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First Apple store opens in Hong Kong, protest
1. Wide of Apple store entrance being opened and pan to crowd waiting outside
2. Mid of countdown UPSOUND to opening and pull out to wide as first people waiting walk into Apple store
3. Mid of people walking into store
4. Wide of staff...
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May Day clashes in Turkey, mass rallies in Greek capital
Clashes erupted in Istanbul on Thursday between May Day demonstrators and riot police as crowds marched towards Taksim Square, aiming to defy a government ban.
Security forces pushed back demonstrators with water cannon and tear gas to...
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Nearly two-thousand families in Sao Paulo have spent the last few days occupying a site near to the stadium that will host the opening match of the FIFA World Cup on June 12.
Nearly two-thousand families in Sao Paulo have spent the last few days occupying a site near to the stadium that will host the opening match of the FIFA World Cup on June 12.
They erected makeshift dwellings on Tuesday less than two...
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Protests as workers ask for a wage increases in Jakarta, Manilla
Manila, Philippines
1. Wide of thousands of protesters marching with banners and flags, one banner reads: (English) "Oust (Philippines President Gloria Macapagal) Arroyo Regime!!!"
2. Pan of protesters holding banner reading: (English)...
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SOUTH KOREA: SEOUL: DEMONSTRATIONS TO REPEAL LABOUR LAWS
Korean/Nat
Tens of thousands of workers and supporters rallied in Seoul Sunday to force the government to repeal a labour law that has sparked more than three weeks of nation- wide protests.
They were the first rallies jointly sponsored...
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CHINA: PEASANTS CONTINUE TO LIVE IN POVERTY
Mandarin/Nat
Fifty years after the communist revolution in China hundreds of millions of peasants continue to live in poverty.
Eroding incomes are fuelling a mass migration from the countryside to the cities.
Now, with China on the verge...
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People take to the streets to protest so-called vulture funds imposed by the US
1. Leftist groups marching against US hedge funds that are owed 1.65 billion US Dollars by Argentina's government, carrying cut-out of vulture with colours of American flag
2. Protester dousing vulture cut-out with fuel to burn it
3....
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Students celebrate as new labour law repealed
Thousands of young people celebrated on the streets of Lima on Monday after Peru's congress revoked a law that eliminated various labour rights for workers aged 18 to 24.
Crowds of people who had been marching towards the Congress...
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CAMBODIA: LABOUR PROTESTERS ARE STRUCK BY POLICE IN VIOLENT CLASHES
Khmer/Natsound
Police in Cambodia's capital Phnom Penh Penh struck demonstrators with rifle butts and fired water cannons Saturday to break up a labour protest, injuring several.
The violence was the first for Cambodia's new labour...
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Fiat plants close in Naples as transporter drivers go on strike
Pomigliano
1. Wide of Fiat plant in Pomigliano, near Naples
2. Fiat and Italian flags
3. Pan left of empty parking lots reserved for Fiat workers
4. Mid of sign reading (Italian) "Entrance 2"
5. Various of closed entrance to plant
6....
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Portuguese take to streets on May Day to protest against lost of labour rights
Thousand of Portuguese workers took part in May Day marches in Lisbon on Thursday to protest against unemployment, austerity measures and what they say are worsening working conditions in the country.
Portugal, like Greece and Ireland,...
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SOUTH KOREA: LABOUR DAY RALLY
Korean/Nat
More than 20-thousand workers and students in South Korea gathered for May Day celebrations vowing to fight the government's corporate reforms they fear will result in mass layoffs.
Dozens of students traded kicks and punches...
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EL SALVADOR: ASIAN FACTORIES MOVING TO NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES
Spanish/Nat
Asian factories in El Salvador are decamping to neighbouring countries in the quest for cheap labour.
Some nine thousand jobs have been lost with the closure of 21 textile factories and more are expected to follow.
The...
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Students protest against labor law reform that would cut benefits for young workers
Clashes erupted between riot police and demonstrators on Thursday in Lima as young Peruvians protested a new law that strips workers between the ages 18 and 24 of some labour rights.
Demonstrators threw stones and sticks at police who...
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Leader of Argentina's biggest labour confederation forms his own political party
1. Mid of man holding Argentine flag featuring images of Juan Peron and Eva Duarte
2. Wide of Hugo Moyano's supporters playing drums outside Luna Park Stadium
3. Mid of Truck Union member playing drum
4. Wide of people entering...
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Thousands stage walkout to protest govt anti-union action
Seoul - 5 July 2001
1. Wide-shot of demonstration - audio of music and people singing
2. High-shot of people marching, singing and carrying flags
3. Protesters pushing riot police
4. Riot police standing in line
5. Mid-shot of policeman...
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Protests as Wisconsin approves anti-union measure
A contentious law that strips public workers of most collective bargaining rights was passed in the US state of Wisconsin on Thursday.
The Wisconsin Assembly voted 53-42 to pass the bill after about three hours of discussion.
The passage...
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How the general strike is affecting Florence
1. Wide shot of Independence Square, in centre of city
2. Mid shot of banner showing Berlusconi next to Mussolini
3. Close up banner
4. SOUNDBITE: (Italian) Marco, Protester
"We are marching for Article 18 which is a symbol for the...
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UK: PRINCESS ANNE WATCHES COPPERWHEAT BLUNDELL'S FASHION SHOW
English/Nat
Britain's Princess Anne visited London Fashion Week on Wednesday, to see a day of innovative collections.
The Princess watched a catwalk show featuring daringly skimpy dresses by Copperwheat Blundell.
Other highlights of...
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Clashes with police at huge labour rally
1. Wide shot of protesters on main street in Seoul
2. Riot police clash with protesters
3. Various of clash between protesters and riot police
4. Various of protesters trying to damage armoured vehicle with water cannon
5. Various of...
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Approval for Central American Free Trade Agreement
Washington DC- 28 July 2005
1. Various of vote (numbers on screen)
2. UPSOUND (english) Representative Ray Lahood, (Republican) Illinois
"The yeas are 217, the nays are 215, the bill is passed."
3. Wide shot of House floor amid applause...
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Police wounded several striking Cambodian garment workers on Friday when they opened fire to break up a labor protest, witnesses said. The chaos comes a day after police soldiers forcefully ended a demonstration by striking workers, detaining Buddhist mo
Police wounded several striking Cambodian garment workers on Friday when they opened fire to break up a labor protest, witnesses said.
An Associated Press photographer and human rights workers said police fired AK-47 rifles after several...
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Editor gets 10 years in jail for Thai royal insult
1. Various of Thai labour rights activist and magazine editor Somyot Pruksakasemsuk getting off prison vehicle, raising victory sign to media while entering waiting room at Thai criminal court
2. Cutaway of photographers
3. Wide of...
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Protests ahead of parliament's vote on public-sector job cuts
1. Policewoman in uniform riding a bike, blowing a whistle, and holding up Greek flag
2. Mid of local police woman clapping and blowing whistle as she rides motorbike with a colleague in uniform
3. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Petros Gavrileas,...