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Symbolic funeral at Nobel laureate's hometown of Aracataca
The Colombian birthplace of Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez held a symbolic funeral on Monday to honour the poet, who died in Mexico last week.
Thousands of people in Aracataca, on Colombia's Caribbean coast, joined in a procession...
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Rare violin in concert for the first time in 100 years
AP Television
Moscow Russia
March 21 2008
1. Wide of restored mansion exterior
2. Medium pan of violinist putting Guarneri's violin in special case
3. Medium of cameraman filming
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Pinchas Zukerman, violinist (starts...
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Latin stars in benefit concert for children living in poverty
1. Wide of stage with performers singing, including artists from Los Tigres del Norte and Timbiriche, and Aleks Syntek and Daniel Bisbal
2. Various of performers singing with confetti falling
3. Guitarist and lead singer with group Mana...
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Book fair with Nobel Prize winner Gabriel Garcia Marquez
1. Wide of International Book Fair entrance
2. Wide of auditorium at opening ceremony
3. Mid of Colombian writer Fernando del Paso (left on screen) and Colombian Nobel Prize winner Gabriel Garcia Marquez (right on screen)
4. Mid of...
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BRAZIL: RIO: CIMEIRA SUMMIT: CASTRO SPEAKS
Spanish/Nat
Cuban President Fidel Castro has spoken of his concern for the health of his friend, the Nobel Prize winning author Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
Garcia Marquez, who won the prestigious prize in 1982, has been hospitalised in...
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Reading of "El Coronel No Tiene Quien Le Escriba" across Colombia
Libraries and schools across Colombia took part in "Gabolectura," a day to remember the recently-deceased Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez and share readings of his works.
The Colombian government had been working since early...
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City historian leasing retail space to private business
Mama Ines in Havana seems to be just the latest in a long line of private restaurants that have opened in Havana as part of President Raul Castro's fledgling free-market reforms.
But a tiny sign on the facade, easily overlooked, tells...
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Top Cuban official says Castro will be 'good as new' for the elections
15 March, 2007
1. Wide of National Assembly session
2. Medium of people at National Assembly session
3. Medium shot people listening
4. Medium of National Assembly president Ricardo Alarcon at podium giving speech on electoral...
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GERMANY: COLOMBIAN DELEGATION MEETINGS WITH ELN REBELS
Spanish/Nat
Colombian authorities have reported that more than 34 people, including Marxist rebels and civilians, have died in the latest wave of politically-motivated violence.
The Colombian army says a battle flared when troops moved...
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Two of the largest concerts in the history of Latin America take place
Music/Video/Performance Rights must be cleared
AP Entertainment
Buenos Aires, Argentina, May 17, 2008
1. Wide shot of Shakira poses for the press
2. Medium shot of Shakira poses for the press
3. Cut away media
4. SOUNDBITE:...
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Mexican author Carlos Fuentes dies at the age of 83
1. Mid of author Carlos Fuentes (second from right) sitting next to Mexican President Felipe Calderon (right) during a tribute to the writer's career
2. Fuentes greeting people
3. Wide of tribute ceremony
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Carlos...
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Interview with the Archbishop of Havana on the Catholic church in Cuba
FILE: January 1998
1. Pull out Fidel Castro and Pope John Paul II at Havana airport
FILE: April 2007
2. Zoom in Mass by Cardinal Jaime Ortega at Havana Cathedral
3. Close up of church attendees
FILE: July 12, 2007
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish)...
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Shakira calls on Latam presidents to help poor children in region
1. Exterior tilt down Roone Arledge Auditorium at Columbia University
2. Medium shot people in line and sign, reads: "The Children of Latin America: A Future Without Poverty"
3. Pull out from stage as Shakira, centre, with economist Jeff...
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Rare visit to Hemingway's former home
1. Pan right exterior Ernest Hemingway's former home, "Finca Vigia"
2. Wide shot interior living room
3. Wide shot library and desk
4. Close up typewriter
5. Close up reading glasses and books
6. Close up picture of Hemingway on set of...
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COLOMBIA: FORMER BEIRUT HOSTAGES ARRIVE IN BID TO FREE MISSIONARIES
Spanish/Nat
Former Beirut hostages Terry Waite and Terry Anderson arrived in Colombia on Wednesday in a bid to free three U-S missionaries kidnapped more than five years ago.
It is thought the missionaries are being held by the...
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COLOMBIA: KIDNAPPERS RELEASE BROTHER OF FORMER PRESIDENT
Bogota/near Pereira, 12 June 1996
Bogota
1. Various of helicopter with Juan Carlos Gaviria on board touching down at National Police Headquarters
2. Juan Carlos Gaviria being carried out of helicopter
3. Gaviria's face
4. Various of...
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COLOMBIA: BOGOTA: HOPES OF ENDING 3 DECADES OF CIVIL CONFLICT
Spanish/Nat
Fresh from an historic meeting with rebel negotiators, Colombia's attorney-general says he's hopeful about the chances for an end to more than three decades of civil conflict.
Bernal was one of several mediators to meet with...
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USA: TERRY WAITE IN BID TO FREE HOSTAGES HELD IN COLOMBIA UPDATE
English/Nat
Former hostages Terry Waite and Terry Anderson will fly to Colombia on Wednesday in a bid to free three Americans held hostage in Colombia.
The high profile campaign comes five years after the three men, all missionaries,...
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Developments in Cuba under Raul
Havana, Cuba - 13 September 2007
1. Pan right Havana skyline from Morro Castle
2. Medium shot traffic
3. Medium of traffic
4. Wide shot Jose Marti Airport
5. Medium shot people with luggage
FILE: Havana - 2 December, 2006:
6. Medium...