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"French Spiderman" sets his eyes on scaling iconic Cuban building
1. Tilt down of Habana Libre (Free Havana) Hotel, the former Havana Hilton hotel, which was taken over by Fidel Castro after the 1959 Cuban Revolution
2. Mid of daredevil climber nicknamed "Spider-Man", Alain Robert and Claude Megeve,...
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President of Ecuador Rafael Correa continues official visit
1. Wide of Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa and Cuban President Raul Castro inspecting honour guard
2. Close up of female members of honour guard
3. Castro and Correa walking past honour guard
4. Zoom in on Correa and Castro shaking...
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Chinese people living in Cuba react to the plane situation
April 9
1. Mid shot of Chinatown and people walking
2. Restaurant signs written in Chinese
3. Wide of Chinatown entrance
4. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Leandro Chu, 70, Cuban of Chinese descent
"Well, I suppose they should do it (apologise) as...
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Classic cars from as far back as the 1930's join in annual rally
Car enthusiasts from Cuba and around the world met in Havana on Sunday for a classic car rally.
Over 70 vehicles dating back to the 1930s, '40s, '50s and '60s gathered to celebrate the 9th Annual Havana Rally organised by the local Cuban...
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Officials comment on Fidel Castro's health
1. Wide of Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas, or ALBA, meeting
2. Cuban Vice President Carlos Lage (screen left) and Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque at table
3. Cutaway of media
4. Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas...
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BRAZIL: RIO: CIMEIRA SUMMIT: UPDATE
Portuguese/Nat
The opening session of the CIMEIRA conference being held in Rio de Janeiro has ended
with an historic meeting between 48 European Union, Caribbean and Latin American
leaders.
But demonstrations have been staged outside...
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Trade fair aimed at promoting tourism, the fastest growing industry in Cuba.
1. Soldiers dressed in Spanish uniform from the 18th century, firing a cannon
2. Drummers parading through the old Spanish fort
3. Carnival parade
4. Cut to poster of a woman with the words "welcome to the world of the senses".
5. Mid...
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Crowd gathers around home, prevents dissidents leaving
1. Wide of crowd outside deceased leader Laura Pollan's home
2. Mid of crowd chanting
3. Close-up posters of Fidel Castro
4. Mid of crowd chanting
5. Zoom out from crowd outside doorway to Ladies in White inside building
6. SOUNDBITE:...
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CUBA: OPPONENTS OF CASTRO'S GOVERNMENT HOLD PROTEST
Spanish/Nat
Opponents of Fidel Castro's government held a peaceful protest in Havana on Sunday after a similar protest attempt ended in violence last month.
Although scores of plainclothes police officers watched from the sidelines, no...
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CUBA: CLERGY HOLDS TALKS WITH FIDEL CASTRO
Spanish/Eng/Nat
A high-ranking member of the U-S clergy has held talks with Cuban president Fidel Castro to discuss relations between the U-S and Cuba.
The Roman Catholic Cardinal of Boston, Bernard Law, told foreign correspondents that...
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40th anniversary of missile crisis
October 12 - Havana
1. Cuban Missile Crisis conference talks in progress
2. Various of Fidel Castro meeting and shaking hands directly with Robert McNamara, former Secretary of Defence during Kennedy administration
October 13 - Los...
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COLOMBIA: 113 NATIONS REPRESENTED AT NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT SUMMIT
Eng/Span/Nat
Leaders and representatives of more than one hundred nations in the Non-Aligned Movement have gathered in Colombia.
The movement, formed during the Cold War, is debating key issues affecting its members, although there are...
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US congressmen meet dissident Oswaldo Paya
1. Exterior home of Cuban dissident Oswaldo Paya
2. Interior - meeting between Paya and US Congressmen Jim Davis and Jim Kolbe
3. Close up Paya
4. Zoom out Varela Project signatures
5. Pan meeting table
6. Close up signatures
7....
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SYND 03/01/1974 CELEBRATIONS OF THE 15TH ANNIVERSARY OF CASTRO TAKING POWER
The fifteenth anniversary celebrations of Fidel Castro's revolution in Cuba.
SOUNDBITE: Spanish
1. ms Raul Castro speaking
2. ms of Fidel
3. cu Raul speaking
4. vs march past
5. ws aerial view of the parade
6. ws convoy of vehicles...
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CUBA: 2 DAY SUMMIT - CASTRO GREETS WORLD LEADERS
Spanish/Eng/Nat
Cuban President Fidel Castro has greeted leaders of the world's developing countries at the official opening of the two day South Summit being held in Havana.
In its first meeting in more than three decades, over 40 heads...
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CUBA: CUBAN BOY CUSTODY BATTLE LATEST
Spanish/Nat
Cuba has lodged a formal protest following a televised interview with six year old Elian Gonzalez who is at the centre of a highly politicised family tug of love.
Elian was filmed at home by the ABC network - as the dispute...
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Hemingway grandchildren, researchers visit Cuba, hunt for scientific gold in author's journals
The grandsons of one of America's most famous authors - Ernest Hemingway - started a five-day mission in a Cuban village on Monday, hoping to improve US-Cuba ties and gain access to Hemingway's aging fishing logs.
The logs may be a...
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Italy - Castro and Dini meet for talks
After talks with Fidel Castro in Rome on Monday (18/11), Italian foreign
minister Lamberto Dini said the Cuban president had remained "open to dialogue" despite defending his country non-democratic system. The Italian foreign minister...
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Cigar aficionados from across the world gather in Cuba to attend a ninth annual Habano festival.
HEADLINE: Lining up to light up in Cuba
CAPTION: Cigar aficionados from across the world gather in Cuba to attend a ninth annual Habano festival. (Feb. 27)
[Notes:ANCHOR VOICE]
[Notes:CU of cigar focus change to back]
This year...
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USA: STATE DEPARTMENT DEFENDS POLICY ON CUBA
English/Nat
The U-S has again defended its hardline position on Cuba.
Washington came under pressure at the weekend Summit of the Americas to make new overtures towards the communist-ruled island.
But the State Department on Monday...
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Vatican's Number 2 conducts rosary service in sanctuary
1. Students arriving at El Cobre Sanctuary and singing, UPSOUND (Spanish) "I don't want flowers, I don't want pictures, what I want is the Virgin"
2. Wide of believers awaiting arrival of Tarcisio Bertone, the Vatican's Secretary of...
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Govt supporters break up march, rough up dissidents on Human Rights day
1. Various of government supporters breaking up silent march by small group of dissidents marking International Human Rights Day
2. Medium shot 'Women in White' praying inside Santa Rita church
3. Wide shot exterior 'Women in White'...
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Interview with new top diplomat
1. Wide Michael Parmly with Associated Press reporter at U.S. residence in Havana.
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Parmly, U.S. Section Chief in Havana:
"I have profound faith that the Cuban people will bring about the change that they...
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BRAZIL: RIO: CIMEIRA SUMMIT: CASTRO SPEAKS
Spanish/Nat
Cuban President Fidel Castro has spoken of his concern for the health of his friend, the Nobel Prize winning author Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
Garcia Marquez, who won the prestigious prize in 1982, has been hospitalised in...