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Preventative measures at border to stop bird flu spreading
Syrian/ Turkish border, northern Syria, 500 kilometres (310 miles) from Damascus
1. Pull out of Bab El Hawa (Gate of the Wind) border crossing
2. Poster of Syrian President Bashar Assad, pull out to wide shot of border crossing
3....
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Electricity and water shortages in the capital
1. Traffic on road, billboard
2. Close up billboard urging people to be frugal with electricity use
3. Wide shot generator, smoke coming out of funnel at top
4. Man throwing water onto generator to cool it
5. Various of electricity...
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Rising temperatures spark water shortages
1. Pan of dry Buyukcekmece Lake, water supplier in Istanbul
2. Close of cracks on dried soil
3. Mid of bird perched on concrete block which appeared after lake level dropped from 6.3 metres (20.6 feet) to 2.12 metres (7 feet)
4. Wide of...
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Emergency stores plundered as Brazil's biggest city runs out of water
The worst drought to hit the Sao Paulo region in 84 years is forcing local authorities to take action so water can flow to the nine (m) million people living in Brazil's largest city.
The measures include putting water pumps below the...
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MALLORCA: WATER SHORTAGE CAUSES DISPUTE WITH FARMERS
Spanish/Nat
As European Union leaders prepare for their weekend summit on Mallorca, their hosts are facing a crisis that has divided the Mediterranean island.
A water shortage has sparked a tense argument between local farmers and those...
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Bulawayo residents experience crippling water shortage
1. Wide pan of buckets in a queue to child
2. Wide of a group of women sitting on buckets
3. Mid of a group of women sitting waiting for water boozer
4. Wide of water boozer arriving and children jumping up and down
6. Zoom into...
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UCLA officials say six campus facilities were damaged Tuesday including the Pauley Pavilion which recently underwent a $132 million renovation. (July 30)
The quiet summer campus of UCLA found itself suddenly steeped in water and chaos after a major water pipe burst and spewed some 8 million gallons, stranding people in parking garages and flooding the school's storied basketball court...
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WRAP Cholera outbreak that killed more than 250 easing ADDS DR border
Malpasse/Jimani, Haiti - Dominican Republic border
1. Wide of trucks on Haitian side of border waiting in line for crossing
2. Dominican Republic soldiers placing chain on gate after letting vehicle go through
3. Dominican Republic...
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Spanish Steps fountain turned off to highlight water shortages
1. Wide of Spain square and ancient fountain called 'Barcaccia'
2. Wide of shopping Condotti street
3. Pan left of 'Barcaccia' fountain
4. Pull focus from water bubbling to tourists
5. Mid of girl on fountain
6. Close-up of girl...
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Protesters march in Sao Paulo to demand an end to water crisis facing entire state
About 500 protesters marched in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo on Saturday to demand an end to the water crisis facing Sao Paulo state.
The Sao Paulo region is dealing with its worst drought in 84 years, which is causing water...
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WRAP ETA announce "permanent" ceasefire, PM reax, vox pops
1. Stage of Fourth World Water Forum, in Mexico City
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Koichiro Matsuura, General Director of UNESCO
"Ladies and gentlemen. Please note, water within itself does not divide us. Indeed, it connects us as a common...
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ONLY ON AP Country's energy revolution threatens remote areas
As a boy on the plains of Inner Mongolia, Adiya could ride his horse through waist-high grass for miles without meeting another person.
Now, the 32-year-old farmer, who like many Mongolians uses only one name, says he stays indoors some...
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UNIFEED Pakista Flood Update
1. Pan right, tented area
2. Wide shot, aerial shot of flooded areas
3. Wide shot, damaged house surrounded by water
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Raabya Amjad, Communications for Development Specialist, UNICEF Pakistan:
"The needs of the...
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Severe water shortages, barber finds it difficult to work
1. Various of Tripoli residents filling jerry cans with water from underground tanks
2. Tripoli resident carting off jerry cans in wheelbarrow
3. Tripoli resident Yusof Hussein taking jerry cans into his home
4. Various of Yusof...
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HONDURAS: HURRICANE MITCH AFTERMATH LATEST (2)
Spanish/Nat
Hondurans are still burying their dead and counting the cost of Hurricane Mitch
The bedraggled survivors are forced to wait in line for water and fuel as officials struggle to feed and shelter a population crippled by...
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Cholera outbreak in Haiti already claims 250 lives ADDS Health min;aid
Petite Riviere
1. Various of dead body, covered by sheet, lying in the street
2. Mid of people entering gates of Charles Colimon Hospital
3. Wide pan of people in tents in hospital compound
4. Various of patients in tent
5. Mid of...
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IRAQ: UN CONFIRM IRAQI WATER PLANT WAS DAMAGED BY US MISSILE
Arabic/Nat
United Nations representatives have confirmed that damage to an Iraqi water plant was caused by a U-S missile.
America revealed on Tuesday that one of its fighter planes had fired a missile at an Iraqi anti-aircraft battery...
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Forensic teams identify bodies, debris beign cleared, official s'bites
1. Wide of town of Zhouqu and flooded river
2. People around excavator on pile of debris
3. Men directing excavator
4. Wide of excavator pulling out shovel full of mud and water containing body (not visible)
5. Recovery crew placing...
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VENEZUELA: NATIONAL EPIDEMIC ALERT ANNOUNCED
Spanish/Nat
Venezuela's government has declared a national state of alert to prevent the outbreak of an epidemic of dengue.
The move comes in the midst of the country's rainy season which has already caused heavy floods and...
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Millions to suffer water shortage as pipeline is attacked
1. Wide shot of pumping station with employees standing in mud
2. Medium shot of pumping station where attack took place
3. Hole in wall
4. Close up hole in wall
5. Employees in flooded plant room
6. Employees inside room with...
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Tibetan exiles hold rally, following suicide of 2 Buddhist monks
1. Women marching, holding Tibetan flags chanting pro-freedom slogans
2. Tilt up from footsteps to women marching
3. Close of placard, reading (English) "Self immolation our desperation"
4. Woman carrying placard, reading (English)...
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Mideast envoy Tony Blair cancels trip to Gaza amid security concerns
Erez Crossing
1. Wide of United Nations vehicles at border crossing
2. Official UN car driving past media waiting at crossing
3. Various of UN cars waiting at crossing
4. Wide of Hamas security personnel at checkpoint near border
5....
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Authorities find tunnel in Baja California one block from US border
1. Various of interior of water-purification plant where tunnel was found
2. Wide of tunnel entrance
3. Tilt down of photographers at tunnel entrance
4. Pan left from electrical installation to tunnel entrance
5. Tilt down inside tunnel...
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Germany - Airlift Preparation For Rwandan Refugees
Preparations were underway at the airbase in Germany for the start of a
round-the-clock US military airlift for the Rwandan refugees. The
first C5A galaxy transport plane bound for Goma left Rhein Main US
air base Monday (25/7) to take...