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CLEAN : 'People are getting angry': interview with Ukrainian author Andrey Kurkov

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During an interview with AFP at the "Crossing Border" music, arts and literature festival in The Hague, Ukraine's "greatest living author", Andrey Kurkov, says that his mind has constantly been on the war in his home country (Footage by...
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UK: YORKSHIRE: UNDISCOVERED NOVELS BY CHARLOTTE BRONTE ROW

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English/Nat A Scottish bookseller has split the literary world with claims that he has unearthed two previously undiscovered works by renowned 19th Century British author Charlotte Bronte. Edinburgh bookseller Ian King has sold the...
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Feature on award selling author Whitley Strieber

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AP Entertainment Los Angeles, 27 September 2006 1. Pan of the book's cover, "The Grays" 2. Wide of author Whitley Strieber walking 3. SOUNDBITE (English) Whitley Strieber/Author, on what the book is about: "The other element of 'The...
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What couples think about Paris as the world's most romantic city

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Paris, France - 7 February 2007 1. Wide of Notre Dame 2. Mid of couple walking 3. Close of French flag 4. Mid of couple eating on a bench 5. Wide of Paris 7. SOUNDBITE (French) Josette Sicsic, Sociologist: "Above all it's movies,...
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USA - Vampire author tours America

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Anne Rice / New York / 8th August / ENT 2 Anne Rice gets on the bus for an American tour Gothic writer Anna Rice is promoting her latest novel Servant of the Bones with an exhausting tour which will take nearly two months and see her...
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USA - From vampires to violins

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Anne Rice / New York / 11th November / ENT 3 Anne Rice Gets into the Music Business Goth writer, Anne Rice inspires the kind of devotion among her readers that is usually reserved for rock stars. So it is only appropriate that, for the...
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Australian writer Richard Flanagan wins Booker Prize for visceral prisoner of war novel

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Australian writer Richard Flanagan won the Booker Prize on Tuesday with a visceral book about wartime brutality and its aftermath - a novel the head of the judging team said was as powerful as a kick in the stomach. Flanagan drew on his...
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Taiwanese cultural exhibition on display at Beijing Expo

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1. Various of cabbage relics from Taiwan museum on display in Beijing 2. Various of cabbage and pork chop relics from Taiwan museum 3. Close of visitor taking picture with camera phone pan down to miniature vases 4. Various of...
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US judge urges settlement in suit over 'Harry Potter' guide

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1. Wide exterior of courthouse 2. Various court sketches of Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling during hearing 3. Police officers outside courthouse 4. Harry Potter fans waiting outside courthouse with books in their hands 5. Wide of...
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UK: ELTON JOHN TOPS LIST OF NEW YEAR'S HONOURS

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Natural Sound Elton John tops a list of some 1-thousand recipients who will come just a bit closer to royalty. Buckingham Palace has announced the long-awaited Honours list which spans recipients from the former governor of Hong Kong,...
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Fans begin lining up in LA three days before 'Eclipse' premiere

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AP Television Los Angeles, 21 June 2010 1. Wide pan of fans with tents set up outside Nokia Live 2. Mid shot fan outside tent next to sign that reads "Rob you robbed my heart. I'm Robsessed so bite me" 3. Wide shot woman moving tent 4....
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PREPARATIONS FOR FUNERAL OF AUTHOR CARLOS FUENTES

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Friends and family gathered in Mexico City on Wednesday to bid farewell to the famed author Carlos Fuentes as a funeral procession transported his body to Mexico's Fine Arts Palace where he was to be honoured. Fuentes, who played a...
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Katie Price launches new book

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AP Television London, 28 July 2010 1. Exterior of HMV, London 2. Wide of fans waiting outside 3. Zoom in on Katie Price look-a-like 4. Wide of Katie Price walking onto stage for photocall 5. Various Katie Price posing for photos 6....
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Israeli cabinet meeting, general strike in Gaza

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Jerusalem 1. Various exterior shots of Israeli prime minister's office 2. Israel prime minister Ehud Olmert arriving for meeting 3. Mid shot of ministers seated for meeting 4. Mid shot of Olmert 5. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) Ehud Olmert,...
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Frankenstein castle hosts Halloween party

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Darmstadt, Germany, 25th October 2008 1. Visitors entering Schloss Frankenstein 2. Tilt down exterior of castle 3. Close-up pumpkin lamp on wall 4. Medium hooded swordman preparing for sword fight show 5. Various sword fight stage...
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Government negotiator reveals $11m paid for European hostages in 2000 crisis

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Jolo, Philippines - 27 May 2000 1. Hostage negotiator Roberto Aventajado (in white shirt and baseball cap) talking to hostage 2. Aventajado talking 3. Aventajado talking to Lebanese hostage Marie Moarbes, with Abu Sayyaf leader Commander...
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NZ author Eleanor Catton wins fiction's Man Booker Prize for "The Luminaries"

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A 28-year-old author from New Zealand won Britain's prestigious Man Booker prize for fiction on Tuesday (15OCT2013) for her novel 'The Luminaries'. Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, presented Eleanor Catton with the award at London's Guild...
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California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger attends funeral for late actor

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AP Television Las Vegas, 4 Oct. 2010 1. Wide of Palm Mortuary & Cemetary, pull out to sign 2. Wide of mourners filing in for service 3. Medium of line waiting to sign guest book, pan left to right 4. Push in through door to image of...
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Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa calls for release of activist Liu Xiaobo

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1. Wide of Shanghai International Studies University campus 2. Close of banner welcoming Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa, with his name written in both English and Chinese 3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel Prize...
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Former CIA case officer turned author Robert Baer says a probe into the interrogation of terror suspects is necessary to clear the air. He says in the future, interrogating suspects should be left to the FBI or U.S. Military.

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HEADLINE: Ex-CIA officer: Torture investigation a must CAPTION: Former CIA case officer turned author Robert Baer says a probe into the interrogation of terror suspects is necessary to clear the air. He says in the future, interrogating...
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Horror story master retires from writing

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1. Pan Stephen King titles 2. King on set of 'Storm of the Century' TV series 3. CU King books 4. File of King typewriter 5. SOT Stephen King - Upsound: "People will say 'Where do you get your ideas?' I don't know where I get them. And...
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Mexican author Carlos Fuentes dies at the age of 83

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1. Mid of author Carlos Fuentes (second from right) sitting next to Mexican President Felipe Calderon (right) during a tribute to the writer's career 2. Fuentes greeting people 3. Wide of tribute ceremony 4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Carlos...
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Former Silicon Valley executive Carly Fiorina said Wednesday she's running for the chance to seize Barbara Boxer's Senate seat, depicting the Democrat as a do-nothing who wrote novels while jobs vanished and government spending soared

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HEADLINE: Former HP CEO: Running for Boxer's Senate seat CAPTION: Former Silicon Valley executive Carly Fiorina said Wednesday she's running for the chance to seize Barbara Boxer's Senate seat, depicting the Democrat as a do-nothing...