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(V) GERMANY: G8 SUMMIT ENDS
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VOICED BY: Kendra Gahagan
The leaders of the world's richest nations and Russia, otherwise known as the G-8 nations, have wrapped up their summit in Cologne, Germany.
Russian President Boris Yeltsin belatedly joined...
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SOUTH AFRICA: MISS WORLD CONTEST PRESS CONFERENCE
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Miss Venezuela won the title but Miss Nigeria drew the headlines at the 1995 Miss World pageant in South Africa.
Toyin Raji was forced to pull out over her country's execution of nine dissidents - but she received a...
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Belgium - NATO ministers meet
The NATO Command said on Tuesday (10/12) that it has no intention of deploying nuclear weapons in prospective new member states in eastern Europe. The statement in Brussels is seen as another move to overcome Russia's opposition to NATO...
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YUGOSLAVIA: KOSOVO: ATTACK ON CONVOY - UPDATE
Luzane and Pristina, Kosovo, May 1, 1999
POOL - Srdjan, Pristina,
1. Wide shot of Pristina Hospital
2. Cutaway of sign
3. Various of wounded people in hospital beds
4. Various of children's ward in Pristina hospital
5. More shots of...
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USA/BOSNIA: US TROOPS TO STAY IN BOSNIA LONGER UPDATE
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They were supposed to go home next June - but President Clinton on Thursday said U-S troops in Bosnia would stay longer.
Clinton said it turned out that 18 months wasn't long enough to get the job done - and warned that...
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Israel - Netanyahu calls for talks with Syria
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday (28/01) called upon Syria to return to the negotiation table without any preconditions.
SOT, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in English, calling upon
Syria to return to the...
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MIDDLE EAST: ISRAELI/PALESTINIAN PEACE TALKS LATEST
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Israel called an indefinite time-out on Tuesday in peace talks with the Palestinians, saying Yasser Arafat has hardened his position on unsettled issues.
The Palestinians said the decision was regrettable.
Israel has...
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CHINA: ALBRIGHT MEETINGS WITH CHINESE LEADERSHIP LATEST
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U-S Secretary of State Madeleine Albright urged Chinese President Jiang Zemin to "seize the moment" and hold reconciliation talks with Taiwan, but her appeal was turned down.
Jiang insisted that Taiwan must first recognise...
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Gaza/Israel - Anti-settlement protests
Palestinian police prevented protestors from burning the Israeli flag at a demonstration against Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip on Thursday (22/1). The protest was organised by the "Palestinian Committee for the Struggle against...
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MIDDLE EAST: SECURITY CLASHES UPDATE
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As U-S president Bill Clinton breakfasted with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli president Ezer Weizman, violent clashes erupted between dozens of Palestinian youths and the Israeli army north of...
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USA: IRANIAN GOVERNMENT PLANS STATE SPONSORED TERRORISM ALLEGATION
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An Iranian opposition group in the U-S has revealed details of what it claims to be Iranian government plans to step-up state-sponsored terrorism.
According to reports received by the National Council of Resistance in...
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USA: MADELEINE ALBRIGHT KOSOVO CRISIS PRESS CONFERENCE
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As the Tuesday deadline approaches for Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic to withdraw his troops from Kosovo , U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright reiterated again on Sunday that Milosevic must comply with NATO...
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Spain - Blair comments on N. Ireland peace deal
British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Saturday (11/4) paid tribute to President Clinton and John Major for their contribution to bringing about the Northern Ireland peace deal. He was speaking in Cordoba, Spain, where he is on holiday...
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MIDDLE EAST: ARAFAT ANNOUNCES NEW STATE PLANS
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused Yasser Arafat of "making a farce" of the Wye Summit accords.
He said he will not agree to further Israeli troop withdrawals until the Palestinian Authority halts an...
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SKorean academic, experts, journalist comment on Clinton visit; headlines
Seoul, South Korea
1. Close-up of screen on the street showing news of former US president Bill Clinton's visit to North Korea
2. Close-up of moving screen
3. Set-up of Dean Lee Jung-hoon from Underwood International College of Yonsei...
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China - US Treasury Secretary Arrives
U.S. Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen arrived in Beijing on Wednesday (19/1) to press China on human rights and persuade it to open markets to foreign companies.
0.00 US Government jet taxiing pull out to wide shot
0.08 U.S. Treasury...
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MIDDLE EAST: ISRAELI/PALESTINIAN CRISIS LATEST (3)
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Veteran Palestinian spokeswoman Hannan Ashrawi described talks due to start shortly in Washington between Yasser Arafat and President Clinton as "critical and decisive".
In an exclusive interview, Ashrawi, a member of the...
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Gaza - Arafat uses Irish peace process as example
The Palestinians say the Northern Ireland peace agreement is a good role model for what could be achieved in the Middle East. At their weekly cabinet meeting on Saturday (11/4), the Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat said the...
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ISRAEL: US VICE PRESIDENT AL GORE VISIT UPDATE
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US Vice-President Al Gore spoke of peace and an end to the bloodshed on an official visit to Israel today.
He also received an honorary degree from Israel's Hebrew University highlighting his efforts in promoting the peace...
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Israel - US Senator visit
US Senator Arlen Specter arrived in Israel on Monday (5/1) as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition government was dealing with the resignation of Foreign minister David Levy. Spector told reporters
that despite its ups and...
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UK: DOWNING ST.: PAKISTAN PM SHARIF TALKS WITH TONY BLAIR
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The ongoing crisis between Pakistan and India over the disputed territory of Kashmir topped the agenda in talks between British Prime Minister, Tony Blair and his Pakistani counterpart, Nawaz Sharif.
The Pakistani leader had...
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Bosnia - Shalikashvili Meets The Press
Albright was visiting Sarajevo with General John Shalikashvili, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, for talks with Bosnian government leaders and UN peacekeepers.
statement by chairman of the u.s. joint chiefs of staff...
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France - Signing of NATO treaty
President Boris Yeltsin on Tuesday (27/5) stunned NATO leaders with an offer to unilaterally disarm nuclear warheads Russia currently has targetted on the west. His dramatic gesture came in an impromptu intervention at the signing...
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ISRAEL: SECURITY INCREASED FOR CLINTONS PEACE MISSION
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With the arrival of President Clinton for a three day peace saving mission to the region, security forces are on full alert and patrolling those areas most likely to experience unrest.
In East Jerusalem, the site for the...