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IRAQ: BAGHDAD: PROTESTERS BURN US FLAGS OUTSIDE UN OFFICES
Arabic/Nat
As Iraq warned the U-N Security Council that failure to lift economic sanctions could lead to "serious consequences," angry demonstrators burned U-S flags outside the U-N offices in Baghdad.
The protesters shouted...
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WRAP Zimbabwe opposition ldr ridicules result; elex observers; AU ldrs
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt
1. Exterior of hotel where Zimbabwe opposition delegation are staying
2. Set up of Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) vice president Thokozani Khupe
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Thokozani Khupe, Vice President,...
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WRAP Reax to riots, newspapers, voxpops, demos ADDS top shots
Thousands of demonstrators marched through Tunisia's capital on Friday to demand the resignation of the country's autocratic leader, while thousands of foreign tourists were evacuated amid fears of more unrest.
Tunisian medical...
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Thousands leave work ahead of strike over pension reforms
1. Wide of Parliament with fountain in foreground
2. Mid of people assembling for the rally reading newspapers
3. Close-up of flyers against the pension reform bill
4. SOUNDBITE: (Greek) Yiannis Panagopoulos, head of GSEE (one of the...
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COLOMBIA: BOGOTA: PROTESTS OUTSIDE US EMBASSY
Spanish/Nat
Around two thousand protestors marched on the U-S embassy in Bogota, Colombia on Wednesday, demonstrating against President Clinton's visit to the country.
Burning U-S flags and holding up placards, the demonstrators are...
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Strike hits public services, transport; airport, street scenes
1. Close of screen showing train cancellations in Santa Apolonia station, Lisbon
2. Pan of station interior
3. Close up of note reading (Portuguese) "Strike November 24"
4. Closed ticket office, and man exiting train station
5. Various...
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CHINA: ALL CHINA FEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS OPENS
Beijing/Shenyang, Liaoning Province - China 19 October 1998/ File February 1998
Beijing, China - October 19 1998
1. Mid shot President Jiang Zemin walking in to Great Hall
2. Pan from audience to stage
3. Mid shot children presenting...
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Germany - Metalworkers Strike
Members of the metalworkers union, IG Metall, began a strike
in the German state of Bavaria on Friday (24/2) at several metal
and electronics companies in support of the Union's pay claim.
big sign showing siemens
poster saying we're...
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Striking teachers, demanding unpaid wages, shut down schools
1. Wide of people and cars in a main street in Ramallah
2. Various of students walking in street
3. Close up of sign reading: 'Ramallah Secondary Girls School'
4. Various of students gathering outside Ramallah Secondary Girls School
5....
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GREECE: NEW WAVE OF STRIKES THREATENS TO BRING COUNTRY TO STANDSTILL
Greek/Nat
As farmers tighten their stranglehold on Greece's roads and railways, a new wave of strikes is threatening to bring the entire country to a standstill.
Construction workers took to the streets of Athens Thursday to demand...
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Japan - May Day Parade
Some 2.1 million Japanese workers took to the streets on Wednesday (1/5) in May Day rallies protesting record unemployment caused by the country's worst post-war recession. Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto meanwhile became the first...
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Preparations and protest ahead of Bush's arrival
1. Various of Bluetree Hotel at Paranua Lake where US President George W Bush will be staying
2. Brazilian flag, pan to security in front of hotel
3. Police and security
4. FBI agent searching cars with dogs
5. FBI staff at hotel...
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Traffic chaos as truckers protest competition from eastern Europe
Truck drivers disrupted traffic heading into Brussels on Monday in protest over competition from eastern Europe that they say undercuts prices and lowers labour standards.
About 100 trucks imposed a go-slow pace on several motorways...
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COLOMBIA: PRESIDENT PASTRANA WELCOMES US PRESIDENT VISIT
Spanish/Nat
Colombian president Andres Pastrana has welcomed a forthcoming visit by U-S President Bill Clinton.
Clinton's visit to Colombia will take place at the end of the month.
The trip is designed to show support for Pastrana's...
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WRAP Vote verification process gets underway ADDS retaliation warning
1. Wide of electoral commission officials sitting under electoral commission banner
2. Independent presidential candidate, Simba Makoni, taking seat
3. Tilt up from place card to Makoni
4. Zoom out from close of MDC leader Morgan...
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WRAP Damage, reax ADDS a'math, grave, union strike, court
1. Wide top-shot of hundreds of people gathered for union rally in Athens city centre
2. Mid of press and police waiting outside courthouse where two policemen who shot and killed 15 year-old boy, Alexandros Grigoropoulos, are expected...
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Pena Nieto outlines accomplishments in his first state-of-the-nation address
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto used his first state-of-the-nation address on Monday to push an aggressive reform agenda that seemed to be on the ropes last week, as protesting teachers attempted to block his plan for mandatory...
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Teachers and hospital workers continue strike action
1. Protesters at Elkah Stadium, Soweto, pull out (AUDIO : chanting)
2. Close of sign: (English) "Zuma's wives must go and volunteer at hospitals for once let them do something for South Africans"
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Ronald Nyathi,...
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General strike as trade unions demand that the government improve economic conditions
Thousands of commuters in Buenos Aires struggled to get to work on Thursday after a general strike paralyzed the Argentine capital, as some of the country's most powerful unions demanded that the government improve economic...
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Annan arrives plus roundtable shots from second day of talks
1. Various, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan arriving for EU meeting
2. Various, delegates in conference room
3. Panning shot of conference room
4. Italian Prime Minster Silvio Berlusconi
5. Various, delegates
UN Secretary-General Kofi...
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Papandreou comments after meeting with Sarkozy
1. Wide exterior of the Elysee Palace
2. French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou shaking hands and talking outside the Elysee Palace, both men then enter
3. Greek flag on Papandreou''s car
4. Wide...
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PERU: LIMA: CONSTRUCTION WORKERS PROTEST
Spanish/Nat
Peru's Labour Minister has announced he will meet with construction workers who have been staging protests demanding the creation of new jobs and an increase in salaries.
Construction workers have taken to the streets...
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Three days after reassigning the entire staff at Miramonte Elementary, students returned to class with new teachers. Many parents say the district's move is causing further disruption to their children's education.
HEADLINE: LA school reopens amid sex abuse scandal
CAPTION:Three days after reassigning the entire staff at Miramonte Elementary, students returned to class with new teachers. Many parents say the district's move is causing further...
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Striking teachers protest against job cuts
About a thousand striking teachers protesting against job cuts gathered in central Athens on Monday, as Greek labour unions geared up for a series of public sector strikes this week.
Greece's government has pledged to axe thousands of...