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Duped into talking about his religion by militant group, 72-yr-old UK man charged under blasphemy law
The arrest of another British man accused under Pakistan's controversial blasphemy law is prompting more international concern about its application.
72-year-old, Dr. Masood Ahmad, is the latest person to be detained under the law,...
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Security on streets, opposition leader under house arrest
1. Mid shot of people walk across a busy road
2. Wide exterior at home of Madhav Kumar Nepal, general secretary of main opposition party CPN-UML (Communist Party of Nepal, United Marxist Leninist), currently under house arrest
3. Long...
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Iraq's new parliament ends first session early amid political impasse
Iraq's new parliament ended its first session early on Tuesday amid a continuing political impasse .
Meanwhile, leading Iraqi political analyst said he believed sectarian divisions in the country would be deepened under the new...
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Advocacy groups call for change in the Catholic Church
Vatican City - 6 March 2013
1. Close-up of rosary with Christian cross, tilt up to cardinal praying
2. Cardinals walking inside Saint Peter's Basilica
3. Wide pan of cardinals standing up during service
4. Close-up of three cardinals'...
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NEW ZEALAND: COMMONWEALTH SUMMIT SITUATION UPDATE
English/Nat
Protests against the death sentence on Nigerian political activist Ken Saro-Wiwa have greeted world leaders from more than 50 nations arriving at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) conference in New...
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Politically charged Chinese art
AP Television
Beijing, China, 5 December 2009
1. Pan Gao brothers walking in street
2. Exterior of Gao Brothers gallery
3. Close of sign reading Gao Brothers Centre for Contemporary Art
4. Zoom out from brothers to installation...
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USA: NEW YORK: PROTESTS AT NASA HQ OVER CASSINI LAUNCH UPDATE
New York, U-S-A - October 14, 1997 and NASA graphics
APTV - New York
1. Protestors outside NASA headquarters
2. Man chanting 'Stop the madness'
3. Pan along people chanting anti-nuclear slogans
5. Various graphics of Cassini launching...
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USA: CHICAGO: CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS MARCH ON DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
English/Nat
African American Civil rights activists have marched on the Democratic Convention in Chicago to press the Clinton Administration to deliver on racial equality and rethink welfare reform legislation.
The march on the...
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Uighur scholar Ilham Tohti given life sentence on charges of "separatism"
An outspoken scholar who championed China's Uighur minority was convicted of separatism on Tuesday by a Chinese court and sentenced to life in prison, according to the scholar's lawyers.
It was the most severe penalty in a decade for...
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Pakistani Hindus protest against demolition of Hindu Temple
1. Wide of protest by the Hindu and other minority communities and Human Right activists against demolition of a Hindu temple outside Karachi Press Club
2. Various of protesting women chanting and condemning demolition of temple
3....
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FRANCE: MILLAU: JOSE BOVE UPDATE
French/Nat
Thousands of supporters and activists gathered in a show of solidarity with a French farmer who is on trial for vandalizing a McDonald's restaurant.
The case is turning the sheep farmer into a national symbol of...
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VOICER:Tibetans protest China's occupation of homeland
0000 Wide shot of police stopping chanting Tibetan protesters from entering Chinese embassy - pans left to two policemen restraining protester -
0014 UPSOUND "We want freedom"
0018 Pan to another protester running with banner, then to...
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Actor Ron Silver dies in NYC at age 62 of cancer
AP Entertainment
FILE: London, UK, 8 October 2008
1. Pan down Houses of Parliament
2. Wide of actor Ron Silver having his photograph taken
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Ron Silver, Actor:
''They are kind of spooky in a way, but they're very...
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Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei's work transforms Alcatraz into tribute to world's political prisoners
A free exhibition by Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei has transformed the former island prison of Alcatraz into a tribute to the world's political prisoners, some famous and some forgotten.
Called "@ large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz,"...
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Human rights activist refused entry to China camping in Tokyo airport
1. Various of Feng Zhenghu, Chinese activist, walking inside airport terminal
2. Feng Zhenghu, Chinese activist, camped out at airport terminal with placards behind him
3. Closeup of packaged food, change of focus to Feng's picture in...
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BELGIUM: EUROPEAN PEACE TRAIN JOURNEY TO KURDISTAN IS CANCELLED
German/Eng/Nat
A "European Peace Train" scheduled to carry two-thousand Kurds from Brussels to Kurdistan has been cancelled by the German and Turkish governments because of fears of terrorism.
Organisers say the train - which aimed to...
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Reax to clashes from Amr Moussa, political activist Amr Hamzawi
1. Wide of news conference with Egypt's presidential candidates and political activists
2. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Amr Moussa, Egypt's presidential candidate and former Arab League chief:
"Yesterday, probably it was not a clash between...
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Ringing of peace bell in Berlin to mark 68th anniversary of Hiroshima bombing; memorial in Paris
Paris, France
1. Pull out from burning flame and masked activists to crowd in front of peace wall in front of Eiffel tower
2. Members of anti-nuclear organisations gathered in front of peace wall with flags, banners and masks holding a...
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WRAP Exteriors, security at prison where Liu held, lawyer
Jin Zhou City - 9 Oct 2010
1. Tracking shot of Prison Guard Tower, where Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo is being held
2. Tracking shot of prison walls, zoom in to building and window
3. Tracking shot of Prison Guard Tower and police...
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A fugitive activist known for attacking Japanese whaling vessels off Antarctica insisted "we're not pirates" Wednesday as he addressed a U.S. appeals court considering whether he and the organization he founded should be held in contempt. (Nov. 6)
A fugitive activist known for attacking Japanese whaling vessels off Antarctica insisted "we're not pirates" Wednesday as he addressed a U.S. appeals court considering whether he and the organization he founded should be held in...
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Campaigners welcome Battir's listing as World Heritage Site
Campaigners are hoping that the elevation of the West Bank village of Battir to a UNESCO World Heritage Site will help stop the Israeli's building a separation barrier there.
They fear the area's ancient terraces and natural landscape...
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PM Erdogan gives speech at conference in Istanbul, protesters dance in Ankara
Istanbul
1. Wide of Istanbul EU affairs conference
2. Mid of audience
3. Mid of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish Prime Minister, on podium
4. SOUNDBITE: (Turkish) Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish Prime Minister:
"Those who are trying to teach...
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Health Ministry briefing on AIDS, HIV, prevention and treatment
FILE: November 2004
1. Mid of doctor talking to patient with AIDS in hospital ward
2. Close of patient, tilt up to doctor talking to patient with AIDS medication in his hands
3. Close medication in doctor's hand
4. Mid of nurse carrying...
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Preview to referendum on whether to allow same sex marriages
Croatia, the newest member of the 28-nation European Union, remains deeply divided ahead of a referendum on Sunday on whether to amend the country's constitution to define marriage as a union between a woman and a man.
The referendum in...