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MEXICO: ALLEGED LEADER OF ZAPATISTA REBELS ARREST UPDATE
Spanish/Nat
The arrest of the alleged leader of the Zapatista uprising in southern Mexico has drawn strong criticism from human right groups and some government officials.
Critics doubt the legality of the arrest and claim it threatens...
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MEXICO: EVANGELICAL LEADERS NOT IMPRESSED WITH POPE VISIT
Spanish/Nat
Pope John Paul II - who arrives in Mexico City later this week - has long feared Protestant inroads into Latin America.
To find the fiercest of battles for souls, he has only to look to the southern Mexican state of Chiapas,...
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Indian groups discuss ways of conserving the environment
1. Indians beginning sun ritual
2. People lifting their hands to sun
3. Wide of temple with people gathered nearby
4. Indian blowing on conch shell
5. Sunrise with temple in foreground
6. Indians standing with their hands raised to...
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New era celebrations in Guatemala, Mexico and Peru
Mexico City, Mexico
1. Wide of crowd in front of Kukulkan temple performing spiritual ritual
2. Wide of people performing spiritual ritual
3. Mid of woman during ritual
4. Mid of crowd in front of Kukulkan temple
5. Wide of...
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MEXICO: MEXICO CITY: ZAPATISTA REBEL RELEASED
Spanish/Nat
Mexican authorities have released a Zapatista rebel leader whose imprisonment had stalled peace talks with the peasant guerillas in Chiapas state.
Javier Elorriaga was convicted last month on charges of terrorism, rebellion...
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USA: WASHINGTON FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATIONS
Natural Sound
In Washington D-C, Fourth of July celebrations are underway.
Thousands of people turned out for the city's annual Independence Day Parade and congregated on the National Mall in anticipation of a massive fireworks...
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Comments as World Water Forum continues
1. Wide shot of exterior of building holding alternative water conference
2. Various of conference
3. Shot of Danielle Mitterrand with another participant
4. Wide shot of podium
5. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): Maria Cruz de la Paz, Mazahua...
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MEXICO: PRESIDENT ERNESTO ZEDILLO ORDERS ARREST OF REBEL LEADER
Spanish/Nat
In a new hardline approach, Mexico's President Ernesto Zedillo has ordered the arrest of the Zapatista rebel leader, known as Commandante Marcos and 12 other rebel leaders.
He has also ordered fresh troops into the troubled...
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PERU: MUSEUM DISPLAY OF INDIGENOUS TRIBES SCULPTURES
English/Nat
A Peruvian sculptor has dedicated a full collection of sculptures to the region's indigenous tribes
Felipe Lettersten spent ten years studying the lives of indigenous peoples in the Americas.
He now hopes his work will...
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A conservative Native American archbishop was named Tuesday to lead the troubled Roman Catholic church in Philadelphia
HEADLINE: Pope accepts Philly archbishop's resignation
CAPTION: Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resignation of Philadelphia archbishop Cardinal Justin Rigali on Tuesday, sending him into retirement as the archdiocese faces accusations...
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GUATEMALA: MAYAN INDIANS PARTICIPATE IN FORTHCOMING ELECTIONS
Spanish/Nat
Guatemala's presidential elections take place on Sunday and Nobel Peace Prize laureate winner Rigoberta Menchu has been wrapping up her campaign to attract voters from the Maya population.
For the first time in the country's...
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MEXICO: INDIGENOUS CONGRESS: ZAPATISTA REBEL COMMANDER SPEAKS
Spanish/Nat
An ailing Zapatista rebel commander has urged a gathering of fellow Indians from all over the nation not to forget they are Mexican and to keep up the struggle for Indian rights.
Holding up a Mexican flag, which she said was...
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Advocate for rights of indian women says afraid for her life
Oaxaca, Mexico - 28 February 2008
1. Various of mayoral candidate Eufrosina Cruz, who is lodging compliant following alleged death threats, speaking outside the Attorney General's Office
2. Cruz walking down street
3. SOUNDBITE:...
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Museum dedicated to Cowboys and Indians
AP Television
Guthrie Oklahoma, November 11, 2009
1. Various shots of cowboy re-enactors holding a gunfight in a replica of an old west town called "Rawlins Creek."
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Jim Rawlins, Cowboy:
"Anybody who has read any...
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Colourful parade to celebrate international indigenous day
1. Various of indigenous people standing with banners, flags and canes
2. Various of indigenous people playing instruments
3. Mid of Indians chewing coca leaves during rituals
4. Tilt up of man chewing coca leaves
5. Wide of Indian...
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MEXICO: MEDIATORS MEET WITH REBELS IN AN ATTEMPT TO END CLASHES
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Mexican peace mediators resumed meetings Monday with Zapatista rebels in an effort to develop legislation to implement an accord on Indian rights.
Mediators warned that violence continues to hurt their efforts to address...
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New haunted house celebrates New York's 'bad old days'
New York City's bad old days are here again - in a Halloween haunted house, that is.
"Nightmare: New York," staged in a Lower East Side building, depicts the ugliest, scariest vision of 1970s - and '80s-era Gotham. Subways are awash in...
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Inter-religious memorial for 9/11 victims
(Night shots)
1. Wide shot of ceremony
2. Various people of different faiths holding up candles (AUDIO gospel singing)
3. Mid shot woman holding candle
4. Mid shot man in Arab headdress holding candle
5. Man in Native American Indian...
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Cinco de Mayo celebrations
1. Wide shot of Mexicans dressed as French troops shooting guns in air
2. Man dressed as French official giving orders
3. Men dressed as Mexican soldiers firing small cannons
4. Wide shot of mock Mexican Army shooting
5. Man dressed as...
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MEXICO: CHIAPAS: CHILDREN FORCED TO WORK IN AMBER MINES
Spanish/Nat
A lack of land and a market for their agricultural goods has forced many of Mexico's Chiapas Indians to make hard decisions in order to survive.
They're having to send their children underground to work in the region's tough...
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Pope ends tour with beatification of 2 Mexican Indians
VATICAN POOL - July 31 2002
1. Pull out from image of Our Lady of Guadalupe to medium of Mexican President Vicente Fox and Pope John Paul II talking
2. Close up Pope
3. Close up Fox
4 Fox & Pope together
POOL - August 1 2002
5....
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II arrives in Virginia
1. British Airways plane taxiing
2. Close up of plane cockpit with Royal standard flying
3. Wide of guard of honour
4. Zoom in on Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip exiting plane and greeting people
5. Wide of Queen Elizabeth II...
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The indigenous people of Guatemala demand equality on Indigenous People's day
Chichicastenango
1. Indigenous people carrying local produce towards the Chichicastenango market
2. Chichicastenango market
3. Various of people entering Chichicastenango's Catholic Church, while in the doorway the indigenous witch...
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An unusual party in election race
Mexico City - 5 July 2003
1. Wide shot of neighborhood
2. Mid shot of neighborhood
3. Propaganda sticker on window
4. Close up of sign that reads 'Mazahua Organization of San Antonio Pueblo Nuevo'
5. Wide shot of congress candidate...