Curated Video
WRAP Truck drivers comments; de-mining, Iraqi politician; border; ADDS Bazani
Diyarbakir, Turkey
1. Wide of F-16 taking off from Diyarbakir Air Base
2. Wide of F-16 landing at the base with parachute brake being deployed. UPSOUND: (Music)
3. Various of military helicopter taking off from a separate airbase in...
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Daschle talks about foreign policy for democrats
1. Senator Daschle walks up to podium
2. Wide shot of audience, pan to Daschle speaking
3. SOUNDBITE: US Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle/D-SD
"Instead of asserting our leadership, we're abdicating it. Instead of shaping international...
Curated Video
RUSSIA: MOSCOW: RUSSIA & CHINA STRENGTHEN RELATIONS
Man/Rus/Nat
Russia and China Wednesday teamed up in an attempt to challenge the United States' role as the sole superpower.
President Boris Yeltsin and visiting Chinese leader Jiang Zemin signed a joint declaration, stressing their...
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FM spokesperson says China hopes for peace in the strait of Hormuz
1. Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Liu Weimin walking in to a regular news briefing
2. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Liu Weimin, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman:
"I think the importance of the Hormuz Strait is self-evident. China hopes...
Curated Video
Japanese FM Komura meets counterpart, comment on nuclear issue
1. Japanese Foreign Minister, Masahiko Komura, and Indian External Affairs Minister, Pranab Mukherjee, shaking hands, Indian flag (left) and Japanese flag (right) in background
2. Tilt down from Komura and Mukherjee to handshake
3. Wide...
Curated Video
French FM meets Russian president, comment on Iran
Barvikha, near Moscow
1. Wide of exterior of Russian President's residence
2. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner and officials sitting down for meeting
3. Cutaway of media
4. SOUNDBITE:...
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WRAP Confirmation hearing for Rice as Secretary of State
POOL - Washington, DC January 18, 2005
1. Shots of Condoleezza Rice walking into Senate hearing room
2. Condoleezza Rice sitting down at witness table
3. Shots of Senate Foreign Relations committee members
4. Chairman Richard Lugar asks...
Curated Video
Preview of parl elex, Khatami, printing of elex posters, analyst
Tehran - 7 March 2008
1. Wide of member of Iran's Experts Assembly and speaker at Friday prayers, Ahmad Khatami
2. Mid of worshipers
3. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Ahmad Khatami, Member of Iran's Experts Assembly:
"The Security Council approved...
Curated Video
Israeli PM Sharon meets Russian FM Ivanov for talks
1. Wide shot exterior of Russian ministry of foreign affairs
2. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon entering hall and shaking hands with Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov
3. Cutaway media
4. Sharon and Ivanov walking up stairs
5....
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Senior Supreme Court official says UN sanctions are "illegal"
1. Wide of street, bus pulls up at bus stop
2. Passengers disembarking from bus
3. Various of pedestrians on the street
4. Various of propaganda billboards by roadside
5. Various exteriors of North Korean Supreme Court Building
6....
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EU says no let up in Russia sanctions over Ukraine
European Union foreign ministers on Monday ruled out any easing of sanctions against Russia as long as fighting raged in eastern Ukraine, despite concerns about the economic consequences.
EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini said...
Curated Video
Larijani, Solana and Prodi meet with new Iran nuclear negotiator
1. Wide exterior of Italian government building
2. Close of UN, EU, and Italian flags on building
3. Interior, Italian Prime Minister, Romano Prodi, greeting Iranian chief negotiators, Ali Larijani and Saeed Jalili
4. Cutaway of media
5....
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Bush on climate change, Fukuda on climate
1. Bush walking towards podium
2. SOUNDBITE (English) George W Bush, US President:
"In order to address climate change all major economies must be at the table and that's what took place today. The G8 expressed our desire to have a...
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US State Dept and White House briefings on Iran
White House Pool
1. Wide shot of White House Press Secretary Tony Snow entering briefing room
2. Snow at podium as journalist asks question
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Tony Snow, White House Press Secretary:
"Well, first, I would resist...
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Iran says UN sanctions invalid, warns it will resist pressure to freeze enrichment
1. Various of exteriors of UN building in Vienna
2. Interiors of the opening session of the board of governors meeting
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ali Asghar Soltanieh, the chief Iranian delegate to the International Atomic Energy...
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Ministers arrive for second day of informal meeting
1. Wide of the Palais des Papes
2. Wide of French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, sitting with others outside
3. Mid of Kouchner chatting and drinking coffee
4. SOUNDBITE: (French) Bernard Kouchner, French Foreign Minister:
"I'm...
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