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Speaker of the House John Boehner says a tax bill did not advance to a vote in the House because it lacked votes. But he says Republicans still want to negotiate a deal avoiding a big tax hike in 2013 and wants President Obama to get serious.
HEADLINE: Boehner: Obama 'won't deal honestly' on issues
CAPTION: Speaker of the House John Boehner says a tax bill did not advance to a vote in the House because it lacked votes. But he says Republicans still want to negotiate a deal...
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INDIA: VAJPAYEE LAUNCHES HIS PARTY'S ELECTION CAMPAIGN
Hindi/Nat
The Indian Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, has launched his political party's campaign for the country's general elections which are to be held in a few weeks time.
Speaking to thousands of party activists at an indoor...
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White House domestic policy adviser Melody Barnes told The Associated Press that President Obama has proposed some tough budget cuts because he knows the fiscal situation demands it and he is more than willing to work Republicans to get it done.
HEADLINE: Advisor: President made tough budget cuts
CAPTION: White House domestic policy adviser Melody Barnes told The Associated Press that President Obama has proposed some tough budget cuts because he knows the fiscal situation...
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WRAP President Obama's first nationally broadcast presser ADDS s'bites
1. UPSOUND (English) "Ladies and gentlemen the President of the United States"; Obama walks to podium
2. Side view; Obama greets journalists and asks them to sit
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Barack Obama, US President:
"With the private sector...
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Main opposition coalition announces boycott of upcoming parliamentary elections, reax
1. Exterior of the Wafd party headquarters, where Egypt's opposition coalition held news conference
2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Sameh Ashour, leading member of the National Salvation Front and head of the Lawyers' Union of Egypt:
"The...
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USA: CLINTON'S RECORD SEVERELY CRITICIZED AT REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
English/Nat
From taxes and spending to welfare and crime, Republicans in San Diego have delivered a blistering convention critique of President Clinton's record in a session designed to boost Bob Dole's support among women by...
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Democrats officially nominate Obama as presidential candidate
Democrats have nominated Barack Obama for a second term as president, setting up a showdown this autumn with Republican challenger Mitt Romney.
In a raucous roll call of states that stretched into early Thursday, Ohio put Obama over top,...
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Taiwan and China ruling parties meet in latest sign of warming ties
1. Chairman of Taiwan's Nationalist Party, or Kuomintang (KMT) Wu Poh Hsiung walking to Chairman of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), Jia Qinglin and shaking hands.
2. Close Zoom out of Wu and Jia shaking hands...
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The first contests of the 2012 presidential campaign are underway, as caucus-goers gather in Iowa. All eyes are on GOP front-runner Mitt Romney and the candidates seeking to overtake him.
HEADLINE: GOP candidates face off as Iowa caucuses begin
CAPTION: The first contests of the 2012 presidential campaign are underway, as caucus-goers gather in Iowa. All eyes are on GOP front-runner Mitt Romney and the candidates seeking...
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WRAP Karzai votes, opposition parties vote, nomads
Kabul
1. Afghan President Hamid Karzai arriving at polling station
2. Media
3. Various of Karzai getting registered
4. Ballot box
5. Karzai voting
6. Press
7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan:
"The Afghan...
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Democratic Left Party withdraws from coalition government
1. Medium of Democratic Left Party logo
2. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Antonis Manitakis, Minister of Administrative Reform and Electronic Governance and Democratic Left MP:
"After the Democratic Left's decision to step out of coalition...
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With less than 48 hours until the polls open in South Carolina, the Republicans battling for the presidential nomination are campaigning hard in the Palmetto State
HEADLINE: GOP candidates battle in S.C.
CAPTION: With less than 48 hours until the polls open in South Carolina, the Republicans battling for the presidential nomination are campaigning hard in the Palmetto State. (Jan 17)
[Notes:ANCHOR...
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Republican hopeful speaks after winning primary in his home state
1. Zoom out of Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich and his wife Callista Gingrich at podium
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Newt Gingrich, Republican presidential hopeful:
"June and July were really hard and it was precisely because...
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The Texas Republican Party adopted the use of so-called 'reparative therapy' onto its party platform Saturday which coaches gay men and women with the goal of turning them straight. (June 7)
The Texas Republican Party now endorses so-called "reparative therapy" for gays under a new platform given final approval at its annual convention.
Roughly 7,000 delegates Saturday ratified the platform without debating their party's...
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Bush and Democrats disagree on his tax plans
1. Wide shot of Bush and Paul Bremer, the new special envoy to Iraq, in the Oval Office
2. Cutaway of press
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) US President George W. Bush:
"We're going to get a tax package through because it's the right thing to...
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WRAP Various addresses on 2nd day of Democratic convention ADDS Warner
1. Top view of convention floor as former Virginia Governor Mark Warner is introduced
2. Various of Warner arriving for the keynote address, waving at people
3. Various of audience
4. Warner waving at people
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Mark...
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Political reax after president and parties hold crisis talks
1. Wide exterior of party leaders leaving President's office
2. Mid of country's central bank governor, Panicos Demetriades, leaving President's office
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Spyros Stavrinakis,Cyprus Central Bank, Central Bank deputy...
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Top congressional Democrats called on the Bush Administration Wednesday to appoint an adviser to coordinate the federal government's response to mounting foreclosures around the country.
HEADLINE: Democrats want special mortgage market adviser
CAPTION: Top congressional Democrats called on the Bush Administration Wednesday to appoint an adviser to coordinate the federal government's response to mounting foreclosures...
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Republicans, their ranks expanded by tea party-backed freshmen, take control of the House when the 112th Congress convenes at noon on Wednesday.
HEADLINE: House GOP coming to power in Washington
CAPTION: Republicans, their ranks expanded by tea party-backed freshmen, take control of the House when the 112th Congress convenes at noon on Wednesday. Jerry Bodlander reports. (Jan....
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AP pix of Fukuda wins ruling party presidency, voxpops
1. Wide of voting at The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) general assembly to elect new leader
2. Lawmakers voting
3. Officials opening ballots
4. Wide of lawmakers in the auditorium
5. Yasuo Fukuda stands up to acknowledge his election...
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Ruling party heads for elex defeat, Popular Party celebrations
1. Graffiti on wall near voting station: (Spanish) "Don't vote"
2. Various of voters and police outside Instituto Lope de Vega voting station on Daoiz Street
3. Close up of sign above doorway to voting station
4. Voters leaving polling...
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Democrats hope Obama will deliver in his keynote speech to convention
US President Barack Obama goes before the Democratic National Convention and the nation on Thursday with a keynote speech designed not just to persuade undecided voters to swing his way in a tight election, but also to put fire in the...
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Far-right party meets in Berlin amid protests
1. Wide of police standing guard
2. Close of demonstrator chanting and shaking hand
3. Mid of police and demonstrators shouting "Nazis out"
4. Various of demonstrators with sign reading: "No Nazis"
5. Mid of policewoman calming...
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Ruling party document questions established AIDS theories
Johannesburg, South Africa - March 23, 2002
1. Various South African newspaper Mail & Guardian headlines reading "ANC loses the plot" (ANC: African National Congress)
2. Mail & Guardian interior page "Aids drugs killed Parks,...