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Clock shows under 24 hours to Games, weather forecast
1. Wide shot of Beijing's Tiananmen Gate with national flag in foreground surrounded by honour guard
2. Mid of honour guard saluting flag
3. Flag being lowered
4. Wide of honor guard at bottom of flag pole saluting as soldier receives...
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Reax to major doping raid on Austrians athletes
1. Exteriors of San Sicario biathlon venue, 100 kilometres from Turin
2. Fans watching biathlon 4 x 7.5 kilometre relay race
3. Olympic symbol
4. Exteriors of Austrian biathlon team accommodations in San Sicario village
5. Austria ski...
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Security at Acropolis and stadium before flame is handed over to Chinese
1. Acropolis hill with the Panathenian in the background, dividers on the road to mark torch relay course
2. Mid of Panathenian, where the Olympic flame spent the night
3. Security around the Acropolis
4. Police patrolling pedestrian...
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WRAP Displays in Tiananmen Sq; haze, humidity; Rogge s'bte
1. Wide of 2008 Beijing Olympics countdown clock in Tiananmen Square
2. Close-up of countdown clock showing 4-days left until start of Games
3. Various of schoolchildren displaying their skills with basketballs and skipping ropes in...
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AUSTRALIA: SYDNEY OLYMPICS: NASA
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The crew of the space shuttle Atlantis sent best wishes on Friday to the wrestlers competing in the Olympic Games at Sydney.
In a televised message U-S astronaut Edward Lu said five of the seven-man crew had a close connection...
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AUSTRALIA: SYDNEY OLYMPICS: CHARITY AUCTION (V)
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The day before the closing ceremony of Sydney's Olympic Games, organisers have announced they can't sell enough tickets to fill the stadium for Sunday night's gala event.
Meanwhile, the Australian government has...
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Usain Bolt waxwork unveiled in London
HEADLINE: Usain Bolt waxwork unveiled in London
CAPTION: The world's fastest man was frozen in time on Monday, as London's Madame Tussauds waxworks museum unveiled its latest celebrity figure - a statue of Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt....
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Brazil - Protests against expenditure on football cups and stadia, and rises in the cost of public transport
Violent clashes as police confront protesters outside stadium
Brasilia - 15 June 2013
1. Mounted police galloping past Brazilian football fans arriving at National Stadium Mane Garrincha to see opening match of Confederations Cup
2....
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WRAP Luge Fed, officials, coaches reax following death of competitor
1. Wide of news conference
2. Media at news conference
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Svein Romstad, Secretary-General, International Luge Federation:
"The run of Nodar (Kumaritashvili) appeared to be routine until curve 15. At that time, he...
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Exciting finds unearthed at home of 2014 Winter Olympics
AP Television
Sochi, Russia - 29 September 2010
1. Close of stones being swept by archaeologist
2. Close of stone with turquoise polished surface
3. Wide of Yekaterina Armarchuk, senior research scientist at the Institute of...
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AP sports writer Barry Wilner weighs in on the controversy over figure skating's complex and subjective scoring system, which triggered debate after Russia's Adelina Sotnikova outscored defending champion Yuna Kim to win the gold in Sochi. (Feb. 21)
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Leave it to figure skating and judging, where winning can be obscured by whining.
Any sport without a finish line or clock or some definitive standard is subject to skepticism about the...
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PM opens security forum, comments on Olympics, Myanmar
1. Wide of Shangri-La Dialogue summit venue
2. Various of security
3. US Secretary of Defence Robert Gates arriving and getting on escalator
4. Wide of Gates walking with other officials
5. Wide Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien...
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Latest updates on Olympic security and transportation
International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge on Monday praised the deployment of British troops to provide security at the London 2012 games.
Mr Rogge said he was "very, very confident" at the security operation in place,...
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USA: OLYMPIC GAMES ACTING AS MAGNET FOR FRINGE RELIGIOUS GROUPS
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The Atlanta Olympic Games is acting as a magnet for hundreds of fringe religious groups looking for new converts among the thousands of fans and athletes in the city.
But the established church in the United States is afraid...
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Presser to announce Tibetan Olympics
1. Tibetan Olympic organisers preparing for news briefing
2. Wide of news conference
3. Close-up of organiser of the Tibetan Olympics, Lobsang Wangyal
4. Mid-shot of reporters and camera operators
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Lobsang Wangyal,...
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Queen Elizabeth welcomes IOC board to Buckingham Palace
The first medals of the London 2012 Olympic Games were handed out on Monday (23 JULY 2012), four days before the Game's opening ceremony.
The collection of gold, silver and bronze medals was presented by the President of the...
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AUSTRALIA: SYDNEY OLYMPICS: IOC
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Senior Olympic athletes say they will lead the fight to eradicate drugs in sport.
Eight leading participants have been elected to serve on the International Olympic Committee.
They say their immediate priority will be to...
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Excitement building in tiny nation ahead of royal nuptials
1. Wide pan of Place de la Convention, Luxembourg
2. Exterior of royal palace
3. Close-up of royal crest
4. Mid of guard marching outside palace
5. Wide of palace and flag
6. Mid of window display in Luxembourg colours with still of...
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Rio's Olympic waterways still filled with trash and sewage, with time running out before Games
Rio de Janeiro's endless beaches and lush tropical forest will be a photographer's dream during the 2016 Olympics.
But zoom in on the likes of once-pristine Guanabara Bay and the picture is of household trash and raw sewage.
In the...
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USA: MIAMI: BRAZILIAN SOCCER TEAM TRAIN FOR OLYMPIC GAMES
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When the Atlanta Olympics kick off on Friday, Brazil will have one of its strongest hopes for gold medal contenders in its football team.
The Carioca squad is one of the favourites to win the Olympic tournament along with ...
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Tennis legend Billie Jean King hosts her third-annual Women's Sports Foundation Awards in Beverly Hills
AP Entertainment
Los Angeles, 15 April 2008
1. Wide exterior, The Beverly Hilton hotel
2. Wide tennis legend Billie Jean King posing for photos
3. Closeup Billie Jean King posing for photos
4. Camera cutaway
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Billie...
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WRAP Olympic test bans cars from streets ADDS traffic controller
1. High shot of traffic in city
2. Various high shots of traffic
3. Cars, buses and cyclists
4. Cyclists passing camera, street traffic in background
5. Wide interior of traffic control centre
9. Big screen showing city's main arterial...
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Gymnastics gold medalists Gabby Douglas and Jordyn Wieber talk fame and beauty
Olympic gymnastics champions Gabby Douglas and Jordyn Wieber have been soaking up the limelight since returning from the London games -- rubbing elbow with celebrities and making the rounds on the late-night talk shows.
"The highlights...