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Dragon made of 24,000 tulips celebrates Beijing games
1. Wide of tulip field and windmill in background and canal in foreground
2. Mid of tulip field and windmill
3. Wide of tulips in Keukenhof gardens
4. Close-up of red tulips
5. Chinese tourists taking picture near windmill
6. Top shot...
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Prosecutors launch doping probe; weightlifters blame Chinese drugmaker
1. Exterior of offices of Greek Culture Ministry and Sport Ministry
2. Medium of signs reading (Greek): "Ministry of Culture"(top sign) and "Sport Ministry"
3. SOUNDBITE: (Greek) Yiannis Ioannidis, Sport Minister:
"For weightlifting,...
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South Africa - Olympic Committee President visits
The Olympic spirit was present in South Africa on Sunday (2/11) as a representative from Greece - the host nation for the 2004 Olympics - visited President Nelson Mandela - whose country's bid to host the games was...
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Wednesday marked 100 days until the start of the London Olympics, and a little touch of England came to New York City to kick off the countdown to the games.
HEADLINE: New York City marks 100 days until the Olympics
CAPTION: Wednesday marked 100 days until the start of the London Olympics, and a little touch of England came to New York City to kick off the countdown to the games. (April...
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Richard Gere and Negroponte at Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tibet
1. Wide of new conference
2. Mid of actor, Richard Gere (to right of screen) and United States Deputy Secretary of State, John Negroponte
3. SOUNDBITE (English) John Negroponte, United States Deputy Secretary of State:
"President Bush...
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AUSTRALIA: SYDNEY OLYMPICS: DRUGS
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Drugs were again the focus early on day three of the Sydney 2000 Olympics with the announcement by the Director of the I-O-C's Medical Commission that another seven athletes have submitted positive tests.
Two Romanian...
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Announcement, celebrations, commiserations, IOC chair presser
1. Announcement of winner UPSOUND: (English), Jacques Rogge, president, International Olympic Committee:
"The International Olympic Committee has the honour of announcing that the 22nd Olympic winter games in 2014 are awarded to the city...
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Clowns Club of Mexico stages 'Clown Olympics'
1. Wide of indoor pool, venue for 'Clown Olympics' event
2. Various of clowns participating in tug of war competition
3. Tilt up from pool to clowns celebrating
4. Wide of clowns running as part of the clown shoe relay race
5. Low shot...
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Adds lawyers comment on IOC delay in athlete's decision
1. Tilt down exterior Hilton
2. Police
3. Kenteris and Thanou's coach Christos Tsekos and lawyer Michalis Dimitrakopoulos arriving (Tsekos is in dark suit and no glasses, Dimitrakopoulos in light suit)
4. Various Tsekos and...
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Reports of water contamination in Guanabara Bay, site for events at 2016 Olympics
Brazilian environment authorities said on Thursday they were confident that water quality at the Olympic sailing competition venues in Rio de Janeiro's Guanabara Bay would not be a threat to the health of athletes competing in the Games...
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Safeguards on athletes' medicines to prevent drug tainting
1. Wide exterior of Beijing Pharmaceutical Company
2. Sign on drug warehouse reading (Mandarin) "Drug Warehouse for Beijing Olympics Athletes"
3. Worker opening the door of the warehouse
4. Wide pan interior of the warehouse
5. Drugs...
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Beijing started its drastic traffic control plan on Sunday in a last-minute push to clear the capital's pollution-choked skies in time for the August Olympics.
HEADLINE: China bans cars to reduce pollution before Oympics
CAPTION: Beijing started its drastic traffic control plan on Sunday in a last-minute push to clear the capital's pollution-choked skies in time for the August Olympics....
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Olympics a mecca for pin collectors who gather to trade shiny mementoes
As the athletes got down to business at the London 2012 games, another group of Olympic enthusiasts were also looking to take home something shiny on Friday.
The Olympics is a mecca for pin collectors, who gather at every games hoping...
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SWITZERLAND: IOC: 2008 OLYMPIC GAMES
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The race for the 2008 Summer Games has begun in earnest, with International Olympic Committee president Juan Antonio Samaranch reminding the five bidding cities to observe the "no visits, no gifts" rules enacted after the...
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IOC on criticism of Games' security, GVs
1. OAKA, main Olympic stadium
2. Olympic flame
3. Various of spectators in common domain area
4. Security at entrance
5. Various of car being checked by security
6. Wide shot conference
7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Michalis Zacharatos, Athens...
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Scenes from Olympic Park, Australia team on security, gender criticism
Sports governing bodies from Japan and Australia are under fire after complaints that male Olympic athletes flew business class to the London Games, while the women sat in the cheap seats.
In London, Australian chef de mission Nick Green...
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Hundreds line up to get the new dollar note which marks the Olympics
1. Wide of customers waiting outside Bank of China
2. Mid of customers queuing near entrance
3. Customers entering bank
4. Wide of first customer coming down escalator
5. Mid of first customer showing banknotes
6. Mid of different...
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Venue tour, IOC presser, strike, reax to doping scandal
23 October 2993
1. Aerial of Olympic stadium
2. Various, stadium under construction
3. IOC inspectors
4. Aerial of stadium
5. IOC inspectors
6. Various, construction work
7. Various, IOC inspectors looking at map of stadium
8....
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Work to install stadium roof appears on course
1. Arch of the main Olympic stadium roof under construction, with one of the Olympic swimming pools in the foreground
2. Medium shot of stadium roof
3. Close up of roof interior
4. Close up of one of the legs of the roof
5. Various of...
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Beijing suspends sale of Olympics tickets after demand crashes computers
1. Wide exterior of Olympic Media Centre
2. Wide interior of news conference
3. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin): Mr. Rong Jun, Director, Olympic Ticket Centre:
"What happened yesterday (Tuesday) is mainly because our ticketing centre didn't put...
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Latest on the mild weather at the Winter Olympic Games
The sun shone on Sochi for a third day straight on Friday, with Games organisers starting one ski session early before conditions on the mountain became too warm.
Fans arriving for the men's super combined event were pleased organisers...
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Amnesty says China has failed in promises to improve human rights
Hong Kong, 28 July 2008
1. Pan across Amnesty International news conference
2. Amnesty International spokeswoman Roseanne Rife talking
3. Mid of reporters
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mark Allison, China Researcher, Amnesty International:
"We...
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Officials welcome the reinstatement of India at Winter Games
Indian Olympic officials and athletes expressed their relief after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) lifted a suspension of India's Olympic committee.
India's administrative exile was the result of ethics violations by the Indian...
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AP cover of ceremony to mark one year to London Olympics
1. Wide of crowd
2. Mid of stage with crowd waving flags in foreground
3. View of stage seen reflected in sunglasses
4. Various girls dancing
5. Mid people watching stage, girls seated on shoulders of adults
6. Mid girls waving flags and...