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Audio i'v with pirate, talks about withdrawing threat to ship
FILE: Indian Ocean, off coast of Somalia - 30 September 2008
1. Various of video of pirate-held merchant ship MV Faina at sea taken by the US Navy
AP Television
Audio recorded in Nairobi, Kenya - 15 October 2008
2. UPSOUND: (Somali) AP...
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Much-delayed peace conference delayed again
1. President Abdullahi Yusuf receives flowers from little girl outside peace conference
2. Yusuf walks past row of children dressed in blue and white, the colours of the Somali flag
3. Wide shot of Yusuf and officials sitting on stage...
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There have been two more pirate attacks in Somali waters off the coast of Africa. It brings the number of attacks to eight in the past 12 days. The number of pirate attacks off the coast of Africa has risen 75 percent this year.
HEADLINE: More pirate attacks plague African coast
CAPTION: There have been two more pirate attacks in Somali waters off the coast of Africa. It brings the number of attacks to eight in the past 12 days. The number of pirate attacks...
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WRAP Street scenes ADDS analyst and activist on political upheaval, WFP on food security, refugees
Mogadishu, Somalia - 2 January 2007
1. Wide shot street
2. Mid shot people walking down street
Mogadishu, Somalia - 2 January 2007
3. Wide shot van with weapons on back
Mogadishu, Somalia - 2 January 2007
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Ali Said...
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SYND 15 2 78 ETHIOPIAN AMBASSADOR CRITICISES WEST'S AID TO SOMALIA
The Ethiopian Ambassador to Kenya Mengiste Desta made a statement accusing the West and Middle-Eastern countries of giving aid to Somalia. Desta made it clear at a press conference in Nairobi that Ethiopia had no designs on any-one...
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BELGIUM: BRUSSELS: EU MINISTERS DISCUSS DAYTON PEACE AGREEMENT
English/Nat
Foreign ministers of the European Union have met in Brussels to discuss the continuing implementation of the Dayton peace process.
British Foreign Secretary Malcolm Rifkind, called on Monday at a press conference, for ...
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US assis sec of state Frazer meets Somali PM Gedi
1. Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi entering room and shaking hands with Jendayi Frazer, US Assistant Secretary of State for Africa
2. Wide of Gedi greeting other US officials
3. Various of meeting between Gedi and Frazer
The most...
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Kenya - Negotiations For Prisoner Release
Negotiations to secure the release of five foreigners still held
in the Horn of Africa's tiny breakaway republic of Somaliland
for violating its airspace continued on Friday following the
release of a Norwegian policeman. World Food...
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Gunmen ambush Ethiopian convoy, 4 bystanders killed
1. Women walking in the streets, Ethiopian tanks in the background
2. Man holding piece of metal
3. Wide of crowd at scene of attack
4. Wide of man holding piece of metal
5. SOUNDBITE: (Somali) Abdikarim Alim Geddi, owner of a Toyota...
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SWITZERLAND: RED CROSS REACTION TO RELEASE OF HOSTAGES IN SOMALIA
English/Nat
A spokesman for the International Committee of the Red Cross says his organisation did not pay a ransom to secure the release of 10 hostages Friday in Mogadishu, Somalia.
The eight international aid workers and their two...
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Gathering of al-Shabaab fighters
1. Various of Al-Shabaab Islamic militants at gathering after completing military training
2. SOUNDBITE (Somali) Sheikh Mukhtar Robow Abu Mansur, Senior Al-Shabaab Official:
"We are ready to send fighters to Yemen to help our brothers...
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Senior UN envoy gives presser at the end of his East Africa tour
1. Wide shot of United Nations delegates at the press conference of Kjell Bondervik, United Nations Special Humanitarian Envoy for the Horn of Africa
2. Medium shot of United Nations delegates at the press conference including...
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Aid agencies comments after five foreign aid workers trapped by Somali militia are moved to safety
1. Wideshot of UNDP headquarters in Nairobi (United Nations Development Programmme)
2. UN flag
3. Various of UNDP staff talking on telephone
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Sonia Green UNDP Spokeswoman
"One group of the aid workers were...
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Somalia - Kidnap of red cross workers
Negotiators were trying Thursday (16/4) to win the release of nine foreign aid workers and one Somali kidnapped in Mogadishu by armed men, an abduction that dampened hopes for peace in the Somali capital.
The ten Red Cross and Red...
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At least 14 killed in shelling, a''math attack on AU base
1. Wide of troops at scene of suicide attack outside African Union base
2. Various of AU vehicles
3. Armed troops walking at scene
4. Ambulance arriving at hospital
5. Various hospital staff carrying those wounded in clashes between...
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Africa's Great Lakes regional leaders meets to discuss security
1. Wide of presidents arriving at the U.N complex Gigiri in Nairobi
2. Kenyan president, Mwai Kibaki, and Tanzanian president, Jakaya Kikwete, with African Union chairman Alpha Omar Konare in the background
3. Close-up of Joseph...
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Somalia - Withdrawal
UN depart compound...looters move in
Militiamen loyal to Somali warlord Mohamed Farah Aidid occupied
the former UN headquarters compound in Mogadishu on Wednesday
(1/2) and embarked on a systematic looting spree after the last of
the UN...
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WRAP Presser after Clinton meets Somali pres ADDS Clinton bite on ICC
1. Wide of US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and President of Somalia, Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed, arriving at news conference
2. Cutaway of photographer
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Hillary Rodham Clinton, US Secretary of State:...
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UNIFEED SOMALIA
1. Wide shot, exterior UN building
2. Wide shot, dais
3. Med shot, journalists
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Mark Bowden, UN Humanitarian and Resident Coordinator for Somalia:
"Clearly, we are still facing an acute crisis in Somalia. One in...
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Pakistan - Gunmen Kill 20 Muslim Worshippers
The commanding officer of the allied task force off Mogadishu's
coast, US General Tony Zinni, came ashore on Saturday (25/2) to
review Operation United Shield's preparations for next week's
evacuation of the remaining UN peacekeeping...
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Suspected pirates transferred to US navy vessel
1. Wide of helicopter landing on the USNS Lewis and Clark
2. First batch of suspected pirates disembarking from helicopter under the guard of US Marines
3. Suspected pirates being placed in a holding room under decks under the guard of...
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Hijacked vessel MV Seahorse brought safely back to port, sbites
1. Various shots of M.V Sea Horse arriving in Mombasa
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Bernard Odemba, Mombasa Port Authority:
"The captain told me that they were hijacked about one month and one week ago and it was just complete harassment...
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Somalia - Children Get Cholera
Water shortages have added cholera to the list of disasters
afflicting Somalia, where civil war and malnutrition continue to
claim thousands of lives every year.
00.00 pumping station
00.06 empty tank from above
00.10 inside tank
00.14...
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Bankers predict increase in financial activity during Ramadan
Here at this London branch of the Islamic Bank of Britain (IBB), customers have been getting ready for Ramadan.
The bank says it sees a flow of deposits over the year - and then an increase in transactions leading up to and during the...