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Elders Carter and Robinson meet Assad, Hamas leader
1. Wide of international group of veteran statesmen known as 'the Elders', including (from left) UN envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, Irish President Mary Robinson, Indian activist Ela Bhatt and former US president Jimmy Carter walking in, Robinson...
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UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos meets foreign minister en route to Homs
1. Wide of UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos seated with Syrian minister for Foreign Affairs Walid Moallem in Damascus
2. Mid of Amos
3. Mid of Moallem laughing
4. Mid of officials
5. Mid of Moallem and officials
6. Wide of meeting
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The original Arabic booza ice cream
Levantine ice cream - or Booza - has been enjoyed by people in the Middle East for more than a century.
In Damascus the parlour that claims to have invented the dessert is visited by hundreds of people daily who form large queues to get...
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SNC guarantee safety of UN inspection team at sites of alleged chemical weapons use
Syria's largest opposition group said on Friday that it would ensure the the safety of UN inspectors if they go to the areas where chemical weapons were allegedly used.
Anti-government activists accused the Syrian regime of carrying out...
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Syrians fleeing Damascus violence continue to arrive at border
1. Mid of Syrian citizens leaving immigration office
2. Syrians walking towards border checkpoint
3. Syrian car with suitcases on top
4. Close of suitcases
5. Syrians heading to immigration office
6. Syrian family leaving immigration...
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Clashes outside Al Aqsa mosque, protests over drawings
Jerusalem
1. Israeli police struggling with Palestinian crowds trying to enter mosque compound
2. Various of scuffle between the police and Palestinians at the Old City walls
3. Men standing on top of wall inside Al Aqsa compound...
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Aid convoy bound for Lebanon departs for border
Damascus
1. Sign that reads "International Red Cross Committee, Geneva"
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Christophe Grange, relief worker
"My name is Christophe Grange. I am a water engineer. I am going to Lebanon in order to assess the needs...
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Iranian foreign minister's statement on attempt to establish ceasefire in Syria
At a meeting in Tehran on Thursday, evnvoys from more than 30 countries, including Russia, China, Iraq and Jordan, gathered to discuss a possible resolution to the Syrian conflict.
At its conclusion, Ali Akbar Salehi, Iran's Foreign...
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Iran hosts international conference on fighting in Syria
President Bashar Assad's key state backer Iran hosted a gathering of countries in Tehran on Thursday to discuss solutions for ending the Syrian conflict.
Tehran described the conference as an attempt to start an alternative political...
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VOICED Shiite Muslims marching, Hezbollah leader speaks
About 800-thousand people have taken to the streets of the Syrian capital Damascus in support of the Palestinian uprising and the forthcoming Arab League summit in Beirut.
Thousands more marched in Lebanon as part of a religious...
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Syrians express hopes for peace and stability in the coming year
Note: This material was shot by an AP Television contractor working within Syrian government media guidelines.
1. Wide pan of Qasioun mountain, Damascus
2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Vox pop, Salim, no surname given, Damascus resident:
"We hope...
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday that Syrian President Bashar Assad assured her of his willingness to engage in peace talks with Israel. Pelosi said she and other members of her congressional delegation raised with Assad their concern about militants crossing from Syria into Iraq, as well the Israeli soldiers kidnapped by the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and the Palestinian group Hamas.
HEADLINE: Pelosi defies Bush, meets with Syria's president
CAPTION: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has held talks with Syria's leader despite White House objections, saying she pressed President Bashar Assad over his country's support for...
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Syria/Lebanon - Robin Cook on tour of Middle East
British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook said after talks with Syrian President Hafez al-Assad on Wednesday (18/3) that he wanted to see a comprehensive peace settlement in the Middle East.
Mr Cook was touring the Middle East representing...
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UN inspectors resume search for evidence of chemical weapons, UN's Ban and UK Dep PM urge caution
UN experts investigating alleged chemical gas attacks left their Damascus hotel on Thursday, but anti-regime activists said the team's destination was not immediately known.
The inspectors spent two days this week taking biological...
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Drills continue aboard Danish warship as forces await green light to collect Syrian chemical weapons
Two cargo ships and their Scandinavian warship escorts set sail from the Cypriot port of Limassol on Friday to waters near Syria.
It's the second time in a week the UN-backed international mission has attempted to collect the most...
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SYND 17-5-74 LOOKING FOR SOLUTION OF ISRAELI ARAB CONFLICT
Politicians meeting for talks as people protest against terrorist attacks in Israel.
1. guard on rooftop looking through binoculars
2. ms armoured car through street
3. ms motorcade speeding, stops and US Secretary of state Henry...
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Ahmadinejad meets Mashaal and Syria Def Min Turkmani
1. Khaled Mashaal, Syria-based Hamas leader walking in meeting room and shaking hands with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranian President
2. Close-up of handshake and zoom back to two shot
3. Mid of Hamas delegation in meeting room
4. Two-shot...
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Syrians comment on outcomes of G8 summit
1. Various of traffic in Damascus
2. Mid of a young man standing by a newsstand
3. Al-Thawra newspaper reading: (Arabic) "Obama admits that military intervention would not solve the problem. Putin: Providing the opposition with weapons...
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SNC and UK opposition leader react to UK govt defeat in Syria vote; UN inspectors in Damascus
UN weapons inspectors left their hotel in Damascus on Friday to continue their investigation into the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria.
Meanwhile, the United States and her allies prepared for the possibility of a punitive strike...
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MOOD AND SYRIAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER BRIEF MEDIA AFTER MEETING
Major General Robert Mood, the head of the UN observer mission to Syria (UNSMIS), held talks with the Syrian deputy foreign minister in Damascus on Tuesday.
After his meeting with Faisal al-Miqdad at the Dama Rose Hotel, where the UNSMIS...
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MOOD ON REPORTS OF KILLINGS OF FACTORY WORKERS; OBSERVERS
A team of United Nations observers left their hotel in Damascus on Thursday for a new day of field visits, amid heightening tensions in the violence-stricken country.
The head of the UN mission, Major General Robert Mood was asked about...
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UN Under Secretary General for Peacekeeping arrives to assess situation
Herve Ladsous, the UN's Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, arrived in Damascus on Tuesday on a three day mission to assess the escalating violence in Syria.
Ladsous was sent to Syria by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon,...
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Doctors work to treat cases of poliovirus in Syria
Doctors were working to treat cases of polio virus in Syria on Wednesday as the government said that it would work with international organisations to ensure that all children in the country, even those in rebel-held areas, would be...
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UN deputy spokesman says Ban is "shocked" at alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria
The United Nations Security Council has scheduled emergency consultations on the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria.
UN deputy spokesman Eduardo del Buey said the council will meet on Wednesday afternoon.
He said...