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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...
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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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Olympic officials work to calm fears over games security
Confidence in the London Olympics has been undermined by the security contractor's failure to supply enough guards, a parliamentary report said on Thursday.
The report expressed dismay over the inability of security firm G4S to recruit...
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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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The table tennis venue for the 2008 Summer Olympics caught fire Monday morning.
HEADLINE: Olympic site up in flames (oly-venue-fire)
CAPTION: The table tennis venue for the 2008 Summer Olympics caught fire Monday morning. (July 2)
[Notes:ANCHOR VOICE]
[Notes:various of fire damage]
For more than three hours...
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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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UN chief denounces attacks on LGBT people
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned attacks and discrimination against homosexuals on Thursday, touching on the gay rights issue in Russia that has overshadowed preparations for the Sochi Olympics.
In a speech to the International...
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Aquatics centre opens 1 year before 2012 Olympic Games begin
1. Various exteriors of Olympic aquatic centre
2. Various of Olympic swimming pool inside aquatic centre
3. International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge (right) and Chairman of the London 2012 Organising Committee...
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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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After years on the circus stage, animals including an Olympic bear are found crammed in small cages outside St. Petersburg, Russia. Animal rights activists say the conditions are terrible. The circus says the animals are cared for.
HEADLINE: Russia's Olympic bear caged on rusty bus
CAPTION: After years on the circus stage, animals including an Olympic bear are found crammed in small cages outside St. Petersburg, Russia. Animal rights activists say the conditions...
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USA: OLYMPIC GAMES ACTING AS MAGNET FOR FRINGE RELIGIOUS GROUPS
English/Nat
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...