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SPAIN: MADRID: ZOO CLAIMS HIGHEST ANIMAL BIRTH RATE IN EUROPE
Span/Eng/Nat
Keepers at Madrid's zoo are congratulating themselves after it emerged that the animals under their care have the highest birth rate in Europe.
Experts put the extraordinary fertility of the animals down to the hot Spanish...
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People in Taiwan are looking forward to the Year of the Pig
Taipei, Taiwan - 7 Feb 2007
1. Exterior of Singtian temple
2. Wide of ancient ting vessel inside temple
3. Smoke of burning incense and images of Chinese gods
4. Close-up of worshippers praying
5. Wide of worshipper praying in front...
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USA: NASA ANNOUNCE NEW HURRICANE RESEARCH PROJECT
English/Nat
Lives, money and property lost to hurricanes could be reduced as a result of a new study by the U-S space agency, NASA.
NASA researchers and hurricane scientists have announced a research project on hurricanes and tropical...
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CHINA: 5TH NATIONAL CENSUS UNDER WAY
Natural Sound
China's fifth national census, already under way in the remotest parts of the country, is a statistician's dream.
Six (m) million census takers, who will delve into issues as personal as whether families cook with gas and...
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Traditional bamboo chopping performance passes through generations
Kurama, near Kyoto - June 19th-20th
1. Wide shot, men begin practicing for bamboo cutting festival
2. Various of the four young men that will cut the bamboo.
3. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Sugimoto Munenori, Kurama village elder
"There are no...
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Video-conference on SARS between China, Taiwan and HK
1. Wide shot of a video conference held between Beijing, Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Taipei
2. Mid shot two monitors showing conference in Beijing (left) and Guangzhou (right)
3. Close up a monitor showing the conference in Hong Kong
4....
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300 Millionth Baby
HEADLINE: America Tops 300 Million People
CAPTION: At 7:46 a.m. the Census Bureau says the 300 millionth American was born. We'll talk to the mother of a baby born at the exact moment. (Oct. 17)
[Notes:ANCHOR VOICE]
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Leading banker's remarks on Muslims, Jews spark calls for his removal
1. Mid shot press conference
2. Mid shot media
3. SOUNDBITE (German) Thilo Sarrazin, Board member of German Federal Bank:
"Most of the cultural and economic problems surrounding integration are concentrated in a group of the five to six...
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ETHIOPIA: FAMINE: SITUATION UPDATE (3)
Natural Sound
Across famine stricken areas in Ethiopia, people in rural areas are being forced to abandon their homes and are moving into larger centres in the hope that food aid will arrive.
One such centre is the village of Hadowi,...
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++EMBARGOED 1700GMT++ UN economists warn of 'devastating' economic impact of Israel-Hamas war
The Israel-Hamas war will have a "devastating economic impact" on Gaza, according to United Nations Conference for Trade and Development (UNCTAD) economists.
The warning comes as the body releases a new report on assistance across the...
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GUAM: FILIPINO PRIESTS RECRUITED DUE TO SHORTAGE OF LOCAL CANDIDATES
English/Nat
The tiny Pacific island of Guam is having to recruit priests in the Philippines because of a dearth of vocations among its mainly Catholic population.
Seeking education and an exit from poverty, Filipino seminaries are...
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Report says world opium production on the increase
1. Wide exterior of President Hotel in Moscow
2. Wide shot of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Head of UN Drug Agency Antonio Maria Costa shaking hands, sitting down for conference
3. Cutaway audience
4. SOUNDBITE: (English)...
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Russian couples to get day off work to go home and conceive
Ulyanovsk - September 5-6, 2007
1. Wide doctor holding baby in hands
2. Close up baby
3. Mid nurses pull cart with newborn babies
4. Wide fathers wait outside hospital
5. Mid husband talks on mobile phone looking up at window
6. Mid...
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Millions of Israelis vote in municipal elections
AP Television News
Jerusalem - 10 November, 2008
1. Wide shot Jerusalem
AP Television News
Jerusalem - 11 November, 2008
2. Various of security forces
3. Various newspaper headlines
4. Establisher Nir Barkat, mayoral candidate
5....
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A shift from former Mayor Bloomberg's administration, New York City's new health commissioner Dr. Mary Bassett faces broad challenges as physician-in-chief of 8.4 million New Yorkers. (Aug. 21)
Dr. Mary Bassett's week began with the prospect of the deadly Ebola virus spreading to New York City. It ended, crisis averted, with the city's health commissioner at a Harlem center she opened a decade ago - in her first stint as a...
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Food and medical crisis looms in rebel-held Haitian city
Gonaives
1. Road into Gonaives
2. Armed rebel patrolling
3. Roadside with gasoline canisters lined up
4. Change of focus from rack of gasoline canisters to people walking
5. Gasoline canister with people riding bicycles on road
6. Little...
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Former Iron Curtain still a barrier for deer
Twenty-five years after it disappeared - together with Communist rule in Eastern Europe - animals are still respecting the Iron Curtain as if it was still in place now.
The original Iron Curtain was erected by the Soviet Union and its...
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RUSSIA: ALARMING NUMBER OF WOMEN TURNING TO A LIFE OF CRIME
Russian/Nat
An alarming number of women in the new Russia have turned to a life of crime.
Statistics show that crimes by women have soared since the collapse of the Soviet Union and are now increasing at a faster pace than those...
Bloomberg
Germany Keeps ECBs Draghi In-Line on Stimulus: Golub
Nov. 6 -- Jonathan Golub, chief U.S. market strategist at RBC Capital Markets, discusses European Central Bank President Mario Draghis approach to helping the European economy and how stimulus around the world impacts markets. He speaks...
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South Korea dog meat is a dying delicacy
Traditions are changing in South Korea with dog meat falling out of favour with the country's pooch friendly youth.
A lack of customers has forced at least one prominent dog meat restaurant to close its doors.
Daegyo, a traditional...
Bloomberg
Lower Manhattan's Appeal as a Retail & Office Destination
Oct. 10 -- Brookfield Office Properties' Ed Hogan discusses the appeal of downtown Manhattan as both a retail and office destination with Bloomberg's Trish Regan on ""Street Smart."" (Source: Bloomberg)
Bloomberg
What Are the Lessons to Be Learned From Ferguson?
Nov. 24 -- Brenan Center for Justice Director and Counsel Nicole Austin-Hillery and Bloomberg's Peter Coy discuss racial disparities in American cities. They speak on ""Taking Stock."" (Source: Bloomberg)
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Concerns for health of survivors in temporary camps
1. Wide of refugee camp
2. Mid of refugee camp
3. Tilt-down from sun in sky to people walking in the camp
4. Mid of man washing from bowl
5. Close-up of man washing his hair
6. Mid of people sitting in a tent
7. Close-up of old...
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Official VE Day commemorations
1. Close-up pan, former US Senator Bob Dole and representatives from the US military walk toward World War Two memorial
2. Bugler
3. Various of wreaths being laid
4. Bugler
5. Various of soldiers saluting
6. Close-up of fountain in...