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College voters to play role in election - many by absentee ballot
October 8 - Washington, DC
1. Various shots of students registering to vote
2. UPSOUND:"Registered to vote?"
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Brandon Hines, member of George Washington University Republicans "I've called mail and package...
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France - Political parties stage election rallies
Political parties in France held late night rallies on Thursday (22/5) to try and drum up support before the first round of voting in the general election on Sunday (24/5). Prime Minister Alain Juppe told voters that they must support...
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SYND 25-5-72 ANC LEADER BISHOP MUZOREWA INTERVIEWED ON REPORT
Press conference organized in African township of Highfield by African National Council to voice reaction to Pearce Commission findings
1 ANC meeting under trees
2 leaders on stage
3 SOUNDBITE: (English) Bishop Abel Muzorewa is happy...
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Republicans dispute Obama's rosy view of the economy
Republican Senator Joni Ernst from Iowa delivered the Republican response to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address on Tuesday, and painted a far less rosy picture of the US economy than the one Obama laid out.
Ernst said...
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Joe Biden addresses the democratic convention, Obama on stage
1. Various of Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden arriving on stage
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Joe Biden, Democratic Vice Presidential candidate: (++PARTLY OVERLAID WITH MID OF JILL BIDEN APPLAUDING++)
"Let me say it as simply...
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Michelle Obama, Kennedys on first day at convention
Denver, Colorado - 25 August 2008
1. Wide shot of stage, Michelle Obama's brother Craig Robinson on stage
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Craig Robinson, Michelle Obama's brother:
"Good evening. I'm Craig Robinson and Michelle Obama is my little...
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Barack Obama Keynote Speech at Democratic National Convention, Part 2
Candidate for U.S. Senate in Illinois, Barack Obama, delivers the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in Boston.
1. Obama delivers keynote speech (SOT):
"Tonight, we gather to affirm the greatness of our nation not...
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Attorney and women's rights activist Sandra Fluke is sounding dire warnings at the Democratic National Convention on a range of health issues if the GOP wins the White House
HEADLINE: Women's activist sends alarm on health issues
CAPTION: Attorney and women's rights activist Sandra Fluke is sounding dire warnings at the Democratic National Convention on a range of health issues if the GOP wins the White...
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News that the State Senate had passed a bill stripping collective bargaining rights from public workers sent the AWOL democratic senators into an emergency meeting. AP's Robert Ray was there.
CAPTION: News that the State Senate had passed a bill stripping collective bargaining rights from public workers sent the AWOL democratic senators into an emergency meeting. AP's Robert Ray was there. (March 10)
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USA: WASHINGTON: CLINTON JOINS DEBATE ON PATIENTS RIGHTS
English/Nat
President Clinton joined the debate on a Patients' Bill of Rights on Tuesday as the U-S Senate geared up for a vote on the prospective legislation.
Before leaving on a day trip to Florida, President Clinton urged lawmakers to...
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ALBANIA: RIVAL POLITICAL PARTIES AGREE TO HOLD EMERGENCY ELECTIONS
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Albania's rival political parties on Thursday agreed to hold emergency parliamentary elections on June 29.
The date was announced by Franz Vranitzky, the international envoy sent by the Organisation for Security and...
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Fretilin party confident of winning upcoming elections
1. UN vehicle leads large convoy of Fretilin Party supporters
2. People on bikes and motorbikes driving past
3. People on backs of trucks and utility vehicles carrying Fretilin flags
4. Close up people on truck
5. Large yellow truck...
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Senate Republicans have blocked an effort to repeal the law banning gays from serving openly in the military. The partisan vote was a defeat for gay rights groups who saw the provision as a chance to overturn the law known as 'don't ask, don't tell.'
HEADLINE: Republicans block bill to lift military gay ban
CAPTION: Senate Republicans have blocked an effort to repeal the law banning gays from serving openly in the military. The partisan vote was a defeat for gay rights groups who saw...
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WRAP Political parties express support for government
New Delhi, 30 Dec
1. Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at meeting of political parties, pan to political leaders sitting
2. Vajpayee, pan to opposition Congress party leader Sonia Gandhi
3. Meeting
4. Home Minister Lal Krishan Advani...
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President Barack Obama has been appealing to House Republicans for more cooperation in his second year.
HEADLINE: Obama spends time wooing and debating GOP
CAPTION: President Barack Obama and Republican House members spent part of their day questioning and sometimes lecturing each other face to face at a Republican gathering in Baltimore....
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Confirmation hearing for nominee for Supreme Court, arrivals, opening remarks
AP Television
Washington, DC - July 13, 2009
1. Nominee for the US Supreme Court Sonia Sotomayor walks into hearing room, followed by lawmakers
Washington, DC - July 13, 2009
2. Sotomayor walks towards witness table
3. Wide shot of...
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An economist who advised the Obama administration on health care is apologizing to Congress for his 'glib' and 'insulting' remarks that Republicans have seized upon in attacking the president's health law. (Dec. 9)
An economist who advised the Obama administration on health care is apologizing to Congress for his "insulting" remarks that Republicans have seized upon in attacking the president's health law.
MIT economist Jonathan Gruber told groups...
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When they're not attacking one another, GOP presidential candidates vying for the Fla. primary say the president is to blame for the state's continuing economic woes.
HEADLINE: Unemployment, housing loom large for Fla. voters
CAPTION: When they're not attacking one another, GOP presidential candidates vying for the Fla. primary say the president is to blame for the state's continuing economic woes....
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President Barack Obama says he and Republicans will have to put a serious plan together that tackles the nation's debt and deficit problems, but also saves entitlement programs
HEADLINE (48 characters): AP Exclusive: Obama on debt and Medicare
CAPTION: (255 characters):
President Barack Obama says he and Republicans will have to put a serious plan together that tackles the nation's debt and deficit...
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USA: WASHINGTON: DEMAND FOR A BALANCED BUDGET BILL IS PASSED
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The U-S House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday demanding a balanced federal budget by the year 2002, and setting the scene for a major confrontation with the White House.
The bill would shrink the size of the federal...
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Main opposition secular party looks set to win parliamentary election
Tunisia's main secular opposition party is claiming victory in the country's historic parliamentary elections.
While official results are yet to be released, the Nida Tunis party says exit polls show it has the majority of seats - ahead...
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Republicans devoted their weekly address to spotlighting steps being taken by the new GOP House majority, including trimming House members' operating budgets and, moving to repeal Obama's signature health care law.
HEADLINE: GOP Weekly Address: Repealing health care
CAPTION: Republicans devoted their weekly address to spotlighting steps being taken by the new GOP House majority, including trimming House members' operating budgets and, moving to...
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Obama outlines economic recovery plan in prime time presser
1. Wide of US President Barack Obama walking into news conference, zoom out as Obama steps up to podium
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Barack Obama, US President:
"The most critical part of our strategy is to ensure that we do not return to an...
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In the GOP's weekly radio and Internet address, Sen. John Thune of South Dakota contends that the Democrats' current proposals would not improve health care. Thune says that's because they would force millions of Americans to go from employer-based coverage into a government-run system.
HEADLINE: GOP attacks Democratic health care plan
CAPTION: In the GOP's weekly radio and Internet address, Sen. John Thune of South Dakota contends that the Democrats' current proposals would not improve health care. (Aug. 1)