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SERBIA: 74TH CONSECUTIVE DAY OF ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTS UPDATE
English/Nat
The stand-off between the Serbian opposition and President Milosevic is now into its 74th day.
Milosevic still shows no sign of conceding his opponents' November election victories; they aren't prepared to settle for...
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UK: THE EDINBURGH FESTIVAL
English/Nat
The Edinburgh Festival, the world's largest art festival, has been growing ever since it began 49 years ago.
At first it consisted of the finest quality acts, with a small fringe of well-meaning amateurs.
The fringe...
AFP News Agency
VOICED : Funcionario chino admite medio millón de contagios diarios de covid-19 en una ciudad
Medio millón de personas se contagian a diario de covid-19 en la ciudad china de Qingdao, informó una autoridad local de salud, en un raro y rápidamente censurado reconocimiento de la ola de infecciones que no aparecen en las...
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Syria's film industry struggles with underfunding
Damascus - November, 2007
1. Wide exterior Rameta cinema theatre
2. Exterior Rameta cinema theatre
3. Rameta owner smoking water-pipe outside theatre
4. Posters at entrance of Rameta cinema theatre
5. Ticket booth
6. Man buying...
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FRANCE: TWO NEW BOOKS BY FRANCOIS MITTERRAND GO ON SALE
Eng/French/Nat
Three and a half months after Francois Mitterrand's death -- the former French President can lie easy in his grave.
His family continues to block publication of a book claiming he misled the public about his battle with...
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Preview as China steps up Internet control with video rules
1. Various of Chinese video web pages
2. Close-up of web page showing Chinese internet police
3. Pan from sign on door reading: (English/Mandarin) "Research" to wide of internet consultant company office
4. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin) Chen...
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INDONESIA: ECONOMIC CRISIS HITS NEWSPRINT COSTS
Eng/Indonesian
Indonesia's economic crisis has hit every sector in the country, including the media.
Soaring newsprint costs and a freeze in advertising revenue has forced some papers out of business, leaving others to raise costs and...
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Egyptian director flown to Paris for surgery after brain haemorrhage
AP Entertainment - FILE
Cairo, Egypt, 3 January 1995
1. Youssef Chahine arrives at Karim Cinema in Cairo
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Youssef Chahine:
" Who has a right to censorship over us? Why is there the word censorship if you're...
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USA: GETNETWISE: HELPING PARENTS CENSOR KIDS INTERNET ACCESS
English/Nat
Some of the Internet's most visited sites are putting aside their rivalry aside in a project to keep children away from web pages showing pornography, drugs or alcohol.
Companies such as Yahoo!, Microsoft and AOL have joined...
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4:3 Anti-Salah protesters keep up pressure on leader to step down
1. Protesters singing the national anthem
2. Child on man's shoulders giving the peace sign, holding small red card with the words (Arabic) "Leave" written on it
3. Protesters chanting
4. Protester, words written on his chest reading...
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USA - Campaign Launched Against ``Violent' Gangsta
USA Natural Sound Duration: 1.29
American politicians and civic activists have launched a fresh
worldwide attack against "gangsta rap." A petition campaign has
been started against five international record...
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Writer causes national sensation by writing book about her sex life
Guangzhou, 15 December 2003
1. Various of of modern street with tall buildings
2. Various of of old alley
3. Wide of magazine stand with woman buying magazines
4. Close up of magazines on magazine stand
5. Close up of woman picking up...
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ENTERTAINMENT DAILY: ENT3- CHINESE BOOK BAN
Mandarin/Eng/Nat
There was a time when the banned pages of 'Shanghai Baby' would have earned its author ZHOU WEIHUI a place in a labour camp, but today, the 27 year old writer is not only safe but even proud to have her work thrown off...
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ALBANIA: VLORA: ITALIAN MILITARY EVACUATE 36 PEOPLE UPDATE
English/Nat
The Italian military evacuated 36 people Monday from the southern Albanian city of Vlora, the scene of recent rioting.
The evacuees on board were mostly Italian nationals plus 15 journalists and an aid worker.
The two Italian...
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NEW Comedians protest against 'anti-joking law' ahead of elections
1. Wide pan of protesters
2. Mid of protesters, pan to other protesters holding sign reading (Portuguese): "Humour without Censorship"
3. Close-up of protesters marching, UPSOUND: (Portuguese) ++TRANSLATION UNAVAILABLE++
4. Mid of...
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WRAP US president commemorates 1956 Revolution
1. Zoom in of US and Hungarian flags
2. Various of George W. Bush, US President, and wife Laura walking towards Eternal Flame Memorial in honour of those who died in the 1956 revolution
3. Bush and wife in front of memorial
4. Close up...
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Weekly newspaper publishes after deal ends standoff
1. Wide exterior of Southern Weekly newspaper compound
2. Close of sign of Southern Weekly newspaper, tilt down to offices
3. Mid of staff entering compound past security
4. Wide of entrance to compound
5. Mid of policeman by car park...
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YUGOSLAVIA: CRACKDOWN ON 2 INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPERS
Eng/Serbo-Croat/Nat
Right after cutting a deal with U-S negotiators to end the Kosovo crisis, President Slobodan Milosevic launched a major crackdown on his Serb opponents by silencing two independent Belgrade dailies.
Serbian police...
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Madonna calls for leniency as Pussy Riot court case continues
The entertainer Madonna voiced hope on Monday that three feminist Russian rockers on trial for performing a 'punk prayer' against Vladimir Putin will be released soon.
Speaking in Moscow, the pop diva said, "I believe in freedom of...
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China clamps down on Internet gaming addiction
AP Television
Beijing, China - October 26, 2011
1. Wide of gamers playing in Internet caf�
2. Close of game on screen
3. Wide of man inputting information at reception desk
4. Close of manager behind desk
5. Close of machine used to...
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Reactions to televised Aung San Suu Kyi pre-election address
Yangon, Myanmar - 14 March 2012
1. Wide of television inside Yangon tea shop showing MRTV broadcast of Aung San Suu Kyi's campaign speech
2. Various of men watching Suu Kyi speech inside teashop
3. SOUNDBITE: (Burmese) U Htin Lin,...
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RUSSIA: MOSCOW: CHECHNYA CRISIS
Russian/Nat
There's further crisis today in Moscow as the ceasefire in Grozny brokered by Prime Minister Chernomyrdin broke down. The truce lasted only three hours before gunfire was again heard in the Chechen capital.
And in Moscow...
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Museum chief on trial for alleged blasphemous art
1. Wide shot Taganka district court
2. Wide shot supporters outside of court building
3. Mid shot supporters holding posters
4. Sign "Taganka District Court"
5. Mid shot Samodurov arrives for court hearing
6. Wide shot Samodurov takes...
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As an independent film festival is shut down, a look at the censorship of China's documentary film industry
The closing down of the Beijing independent film festival last week has had an impact on directors, and people who enjoy independent movies, in what is a tightly controlled mainstream film sector.
The festival, which began in 2006, has...