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West Bank/Gaza - Demonstrations/Arafat meeting
Hundreds of Palestinian students demonstrated near the West Bank town of Ramallah on Monday (17/8) for what they called academic freedom - the ability to chose at which university they will study. Scuffles broke out between the students...
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IRAN: 16 PRO-REFORM NEWSPAPERS SHUT DOWN
Farsi/Nat
Iranian hard-liners have shut down 16 pro-reform newspapers as campaigning heats up for run-off elections on Friday which will decide who occupies 66 seats of Iran's 290-seat parliament.
This week all but one reformist paper...
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President Barack Obama awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 18 prominent Americans Monday that included the likes of actor Meryl Streep, musician Stevie Wonder and TV journalist Tom Brokaw. (Nov. 24)
President Barack Obama said this year's recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom made the world stronger, wiser, more beautiful and more humane.
Obama praised the 18 artists, activists and lawmakers receiving the award at a White...
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Prince Harry may soon be putting his military training to use in a war zone. A British newspaper says the Prince's regiment will soon deploy to Iraq.
HEADLINE: Report: Prince Harry to head to Iraq
CAPTION: Prince Harry may soon be putting his military training to use in a war zone. A British newspaper says the Prince's regiment will soon deploy to Iraq. (Feb. 17)
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PHILIPPINES: RAMON MAGSAYSAY AWARDS CEREMONY HELD
English/Nat
The Ramon Magsaysay awards, the Asian equivalent of the Nobel Prizes have been presented at an awards ceremony in the Philippines.
A Japanese diplomat, a Filipina surgeon-nun, a former Thai prime minister, an Indian writer...
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Interview with cricketer and politician Imran Khan, newspapers
1. Wide of Islamabad
2. Pedestrians on street
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Imran Khan, former Pakistan cricket captain:
"This is quite a surprise, you know, someone putting a price tag on himself when there is such a controversy raging which...
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Zaire - President Mobutu public appearance
In his first public appearance since returning to Kinshasa two
days ago, President Mobutu Sese Seko vowed on Sunday (23/3) to
stop his country falling apart at the hands of rebels who have
swept across much of eastern Zaire.
car arrives;...
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: VANITY FAIR COVER
English/Nat
Story: Vanity Fair
Location: US
Date: Recent
After the massively publicised launch of Tina Brown's new publication TALK this week, the US celebrity magazine industry was back in the news again this week with Brown's old...
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Right wing Dutch politician Geert Wilders comments on murder of french journalists
Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders says European countries should allow radical Muslims who want to fight in Syria to go there, but not let them back into their countries.
Wilders was speaking in the Hague just one day after a deadly attack by...
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Journalists rally against Hamas attempt to arrest reporter
August 25, 2007
++Night Shots++
1. Various of journalists outside the home of journalist Sakher Abu El Oun
August 26, 2007
2. Wide of journalists protesting outside the Journalists' Union
3. Sign reading: "Palestinian Journalists...
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Seth Rogen unveils the vehicle he'll drive as star of the "Green Hornet"
AP Entertainment
San Diego, 22 July 2009
1. Wide exterior fans entering San Diego Convention Center for 2009 Comic-Con International
2. Close "The Green Hornet" sign zoom out to director Michel Gondry and actor Seth Rogen posing...
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Launching of public campaign to prepare Kosovo for UN proposal on its future
1. Pristina skyline
2. Streets scene
3. Various of billboard being put up in one of the streets reading (Albanian) "12:45 Kosovo welcomes the future"
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Vlora Citaku, spokeswoman for Democratic Party of Kosovo:
"This...
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SINGAPORE: BRITISH ATTORNEY ACCUSES PRIME MINISTER OF LYING
English/Nat
A British attorney shocked a packed Singaporean courtroom on Tuesday by accusing Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong of lying on the witness stand and challenging his assertions that Singapore was a democracy.
The prime minister and...
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Czech Republic - PM Vaclav Klaus resignation
Talks between Czech leaders and President Vaclav Havel to form a
new government were suspended on Sunday (30/11) for two weeks,
amid the worst political crisis in the republic's post-communist
history.
Earlier in the day, more than 5,000...
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Interview with journalist friend of Pope
1. Various of Jozefa Hennelowa, journalist for Catholic weekly newspaper "Tygodnik Powszechny" seated at a desk in her apartment
2. Picture of the pope
3. SOUNDBITE (Polish) Jozefa Hennelowa, journalist:
"The Holy Father used to be a...
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Satirical weekly newspaper takes aim at main candidates in presidential elex
1. Exterior of Charlie Hebdo building
2. Close up of the Charlie Hebdo sign
3. Recent front page of Charlie Hebdo with cartoon of Sarkozy: "Sarkozy has changed." "Caution, nice Pitt Bull"
4. On the left: Satirical drawing of Sarkozy:...
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RUSSIA: ULTRANATIONALIST LEADER ZHIRINOVSKY ATTACKS TV JOURNALISTS
Russian/Nat
Russian ultranationalist leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky is well known for his feisty and sometimes violent behaviour.
On Thursday, he was at it again - attacking two television journalists after they filmed him being denied...
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Students defy ban on political rallies
1. Exterior of Thammasat University with protesters gathered in front
2. Protesters holding hands to form a circle
3. Protesters gathered on university grounds
4. Banners being laid on ground
5. Various of protesters holding hands to...
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USA: WHITE HOUSE: PRINCESS DIANA'S FIRST ENGAGEMENT SINCE DIVORCE
English/Nat
She may no longer be a member of the Royal Family but Diana, Princess of Wales, is still being feted as royalty in the United States.
Her reputation undented by her recent divorce from Prince Charles the Princess took ...
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Saakashvili steps down to trigger election, opposition, demo
24 November, 2007
1. Wide Georgian Chancellery
2. Cabinet ministers seated
3. SOUNDBITE: (Georgian) Mikhail Saakashvili, President of Georgia:
"The Parliament Speaker will be acting President for the next 40 days when I will be...
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UPDATE Tension in capital after shooting of protesters
Mafalala suburb, Maputo
1. Wide boy running across the road with tyres burning in background
2. Wide people starting to burn tyres on the road in Mafalala
3. Wide people running across the street, tyres burning
4. Mid of man standing...
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Switzerland-Latest bid to balloon around the world
A Swiss-Belgian team made final preparations in the Alps on Saturday (11/1) for a scheduled Sunday take-off in the latest bid to balloon around the world. The Swiss-Belgian attempt comes less than a week after British tycoon Richard...
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FILE of American correspondent for British newspaper facing deportation
1. Journalist Andrew Meldrum and his wife arriving at court
2. Wide exterior of court building
3. Various of Meldrum speaking with a supporter
4. Cutaway of police near by
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Andrew Meldrum, journalist, "The...
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Al-Jazeera -English channel hits the airwaves
HEADLINE: Al-Jazeera -English channel hits the airwaves
CAPTION: Al-Jazeera has launched an English-language news channel available in more than 80 million homes. (Nov. 17)
[Notes:ANCHOR VOICE]
Al-Jazeera has launched an...