1. Wide of floor of US House of Representatives

2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Howard Berman, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Commi
ttee:
"The bill before us today will approve the US-India agreement...

US President Barack Obama declared Tuesday night that the "shadow of crisis" has passed America and urged Congress to build on economic gains by raising taxes on the wealthy, during the 6th State of the...

1. President Bush walks into news conference

2. Cutaway of police officers and firefig
hters
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) George W Bush, US
President:
"I'm not going to accept legislation that limits or weakens...

1. Connecticut State House, where the Governor's office is

2. State
House
3. Pan across committee room of Connecticut legislature during committ
ee meeting
>4. Legislators<
br/>5. Anne...

1. Wide of floor of US House of Representatives

2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Howard Berman, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Commi
ttee:
"I'm a strong advocate of closer US-India ties including...

English/Nat

On the eve of the first anniversary of the Oklahoma bombing, the US Congress has passed legislation to help clamp down on terro
rism.
The House voted 293-133 to send the bill to President...

Brussels - 13 April 2010

1. Woman wearing hijab - veil covering the hair, leaving face exposed (not the target of the ban) - crossing the street with chi
ldren
2....

1. Zoom in of vote being announced

2. Graphic of slate showing vote on motion to invoke cloture, superimposed on wide shot of ch
amber
3. Wide o
f chamber
4. SOUNDBITE: (English), Senator Harry...

English/Nat

With agreement from both Democrats and Republicans, the United States Congress on Thursday approved a landmark balanced-budget legislation and moved swiftly toward enactment of the first major...

1. European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso sitting with Serbia-Montenegro President Svetozar Marovic for photo opportunity

2. Ba
rroso

3. Marovic
4. Barroso sitting on sofa with Enlargement...

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On the final day before a five-week summer break, Congress was leaving a long list of unfinished business after 18 months of bitter partisanship. Democrats cast Republicans as...

English/Nat

Republican challenger Bob Dole says ethics and character will be the focus of Wednesday night's debate with President Bill Clinton in San D
iego.
Dole and Clinton will face off...

Paris, recent

1. Various shots of women wearing headscarves demonstr
ating
Paris, 2
April 2003
2. Various shots of Arab q
uarter in Paris
3. Woman wearing he
adscarf leaving
shop
4....

HEADLINE: Obama calls Boehner, Reid amid tax cut standoff

CAPTION: The White House says President Barack Obama called House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid Wednesday to urge a resolution to the...

1. Wide of demonstration of Iranian religious minorities in front of British Embassy in Tehran

2. Demonstrators holding Iran's
flag
3. Board of Britis
h Embassy
4. Policeman guiding th
e...

English/Nat

A watered-down version of a bill to moderately increase the U-S embargo on Cuba has been passed by the Senate in Washing
ton.
Passage of the controversial "Libertad" bill, which was...

Hong Kong - 8 Jun 2008

1. Various of Victoria Ha
rbour
Hong Kong - 1
0 Jun 2008
2. Pan o
f computer room
3.
Mid of computer room
4. Mid...

HEADLINE: Bush threatens to veto House surveillance bill

CAPTION: President Bush said Thursday that the House Democrats' version of a terrorist-surveillance bill would undermine America's security and that he would veto it. (Marc
h...

After an attack-heavy campaign season, Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu and her chief Republican challenger Rep. Bill Cassidy are still trying to wrangle last-minute votes in advance of Tuesday's election....

English/Nat

America's two candidates for president are huddling with aides this weekend as they prepare to face off in the first of two deb
ates.
President Bill...

HEADLINE: Obama: Multiple ways out of debt ceiling mess

CAPTION: President Barack Obama says there are multiple ways to resolve the debt ceiling mess, but it has to be bipartisan and it has to happen fast. (Jul
y...

HEADLINE: Health deal sought after veto upheld

CAPTION: The Democratic-controlled House failed on Thursday to override President Bush's veto of a politically popular children's health bill, and...

HEADLINE: Boehner: ''Let's pass this bill, end the crisis''

CAPTION: The House has begun debate on Speaker John Boehner''s deficit-cutting plan. Republican leaders have been pleading with reluctant members of their caucus to...

1. US Under Secretary of State Nicholas Burns and US Ambassador to India Robert Mulford (right of screen) arriving at news conference

2. Cutaway of repor
ters
3. SOUNDBITE: (English), Nicholas Burns,...