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Kazakhstan - Next Mir crew prepares
The next crew to go aboard the troubled Mir space station went through final spacesuit training at the Russian Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan on Sunday (18/01).
Frenchman Leopold Eyharts, Kazakhstan citizen Talgat Musabaev and...
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CHINA: UIGHUR EXILES SAY AUTHORITIES EXECUTED MEN FROM ETHNIC GROUP
Eng/Russ/Nat
Uighur exiles from the north-western Chinese province of Xinjiang say China has executed several young men from the ethnic Muslim group for their alleged role in recent ethnic unrest.
Chinese authorities, however, say the...
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China - Yeltsin Signs Border Treaty
Five-nation border treaty signed
Russian President Boris Yeltsin on Friday (26/4) arrived in the
Chinese port of Shanghai to sign a five-nation treaty on
demilitarising the border between China and the former Soviet
Union. The treaty to...
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Kazakhstan - Soyuz space craft returned to earth
A Soyuz space craft carrying three Russian cosmonauts landed safely in Kazakhstan early on Tuesday (25/8), returning to earth after a 12-day visit to the space station Mir. The capsule contained three Russian cosmonauts including former...
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Officials rule out arson in deadly fire at drug treatment centre
1. Wide of Kazakhstan government officials visiting the scene of fire that killed 37 people
2. Various of Serik Akhmetov, official from General Prosecutor's office visiting scene
3. Various shots of charred remains of building
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VOICED Shuttle launch with official and family reaction
0000 American astronaut Edward Lu and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko boarding rocket to prepare for mission
0015 Christine Romero and others watching launch
0019 Launch of rocket
0031 Crew inside capsule
0035 Wide shot rocket...
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RUSSIA/USA: REACTION TO AIRLINER COLLISION NEAR NEW DELHI INDIA
English/Nat
More than 350 people are feared dead after a Saudi Airways 7-4-7 jetliner collided with a Kazakh Airways Ilyushin airliner near New Delhi, the Indian capital.
Authorities said the two planes collided after nightfall at...
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CHINA: SHANGHAI: YELTSIN SIGNS CENTRAL ASIAN BORDER AGREEMENT
Eng/Russian/Nat
Russian President Boris Yeltsin has signed a Central Asian Border Agreement with China and three former Soviet states.
The Chinese President Jiang Zemin and the Presidents of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan all...
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Kazakhstan - First French female cosmonaut returns
After 16 days circling the earth in a spaceship, France's first female
cosmonaut arrived gently back on the ground on Monday (2/9) and said she had been "entranced" by her stay in space.
A Russian Soyuz TM-23 spacecraft brought Claudie...
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Kazakhstan - Launch of space shuttle
Two Russian cosmonauts embarked on an historic mission to repair the troubled Mir space station Tuesday as ground control reported new problems with the craft's oxygen supply.
The Soyuz-U booster rocket lifted off on schedule at 7:36...
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Soyuz spacecraft with Russian-US crew blasts off for ISS
1. Crew receiving pre-launch blessing from priest (left-right: Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, US astronaut Michael Barratt and "cashtronaut" Charles Simonyi)
2. Relatives waiting for final pre-launch conversation with crew
3....
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Return of the Soyuz capsule from the International Space Station
Aboard the Soyuz capsule - 15 March 2013
1. Wide of Soyuz module undocking from International Space Station (ISS)
2. Wide of Soyuz module drifting away from ISS
3. Wide of ISS seen from Soyuz module
4. View of computer screen inside...
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Kazakhstan - Launch of space shuttle
A Russian Soyuz-TM 25 rocket carrying a German and two Russian cosmonauts to the Mir space station lifted off successfully Monday (10/2). It took off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in the central Asian republic.
German physicist Reinhold...
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Fashion week gets underway in Kazakhstan
Almaty, Kazakhstan: May 11th 2009
1. Wide, pan models outside casting session, Hotel Kazakhstan
2. Tilt up Olga Marieva, model
3. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Olga Marieva, Model
"I like it very much, it's an indicator of the model business, the...
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Security outside venue for talks between Iran and six world powers
1. Various exteriors of Rixos Hotel, venue for talks on Iran's nuclear programme
2. Mid of flags
3. Wide of security checking vehicle
4. Close of guard dog barking
5. Wide of security
6. Car approaching hotel
7. Wide of press centre at...
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Russian Soyuz craft launches on mission to space station
HEADLINE: Soyuz rocket launches on mission to space station
CAPTION: A Russian Soyuz craft was launched into the skies over Kazakhstan on Sunday, carrying three astronauts to the international space station where they will quickly start...
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4:3 Soyuz capsule carrying returning NASA, Russian astronauts lands safely
A Russian spacecraft carrying back three astronauts from the International Space Station landed safely in the central steppes of Kazakhstan on Friday - but not without rattling nerves after a breakdown in communications.
Repeated calls...
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Space tourist prepares to return to Earth from ISS, undocking
Korolev, Russia
1. Wide of Russian Mission Control Centre
2. Medium of screen showing map
Space
3. Charles Simonyi, Space tourist waving and saluting to camera
4. Pan round to show interior of capsule
5. Medium of astronauts and...
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RUSSIA: YELTSIN SIGNS OIL DEAL WITH KAZAKHSTAN PRESIDENT
Russian/Nat
Russian President Boris Yeltsin and his Kazakh counterpart, Nursultan Nazarbayev, signed a key agreement on Monday aimed at settling a long-running dispute over control of oil in the Caspian Sea.
The agreement is seen as a...
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Russia - Supply vessel blasts off for Mir
A Russian Progress M-36 supply vessel blasted off on Sunday (5/10) for the Mir orbiting station from the Russian space base of Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Ground Control said the Progress blasted off successfully at 1508 GMT and entered orbit...
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Medvedev arrives for official visit; meeting Hu, signing deal
1. Wide of Great Hall of the People
2. Close up of Russian flag
3. Wide of honour guard
4. Medvedev and Hu inspect guard
5. Zoom out from band playing to wide of welcoming ceremony
6. Medvedev and Hu walking along red carpet
7. Medvedev...
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Astronaut trio docks with space station
A trio of astronauts travelling onboard a Russian-made Soyuz capsule reached the International Space Station, two days after launching from the Baikonur cosmodrome in southern Kazakhstan.
NASA astronaut Suni Williams, veteran Russian...
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4:3 US-Russian crew blasts off for orbiting station
1. Various of Soyuz spacecraft blasting off into space
A U.S. astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts have blasted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome for a two-day journey to the International Space Station.
Their Soyuz spacecraft was...
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President meets Shanghai Group ministers
1. Exterior Jiang Zemin meeting, inside headquarters of central government
2. Chinese President Jiang Zemin shaking hands with Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov, as part of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meeting
3. Close up...