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Former UN Sec Gen urges dialogue to resolve political crisis
1. Mid of former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan shaking hands with hotel members receiving him at the Serena Hotel in Nairobi.
2. Wide of news conference
3. Mid of Annan sitting beside Benjamin Mkapa (former President of...
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Scenes after Dutch beat Brazil to claim semi-final spot.
1. Netherlands fans celebrating outside the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium after their team beat Brazil
2. Wide exterior of stadium
3. Brazil fans walking down steps after game
4. Fans walking away from stadium
5. Netherlands fans...
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China - Winnie Mandela Says Injustice Continues
The estranged wife of President Nelson Mandela, Winnie Mandela,
said Thursday (7/9) that senior members of the ruling African
National Congress are working with the National Party to undermine
her, and that there is still oppression of...
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SOUTH AFRICA: LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS PREVIEW
English/Nat
In a few days time South Africa will be holding the country's first democratic local government elections.
Campaigning has been vigorous and the results will be seen as a test of the popularity of Nelson Mandela's multi...
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SOUTH AFRICA: 96 CUBAN DOCTORS ARRIVE TO HELP ALLEVIATE SHORTAGE
Eng/Span/Nat
Ninety-six Cuban doctors have arrived in South Africa to help alleviate the shortage of medical personnel in the country's rural areas and state hospitals.
At least 2-thousand medical posts are vacant in South Africa and...
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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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Mass celebrations as gender controversy runner returns home
1. Wide top shot, interior of O.R. Tambo International airport, crowds gathered for arrival of athlete Caster Semenya
2. Mid top shot, people dancing
3. Newspaper held in man's hand, headline reading: (English) "She's A Girl"
4. Various...
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Reactions after World Cup final, AP pix
1. Pan right of mostly England rugby fans watching match on a big screen on the Champs de Mars next to the Eiffel Tower in Paris
2. Mid of England fans waving flags
3. Mid of fans watching the match
4. Mid of England fans with cross of...
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Nelson Mandela's fans celebrated the anti-apartheid icon's 91st birthday Saturday by emulating him with good deeds, reading to the blind, distributing blankets to the homeless or refurbishing homes for AIDS orphans
HEADLINE: Raw Video: Mandela celebrates 91st birthday
CAPTION: Nelson Mandela's fans celebrated the anti-apartheid icon's 91st birthday Saturday by emulating him with good deeds, reading to the blind, distributing blankets to the...
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WRAP Vote counting, DA head on elex, IEC chief elex officer
Pretoria
1. Wide of Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) media briefing
2. Cutaway of media
3. SOUNBITE (English) Pansy Tlakula, Chief Executive Officer IEC:
"The biggest problems that we have with alleged shortages of ballots was in...
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Royalty: Spain Wedding, Brunei Wedding, Netherlands Funeral, Cambodia King, France/Germany Queen Elizabeth, The Pope
Royalty: Spain Wedding
Spain's Crown Prince Felipe married a former television news presenter, Letizia Ortiz, in Madrid's Almudena Cathedral in May, putting a commoner in line to be queen for the first time in Spanish history.
The...
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SOUTH AFRICA: INDONESIAN PRESIDENT AWARDED ORDER OF GOOD HOPE
English/Nat
President Nelson Mandela awarded the Order of Good Hope to President Suharto of Indonesia in Cape Town on Saturday.
It's the highest award that can be given to a foreigner, and was made as thanks for Indonesia's support of...
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SOUTH AFRICA: WINNIE MANDELA ACCUSED OF BRIBE TAKING
English/Nat
Winnie Mandela returned home to South Africa Thursday amid police accusations of bribe-taking and influence-peddling.
The estranged wife of President Nelson Mandela cut short a trip to West Africa after police raided her...
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People say their prayers have been answered after Mandela released from hospital
1. Wide of Johannesburg skyline with various religious groups singing and praying on grass in foreground
2. Various of group of women praying and singing
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Knowledge Modisa, Advertising manager:
"Definitely they...
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Nobel laureates say food is human right, call for solutions to global food crisis
1. Wide of a car arriving at the Nelson Mandela Foundation
2. Close up of interior sign reading in English 'Nelson Mandela Foundation'
3. Wide of Elders arriving at the news briefing, including (from left to right) Archbishop Desmond...
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S.Africa - Winnie Mandela Sacking Backgrounder
South African President Nelson Mandela on Monday (27/3) sacked his
estranged wife, Winnie, from her post as deputy minister for the
arts and sciences in his government. His decision announced at a
packed news conference follows weeks of...
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SOUTH AFRICA: MANDELA VISITS HOME OF MURDERED CHINESE BABY
English/Nat
South African President Nelson Mandela has visited the home of the parents of a Chinese baby who was killed during a robbery in central Johannesburg last month.
Mandela said he was appalled by the killing and that such...
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CURTAIN GOES UP ON SOWETO'S NEWEST THEATRE
With its vibrant, bold primary colour scheme and larger than life appearance - the township of Soweto welcomes the opening of a new $18 million theatre complex tonight ( 25 May).
The building is part of a project rejuvenating the...
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SOUTH AFRICA: US PRESIDENT CLINTON VISIT: LAST DAY
English/Nat
An embarrassed Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Clinton heard a sermon condemning adultery when they attended church on Sunday in South Africa.
The priest who conducted the service quoted a parable about an adulterous...
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Charity teaching impoverished township children classical music
AP Television
Soweto, South Africa - March 3, 2012
1. Wide children rehearsing violin at the Reform Presbyterian Church in Diepkloof, Soweto
2. Close of child playing violin
3. Close of music notation
4. Close of child playing violin
5....
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ENTERTAINMENT DAILY: ENT2- QUINCY JONES
English/Nat
Music legend QUINCY JONES and a group of young people from Los Angeles launched a 2.8 million rand (dlrs 400,000) project Monday to build houses for South Africa's homeless poor.
The project was part of a pledge Jones made to...
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SOUTH AFRICA: MANDELA & TUTU PAY TRIBUTE TO FATHER HUDDLESTON
English/Nat
South African President Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Desmond Tutu on Tuesday paid tribute to veteran anti-apartheid campaigner Father Trevor Huddleston who died in April.
Mandela told a congregation of three thousand...
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S.Africa - ANCWL Members Resign
Eleven members of the African National Congress Women's League
(ANCWL) resigned from the group's executive on Saturday (11/2),
citing bad leadership by the ANCWL president, Winnie Mandela, the
estranged wife of President Mandela. ...
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US president mourns death of anti-apartheid icon
Counting himself among the millions influenced by Nelson Mandela, President Barack Obama on Thursday mourned the death of the anti-apartheid icon with whom he shares the distinction of being his nation's first black president.
"He no...