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Preview as lawmakers to debate extending euthanasia law to include children
Belgium, one of the few countries where euthanasia is legal, is about to take this week the unprecedented step of abolishing age restrictions on who can ask to be put to death, extending the right to children for the first time.
On...
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Slander case of former newspaper editor adjourned
1. Wide of traffic passing in front of North Giza court compound where Islam Afifi former editor-in-chief of el-Dustour newspaper is being tried
2. Close of sign reading (Arabic) "North Giza Court Compound"
3. Wide of Afifi entering...
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Israel says journalists on flotilla face expulsion, reax
Jerusalem
1. Set up of Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Yigal Palmor, spokesman, Israeli Foreign Ministry:
"All this talk about restricting freedom of expression and the freedom of journalists and...
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Protest after radio host sacked for accusing Chief Executive of suppressing media freedom
Several hundred journalists marched through the streets of Hong Kong on Sunday calling for media freedom.
Reporters chanted "Tell the truth, uphold justice" and held placards reading "Protect press freedom" as they marched.
The protest...
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Judge refuses to ban paedophile political party
The Hague - July 17, 2006
1. Various exteriors of palace of justice
2. Judge H. Hofhuis entering courtroom
3. SOUNDBITE: (Dutch) Judge H. Hofhuis:
"The freedom of expression, the freedom of gathering, the freedom of association including...
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WRAP Prophet Muhammad cartoon demos, closed Danish embassy
Karachi
1. Protesters throwing stones
2. Various of police running towards protesters and firing tear gas
3. Police vehicles driving towards scene
4. Mid of man being beaten with a stick
5. Mid of policeman firing tear gas
6. Tyres on...
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Protesters try to disrupt speech by leader of anti-immigration party
1. Wide of police cars
2. Close of police officers in front of police cars
3. Police line in front of anti-Sveridemokraterna (Swedish Democrats) protestors
4. Mid of people blowing Vuvuzelas
5. Close of man blowing vuvuzela
6. Police...
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Bosnians erect monument to kung fu legend
1. Kung Fu training team from Tuzla walking to main park in Mostar
2. Nino Raspudic, organiser of the event, speaking to people gathered in park, UPSOUND (Bosnian):
"Please, an applause for our brothers in Hong Kong."
3. Kung fu...
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Explosion hits Al Arabiya offices in Gaza, Hamas reax
1. Partition with broken window lying on ground
2. Debris on ground
3. People at blast scene
4. Various of interior damage
5. Sign reading MBC on door
6. Damaged door on ground
7. Onlookers
8. Hole in wall
9. Wide of room with door blown...
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Preparations for the pope's visit to Lebanon
Preparations for the historical visit of Pope Benedict XVI to Lebanon are almost complete.
Posters of the pope and Vatican and Lebanese flags decorate the highways in Lebanon as a welcoming sign.
The pope is due to arrive on Friday for a...
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President Bush takes on the Castro regime in Cuba, saying the country is suffering from decades of neglect. But citizens will soon have access to cell phones, something Bush hopes sparks freedom of expression.
HEADLINE: Bush: Cuba society is crumbling
CAPTION: President Bush takes on the Castro regime in Cuba, saying the country is suffering from decades of neglect. But citizens will soon have access to cell phones, something Bush hopes sparks...
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USA: NEW YORK: CHINESE DISSIDENT WEI JINGSHENG PRESS CONFERENCE
Mandarin/Nat
A leading Chinese dissident who spent most of the last 18 years in prison began a new
chapter in his life on Friday, addressing a news conference in New York.
This was Wei Jingsheng's first official engagement since being...
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Protest against government policy requiring new websites to be licensed
1. Wide of people gathered for protest
2. Wide of speaker on stage
3. Mid of speaker addressing crowd
4. Wide of crowd applauding
5. Wide of crowd and placard reading (English): "The Truth is Always Protected By Those Body Guard of Liar...
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Greek publisher tried over alleged Swiss bank list; Vaxevanis comments during recess
1. Costas Vaxevanis outside the courthouse during a recess, surrounded by supporters
2. Close up of Vaxevanis' face
3. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Costas Vaxevanis, Greek investigative journalist:
"I don't want a guilty verdict to be used as an...
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A bill aimed at regulating the costumed characters in Times Square will be introduced in New York City Council. The bill will require the characters to get a license and a background check. (Sept. 8)
The giant Elmos, Mickey Mouses, and Batmans that offer photos in Times Square held a rally Monday (Sept. 8) to protest a proposed bill in the New York City Council that would require a mandatory license for anyone in a costume trolling...
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Reaction as pro-secular daily publishes cartoons from latest issue of Charlie Hebdo
Police stopped trucks leaving a pro-secular newspaper's printing centre and checked the paper's content on Wednesday after it decided to print a selection of Charlie Hebdo caricatures.
The paper printed a four-page selection of cartoons...
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WRAP Malaysian PM on cartoon controversy, Iranian FM on cartoons
Putrajaya, Malaysia
1. Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi arriving for interview
2. Painting on wall behind Badawi
3. Wide shot Badawi sitting down in interview
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Malaysian...
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Thousands take part in anti-Charlie Hebdo rally
Thousands of Muslims demonstrated in Karachi on Saturday over a French satirical weekly's latest caricature of the Prophet Muhammad.
Protesters burnt French, US and Israeli flags and chanted slogans against Charlie Hebdo.
Religious...
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France's ambassador to Argentina Jean-Michel Casa visited a mosque on Friday in the capital Buenos Aires where Muslim community members dedicated a prayer to the victims of the terrorist attack against a French satirical newspaper.
France's ambassador to Argentina Jean-Michel Casa visited a mosque on Friday in the capital Buenos Aires where Muslim community members dedicated a prayer to the victims of the terrorist attack against a French satirical newspaper....
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Joint news conference by President Obama and President Hu
1. US President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao enter news conference, audience stands
2. Cutaway of Robert Gibbs, White House Press Secretary
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Barack Obama, US President:
"I told President Hu that we...
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New play shows what happened to artist Ai Weiwei when he was taken prisoner
AP Entertainment
London, 16 April 2013
1. Scene from "The Arrest of Ai Weiwei"
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Howard Brenton, playwright - on what the play is about:
"Well Ai Weiwei was arrested for 81 days in 2011. At the time of the Arab...
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President Obama statement on Egypt unrest
1. Wide of US President Barack Obama walking into news conference
2. Cutaway of Obama speaking
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Barack Obama, US President:
"As the situation continues to unfold, our first concern is preventing injury or loss of...
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+4:3 Firing of journalist stirs debate over freedom of expression
9 February 2011
1. Various of people demonstrating in support of Mexican journalist, Carmen Aristegui, who was addressing the media after being fired from MVS radio station following comments she made about the Mexican president.
2....
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Protesters criticise government during human rights forum
Morocco has been hosting the second World Human Rights Forum - with delegates from across the world discussing how to empower marginalised communities.
But the meeting is being boycotted by various Moroccan human rights groups who claim...