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Thousands of families flee fighting in Bor to Nile Riverregion of Awerial, displaced register at clinic
Phillip Madol once studied in America as one of Sudan's "Lost Boys" who fled bloodshed and famine. This week he was again caught up in a war as he helped his family flee a town that rebels had overrun in South Sudan.
Fighting broke out...
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The World Food Program is sending nearly 900 tons of high energy biscuits to East Africa to help fight the famine in Somalia.
HEADLINE: Food aid to Africa increases as famine worsens
CAPTION: The World Food Program is sending nearly 900 tons of high energy biscuits to East Africa to help fight the famine in Somalia. (Aug. 9)
AS MANY AS 15-HUNDRED REFUGEES A DAY...
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4:3 Army claims Al Shabab positions after "tactical withdrawal"
1. Pan of Somali troops near barricade in Mogadishu street, left by the al-Shabab militant group when they vacated the area
2. Troops patrolling deserted road, trench visible by the side of road
3. Various of troops in the area
4. Man...
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USA: ST PATRICK'S DAY CELEBRATIONS EMPHASISE IRISH POTATO FAMINE
English/Nat
St Patrick's Day is being celebrated in America, Monday, with a special emphasis on the 150th anniversary of the Irish Potato Famine.
In New York, people celebrating the saint's day observed a moment of silence in memory of...
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CENTRAL AMERICA: HURRICANE MITCH AFTERMATH (2)
Foot of Casitas Volcano, Tipitapa, Nicaragua; Zacapa & Guatemala City, Guatemala; Tegucigalpa, Honduras; Washington DC, USA - November 2-3, 1998
Foot of Casitas Volcano
1. Wide shot volcano
2. Pan of deserted village
3. Rescue...
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4:3 Drought victims face more misery from torrential rain
1. Zoom in of famine displaced people walking in the rain and mud
2. Various of displaced around their makeshift tents in the rain
3. Close of women sheltered from the rain
4. Mid of woman dressed in white holding child walking towards...
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Officials inspect scale of humanitarian crisis
Dolo, Somalia - 24 July 2011
1. Various of internally displaced residents waiting for food rations
2. Establishing shot of European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response, Kristalina Georgieva
3....
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Mugabe, Tsvangirai y'day, Harare reax to deal, jo'burg reax
Harare, Zimbabwe - 11 September 2008
1. Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe leaving car, shaking hands with official, entering hotel
2. Top shot of Mugabe and officials walking inside hotel
3. Mid of hotel exterior, plaque on front...
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Navy intercepts boat carrying 77 illiegal immigrants
1. Various of boat, loaded with migrants intercepted at sea, docking in port
2. Various of migrants walking out of boat with faces covered
3. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Carlos RodrÄżËguez Medrano, Dominican Navy spokesman:
"The Navy has...
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Zaire - Half starved and wounded refugees
Aid workers in Zaire evacuated a transit camp near Kisangani on
Friday (02/05) that had been packed with refugees straggling in
from the jungle where they had hidden in fear of rebel troops.
UN and agency aid workers have been caring for...
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US VP''s wife Jill Biden in E. Africa to visit famine refugees
1. Plane carrying Jill Biden, wife of US Vice President, Joe Biden landing at Dadaab airstrip
2. Wide shot of Biden walking on tarmac at Dadaab airstrip
3. Mid shot of Biden greeting journalists
4. Wide shot of Biden at a feeding...
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GNS: Opening ceremony of Commonwealth summit in Nigeria
1. Wide of opening ceremony hall
2. Pan across women, including Cherie Blair, wife of British Prime Minister Tony Blair
3. Audience
4. Queen Elizabeth II and husband Prince Philip arrive
5. Queen Elizabeth II laughing with Australian...
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Ministers say Somalia border will be closed due to kidnapping of aid workers
FILE: Dadaab - 4 August 2011
1. Various of Dadaab Refugee Camp
2. Wide of refugees at camp
Nairobi - 15 October 2011
3. Wide of news conference by Yusuf Haji, Defence Minister and George Saitoti Minister of Internal Security.????
4....
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Hunger preventing children from attending school in Zambia
1. Various of mothers carrying babies collecting fallen nuts in field
2. Exterior of school, boy ringing school bell as other students arrive
3. Various of children inside classroom, lesson in progress
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Fred...
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Thousands of Somalis face starvation as British PM hosts hunger summit
A group of Olympic athletes from around the world has backed a campaign organised by British Prime Minister David Cameron against child malnutrition in vulnerable countries such as Somalia.
One year after up to 100-thousand Somalis died...
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INDONESIA: DEATH TOLL FROM FAMINE & DISEASE CLIMBS TO 271
Jambi, Sumatra Island, Indonesia - 23-24 September 1997
1. Various shots of fires on road between Pelambang and Jambi
2. Countryside covered in smoke
3. Various shots of school in Jambi town
4. Various shots of students going home
5....
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Parents lose four of their five children as famine grips country
Mogadishu, Somalia - 4 August 2011
1. Kaltum Mohamed crouching next to one of her children''s graves, marked by mound of earth
2. Tilt down as Mohamed softly pats and smoothes mound of earth
3. Close-up of Mohamed
4. Mohamed crouching...
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WRAP Families of hostages in Afghanistan appeal for release, mosque
1. Wide of family members of South Korean hostages in Afghanistan walking into briefing room
2. Medium shot of journalists
3. Wide of journalists
4. SOUNDBITE: (Korean) Seo Jung-bae, father of two hostages being held in Afghanistan:...
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Live Aid founder condemns EU over Ethiopian hunger
APTN - 27th May 2003
1. Bob Geldof walks along street with UNICEF aid worker
2. Close up of Geldof and UNICEF aid worker
3. Bystanders watching
4. Geldof walks along alley
5. Mid shot of AIDS orphans' mud house
6. Geldof enters house
7....
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NORTH KOREA: COUNTRY FACES FOOD SHORTAGE
Eng/Ger/Nat
As winter approaches North Korea, the country is facing food shortages and many hospitals are out of drugs.
It's already snowing in the Asian country and in most areas there are also chronic energy and fuel shortages.
In...
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Eid celebrations in Pakistan
1. Wide of Lal Mosque, sun breaking over top of building
2. Mid of people arriving at mosque
3. Various of people praying at mosque
4. Mid of men greeting each other
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) vox pop, Mohammad Yusof, Eid worshipper:
"We...
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CHINA: NORTH & SOUTH KOREAN RED CROSS TALKS COLLAPSE
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Negotiations between Red Cross officials from North and South Korea over emergency food shipments to North Korea collapsed on Wednesday.
The Beijing talks broke down after North Korea's delegation objected to plans for...
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STARS OWN UP TO THEIR SHOE OBSESSIONS
While celebrating the fashion industry at the annual Council of Fashion Designers of America awards Monday (4 June) in New York, celebrities paid homage to their style obsession - shoes.
"The last time I counted it was about 400....
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Ex-prison commander to go on trial charged with crimes against humanity
A former Romanian prison commander, who was charged with torturing and murdering prisoners during the communist regime will go on trial on Monday, becoming the first prison commander to face justice since the regime collapsed 25 years...