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Japan - Oldest twins celebrate 106 birthday
Japan's oldest and most famous twins Kin-san and Gin-san turned 106 Saturday (01/08) and are in good health. The pair were given "Suzumushi" insects, treasured in Japan for their bell-like sound, as birthday presents. Kin Narita and Gin...
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Personal assistant says 87-year-old author should recover "in a few days"
The Colombian novelist and Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez is "stable" and could be released in the coming days, his personal secretary said on Thursday.
Garcia Marquez was hospitalised on Monday due to dehydration and a lung and...
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Celebrations for Knut the polar bear
1. Wide of Knut's enclosure at Berlin zoo
2. Various of people watching
3. Mid shot of Knut rising and shaking his paws
4. Wide of Knut in his enclosure
5. Mid shot of Knut waiting
6. Wide of Knut's keeper Thomas Doerflein and...
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Colombian novelist and Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez in hospital
Colombian novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez has been hospitalised in Mexico City with lung and urinary tract infections that are responding to treatment, a federal health
official said on Thursday.
The 87-year-old Nobel laureate entered...
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CHILDREN HELP CELEBRATE 10th BIRTHDAY OF RED CRANE MR BIG
HEADLINE: "Mr Big" celebrates birthday in Taiwan zoo
CAPTION: Officials at a Taiwan zoo on Monday held a special birthday gathering for their rare Japanese red-crowned crane, "Mr Big."(28 May 2012)
VOICE-OVER: This video contains only...
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Turning cogs and top hats - Steampunk takes Cape Town by storm
You wouldn't expect a trend setter to be searching for inspiration in a scrap yard.
But to Steampunk artist Chris Jones, what's rubbish to some is the source of his new artistic creations.
Here in Cape Town, this is just one city around...
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CNN anchor Don Lemon engaged to real estate agent Tim Malone
CNN ANCHOR DON LEMON ENGAGED TO REAL ESTATE AGENT TIM MALONE
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Orangutan named Nenette celebrates her 50th birthday with painting, singing and strawberry cake
STRAWBERRY CAKE, SINGING AND PAINTING TO CELEBRATE NENETTE, THE ORANGUTAN'S 50TH BIRTHDAY
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BELGIUM/UK: TINTIN CELEBRATES 70TH BIRTHDAY
Eng/French/Nat
Tintin may be turning 70 on Sunday but his appeal is timeless.
His adventures have taken him to the Soviet Union and Africa, the opium dens of the Far East, the skyscrapers of America and even the moon.
And although...
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Castro releases news of his health, Cubans react
May 24, 2007
1. Wide of early morning street with traffic
2. Wide of people buying newspapers at street stand in Havana
3. Mid of vendor selling papers
4. Zoom out "Granma" newspaper headline reading in Spanish: "For the deaf who don't...
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Teen now officially world's shortest man
1. 'World's Shortest Man' Khagendra Thapa Magar leaving his family apartment with his father, Rup Bahadur Thapa Magar
2. Various of Magar shopping with his father
3. Magar sitting with football
4. Magar being dressed by his mother for...
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Krishna Valley community celebrates in Hungary
Somogyvamos - 22 August 2011
1. Various of Hare Krishna believers singing in procession
2. Believers carrying statues of the gods Krishna and Radha, known as the Krishna couple
3. Believers putting statues into boat on river
4. Close of...
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CHILDREN HELP CELEBRATE 10th BIRTHDAY OF RED CRANE MR BIG
Officials at a Taiwan zoo on Monday held a special birthday gathering for their rare Japanese red-crowned crane, "Mr Big."
Staff at Taipei Zoo celebrated Mr Big's tenth birthday with cake, music and entertainers dressed in crane...
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HONG KONG: CELEBRATIONS OF BIRTH OF TIN HAU GODDESS OF SEA
Cantonese/Nat
Thousands of people took to the street Tuesday in Hong Kong to celebrate the birth of Tin Hau, goddess of the sea.
It's one of the major events still being practised by the small former fishing community of Yuen...
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INDIA: 50 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE: SEPARATED TWIN BROTHERS REPORT
English/Nat
The creation of Pakistan as a separate country from India split not just a nation but hundreds of thousands of families.
Among them were twin brothers who were born just hours after partition, but were separated soon...
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+4:3 Thousands of people take part in candlelit birthday celebration
1. Close-up of child lighting candle
2. Close-up of candle
3. Mid of child holding candle
4. Wide of candlelit ceremony
5. Various of audience, AUDIO: music and singing
6. Mid of portrait of King of Thailand, Bhumibol Adyulyadej
7. Wide...
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Crossword constructor Bernice Gordon marked two milestones this past week. She turned 100 on Saturday and by Wednesday became the first centenarian to have a puzzle published in the New York Times. (Jan. 17)
FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: apus004023
(Nats - singing "Happy Birthday")
SOUNDBITE (English) Will Shortz, New York Times crossword puzzle editor:
"For years, every crossword I've published of Bernice's has set a new record for...
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85-year-old fulfils her dream of flying by paragliding over capital
Lima - 28 December 2009
1. Various of Abigail Valdez, "flying grandmother" before flight
2. Various of journalists and audience
3. Various of Valdez getting ready for the flight
4. Various of Valdez in flight with instructor
5....
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Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld celebrates his birthday
It'll hopefully be a very Happy Birthday for the king of Haute Couture Tuesday (10 September 2013.)
Karl Lagerfeld will reach a milestone - however what age he'll be celebrating remains unclear.
The designer could be anywhere between 70...
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Indians cross border to visit shrine for Sikh celebration
1. Wide of children bathing in pool inside Gurdawara, the place of worship for Sikhs
2. Pilgrims in queue to touch the imprint of a hand on a stone wall believed to be that of Guru Nanak, the founder of the Sikh religion
3. Close of...
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Rice wine spirit is rebranded as a tourist tipple
Rice wine has traditionally been drunk in rural areas of Cambodia.
Now the drink is getting a makeover. It's being rebranded as a tourist tipple to take home.
Cambodian people in rural villages use rice wine to communicate with the...
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New US ambassador on China air defence zone in first public speech
The new US Ambassador to Japan, Caroline Kenendy, on Wednesday said China's assertion of a new air defence zone "only serves to increase tensions" in the region.
"Unilateral actions like those taken by China with their announcement of an...
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Superstar Beyonce Knowles talks about second album 'B'Day' and her life
12 mins approx
1. Sit down interview with Beyonce Knowles. Including soundbites:
"I feel like this is like a second home; I've been coming here with Destiny's Child since I was 16 or 15 years old, and it's almost been 10 years, so of...
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Marilyn Monroe’s personal notebooks and artwork goes on the auction block
MARILYN MONROE'S LETTERS, ARTWORK ARE UP FOR AUCTION Fans can see a personal side of screen legend Marilyn Monroe when the actress' notebooks, letters, artwork and poems hit the auction block November 19 and 20 in Los Angeles."This is...