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UN reaction as preliminary findings of population census released
Myanmar has discovered it has only 51 million people - far less than the previously estimated 60 million.
State-run television announced on Friday the preliminary results from the country's first census in three decades. It said complete...
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PERU: GOVERNMENT TRY TO CURB HIGH RATE OF INFANT MORTALITY
Spanish/Nat
Each year about 12,000 children under the age of five die in Peru from respiratory diseases like pneumonia.
The country's government is now trying to curb this high rate of infant mortality.
Their goal is to reduce such...
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Changing Face of China, AP focus on China's growing illiteracy problem
Jidao Village, Guizhou Province - 17 December, 2007
1. Wide pan from school building to a group of middle-aged Miao tribe women in ethnic costumes walking towards camera with children
2. Mid of the middle-aged Miao women walking
3. Pan...
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Health Ministry briefing on AIDS, HIV, prevention and treatment
FILE: November 2004
1. Mid of doctor talking to patient with AIDS in hospital ward
2. Close of patient, tilt up to doctor talking to patient with AIDS medication in his hands
3. Close medication in doctor's hand
4. Mid of nurse carrying...
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USA: Y2K COMPUTER BUG A RALLYING POINT FOR MANY SUBCULTURES
Frederick, Maryland and Washington DC - USA - December 14, 1998
Frederick, Maryland
1. Cash family playing in their apartment
2. Can of beans
3. Stacked dry goods
4. Candles and matches
5. Ronald Cash opening bucket full of beans
6....
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USA: 116TH EDITION OF THE STATISTICAL ABSTRACT OF THE US GOES ON SALE
English/Nat
The figures are in.
The number of Americans being born, getting married or divorced and dying each year - are recorded and published each year.
The 116th edition of the Statistical Abstract of the United States went on sale...
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International Robot Expo in Tokyo
AP Television
Tokyo, Japan - 25th November, 2009
1. Mid shot of receptionist robot
2. Close-up of face of receptionist robot
3. Robot waving its arms
4. Robo Garage rapid robot runs, twirls
5. Robot gesticulating above Lego
6. Pull...
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USA: NEW YORK: HUNDREDS OF POP ITEMS TO BE AUCTIONED AT CHRISTIE'S
English/Nat
Music lovers take note: hundreds of pop items are coming up for sale at Christie's in New York, including Janis Joplin's clothes and Madonna's bra.
From posters to autographs, there's something for everyone.
On 4 February,...
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Residents of town with low birth rate and high death rate symbolically lay their town to rest
1. Wide of road sign reading: "Drvar" with the town in the background
2. People standing by the street holding banners reading (Bosnian): "We are hungry" and "We want to work"
3. Close of "obituary notice" for the Town of Drvar...
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Serbs cross ethnic divide, travel to Albania to find brides
Sagonjevo, 280km south of Belgrade
1. Wide of Zoran Tomic and wife Edmonda Kardaku driving a tractor
2. Mid of chicken
3. Mid of Tomic and Kardaku getting off the tractor
4. Wide of house
5. Mid of couple sitting on the the porch in...
Bloomberg
Abe Weighs Tax Increase As Japan Reenters Recession
Nov. 17 ""Bloomberg View Columnist William Pesek reports on Japan slipping into recession, and the impact on Japanese monetary and fiscal policy. He speaks with Jonathan Ferro on Bloomberg Televisions On The Move. (Source: Bloomberg)
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UN: "Tobacco epidemic"could kill 1 billion unless govts act now
February 7, 2008
1. Pan of news conference
2. Photographer
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organisation:
"You can't manage a problem if you cannot measure the problem. I have a similar...
Curated Video
South Africa - Doctor Speaks On Ebola Outbreak
It's belived that at least 27 people have died from the fatal
Ebola virus in the Central African country of Zaire. Another 22
people are in hospital having been struck down with virus. It kills 90 percent of its victims. Professor...
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Filipino maid fights for equal treatment with other foreigners
Hong Kong - 23 August 2011
1. Wide exterior of High Court
2. Entrance to High Court
3. Hong Kong Special Administrative Region flag
4. Wide of Evangeline Banao Vallejos'' lawyer, Mark Daly, walking out of court
5. Close of Mark Daly...
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Demand for rhino horn linked to increase in poaching
Hanoi, Vietnam - 14 March 2012
1. Various of rhinos resting in Thien Duong Bao Son private zoo
2. Various of rhino walking
3. Mid of zoo worker putting grass in tray for rhinos
4. Various of rhinos eating grass
5. Close of a rhino's...
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The U.N. mission in Sudan is warning of an impending food crisis in the south, with failed rains and tribal clashes laying the foundation for a humanitarian crisis.
HEADLINE: Sudanese town: ''The hungriest place on Earth''
sudan hunger
CAPTION: The U.N. mission in Sudan is warning of an impending food crisis in the south, with failed rains and tribal clashes laying the foundation for a humanitarian...
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The unemployment rate held at 9.7 percent in February as employers shed 36,000 jobs, fewer than expected. And the AP''s Mark Hamrick says job prospects could brighten in coming months with census hiring.
HEADLINE: Unemployment rate unchanged as 36K jobs lost
CAPTION: The unemployment rate held at 9.7 percent in February as employers shed 36,000 jobs, fewer than expected. And the AP''s Mark Hamrick says job prospects could brighten in...
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Youth culture buzz for millions of young Kenyans
AP Television
Nairobi, Kenya - June 3, 2011
1. Shujaaz FM logo and animation
2. Various of artists drawing cartoon characters
3. Various of animated cartoon
4. Various of artists drawing cartoon characters
5. Various of animated Charlie...
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Russian doctors say over half the population dies young because of alcohol
Moscow, Russia, June 21, 2009
1. Wide shot of people walking in front of the arch revealing Red Square
2. Wide shot of tourists in Red Square
3. Mid shot of little girl playing
4. Mid shot of women drinking alcohol
Moscow, Russia,...
Bloomberg
Should Investors Be Wary of Chinese Data?
February 29 -- Asian stocks fell with U.S. and European equity futures while the yen strengthened after Group of 20 finance chiefs made only vague commitments to spur growth at a Shanghai meeting. Source U.K. Head of Research Paul...
Bloomberg
Last Man Standing: Can Trump Unite Republican Party?
May 4 -- Republican presidential candidates Ted Cruz and John Kasich drop out of the race, cementing Donald Trump's status as the presumptive nominee. Bloomberg's Michael Bender reports on "Bloomberg Markets."
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Iran tries to reverse a slumping birth rate
Having curbed birth rates for two decades, Iran is once again promoting a baby boom on the fears that it will soon face an old population.
Latest figures show that Iran's birth rate stands at 1.8 per cent. Still it is more than the 1.2...
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Cloned cows on display at biotech show
Taipei, Taiwan - 20 July 2004
1. Various of cloned cows Ru-yi 3 and Ru-yi 4 on display at Bio Tech Fair
2. SOUNDBITE, (Mandarin), Shan-nan Lee, deputy director, Livestock Research Institute, Council of Agriculture
3. Cows being led off...