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Indonesia - Appeal to international media
Indonesian Foreign Minister Ali Alatas appealed to the international media on Thursday (18/7) to not allow the issue of Burma to overshadow the upcoming Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Ministerial Meeting in Jakarta. Burma...
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Switzerland - New WTO Head Selected, Stresses Unit
New WTO head selected, stresses unity
The European Union's Renato Ruggiero on Thursday (23/3) was named head of the new World Trade Organisation. Delegates from the 128 present and pending member states of the WTO endorsed the Italian in...
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Problems faced by Asean members, is the forum still relevant?
Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei - August 1, 2002
1. Exterior of convention centre
2. ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) emblem on sign
Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei - July 30, 2002
3. Ministers in casual dress - mostly batik shirts...
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Pressure for Suu Kyi release as US sanctions loom
Monywa, Myanmar - 14 June 2003
1. Various of marketplace
2. Tilt up from money in woman's hands to her face
Yangon, Myanmar - 12 June 2003
3. Boat with goods being unloaded
4. Men pouring liquid into can
Phnom Penh - 19 June 2003
6. Wide...
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Israel - Import of Jewish goods restricted
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday (19/05) threatened to deny the European Union any role in Middle East peacemaking if it restricts the import of goods from Jewish settlements in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Last...
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Japanese FM meets Indian counterpart
1. Wide of Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada and his Indian counterpart S. M. Krishna walking onto stage
2. Wide of joint press conference
3. SOUNDBITE: (Japanese) Katsuya Okada, Japanese Foreign Minister:
"I also stated very...
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WRAP Arrivals for talks ahead of Thursday''s leaders'' summit ADDS more
1. Inaugural Ceremony of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Commission on Promotion and Protection of the rights of Women and Children
2. Pan of delegates
3. Zoom-in to delegates with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan...
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Congress passes SKorea, Panama and Colombia trade bills
1. Exteriors of Korean restaurant where Barack Obama and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak ate dinner
2. Obama and Lee Myung-bak exiting restaurant and getting into car
3. Wide of House floor
4. SOUNDBITE: (English): Senator Mitch...
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Controversy over ASEAN leaders meeting with Civil Societies
1. Various of meeting between ASEAN leaders and representatives of civil society (some chairs are empty - see storyline)
2. Civil society representatives arrive at media centre to give news conference
3. Cutaway of journalists
4. Wide...
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WRAP British PM visits China for three days; ADDS meeting entrepreneurs
1. Wide of official talks between China and Britain
2. Close-up of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao speaking
3. Mid of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown speaking
4. Close-up of Brown speaking
5. Wide of talks table
6. British official...
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USA: CIA DIRECTOR APPEARS BEFORE SENATE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE (2)
English/Nat
The Director of America's Central Intelligence Agency - the CIA has told a Congressional hearing that illegal drugs are a major threat to the United States' national security.
The C-I-A chief singled out Latin American...
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WRAP SKorea and US launch new round of Free Trade talks, presser, protest
1. Wide zoom-in of chief negotiators - Assistant US Trade Representative Wendy Cutler and South Korea's Kim Jong-hoon shaking hands
2. Close-up of hands
3. Wide of two chief delegates
4. Mid of US delegation
5. Mid of Kim speaking
6. Mid...
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President Obama gets update on economy from former Fed chief Paul Volcker
1. Wide shot of US President Barack Obama meeting with economic adviser Paul Volcker
2. Close-up of Obama's hands
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Barack Obama, US President:
"Look, there are a lot of individual families who are experiencing...
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WRAP EU ministers meet Chinese FM ahead of ASEM summit
1. German Foreign Minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, and Chinese Foreign Minister, Yang Jiechi, arrive for photo opportunity
2. European Union (EU) foreign policy chief Javier Solana
3. Various of photo opportunity
4. Tilt up from photo...
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INDONESIA: ASEAN 96 CONFERENCE REJECTS SANCTIONS ON BURMA
English/Nat
The Association of South East Asian Nations meeting in Jakarta expressed concern over human rights abuses in Burma, but rejected a U-S proposal for economic sanctions to punish its military rulers.
ASEAN - which last weekend...
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Singapore - World Trade Organisation talks
The inaugural meeting of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) got underway on Monday (9/12) in Singapore. Ministers from the 128 member countries, and another 30 countries currently in the process of acceding to the WTO, are meeting to...
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SINGAPORE: ASEAN SUMMIT UPDATE 2
Mandarin/Nat
Leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have taken part in an informal summit meeting in Singapore on Friday to discuss future initiatives in the region.
The delegates have signed a free-trade pact...
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USA: TRADE SANCTIONS TO BE IMPOSED ON EUROPE
English/Nat
Starting on Thursday, the United States is slapping trade sanctions on some 116 (m) million U-S dollars' worth of European products.
The action is in response to the European Union's import ban on American beef products that...
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Rice at tsunami hit areas, departs for Japan
1. Wide shot of US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arriving at the school, Rajaprajagroh 35, in Phang Nga
2. Close up of Rice's face
3. Military officer sitting and looking on
4. Rice sitting among students with Thai Deputy Prime...
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WRAP Family photo, charter signed, Trilat ADDS Myanmar signing
AP Television
1. Exterior of summit venue
2. Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono arriving
3. Myanmar Prime Minister Thein Sein arriving
4. Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi arriving
5. Cutaway of cameraman
6....
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Indian PM on state visit to Thailand
1. Various of Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra at welcoming ceremony at Government house
2. Thaksin and Vajpayee handshake
3. Various of meeting between official Thai and Indian delegations
4....
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Markets slump, Nikkei closes at 26-year low, IMF comments
Tokyo, Japan
1. Trader at Tokyo Stock Exchange seated at desk
2. Wide of stock exchange floor
3. Various of traders talking
4. Wide of stock exchange
5. Screen showing stock index
6. Wide of screen
7. Graphs on screen
Hong Kong
8. Wide...
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ASEAN summit begins, Australian, NZ trade agreement
1. New Zealand Trade Minister Tim Groser walking into hall for signing ceremony of Free Trade Agreement with ASEAN
2. Pan of ASEAN ministers, ending on Australian Trade Minister Simon Crean and Groser
3. Indonesian Trade Minister Marie...
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CAMBODIA: OFFICIALS CONFIDENT OF EARLY ADMISSION TO THE ASEAN
Natural Sound
Cambodian officials are confident of their country's early admission to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
The seven-nation trade bloc has agreed to admit Cambodia, Laos and Burma, currently observers, as full...