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BANGLADESH: DHAKA: CLINTON VISIT PREPARATIONS
Bangla/English/Nat
U-S President Bill Clinton arrived in Bangladesh on Monday, as part of a week-long tour of South Asia.
Ahead of his arrival an entourage of U-S special agents were in Dhaka to see that the visit went smoothly.
Amid...
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Crippling strike over grenade attack on opposition rally
1. Various of demo by Bangladesh Communist Party (allied to Awami league)
2. Group of police, pull out another group of police
3. Close up police
4. Various of security check for officials and government employees entering ministry...
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Bangladesh - Police Crush Opposition Demonstration
30 hurt as police crush opposition demo
Riot police remained on alert on Wednesday (29/3) a day after clearing demonstrators from the centre of Dhaka and crushing opposition plans to lay siege to the Bangladeshi capital. In clashes...
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Bangladesh halts execution of opposition leader
An Islamist opposition leader in Bangladesh has been spared execution after a judge in Dhaka granted him a reprieve shortly before he was due to be hanged.
Abdul Quader Mollah was convicted of crimes committed during the nation's war of...
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EDIT Former prime minister returns from US
1. Wide of Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister and leader of Awami League party, Sheikh Hasina, entering airport lounge
2. Mid of Hasina waving
3. Wide of Hasina sitting with party officials
4. SOUNDBITE: (Bangla) Sheikh Hasina, Former...
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Heavy police presence at demo during strike for electoral reforms
1. Awami League protesters marching with banner and chanting slogans
2. Communist party activists marching and chanting slogans
3. More of protesters chanting slogans
4. Police officers at road block
5. Wide of road block
6. Various of...
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US and Americas: Hurricanes, Iran Earthquake, Morocco Earthquake, Italy Volcano, Indonesia Volcano, Bangladesh Floods, Taiwan Typhoon
US and Americas: Hurricanes
The Caribbean and the southwest of the United States endured a battering Hurricane season. In August, Hurricane Charley pummelled the islands and Florida with 230 kilometre an hour winds. Florida state...
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Countries to resume train service after more than 40 years
Dhaka, Bangladesh
1. Wide of inaugural train at Dhaka Cantonment Train Station, Bangladesh
2. Various of singers and dancers performing on platform
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty, High Commissioner to India in...
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Bangladesh - Nationwide General Strike
Two people were killed on Monday (16/10) as Bangladesh's
opposition political parties launched a four-day nationwide
general strike, the longest stoppage yet in their campaign to
bring down the Prime Minister. Riot police in...
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Senior leader of Islamist Party sentenced to death over 1971 mass killings
A senior leader of a Bangladeshi opposition party was found guilty of murder, abduction and torture and sentenced to death on Sunday by the International Crimes Tribunal in Dhaka.
The leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami party, Mir Quashem Ali...
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Bangladesh - Tanks Guard Presidential Palace
Tanks remained on guard on Tuesday night around the presidential palace in Dhaka as the Bangladesh government reasserted its control over the military and detained the armed forces chief accused of fomenting a revolution. President Abdur...
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Deadly train collision in Bangladesh; scene, hospital
1. Close of train accident aftermath
2. Mid of fire fighter working on train
3. Close of detail of derailed train
4. Wide of two trains that collided
5. Mid of one train on top of the other, tilt down
6. Wide of Bangladesh Railway...
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WRAP WHO on health concerns; people in hospital; UNICEF on children, aid
Maharajgunj, India - 9 August 2007
1. Pan from flooded area to temporary relief shelters
2. Mid of temporary shelter
3. Close up of girl sleeping inside shelter
4. Wide of shelters and people
5. Flood relief distribution centre
6. Flood...
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Exodus from Dhaka as thousands head for home to celebrate Eid
Hundreds of Muslims tried to board crowded trains at Dhaka's railway station on Saturday, in the hope of reaching their village homes to celebrate the festival of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the Islamic holy month of...
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Hospital, doctor on cholera threat, survivor
1. Tracking shot from boat of destroyed buildings along riverbank
2. Various of destroyed buildings and remaining floodwater
3. Children amongst devastation
4. Exterior of local hospital
5. Hospital sign
6. Various of Dr Khan Habib...
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The plight of Pakistani refugees in Bangladesh
1. Narrow alley at Geneva Camp in Dhaka's Mohammadpur area
2. Child standing in street as mother wipes it's bottom with a piece of newspaper
3. Mid shot of child
4. Wide of angry woman screaming at the camera
5. Mid of angry woman
6....
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SYND 2 6 78 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS RALLIES IN DACCA (DHAKA) BANGLADESH
Closing stages and final rallies in Dacca (Dhaka) of Bangadesh Presidential Elections.
1. various of wall posters
2. ms crowds chanting, zoom out
3. ms leaflets thrown
4. gv mass crowds
5. ms General Muhammad Ataul Gani Osmani...
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BANGLADESH: DHAKA: PEACEFUL PROTEST ENDS IN VIOLENCE
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There have been violent clashes between anti-government protesters and police in the capital of Bangladesh.
Trouble erupted at a university campus in Dhaka, where Prime Minister Khaleda Zia opened a book fair.
At least 50...
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Protest by Awami League, security, closed shops
1. Wide of protest march by supporters of leading opposition group Awami League
2. Various of meeting in Dhaka's Russell Square, with Awami League's organising secretary Nasim, addressing crowd
3. Wide shot of march
4. Security
5....
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Talks between interior ministers of India and Bangladesh
1. Bangladeshi Home Secretary Safar Raj Hossain and his delegation arriving for talks
2. Cutaway cameras
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Safar Raj Hossain, Bangladeshi Home Secretary:
"We have come with an open mind to discuss with the (Indian)...
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Damage in Dhaka, hospital operating without electricity, voxpops
1. Various of traffic on Dhaka street
2. Wide of workers trying to move fallen tree from entrance of a Dhaka hospital
3. Various of workers sawing tree branches and clearing foliage
4. Midshot of fallen tree and broken concrete
5....
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Top opposition leader banned from leaving her office on eve of election anniversary
Police in Bangladesh's capital have banned all rallies and prevented a top opposition leader from leaving her office, while dozens of opposition activists have been detained across the country, officials and local media said on Sunday....
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Blasts and fire injure 45 people in hotel in capital
1. Wide exterior of hotel
2. Mid shot of damaged floors
3. Shattered windows
4. Policemen in hotel entrance
5. Tilt-up from debris to policemen in lobby
6. Pile of police helmets and body armour
7. SOUNDBITE (Bangla) Mohammad Alam,...
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Police disperse Islamist activists trying to enforce strike
Kanchpur, near Dhaka
1. Wide Islamic activists blocking the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway, 16 kilometres (10 miles) from the capital Dhaka
2. Wide Islamic activists setting fire to tyres on the road
3. Close up Islamic activists protesting ,...