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China's first open air rock festival finishes
Lijiang, China, August 17,18, 2002
1. WS tilt down from sky to the ancient town of Lijiang
2. CU pan from verge tile of Chinese building to the roofs of buildings
3. WS Lijang street
4. CU old woman
5. WS Lijang old building
6.WS pan...
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CHECHNYA: RUSSIA/CHECHNYA CONFLICT: FIGHTERS
Russian/Nat
As the Russian military backed away from Saturday's ultimatum for everyone to leave Grozny or die, Emergency Situations Minister Sergei Shoigu has flown to the Caucasus region to arrange an exodus of civilians from the...
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Mountain village culture under threat
Bah Nymm village
1. Various Meeh Neh dancing (children watching) in a traditional Akha village
2. Various of church service
3. Various of Reverend Tawon Lunawon singing in service
4. Pan from church to temple
5. Converted Akha's...
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A look at Castro's final push that toppled Batista 50 years ago
FILE: Sierra Maestra, Cuba - December 9, 2008
1. Zoom out from Sierra Maestra mountains
2. Mid of sign reading (Spanish) "Historic Pathway. La Plata Command Headquarters"
3. Zoom out from man riding donkey on pathway
4. Tilt up of Luis...
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Pakistan - Spanish K-2 Climbers Interviewed
Two Spanish climbers rescued from the world's second-highest peak
in the Himalayas arrived safely back in the village of Skardu on
Sunday (20/8), having survived the worst accident on the K-2 peak
in over a decade. The two had been...
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Soldiers who played Taliban troops in training are now facing the real thing
1. US Army soldiers going out of the base going on patrol in Zabul mountains
2. Various of US Army soldier walking on patrol
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Sergeant First Class Chris Weiskittel, US Army :
''And (inaudible) were normally an...
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S�o Paulo's wildlife rehabilitation centre
AP Television
Jundia�, Brazil, March 3, 2009
1.Pan wide shot. Serra do Japi Biological Reserve (Japi Mountains). Part of the green belt around S�o Paulo's metropolitan region.
2. SP 330 - Anhanguera Highway. One of the busiest...
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KOSOVO: REFUGEES RETURN TO THEIR HOMES IN KISNA REKA
Albanian/Nat
Kosovo's main ethnic Albanian leader, Ibrahim Rugova, has called for the establishment of a new police force to convince refugees it's safe to return home.
Many of the thousands of ethnic Albanians who fled during a...
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Annan expected to nameinterim envoy to Iraq
East Timor Border - 26 September 1999
1. Aerial of East Timor border
2. United Nations head of East Timor's humanitarian operation, Ross Mountain, looking out of helicopter window
3. Helicopter landing, dozens of people greet...
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Deputy mayor of Chamonix, UK envoy after nine die in climbing tragedy
Authorities and survivors of a deadly avalanche on France's Mont Blanc say the disaster was nearly impossible to foresee.
Climbers continued to set off up slopes in thick clouds on Friday, the day after an avalanche swept nine to their...
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71- year- old Japanese climber reportedly scales Everest
1. Japanese climber, Katsusuke Yanagisawa, talking to hotel staff
2. Low angle shot of Yanagisawa
3. SOUNDBITE: (Japanese) Katsusuke Yanagisawa, climber (part English translation):
"Last autumn I climbed Cho Oyu, and it was my dream...
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Paris Hilton sledges from an artificial snow mountain at Potsdamer Platz
AP Entertainment
Berlin, December 13, 2007
1. Various of photographers following Paris Hilton as she arrives at Potsdamer Platz In the centre of Berlin
2. Hilton walking across base of artificial snow mountain to talk to fans
3. Hilton...
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WRAP Updates APTN cover of destruction, evacuees
1. Betty Reed walking through burned out home
2. Reed digging in rubble
3. Close shot of rubble pile
4. Burned out home
5. Charred, burning wood
6. Wide shot of burned out home
7. Charred DVD box in debris.
8. Debris in burned out...
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Footage from border area + voxpops
1. Road leading to mountains where the Pakistan/Afghan border is (between Khost in Afghanistan and Miranshah in Pakistan), all shot from Pakistan side of border
2. Small covered truck drives up to Pakistan Frontier Constabulary check...
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Chechnya - Mountain Villages & Grozny Refugees
Russian troops appeared closer to taking the capital of the
breakaway republic of Chechnya on Sunday (15/1), but the battle is
unlikely to end with the fall of Grozny. Chechen villages
have battled Russia imperial forces for generations...
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ENTERTAINMENT DAILY: ENT1- CHINA ICE FESTIVAL
Mandarin/Nat
Title: China Ice Festival
Date: January 7, 2001
Location: Harbin, China
Harbin, in China's northernmost province, is the venue for one of the world's largest ice and snow festivals.
Until the end of February, the city is...
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TANZANIA: CESSNA 404 PLANE CRASH UPDATE
English/Nat
Police say there were no survivors of a plane that crashed into a mountain in northern Tanzania, killing 10 American tourists and two Tanzanians.
Rescuers have located the spot where the charter plane went down.
The...
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Climber rescued on Mt Everest says she was abandoned near summit
1. Usha Bista, rescued Everest climber, walking out of clinic where she was treated for frostbite
2. Bista leaving clinic accompanied by relatives
3. Close shot of Bista's face
4. SOUNDBITE: (Nepali) Usha Bista, rescued Everest climber...
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HAITI: US MILITARY TRAIN HAITIAN POLICE
Eng/Nat
US President Bill Clinton is considering a visit to Haiti at the end of the month to boost the morale of American troops on the island.
They're concerned that no timetable's been set for their withdrawal. And they hope to get a...
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Army continues operation against militants in mountains
1. Various of town of Tehsil Alpurai in Shangla district
2. Various of mountains where army conducting operations against militants UPSOUND: gun shots
3. Mid of residents of Tehsil Alpurai looked at the bombed area
4. Wide of Belay Baba...
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MOZAMBIQUE: FLOODING DISASTER: AID AGENCY
English/Nat
The floodwaters that swept across Mozambique may be receding, but at least 400 people are confirmed dead and one (M) million people are either homeless or in desperate need of help.
Aid agency officials expect the death toll...
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Syria/Golan - Shouting Mountains
For one Damascus tailor, 24-year-old Nashaat Shaalan, peace between Syria and Israel is a matter of some urgency. Tamador, his first cousin and fiancee, is stuck in the Israeli-occupied village of Ain Qinya on the Golan Heights....
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Chinese tomato paste makers react to recent food scares
Xinjiang Autonomous Region - August 19, 2007
1. Wide of grassland and mountains
2. Mid of grassland and mountains
3. Close shot flower
4. Wide snow mountains
5. Close snow mountains
6. Medium low angle man in tomato field
7. Close man...
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Farmers cultivate poppies to feed US markets
Rural farmers in the mountains of the southern Mexican state of Guerrero are feeding a growing heroin addiction in the United States all the while, admitting they were "ashamed to grow the drug."
According to the DEA's (Drugs Enforcement...