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Car bomb explodes in Beirut
Please Note: This story is on Beta SP tape EF04/0970
1. Fire truck driving along street
2. High angle of smoke billowing from burning car
3. Wide shot of firefighters trying to douse fire
4. Another car burning
5. Various of damage at...
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10th anniversary of war with Iraq marked with seminar on chemical weapons
1. Ministers being seated at conference table
2. Reporter's hand taking notes
3. Guests at seminar
4. IForeign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki approaching lectern
5. Guests following proceedings
6. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Manouchehr Mottaki,...
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NORTHERN CYPRUS: BORDER VILLAGE LOST IN TIME
Eng/Turkish/Nat
A village lost in time.
Pile is stuck in the United Nations controlled buffer zone dividing the island of Cyprus.
Both Greek and Turkish Cypriots live together here watched over with an eagle eye by U-N troops and...
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Officials postpone landing of two Russian planes carrying Georgians
1. Wide of interior of airport terminal
2. Wide of crowd meeting passengers
3. Mid of women
4. Mid of mother with child
5. Close up of same
6. Mid of terminal display
7. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Anna, Russian citizen:
"It is a pity that they...
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Gaza sets sights on reconstruction as donor conference draws near
The Palestinian president will ask for money to help rebuild war-battered Gaza at an international conference in Cairo on Sunday.
Mahmoud Abbas says four billion US dollars is needed to help rebuild the tens of thousands of homes,...
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Shelling of Nahr el-Bared refugee camp continues, Fatah presser
Nahr El-Bared camp
1. Pan of Nahr El-Bared refugee camp, AUDIO: gunfire
2. Wide of wrecked buildings, puff of smoke from explosion, AUDIO: shellfire
3. Various of plume of smoke due to shelling
4. Lebanese army medical armoured...
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ISRAEL: NEW PM BARAK PRESENTS CABINET TO THE KNESSET
Hebrew/Eng/Nat
Israel's new Prime Minister Ehud Barak on Tuesday presented his 18-member cabinet to the Knesset with a mixture of pessimism from his main opposition Likud party and some optimism from his Palestinian peace partners.
He...
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WRAP Dozens killed in Israeli air strike on southern Lebanese town
1. Man, woman and child walking, UPSOUND: (Arabic) Man and woman:
"This is genocide"
2. Another man, woman and child walk into same shot, UPSOUND: (Arabic) Man:
"More than 25 children have been killed."
3. Emergency services walking...
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Faithful take part in charity event banned during Soviet era
1. Close up of infants participating in the tradition of Alilo, walking the central streets of Tbilisi and collecting gifts on their way, which they later give for charity
2. Mid of children dressed in church costumes walking
3. Wide of...
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US forces may be leaving, but US national pastime remains
1. Mid of sports ground at Baghdad University, baseball pitcher pitching to batter Bashar Salah (who is captain of the Iraqi national baseball team)
2. Various of batter hitting ball and running
3. Wide of sports ground, players
4....
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Calligraphy exhibition displays newest developments of the ancient art form
AP Television
UAE, Sharjah April 2010
1. Close up calligraphy
2. Wide shot banner for the Calligraphy Biennial being put into place
3. Various of calligraphy in the biennial
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Farouk Hadad, Calligrapher from...
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Efforts resume to name new PM, troops pull out
Baabda
1. Exterior shot Baabda presidential palace where President Emile Lahoud is holding consultations on naming a new prime minister
2. Guards outside palace
3. Various of Lahoud meeting Development Bloc
4. Lahoud and speaker of...
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IRAQ: BAGHDAD DAY CELEBRATIONS
Arabic/Eng
Baghdad residents on Sunday marked the anniversary of the founding of their capital more than 1,200 years ago.
The celebrations were given extra significance as the U-S agreed to accept Iraq's offer to allow U-N weapons...
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Interim PM orders forces guarding cabinet building to stand down to avoid bloodshed
Libya's interim prime minister said that he ordered soldiers guarding the Cabinet building to let the country's newly elected leader in on Monday night.
Abdullah Al-Thinni said in a televised statement on Tuesday that he ordered forces...
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Jordan declares public holiday as snow storm sweeps in
Snow is falling in the Middle East, as a powerful winter storm sweeps through the region.
In Jordan, a public holiday has been declared.
It's also triggered mass buying of groceries.
Jordan is in the grips of winter weather.
Snow...
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WRAP Purported Iraqi victims of British abuse demand compensation; Basra cuts ties
Basra
1. Various of protesters chanting as they march along street
2. Close up of banner: "The British Soldiers Must Be Punished For Their Offences and Violations"
3. Wide shot of protesters marching along street
4. Protesters stopped at...
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Defence continues final arguments in Saddam Hussein trial
1. Chief judge Raouf Abdel-Rahman seated in court
2. Mid of Mohammed Azawi Ali sitting in the dock
3. Mid shot of defendant Ali Dayih Ali in the dock
4. Chief judge Raouf Abdel-Rahman calling in defendant, Abdullah Kazim Ruwayyid
5. Mid...
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WEST BANK: EMERGENCY MEETING OF THE PALESTINIAN CABINET IS HELD
Arabic/Nat
The Palestinian President, Yasser Arafat, has accused Israel of state sponsored terrorism and claimed that Saddam Hussein is now involved in efforts to call an Arab summit.
The angry remarks followed an emergency meeting of...
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Various - Israeli FM Levy arrives in Washington DC
Israel and the Palestinians begin high-level talks in the United
States on Monday (3/11), with Israel saying "practical progress"
could be made and the Palestinians fearing Israel is evading any
real issues.
Israeli foreign minister...
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Refugees react to clashes inside main camp that left at least one dead
A 25-year-old Syrian refugee died on Sunday morning of gunshot injuries he suffered a day earlier during bloody riots that erupted at the largest camp for Syrian refugees, officials said.
Another refugee was injured in the...
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US convoy attack, cleric and colonel killed
Ramadi
1. Wide of charred exterior of house
2. Various of mangled car on the street
3. Fallen tree in front of charred house
4. Interior of mangled car with smoke still rising from it
5. Various of residents gathering amidst the...
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JORDAN: IRAQ CONDEMNED OVER THE EXECUTIONS OF 4 JORDANIANS
Arabic/Nat
Jordan bitterly condemned Baghdad on Wednesday for the execution of four Jordanians in Iraq.
The four students were executed on Monday for smuggling car parts worth 850 U-S dollars.
Iraq's went ahead with the executions...
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Court rules Islamist-dominated legislature illegally elected, lawyers reaction
1. Wide exterior of Supreme Constitutional Court surrounded by security forces
2. Close of sign reading (Arabic): "Supreme Constitutional Court"
3. Close of armoured vehicle deployed at entrance of court
4. Security being deployed around...
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TV Reaction to Obama victory in Baghdad
Najaf, south of Baghdad
1. Exterior of the holy shrine of Imam Ali, son-in-law and cousin of Prophet Mohammed
2. Pilgrims and clerics heading to the shrine
3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Salah al-U'beidi, Shiite lawmaker for Sadr bloc in...