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Monet''s masterpiece reopens Paris museum
AP Television
Paris, 2nd May 2006
1. Various exteriors of the Orangerie Museum (Musee de l''Orangerie)
2. Various of Monet''s water lily murals (Les Nympheas)
3. SOUNDBITE: (French) Philippe Saurin, Curator of the Orangerie Museum:
"I...
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FRANCE : CALAIS : STENA CHALLENGER PULLED OFF BEACH BY TUGS
English/Nat
Tugboats Wednesday evening managed to pull a cross-Channel ferry from a sandbank off Calais where it had been stranded for nearly 24 hours.
The Stena Challenger and its 245 passengers and crew were pulled into open sea almost...
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Belgium - Custard-pie anarchist Noel Godin
Custard-pie anarchists, who attack their victims with creamy cakes, have
threatened to use their sticky weaponry against Pope John Paul II.
Ring-leader Noel Godin, well known in France for his gooey attacks on
celebrities, says he...
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FRANCE: PARIS: HILLARY CLINTON MEETS PRESIDENT CHIRAC
English/Nat
Hillary Clinton had a busy schedule on her second day in France, including a meeting with French President Jacques Chirac and his wife.
In a whirlwind tour of meetings, briefings, and even on-line computer demonstrations, the...
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WRAP Kosovo Serbs and Albanians react to proposed delay for UN plan
Pristina
1. Exterior of Kosovo government building
2. Wide of roundtable meeting
3. Mid shot of Kosovo's President Fatmir Sejdiu
4. Various of meeting
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Thierry Reinard, top French diplomat:
"All EU countries were...
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Carla Bruni-Sarkozy leaves hospital with new baby daughter Giulia
1. Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, emerging from building carrying baby, gets into car, car drives away
Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, has left the Paris maternity clinic on...
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HONG KONG: BRITISH & FRENCH NAVY SHIPS VISIT
English/Nat
Four naval ships, three British and one French, have arrived in Hong Kong for a four day visit to the territory.
The visit is the first time there has been a British and French navy presence in the region since NATO's...
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FRANCE: PARIS: SECURITY CHIEFS PREPARE FOR SOCCER WORLD CUP
Natural Sound
The message from French security chiefs to football fans going to France for the World Cup in June is: "Don't cause trouble."
The French have come up with a specially tailored communications system, unveiled on Tuesday, to...
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Police patrol streets of Toulouse, car fire, vox pops
++Night Shots++
1. Various of police standing outside their vans
2. Various of police on patrol
3. People looking out of window
4. Police in riot gear
5. Wide shot of car on fire
6. Mid shot of burning car
7. Various of police in...
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Steinmeier on Syria and France's economic policies
Germany's foreign minister said on Wednesday that the "prospects of success" of the Geneva talks on ending the Syrian conflict could not be guaranteed without the participation of the Syrian opposition.
The Western-backed Syrian National...
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WRAP US president meets French counterpart; ADDS shots
No Access NAmerica/Internet
1. Barbara Bush (wife of George Bush Senior) joining US President Bush, US first lady Laura Bush and George W. Bush senior as they wait for French President Nicolas Sarkozy to arrive
2. SOUNDBITE: (English)...
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France - Striking Seamen Divert Sealink Ferry
Striking French seamen forced a Stena Sealink Channel ferry
carrying 380 passengers from Dover to Calais to change course for
the Belgian port of Zeebrugge on Thursday (23/2) at the start of a
48-hour national stoppage. All British...
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France - Unclaimed works of art on display
Almost 1,000 unclaimed works on art, seized in France by the Nazis, mainly from their Jewish owners, were presented to the press in Paris on Wednesday (2/4), in a bid to calm a row about the failure to return them to their heirs.
The 987...
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FRANCE: PARIS: NATIONAL FRONT RALLY
French/Nat
France's rival Presidential candidates are still no nearer finding out if they can win key votes from the far right National Front.
Jean-Marie Le Pen, who polled 15 percent of the votes in the first round of the Presidential...
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FRANCE: BEEF WAR WITH UK HEATS UP
French/Nat
As the war of words between France and the U-K over British beef heats up, a leading spokesman for the French meat industry has called for scientists to settle the issue - and for politicians to stay out of the argument.
The...
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French nationals vote in French pres. elex
1. Wide of street with people queuing outside French embassy
2. French and European Union flags
3. Sign for French embassy
4. Queue of people waiting to vote
5. Embassy entrance
6. Armoured vehicle at embassy
7. Queue of people waiting...
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FRANCE: MONTIGNY-LE-BRETONNEUX: FUNERAL OF AVALANCHE VICTIMS
Natural Sound
Mourners gathered on Tuesday for the funeral of nine students and a teacher killed in an alpine avalanche last Friday.
Despite freezing winds, 6 - thousand people gathered to say goodbye, including Bernadette Chirac, the...
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FRANCE: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: MONKS VOTE IN POLLS
French/Nat
In France, the population is out in force for to vote in the preliminary elections for a new leader so too are a group of people who rarely leave their community.
Taking a break from their normal hermit lifestyle, monks from...
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FRANCE: JACQUES CHIRAC MEETS CARL BILDT
English/Nat
French President Jacques Chirac has met Carl Bildt - the U-N special representative to Kosovo - as efforts to find a solution to the Balkans conflict continue.
Bildt said after the talks that the Russians must be involved in...
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Niger president visits Agadez following killings of soldiers last week
1. Wide of honour guard and officials around President of Niger Mahamadou Issoufou at Agadez airport
2. Mid of Issoufou with officials at airport
3. Mid of memorial ceremony for soldiers killed in attack
4. Mid of Issoufou walking with...
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USA/CANADA: 2 FRENCHMEN ATTEMPTING TO BREAK RECORD REFUEL MIDAIR
French/Nat
The two Frenchmen attempting to break a record by flying from the United States to France in a helicopter without landing have successfully completed a vital challenge Saturday - refuelling while still in the air.
The...
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LIB 6-11-73 DR ZAYYAT LEAVES AFTER TALKS WITH POMPIDOU
Mohammed el-Zayyat, President Sadat of Egypt's special envoy leaves after talks with Georges Pompidou, President of France
1. mcu dark shot man into building, up stairs towards chandelier
2. mcu news scrum after meeting
3. cu partly...
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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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US Ambassador to NATO criticises France, Germany. Belgium
1. Exterior NATO HQ at night
2. Establisher Nicholas Burns US Ambassador to NATO
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Nicholas Burns US Ambassador to NATO:
"We think that the decision by our three allies, France Germany and Belgium to not go along...