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Hong Kong-Baroness Thatcher opens Tsing Ma bridge
Former UK prime minister Margaret Thatcher opened a massive
suspension bridge in Hong Kong on Sunday (27/4), possibly the
last physical symbol to be built as more than 150 years of
British colonialism draws to an end.
Ws of bridge,...
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Delegates at UN climate summit enter crucial final week of negotiations
1. SOUNDBITE: (English) Senator John Kerry:
"But also in the Congress itself, and I think it is very important for those who are here deliberating this week as they try to map out a strategy of where to go from Bali, it's important to...
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Twin brothers build Miniatur Wunderland, world's largest model train set
Hamburg, 26 March 2009
1. Wide of people looking at a model castle supposed to be set somewhere in southern Germany
2. Close up fire at the castle, toy fire engines arriving
3. Various of fire engines in front of castle
4. Pull out to...
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Three killed, several wounded as bridge collapses
1. Pan of the collapsed bridge
2. Crane being moved into position
3. Wide of fallen launcher
4. Close of the crash site
5. Wide of Delhi Metro officials at the crash site
6. SOUNDBITE (Hindi) Salim (only one name given), site worker:...
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UK: N. IRELAND: ORMEAU ROAD MARCH
English/Nat
Police and troops are putting together a massive security operation in Belfast.
The city expects to see 20-thousand protestant Orangemen gather in Ormeau Park, after marching around the south of the city.
In Portadown,...
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President Gul visits bridge that symbolised Bosnia war brutality
1. Wide of Old Bridge
2. Mid of Old Bridge
3. Turkish and Bosnian delegations led by Turkish President Abdullah Gul and the chairman of the Bosnian tripartite presidency, Haris Silajdzic walking towards the old part of Mostar
4. Gul...
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WRAP HKong celebrates 10th anniv of handover, bridge opening, protests
1. Flag raising ceremony at Hong Kong Bauhinia Garden
2. Government officials in ceremony
3. Flag-raising
4. Band
5. Sign reading: "10th Anniversary"
6. Various of police marching
7. Pan members of new cabinet
8. SOUNDBITE:...
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AFGHANISTAN: TALIBAN FORCES POISED TO RE-TAKE NORTHERN CITY
Natural Sound
After losing ground to opposition forces over the past few days, Afghanistan's Taliban forces are poised to re-take a strategic northern city.
Their preparations to overrun Jebul Siraj were made possible thanks to the...
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Briefing, photo op, archive of disputed islands
Moscow - 14 January 2005
1. Exterior of Foreign Ministry building in Moscow
Moscow - 14 January 2005
2. Wide shot of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura entering and shaking hands
3....
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Former US diplomat leads NGO delegation on visit to communist nation
A former US diplomat, experienced in relations with North Korea, arrived in Pyongyang on Monday.
Donald Gregg, a former CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) station chief and US ambassador to Seoul, was leading a group of four...
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CROATIA: FLOODS FORCE US TROOPS TO EVACUATE CAMP
English/Nat
Floodwaters have swamped a camp housing U-S troops by the river Sava, forcing them to evacuate to drier grounds.
The U-S soldiers have been struggling to build a pontoon bridge across the river which borders Croatia and...
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Chinese city with its own "Tower Bridge" looks forward to Olympics
The residents of eastern China's Suzhou city have got into the spirit of this year's Olympic games in London in monumental fashion by erecting their own, almost identical, version of one of the host city's most distinctive landmarks.
The...
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SKorea and US military build bridge during exercise
1. US and South Korean soldiers carrying parts of a medium girder bridge
2. Various of parts being attached to the bridge
3. Mid of soldiers extending bridge section
4. Close-up of US soldier
5. Wide of bridge
6. Soldiers assembling the...
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EGYPT: ISRAELI PM BARAK VISIT
Arabic/Eng/Nat
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak says he is committed to the Wye agreement with the Palestinians and will only make changes to it if Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat agrees.
Barak was speaking in Egypt on Thursday where...
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Mobile phone footage from the banks of the Mississippi of collapsed bridge
1. Various shots of portions of collapsed bridge in river water
Onlookers captured the scene of the Mississippi River bridge soon after it collapsed on Wednesday, killing at least six people.
Mobile phone footage showed smoke rising from...
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Floods as more heavy rain pounds North Korea
More heavy rain pounded North Korea on Monday, submerging buildings, cutting off power, flooding rice paddies and forcing people and their livestock to climb onto rooftops for safety.
The rain follows downpours earlier this month that...
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Footbridge to disputed holy site reopened, Hamas reax
Jerusalem
1. Wide of Mughrabi bridge
2. Medium of Jew praying at Western Wall
3. Wide of Jews praying at Western Wall
4. Medium of Mughrabi bridge
5. Wide of Israeli Police in front Mughrabi bridge
6. Medium of people arriving at...
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Israeli helicopters fire two missiles at bridge
1. Wide shot from bridge overlooking Beit Hanoun area
2. Long shot of young boy standing on the bridge
3. Tilt up from earth on road to wide shot of people standing next to mechanical digger (digger is clearing earth)
4. Long shot of...
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700 arrested after protest against corporate greed on Brooklyn Bridge
1. Police scuffle with protesters; protesters chanting, UPSOUND (English) "The whole world is watching."
2. Group of police detaining a protester
3. Wide of protesters seated
5. Police detaining a protester, protesters chanting UPSOUND...
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WRAP Russian troops demining, rebuilding bridge; Turkish soldiers arriving
Beirut - 10 Oct 2006
1. Wide of military plane landing
2. UN soldiers waiting on tarmac
3. Close up of Turkish Air Force plane
4. Vehicle about to be unloaded
5. Men observing operation
6. Various of U.N vehicle being unloaded from...
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PHILIPPINES: MORE VILLAGES EVACUATED AS MUDSLIDE THREAT CONTINUES
English/Nat
More villages are being evacuated following devastating mud slides from around a volcano in the Philippines.
Thousands of people have had to flee from their homes around Mount Pinatubo.
Experts warn that there's worse to...
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Dutchman elected new chief of eurogroup
1. Wide of Dutch Finance Minister and new Eurogroup president Jeroen Dijsselbloem walking towards journalists
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Jeroen Dijsselbloem, Dutch Finance Minister and new Eurogroup President:
"I think we should try, in the...
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Bangkok workers rush to repair city floodgates
1. Close-up of sign near Klong Sam Wa floodgate reading (English/Thai) "Don't Step"
2. Close-up of damaged dyke
3. Wide of police officer watching crane at work
4. Mid of people watching repairs from bridge
5. Close-up of temporary...
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BOSNIA: LATEST SITUATION
Eng/Serbo-Croat/Nat
The flow of Bosnian Serbs out of Serb-held suburbs of Sarajevo is continuing despite appeals from the United Nations' refugee agency for them to stay.
They are worried about their future once Sarajevo is reunited...