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US Air Force planes land at Turkish-US air base as US mulls possibility of military action
Routine and relative calm appeared to prevail at a US-Turkish air base in Turkey's southern Adana province on Saturday, as the US mulls military action over Syria's alleged use of chemical weapons.
Earlier in the day, an unmanned aerial...
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President Barack Obama paid a visit to the desert oasis of wary ally King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, hoping to reassure the aging monarch who is nervously watching Washington's negotiations with Iran and other U.S. policy in the Middle East. (March 28)
President Barack Obama paid a visit Friday to the desert oasis of wary ally King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, hoping to reassure the aging monarch who is nervously watching Washington's negotiations with Iran and other U.S. policy in the...
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STILLS: US Secretary of State meets Field Marshal Tantawi
1. STILL: Mid of Egyptian Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi shaking hands with US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton
2. Various STILLS of Clinton and Tantawi heading for meeting at Egypt's Ministry of Defence
3. STILL: Tantawi and...
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Start of first US military commissions since WWII
1. Tribunal commission building
2. US flag at base
3. News media rooftop - zoom to tribunal commission building
4. News media tent
5. Officer with news media
6. Close-up officer
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7. Interior...
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US President, George W Bush, arrives back in US
Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland
1. Various shots of President George W. Bush's arrival by plane at Andrews Air Force Base
2. Bush boards helicopter
Washington DC
3. Various of Bush arriving by helicopter at the White House
4. He walks...
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Wall Street struggled to steady itself Tuesday, climbing back from an early plunge after the Federal Reserve implemented an emergency interest rate cut in hopes of restoring stability to a faltering U.S. economy
HEADLINE: Stocks dive on worries of U.S. recession
CAPTION: Wall Street struggled to steady itself Tuesday, climbing back from an early plunge after the Federal Reserve implemented an emergency interest rate cut in hopes of restoring...
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US official discusses relationship with Myanmar
1. Win Aung, head of Myanmar's main business association, and US Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs Jose Fernandez shaking hands
2. Tami Overby, vice president of Asia-US Chamber of Commerce on stage, shaking...
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Casket outside US Senate, procession through city
1. Aerial of soldiers on steps of US Capitol
2. Medium of Betty Ford, widow of Gerald Ford, former US President, getting out of car and walking
3. Medium of Betty and relatives of Ford
4. Military honour guards walking down steps of...
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The U.S. Navy is kicking off its commemoration of the War of 1812 in New Orleans, where American forces beat back a British invasion in the conflict''s last major battle.
HEADLINE: Navy commemorates War of 1812 in New Orleans
CAPTION: The U.S. Navy is kicking off its commemoration of the War of 1812 in New Orleans, where American forces beat back a British invasion in the conflict''s last major battle....
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CAN878 GEMINI FOUR PREPS AND LAUNCH
Gemini 4 (Gemini IV) was the second manned space flight in NASA's Project Gemini, launching in June 1965. Astronauts James McDivitt and Edward H. White, II circled the Earth 66 times in four days, making it the first US flight to near...
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WRAP Arrivals, preps for UNASUR meeting ADDS more arrivals, demo
1. Plane on tarmac with Ecuador's President Rafael Correa on board
2. Correa exiting plane
3. Correa walking past military guard of honour
4. Various of Tabare Vazquez, President of Uruguay, exiting plane after arriving (UPSOUND : brass...
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Greenspan arrivals
1. Wide shot of US Federal Reserve building
2. Close-up of Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan's car arriving
US Federal Reserve policy-makers appear ready to ratchet down a key short-term interest rate to its lowest level in 45...
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US Treasury moves to shore up mortgage giants, Freddie Mac b-roll
1. Mid-shot of Freddie Mac sign
2. Close-up on building entrance, pull out to wide of Freddie Mac building
3. Various of Freddie Mac sign
Shares in slumping US mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac opened higher on Monday, a day...
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GWT: US marines secure waterways, blow up boats
Night Vision
1. Various of Royal Marines walking, preparing equipment
2. Marine in position which overlooks bay
Day shots
3. Royal Marines on shore having just landed
4. Various of Marines in hovercrafts, they arrive in port
5. Marines...
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US air force planes take off and stationary at joint base
A joint US-Turkish airbase near the Syrian border with Turkey appeared calm on Sunday, hours after the US president announced he would seek congressional approval before launching punitive military strikes against Syria.
During a...
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Reservist Lynndie England arrives for hearing
1. Wide shot of military courthouse
2. Tracking shot of arrival of Pfc Lynndie England, she gets out of car and walks across car park, accompanied by lawyers, and enters building
3. Pan across journalists
4. Soldier
5. Court building
US...
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US Air Force delivers aid shipments to Georgia
US Department of Defense
Tbilisi, Georgia , August 15 2008
1. Wide shot of plane at airport
2. Close up of plane's tail with USA flag and other writing
3. Shot from under plane wing showing jets and man walking away
4. Wide shot of 11...
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Palestinians celebrate at Damascus Gate
Jerusalem, Damascus Gate place to enter the Old City of Jerusalem
1. Various of adults and children celebrating in the street
2. Shop owner giving out celebratory cakes
3. Various of trucks driving past waving, beeping and saluting in...
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USA: PRESIDENT ELECT GEORGE W BUSH
Natural Sound
President-Elect George W Bush went back to work on Thursday.
After a brief Christmas holiday trip to Florida, Bush returned to Washington to resume building his new administration
In his second trip to the capital since...
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Days after a man scaled a White House fence and ran into the building, the Secret Service increased security around the White House and along Pennsylvania Avenue, some guards openly holding weapons, others escorting dogs. (Sept. 23)
Four days after a man scaled a White House fence and ran into the building that houses the president and his family, the Secret Service increased security around the White House and along Pennsylvania Avenue.
Some guards on Tuesday were...
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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton lauded Gov. Jan Brewer's veto of a controvercial religious rights bill and gave comment on the crisis in Venezuela before a crowd at the University of Miami Wednesday. (Feb. 27)
Hillary Rodham Clinton lauded Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer's veto of a bill Wednesday that set off a national debate over gay rights.
The former secretary of state and New York senator told thousands of students, faculty and guests at the...
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USA: LOUISIANA: EXPLOSION RIPS THROUGH NATURAL GAS RIG
Natural Sound
At least two workers have been killed by an explosion which tore through a natural gas rig in swampland in Louisiana.
The U-S Coast Guard says two bodies have been recovered and two people are still missing.
The rig's...
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CAN436 WRECKAGE OF US AIR FORCE PLANE ON GREEK MOUNTAIN
10 killed when US Air Force Globemaster plane crashes on Greek mountain.
1. ws slopes of mountains with site of crash in distance, slight tilt up
2. bs, ms salvage party climbing in snow
3. ms pan right crash area, with wreckage and...
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CAN434 SOUTH VIETNAMESE PARATROOPERS DROPPED IN SAIGON BY USAF AIRCRAFT
South Vietnamese paratroopers are dropped near Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) from US Air Force planes departing from Tan Son Nhut Air Base.
1. ms sign 'USAF Base Operations, Tan Son Nhut Air Base'
2. ws troops stand on runway and adjust...