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Activists rally against crackdown on labour protests in Cambodia
Dozens of labour rights activists rallied in Bangkok on Friday to condemn the Cambodian government following a violent crackdown that cleared anti-government protesters and striking garment workers from the streets of the Cambodian...
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HONG KONG: MAIDS LEAD DEMONSTRATION
Natural Sound
About four hundred foreign workers have staged a protest in Hong Kong, fearing more layoffs and pay cuts amid a deepening recession.
Demonstrators, mostly Filipino maids, attacked a proposal to cut the government-set...
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Congress passes SKorea, Panama and Colombia trade bills
1. Exteriors of Korean restaurant where Barack Obama and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak ate dinner
2. Obama and Lee Myung-bak exiting restaurant and getting into car
3. Wide of House floor
4. SOUNDBITE: (English): Senator Mitch...
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US Secretary of Defence meets Singapore prime minister
1. US Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld and Singapore Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong emerging from Department of Defence
2. Cutaway of reporters
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Goh Chok Tong, Singapore Prime Minister
"The US presence has given...
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British man goes on trial accused of defaming food company over its treatment of workers
A British human rights activist who investigated alleged abuses at a Thai fruit processing factory went on trial on Tuesday in the first of a series of criminal lawsuits filed against him by the company.
Natural Fruit Co. Ltd. is...
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SOUTH KOREA: WORKERS STAGE ONE DAY STRIKE AS PART OF NEW STRATEGY
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Thousands of workers put down their tools Wednesday for a weekly one day strike, a new strategy aimed at forcing the government to repeal a labour law passed four weeks ago.
It was the first strike since union leaders...
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USA: WASHINGTON: LEGISLATION TO CRACKDOWN ON WORLDWIDE CHILD LABOUR
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The U-S House of Representatives has prepared legislation it hopes could help crackdown on growing child labour problems worldwide.
Witnesses, testifying in support of the International Child Labor Elimination Act, painted ...
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SOUTH KOREA: DEMANDS FOR SHORTER WORKING WEEK
Korean/Nat
About 4,000 workers marched in Seoul demanding a shorter working week and a suspension of moves to restructure state companies that will result in mass layoffs.
Workers chanted, "Lower statutory working hours," as they marched...
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Hearing resumes on the case of a Filipino maid seeking permanent residence
1. Tilt down from High Court to a group of protesters supporting permanent residency for migrant workers
2. Wide of media and protesters
3. Mid of Eman Villanueva, spokesman of local migrant worker group
4. SOUNDBITE (Tagalog) Eman...
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US officials in talks on China-US trade
1. US Labor Secretary Elaine Chao welcomes US Commerce Secretary Donald Evans onto stage amid applause
2. Evans onstage
3. Photographer
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Evans, US Commerce Secretary:
"We need to see tangible results and a...
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First general strike in Italy for 20 years
Rome
0000 Empty station lobby
0004 Train departure board - with sign reading 'suspended'
0007 Close shot suspended on board
0010 Stationary trains
0013 Close shot of trains
0016 Thousands taking part in protest at Barberini Square
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Colombian President Santos visits Portugal
1. Wide of Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos getting out of car and shaking hands with Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva
2. Wide of Santos and Cavaco Silva walking up red carpet
3. Wide of photocall with Santos, Cavaco Silva...
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Greece planning to grant refugees labour rights
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST:AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY Athens - 23 August 20161. Greek Migration Minister, Ioannis Mouzalas, entering room for news conference 2. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Ioannis Mouzalas, Greek Migration...
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Fla. Community Hit by Dengue, Prepares for Zika
FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: apus056143WITH THE ZIKA THREAT CLOSING IN ON THE US NatsTHE RIO COMMUNITY ON FLORIDA'S TREASURE COAST IS WELL PREPAREDNats workerMOSQUITO CONTROL WORKERS INSPECT TROUBLE SPOTS KNOWN FOR BREEDING THE...
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Students in vanguard of France labour protests
French universities have not escaped the nationwide polemic over a controversial labour reform with students remaining at the forefront of the protest movement.At Sorbonne University in Paris, while many condemned the recent spells of...
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UK activist found guilty of Thai firm defamation
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLYSHOTLIST:AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLYBangkok - 20 September 20161. Labour rights activist Andy Hall arriving at court for verdict2. Various of Hall being greeted by migrant workers with flowers, and...
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Sanitation workers in India protest over septic tank, sewer deaths
Hundreds of sanitation workers and activists protested in New Delhi on Tuesday against the recent deaths of workers who died while cleaning septic tanks and sewers.
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Denver teachers, schools reach deal to end strike
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis is congratulating Denver's teachers union and its school district for reaching a tentative agreement to end a three-day strike.
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Ramaphosa addresses labour union May Day rally
The President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa addressed thousands of workers affiliated with the Congress of South African Trade Union on Wednesday in Durban.
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China: virus origin mustn't stigmatize countries
China said on Wednesday that no one should use the question of the origin of the novel coronavirus to stigmatize other countries.
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SOUTH KOREA: NEW ROUND OF PROTESTS AGAINST DISPUTED LABOUR LAW
Korean/Nat
Thousands of bankers in South Korea stopped work Tuesday as the country's militant trade unions launched a new round of nationwide protests against a disputed labour law.
But despite union predictions the new strikes would...
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Peruvians use resourceful way to collect water
Residents of a shantytown in the Peruvian capital, Lima, where rain rarely falls, have set up special nets to collect water directly from the air.
Rainfall is very low, less than 4cm (1.5 inches) per year, but humidity can reach 98...
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Obama and Santos praise bilaterial trade agreement
1. Obama and Santos sitting next to each other
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Barack Obama, US president
"I am very pleased to announce that we have developed an action plan for labour rights in Colombia consistent with our values and...
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Protests continue in central Madrid, paralysing Cibiles Square
1. Pan right of Cibeles Square packed with labour union members and protesters
2. Various of union members protesting
3. Pan right Unilever employees chanting and carrying a banner reading: (Spanish) "No to Unilever closure"
4. Close of...