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Interview with Nicolas Burns, on Iran
1. Undersecretary of State Christopher Burns entering room
2. Burns talking to media
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Christopher Burns, US Undersecretary of State:
"And so based on that we began our first discussions today on our sanctions...
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Street reax to announcement of expansion of uranium enrichment program
1. Wide shot of street
2. Newsagent
3. Close-up of Tehran Times newspaper headline reading (in English): "Iran celebrates nuclear enrichment breakthrough"
4. Wide shot of newspapers laid out
5. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Vox Pop: Mahmoud...
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Austrian Foreign Minister says EU fails to reach deal on Syria
1. Wide of Austrian Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger during news conference
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Michael Spindelegger, Austrian Foreign Minister:
"That is very clear, the sanctions regime falls with the first of June, and this is...
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Iran will not back down on nuclear program, says top negotiator
1. Wide shot of exterior of President Hotel
2. Close up of Iranian flag
3. Mid shot of pan of Iran's top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani shaking hands with Russian Security Council Secretary Igor Ivanov
4. Cutaway of cameramen
5. Wide...
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EU delegation makes surprise first visit to Iraq, UN envoy
1. Iraqi President Jalal Talabani receiving British Foreign Minister Jack Straw, EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana, and Jean Asselborn, Luxembourg Foreign Minister
2. Cameramen
3. President Talabani meeting EU delegation
4....
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RUSSIA: MOSCOW: IRAQI DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER TARIQ AZIZ VISIT
Russian/Arabic/Nat
Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz and Russian Foreign Minister Yevgeny Primakov expressed hope Wednesday that international sanctions against Iraq will be lifted before year's end.
After holding talks in Moscow...
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WRAP Hillary Clinton comments on leaks, analyst
Washington, DC
1. Wide, US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton walks into briefing
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Hillary Rodham Clinton, U.S. Secretary of State:
"The United States strongly condemns the illegal disclosure of classified...
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USA: PAKISTANI PRIME MINISTER MEETS DEFENCE SECRETARY
English/Nat
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif continued his U-S visit on Thursday, meeting with William Cohen, the U-S defence secretary.
Cohen was expected to give Sharif the same message U-S President Bill Clinton did a day...
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John Kerry and Catherine Ashton hold meeting on edge of NATO summit, comment on Iran
The US Secretary of State John Kerry and Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, held a bilateral meeting on Wednesday in Brussels, on the sidelines of a two-day NATO...
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Pakistan - Reactions to sanctions
Pakistani bankers and businessmen reacted calmly on Saturday (30/5) to the imposition of economic sanctions by the international community in response to Thursday's nuclear tests. A state of emergency was declared on Friday (29/05)...
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US National Security Council spokesman on crucial talks
1. Mike Hammer, US National Security Council spokesman talking with television journalist
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mike Hammer, US National Security Council spokesman
"Really, what we're looking for tomorrow is to see if the Iranians are...
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BELGIUM: JAVIER SOLANA CHOSEN AS EU'S FOREIGN POLICY CZAR
Natural Sound
The European Union leaders have chosen NATO Secretary General Javier Solana to become the EU's first ever foreign policy czar.
It is a new position, designed to give the union more clout, say and recognition on the ...
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WRAP World powers arrive at Iran talks, roundtable ADDS demo
1. Mid of 18th century villa in the suburbs of Geneva where talks are being held
2. Window of house seen through trees
3. Security at villa, pull out
4. European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana's car pulling up to villa
5....
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China releases its foreign policy plans for year
1. Wide shot Li Zhaoxing, Chinese Foreign Minister, unveiling the annual book of China's foreign policies
2. Close up China's annual book of foreign policies of 2004
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Li Zhaoxing, Chinese Foreign Minister:
"On Iraq,...
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IRAQ/USA - US criticised over embargo
The United States, accused by Iraq of opposing by any means the lifting of the UN embargo against Baghdad, was booed on Friday (31/10) by demonstrators and prayer leaders in the Iraqi capital's mosques. Iraq decided on Wednesday to expel...
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Iran urges recognition of its nuclear rights
++AP Television is adhering to Iranian law that stipulates all media are banned from providing BBC Persian or VOA Persian any coverage from Iran, and under this law if any media violate this ban the Iranian authorities can immediately...
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USA: CHILEAN FM VALDES PINOCHET PRESS CONFERENCE
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Chile's Foreign Minister says attempts by Spain to try former Chilean President Augusto Pinochet amount to foreign intervention.
At a news conference in Washington, D-C, Juan Gabriel Valdes said Spanish action ignores and...
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IRAQ: BAGHDAD: OIL PIPELINE DEAL SIGNED WITH JORDAN
Arabic/Eng
Iraq and Jordan have signed a multi million dollar deal to build an oil pipeline between the two countries.
The agreement will also maintain oil exports from Baghdad to Jordan and continue to sell it at half the market...
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USA: WASHINGTON: CLINTON URGES INDIA & PAKISTAN TO HALT BOMB TESTS
English/Nat
President Clinton has urged India and Pakistan to ban further nuclear testing, saying tests are a threat to peace in the region.
In a statement at the White House, Clinton also praised China for helping ease tensions over the...
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In a surprise Q&A with reporters at the White House, President Barack Obama addressed health care, the economy, energy policy and sanctions on Iran.
HEADLINE: Obama holds surprise Q&A with press corps
CAPTION: In a surprise Q&A with reporters at the White House, President Barack Obama addressed health care, the economy, energy policy and sanctions on Iran. (Feb. 9)
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EU's foreign policy chief meets Erekat
1. Wide shot Palestinian National Authority building
2. Motorcade arriving
3. Solana entering the building
4. Close up Solana's car
5. Various Solana and Erekat photo-op
6. Journalists
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Javier Solana, the EU's...
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Residents say economy hit hard by nuclear sanctions ahead of new round of talks
A new round of nuclear talks between Iran and world powers is due to start this week, as the country's economy, hit hard by Western sanctions, continues to suffer.
The P5+1 group - China, France, Russia, Britain, the United States, plus...
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Steinmeier and Ashton comment on Ukraine, OSCE observers
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Friday that the talks about a possible release of a group of European military observers held hostage by pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine were at a "very sensitive...
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USA - Congress Debates Bosnian Arms Embargo
The US senate reconvened on Wednesday (26/7) to debate whether to
unilaterally lift the UN arms embargo against Bosnia.
ws senate;
sot senator carl levin (supporting lifting arms embargo) saying
doing nothing would result in the us...