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Former Catalonian VP sentenced to 13 years for sedition
Catalans supporting secession from Spain protested outside a prison near Barcelona on Monday, as the Spanish Supreme Court of Justice sentenced Catalan independence leaders to several years in prison following a four-month trial.
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House committee debates rules of Trump impeachment
The House Rules Committee started deliberating Tuesday, in what was expected to be a marathon session, to set the parameters for Wednesday's vote to impeach President Donald Trump.
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WRAP Saturday pix of Zelaya ADDS soldiers surround presidential home
Tegucigalpa - 28 June 2009
(Outside the presidential home shortly after the arrest of President Manuel Zelaya)
1. Soldiers moving back reporters: UPSOUND (Spanish) Reporter: "Excuse me, we were called here by the president...."
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USA: PRESIDENT CLINTON STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS (2)
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Speaking before a Congress torn over his impeachment trial, Bill Clinton delivered a historic State of the Union address on Tuesday night.
Appealing past his impeachment accusers and jurors, the embattled U-S president made...
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New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu presides over a city where rising property values and robust tourism herald a steady recovery from Hurricane Katrina, but violent crimes leave room for doubt.
HEADLINE: New Orleans mayor on remaking a city
CAPTION: New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu presides over a city where rising property values and robust tourism herald a steady recovery from Hurricane Katrina, but violent crimes leave room...
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UN on evidence of atrocities, MSF on numbers of injured treated
South Sudan's political and military leaders should be held accountable for war crimes committed in the country, a senior United Nations official said on Friday.
UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, Ivan Simonovic, said the...
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US Assistant Secretary of State urges Bangladesh's feuding politicians to hold talks
A US official on Monday said more needed to be done to improve the safety conditions and labour rights in the ready-made garments industry in Bangladesh.
On a visit to Dhaka, the US Assistant Secretary of State Nisha Desai Biswal said...
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USA: CLINTON IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS LATEST SITUATION
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Now that impeachment proceedings into U-S President Bill Clinton's conduct are a certainty, the question around Washington is not whether hearings will take place - but how.
Four Republican and Democratic members of the...
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WRAP Chilean Sup Crt rules fmr Peru Pres will be extradited ADDS Fujimori's daughter
Santiago, Chile - 21 September 2007
1. Wide interior of courthouse
2. Statue inside courthouse
3. Media scrum around Alfredo Chaigneau, judge in the extradition case of former Peruvian president, Alberto Fujimori
4. Justice Alfredo...
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USA: CLINTON IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS UPDATE (2)
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Now that the U-S House of Representatives has approved a presidential impeachment inquiry, the Judiciary Committee is gearing up to begin hearings.
House Judiciary Committee members say they may ask Monica Lewinsky, Linda...
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World Bank chief wraps up four-nation African tour
Soweto
1. Various of World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz visiting Mandela Museum
2. Wolfowitz admiring a portrait of former South African President Nelson Mandela
Johannesburg
3. Wolfowitz meeting Mandela at his residence
4. Various...
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Women rebuilding their lives after acid attacks
This is 40 year old acid attack victim - Bushra Shaffi.
Today she's still coming to terms with the life changing injuries that have meant she's had to rebuild her life bit by bit.
Her in-laws doused her in acid after she said her...
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BELGIUM: PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSION INVESTIGATE PAEDOPHILE SCANDAL
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The Belgian parliamentary commission investigating the country's paedophile scandal has begun hearing what happened to the two most recently discovered victims.
An Marchal and Eefje Lambrecks, who had been missing for...
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USA: WASHINGTON: CLINTON/LEWINSKY SCANDAL LATEST
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White House attempts to strike a deal with Congressional Republicans in order to save U-S President Bill Clinton from impeachment proceedings are facing tough odds.
Tom DeLay, a member of the Republican leadership in the...
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YUGOSLAVIA: KARADZIC TO STEP DOWN AS LEADER OF POLITICAL PARTY
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Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has agreed to step down as head of his political party.
American envoy Richard Holbrooke said Karadzic would formally give up his remaining powers and responsibilities.
He also agreed to...
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Reactions as UN accepts Palestine's request join ICC
The UN has accepted Palestine's request to join the International Criminal Court (ICC), a move that will enable Palestinians to pursue war-crimes charges against Israel.
The statute will enter into force for the State of Palestine on 1...
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Environmental lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says a proposal to bring coal to Oregon and Washington state to be shipped to Asia will lead to political corruption and environmental damage, while creating minimal jobs.
HEADLINE: RFK Jr. calls coal 'corrupting' at Portland rally
CAPTION: Environmental lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says a proposal to bring coal to Oregon and Washington state to be shipped to Asia will lead to political corruption and...
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Italian borrowing rates soar, UK market analyst on Italy and ECB
Rome, Italy
1. Close-up of person working at desk and looking at financial market monitors
2. Close-up of monitor showing graphic of Italy-Germany bonds, BTP-Bund, spread index over the last 24 hours
3. Cutaway of monitor showing...
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Protest against alleged misuse of 'pork barrel' funds
Thousands of protesters marched through the streets of Manila on Friday, demanding the end to a government development fund they say is a massive source of corruption.
Protesters carried signs calling for the abolition of what they call...
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USA: FOURTH ARTICLE OF IMPEACHMENT VOTED
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The House Judiciary Committee on Saturday approved a fourth and final article of impeachment against U-S President Bill Clinton.
Plagued by partisanship to the end, the vote was again split along party lines.
The committee...
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HRW accuses authorities of "ethnic cleansing" of Muslim minority
FILE: Sittwe, Myanmar - 15 June 2012
1. Various of armed police patrolling deserted Rohingya Muslim area
2. Wide of deserted street
3. Wide of damage to Muslim homes, as a soldier stands in street
Bangkok, Thailand - 22 April 2013
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WRAP Bush commutes prison term of Scotter Libby, Hillary Clinton comment
AP Television
Washington, DC - Date Unknown
1. I. Lewis " Scooter" Libby leaving a building and getting into a car
AP Television
Washington, DC - 2 July 2007
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Paul Rothstein, Professor of Law, Georgetown...
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New photos of the late Anna Nicole Smith with a Bahamian official are leading to calls for his resignation.
HEADLINE: Racy New Photos of Anna Nicole and Bahamian official
CAPTION: Photographs of Anna Nicole Smith in bed embracing the Bahamian immigration minister who approved her application for permanent residency are reviving a political...
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USA: SENATE PROBE INTO CAMPAIGN FUNDRAISING LOOKS AT DEMOCRATS
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The US Senate's campaign money probe is taking a close look at Democratic party fundraising today.
They're questioning the party's former finance director, who says he wasn't aware of illegal fund-raising activity during the...