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RUSSIA: DEMAND FOR TREES COLLAPSES
Russian/Nat
While the holiday season is for many Russians a chance to forget for a while the nation's economic troubles, this year it holds little cheer for Russia's foresters.
The celebrations around New Year and Orthodox Christmas are ...
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Moto taxi and delivery drivers protest restrictions aimed at reducing crime
Around two-thousand motorcyclists gathered in the streets of Caracas on Friday to protest over a proposed night curfew on two-wheelers, as part a Venezuelan government crackdown on crime.
The protest barely disrupted traffic as...
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MALAYSIA: MINISTERS ARRIVE FOR APEC ECONOMIC SUMMIT
English/Nat
Foreign Ministers from across Asia and the Pacific are locked in talks trying to find a solution to a dispute which threatens free trade in the region into the next millennium.
The row centres on Japan's refusal to lift...
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Zoo takes precautions against spread of bird flu
1. Various, exterior of entrance of the Ataturk Forest Farm zoo
2. Close up of a disinfecting basin in front of zoo, feet of people walking through the basin
3. Various of bird cages being covered by zoo workers in the zoo
4. Workers...
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MALAYSIA: TRADE NEGOTIATIONS REMAIN IN DEADLOCK
English/Nat
Trade negotiations at the APEC summit in Kuala Lumpur remain deadlocked after day one of some tough talking between foreign and
trade ministers.
A keynote 1.5 (t) trillion U-S dollar trade liberalisation deal hangs in the...
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WRAP Arrivals for APEC summit, Bush with Asian leaders, bilats, AP pix family photo
1. Mid of US President George W. Bush walking up stairs and shaking hands with Australian Prime Minister John Howard and heading to meeting
2. Mid of Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet walking up stairs and shaking hands with Howard...
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Tourists from all over the world visit ice and snow festival
Tourists from all over the world braved the minus 29 degrees Celsius (minus 20 degrees Fahrenheit) in Harbin, China, to see the freezing wonderland Ice and Snow World, on Sunday.
More than 10-thousand workers built all the ice and snow...
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Around two-thousand motorcyclists gathered in the streets of Caracas on Friday to protest over a proposed night curfew on two-wheelers, as part a Venezuelan government crackdown on crime.
Around two-thousand motorcyclists gathered in the streets of Caracas on Friday to protest over a proposed night curfew on two-wheelers, as part a Venezuelan government crackdown on crime.
The protest barely disrupted traffic as...
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INDONESIA: DEATH TOLL FROM FAMINE & DISEASE CLIMBS TO 271
Jambi, Sumatra Island, Indonesia - 23-24 September 1997
1. Various shots of fires on road between Pelambang and Jambi
2. Countryside covered in smoke
3. Various shots of school in Jambi town
4. Various shots of students going home
5....
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EGYPT: PLAN TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO MOVE FROM CITIES INTO THE DESERT
English/Nat
The Egyptian government is trying to encourage people to move out of overpopulated cities and into the desert.
With no arable land left in the country, and severe overcrowding in the cities, farmers have begun reclaiming...
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INDONESIA: WILDFIRES RAGE IN DROUGHT-AFFECTED FORESTS
East Kalimantan, Indonesia - 25-26 February 1998
February 25
1. Fire raging in forest
2. Close shot fire
3. Mid shot fire
4. Tighter shot fire
5. Wide shot line of fire
6. Various of men beating out fire with sticks
7. SOUNDBITE: (Bahasa...
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8.6.90 (Dur: 6mins 31secs/Engl sot: 27secs/Span sot: 17secs)
RR MUSIC: "Dos Palomitas" by Mauricio Venegas
STORY: Migration to the cities since the industrial boom of
the 1960s has left hundreds...
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Reopening of restored basilica destroyed in earth quake
5 April 2006
1. Wide of the exterior of the Saint Francis Basilica in Assisi
2. Mid of Saint Francis Basilica
3. Wide of interior of the upper basilica of Saint Francis with tourists
4. Wide of vaults
5. Close up of rib vaults of St....
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WRAP: Adds arrests to earlier protests and opening
1. Wide shot building
2. Mid shot UN flag
3. Mid shot security checking cars
4. Wide shot of the conference interior
5. Various shots of conference
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Jan Pronk, Dutch Environment Minister
"Without a doubt,...
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MALAYSIA: JAPAN REFUSES APEC POLICIES
English/Nat
Foreign Ministers from across Asia and the Pacific are locked in talks in Malaysia to try and break an impasse in a trade dispute which is further threatening the region's already shattered economies.
Japan is refusing to...
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Indonesia confiscates 1500 turtles bound for China
1. Mid shot of turtles
2. Close up of turtle in water
3. Turtles walking over each other
4. Turtle climbing on blue plastic
5. Pan of keepers in turtle pen
6. Various of keepers moving turtles
7. Close up of turtles
8. Various of...
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California storm cleanup, Las Vegas avalanche fears
Highland, California state - 23 December 2010
1. Cars half buried in mud
2. House surrounded by deep mud
3. Pickup truck stuck in mud
4. Wide of prisoners and other workers digging out car
5. Close-up of crew digging car out
6....
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Foreign Ministry on Iran nuclear talks, dam project and territorial dispute
China defended on Monday its dam construction along the Yarlung Zangbo river and land reclamation in the South China Sea.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying was asked at a regular press briefing about China's planned dam...
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Giant 24 metre Christmas tree hoisted into place at Vatican
1. Fir tree being moved into position by crane, St Peter's Basilica in background
2. Wide of workmen positioning tree
3. Wide of man looking out of window in Vatican building
4. SOUNDBITE: (Italian) vox pop, Grazia Maroccu, Rome...
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Palestinians scuffle with soldiers; Gaza withdrawal
Near Ramallah, West Bank
1. Wide shot of protesters and soldiers seen though barbed wire barricade
2. Army bulldozer clearing rubble
3. Israeli soldiers arguing with protester holding a Palestinian flag, who then lies down on road
4....
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+4:3 Monarch butterflies threatened in nature reserve
Michoacan state - 5 November 2010
1. Wide of woodland area
2. Wide of trees in woodland area
3. Wide of man in forest preserve watering oyamel fir seedlings
4. Close of oyamel fir seedlings
5. Mid of man cleaning oyamel fir seedlings...
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HONG KONG: BRITISH NAVY BASE HMS TAMAR DECOMMISSIONED
English/Nat
One of the last bastions of the British Empire formally closed its doors Friday - ending the Royal Navy's 156 year long association with Hong Kong
Governor Chris Patten and the First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Jock Slater presided...
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Homes destroyed, evacuations, as California wildfires rage
Chico, California - 13 June 2008
1. Wide of smoke rising in the distance
2. Mid of smoke
3. Road closed, smoke in distance, pan to traffic and fire trucks driving on highway
4. Mid of a sign reading (English) "Closed, All Roads To...
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MALAYSIA: MINISTERS ARRIVE FOR APEC ECONOMIC SUMMIT (2)
English/Nat
Foreign Ministers from across Asia and the Pacific are making progress in talks trying to find a solution to a dispute which threatens free trade in the region into the next millennium.
But as well as trade APEC delegates...