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SERBIA: BELGRADE: ARKAN MEMORIAL SERVICE HELD
English/Nat
A memorial service was held by members of the Serbian Unity Party in Belgrade on Wednesday for notorious warlord Zeljko Raznatovic, better known as Arkan.
Arkan was shot dead at the Intercontinental Hotel on Saturday....
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NY Philharmonic pres and musical director hold news conference
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1. Wide of news conference held by the New York Philharmonic Orchestra
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Zarin Mehta, President and Executive Director, New York Philharmonic Orchestra
"A few...
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North Korean orchestra rehearses ahead of rare joint performance
1. Various of Pyongyang's Unhasu Orchestra and Radio France Philharmonic in rehearsal
2. Various of conductor Chung Myung-whun during rehearsal
3. Close of violin and music sheet
4. Medium of rehearsal in progress
5. SOUNDBITE:...
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Latin town celebrates German heritage at annual Oktoberfest
AP Television
Cordoba - 2 October 2010
1. Close of performers on Oktoberfest stage UPSOUND music
2. Close pan of little girl up to parade leader carrying latticed bread and symbolic German beer mug or Stein
3. Wide of men dressed in...
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Peruvians celebrate national potato day
1. Mid of Peruvian folk dancers performing in a parade in honour of the International Day of the Potato
2. Mid of two dancers performing
3. Mid of dancers dressed in traditional costumes and masks
4. Close of man wearing a mask...
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RUSSIA: ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN CHRISTMAS
Russian/Nat
Russian Christians celebrated the Orthodox Christmas on Friday, in what has become a public holiday in post-communist Russia.
Churches across the Russian capital were packed as Muscovites marked the birth of Christ,...
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Seperatists celebrate 6 month anniversay of Donetsk and Luhansk "people's republics"
Hundreds of Donetsk residents came out to celebrate the six month anniversary of their self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics on Saturday.
Celebrants paraded through the city waving the flag of Novorossiya, then a Russian...
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Hundreds recreate 17th century Bulgarian wedding at folk festival
Hundreds of Bulgarians on Sunday recreated a 17th century wedding at a folk festival in the northeast of the country.
In a spectacular recreation of traditional rituals, a couple got married at the festival in Pchelina, near the city of...
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ISRAEL: MILLENIUM CELEBRATIONS - VIENNA BOYS CHOIR
English/Nat
Millennium celebrations have kicked off in Bethlehem with a concert by the Vienna Boys Choir.
The world famous choir performed a selection of Christmas and Palestinian folk songs at Manger square, in front of the Church of...
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BOLIVIA: MEMORIAL SERVICE HELD FOR CARLOS PALENQUE
Spanish/Nat
A memorial service to one of Bolivia's best loved political figures took place on Saturday drawing thousands of mourners to the capital La Paz.
The media tycoon Carlos Palenque was rated a hero among Bolivia's poor, until the...
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Serbia/Croatia - Serb Hero Arkan Marries Folk Sing
Various Eng Comm Duration: 1.35
Yugoslavia's celebrity wedding of the year was celebrated in a blaze of gunfire in Belgrade, as Serb paramilitary leader Arkan, whose private army waged a bloody war in the...
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Muscovites enjoy the last day of annual pancake week
1. Wide shot Red Square
2. Wide shot people arriving at Red Square to mark the end of pancake week
3. Close up pancakes
4. Woman making pancakes
5. People waiting for pancakes
6. Close up pancake
7. Close up woman eating pancakes
8....
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Underground bands gain popularity
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Comedian Steve Martin shows off banjo skills on tour
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AP Television
Los Angeles, 19 March 2010
1. Wide exterior of Congo
2. Wide of Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers bluegrass band on stage
3. Medium of Steve Martin posing with a banjo...
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Government seeks to reassure investors that banks won't collapse
1. Low angle shot of entrance to Slovenian National Bank
2. Woman at ATM cash point, picking up money
3. Road sweeper, cash point behind
4. Close-up, hand taking euro notes from cash point
5. Slovenian Prime Minister Alenka Bratusek...
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Funeral for folk singer Mercedes Sosa
AP Television
Buenos Aieres, 5 October 2009
1. Wide of mourners gathered outside Chacarita cemetery chapel for funeral service of folk singer and human rights activist Mercedes Sosa
2. Various of mourners gathered outside chapel
3....
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SOUTH KOREA: JAPAN COMFORT WOMEN STAGE 200TH PROTEST AT EMBASSY
Korean/Nat
A Korean organization fighting for compensation for so-called wartime "comfort women" has held its 200th protest in front of the Japanese Embassy Wednesday.
The action was part of an ongoing campaign to persuade the Japanese...
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Dalai Lama attends the 1200th anniversary of shrine
1. Ferry leaving mainland for Miyajima
2. Pan of Itsukushima Shrine, UNESCO World Heritage site
3. Various of Itsukushima Shrine
4. Various of deer at shrine
5. Banner welcoming his Holiness the Dalai Lama
6. Various of audience at...
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Iranians prepare for the ancient spring festival, Nowruz
Tehran 8 March 2013
1. Sunni minorities in South-East of the country performing stick dance
2. Wide of dancers and folk musical band walking on streets of Tehran welcoming Nowruz in advance
3. Mid of drum and Sorna(an ancient Persian...
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Morales meets indigenous groups to discuss climate conference
1. Wide of crowd waiting for the arrival of Bolivian President Evo Morales
2. Mid of Bolivian folk musicians playing
3. Mid of Bolivian woman wearing traditional hat dancing by colourful flags
4. Mid of couples dancing
5. Wide of band...
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Giant burger making at BBQ festival
1. Wide of main street in Leskovac, closed off for traffic, with people flocking to Rostiljijada, or Barbecue Week Festival
2. Mid of people at festival
3. Wide of burger grill stand
4. Various of burgers being prepared on grill
5....
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Polo played at the top of the world in Pakistan
Shandur Pass, Pakistan ,Northern Areas , 7-9 July 2006
1. Wide top view from top of the Lowari Pass,
2. Car on the road
3. Various of tents where visitors to the polo festival stay
4. Pull out from snow on mountain tops to Polo ground...
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ARGENTINA: FOLK SINGER MERCEDES SOSA ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT
Spanish/Nat
One of Latin America's greatest folk singers, Mercedes Sosa, has announced she is going to retire sometime in 1998 after two final albums.
She made the announcement in Buenos Aires at the launch of her latest album, "My...
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Mourners pay respects to musician Compay Segundo
SHOTLIST: NB: wrong slate on tape, story correct
File - Havana, Cuba - June 8, 2001
1. Wide shot Compay in concert, Hotel Nacional Havana
2. Close up same
3. Cutaway audience
4. Close up Compay Segundo singing and playing "Chan...