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NEW ZEALAND: NIGERIA SUSPENDED FROM THE COMMONWEALTH UPDATE

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English/Nat Nigeria has been suspended from the Commonwealth. The unprecedented action was taken by leaders of the 52 nation organisation meeting in New Zealand. It follows the execution by Nigeria's military government of the writer...
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NEW ZEALAND: COMMONWEALTH LEADERS REACTION TO NIGERIAN SITUATION

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English/Nat Commonwealth leaders are meeting into the night (Saturday) to determine how or if Nigeria will be punished for what's being branded the "judicial murder" of nine human rights activists. Many CHOGM participants have expressed...
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NEW 1st students graduate from Winfrey school.

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SHOTLIST(including transcript):- Shotlist: 1. Arrival of former television show host now school founder Oprah Winfrey, walking past cameras 2. Winfrey greeting Graca Machel, humanitarian and wife of Nelson Mandela, UPSOUND (English):...
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SOUTH AFRICA: NELSON MANDELA MEETS ZULU CHIEFS

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English/Nat Security in South Africa's violence-prone province of KwaZulu-Natal was stepped up Friday before next week's elections. It's feared that tensions between supporters of the ruling African National Congress and the Inkatha...
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South Africa - Mandela claims he is in good health

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President Nelson Mandela on Sunday (27/9) moved to calm worries about his health after he was forced to cancel an engagement on a state visit to Canada. EXT. presidential home; WS South African President Mandela enters room; Cutaway...
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India - Ghandi Award Presentation

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President Nelson Mandela of South Africa concluded a four-day visit to India on Friday (27/1), suggesting the two countries help form a trading bloc of nations around the Indian Ocean. Mandela later attended a ceremony giving the Indira...
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SOUTH AFRICA: WINNIE MANDELA IN NEW CONTROVERSY

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English/Nat South Africa's President Nelson Mandela has become caught up in a new controversy involving his estranged wife, Winnie. Eleven members of her African National Congress's Women's League resigned this weekend in protest at...
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Women from African National Congress sing and pray for Nelson Mandela

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1. Mid of a group of women from the African National Congress (ANC) dancing and singing about Nelson Mandela as they walk along Vilakazi Street (a street where Mandela lived for 16 years and which is now home to the Nelson Mandela...
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The judge in Oscar Pistorius' trial adjourned court until Friday before giving a final verdict. She has ruled he can't be found guilty of murder but says he was negligent in the killing of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp last year. (Sept. 11)

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FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: apus017086 SOUNDBITE (English) Thokozile Masipa, Judge: "I am of the view the accused acted too hastily and used excessive force. In the circumstances it is clear his conduct was negligent." SOUNDBITE...
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New York residents pay tribute to anti-apartheid icon

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New York residents on Thursday expressed their sadness about Nelson Mandela's death, and the about the inspiration left by his life and legacy. The 95-year-old anti-apartheid campaigner, and former South African president died on...
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SOUTH AFRICA: PRESIDENT MANDELA PROVIDES MULTI-RACIAL SCHOOLS

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English/Nat For the first time children of all colours returned to school together in South Africa Wednesday. But most weren't aware that they were making history, they just wanted to get on with their lessons. While black and white...
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SOUTH AFRICA: APARTHEID RELICS REMOVED FROM PARLIAMENT

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English/Nat The relics of white rule are being removed from South Africa's Parliament - almost two years the apartheid government was swept by the first multi-racial elections. Pictures showing white government ministers have been taken...
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WRAP African continent watches Live8 concerts on TV

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Soweto 1. Television screen playing Live8 concert from Johannesburg, South Africa 2. South African family watched Live8 concert at home 3. House 4. Family sitting around television 5. Close up of television 6. Two girls watching...
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Clinton and Mandela speak at Aids conference

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1. Wide shot of conference centre 2. Pan of people dancing 3. Mid shot of clown 4. Mid shot of African lady with tribal markings, dancing 5. Wide shot of conference stage 6. Man standing on float in the shape of a head 7. Man on...
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Mandela family feud over exhumation of childrens' remains goes to High Court

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Mthatha, Eastern Cape Province 1. Wide exterior Mthatha courthouse 2. Wide journalists standing outside the courthouse 3. Mid tracking shot Wesley Hayes, lawyer for the Mandela family, arriving at courthouse with associates 4. Wide...
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SOUTH AFRICA: FORMER GUERRILLA LEADER TO BECOME MILITARY CHIEF

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English/Nat President Nelson Mandela has named a former guerrilla leader as the nation's first black military chief. Army man Siphiwe Nyanda, 47, will succeed General Georg Meiring as head of the South African National Defense Force on...
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UK - Mandela Visits Brixton

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On the last day of his official visit to Britain Friday (12/7), Nelson Mandela went on a tour of Brixton in London, the home of one of the country's biggest black communities. Accompanied by the Prince of Wales and his daughter Zenani,...
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SAFRICA: BROTHEL CATERING FOR WOMEN

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English/Nat A male brothel catering for women only in Johannesburg is currently doing a roaring trade. The owners of the House of Spartacus say that it's about time women had the chance to do what their male counterparts have been doing...
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Stickers of protagonists from the left in the 20th century go on sale

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1. Wide of Piazza Venezia in centre of Rome 2. Patrol police monitoring traffic 3. Newsstand 4. Man buying sticker album 5. Close up of album 6. SOUNDBITE: (Italian) Vox pop, Massimo, no surname given: "It's an original idea, and buying...
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NIRELAND: HUME PREVIEW OF THE NOBEL PRIZE

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English/Nat Two leading lights in the Northern Irish peace process are due to be honoured in the Norwegian capital Oslo, on Thursday as the Nobel committee presents its annual peace prize. John Hume and David Trimble were recognised for...
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Zuma calls Mandela an 'icon' as he unveils archive of personal effects, letters

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South Africa's high society joined President Jacob Zuma on Monday for the official opening of a permanent display of Nelson Mandela's personal archive. Housed at the newly refurbished Nelson Mandela Foundation in Johannesburg, the...
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Mandela's daughter visits her father, police leave tributes, doves released

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1. Wide of car arriving at Pretoria Mediclinic Heart Hospital, where former South African President Nelson Mandela is receiving treatment 2. Zoom in to Zindzi Mandela (Mandela's daughter) getting out of car (wearing a black patterned...
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Michelle Obama draws on her past in message of hope to schoolchildren

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1. Mid of man on stage UPSOUND: (English) "Mrs Michelle Obama," Obama then walks on stage UPSOUND: Cheering 2. Mid of schoolchildren in audience 3. UPSOUND: (English) Michelle Obama, US First Lady: "Thank you" 4. Mid of schoolchildren...
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SOUTH AFRICA: HOMELESS PROBLEM

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Eng/Nat President Nelson Mandela has admitted he 's failed to deliver on election promises to South Africa's homeless. Nine months after he was swept to power, Mandela says his government is trying to ease the massive housing...