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Tens of thousands of workers walk out of their jobs, mass protests
Incheon International Airport, Incheon
1. Pan of Incheon airport parking lot where Korean Air planes park
2. Mid shot of Korean Air plane
Gimpo Domestic Airport, Seoul
3. Wide shot of Gimpo Airport parking lot where Korean air planes...
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WRAP Adds interview with protesters allegedly beaten by police
1. People walking in main square
2. Traffic wardens directing traffic
3. Street scene
4. Traffic wardens directing traffic
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Fariyi Mugodi, demonstrator:
"Suddenly we were surrounded by police. There were about 80...
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SOUTH KOREA: LABOUR DAY RALLY
Korean/Nat
More than 20-thousand workers and students in South Korea gathered for May Day celebrations vowing to fight the government's corporate reforms they fear will result in mass layoffs.
Dozens of students traded kicks and punches...
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STUDENTS AND TEACHERS STRIKE PROMISING MORE INDUSTRIAL ACTION
Teachers and students from every level of Spain's education system went on strike on Tuesday to protest against wide-ranging government spending cuts.
Union officials said on average 80 percent of the country's teachers took part.
All...
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Reax to IMF call for labour reform in Spain
1. Wide interior adult students learning soldering
2. Mid of students with faces covered with masks as sparks fly
3. Metal being soldered, sparks
4. Teacher Antonio Gallego showing students cylinders
5. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Antonio...
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12-year-old shot as teachers' strike turns violent
1. Wide exterior of hospital
2. Medium of hospital entrance with ambulance parked outside
3. Medium of injured boy Issam Ghannam lying in bed, his uncle and a medic standing next to him
4. Close up of boy's face
5. Medic covering the boy...
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GOVERNMENT BACKS DOWN OVER TAX PROPOSALS AFTER RIOTS
English/Nat
The Zimbabwean government has ditched its proposals to increase tax levels following violent protests.
Ruling party lawmakers agreed to the U-turn hours after massive labour strikes and anti-tax protests around the...
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Protesters clash with police
1. Various of protesters
2. Med shot of people yelling
4. Medium shot of people
5. Zoom out of protesters
6. Medium shot of woman with posters
7. Medium shot of militaries
8. Pan of militaries with weapons
9. Medium shot of march
10....
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Commuters suffer as transport strike brought forward
1. Tilt down of Berlin TV tower to street with tram stop
2. Mid of empty tram stop
3. Sign reading (German) "The BVG (the underground, tram and bus network in Berlin) will be striking until Saturday. There will be no buses, tube or...
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Two unions call general strike; commuter chaos, voxpops
1. Wide of Parliament
2. Steps leading down to main square and Metro entrance full of piegeons
3. Entrance to metro on Athens main square shut
4. Shut entrance to metro with security guard patrolling
5. Empty bus stops on accross...
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Tens of thousands of workers walk out of their jobs, mass protests
Incheon International Airport, Incheon
1. Pan of Incheon airport parking lot where Korean Air planes park
2. Mid shot of Korean Air plane
Gimpo Domestic Airport, Seoul
3. Wide shot of Gimpo Airport parking lot where Korean air planes...
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EL SALVADOR: ASIAN FACTORIES MOVING TO NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES
Spanish/Nat
Asian factories in El Salvador are decamping to neighbouring countries in the quest for cheap labour.
Some nine thousand jobs have been lost with the closure of 21 textile factories and more are expected to follow.
The...
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Workers laid off from their jobs at a factory occupy building
1. Wide exterior of Republic Windows building
2. Republic Windows workers and families walking out of building
3. Various of workers inside building
4. Zoom out of sticker on workers jacket which reads in (English) 'Bank of America....
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Thousands take to streets in May Day protests focussed on austerity program
Athens
1. Wide high angle shot of demonstrators marching
2. Close-up of demonstrators shouting slogans
3. Various of demonstrators marching
4. Demonstrators sitting next to banner showing raised fist
5. ADEDY public sector union...
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Worries over financial crisis as global stocks tumble
1. Wide of Pantheon
2. Tourists sitting at restaurant table
3. Exterior of grocery store
4. Interior of grocery store
5. Close of tips bottle holding money
6. SOUNDBITE: (Italian) Notarmasi Piergiuseppe, grocery shopkeeper
"(Compared to...
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Europe union members meet on strategy following GM job cuts plan
1. Various exteriors of Opel plant
3. Entrance with banner reading (Dutch): "GM Belgium in action"
4. Workers gathered around fire
5. Close up of worker
6. Unions leaders around fire
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Werner Dillen, ACV union...
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COLOMBIA: PRESIDENT ANDRES PASTRANA FACES CRITICISM
Spanish/Nat
Half way though his four-year term in office, Colombian President Andres Pastrana faces heavy criticism over his handling of the economy and the country's faltering peace process.
Colombia in the grip of its worst economic...
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Workers board dozens of buses to protest against austerity measures
Portuguese workers protested the country's austerity measures on Saturday by boarding dozens of buses and crisscrossing one of Lisbon's main bridges with their horns blaring.
Portugal's main labour group, the General Confederation of...
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Govt says it's "cautiously optimistic" of union response in Alitalia talks
1. Wide shot Alitalia workers protesting in front of parliament's Chamber of Deputies
2. Medium shot demonstrators and flags
3. Medium demonstrators showing plane miniature and holding placard
4. Wide shot press room, government...
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Fortis union rep comments on bailout deal
1. Various exterior of Fortis headquarters in Brussels
2. Close-up of Fortis flags
3. Pan up from entrance to Fortis sign
4. Close-up of Fortis sign on wall
5. Tilt down along the exterior of FGTB (Belgian Workers' Federation)...
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BOLIVIA: PARENTS FORCED TO QUEUE TO GET CHILDREN INTO STATE SCHOOLS
Spanish/Nat
In Bolivia parents have been queuing for days on end to get their children a place at one of the country's oversubscribed state schools.
Bolivia has an illiteracy rate of 65 percent and despite show of educational reform,...
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Police fire teargas, break up protest by striking teachers in capital
Federal police swept thousands of striking teachers out of the heart of Mexico City on Friday, driving protesters through the streets with tear gas, flash grenades and water cannons in a swift end to the weeks-long occupation of the...
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Hillary Clinton campaigns for the Nevada caucus
Pool
Las Vegas, Nevada - 19 January 2007
1. Top shot of Senator Hillary Clinton, Democratic presidential hopeful, among a crowd of supporters at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino
2. Mid of Clinton with supporters UPSOUND (English):...
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FRANCE: PUBLIC WORKERS STRIKE: GOVERNMENT AND UNION TALKS
French/Nat
Amid plunging public morale, French government and union leaders held talks Saturday on ways to end a crippling strike wave over austerity measures.
But Labour Minister Jacques Barrot says while his government has begun what...