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Mediators optimistic after talks on Kosovo status open in New York
1. Troika mediators, EU envoy Wolfgang Ischinger, US envoy Frank Wisner and Russian envoy Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko entering
2. Journalist taking notes
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Wolfgang Ischinger, EU envoy:
"The atmosphere was...
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YUGOSLAVIA: PARLIAMENT VOTE ON JOINING SLAVIC UNION
Serbo-Croat/Nat
Yugoslav parliamentarians have voted overwhelmingly in favour of joining a Slavic union which already includes Russia and Belarus.
If the union goes ahead, Yugoslavia believes it will get military backing from the...
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US, EU, Russia try to convince ethnic Albanians to find common ground with Serbia
1. Helipad at NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) headquarters (HQ)
2. NATO flag flying
3. Various of NATO soldiers securing area
4. NATO helicopter arrival
5. Various of NATO and UN officials, walking to greet diplomats known as...
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Kosovo's Serbs start voting on referendum for new constitution
Gracanica
1. People entering polling station
2. Polling station sign
3. Various of election officials checking ID, finger print and handing an empty ballot paper
4. Various of Kosovo Serb men casting votes
5. Close-up of a vote in a...
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WRAP Arrivals for Kosovo talks, Kosovo PM, voxpops ADDS Alb deleg comment
Vienna, Austria
1. Various of convoy of cars arriving for talks
2. Albanian delegates getting out of car
Vienna, Austria
3. Veton Surroi, Albanian political leader and part of negotiating team, being asked questions by the press outside...
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Kosovo government toughens stance on polluters
Glogovac
1. Wide of truck unloading black slag
2. Various of inspectors at NewCo Ferronikeli factory compound
3. SOUNDBITE (Albanian) Vehbi Ejupi, Environmental Inspector:
"Ferronikeli did not implement the dynamic of investment in the...
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FRANCE/UK: NATO PLANNING TO SEND PEACEKEEPING FORCE TO KOSOVO
Natural Sound
The President of Serbia, Milan Milutinovic, confirmed on Friday in Paris that the Serbian delegation has signed the 10 points of the framework document presented by the Contact Group at the Rambouillet negotiations on a...
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KOSOVO: SOLANA/PATTEN PRESS CONFERENCE
English/Nat
European Union officials have promised Western help to rebuild shattered Kosovo before the arrival of winter and urged the province's ethnic Albanian leaders to stop their political infighting and start working...
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WRAP EU FMs in talks with Serbian and Kos official; Thaci bites
1. Wide of flags from European Union (EU) countries on grass courtyard
2. Wide of Congress Centre, Brdo
3. Ministers arriving
4. SOUNDBITE (English) David Miliband, British Foreign Minister:
"I think the EU needs to send a very clear...
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ALBANIA: KOSOVO REFUGEE CRISIS UPDATE
French/Nat
Albania is receiving large deliveries of much-needed aid for the thousands of refugees that have flooded across the Kosovo border.
French troops are just the latest to airlift aid to Kosovar refugees in Kukes in Albania.
The...
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SERBIA: BELGRADE: BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY ROBIN COOK VISIT
Eng/Serbo-Croat/Nat
British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook has delivered a stern message to Yugoslav authorities, warning them to halt the escalating violence in Kosovo or suffer serious consequences.
Cook made the comments after meeting...
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USA: WASHINGTON: POLISH PRIME MINISTER JERZY BUZEK VISIT (2)
Eng/Polish/Nat
Polish Prime Minister Jerzy Buzek says his country is ready to assume the responsibilities of membership in an expanded NATO military alliance.
Speaking in Washington on Thursday, Buzek said Poland wants to serve as a...
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UK: LONDON: FOREIGN SECRETARY ROBIN COOK G-7 PRESS CONFERENCE
English/Nat
The major Western powers have imposed an investment ban on the former Yugoslavia because of its stance over the strife-torn province of Kosovo.
At a press conference on Saturday, U-K Foreign Secretary Robin Cook announced...
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World Cup CEO on security at this summer''s tournament
1. Wide exterior of SAFA (South African Football Association) House with Soccer City stadium in background
2. Wide interior of SAFA House with 2010 FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football Association) World Cup organising committee...
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Kosovo - Pentagon speaks on refugees
The US Defence Department on Tuesday (20/10) said the humanitarian situation in Kosovo was improving for the ethnic Albanian refugees who fled to escape the fighting.
Pentagon briefing.
US Defence Department officials.
SOUNDBITE...
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BELGIUM: NATO KOSOVO CRISIS PRESS BRIEFING
English/Nat
NATO jets pounded Belgrade and reportedly hit a hospital killing at least three people. The Swedish ambassador's residence was also damaged.
At the daily alliance briefing in Brussels, NATO acknowledged one of its...
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KOSOVO: REACTION TO BUSH US ELECTION WIN
Pristina, Kosovo - 14 December, 2000
1. Street shot with U-S and other flags
2. Man buying paper from news stand
3. Close up newspaper story on Bush
4. Man reading newspaper
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Arber, Albanian Kosovar student
6....
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Top UN official urges Kosovo leaders not to make hasty moves before decision
1. Wide exterior of United Nations (UN) building
2. Flags
3. Wide of top UN official in Kosovo, Joachim Rucker walking into news conference
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Joachim Rucker, top UN official in Kosovo:
"I have full trust in the...
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NATO Sec-General presser; comment on storming of UN courthouse
1. Wide of NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer walking into news conference
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, NATO Secretary-General:
"If I use the word moderation, that means that provocations are not only...
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Roma girl expelled from France speaks out about her ordeal
The Roma girl expelled from France as an illegal immigrant spoke out in Mitrovica on Saturday.
Leonarda Dibrani, 15, who was taken by police from a school field trip last week and then sent to Kosovo with her family told journalists she...
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KOSOVO: KOSOVAR SERBS & ALBANIANS FORM JOINT COUNCIL
Albanian/Serbo-Croat
In a move described by the UN as a "landmark agreement" Kosovo Serbs and ethnic Albanians have opted to come together to form a joint-council to take political decisions and try to reduce violence in the province....
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Kosovo Prime Minister visits Albanian neighbourhood in tense north
1. Pan from Mitrovica to neighbourhood of Kroi i Vitakut
2. Reverse shot of two men looking at area
3. Wide of Serbian flag on top of ruined hilltop fortress
4. Wide of house with Albanian flag on top
5. Close of Albanian flag
6....
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Bosnian Serbs protest against visit by US Vice-President Biden
Pale
1. Wide of people gathered for protest in front of monument for dead Serb soldiers
2. Mid of elderly woman holding pictures of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic and Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic
4. Various of...
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Arrivals for latest round of talks on province's future
1. Wide pan exterior of Hotel Intercontinental
2. Wide of delegates getting out of their cars
3. Zoom in to former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) leader and delegate from Kosovo, Hashim Thaci entering hotel
4. Cutaway of journalists...