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Voting begins in Nepal municipal elections, security
1. Shot of woman casting her ballot with a gun in the foreground
2. People queueing up for voting
3. Man signing up at registration table
4. Ballot paper being torn from the book for the voter
5. Man reading ballot paper
6. Low angle...
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Election campaigning under way, with 11 candidates vying to succeed Karzai
Campaigning officially opened on Sunday in Afghanistan's presidential election, which features 11 candidates vying to succeed President Hamid Karzai in polls seen as a crucial test of whether Afghanistan can achieve a stable political...
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Extra-EU citizens in Rome to vote for their own representatives
1. Mid shot Chinese children walking in multi-ethnic crowd
2. Various election banners
3. Mid shot election lorry parking
4. Mid shot candidate driving
5. Close up candidate and election leaflets
6. Mid shot candidate greeting voter
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Protest against the current leader of Hong Kong
1. Wide shot start of protest demanding universal suffrage for Hong Kong
2. Mid shot start of protest
3. Mid shot police watching protest
4. Long shot protesters carrying banners
5. Wide shot protesters from Democratic Party carrying...
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CHECHNYA: RUSSIA/CHECHNYA CONFLICT: CIVILIANS
Russian/Nat
Russia has ruled out imposing direct presidential rule on the breakaway republic of Chechnya.
But its strategy in the region will not change, despite a vote by the Council of Europe to suspend Russia's voting rights, and a...
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Head of China office meets HK lawmakers in sign of softening controls
16 July 2013
1. Wide of Zhang Xiaoming, the head of China's liaison office in Hong Kong, shaking hands with lawmakers
2. Mid of pro-democracy lawmaker Leung Kwok-hung (camera left), wearing a white t-shirt with jailed Nobel Peace Prize...
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INDIA: BIHAR: WARNINGS OF INTER-CASTE VIOLENCE
English/Hindi/Nat
With the start of elections less than 10 days away, the chief minister of Bihar has warned there may be violence in the state if military forces are not deployed during the vote.
The last time India went to the polls in...
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Hundreds of Palestinians protest against US President Obama's visit
Ofer Camp, West Bank
1. Wide of Israeli soldiers
2. Wide of ambulance
3. Israeli soldier firing tear gas at demonstrators
4. Palestinian demonstrators hurling stones at Israeli soldiers
5. More of Israeli soldiers
6. Israeli soldiers...
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Thousands protest against chief executive on handover anniversary
1. Wide pan of large crowd of protesters in street
2. Mid of police officers amid crowd of protesters
3. Close of protesters making thumbs-down gesture and chanting (Cantonese) "Leung Chun-ying resign!"
4. Wide high shot looking down at...
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Former PM unveils his programme as he runs for presidency
1. Mid of Dominique de Villepin, French presidential candidate, walking onto stage past reporters for news conference
2. Wide of news conference, Dominique de Villepin standing at lectern
3. SOUNDBITE (French) Dominique de Villepin,...
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EU election monitor condemns violence in lead up to 27 Dec poll, displaced
1. Aerial from helicopter of Molo district
2. Various of Chief EU election monitor, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, speaking to displaced people
3. Children, women, bedding, in shelter for displaced people
4. Woman talking to a Red Cross...
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BANGLADESH: NEW MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT TAKE OATH OF OFFICE
English/Nat
Newly elected members of parliament have taken the oath of office in Bangladesh, following the June 12 elections.
Sheikh Hasina, president of the Awami League, and over a hundred members of her party were among the...
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ESTONIA: ELECTIONS HIT BY ETHNIC / HUMAN RIGHT SQUABBLES
Russian/Nat
The Baltic republic of Estonia goes to the polls in a general election on Sunday but the campaign is already riddled with ethnic squabbles and claims of human rights abuses.
Since independence in 1991 the tiny state, one of...
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Opposition candidates claim fraud in presidential election
1. Wide of media awaiting news conference
2. Mid shot of opposition presidential candidate Adakhan Madumarov
3. Wide pan of Madumarov and fellow presidential candidate Kubatbek Baebalov approaching stage
4. Close of name sign reading...
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WRAP HKong celebrates 10th anniv of handover, bridge opening, protests
1. Flag raising ceremony at Hong Kong Bauhinia Garden
2. Government officials in ceremony
3. Flag-raising
4. Band
5. Flag-raising
6. People holding flags
7. Sign reading: "10th Anniversary"
8. Various of police marching
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French finance minister meets top economic officials; presser
1.Tilt down of Brazilian Central Bank building
2. Mid of Central Bank entrance
3. Wide of French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde with Brazilian Central Bank president Alexandre Tombini
4. Mid of Lagarde and Tombini shaking hands
5....
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Indian woman in legal battle to give Zapotec women basic rights
Quiegolani, Oaxaca - January 7, 2008
1. Various wide of Quiegolani indian village
2. Medium shot of women walking
3. Various of women washing clothes
4. Various interior of old woman making tortilla
5. Various of woman with her son in...
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AP Interview with bishop on church's accusations of brutality
1. Set-up of Secretary-General of Catholic Bishops Conference, Father F. Chirombo
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Father F. Chirombo, Secretary-General of Catholic Bishops Conference:
"The churches are expressing concern over the deteriorating...
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Zimbabwe opposition wants expatriates to be allowed to vote
1. Wide of Johannesburg skyline
2. Wide of Zimbabwean refugees who live at the Central Methodist Church in Johannesburg
3. Zoom out showing a packed corridor with Zimbabwean refugees at the Central Methodist Church in Johannesburg
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Immigrants criticise voting rights in Germany during election
With only half of foreign-born German residents having the right to vote, many highlighted dual nationality as an important issue on election day on Sunday.
In the Berlin district of Neukoelln, streets are crowded with immigrants, but...
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VP candidate hopes she will entice more women to vote in presidential elections
Habiba Sarabi's bid to become Afghanistan's first female vice president has highlighted a sensitive issue in a conservative society where women must still conform to cultural norms.
Sarabi is the most prominent woman running on a ticket...
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Mainstream parties yet to embrace Germany's immigrant population
Days before Germans are due to vote in a parliamentary election, many immigrants said they didn't feel accepted or represented by larger political parties.
Chaban Salih and Yuseiba Dilan, members of the Muslim community in Berlin, have...
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OSCE observers on election marred by violence
1. Wide of news conference by members of election monitoring mission of Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
2. Mid shot of panel
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Robert Barry, head of observer mission for Organisation for...
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Singer Denise Ho arrested at protest
A group of student leaders, pro-democratic lawmakers and prominent figures who refused to leave a pro-democracy protest camp were cleared away by police Thursday (11DEC14).
Among them was Jimmy Lai, a pro-democracy media tycoon, who had...