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+4:3 Presidential candidates on campaign trail as race gets tighter
Indonesia's presidential race appears to have tightened dramatically less than a week before the election with credible polling showing front-runner and former Jakarta governor Joko Widodo having lost virtually all the formidable lead he...
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Obama ahead of Romney in Iowa polls as vote starts
American voters in the swing-state of Iowa headed to the polls on Thursday, as Democrats in Des Moines worked to secure votes for US President Barack Obama and build a pre-Election Day advantage over Republican challenger Mitt...
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OSCE chief says fraud scandals have undermined faith in Bulgaria's election
1. Mid of Eoghan Murphy, Special Coordinator, Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Election Observation Mission to Bulgaria, zoom in as he sits down for news conference
2. Wide of press conference room
3. Cutaway...
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The blocking of the popular social networking site Facebook in Iran prompted critics of the president to condemn it as an apparent attempt to muzzle the opposition ahead of next month's election.
HEADLINE: Iran's government blocks Facebook
CAPTION: The blocking of the popular social networking site Facebook in Iran has prompted critics of the president to condemn it on Sunday as an apparent attempt to muzzle the opposition ahead...
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Sheryl Crow, Sugarland, Dave Matthews perform
AP Entertainment
Denver, 24 August 2008
1. Wide of attendees arriving at Democratic Convention kickoff concert at Red Rocks Amphitheatre outside Denver
2. Close of sign for kickoff concert
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Sheryl Crow/Singer:
"I'm...
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Reactions in Tehran to third televised debate by presidential hopefuls
++AP Television is adhering to Iranian law that stipulates all media are banned from providing BBC Persian or VOA Persian any coverage from Iran, and under this law if any media violate this ban the Iranian authorities can immediately...
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Mexico: Revolutuionary party candidate registers for election
1. Various of Roberto Madrazo on stage, and crowd cheering
2. Mariachis
3. Roberto Madrazo holding a rooster
4. Crowd cheering at campaign rally
5. Various of Madrazo on stage and crowd waving party flags
6. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Roberto...
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Four candidates for presidential elections confirmed by nominations court
1. Wide of election nomination court
2. Close up of Zimbabwean flag
3. Close of sign reading (English) "Nomination court"
4. Wide of sign
5. Back shot of Zanu-PF legal secretary Emmerson Mnangagwa entering court
6. Various of Mnangagwa...
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USA: SENATE CONTINUES ONGOING PROBE INTO FUND-RAISING ABUSES
English/Nat
The focus is on the Republicans on Wednesday in the Senate's ongoing campaign fund- raising probe.
Democrats want to know more about alleged fund-raising abuses by key Republican Party officials, including former party...
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Opposition supporters hand in their piggy banks to help fund Tsai's campaign
1. Wide of two inflatable piggy banks being passed through crowd at opposition rally
2. Mid of Tsai Ing-wen, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate, waving at crowd of supporters
3. Various of supporters waving piggy...
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Sarkozy to go on national TV amid L'Oreal scandal
1. Various of Paris streets
2. Wide of newsstand
3. Close up of French news magazine 'Marianne' with photograph of French President Nicolas Sarkozy on front page reading: (French) "Destroyed by money"
4. Wide of French daily...
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INDONESIA: MEGAWATI'S ELECTION CAMPAIGN - UPDATE
Indonesian/Nat
Supporters of Megawati Sukarnoputri painted the Indonesian capital red on the second to the last last day of campaigning for the country's legislative election.
Megawati herself appeared at numerous P-D-I-P rallies...
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Presidential candidate opens cafes to attract votes
1. Wide exterior of "Cafe Niinisto" in Helsinki
2. Close up of cafe sign
3. Close up of coffee mugs with candidate's name
4. Mid interior of cafe
5. Close up of poster for National Coalition Party presidential candidate Sauli...
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ISRAEL: ELECTION CAMPAIGN UPDATE
English/Nat
The two main candidates in Israel's prime ministerial elections appear to be still neck and neck with just 2 days of campaigning left.
The results of the poll are likely to shape Israel's relations with its Arab neighbours...
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French living in the countryside reflect on Sunday's vote
Colombiers
1. Wide of men playing Petanque (game)
2. Mid of man rolling Petanque ball
3. Close of man throwing Petanque ball
4. Close of Petanque balls on ground
5. Various of people watching game
6. Man throwing Petanque ball
7. Close...
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WRAP Fmr president Carter presser as elex observer, plus Ortega visual
1. Introduction of former US President, Jimmy Carter, at news conference
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Jimmy Carter, former President of the United States:
"We are very pleased at the much improved plans for this election, the technical plans...
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YUGOSLAVIA: ELECTION CAMPAIGNS
Serbo-Croat/Nat
Some ten days before the crucial presidential, federal and local elections in Yugoslavia, the campaigning is getting into full swing.
Around 10,000 opposition supporters gathered in the centre of the southern Serbian...
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Thailand - National Election Campaign Winds Up
Campaigning for Thailand's national election ended on Saturday
(1/7). Forty million voters will vote Sunday for 391 members of
the House of Representatives. The voters have been wooed with big
campaign rallies, pampleteering and media...
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USA: BILL CLINTON DENIES WRONGDOING IN ELECTION CAMPAIGN FUNDING
U-S President Bill Clinton brushed off Republican charges on Wednesday that his administration had deliberately withheld evidence relating to the finances of the Clinton- Gore presidential election campaign.
Clinton said videotapes of...
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Re-emerging on the campaign trail after being hospitalized over two days, Republican Senate challenger Carly Fiorina on Thursday declared she is "completely cancer free" and feels "fantastic." The AP's John Mone has the story.
HEADLINE:Fiorina feels 'fantastic' in return to campaign
CAPTION: Re-emerging on the campaign trail after being hospitalized over two days, Republican Senate challenger Carly Fiorina on Thursday declared she is "completely cancer free"...
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Senator Joe Biden refers to Sarah Palin as a lt. governor at enconomic roundable discusssion
Sen. Joe Biden refers to Sarah Palin as a lt. governor at enconomic roundable discusssion at George Mason University's Prince William campus.
VERBATIM: "I heard a very - by the way I mean this sincerely - a very strong and a very good...
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Obama visits his campaign headquarters in Chicago and calls voters
1. Various of US President Barack Obama embracing staff at his campaign headquarters, AUDIO: cheers and applause
2. Various of Obama taking off his suit jacket, UPSOUND: (English) Obama: "we've got to round up some votes" ++INCLUDES JUMP...
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Further sbites from Newt Gingrich after winning South Carolina Republican primary
1. Pull out Newt Gingrich, Republican presidential hopeful, on stage with wife Callista, AUDIO: cheers and chanting
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Newt Gingrich, Republican presidential hopeful:
"If you look at the four of us, we are proof that...
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Former presidential candidate Kerry nominated to replace Clinton
1. SOUNDBITE (English) Barack Obama, US President (begins on wide shot of Obama standing with Senator John Kerry on his left, then zooms in):
"...my friend Secretary Hillary Clinton. Hillary wanted very much to be here today but she...