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MALAYSIA: STAND UP COMEDIANS ARE A NEW BREED OF ENTERTAINER
English/Nat
Malaysians are getting a taste of the taboo.
A new breed of entertainers - stand-up comedians - are getting up on stage trying to teach the country to laugh at itself and its government, which does not tolerate too much...
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Tunisian President vows to crack down on Muslim extremists
The Tunisian President vowed on Thursday to crackdown on Muslim extremists after they incited crowds to attack the US embassy compound in the capital Tunis.
President Moncef Marzouki's promise, made while in New York, came after months...
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Protests continue over China's state censorship of the media
1. Exterior of Southern Weekly newspaper building with police guarding entrance
2. Close of sign on building, reading (Chinese) "Southern Weekly"
3. Various of police guarding entrance of Southern Weekly building
4. Protesters holding...
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PAKISTAN: ACTIVISTS PROTEST AGAINST NEW TV CENSORSHIP RULES
English/Nat
Human rights activists in Pakistan have protested about new strict censorship rules for television, which the government says is aimed at protecting the country's cultural and religious identity.
But the new restrictions mean...
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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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ALBANIA: GOVERNMENT ORDERS CURFEWS UNDER NEW EMERGENCY POWERS
Albanian/Nat
The Albanian government ordered curfews, roadblocks and censorship under its new emergency powers Monday, and gave security forces the right to fire without warning at any armed opponents.
Despite weeks of protests...
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People flock to the beach to forget protests and enjoy the carnival; small anti-govt protest
Hundreds of people flocked to the beach just west of Caracas on Monday to enjoy carnival and escape the ongoing protests in the capital.
People could be seen packed onto the beach in La Guaira, 30 kilometres (18 miles) west of Caracas,...
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Day of protest against vote fraud begins in St. Petersburg, Moscow, arrest
St Petersburg
1. Various of protesters walking along street
2. Close of man being forced into police vehicle by police, UPSOUND: (Russian) "Help me people!"
3. Wide of people going along Vosstaniya street, police asking them to move to...
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Protest against alleged government pressure on independent TV channel
Hundreds of people rallied in Kiev on Saturday in support of media freedom in Ukraine.
In particular, they protested against what they say is a government crackdown on one of the country's few remaining independent television channels...
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Three generations on 20th anniv of fall of Communism
Moscow - 16 December 2011
1. Wide of monument to Communist leader Vladimir Lenin
2. Pull out from 23-year-old Albina Khazeeva walking by Lenin monument
3. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Albina Khazeeva, Journalist:
"To a certain extent, the worst...
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Lebanon TV stations scrap controversial Jesus show
1. Exterior of the 'Catholic Centre for Media' office
2. Wide of sit in protest inside the centre, with Christian demonstrators singing
3. Mid of woman holding up a Bible
4. Close of bible
5. Various of protesters holding up crucifixes...
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Hollywood''s Erotic Museum
1. Wide shot of museum entrance
2. Close shot of age restriction sign on museum entrance
3. Wide shot of people looking at museum exhibit
4. Close shot of exhibit photo of a muscular woman wearing a bikini
5. Museum display
6. Close...
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Anti-China, pro-Tibet protests in Germany, India
New Delhi, India
1. Group of Tibetan protesters being rushing past police as they try to approach the Chinese Embassy complex
2. Tracking shot of Tibetan protesters running on the road
3. Various of scuffles between protesters and...
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IOC bosses deny deal to curb internet use, form task force to unblock sites
1. Wide shot of interior main press centre, reporters working on laptops
2. Close up of BBC China Web site loading and opening, zoom out to wide
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Kevan Gosper, Chairman of Press Commission, International Olympic...
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Mexican author Carlos Fuentes dies at the age of 83
1. Mid of author Carlos Fuentes (second from right) sitting next to Mexican President Felipe Calderon (right) during a tribute to the writer's career
2. Fuentes greeting people
3. Wide of tribute ceremony
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Carlos...
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Journalists don masks at news conference to protest govt censorship
1. Various of activists from the Stop Censorship movement wearing masks with the face of Ukrainian President, Viktor Yanukovych in the Ukrainian House exhibition and trade centre in Kiev
2. Close of photographer with mask on poised to...
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Journalists oust pro-Ben Ali editor in workers' coup
1. Tilt up of exterior of 'La Presse' office
2. Journalists watching television in newsroom
3. Copy of 'La Presse' Newspaper being displayed
4. Close of headlines
5. Various of journalists looking through old newspapers
6. SOUNDBITE...
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Day of protest against vote fraud across naiton
St Petersburg
1. Various of protesters walking along street
2. Close of man being forced into police vehicle by police, UPSOUND: (Russian) "Help me people!"
3. Wide of people going along Vosstaniya street, police asking them to move to...
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Former Tiananmen activist-in-exile and students mark Tiananmen crackdown anniversary
1. Tilt down of people gathered at Freedom Square in downtown Taipei
2. Mid of a woman wearing a mask depicting the imprisoned Nobel Peace Laureate Liu Xiaobo, and reading (Chinese) "Free Liu Xiaobo"
3. Wide of an activist speaking on...
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Russia - Journalists Lambast Chechnya Censorship
Two of Russia's most well known media figures, the chairman of
State Television, Oleg Poptsov, and the editor-in-chief of the
daily newspaper Izvestia, Igor Golembiovsky, said on Monday
(16/1) that there was now less freedom of speech in...
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WRAP Demos in Russia and Germany to mark intl day of protest ADDS P'pines, Japan
Moscow, Russia
1. Wide of exterior of Iranian embassy in Moscow
2. Mid of sign reading (Farsi and Russian) "Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran"
3. Pan left of activists gathering before the Iranian Embassy
4. SOUNDBITE (Russian)...
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Amnesty International demo outside Chinese mission
1. Pan from Chinese Embassy to protestors
2. Close-up of Amnesty International protestors chanting "shame on China"
3. Mid shot of police standing
4. Mid shot of protestors, holding signs
5. Pan protestors with signs, chanting "shame on...
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UN Secretary-General continues visit
1. United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, being led to mausoleum
2. Wide of Ban walking
3. Ban walking with wreath
4. Ban placing wreath at monument
5. Ban observing silence at monument, head bowed
6. Various of Ban signing guest...
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SOUTH AFRICA: PORNOGRAPHY LAWS ARE DECRIMINALISED
English/Nat
South Africa's Constitutional Court has ended an era of stringent censorship by decriminalising pornography.
The court argued that a long-standing ban on pornography was incompatible with the right to free expression...