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IRAQ: ARMED FORCES CELEBRATE 80TH ANNIVERSARY
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Iraq's armed forces celebrated their 80th anniversary on Saturday.
Military parades took place throughout Baghdad and wreaths were laid at the foot of the unknown soldier monument as troops remembered the dead.
The...
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Latest pix of Arab League Summit
27 March 2001
1. External Meridian hotel
2. Security outside hotel
3. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Libyan Colonel Gaddhafi
4. Close up Mubarak
5. Pull out from logo to King Abdullah of Jordan
6. SOUNDBITE; (Arabic) King...
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WRAP Adds Papal envoy conducting mass
1. Papal envoy Cardinal Pio Laghi getting into car and leaving White House after meeting with George Bush
2. Still of Bush and Laghi shaking hands
3. Laghi walking into room for news conference
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Cardinal Pio Laghi,...
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IRAQ: BAGHDAD: SADDAM HUSSEIN SPEECH ON UN SANCTIONS (3)
Arabic/Eng/Nat
There's been tough talk from Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, on the seventh anniversary of the Gulf War.
In a televised speech marking the occasion, the Iraqi leader said he'll end cooperation with U-N weapons inspectors...
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Iraq - Preparations for Kofi Annan visit
United Nations officials on Thursday (19/02) began paving the way for UN Secretary General Kofi Annan's mission to avert a military strike while they withdrew dozens of humanitarian workers as a precaution.
Twenty-eight UN staff members...
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Iraqi president says trial was fair, avoids comment on verdict
1. Various of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani seated in hotel suite watching televised trial of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein
2. Talabani walks out of hotel suite, approaches media
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Jalal Talabani, Iraqi...
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US raid Palestinian mission, arrest a number of people
1. Various exteriors of Palestinian Authority's Baghdad mission, (large hole in side is from previous damage, NOT this event)
2. Palestinian flag flying
3. Various of holes in interior door from where they were opened with shotguns
4....
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IRAQ: BAGHDAD: RUSSIA AND IRAQ SIGN GAS AND OIL AGREEMENT
English/Nat
Russia and Iraq have signed a cooperation agreement in the gas and oil industry.
The agreement will provide a boost to the Iraqi economy, which has been badly hit by the U-N embargo.
But despite the sanctions, business is...
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Iraq - Protests against UN sanctions
Iraq on Friday (01/05) warned the United Nation Security Council Friday that failure to lift economic sanctions slapped on the country eight years ago could lead to "serious consequences." The warning was made in an open letter issued...
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US secretary of state comments on Iraq
1. Wide shot, mountains
2. Davos street
3. Flags, pan to people entering building
4. Various, security
5. Davos street
6. Pull out from hotel builidng
7. Colin Powell entering building and being greeted
8. Cutaway, cameraman
9. ...
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President's weekly radio address
1. Graphic of US President George W. Bush overlaid with narration
2. SOUNDBITE (English) George W. Bush, US President:
"This week, our nation was sickened by the murder of an American civilian, Nicholas Berg. The savage execution of...
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Inspections, reax to Bin Laden tape, comment from Papal envoy
Baghdad
1. Papal envoy Cardinal Roger Etchegaray walking
2. SOUNDBITE (French) Cardinal Roger Etchegaray, Papal Envoy
"I will see President Saddam Hussein for sure. The appointment is not yet fixed with the president. I can say simply...
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Israeli FM Silvan Shalom meets US vice president Cheney
1. Silvan Shalom, Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs walks towards reporters at the White House lawn
2. SOUNDBITE:(English), Silvan Shalom, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Israel
"We are very encouraged about the news from Iraq. I...
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Highlights of Rumsfeld & Myers briefing on military action
1. Pan of US Defence Secretary Rumsfeld and General Myers walking into briefing room
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Donald Rumsfeld, US Secretary of Defence:
"Coalition forces hit a senior Iraqi leadership compound last evening. The damage...
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UN Sec Gen comments on Iraq and Sudan
1. Exteriors of the United Nations building in New York
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Kofi Annan, UN Secretary General:
"We have to notice a genuine improvement in the security environment or a solid arrangement for the protection of the staff,...
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Rumsfeld, Hoon and McCain address security conference
1. Wide shot of conference
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Donald Rumsfeld, U.S. Defence Secretary:
"I know in my heart and my brain that America ain't (isn't) what's wrong with the world to the extent that that concept is promoted - as it is....
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American Catholic intellectual makes case for war
1. Wide shot of conference room
2. Close up US Ambassador to Vatican, James Nicholson
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Michael Novak, US Theologian (Referring to Osama bin Laden and al Qaida):
"They could prove that governments could not protect...
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Colin Powell addresses World Economic Forum
1. Wide shot of stage
2. Powell walking onto stage to standing ovation
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Colin Powell, US Secretary of State
"Now I am aware, as everyone in this room is aware, that Americans and Europeans do not always see things...
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Iraqis exchange old money for new dinars
1. Wide of money exchange point guarded by US self-propelled howitzers
2. Various of Iraqis standing in long lines to change the old bills
3. Various of US troops trying to maintain order
4. Various of old bills being exchanged for news...
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2 brothers talk about their life in hiding during Saddam's rule
Al Karada neighbourhood, Baghdad
1. Various of Ibrahim Ismail Mohammed al-Kaisy and Saad Ismail outside house
2. Wide shot of two brothers going up the stairs
3. Wide shot of Saad pulling across curtains, sitting on bed
4. Mid shot of...
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Secretary of state visits Baghdad
1. US Secretary of State Colin Powell landing in Baghdad International Airport
2. Powell walking with L. Paul Bremer, US administrator
3. Wide of meeting with Bremer
4. People taking photos of Powell
5. Powell entering room
6. SOUNDBITE...
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GWT: Briefing by UK military spokesman
1. Wide shot press conference
2. Close shot map
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Lt. Col Chris Vernon, British Military Spokesman:
"The al-Faw peninsula was seized by the Royal Marine commandos because it was a critical part of the oil...
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IRAQ: SADDAM HUSSEIN: SUPPORT FOR PALESTINIANS
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Iraq is allocating one billion euros (887 million US dollars) from its oil revenues to support the Palestinian uprising.
The announcement followed a meeting of the Revolutionary Command Council and the Iraq Regional...
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Iraqis comment as Saddam trial resumes
Dujail, north of Baghdad
1. Street in Dujail district where the 1982 attack against Saddam occurred
2. Exterior of Dujail Mayor's Office
3. Sign reading: "Dujail Mayor's Office''
4. Exterior of the house of Ali Hassan al-Haidari...