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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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India's flag finally raised in Sochi, five days after IOC lifts 14-month ban
India's flag was finally hoisted at the Sochi Olympics, five days after the IOC (International Olympic Committee) lifted a 14-month ban and more than a week after the games began.
The ceremonial raising of the flag on Sunday symbolically...
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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...
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A group of protesters planning to protest the Olympic torch relay in Hong Kong have been barred from entering the city, local media and activists say. They were questioned at the airport and put on a flight to London
HEADLINE: Torch protesters tossed from Hong Kong
CAPTION: A group of protesters planning to protest the Olympic torch relay in Hong Kong have been barred from entering the city, local media and activists say. They were questioned at the...
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CHINA: SHANGHAI: ANIMAL OLYMPICS (V)
Voice and effects
An animal Olympics is enthralling crowds in Shanghai, China.
Audiences have been flocking to a mini-stadium in the city's wild animal park to see what's been dubbed the "National Animal Sports Games".
Memories of the...
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A traditional way of life is under threat as an Alp resort enjoys success
Courchevel 1850 - 16, Feb 2007
1. Various of luxury chalets at Courchevel 1850
2. Ski lifts at the resort
Meribel - Feb 2007
3. Various of people skiing
Courchevel 1850 - 16, Feb 2007
4. Courchevel visitors enjoying lunch in the...
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U.S. gold medallist Sage Kostenburg has dismissed claims by other athletes that the Olympics snowboard course is unsafe. (Feb. 10)
US gold medallist Sage Kostenburg has dismissed claims by other athletes that the Olympics snowboard course is unsafe.
At an International Olympic Committee (IOC) news conference on Monday, he said comments made ahead of the slopestyle...
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First look inside CCTV's landmark new Beijing TV centre
1. Various exteriors of the new China Central TV building, still under construction
2. CCTV staff working in new, temporary Broadcast Centre
3. Wide of staff working at computers
4. Pan from control screen monitors to staff in control...
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AUSTRALIA: SYDNEY OLYMPICS: WEIGHTLIFTER (V)
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VOICED BY: Vera Frankl
Officials have announced that three athletes and a coach have been barred from Sydney's Olympic games for doping.
Taiwan, which has already been hurt by two drug cases, ordered weightlifter Chen Po-pu...
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As skier Lindsey Vonn prepares for the World Cup season and the Sochi Olympics, she answers questions about her recovery from knee surgery, and whether she talks with boyfriend Tiger Woods about setting records in their respective sports. (Nov. 8)
Lindsey Vonn and Tiger Woods pretty much leave the race for records out of their relationship.
Even as the power couple chase after historic marks in their respective sports, the topic is rarely discussed.
"One of those unspoken things,"...
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Snow Patrol performs at the Olympics concert Hyde Park
Over 50,000 people gathered in London's Hyde Park on Friday evening (27JULY2012) for a concert to celebrate the opening of the 2012 Olympics.
The event took place alongside the opening ceremony, with large screens displaying the show at...
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Deena Deardurff Schmidt, a 1972 Olympic gold medalist, says the governing body of the U.S. swim team hasn''t done enough to address widespread sexual abuse in youth swimming.
HEADLINE: Olympic swimmer speaks out on sex abuse lawsuit
CAPTION: Deena Deardurff Schmidt, a 1972 Olympic gold medalist, says the governing body of the U.S. swim team hasn''t done enough to address widespread sexual abuse in youth...
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Rio won't meet Olympic water cleanup pledge
Rio de Janeiro will not make good on its Olympic pledge of slashing the flow of raw sewage and garbage into the Guanabara Bay, where the 2016 games' sailing and wind surfing competitions are to be held, the state's top environmental...
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Frm UK PM Blair on Olympics bringing nations together, boost to UK, how London will do great job
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Wednesday said the 2012 Games were "an opportunity to showcase modern Britain, modern London" and added "it'll be a great opportunity for us which I'm sure we'll seize with both hands".
In an...
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CHINA: BEIJING: BID FOR 2008 OLYMPIC GAMES
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(B) Billions of dollars are being spent on improving Beijing's environment as part of the city's bid to win the 2008 Olympic Games.
Officials say the campaign will focus on cleaning the air, improving sewerage and minimising...
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AUSTRALIA: SYDNEY OLYMPICS: SUCCESS
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Sydney has been judged to have staged an Olympics which will set the gold standard for the third millennium.
Organisers have been given top marks by the International Olympic Committee even before the official closing...
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Demo calling for water quality to be improved in 2016 Olympic city
Environmentalists and swimmers demonstrated at Rio de Janeiro's famous Copacabana beach on Saturday, calling on authorities to improve water quality before the start of the 2016 Olympic Games.
The site is one of many that protesters say...
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ITALY: ROME: MAYOR DEMANDS IOC VOTE AGAIN ON OLMYPICS LOCATION
Italian/Nat
The Mayor of Rome has demanded the International Olympic Committee vote again on the location for the 2004 Olympics.
Francesco Rutelli called for a nonpolitical commission to oversee another vote, after Rome lost out to...
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2012 GAMES TO OPEN IN AN ENGLISH MEADOW
Danny Boyle, the artistic director in charge of the Olympic Games' opening ceremony, unveiled his plans on Tuesday for what the world can expect from the ceremony.
The Olympic Stadium on the 27th July will be transformed into a rural...
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Prince teases Culture Secretary about bell incident, meets talented children
British Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt became the butt of a royal joke in London on Thursday.
Hunt narrowly missed bystanders when a hand-bell he was ringing to herald the start of the London 2012 Olympic Games last week flew off its...