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Family and friends bury actress
Pere Lachaise cemetery, Paris, France 6 August 2003:
1. Wide of grave
2. Close-up of flowers
3. Various of funeral in progress
4. Close-up of crowd
5. Wide of crowd
6. Car with coffin arriving to grave site
8. Cut-away photographers
9....
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A crackdown on monkey owners gains steam across the United States, forcing one couple to flee Louisiana with their four monkeys. For now, Jim and Donita Clark are living in an RV, tending to animals they consider children.
HEADLINE: Crackdown turns monkey owners into 'refugees'
CAPTION: A crackdown on monkey owners gains steam across the United States, forcing one couple to flee Louisiana with their four monkeys. For now, Jim and Donita Clark are living in...
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Mammoth sale of pre-historic fossils and skeletons
1. Tilt up on mammoth skeleton from Siberia - Late Pleistocene period
2. Close-up skull and tusks
3. Set up of Sotheby's expert Eric Mickeler walking toward and then viewing mammoth skeleton
4. Tilt up from Mickeler to mammoth...
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Neighbors remember Philip Seymour Hoffman
Fans and neighbors left flowers at a makeshift memorial outside the home of Academy award-winning actor Phillip Seymour Hoffman Monday (3 FEB. 2014.)
The actor, 46, was found dead in his apartment Sunday after an alleged drug overdose....
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There is fear that because sea turtles don't reach reproductive age for at least a decade, the true impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill won't be known for years. Scientists are using the nesting season to collect data.
HEADLINE: First Person: After Oil, Turtle Birth Fears
CAPTION: There is fear that because sea turtles don't reach reproductive age for at least a decade, the true impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill won't be known for years....
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Cyrano used up one of his nine lives battling cancer. Now doctors are giving him a new lease on the other eight. (Jan. 27)
HEADLINE: Tabby cat gets new knee
CAPTION: Cyrano used up one of his nine lives battling cancer. Now doctors are giving him a new lease on the other eight. (Jan. 27)
[Location: Raleigh North Carolina]
[Date: Jan. 26, 2012]
[Source:...
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Demand for rhino horn linked to increase in poaching
Hanoi, Vietnam - 14 March 2012
1. Various of rhinos resting in Thien Duong Bao Son private zoo
2. Various of rhino walking
3. Mid of zoo worker putting grass in tray for rhinos
4. Various of rhinos eating grass
5. Close of a rhino's...
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World's largest spider among display after insect collection donated to university by American scientist
The world's biggest spider and largest butterfly have gone on display in the Costa Rican capital San Jose.
The giant spider is called Goliath Birdeater Tarantula and it's native to the region of Mato Grosso in Brazil.
The spider is among...
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A California entrepreneur is marketing a new line of medical marijuana soft drinks. Canna Cola contains THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, and will only be sold in legal pot clubs.
HEADLINE: Pot Meets Pop in New Marijuana Soda
CAPTION: A California entrepreneur is marketing a new line of medical marijuana soft drinks. Canna Cola contains THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, and will only be sold in legal...
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SKorean scientist linked to stem cell scandal claims he created 2 cloned wolves
1. Scientists carrying out what they claim is a cloned wolf in cage
2. Pull-out from head researcher to what they claim are two cloned wolves in cages
3. Close-up of wolf in cage
4. Wolves next to each other in cages
5. Pan from one...
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Nigeria screens farm workers for bird flu virus, UN reax
Jaji, Nigeria
1. Doctor examining young farm worker
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Julius Gajere, doctor running the Jaji tests:
"yes actually, what we are doing is to make sure that the workers on the farm are healthy. But this (indistinct...
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A NY whale expert calls the whale''s actions in the SeaWorld Orlando attack was intentional
HEADLINE: Whale expert: SeaWorld attack was ''premeditated''
CAPTION: A marine conservationist with the American Museum of Natural History in New York says killer whales are intelligent creatures that don''t do things accidentally. ...
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PHILIPPINES: MANILA: FIRST BUTTERFLY FARM OPENS
English/Nat
The Philippines first butterfly farm showcasing up to 500 butterflies, including species unique to the Philippines, is due to open in Manila at the weekend.
It will house butterflies caught by collectors as well as those...
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Hundreds of flower traders protest against new laws
1. Close-up of sign outside flower shop advertising non-stop business
2. Close-up of flowers
3. People passing by gypsy kiosk
4. Young woman preparing flowers
5. Close-up of flowers
6. SOUNDBITE: (Romanian) Georgiana, flower seller:
"My...
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NICARAGUA: HUMAN HELP FOR SEA TURTLES (V)
English/Nat
Sea turtles have been laying their eggs on Nicaragua's beaches for centuries. Natural predators have always threatened the eggs. Now Nicaragua's crippling poverty is another danger - the eggs serve as food for those in...
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USA: GRIZZLY BEARS CONDEMNED TO DEATH ARE SAVED BY ANIMAL LOVERS
English/Nat
Three wild grizzly bears condemned to death by rangers in Yellowstone National Park have been saved by animal lovers of a town appropriately named ``Big Bear Lake.'
Residents of the Californian ski resort were outraged by...
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Activists gather on World AIDS Day to promote AIDS awareness
Seoul, South Korea - December 1, 2006
1. Wide pan of two women pinning flowers on a board in the shape of letters reading AIDS
2. Close of woman's hand pinning green flower onto board
3. Mid of officials walking to board
4. Mid of...
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THAILAND: FIGHT AGAINST DRUG TRAFFICKING
Thai/Nat
Since its bleak heyday as a major source of the world's illicit opium supply, Thailand's made significant headway in the fight against drug trafficking.
This week a major United Nations report on the global narcotics trade...
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VOICE President leads burning of marijuana crops
VOICED BY Emily Morgan
0000 Wide shot Philippines President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo setting seized marijuana plants on fire
0005 Close-up burning marijuana plants
0008 Close-up Arroyo
0010 Wide shot burning mounds of marijuana
0014...
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SOUTH AFRICA: PUPPY PREPARED FOR HISTORIC HEART OPERATION
English/Nat
In a case set to make South African medical history a team of top heart doctors are to perform open heart surgery on a six-month-old puppy.
Milo, a Jack Russell terrier, has defects in all four chambers of his heart.
The...
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Firefighters help to relocate Budapest Zoo's two alligators
1. Various of firefighters carrying alligator at Budapest Zoo
2. Firefighters and animal keepers carrying alligator into new enclosure
3. SOUNDBITE (Hungarian) Lieutenant Mate Kisdi, Budapest firefighter:
"It's not an everyday task when...
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Panda to travel to Tokyo in reproduction attempt
1. Various of Shuan-Shuan at Chapultepec's Zoo, Mexico City
2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): Fernando Gual Sill, Director of Chapultepec's Zoo:
"Through a collaboration agreement between the Ueno Zoo and the Zoological Society of San Diego we...
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Protesters claim control of Kiev; guard outside presidential office and Yanukovych's retreat; Maidan memorial
Protesters took control of Ukraine's capital on Saturday, seizing the president's office as parliament sought to oust him and form a new government.
Protesters also took up positions around grandiose residential compound believed to be...
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Interest grows in economic potential of Arctic region
All AP material - shot in Svalbard, Norway and Barentsburg,Norway February 27-28 and Moscow, Russia March 13, 2008
Svalbard, Norway - February 27-28
1. Various of Svalbard, people walking
2. Various of monument to coal miner
Moscow,...