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UK: ARRIVAL OF EMPEROR AKIHITO & EMPRESS MICHIKO OF JAPAN
London - May 19, 1998; Witney, Oxfordshire - 19 May 1998
London, UK - May 25
1. Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko walk down steps of plane, are welcomed by dignitaries
2. Emperor and empress greet welcoming committee
3. Mid shot of...
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THAILAND: WW2 VETERANS RETURN TO BRIDGE ON RIVER KWAI
English/Nat
A former Japanese interrogator from WWII led prayers for peace and reconciliation in Thailand today.
Nagase Takashi has been campaigning for a Japanese apology for two decades.
Around 120,000 Asian slave labourers and Allied...
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Australian former PoWs meet Japanese foreign minister
1. Various of Australian former prisoners of war (POWs) arriving for meeting with Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara
2. Cutaway of photographers
3. Pan from POWs to Maehara
4. SOUNDBITE: (Japanese) Seiji Maehara, Japanese Foreign...
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RR7305A VIETNAM IN THE WAKE OF THE CEASEFIRE
In South Vietnam, the war continues for the Vietnamese, but it has ended for the Americans. In the US, elaborate preparations are being made to fly home the 600 American POWs held in Hanoi. Special rooms in 30 hospitals across the...
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VIETNAM: HANOI: US SECRETARY OF STATE MADELEINE ALBRIGHT VISIT
English/Nat
US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright announced agreements on Friday to expand US ties with Vietnam, but also admonished Vietnamese officials to ease repression and to speed the processing of refugees.
On her first visit...
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Lawmakers Unveil Chair to Honor POW/MIAs
A bipartisan group of House and Senate lawmakers unveiled a commemorative chair at the U.S. Capitol to honor U.S. prisoners of war and the tens of thousands of service members missing in action.
"For the families of our...
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Lawmakers Unveil Chair to Honor POW/MIAs
A bipartisan group of House and Senate lawmakers unveiled a commemorative chair at the U.S. Capitol to honor U.S. prisoners of war and the tens of thousands of service members missing in action.
"For the families of our...
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US lawmakers unveil chair to honor POWs and MIAs
A bipartisan group of House and Senate lawmakers unveiled a commemorative chair at the U.S. Capitol to honour U.S. prisoners of war and the tens of thousands of service members missing in action.
"For the families of our...
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USA: NO AGREEMENT REACHED IN NORTH KOREAN PEACE TALKS
English/Nat
United States and North Korean negotiators ended six days of talks on Friday with no agreement on expanding co-operation on accounting for Americans killed or missing in action in the Korean War.
Officials from the two...
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Russia - Five Nation Contact Group Meet
Foreign ministers of the five-nation "contact group" on the former
Yugoslavia meeting in Moscow on Saturday (23/3) said a meeting of donor countries involved in rebuilding Bosnia would not be held next month unless all remaining...
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Vietnam - Tribute To Dead U.S Soldiers
In an emotional ceremony in Hanoi, U.S. veterans on Monday (13/2)
escorted cases carrying the remains of six of their
comrades-in-arms killed during the Vietnam War onto a plane bound
for the United States. Vietnam turned over the...
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Bush address veterans
1. President George W Bush enters East Room to address veterans
2. Cutaway of veterans in audience
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) George W. Bush, US President:
"We are sending a clear signal to the world that we will not submit to a future in...
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Croatia - Serb Prisoners Waiting For Release
Some 350 Serb prisoners who were given a New Year Amnesty by Croatian President Franjo Tudjman were, on Friday (5/1), eagerly anticipating their release by the Croatian authorities. The prisoners are currently living at a refugee camp in...
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Anzac memorial service on Burma railway
1. Various of people arriving for dawn service
2. Bamboo candles being lit
3. Wide shot people with candles
4. Set up shot Cressey
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dal Cressey, Veteran from Sydney who worked on the Burma railway for three...
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Bosnia - Muslims Clash With Serbs
More than 400 Bosnian Moslems who wanted to visit the graves of their friends and relatives in the Bosnian Serb-held village of Trnovo were prevented from entering it on Monday (29/4) by angry Serb residents. After clashes, Bosnian Serb...
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Bosnia - Prisoner Release Aborted For Second Time
A planned exchange of prisoners-of-war was aborted for the second time in two days on Tuesday (16/1), imperiling the first major deadline of Bosnia's peace accord.
WS of men eating at tables.
CU on smiling man.
VS of soldiers guarding...
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SYND 11 7 73 PAKISTAN PRISONERS OF WAR REPATRIATED
India repatriates Pakistani prisoners stranded since the war of 1971.
1. ms prisoners in striped pyjamas / uniforms down from back of truck
2. cu sign 'Border Secuirty Force Wagha
3. mcu prisoners ushered through
4. ms file of prisoners...
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BOSNIA: SARAJEVO: PRISONERS OF WAR EXCHANGES
Serbo-Croat/Nat
Bosnian government forces and Bosnian Serbs have exchanged nearly 100 prisoners of war.
The swap took place late on Friday at Sarajevo's Brotherhood and Unity bridge, once one of the most dangerous fronts in the Bosnian...
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SYND 9 8 74 TURKISH PRISON CAMP FOR GREEK CYPRIOTS CAPTURED DURING INVASION OF CYPRUS
Scenes in a prisoner of war camp, on the outskirts of the Southern Turish city of Adana, where Greek Cypriots, captured during the invasion of cyprus, are being held
1) various shots, Greek Cypriot prisoners in compound
2) cu prisoners...
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BOSNIA: TUZLA: GOVERNMENT RELEASE A HUNDRED PRISONERS OF WAR
English/Nat
The Bosnian government released more than a hundred prisoners of war from a jail in Tuzla in partial fulfillment of its obligations under the Dayton peace agreement.
They are still holding 26 prisoners in Tuzla to the...
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Chechnya - Latest
PoW exchange as Russian guns rumble south
Russian guns on Thursday (26/1) bombarded the few areas still held
by rebels in Grozny. Apartment blocks were hit as armoured
reinforcements moved into the capital try to flush out...
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Thirteen Serbs jailed for execution-style killings of some 200 Croats
Belgrade - 12 March 2009
1. Wide exterior of the Special Court for War Crimes
2. Close up of court sign
3. Relatives of victims arriving at the court
4. Two women standing outside the court, one with a photograph of victim
5. Relatives...
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Chechnya - Aftermath
Chechens bury Grozny dead; PoW trio returned to mothers
The Russian military commander in Chechnya said on Sunday (19/2)
he would not extend a ceasefire which expired at 6pm local time
(1500 GMT). General Anatoly Kulikov said it was...
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Iraq - Saddam demands release of prisoners of war
President Saddam Hussein appeared live on Iraqi television and radio on Friday (08/08) demanding that Iran release Iraqi prisoners of war captured during the 1980-1988 war between the two countries.
In a speech marking the anniversary of...