward the process of choosing a new head of state, risking parliamentary elections in Europes most indebted state as early as January. Alpha...
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INDONESIA: GENERAL ELECTION: ECONOMY ISSUES
English/Nat
The Jakarta stock market jumped early on Tuesday after the Indonesian election voting ended peacefully.
The rupiah has also strengthened, following a pattern that saw it climb last week even before campaigning...
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JAPAN: GENERAL ELECTION LATEST
Japanese/Nat
The people of Japan are casting their ballot in a general election which will decide whether the ruling coalition stays in power.
Polls have shown the ruling coalition with firm chances of holding onto power, while the...
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Myanmar - Aung San Suu Kyi wins in historic by-election / UN Secretary General meets opposition leader Suu Kyi / Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi sworn in as member of Myanmar's parliament / Suu Kyi visits Nobel Institute in Norway / Suu Kyi given freedom of City of Dublin / Suu Kyi addresses UK Parliament / Rohingya Muslims protest in Thailand against bloodshed in Myanmar
Myanmar - Democracy icon claims victory in historic by-election
Yangon - 2 Apr 2012
1. Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of opposition National League for Democracy, appears outside her party's headquarters to address crowd of supporters, who...
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(dur: 6 minutes 57 seconds / eng. sot: 2 minutes 14 seconds)
Story: The UK electorate goes to polls on 11th June to choose
the country's government for the next five years. Success
for...
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Republicans rolled up the string of victories they needed Tuesday night to seize control the Senate, the biggest prize in the midterm elections, and North Carolina put them over the top. (Nov. 4)
Republicans rolled up the string of victories they needed Tuesday night to seize control the Senate, the biggest prize in the midterm elections, and North Carolina put them over the top.
Republican Thom Tillis beat Democratic incumbent...
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INDONESIA: GENERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN UPDATE
English/Nat
The Muslim United Development Party has dominated the streets of Jakarta in the first full week of campaigning for Indonesia's general election.
So far, there has been little sign of the widespread violence that was widely...
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Obama ahead of Romney in Iowa polls as vote starts
American voters in the swing-state of Iowa headed to the polls on Thursday, as Democrats in Des Moines worked to secure votes for US President Barack Obama and build a pre-Election Day advantage over Republican challenger Mitt...
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Preview ahead of general elections
1. Various GVs of Istanbul
2. Various of political flags strung across street
3. People
4. SOUNDBITE: (Turkish) Voxpop:
"The country is in a disaster. We're getting deeper and deeper into trouble. The poor can't even afford bread. People...
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Hammond replaces Hague as UK FM, comments from both
William Hague stepped down as British Foreign Secretary on Monday night and will serve as leader of the House of Commons until he leaves national politics next year.
He said he wants to use his last year in politics to help David...
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WRAP Elex commission, Kouchner with Musharraf ADDS bite, Lahore
Islamabad
1. Guards outside election commission of Pakistan
2. Close up of sign reading (English): "Election Commission of Pakistan"
3. Guard walking with gun
4. Cars driving through gates to Pakistan Election commission building
5....
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WRAP Voting in general election, Badawi votes, Anwar Ibrahim voting
Kuala Lumpur
1. Voters registering at polling station
2. Election officials registering voters
3. Man dropping his vote into ballot box
Penang
4. Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Malaysian Prime Minister arriving at polling station
5. Various of...
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PM claiming victory in general election, celebrations on street
Former rebel leader Hashim Thaci claimed a third term as prime minister of Kosovo on Sunday after official preliminary results gave him the lead in a snap parliamentary election.
The election also saw minority Serbs casting votes for...