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Legislation to restore unemployment benefits to millions broke free of Senate Republican delaying tactics on Tuesday. Senators voted 60-40 to move ahead on the bill, clearing the way for a final senate vote.
HEADLINE: Unemployment benefits extension clears hurdle
CAPTION: Legislation to restore unemployment benefits to millions broke free of Senate Republican delaying tactics on Tuesday. Senators voted 60-40 to move ahead on the bill,...
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President Bush scolded lawmakers on Tuesday, saying the Democratic-led Congress hasn't "seen a bill they could not solve without shoving a tax hike into it."
HEADLINE: Bush: 'Congress is not getting its work done'
CAPTION: President Bush scolded lawmakers on Tuesday, saying the Democratic-led Congress hasn't 'seen a bill they could not solve without shoving a tax hike into it.' (Oct. 30)
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Congressional negotiators reached agreement Thursday on a compromise spending bill to avert a weekend federal shutdown.
HEADLINE:Bargainers reach deal to head off gov't shutdown
CAPTION: Congressional negotiators reached agreement Thursday on a compromise spending bill to avert a weekend federal shutdown. (Dec. 15) ...
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Noda to face three ruling party contenders in leadership election that he's expected to win
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda will face three ruling party contenders in a leadership election later this month that he is expected to win.
At a news conference on Monday by the candidates from the ruling Democratic Party of...
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USA: SENATE APPROVES ANTI TERRORISM BILL
Washington DC, USA, 17 April 19961. Various wide shots of Senate with senators voting2. SOUNDBITE. Senator Joseph Biden3. Cutaway wide shot of Senate presidency4. SOUNDBITE. Senator Orrin Hatch5. Cutaway Senate6. SOUNDBITE. Senator Bob...
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Prime Minister Phan Van Khai continues visit
1. Various of Vietnamese Prime Minister Phan Van Khai meeting with US Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman, Richard Lugar
2. Various of Khai meeting with US Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist and US Senate Minority Leader Harry...
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Public transport workers on strike for third day after new austerity measures passed
1. Tilt down from metro sign to sign reading Syntagma Square
2. Closed entrance to metro
3. Close of notice announcing strike
4. Wide of man at empty tram station
5. Mid of man and woman at empty tram station
6. Close of switched off...
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Lower chamber votes on energy reform, protests
1. Various interior of leftist lawmakers gathered seizing speaker's podium at congress
2. Various of protesters outside congressional complex protesting against reform bill
3. Mid of protesters laying out a banner against reform
4....
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ISRAEL: TERRITORIAL CONCESSIONS ON GOLAN HEIGHTS VOTE
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Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin's narrow coalition has defeated a bill aimed at blocking territorial concessions on the Golan Heights.
The bill's defeat salvages the government's policy of trading land for peace with...
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Bell ringing ceremony as Tokyo Stock Exchange opens for first time in 2013
1. Mid of the Japan Exchange Group (JPX) logo being unveiled
2. Wide of audience clapping
3. Close up of logo
4. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Atsushi Saito, CEO of the Japan Exchange Group:
"By promoting IPO's (Initial Public Offerings),...
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President Barack Obama urged the U.S. Senate to pass a sweeping energy and climate bill that narrowly passed the House last week
HEADLINE: Obama urges Senate to pass climate bill
CAPTION: President Barack Obama urged the U.S. Senate to pass a sweeping energy and climate bill that narrowly passed the House last week. (June 29)
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Obama denounces hold-up in stimulus package ahead of tentative deal
1. Mid of US President Barack Obama walking into East Room
2. Wide of Obama speaking
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Barack Obama, US President:
"I am sure that at the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue, members of the Senate are reading these same...
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Political aides clash with police in row over media industry reform
1. Clash between police and political aides, surrounded by media
2. Political aides pulling a person into the assembly building
3. Various of clash between police and political aides
4. Mid of clash, policeman falling on ground
5....
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AHMADINEJAD, RAFSANJANI AT OFFICIAL OPENING OF PARLIAMENT
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad urged newly-elected lawmakers to stand with him against 'evil' on Sunday, in a speech at the opening session of the country's ninth parliament since the Islamic Revolution.
The president's address...
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Sharansky comments on resignation
1. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon entering room and shaking hands with US Senator Joseph Lieberman and US Senate Majority leader, Bill Frist - three then stand together
2. Close up Frist and Lieberman
3. Mid shot Sharon, Frist and...
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Duma passes law banning Americans from adopting Russian children
1. Wide interior of lawmakers inside State Duma
2. Mid of lawmakers in State Duma
3. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Anatoly Lokot, Duma deputy for the Communist Party of Russia:
"And it took a foreign policy move on the part of the United States...
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Pontiff arrives for final mass of four-day visit, pilgrims reax
1. Various aerials of Pope mobile crossing bridge over Douro river in Porto
2. Wide of Pope mobile driving along surrounded by crowd of faithful waving flags
3. Various of Pope Benedict XVI greeting crowd from Pope mobile
4. Wide...
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Russians react to vote on law extending presidential term
1. Wide top shot, Russian State Duma interior
2. Mid of Duma Speaker Boris Gryzlov addressing parliament
3. Top pan of lawmakers voting
4. Close-up of screen with voting results
5. Mid of photographers
6. Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Liberal...
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Democrats defeated on Bush Iraq withdrawal plan
1. Wide of U.S. Senate floor
2. Mid shot of presiding senator: UPSOUND: the "yeas" are 79, the "nos" are 19 (on the Republican provision urging that 2006 "should be a period of significant transition to full Iraqi sovereignty")
3. Wide...
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U.S. immigration policy is driving away the world's 'best and brightest' precisely when they are needed most, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates testified before a Senate panel Wednesday.
HEADLINE: Gates asks Senate to ease skilled worker visas
CAPTION: U.S. immigration policy is driving away the world's 'best and brightest' precisely when they are needed most, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates testified before a Senate panel...
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Row over new oil royalties law could threaten Rio World Cup and Games
1. Various of local authorities and celebrities including Rio de Janeiro state governor Sergio Cabral and Rio de Janeiro mayor Eduardo Paes on march
2. Wide of protesters carrying large poster
3. Close of protester playing drums
4. Tilt...
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House of Repr rejects 9-month troop withdrawal, Bush gives speech
1. House floor
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Nancy Pelosi, House Speaker:
"This is a bill he (Bush) should like, it has his benchmarks, it asks for a progress report, he must have some confidence in what he is doing, and then leave it up to...
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Socialist MPs take contested pension reform bill to Constitutional Court
1. Wide exterior of National Assembly
2. Mid of National Assembly, French flag flying
3. Pan over members of the National Assembly talking to journalists
4. SOUNDBITE: (French) Jean-Louis Bianco, Socialist MP:
"I think that our duty is...