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Dispute casts cloud over one of Iraq''s proudest postwar successes
1. Wide exterior of Najaf International Airport
2. Sign reading (Arabic and English) ''''Al-Najaf al-Ashraf International Airport''''
3. Various of travellers in airport interior
4. Women with their luggage
5. Wide of travellers...
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President of Phillippines continues visit
1. Kuwaiti officials usher Philippines President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and her entourage into hall
2. Various shots of officials and journalists
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, President of the Philippines:
"Our...
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Kuwaiti oil minister comments on OPEC talks
1. Saudi Oil Minister Ali Naimi walking down stairs
2. Kuwaiti Oil Minister Sheik Ahmad Fahad al-Ahmad al-Sabah walking down stairs, UPSOUND (English) Sheik Ahmad Fahad al-Ahmad al-Sabah, Kuwaiti Oil Minister: (Question: Minister... did...
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KUWAIT: USA CONTNUES MILITARY BUILD-UP IN GULF
English/Nat
The United States continued its military buildup in the Gulf as strikes against Iraq loomed closer.
Stationed in Kuwait, there's enough U-S military equipment to supply a five-thousand strong battalion including tanks, mobile...
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Polls close in Kuwait's parliamentary election
1. Election officials moving ballot box in a polling station in Kuwait city
2. Close of ballot box being opened, pull out to election committee officials
3. Close of votes being counted
4. Wide of election committee officials counting...
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GWT: Fires being brought under control, efforts to prevent further sabotage
Rumeila Oil fields, Southern Iraq
1. Tractor moving earth with oil well on fire in the background
2. Mid shot of tractor
3. Various of oil well on fire
4. Close-up of flames
5. Military truck on dirt road
6. Soldiers from 1st Batallion...
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GWT: Troops and journalists diving for cover
1. British soldiers and journalists taking cover and wearing respirators after chemical alert
2. Soldier/ journalist adjusting boot
3. Soldiers/ journalists running for cover
4. Soldiers/ journalists (one identifiable by camera) taking...
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Hajj pilgrims stopped at Kuwait border
1. Pan of tents set for pilgrims
2. Pilgrims standing by tent
3. Person reading Koran
4. Man reciting verses from Koran
5. Pilgrims inside tent
6. Pilgrims heading to the tent camp
7. Woman packing white clothes for ritual
8. Wide...
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Allawi arrives for first time since he took office
1. Plane carrying Iraqi interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi on tarmac at Kuwait airport
2. Allawi disembarks plane, shakes hands with Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheik Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah, then the two walk along red carpet to hear Iraqi...
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KUWAIT: KUWAIT CITY: CITY PREPARES FOR POSSIBLE IRAQI ATTACK
English/Nat
As the international community tries to figure out how to avert war with Iraq, neighbouring countries like Kuwait are preparing should one break out.
In Kuwait City, volunteers are signing up for training courses on how to...
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US opens new military base
1. Entrance to new base
2. Signs at entrance
3. Various of crane helping in construction
4. Tank and military bulldozer
5. Long shot of tank
6. Humvee with gunner on top
7. Various of lookout post
8. Various of guards using...
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GWT: Young Iraqi war victim flown to Kuwait
1. Wide shot exterior of Rusafa Hospital
2. US armoured vehicle and ambulance parked outside
3. US medical personnel escorted into hospital
4. Hospital doctor talking with cleric representing Ali Ismail Abbas, pan to US military...
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KUWAIT: LIBERATION DAY CELEBRATIONS WRAP
Arabic/Eng/Nat
Colin Powell arrived in Kuwait late on Sunday on the second day of a six-country trek through the Middle East, as liberation day celebrations continued across the country.
The U-S Secretary of State went straight from the...
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US Defence Secretary continues tour of Gulf region
Doha, Qatar
1. Wide of Rumsfeld walking with entourage across tarmac to plane
2. Rumsfeld getting onto "The Spirit of Middle Georgia" US Air Force plane
3. Rumsfeld putting his jacket on back of chair in plane, sitting down
4. Mid of...
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KUWAIT: POW COMMITTEE CAMPAIGN FOR RELEASE OF PRISONERS IN IRAQ
Arabic/Eng/Nat
A delegation of Kuwaitis in New York are petitioning the U-N Security Council to force Iraq to release Kuwaiti prisoners of war taken after the 1990 invasion that sparked the Gulf War.
Eight years on, families and friends...
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Congressional delegation visits Emirate
1. Exterior Kuwaiti troops outside airport
2. Dogs and soldiers
3. Dog sniffing journalistic equipment outside the airport
4. US delegates walking into hall
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mark Steven Kirk, Republican Congressman for...
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KUWAIT: KUWAIT REACTION TO SIGNING OF IRAQ/UN AGREEMENT
English/Nat
Governments around the world have been reacting with a mixture of cautious optimism and relief to the news that the U-N and Baghdad have reached an agreement that is expected to avert a U-S-led attack against Iraq.
The people...
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Businessman returns home after serving 12 years in Baghdad prison
1. Various of Annis Mohammed Saboowalla with his family
2. Mid shot of Saboowalla's wife Zehbunisa
3. Wide shot of Saboowalla and his family
4. SOUNDBITE (Hindi) Annis Mohammed Saboowalla, freed prisoner:
"I have just been through a lot....
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JORDAN: DIPLOMATIC & ECONOMIC TIES WITH IRAQ TO BE RESTORED
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Jordan is gearing up for the restoration of diplomatic and economic ties with Iraq that were severed after the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990.
United Nations resolution 986 allows Iraq to sell two billion (U-S) dollars...
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IRAQ: PARLIAMENT MEETS IN SPECIAL SESSION
Arabic/Eng/Nat
The Iraq parliament has called for further discussion "of unfair U-N resolutions and measures" in a special session of the National Assembly.
It has been going to vote to reject all U-N Security Council resolutions aimed...
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KUWAIT: US CAVALRY DIVISION MILITARY EXERCISES
English/Nat
For the soldiers of the U-S 1st Cavalry Division, rapid deployments to Kuwait seem to have become almost routine.
Less than one week after arriving, tensions with the Iraqis have eased and now the elite tank crews of the 3rd...
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SYND 2 12 75 OIL COMPANIES SIGN AGREEMENT WITH KUWAIT ABOUT OIL EXPLOYTATION
Oil companies and Kuwait sign an agreement which gives Kuwait complete control of the industry.
1. gv conference, men signing papers (Oil Minister Muttale Al Kazemi signs for Kuwait) zoom into signing
2. mcu oil company men sign (John...
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Women to participate unofficially in parliamentary elections
1. Wide shot of traffic on road
2. Billboards on side of road
3. Close up of picture of face on billboard
4. Various of signs
5. Various of women inside mock polling station
6. Various of women voting
7. Close up of ballot being put into...
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German Def Min on visit, sees WMD drill, gives Xmas gifts to troops
1. Wide of two Fuchs German military armoured vehicles on either side of supposedly contaminated military tanker
2. Military vehicle driving past during reconnaissance and detection exercise
3. Various of troops in protective clothing...