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South Africa - Penguins take to the air
It is well-known that penguins cannot fly, but thanks to a recent
mission by the South African air force, 15 oil-soaked birds made a
life-saving trip by air out of their breeding ground at Bird
Island in South Africa. The penguins were...
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In a surprising discovery about where higher life can thrive, scientists for the first time found a shrimp-like creature and a jellyfish frolicking beneath a massive Antarctic ice sheet.
HEADLINE: A shrimp-like critter where nothing should live
CAPTION: In a surprising discovery about where higher life can thrive, scientists for the first time found a shrimp-like creature and a jellyfish frolicking beneath a massive...
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Iraq War (C)
24.3.03 - Baghdad
Top wide shot pans across to damaged buildings
By March 25, British troops deemed the town of Umm Qasr secure. Desperate Iraqis were able to come forward to claim food and water from the first aid shipments to enter...
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UK troops turn over Basra airport to Iraqi officials
1. Exterior of Basra airport
2. Sign reading: (English) "Basra International Airport"
3. Small passenger jet plane parked on tarmac
4. Mid shot of departure gate at the airport
5. British Commander Major General Andy Salmon handing...
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Female penguins form close attachment and build nest together
'Safari' zookeepers at the Ramat Gan Zoo in Tel Aviv were sure they were dealing with yet another penguin couple, but in a routine blood exam they realized that the two penguins were both in fact female.
"After we realized that they are...
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Group of dolphins stranded off Long Island
1. Wide pan from rescue boats in Northwest Creek to dolphins
2. Close-up dolphin swimming and surfacing to breathe
3. Close-up dolphins swimming and surfacing to breathe
4. Mid of rescuers lifting dead dolphin's body into boat in...
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A unique species of jellyfish is given the usual name of Bart
1. Wide shot of beach and sea shore, Darwin
2. Tilt down leg to jellyfish sting on ankle
3. Box jellyfish in water
4. Professor Bart Currie at his desk at Darwin University
5. Photograph of the Bart Jelly fish
6. SOUNDBITE: (English)...
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International Whaling Commission meets
1. Wide of Estrel Convention Centre in Berlin where commission meeting is being held
2. Tight shot of International Whaling Commission (IWC) flag flying in front of Convention Centre
3. Various shots of World Wildlife Fund (WWF) protest...
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Safari World under flood threat
1. Various of dolphins in pool
2. Mid of water tank
3. People walking towards Safari World
4. Low angle shot of floodwater outside Safari World
5. Close-up of sandbags
6. Various of deers on dry area surrounded by water
7. Worker on...
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Preparations for coming of Year of the Rat
1. Wide of people at food market
2. Wide of store selling shredded roasted squids
3. Various of people selling and buying squids
4. Wide of people and selling dried processed seafood products
5. Mid of man in red costume blowing horn...
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Robotic fish and the world's biggest water curtain at EXPO
AP Television
Yeosu, South Korea - 11 May 2012
1. Close-up of a fish robot swimming in a fish tank
2. Mid of fish robot swimming
3. Close-up of fish robots
4. Mid of fish robots
5. Mid of fish robots
6. Wide of fish robots and...
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Greenpeace protests Japanese whaling south of Australia
1. Various Greenpeace's Australian chief executive Steve Shallhorn (in blue shirt) leading activists to Sydney's Government House
2. Pan to police line stopping activists from entering grounds
3. Close up Greenpeace letter addressed to...
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Rare captive whale shark is shown
1. Wide pan shot of tank with whale shark swimming
2. Whale shark swimming
3. People watching
4. Various of sharks
5. Pan from shark to the 2002 Guinness Certificate declaring Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium the world's largest
6. Pan down of...
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TAIWAN: YEAR OF THE SNAKE PREDICTIONS
Mandarin/Nat
The people of Taiwan are getting ready to welcome the Year of the Snake.
The nation's mood has been dampened by a slump in the economy.
But astrologers are predicting the snake will bring good fortune to Taiwan and its...
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LITHUANIA: INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE WALRUS SWIMMERS
English/Nat
Thousands of swimmers in Lithuania braved the bone-chilling cold to take a record- breaking dip in the sea.
This year's International Day of the "Walrus" was to be the largest mass ice swim in the world.
Though the cold may...
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RUSSIA: STURGEON MAY BECOME EXTINCT
Russian/Nat
Russia's sturgeon may soon be put on the list of extinct species unless the government takes urgent measures.
Such measures could include a moratorium on legal fishing and the prevention of widespread poaching.
The sturgeon,...
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WRAP Arrivals for APEC summit, Bush with Asian leaders, bilats, AP pix family photo
1. Mid of US President George W. Bush walking up stairs and shaking hands with Australian Prime Minister John Howard and heading to meeting
2. Mid of Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet walking up stairs and shaking hands with Howard...
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US troops arrive on Basilan for joint exercise
17 February 2002 in Basilan, Philippines
1. US Chinook helicopter landing in Basilan
2. Security staning behind helicopter
3. Wide shot helicopter, zoom in to US troops disembarking
4. Another Chinook helicopter flying by
5. US Special...
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Australian endurance athlete's briefing ahead of attempt to swim from Havana to Key West
1. Wide exterior of Hemingway Marina with Cuban and Australian flags
2. Wide of Australian swimmer Chloe McCardel at news conference
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Chloe McCardel, Marathon Swimmer:
"It's the hardest swim in the world today....
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Paul the octopus, who correctly predicted the outcome of all of Germany's World Cup matches and the Spain-Netherlands final, is retiring from the oracle business with a perfect record.
HEADLINE: WC Octopus retires with perfect record
CAPTION: Paul the octopus, who correctly predicted the outcome of all of Germany's World Cup matches and the Spain-Netherlands final, is retiring from the oracle business with a perfect...
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+4:3 Palestinian fishermen revelling in surprising catch of hundreds of Devil Fish
Gaza Strip, 28 February 2013
1. Wide of fishermen and dozens of devil rays on beach
2. Various of rays
3. Various of fishermen slicing ray
4. Wide of rays on beach, with fishermen in background
Gaza City, Gaza Strip, 28 February 2013
5....
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WRAP: Japanese, NZ officials blame each other & Greenpeace protests
1. Greenpeace protesters spin "Whale of Fortune"
2. Protesters watchig wheel
3. Wheel falls on 'full quota'
4. Greenpeace protesters
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Richard Page, Greenpeace: "Greenpeace is very disappointed that the...
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Oil pollution - Russia's dirty secret
AP Television
Usinsk urban district, Republic of Komi, Russia - September 10, 2011
1. Wide of contaminated water, gas flame and oil tanks in background
2. Wide of factory with gas flames on horizon
3. Close of contaminated water...
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Another whale shark died early Wednesday at the Georgia Aquarium, the second this year at the only facility outside Asia to display the huge, rare fish.
HEADLINE: Whale shark at Georgia Aquarium dies.
CAPTION: Another whale shark died early Wednesday at the Georgia Aquarium, the second this year at the only facility outside Asia to display the rare fish. AP correspondent Jason Bronis...