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USA: STATES BATTLE FOR CONTROL OF ELLIS ISLAND
English/Nat
The states of New York and New Jersey are in the final stage of their battle for control of what used to be the official gateway to America -- Ellis Island.
Both states are making their case for control of the historic...
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Heatwave forces zoo to take measures to keep animals cool
With temperatures in India's capital regularly topping 45 degrees Celsius, Delhi's National Zoological Park takes special measures to help its animals cope with the intense heat.
Virtually all the zoo's creatures, from elephants to...
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VIETNAM: ENVIRONMENTALISTS FIGHT TO SAVE NATURAL HERITAGE
English/Nat
A small band of environmentalists is fighting to save Vietnam's precious natural heritage, threatened by a headlong rush for economic development.
Vietnam is struggling to catch up with booming neighbours like Thailand and...
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GALAPAGOS ISLAND: VESSEL TO BE BROUGHT TO THE SURFACE
Spanish/Nat
The crew working on the recovery of the oil tanker, Jessica, which ran aground off the Galapagos Islands, has begun preparations to bring the vessel to the surface.
The tanker, which hit trouble on January 16th with about...
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An exhibition by Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei has transformed the former island prison of Alcatraz into a tribute to the world's political prisoners, some famous and some forgotten. (Sept. 24)
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An exhibition by Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei has transformed the former island prison of Alcatraz into a tribute to the world's political prisoners, some famous and some...
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Animal conservation 2006
London - November 2006
1. Close of meerkats
2. Various of meerkats
SOUNDBITE (English) Lucy Hawley, Meerkat zoo keeper:
"We love them we are having such a success rate with the meerkat babies at the moment. They were born in July....
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Controlling elephant herds with chilli
AP Television
Livingstone, Zambia - 27 March, 2011
1. Wide of a herd of elephants
2. Wide of elephants being herded by handler
AP Television
Livingstone, Zambia - 25 March, 2011
3. Wide of farmer Alfred Siamuntu in field of maize
4....
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NEW Official opening of new rescue centre
1. Wide of entrance of Tam Dao National Park
2. Wide of forest with mountains in the distance
3. Various of exterior of rescue centre
4. Centre staff walking with staff member wearing costume of moon bear
5. Close-up of bear costume
6....
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Glass studio uses recycled materials
1. Wide shot of Kitengela Glass skyline while zebras graze
2. Mid shot of zebras
3. Various of Richard Koitumet Ogeli, Maasai Hot Glass worker going to work through the plains
4. Mid shot of zebra
5. Various of Richard Koitumet Ogeli,...
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Protest against plans to build Wal-Mart near ancient site
Teotihuacan, October 31, 2004
1. Shaman placing an offering at the national park entrance
2. Demonstrators camp at the national park entrance
3. Signs reading "Sign against Wal-Mart"
4. Sign reading "No to Walmart in Teotihuacan"
5....
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Tigers and lions looked after following a life in the circus
1. Injured circus lion limping in cage
2. Pan over Rescue Centre
3. Rescue Centre staff entering shelter building
4. Staff member spraying water on the cages
5. Various of lioness charging towards camera
6. Various of lioness inside...
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USA: FINAL RENEGADE BEAVER CAPTURED
English/Nat
Washington D.C's famous cherry trees are safe again; the last beaver is in the bag.
Trappers nabbed the critter, nicknamed "Big Daddy", late on Monday night.
He's thought to be the last of a trio of beavers that have been...
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Rare rhino arrives in Jakarta from Los Angeles for breeding scheme
1. Various of arrival of truck carrying rhino Andalas, at airport after it was flown in from Los Angeles
2. Officials looking at truck
3. Medium of M S Ka'ban, Indonesian forestry minister, giving leafy branch to rhino inside cage on...
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President Barack Obama made the short trip from the White House to the Lincoln Memorial on Saturday to make clear that national parks and monuments are open for business. (April 9)
Raw Video: Obama at Lincoln Memorial
President Barack Obama made the short trip from the White House to the Lincoln Memorial on Saturday to make clear that national parks and monuments are open for business. (April 9)
WASHINGTON (AP)...
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William and Kate visit cultural centre and famous Uluru rock
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visited a cultural centre at Ayers Rock, the red monolith in the Australian desert now known by its Aboriginal name Uluru on Tuesday, where they watched a traditional Aboriginal welcome ceremony.
Prince...
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Developers bid for UK''s only goldmine
AP Television
Edinburgh, 8th March 2010
1. Close up collection of gold nuggets
2. Close up gold nugget
3. Pan gold jewellery
4. Various people looking at jewellery
5. Close up jewellery
6. Wide jewellery shop
7. Close up sign saying...
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Jews and Palestinians build playground
1. Wide of Jewish and Palestinians working on site
2. Close-up of man hitting a stone with a shovel
3. Various of workers clearing ground
4. Close-up buckets with earth being put into them
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Humoud Bidawi,...
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RWANDA: GORILLAS AT VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK
English/Nat
Rwanda's mountain gorilla national park has reopened to tourists after two years of instability in the region.
The Rwandan government says the rebels who carried out the 1994 genocide and occupied the Volcanoes National Park...
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The future of the indigenous Batwa tribe of Uganda looks bleak
Kisoro District, South-West Uganda. May 9-10, 2009
1. Wide of Batwa people singing and dancing.
2. Mid shot of a Batwa woman smoking a pipe
3.Various shots of children being served a local brew.
4. Mid shot of Batwa elder
5. Close up of...
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Statue of Liberty + Ellis Island reopen
1. Various wide shots of the Statue of Liberty from boat
2. Mid shot of passenger ferry arriving
3. Mid shot passengers walking off boat
4. Mid shot US Secretary of the Interior, Gale Norton, greeting passengers on Liberty Island
5. Wide...
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An underwater museum reveals an ancient lifestyle
SOURCE: AP TELEVISION/File - Must give mandatory courtesy to Itamar Grinberg
Caesarea, Israel, 19 July 2008
1. Wideshot of Caesarea Crusaders and Roman ruins
2. Wideshot Crusaders ruins and old Crusaders church
3. Midshot of...
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New hope for tortoise species thought to be lost after death of Lonesome George
FILE: Galapagos National Park, Santa Cruz Isle, Ecuador - date unknown
1. Wide of family of tourists observing a tortoise on Santa Cruz isle, one of the Galapagos Islands
Galapagos National Park, Santa Cruz Isle, Ecuador - 21 November,...
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Georgian govt official says Russian troops spoiling the environment
1. Irakli Ghvaladze, Minister of Environment Protection and Natural Resources of Georgia, walking with binoculars
2. Various of Ghvaladze looking through binoculars
3. Pan from Ghvaladze to wide of Russian base seen across Rioni river...
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A pair of Americans completed what had long been considered the world's most difficult rock climb Wednesday, using only their hands and feet to scale a 3,000-foot vertical wall on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. (Jan. 14)
A pair of Americans climbers completed what had long been considered the world's most difficult rock climb on Wednesday.
Using only their hands and feet to scale a 3,000-foot vertical wall on El Capitan, the forbidding granite pedestal...