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Hundreds join protest against bill they fear will put food sovereignty at risk
Demonstrators took the streets of Chile's capital on Saturday to protest a proposed bill they say would put at risk the country's food sovereignty.
The protesters rallied against the so-called "Monsanto Law", which seeks to expand...
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An elderly woman has been convicted of murdering two homeless men to collect millions of dollars in insurance payouts. She and another elderly woman were also found guilty of conspiracy to murder for financial gain. The AP's John Mone spoke with an attorney for one of the women dubbed "The Black Widows."
HEADLINE: Homeless Hit and Run Verdicts
CAPTION: An elderly woman has been convicted of murdering two homeless men to collect millions of dollars in insurance payouts. She and another elderly woman were also found guilty of conspiracy...
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Illegal logging almost eliminated in wintering ground of monarch butterfly
Researchers and government officials in Mexico say illegal logging has been all but eliminated in the wintering grounds of the monarch butterfly.
It is the first time that logging has not been detected there since the area was declared a...
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Conservationists bid to revive oxpecker bird population
AP Television
Mabula game reserve, Limpopo province, South Africa, 26th October 2010
1. Mid rhinos with red-billed oxpecker birds on their backs
2. Close up rhino zoom into bird
3. Wide zoom in rhino's grazing with oxpeckers on the...
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Environment Ministry comments on deforestation of monarch butterfly's forest
A new study of the Monarch butterflies' winter nesting grounds in central Mexico says small-scale logging is worse than previously thought and may be contributing to threats facing the Monarch's singular migration pattern.
The reserve's...
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY:ENT5-JAPAN TOYS
Japanese/Nat
Title: ROBOTIC PETS
Date: 17TH MARCH 2000
Location: TOKYO
Man's best friend is his...electronic pet.
First there were robot dogs, then robot cats, and now Japan's third-largest toymaker is betting that the craze for...
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Huge blow up sculptures battle wind and rain to delight locals
AP Television
Hong Kong - 2 May 2013
1. Inflatable art work "Sacrilege" by Jeremy Deller, based on Stonehenge
2. Wide of Hong Kong's tallest building, ICC, and tilt to "Sacrilege"
3. Various of people jumping on "Sacrilege"
4. Close of...
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All Jeff Ellis could do was wait as he sat terrified 30,000 feet in the air staring at the wriggling scorpion that stung him on a flight to Alaska.
HEADLINE: First Person: Scorpion stings Ore. man on plane
CAPTION: All Jeff Ellis could do was wait as he sat terrified 30,000 feet in the air staring at the wriggling scorpion that stung him on a flight to Alaska. (July 1)
("We were on...
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MEXICO: ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS KILLS MONARCH BUTTERFLIES
El Campanario Reserve, El Rosario, 4 January 1996
1. Dead butterfly on ground
2. Dead butterflies waling shot
3. Pan of ground and dead butterflies
4. Close up dead butterfly
5. Various dead butterflies in snow
6. Dead butterfly on...
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Scientists find shrimp-like creature under Antarctic ice sheet
Pine Island Glacier Ice Shelf, Antarctica - December 2009
1. Shrimp-like creature swimming around camera cable inside bore hole
Greenbelt, Maryland, USA - 12 March 2010
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Robert Bindschadler, NASA Ice Scientist:...
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Romantic butterfly revival ahead of Valentine's Day
AP Television
Chia, Colombia - December 4, 2010
1. Various of native butterflies
2. Wide pan right to left of John Restrepo entering shop, sign reading: (Spanish) "Wings of Colombia"
3. Mid of hand made butterfly on the shop
4. Mid of...
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Beetle mania comes to town in Thailand
You will have heard of bull fighting, and maybe even cock fighting, but how about beetle fighting?
It's a traditional form of entertainment in Thailand and is being celebrated at a special festival.
It's a battle of the beetles.
These...
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Flying above the Cambodian jungles
Historical sites wouldn't usually cause a scream, but here at Siem Reap in Cambodia - just miles from seventh wonder of the world Angkor Wat - it's doing just that.
Located inside Angkor Archaeological Park's 6-hectare site, this is...
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A feast for the senses - the culinary highlights of 2013
Cake designs reached new heights in 2013 with everything from burgers to Buckingham Palace captured in sugar craft.
While a beating snake heart delicacy and cheese riddled with maggots were among the more unusual culinary delights of...
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Start of retrial of Politkovskaya murder case
1. Wide of Moscow street, exterior of Moscow District Military Court
2. Close up flag on the court building
3. Wide of court entrance with media outside
4. Wide of media near the court building
5. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Anna Stavitskaya,...
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FRANCE: PROFILE OF JEAN-MARIE LE PEN
French/Nat
With just two days to go before France goes to the polls for the final round of legislative elections there is all to play for.
The ruling right-wing majority could be poised to lose President Jacques Chirac's gamble in...
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Ant plague kills trees in 3 to 4 days
1. Various pine forest
2. Man carrying chainsaw
3. Various cutting pines
4. Various falling trees
5. Buffer zone to contain ants
6. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Carlos Hernandez, INAFOR (National Forestry Institute) "The female gorgojo (beetle)...
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Round-up of the year's most ridiculous stories
New York - May 22, 2002
1. Close up David Blaine on top of pole
2. Tilt up wide shot pole and boxes
3. Blaine jumps
4. Blaine emerging from pile of boxes
New York - August 27, 2002
5. Close up Criss Angel in tank
6. Wide shot tank
7. Pan...
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Butterflies return on yearly migration
1. Wide shot of thousands of Monarch butterflies flying on the natural reserve in Michoacan
2. Mid shot of the same
3. Mid shot of tree covered by thousands of butterflies
4. Mid shot of Monarch butterfly posed over a rock in a stream
5....
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Military activity aboard USS Enterprise in Arabian Sea.
October 15, 2001 (Night shots)
1. F-14 Tomcat takes off from deck of USS Enterprise.
2. Crew member on deck
3. F/A-18 Sea Hornet takes off
4. Crewman using light sticks to direct aircraft
5. F-14 takes off
6. F-14 taxiing on deck
7....
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Crowds flock to former residence of notorious drug baron
AP Television
Puerto Triunfo - April 16th, 2010
1. Various of Cessna plane at the entrance of the Hacienda Napoles theme park (The first aircraft Escobar used to smuggle cocaine into the United States)
2. Mid shot of sign that reads in...
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JAPAN: AQUAROID FISH ROBOTIC PET
Japanese/Nat
The latest robotic pet has been unveiled at the 2000 Tokyo Toy Show
The "Aquaroid Fish", manufactured by the Takara Company, will arrive in stores in Japan later this year.
Its hoped the solar-powered fish will be as...
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Researchers promote benefits of eating insects
1. Close-up of fried grasshoppers or "chapulines"
2. Mid shot of fried grasshoppers, acosiles (a variety of river shrimp), nopales and chicken intestines
3. Close-up of acosiles
4. Wide shot of vendor at Xochimilco's market
5. Close-up...
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Welfare group exposes black market trade
1. Exterior of animal refuge
2. Mid shot of woman feeding animals in cages
3. Various of monkeys in cages
4. Various of squirrels in cages
5. Various of turtles
6. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Carmen Rocio Gonzalez, Veterinarian, Fund for...