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Foreign minister comments on next week's vote on embargo
1. Mid shot Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque with press
2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): Felipe Perez Roque, Cuban Foreign Minister:
"No one in the world supports the blockade. Only President Bush, his regime, and the violent extremist...
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Democrat senator criticises missile defence plan
1. US Senator Joseph Biden walks up to the podium at the National Press Club
2. Wide shot of Senator Biden speaking
3. Cutaway of audience
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Senator Joseph Biden, US Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman "Are...
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SYND 8 9 76 PRESIDENT FORD TALKS ABOUT KISSINGER STAYING ON
United States President Gerald R. Ford spoke of United States Secretary of State Dr. Henry Kissinger and his hopes that Kissinger would stay on if Ford is re-elected
1. cu Ford speaks SOUNDBITE I certainly would want Henry Kissinger to...
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Pakistani FM and Powell on Indo/Pak nuclear tests.
1. Front of US State Department as US Secretary of State Colin Powell and Pakistani Foreign Minister Abdul Sattar emerge
2. Cutaway of journalists
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Colin Powell, US Secretary of State: "We talked about US...
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Anti-NKorea protest, foreign ministry spokesman on NKorean nuclear test result
1. Various of anti-North Korea protesters chanting against nuclear test at Seoul Central Station
2. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Oh Keum-tak, anti-North Korea protester:
"Together with the international community, including China, we should send a...
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UK: FORMER GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG CHRIS PATTEN AID SPEECH
English/Nat
The former British governor of Hong Kong Chris Patten says he believes Hong Kong officials are discovering what he always knew - that it is a mature, responsible moderate society.
He made the comments after delivering a...
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USA: ECONOMIC SANCTIONS EASED AGAINST NORTH KOREA
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President Clinton eased economic sanctions against North Korea on Friday, the first significant gesture toward the communist government since the end of the Korean War in 1953.
The move will allow most consumer goods to be...
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USA: WASHINGTON: MADELEINE ALBRIGHT CHINA TRADE SPEECH
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U-S Secretary of State Madeleine Albright has warned that if China's favourable trade status is revoked the impact could be widespread.
Albright testified before the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday on the renewal of...
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EU on partial unfreezing of Libya''s assets, NTC official
Brussels, Belgium
1. Set up of Maja Kocijancic, Spokeswoman for Catherine Ashton, EU Foreign Policy Chief
2. Close up fingers typing on keyboard
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Maja Kocijancic, Spokeswoman for Catherine Ashton, EU Foreign...
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USA: TRADE SECRETARY BARSHEFSKY ON CHINA/PNTR
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A senior U-S official on Tuesday urged Congress to grant China Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) status so as to clear the way for Beijing's accession to the World Trade Organization (W-T-O).
U-S Trade Representative...
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Angry Saudi response to terror allegations
1. Saudi flag pull out to Saudi embassy in Washington
2. Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah's foreign policy advisor, Adel Al-Jubeir enters news conference
3. Various cutaways of reporters
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Adel Al-Jubeir, Saudi Crown...
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US Under Secretary of State Burns gives news conference
1. US Under Secretary of State Nicholas Burns and US Ambassador to India Robert Mulford (right of screen) arriving at news conference
2. Cutaway of reporters
3. SOUNDBITE: (English), Nicholas Burns, US Under Secretary of State:
"This...
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WRAP Forum on Middle East, Iraq, Kerry slams US foreign policy, Blair, Lamy, McCain
AP Television
1. Exterior of World Economic Forum (WEF) Congress Centre
2. Interior lobby
3. Wide of forum on Iraq and the future of the Middle East, panel, video screen
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Adil Abdul-Mahdi, Iraqi Vice...
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BURMA: DISSIDENT LEADER WARNS PEOPLE ARE "FED UP OF REPRESSION"
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Burmese dissident leader Aung San Suu Kyi warned Wednesday that Burma's people are "fed up" with repression in her first public comments since a renewed military clampdown.
Suu Kyi made her comments in a secretly-arranged...
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President Obama mostly focused on economic issues, taxes and the middle class in his State of the Union address on Tuesday. He also discussed foreign policy and called for congress to authorize the use of force against Islamic State militants. (Jan. 21)
SOUNDBITE (English) US President Barack Obama:
"I have no more campaigns to run. I know that because I won both of them."
SOUNDBITE: (English) US President Barack Obama
"Our economy is growing and creating jobs at the fastest pace since...
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Iran resumes auto exports to Russia after meeting higher emission standards
Iran began exporting automobiles to Russia for the first time in five years on Sunday, after meeting upgraded emission standards, the country's largest auto manufacturer said.
Workers at Iran-Khodro's factory in Tehran loaded the first...
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4:3 US to impose new sanctions on Iran's energy and finance sectors
1. Wide of US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton walking up to podium, followed by US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Hilary Rodham Clinton, US Secretary of State:
"The message is clear. If Iran's...
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Foreign Ministers from France Sweden and Finland comment on Syria
1. Wide of Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja talking to journalists
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Erkki Tuomioja, Finnish Foreign Minister:
"First of all, I'm not saying that we shouldn't judge the first period very harshly because it...
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IRAQ: UN WEAPONS INSPECTORS RESUME WORK (V)
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As U-N weapons inspectors went back to work in Iraq on Wednesday, the issue of sanctions devastating the country was once again highlighted.
U-N vehicles accompanied by half a dozen Iraqi cars did a round trip from the...
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Assistant Secretary of State comments on NKorea policy in House Cmt hearing
1. Wide shot of hearing room
2. Close up of lawmaker
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Christopher Hill, Assistant U.S. Secretary of State:
"Mr. Congressman, I want to assure you that I have repeatedly raised to the North Korean side that it is...
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Merkel, Chirac meet amid diplomatic efforts on Iran
1. Zoom into German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Jacques Chirac arriving for news conference
2. SOUNDBITE (German) Angela Merkel, German Chancellor:
"I think today is an important day, because the EU foreign policy chief...
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WRAP Meeting, WFP, Merkel, FAO, African leaders
World leaders at the G8 summit on Friday said they would aim to increase 3-year food security initiative to 20 billion US dollars to help farmers in poor countries boost production, in a shift in the way the West tackles world hunger....
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Greek MPs arrive for talks with PM, political and financial analysts
1. Wide exterior of parliament
2. Close-up of parliament column detail
3. Media surrounding minister
4. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Dimitris Reppas, Public sector reform minister: ++AUDIO AS INCOMING++
"So that Greece can maintain this position,...
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WRAP Family photo; Steinmeier on climate, Kyoto; FM's board train
1. Wide of building where summit is being held
2. Wide shot of ministers at news conference
3. Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier
4. SOUNDBITE: (German) Frank-Walter Steinmeier,...