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Hundreds of protesters gathered in Paris on Saturday to demonstrate against French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
HEADLINE: Raw Video: French protesters rally against Sarkozy
CAPTION: Hundreds of protesters gathered in Paris to demonstrate against French President Nicolas Sarkozy. His conservative party was recently trounced in regional elections...
Curated Video
Myanmar's first international literary festival opens
1. Pan from book to people looking at books for sale
2. Various of people looking at books for sale
3. Close of banner reading (English) "Irrawaddy Literary Festival"
4. Push in to book stand
5. Close of former exiled Burmese writer...
Curated Video
Former vice president criticises Bush administration
1. Al Gore on stage shaking hands with college student who introduced him
2. Audience members clapping
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Al Gore, Former US Vice President
"The direction in which our nation is being led now is deeply troubling to...
Curated Video
Book lovers attend Tehran book fair
Book lovers are flocking to Tehran's 27th International Book Fair.
It's thought to be one of most visited book fairs in the world with thousands of visitors expected in the coming days.
There's thousands of visitors and perhaps even more...
Curated Video
Demonstrators stage protest against Sarkozy
1. Protesters gathered at Place de la Republique
2. Purple t-shirt reading: "No Sarkozy Day"
2. People wearing purple t-shirts
3. Crowd standing around stall selling ''No Sarkozy Day'' t-shirts
4. Various of crowd
5. Doll depicting...
Curated Video
Yingluck arrives for meeting with military officials; small protest against coup
Students in Bangkok staged a public display of dissent on Friday against a move by Thailand's ruling military to seize control of the country in a non-violent coup.
About 50 students, most of them from the prestigious Thammasat...
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Troops out in force to stop expected rally by anti-coup protesters
Thai anti-coup protesters scuffled with police on Sunday as they tried to evade a heavy security operation aimed at stifling dissent.
Hundreds of protesters gathered near a major shopping mall in downtown Bangkok to denounce the...
Curated Video
Celebrating music's Starman - David Bowie
London, UK, March 20, 2013
1. Various of David Bowie performing on giant banks of screens in V&A "It's Bowie" exhibition
2. Various of costume for Bowie's Masayoshi Sukita photograph
3. Various of Aladdin Sane costume
4. Wide of...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Rare anti coup protest in Thailand
CLEAN : Rare anti coup protest in Thailand
Curated Video
Missed a moment ? This camera goes back in time with a quick click
LEAD IN:
A Dutch company has launched a "time machine" camera at the CES Technology Show in Las Vegas.
The Roader is recording on a continuous 20-second loop, if you press the device it sends the last 10...
Curated Video
Missed a moment ? This camera goes back in time with a quick click
LEAD IN:
A Dutch company has launched a "time machine" camera at the CES Technology Show in Las Vegas.
The Roader is recording on a continuous 20-second loop, if you press the device it sends the last 10...
Curated Video
Southend residents have mixed views on Johnson
Resident in Southend have mixed views to the landmark British Supreme Court ruling that Prime Minister Boris Johnson's suspension of Parliament was illegal.
Curated Video
Czech protesters demand PM Babis' resignation
Tens of thousands people returned to the streets of Prague on Tuesday to urge Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis to resign.
Press Association
Protesters descend on Dominic Cummings' home
Protesters have gathered outside the home of Dominic Cummings, the Prime Ministers senior aide. A sign bearing a quote from the George Orwell’s novel Animal Farm was used to criticise his actions following allegations that he breached...
The School of Life
George Orwell
Ordinary people, ordinary jobs, ordinary life. According to George Orwell it's the ordinary that should be the focus of literature. Introduce readers to this extraordinary writer with a short video that details how his life experiences...
TED-Ed
Animal Farm - Context and Background
George Orwell's allegorical Animal Farm is the focus of a video that introduces the concepts of political allegory and totalitarianism. A great way to generate interest in the novel.
Shmoop University
Shmoop: 1984: Analysis
Watch Shmoop's quirky summary of George Orwell's 1984. [3:38]
Shmoop University
Shmoop: Animal Farm: Analysis
How do you insult the Soviet Union and get away with it? Make them Animals! (No one will ever know). That was George Orwell's plan. And it worked! He was able to insult Marx, Lenin, Stalin, and Trotsky, while masking them as barn...