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HONDURAS: TAIWAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER JOHN CHANG VISIT
Mandarin/Span/Nat
Taiwan's Foreign Minister says Taiwan will never be unified with China despite Beijing's insistence that one country can have two systems.
John Chang said it was a big mistake for China to think that Taiwan could be...
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GUATEMALA: COUNTRY SUFFERING HIGH INCIDENCE OF INFANT MORTALITY
Spanish/Nat
Guatemala suffers the highest incidence of infant mortality in the American continent.
Many thousands of children are also severely malnourished which, as the country finds itself in the grip of post war decline - is one of...
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Flooding and landslides as tropical storm hits, killing many
Guatemala City, Guatemala - 31 May 2010
1. Houses left standing on landslide site on side of hill
2. Residents carrying a mattress
3. Tilt down of landslide to group of firefighters digging, looking for bodies
4. Various of...
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Anti- Bush protest as US president tours countryside
1. Wide protesters holding effigy
2. Mid of effigy
3. Various of protester chanting into microphone UPSOUND (Spanish): "We Guatemalans demand that (US President George W.) Bush leaves."
4. Man wearing red devil mask UPSOUND...
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USA: DELEGATION OF VICTIMS OF 'STATE SPONSORED TORTURE'
English/Nat
The governments of more than 120 nations stand accused of torture and political violence.
That's the view of a delegation of people gathering in Washington D-C on Tuesday who call themselves victims of state-sponsored...
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RR MUSIC: "Mayo Pata Retamita" arranged by B. Zivkovic
POEM: "The Model Village" by Judith Kazantziz
STORY: The central American Government of...
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MEXICO: MEXICO CITY: PEACE TALKS TO END GUATEMALA'S CIVIL WAR
Spanish/Nat
The world's longest civil war could be coming to an end.
For thirty five years leftist guerillas have tried to topple successive Guatemalan governments.
But now the two sides have been meeting - and talking - in Mexico...
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GUATEMALA: ILLICIT CHILD ADOPTION BECOMING BIG BUSINESS
Spanish/Nat
Illicit child adoption has turned in to big business in Guatemala City with thousands of children being smuggled out of the country every year.
Babies from the country are bought by couples from all over the world who pay up...
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COLOMBIA: REBELS RELEASE 2 AMERICAN STATES ELECTION OBSERVERS
Spanish/Nat
Leftist rebels on Saturday released two Organisation of American States election observers they had seized at a roadblock on the eve of last week's municipal elections.
The National Liberation Army turned over Raul Martinez...
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GUATEMALA: GUATEMALANS CELEBRATE HISTORIC PEACE TREATY SIGNING
Spanish/Nat
Guatemalans have taken to the streets to celebrate the historic signing of the peace agreement that put an end to the country's 36-year-old civil war.
On Sunday rebel leaders, government negotiators and a group of foreign...
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IADB says migrants sending home record amounts of money
1. Wide of man exchanging foreign currency on the street
2. Mid of man UPSOUND: (Spanish) "I exchange dollars, Euros."
3. Wide of conference
4. Mid of stage
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Donald F. Terry, General Manager of Multilateral...
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Formerly conjoined twins arrive home after treatment in US
1. Mid shot of plane (bringing twins home) on airport tarmac after landing
2. Mid shot of parents getting out of plane holding twins
3. Various of grandparents holding twins and posing for press
4. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Deborah Cresp,...
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CUBA: INTERNATIONAL LATIN AMERICAN MEDICAL SCHOOL
Spanish/Nat
The heads of state visiting Cuba for the 9th Ibero-American Summit, will be a given a tour of one president Fidel Castro's most prized institutions, the International Latin American Medical School.
There are more than...
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Elections in Guatemala and Nicaragua
Managua, Nicaragua
1. Various of voters waiting for polling station to open
2. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Elias Lopez, Voter:
"The vote is important for us, for our country, for education, for our homes, for work, for health care. Each vote,...
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GUATEMALA: GOVERNMENT TURNS ITS ATTENTION TO FIGHTING ILLITERACY
Spanish/Nat
Recovering from nearly four decades of civil war, Guatemala has turned its attention to fighting illiteracy.
Under the peace accord, the Guatemalan Government has promised to provide education to people in their native...
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President Bush arrives in Guatemala
1. Wide of US presidential plane Air Force One landing
2. Various of Air Force One taxiing
3. Pan from right to left of Air Force One
4. Wide of honour cadets marching, presidential vehicle arriving
5. Mid of vehicle
6. Wide of US...
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USA: ALLEGED GUATEMALAN DEATH SQUAD MEMBERS NAMES RELEASED (2)
English/Nat
A human rights activist has released the names of alleged members of a Guatemalan death squad she believes is responsible for the death of popular Guatemalan Bishop, Juan Geradi in April this year.
The bishop was killed just...
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The new Sports Illustrated swimwear edition is launched
1. Models walking in to press conference
2. WS of photographers - Pan back to WS of models
3. CU of models faces - Zoom out to - WS of models
4. WS of Molly Sims being photographed (File, recent)
5. CU of Molly Sims (File, recent)
6. CU...
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Guatemala cracks down on adoptions
HEADLINE: Guatemala cracks down on adoptions
CAPTION: Saturday's raid on Casa Quivira, an American-run adoption agency in Guatemala, is one of dozens sweeping through the country. The crackdown has been prompted by intense pressure...
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USA: WASHINGTON: PROTESTERS MARK DEATH OF GUATEMALAN BISHOP
English/Nat
Guatemalans paid their last respects Tuesday to slain Bishop Juan Gerardi Conedera at the Metropolitan Cathedral in the capital.
In the U-S, about a hundred human rights supporters gathered on the steps of the Capitol in...
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Ceremony heralds end of era in ancient Mayans' calendar
1. Wide of audience gathered around Temple of the Giant Jaguar
2. Mid of man in Mayan dress at top of Temple of the Giant Jaguar
3. Mid of musicians playing traditional Mayan instruments
4. Various of Mayan procession to bring out...
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GUATEMALA: BELEN: VILLAGERS BURY REMAINS OF CIVIL WAR VICTIMS
Spanish/Nat
Villagers in Belen, in a remote corner of Guatemala, have buried the remains of 19 men slaughtered during the civil war.
The remains had been exhumed 14 years after the massacre in which a further 21 people were killed -...
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GUATEMALA: GOVERNMENT DISARMS PAC
Spanish/Nat
In another step in the Guatemalan peace process the government has disarmed over 700 members of the Self-Defence Civil Patrols- known as the PAC.
The PAC became active in 1982 under the regime of dictator Efrain Rios Montt...
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MEXICO: ACCORD SIGNED BETWEEN URNG GUERRILLAS AND GOVERNMENT
Spanish/Nat
The Guatemalan government and the U-R-N-G leftist guerrillas signed an accord Thursday in Mexico City, on the military's role and the strengthening of civil authority.
The accord solves the last issue in the U-N sponsored...