Curated Video
WRAP Reaction from State Dept., relatives of US citizens arrested in Iran
AP Television
Washington, DC - 29 May 2007
1. State Department spokesman Tom Casey arriving at news conference
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Tom Casey, U.S. Deputy State Department spokesman:
"These are individuals who are private citizens....
Curated Video
Beirut's past bulldozed to make way for the new - but at what cost?
One by one, the old traditional houses of Beirut are vanishing as luxury towers sprout up on every corner, altering the city's skyline almost beyond recognition.
It's part of an ongoing construction frenzy that's seems immune to tensions...
Curated Video
Focus shifts to preparations for the 2016 Olympic games in Rio
With the London Olympics drawing to a close on Sunday, the world's attention is already turning to Rio, which will host the Games in 2016.
Although there are four years to go until the world's biggest sporting event gets under way again,...
Curated Video
IOC says Beijing ahead of schedule for Olympics
1. Wide of International Olympic Committee (IOC) members taking their seats at news conference
2. Wide of room
3. Cutaway of photographer
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Hein Verbruggen, Member of the coordinating commission of the...
Curated Video
Chefs team up to save floating farms tradition
LEADIN:
Xochimilco, home to Mexico City's famed floating gardens is teaming up with local chefs to save the tradition.
Call it floating-farm-to-table: a growing number of the capital's most in-demand...
Curated Video
Chefs team up to save floating farms
LEADIN:
Xochimilco, home to Mexico City's famed floating gardens is teaming up with local chefs to save the tradition.
Call it floating-farm-to-table: a growing number of the capital's most in-demand...
Curated Video
Floating luxury homes in Hamburg
AP Television
Hamburg, 13 August 2010
1. Medium shot of floating homes at Eilbekkanal in Hamburg
2. Medium shot of floating home at Eilbekkanal
3. Close up window of floating home at Eilbekkanal
4. Medium shot floating homes at...
Curated Video
Some businesses ignore orders not to rebuild in tsunami inundated area of city
Enterprising Japanese are working hard to get things back to normal after the massive earthquake and tsunami flattened communities along Japan's eastern coastline almost one year ago, killing as many as 25-thousand people.
In the months...
Curated Video
GAZA: PLO LEADER CRITICISES ISRAEL'S APPROACH TO PEACE TALKS
English/Nat
A top PLO official Saturday slammed Israel's approach to peace.
Saeb Erekat, a minister in the Palestinian Authority, accused Israel of delaying the process.
He was speaking after the Palestinian cabinet met in Gaza to reject...
Curated Video
PAKISTAN: COUNTRY CONDUCTS FIRST CENSUS IN 17 YEARS
English/Nat
Pakistan has been conducting its first census in 17 years, seven years later than is required by the constitution.
The exercise had to be postponed repeatedly due to tensions between ethnic groups.
For Pakistan's largest city...
Curated Video
Security tight in trouble-hit region, efforts to ease tensions
August 3, 2011
1. Wide of Kashgar''s main mosque
2. Various of men praying
3. Set up shot of Kashgar Mosque Imam Juma Tayir
4. SOUNDBITE (Uighur) Juma Tayir, Imam of Kashgar Mosque:
"Regarding these separatists, they are already...
Curated Video
Favela families resist Olympics eviction
Dozens of families are resisting evacuation from their homes in the Vila Autodromo favela, bordering Rio de Janeiro's Olympic Park, despite most of the houses and businesses having been bulldozed into rubble to make way for the Games.On...
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Dozens of families are resisting evacuation from their homes in the Vila Autodromo favela, bordering Rio de Janeiro's Olympic Park, despite most of the houses and businesses having been bulldozed into rubble to make way for the Games.
Dozens of families are resisting evacuation from their homes in the Vila Autodromo favela, bordering Rio de Janeiro's Olympic Park, despite most of the houses and businesses having been bulldozed into rubble to make way for the Games.On...
Curated Video
Ancient architecture in old Persian city protects Iranians in heat wave
LEADIN:
The world has been sizzling under record temperatures this year, creating havoc as roads and railway lines buckle under extreme heat.
Many of us are retreating into air conditioned homes and offices,...
Curated Video
Finding site for new mosque proving difficult
LEAD-IN
The Muslim community in the Italian city of Florence is in dire need of a bigger mosque to accommodate its growing number of worshippers.
Local authorities say it's just a matter of finding a suitable...
Curated Video
Mixed reactions to a proposed new city
LEADIN:
A recently announced plan to construct a 10 billion US dollar new city in Jordan has drawn fierce criticism across the kingdom.
But proponents argue it will usher in a wave of jobs and economic...
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Historic neighbourhood gets a make-over
LEADIN:
Cairo's historic downtown is getting a new lease of life with the refurbishment of old buildings.
The neighbourhood dates back two centuries but has been neglected in recent times.
...
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Haiti survivors still struggle, decade after quake
Just before 5 p.m., Marie-Mislen Thomas's house fell on top of her three children.
Curated Video
Haiti survivors still struggle, decade after quake
Just before 5 p.m., Marie-Mislen Thomas's house fell on top of her three children.
Curated Video
Why Different Nations Drive On Different Sides Of The Road
Why do Americans and some Europeans drive differently?
Bloomberg
China’s ‘Ghost Cities’ Show Signs of Life
Sep.01 -- China’s so-called “Ghost Cities” are finally showing signs of life. A decade ago, pictures of these vast, new urban districts showed empty apartments towers and barren broad boulevards as the pace of building outstripped the...
MinuteEarth
How to Build a Better City
Think you're helping the environment by living in the suburbs rather than the city? Think again! Young scientists examine the effects of urban sprawl in a video that compares the environmental advantages of closely packed city life to...
Crash Course Kids
Let's Build a City
Explore the concept of engineering through urban planning with a video that strives to answer the question, "How can we use engineering to design a city that is safe, healthy, sustainable, and fun to live...