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Belgium - The penguin man
Alfred David loves penguins. So much so, he often dresses like them, make the same noises and even eats the same food. The eccentric Belgian even believes that when he dies he will be reincarnated as his favourite bird and will be found...
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INDIA: 30 FOOT WHALE SHARK NETTED
Hindi/Nat
Fisherman in the Indian city of Bombay got the shock of their lives when their nets caught a 30 foot (ten metre) whale shark on Monday.
The black-spotted shark, which was entangled in the nets, was hauled ashore - but it was...
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GWT: WRAP Coalition pushes into southern Iraq, Al Faw, Safwan takeover
Northern Kuwait (near border with Iraq)
1. British Royal Marines on top of tank at the start of assault entering southern Iraq
2. Various Royal Marines inside tank
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Name unknown, Royal Marine Commander:
"What we're...
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Impact of resort blasts on tourism industry
Taba Hilton, near Egypt/Israel border
1. Wide shot of Hilton hotel exterior
2. Rescuers removing body
3. Workers looking for bodies
4. Various of body and rescue teams, Israeli rescuers in yellow hats and Egyptians in red hats
Sea...
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Cage diving with sharks is a popular tourist attraction in SA
1. Various underwater shots of sharks swimming
2. Various of sharks
3. Various of divers getting into wet suits
4. Diver entering shark cage
5. Various underwater shots of sharks swimming
6. Shark cage and divers
7. Wide of observers...
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SOUTH AFRICA: PENGUINS RELEASED AFTER OIL SPILL
English/Nat
It's been a long journey back to freedom for the penguin victims of last month's oil tanker spill off the coast of South Africa.
On Friday, 900 penguins were ferried back to Robben Island, off Cape Town after being cared for...
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Annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission opens
1. Wide of Pestana Casino the venue for the International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting
2. Various interiors of delegates arriving for IWC meeting
3. Mid of Japanese delegation seated
4. Close-up of "Japan" sign on desk
5. Wide of...
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Dolphin receives artificial fin at aquarium
1. Close-up of dolphin, called Fuji
2. Mid of Fuji swimming with artificial tail fin
3. Close-up of fin, tilt up body of Fuji
4. Mid of dolphin in water, flapping artificial fin
5. Mid of people watching
6. Mid of Fuji jumping in...
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SOUTH AFRICA: INTERNET PENGUINS
English/Nat
Last month's oil tanker spill off the coast of South Africa caused an environmental catastrophe off the coast of Cape Town.
It took an unprecedented rescue project to save the lives of thousands of penguins who lived...
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VOICED Iceland resumes whale hunt after 14 years
00.00 Whalers throwing the whale skins and blubber into containers
00.11 Meat landing in bucket
00.20 Gudmundur Haraldsson testing whale meat temperature
00.24 SOUNDBITE: (Icelandic) Gudmundur Haraldsson, Captain of the Icelandic whaling...
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Australia and Japan set for UN court over controversial whaling programme
Tokyo - 25 June 2013
1. Wide of Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida entering news conference
2. Focus shift from map on the wall to Kishida
3. SOUNDBITE: (Japanese) Fumio Kishida, Japanese Foreign Minister:
"Japan must make proper...
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Sushi turned into an art form
Tokyo, Japan - 6th March 2008
1. Close up of making sushi roll
2. Pan up of sushi chef making sushi roll
3. Close up of sushi chef
4. Sushi chef cutting up the sushi roll and zooming into what it reveals to be a dragon fly
5. Cutting up...
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RUSSIA: MOSCOW ZOO WALRUSES (V)
Voice and effects
The walrus population of Moscow Zoo attract visitors throughout the year.
But the ten animals, each weighing over eight hundred kilograms, are in need of help - they need urgent dental treatment.
00:01 It's feeding time...
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USA: AUSTRALIAN WHO SWAM FROM CUBA TO FLORIDA PRESS CONFERENCE
English/Nat
A day after swimming from Cuba to Florida, Susie Maroney was basking in the glow of her accomplishment.
The Australian woman made the crossing in just over 24 hours, about half the time that it was expected to take.
While...
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President Bush has signed an order he says will encourage more recreational fishing in state waters and adds more federal rules that limit commercial fishing of striped bass and red drum. The two species are overfished.
HEADLINE: Presidential order to protect two fish species
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CAPTION: President Bush has signed an order he says will encourage more recreational fishing in state waters and adds more federal rules that limit commercial fishing of...
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TOP CHEFS HELP PERU'S STARVING PELICANS
Seafood chefs in Peru's capital have started a campaign to save the region's pelicans.
In recent weeks, the birds have been dying in unusually high numbers, apparently because of a shortage of fish in the Eastern Pacific.
On Friday chefs...
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Latest after 500 penguins found dead on beaches
Tourists aren't the only ones bathing in the sandy shores of Rio de Janeiro anymore, penguins are now found daily on the beaches of the city.
In the only veterinary rehabilitation centre prepared to take care of the species, more than...
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Dozens of huge photos featuring whales, dolphins and turtles are hanging along one of Mexico City's main avenues to educate people about protecting the country's maritime life, especially whales.
Dozens of huge photos featuring whales, dolphins and turtles are hanging along one of Mexico City's main avenues to educate people about protecting the country's maritime life, especially whales.
Officials inaugurated the photo exhibit...
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GALAPAGOS ISLANDS: STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED
Spanish/Nat
Ecuador has declared a state of emergency for the Galapagos islands, where a huge oil spill from tanker "Jessica" now poses a threat to creatures great and small, from birds to iguanas to sea lions.
The spill began last week...
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BP CEO disputes claims of underwater oil plumes
Venice, Louisiana
1. Tony Hayward, CEO of BP, talking to US Coast Guard employees
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Tony Hayward, Chief Executive of BP PLC:
"Well, the answer is the first thing is to say we're sorry. We're sorry for the massive...
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Conference to discuss commercial whaling ban opens in London
London - July 23, 2001
1. Various of Greenpeace protesters pretending to be whale watchers outside meeting
2. Various of people with giant eye masks looking through giant binoculars
3. Pan across start of IWC meeting
4. Japanese...
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Secrets of the mummies unearthed in Lithuania
AP Television
Vilnius, Lithuania - August 8, 2011
1. Close of mummy of young boy in wooden box
2. Mid of anthropologist Rimantas Jankauskas with fellow scientist taking mummy of boy from box
3. Mid of Jankauskas with mummy
4. Mid of...
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Keepers count the animals at London Zoo's annual stocktake
1. Sunrise over penguin colony at London Zoo
2. Various of penguins waiting to be counted
3. Penguin keeper Tim Savage, with clipboard, walks towards penguins
4. Various of Savage counting penguins
5. Zoo official hunched beside...
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A woman who saw a killer whale attack and kill a handler at SeaWorld in Orlando says the whale never bit the woman but kept pushing her "like she was a toy."
HEADLINE: Whale attack witness: Victim was struggling
CAPTION: A woman who saw a killer whale attack and kill a handler at SeaWorld in Orlando says the whale never bit the woman but kept pushing her "like she was a toy." (Feb. 25)
The...