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CHILE: SANTIAGO: NEW FREE TRADE ACCORD SIGNED WITH CANADA
Spanish/Nat
Chile and Canada have signed a free trade accord expected to eliminate tariffs on most goods and services exchanged by the two countries.
The final documents were signed by Chilean Finance Minister Eduardo Aninat and Canadian...
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Closing of SAARC summit, comments from India and Pakistan
1. South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) leaders and foreign ministers in Jinnah Convention Centre
2. Pan along line of seated SAARC leaders
3. Pan of foreign ministers shaking hands after signing South Asian Free...
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SKO parliament ratifies a major trade agreement with India
1. Pan of assembly meeting
2. Close of South Korea parliament sign
3. South Korea's Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan on left and Unification Minister Hyun In-taek on right attending National Assembly
4. Front of assembly hall
5. Mid...
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Switzerland - New WTO Head Selected, Stresses Unit
New WTO head selected, stresses unity
The European Union's Renato Ruggiero on Thursday (23/3) was named head of the new World Trade Organisation. Delegates from the 128 present and pending member states of the WTO endorsed the Italian in...
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Congress passes SKorea, Panama and Colombia trade bills
1. Exteriors of Korean restaurant where Barack Obama and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak ate dinner
2. Obama and Lee Myung-bak exiting restaurant and getting into car
3. Wide of House floor
4. SOUNDBITE: (English): Senator Mitch...
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USA: CIA DIRECTOR APPEARS BEFORE SENATE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE (2)
English/Nat
The Director of America's Central Intelligence Agency - the CIA has told a Congressional hearing that illegal drugs are a major threat to the United States' national security.
The C-I-A chief singled out Latin American...
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WRAP SKorea and US launch new round of Free Trade talks, presser, protest
1. Wide zoom-in of chief negotiators - Assistant US Trade Representative Wendy Cutler and South Korea's Kim Jong-hoon shaking hands
2. Close-up of hands
3. Wide of two chief delegates
4. Mid of US delegation
5. Mid of Kim speaking
6. Mid...
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SINGAPORE: ASEAN SUMMIT UPDATE 2
Mandarin/Nat
Leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have taken part in an informal summit meeting in Singapore on Friday to discuss future initiatives in the region.
The delegates have signed a free-trade pact...
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Indian PM on state visit to Thailand
1. Various of Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra at welcoming ceremony at Government house
2. Thaksin and Vajpayee handshake
3. Various of meeting between official Thai and Indian delegations
4....
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ASEAN summit begins, Australian, NZ trade agreement
1. New Zealand Trade Minister Tim Groser walking into hall for signing ceremony of Free Trade Agreement with ASEAN
2. Pan of ASEAN ministers, ending on Australian Trade Minister Simon Crean and Groser
3. Indonesian Trade Minister Marie...
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US Secretary of Defence meets Singapore prime minister
1. US Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld and Singapore Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong emerging from Department of Defence
2. Cutaway of reporters
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Goh Chok Tong, Singapore Prime Minister
"The US presence has given...
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ASEAN countries sign trade pact with India, car rally
1. Family photo of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) leaders with Indian leader
2. Myanmar Prime Minister Soe Win standing next to Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
3. Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong...
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China says Swiss asylum for Uighurs will harm ties
1. Wide of Ma Zhaoxu, spokesman for China Ministry of Foreign Affairs walking to the podium
2. Cutaway of media
3. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin): Ma Zhaoxu, spokesman for China Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
"Regarding the impact of this case on...
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Prime Minister Abe news conference after meeting Yudhoyono
1. Wide of signing ceremony
2. Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe and Indonesian President, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, sitting down
3. Cutaway of Japanese delegates
4. Pan from Abe to Yudhoyono signing agreement
5. Tilt-up of Abe...
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Last day of summit, closing ceremony, comments
Cha-Am, Thailand - 01 March 2009
1. ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) leaders posing for group photo
2. ASEAN leaders lined up for photo
3. Summit roundtable meeting
4. Myanmar Prime Minister Thein Sein
5. Vietnam Prime...
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WRAP Meetings, banquet and comments ahead of SAARC summit
1. Wide city street
2. Wide shot security outside in front of Jinnah Convention centre, SAARC summit venue
3. Pull focus gun barrel to security
4. Wide shot of vehicle check point
5. Close up security checks ID card
(Marriott Hotel)
6....
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SOUTH KOREA: WORKERS STAGE ONE DAY STRIKE AS PART OF NEW STRATEGY
Eng/Kor/Nat
Thousands of workers put down their tools Wednesday for a weekly one day strike, a new strategy aimed at forcing the government to repeal a labour law passed four weeks ago.
It was the first strike since union leaders...
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MEXICO: NEW PRESIDENT VINCENTE FOX SPEAKS
Spanish/Nat
The new president of Mexico, Vicente Fox, announced his ideas for government, including establishing a common North American market which matches the European Union and forging formal trading links with other Central and...
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Trade officials meet in a sign of improving relations
1. Pakistani Commerce Secretary Zafar Mahmood (right) shaking hands with Indian Commerce Secretary Rahul Khullar, later taking seats
2. Mid of Pakistani delegation
3. Wide of Mahmood and Khullar
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Zafar Mahmood,...
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Protests as borders open to unrestricted imports of corn, beans
AP Television
Tijuana, Mexico
1. Various of border fence near Tijuana
2. Tilt up from fence to artist
3. Various of banners and pictures on border fence
4. Activist walking along the border fence
5. Activist Jesusa Rodriguez standing in...
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Australian PM meets US President
1. Wide view President George W. Bush and Australian Prime Minister John Howard in Oval Office
2. Cutaway reporters
3. SOUNDBITE (English) George Bush, U.S. President:
"I am listening to a lot of opinion. I met today with the Foreign...
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Anti-poverty protest as World Social Forum convenes
1. Wide of protesters marching
2. Former Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda marching and carrying a flag
3. Various of protesters, with banners and posters
4. Woman carrying sign reading (in English) "Don't attack Iran," reversed to show...
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JAPAN: OSAKA: APEC SUMMIT PREVIEW
Japanese/Nat
Asian and Pacific leaders are preparing to gather in Japan this week-end aiming to liberalise trade within the region by the year 2020.
Some of the world's leading companies are based in the host city Osaka and are hoping...
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Shoppers, shopkeepers react as Free Trade Agreement takes effect
1. Department store located in Seoul
2. Bottles of wine imported from US
3. Close of wine label reading (English) "Produce of USA, Merlot California"
4. Customer buying wine
5. SOUDNBITE (Korean) Yoon Jong-dae, Manager of processed...