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Students put up images outside US Mission

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1. Wide of US diplomatic mission with artists in foreground 2. Various of artists painting in front of mission building 3. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) (No name given) Artist: "It's going to be flattened by the cars that drive past. That is the...
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WRAP Official mourning and reaction to the death of Raul Castro's wife

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AP Television 1. Zoom out Cuban flag at half mast outside the Jose Marti Memorial AP Television 2. Wide of people lined up to pay their respects to Vilma Espin Cubavision Havana, Cuba - 19 June, 2007 3. Wide of memorial service for...
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France - Cuban President Pays First Visit Since 19

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Cuban President pays first visit to France since 1959. Fidel Castro of Cuba told President Francois Mitterrand in Paris on Monday (13/3) that his groundbreaking visit to France marked the end of "the apartheid" imposed on Cuba for 36...
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: CUBAN LEADER FIDEL CASTRO VISIT

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Spanish/Nat Cuban President, Fidel Castro, let bygones be bygones on Sunday when he held remarkable meeting former Dominican Republic strongman, Joaquin Balaguer. Castro, a loyal Communist and 92-year-old Balaguer, a conservative who...
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US organisation lobby against easing of sanctions on Cuba

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1. Wide shot of meeting 2. Delegates 3. Close up of armbands 4. Crowd applauding 5. Close up of at podium 6. Crowd applauding 7. SOUNDBITE: (English) George Allen, Republican Senator from Virginia: "Indeed for many, many years other...
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Castro meets Sierra Leone president

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1. Exterior of the Palace of the Revolution 2. Cuban flag 3. Cuban president Fidel Castro and Sierra Leone president Tejan Kabbah entering room 4. Kabbah and Castro shaking hands 5. Castro and Kabbah leaving room 6. Conference...
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Rice and commerce secretary on Cuba, reax in US interests section in Havana

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Washington DC, US 1. Wide shot of US State Department Secretary Condolezza Rice entering news conference 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Condolezza Rice, US State Department Secretary: "The comission's second report keeps the promise that the...
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UN: NEW YORK: PROTESTERS DEMAND BLOCKADE OF CUBA BE LIFTED

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English/Nat American protesters demanded, on Tuesday, that their government's blockade of Cuba be lifted, as delegates from the stricken Caribbean island arrived for the United Nations Earth Summit in New York. There were two separate...
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: CUBA: BILLY ZANE

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English/Nat Hollywood film star BILLY ZANE brought a touch of glamour to a cigar auction in Cuba on Friday when he bid 150-thousand U-S dollars for a single box of cigars at a special auction. The event in Cuba's capital Havana was...
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CUBA: HAVANA: EVANGELISTS CEREMONY

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Spanish/Nat Thousands of people gathered at Marianao Square in the Cuban capital of Havana on Sunday to hold the first public evangelical ceremony since the country's communist revolution in 1959. The purpose of the ceremony was to...
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CUBA: CASTRO SPEAKS AT CDR ANNIVERSARY OPENING CEREMONY

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Spanish/Nat Cuban President Fidel Castro has attended the opening ceremony of a three day conference celebrating the 38th anniversary of the C-D-R (The Committee for the Defence of the Revolution). The group was set up to ensure that...
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Peru - Leader of guerrillas gives interview

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The leader of the guerrillas holding 72 hostages in Lima on Tuesday (04-03) rejected an offer of asylum for the guerillas in Cuba, made by Cuba's president Fidel Castro. Residency exteriors; sounds of the guerrillas training inside,...
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CHILE: LEADERS ARRIVE FOR SIXTH IBEROAMERICAN SUMMIT UPDATE

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Spanish/Nat The leaders of 19 Latin American countries are gathering in Chile for the sixth Ibero-American summit. The summit will focus on democratic reforms in the region - delegates will also examine ways of forging closer ties...
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Cuba: Bacardi: Rum stand-off continues.

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Havana, Cuba - 22 March, 2001 1. Exterior of bar with giant bottle of Havana Club rum 2. Close up of bottles of Havana Club inside bar 3. Wide shot interior bar and people drinking in bar 4. Bar with bartender and customers 5. Close up...
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Cuba officially joins Rio Group as LatAm leaders call for end of US boycott

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Leaders from Latin America and the Caribbean on Tuesday agreed on the need for greater regional unity during the first of a two-day meeting taking place in the Northeastern Brazilian resort area of Costa de Sauipe. Hosting president Luis...
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CUBA: WEAKENED HURRICANE GEORGE COMES INLAND

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Spanish/Nat A weakened Hurricane Georges has come inland over Cuba, bringing heavy rains to drought-ridden eastern Cuba. Winds of 120 kilometres per hour hit the island on Thursday morning, claiming at least one victim. Cuban President...
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Cuba opens car ownership to all - but at a hefty price

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The Cuban government opened its car market on Friday by eliminating a special permit that strictly limited the number of people allowed to buy vehicles from the state. The Cuban government has a monopoly on the sale of imported new and...
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Cubans react to false rumours of Fidel Castro's death

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1. Wide of Old Capitol building in Havana, with road and traffic in the foreground 2. Mid newspaper vendor leaving post office 3. Vendor arranging papers 4. Zoom in to Granma newspaper headline reading: (Spanish) "Article from Fidel and...
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Cubans react to Fidel's apparent fainting on Saturday

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1. Wide of Saturday morning Tribuna Abierta 2. Fidel entering, returning to the podium after a near faint 3. Wide of crowds waving flags and chanting Fidel, Fidel 4. Fidel mounting the platform 5. Cut away to crowds 6. SOUNDBITE...
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Cuban Roman Catholic Church issues letter asking for political change in country

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Roman Catholic bishops in Cuba called for political reform in tandem with social and economic changes already under way, issuing their first joint pastoral letter in two decades that was presented to reporters on Monday. The document...
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State Dept comments on new Cuba dollar policy

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1. State Department spokesman approaching podium 2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Adam Ereli, State Department Deputy spokesman: "We think that this move is yet another indicator that Castro is refusing to do what is best for his own people. It...
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Morning scenes from Havana, reax to Castro health, political situation

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1. Pan right Havana skyline 2. Medium shot Malecon (seafront avenue) with empty carnival kiosks 3. Medium shot abandoned grandstands 4. Medium grandstands with traffic 5. Medium metal Carnival barriers collected 6. Medium shot abandoned...
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American diplomat leaves post, says better days to come for Cuba

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1. Tilt down from US Flag to James Cason with US Marine 2. US Marines with flags 3. Tilt up Statue of Liberty with "75" in hand 4. The number "75" 5. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) James Cason, Chief of US Mission in Cuba: "Change is...
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: CUBAN LEADER FIDEL CASTRO VISIT

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Spanish/Nat Dismissing plots and threats against his life, Fidel Castro bade farewell to the Dominican Republic on Monday, insisting that his revolution would endure long after he'd gone. Castro's comments came during a five-hour speech...