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Opposition activists pay tribute to killed journalists
1. Wide shot pan of rally
2. Wide shot of protesters
3. Mid shot of rally
4. Mid shot of woman holding candle and picture of dead journalist
5. Close up of candle
6. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Aleksei Simonov, President of the Glasnost Defence...
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UN: CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER TANG JIAXUAN TREATY SPEECH
Mandarin/Nat
Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan confirmed on Wednesday that China would sign a cornerstone United Nations Human Rights Pact early next month.
The treaty will require China to permit freedom of expression, a free press...
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Anti-president protesters clash with police
1. Anti-government and anti-president protesters marching with orange banners
2. Close-up of march
3. Various of protesters scuffling with police
4. Various shots of rally
5. Close-up of candle
6. Close-up of protester wearing mask
7....
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WRAP Reaction to Obama plan for 30,000 more troops ADDS vox pops
1. Wide of US soldiers watching on television broadcast of US President Barack Obama announcing plan to send an additional 30-thousand US troops to Afghanistan
2. Mid of soldiers watching Obama on television
3. Mid of soldiers eating...
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Louvre museum opens a new wing dedicated to Islamic art
France's Louvre Museum is unveiling a new wing and galleries dedicated to the arts of Islam, the culmination of a nearly 100 million euro (130 million US dollar ) decade-long project that is coming to fruition amid heightened tensions...
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Dozens of minority congressional staffers and Capitol employees have gathered to protest the killing of unarmed black men by police. (Dec. 11)
Dozens of minority congressional staffers and Capitol employees have gathered to protest the killing of unarmed black men by police.
About 200 workers and a few members of Congress stood on the House steps Thursday and silently raised...
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IOC meeting, Rogge, China says foils plot to kidnap athletes
1. Wide of Chinese Public Security Bureau news conference
2. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin) Wu Heping, spokesperson for Chinese Public Security Bureau:
"It's been clarified now, that from November 2007 that said organisation had secretly planned...
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Thai court dismisses case against British activist filed by fruit processing company
A Thai court on Wednesday dismissed the first of four criminal and civil defamation cases filed against a British human rights activist by a Thai fruit processing company accused of mistreating migrant workers.
The activist, Andy Hall,...
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Free speech campaigner goes on trial; Human Rts Watch reax
Authorities barred diplomats from the US and other countries from attending the trial on Wednesday of a high-profile Chinese dissident who has called for sweeping political reforms and an end to Communist Party dominance.
The trial two...
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Russia's opposition parties unite ahead of this weekend's G8 summit
St Petersburg, Russia - June 21, 2006 - recent
1. Wide shot of Banner reading "Russia - country of possibilities" being hoisted
2. Mid wide shot of Exterior Winter Palace
3. Mid wide shot of Russian flag
4. Various of Mikhail Kasyanov...
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Tom Cruise acting career honoured
AP Entertainment
New York 6 November 2007
1. Medium Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes pull out to wide
2. Close-up Cruise and Holmes
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Tom Cruise:
"That is hard to say because I mean I'm really proud to have made the...
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WRAP Dalai Lama at protest against Chinese rule of Tibet, detentions, US march
Dharamsala, India - 10 March 2008
1. The Dalai Lama, Tibet's spiritual leader, arriving for official function to mark anniversary of Tibetan uprising
2. Wide of Buddhist monks waving Tibetan flags
3. SOUNDBITE: (Tibetan) The Dalai...
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Weekly newspaper publishes after deal ends standoff
1. Wide exterior of Southern Weekly newspaper compound
2. Close of sign of Southern Weekly newspaper, tilt down to offices
3. Mid of staff entering compound past security
4. Wide of entrance to compound
5. Mid of policeman by car park...
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PLAIN-CLOTHED POLICE ARREST HUMAN RIGHTS PROTESTERS
Up to 35 opposition activists are reported to have been detained by police in Baku, as tension in the Azerbaijan capital ramped up ahead of Saturday's finals of the Eurovision song contest.
An opposition party member was detained by what...
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Cubans mark Raul Castro's birthday and 100th day of presidency
AP Television
FILE: February 24, 2008
1. Raul Castro posting vote
2. Wide of National Assembly
3. Close up Raul Castro at presidency table
4. Raul addressing the Assembly +no translation available+
5. Raul leaving next to Juan Almeida...
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Dissident on possibility of authorities backing reform of harsh labour camps
Chongqing - 1 March 2013
1. Wide exterior shot of Xishanping labour camp
2. Close-up of windows of building in camp
3. Wide of police officer walking near walls of camp
4. Wide of camp site
5. Zoom out of Huang Chengcheng, former...
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Bomb threat report halts trial of Russian anti-Putin punk rockers
Court proceedings came to a halt on the fourth day of the trial of three members of the Russian punk band "Pussy Riot" Wednesday, following reports of a bomb threat.
The courthouse was ordered to evacuate and trained dogs were sent in...
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Increased security ahead of President Fox annual speech
1. Wide exterior of Congress with barriers
2. Mid view of police behind barriers
3. Various of police checking vehicles
4. Various of police trucks covered in tarpaulins
5. Pan of police walking
6. Wide of Democratic Revolutionary Party...
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GAZA STRIP: PALESTINIAN ACTIVIST EYAD SARAJ RELEASED FROM JAIL
English/Nat
A Palestinian who was jailed for calling Yasser Arafat's Palestinian Authority " corrupt, dictatorial and oppressive" has said on his release Monday that he wont stop fighting for human rights in areas under Palestinian...
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USA - Chinese dissident makes statement
Only days after leaving prison the Chinese dissident Wei Jingsheng said on Friday (21/11) that he intended to return to China. Speaking for the first time since being freed from a Chinese prison he said that he never wanted to leave the...
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Leftists storm AP office, police use teargas
CHA - No Access Turkey
1. Protesters with banners hanging out of windows of AP bureau, zoom out to wide shot of building
2. People on the ground watching protest
3. Protesters coughing at window
4. Pull out to see gas coming out of...
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USA: CALIFORNIA: CLINTON WANTS NORMAL TRADE WITH CHINA
English/Nat
With the support of high-technology executives and moderates within his Democratic Party, U-S President Bill Clinton has pushed the U-S Congress to approve normal trade relations with China.
With San Diego's Tech Museum of...
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Demo against approval of law to ease abortion restrictions
1. Wide of anti-abortion demonstration
2. Demonstrators walking
3. Close of placard reading (Spanish) ''Where Are My Rights?''
4. Pan over young people holding banner at front of demonstration UPSOUND (Spanish) ''This is the youth of...
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Corner of Central Park place for Cubans to air their views
1. Wide of "Parque Central" (Central Park), Havana
2. Mid of "Esquina Caliente" (Hot Corner of Central Park)
3. Various of men talking
4. Mid of bicycle taxi passing horse and carriage at Central Park
5. Man taking horse carriage at...