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MUSIC: "Puenteazul" by Mauricio Venegas
STORY: The Atacama desert, some two thousand kilometres
north of Santiago, described as the driest...
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Preserving ancient Arabic manuscripts
Chinguetti, northern Mauritana - October 18, 2008
1. Pan of Chinguetti
2. Wide of a Mauritanian walking across a stretch of desert
3. Mohamed Koulame of the Habott family library in Chinguetti opens a manuscript
4. Close up of manuscript...
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Restive marines agree to follow chain of command after five-hour standoff
1. Wide exterior of Marines headquarters
2. Close-up of sign on building reading "Headquarters Philippines Marine Corps"
3. Wide shot of Marines
4. Marine security at gate
5. Various of Marines
6. SOUNDBITE (English): Marines Colonel...
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Traditional make-up still thrives despite boom in modern cosmetics
AP Television news
1. Zoom back of people watching a model walking on catwalk
2. Mid shot of people watching
3. Tilt up shot of models walking
4. Woman having her face painted white at traditional make-up class
5. Mid shot of...
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Burma - Thais Demand End To Burmese Raids On Karen
Thais demand end to Burmese raids on Karen camps
Thailand's Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai on Friday (28/4) called for a halt to repeated Burmese raids on Karen refugee camps in Thailand and threatened retaliation if they don't stop....
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NATO allies sign agreement on cyber defence centre
Brussels, Belgium - 14 May 2008
1. Exterior of NATO headquarters
2. NATO flag flying outside
3. Interior NATO HQ, wide of news conference
4. Pan across room to General Ants Laaneots, Estonian defence chief, pull out to include General...
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MALAYSIA: PRIME MINISTER MAHATHIR MOHAMED ELECTION VICTORY
English/Nat
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamed has said his country's foreign policy will remain unchanged after his coalition received a fresh mandate in general elections.
His 14-party National Front coalition, in power since...
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WRAP Saddam trial resumes after two-week break, adds bite
1. Wall in court building with Justice scales
2. Chief Judge Rizgar Mohammed Amin
3. Deposed Iraqi president Saddam Hussein laughs, then listens
4. Prosecutors
5. Defendant Barazan Ibrahim, Saddam's brother
6. Judge
7. SOUNDBITE:...
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ICRC chief says he has been discussing possibility of extending operations in Syria
The head of the International Committee of the Red Cross met with the Syrian Health Minister on Wednesday to discuss pressing humanitarian issues in the country ravaged by the civil war.
Paul Maurer's three-day visit, which began on...
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Comoros demonstrators try to disrupt Air Yemenia flight checkin
1. Wide of airport terminal at Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris, pan to passengers outside
2. Various shots of passengers outside terminal building
3. Zoom out from information notice for flight to Moroni, to protesters...
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Sars virus affects Entertainment Industry
1. w/s young men singing in Karaoke booth
2. TV set with video and words to song
3. tighter shot of singers
4. tighter shot of TV set
5. singers singing
6. ext. Karaoke bar
7. people go up escalator to bar
8. people reserving room at...
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Saddam Hussein Found Guilty And Sentenced To Death By Hanging (A)
1. Chief Judge Raouf Adbul-Rahman pointing at former US attorney general Ramsey Clark UPSOUND " Ramsey Clark, Let him in"
2. Defence lawyer for Saddam Hussein and former US attorney general Ramsey Clark sitting in court
3. SOUNDBITE...
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UPITN 8 2 79 NYERERE BROADCASTING SPEECH WITH WARNING TO AMIN
Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere in a speech broadcast to the nation, warned that Ugandan President General Idi Amin is building up his forces on the Tanzanian border. Nyerere said Tanzanian will no longer tolerate threats from Amin...
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Pro-government groups protest over visit by UN's human rights chief
Dozens of ethnic Sinhalese nationalists demonstrated outside the United Nations office in the Sri Lankan capital on Monday against the visit of Navi Pillay, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
The UN Human Rights chief...
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Iranian doctors sign up to help the injured in Gaza
Hundreds of Iranian doctors, nurses and paramedics say they want to travel to Gaza to volunteer their help, but they are banned from crossing the border.
In just over four weeks, the war has killed more than 1,900 Palestinians - the...
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Phone app lets worshippers send prayers direct to holy site
1. Wide of Western Wall
2. Tilt up of man putting his prayer note into Western Wall
3. Close up of prayer notes in wall
4. Man placing his prayer note between stones
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Miri Sack, Western Wall Heritage Foundation...
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Businesses set up again near the Westgate shopping mall
Like many small business people living near the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi, Patrick Ngugi was eager to open up shop again after being closed for a week following the mall attack.
On Monday, he put his artifacts on display by the...
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Wahid cabinet reshuffle - includes comment from sacked Security Min
1. Exterior of mosque
2. Abdurrahman Wahid, Indonesian President, arriving at mosque
3. Close-shot of Wahid entering mosque
4. Wide-shot of interior of mosque and people sitting for prayer
5. Close-shot of Wahid praying
6. Mid-shot of...
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USA - CIA's Gannon Accuses Croats
A top Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) official on Wednesday
(9/8) blamed Croatian authorities for fueling the current exodus
of tens of thousands of ethnic Serbs fleeing from the Krajina into
Bosnia. John Gannon, deputy director for...
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Cabinet approves 'bad bank' for toxic assets
Spain's government made a further attempt at solving its economic crisis on Friday when it approved a new package of measures to create a "bad bank" to handle the country's toxic property investments.
The package also gives the central...
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Chancellor says treaty changes vital to avoid EU split, markets, analyst
Berlin
1. Mid of German Eagle
2. Wide of German Chancellor Angela Merkel addressing Parliament
3. SOUNDBITE (German) Angela Merkel, German chancellor:
"The German government made clear that the European debt crisis will not be solved in...
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Prickly fruit provide welcome income
Sbouya, Morocco, November 2008
1. Village mosque with backdrop of cactus plants
2. Pull back to wide of hills covered with cactus plants
3. Close up barbary figs (prickly pear) on cactus
4. Women picking barbary figs
5. Close up...
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OMAN: MUSCAT: PRESIDENT CLINTON - BRIEF VISIT
English/Nat
U-S President Bill Clinton flew into Oman on Saturday, for a brief stopover on his way to Geneva to meet with Syrian President Hafez Assad.
Clinton and Secretary of State Madeleine Albright were given a ceremonial greeting by...