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US veterans attend sunrise ceremony to mark DDay landing
As the sun rose over a gusty Omaha Beach in France on Friday D-Day veterans from the United States 29th Infantry Division stood at attention alongside serving soldiers at 6:30 a.m., exactly the moment on June 6, 1944, when Allied troops...
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Riots, Swimming
Bonus Riots In Nation's Capital
President Hoover calls infantry, cavalry and tanks into Washington, D.C. to rout the Bonus Expeditionary Force demonstrators, after a clash between the disgruntled war veterans and the police produces...
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Emotional observance of Armistice Day in battle town
1. Mid of church tower, pull out to wide of Meense Poort (Menen or Menin Gate) war memorial
2. Close-up of lion statue on top of memorial, with text below reading (English) "To the armies of the British empire who stood here from 1914...
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Colorado becomes first US state to permit sale of recreational marijuana
America's first recreational pot industry opened in Colorado on Wednesday, kicking off an experiment that will be followed closely around the world and one that activists hope will prove that legalisation is a better alternative than the...
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Fmr US general criticises US troop withdrawal
1. Wideshot of Clark at podium
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Rtd Gen. Wesley Clark, Former Presidential Candidate
"Now they're trying to redo Bill Clinton's post cold war redeployment of American forces. We did it after the cold war. Reduced...
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WRAP President visits heavily criticised Walter Reed Army Medical Center
1. US President George W. Bush gets out of helicopter, waves
2. Wide exterior Walter Reed Army Medical Centre building
3. Close-up of sign
4. Secret service police on watch
4. US flag flying
5. Various of Bush walking inside, shaking...
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Schwarzman: Michelle Obama Sold Me on Hiring Veterans
Nov. 10 -- Steve Schwarzman, chairman and chief executive officer at Blackstone, talks about Blackstones commitment to hiring 50,000 veterans by 2018 and the governments push to get the business community more involved in the employment...
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SOUTH KOREA: WAR VETERANS GATHER AT INCHON
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Veterans of the Korean war gathered at Inchon on Friday to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of a military operation which turned the course of the Korean war.
They were given performances by military bands and U-S and...
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Recently discharged U.S. Marine Jason Braddock says after years in Afghanistan the biggest challenge many veterans face is trying to figure out how to market the skills they used on the battlefield to employers as they enter the job market.
HEADLINE First Person: Vets look to translate military skills into jobs
CAPTION: Recently discharged U.S. Marine Jason Braddock says after years in Afghanistan the biggest challenge many veterans face is trying to figure out how to...
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In an event held by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Monday in Washington DC, transgender military members from around the world shared their experiences of transitioning in the military. (Oct. 20)
In an event held by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Monday in Washington DC, transgender military members from around the world shared their experiences of transitioning in the military.
Flight Lieutenant Caroline R. Paige,...
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Veteran diplomat Richard Holbrooke, who is a U.S. special envoy on the Afghanistan war, was in critical condition after more than 20 hours of surgery to fix a tear in the large artery that moves blood from the heart.
HEADLINE: Key U.S. diplomat critical after surgery for torn aorta
CAPTION: Veteran diplomat Richard Holbrooke, who is a U.S. special envoy on the Afghanistan war, was in critical condition after more than 20 hours of surgery to...
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VIETNAM: CHEMICAL EFFECTS OF AGENT ORANGE
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Americans who fought in Vietnam are now back in the country helping to tackle the deadly legacy of the chemical defoliant - Agent Orange.
The chemical was sprayed across thousands of square miles to deprive Vietcong troops...
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VIETNAM: FORMER US PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH VISIT
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More than 20 years since the U-S fought, and lost, a bitter conflict in Vietnam the former U-S President George Bush is making the first high-profile visit to the country.
The U-S and Vietnam only established diplomatic ties...
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ZIMBABWE: LABOUR UNION CALL FOR 5 DAY NATIONWIDE STRIKE
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In the latest threat to Zimbabwe's embattled President Robert Mugabe, the country's main labour confederation has called for a five-day national strike to protest a tax hike and rising prices.
Morgan Tsvangirayi, secretary...
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What do you need to do to make sure you get your economic stimulis check from the government? The IRS commissioner explains today in an interview with The Associated Press.
HEADLINE: Q&A: When will I get my economic stimulus payment?
CAPTION: Linda Stiff, Acting Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service answers questions about how the federal economic stimulus payments will be made. (March...
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Finnish Jews talk about fighting alongside Nazi Germany during WWII
1. Various of Finnish soldiers fighting during the Winter War against Soviet forces
Helsinki, Finland - January 25, 2012
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Harry Matso, Finnish war veteran:
"I was an ordinary soldier. With a rifle, nothing else. No...
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Once primarily male veteran problems, homelessness and economic struggles are escalating among female veterans, whose numbers have grown during the past decade of U.S. wars while resources for them haven't kept up
HEADLINE: Female vets come home to scarce resources
CAPTION: Once primarily male veteran problems, homelessness and economic struggles are escalating among female veterans, whose numbers have grown during the past decade of U.S. wars...
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presser on Gulf War syndrome
Paris - April 24, 2001
1. Wide view pan of press conference
2. Cutaways
3. SOUNDBITE: (French) Professor Roger Salamon, head of the Gulf War Syndrome Commission
"The conclusion of the report is that there is no Gulf War Syndrome,...
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Acting Veterans Affairs Secretary Sloan Gibson addressed complaints Friday in San Antonio,Texas about the Department of Veterans Affairs, saying that intimidation and retaliation against those speaking out would not be tolerated. (June 6)
Acting Veterans Affairs Secretary Sloan Gibson warned VA administrators on Friday that intimidation or retaliation against anyone who calls attention to problems within the veterans' health system will not be tolerated.
Federal...
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Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki has resigned amid widespread troubles in the VA health care system. President Barack Obama says he accepted the resignation with "considerable regret." (May 30)
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Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki has resigned amid widespread troubles in the VA health care system.
President Barack Obama says he accepted the resignation with "considerable...
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Croatian president arrives for wreath-laying ceremony, meets Serb leader
1. Wide of Vukovar city hall
2. Mid of Croatian flags
3. Wide of destroyed buildings in Vukovar
4. Wide of people waiting at the port
5. SOUNDBITE (Croatian) Nikola Tarle, Croatian war veteran:
"I want to remember certain things, but we...
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SOUTH AFRICA: BRITAIN'S QUEEN ELIZABETH II VISIT
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth braved wet and muddy conditions in South Africa's Soweto township today to unveil a memorial to World War one soldiers. (Thursday).
The queen unveiled a memorial dedicated to the hundreds of black...
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Anti war protest day ahead of large rally against Iraq War
1. Mid of anti-war protesters walking towards train station
2. Wide shot of protest poster on top of car, showing President Bush on a rocket, reading (English) "Not another war"
3. Various of people frozen in their steps inside train...
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Vietnam - Drug addiction remedy
A major project has been launched to test a herbal cure for heroin addiction, currently being used with great success in Vietnam.
The United Nations Development (UNDP) Programme in May invested about US$ 400,000 in research and tests on...