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President Barack Obama on Friday formally signed off on ending the ban on gays serving openly in the U.S. military, doing away with a policy that has been controversial and making good on his 2008 election campaign promise to the gay community.
HEADLINE: Pentagon: Don't Ask Don't Tell policy repealed
CAPTION: President Barack Obama on Friday formally signed off on ending the ban on gays serving openly in the U.S. military, doing away with a policy that has been controversial...
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PERU: GARCIA GIVES FIRST MEDIA CONFERENCE
Spanish/Nat
Former Peruvian president and presidential candidate Alan Garcia gave his first official media conference to international journalists on Monday.
Garcia, of the left-leaning Aprista party, returned on Saturday from Colombia,...
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U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu says she's not "the least bit sad or the least bit afraid" of ending her 18-year career in the Senate, after an overwhelming defeat in her re-election bid. (Dec. 11)
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U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu says she's not "the least bit sad or the least bit afraid" of ending her 18-year career in the Senate, after an overwhelming defeat in her re-election bid.
Landrieu...
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After two fourth place finishes, sources say New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson is dropping out of the Democratic presidential campaign. The AP's Julie Pace looks at the day ahead in the race for the White House
HEADLINE: AP Race Rundown: Richardson dropping out
CAPTION: After two fourth place finishes, sources say New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson is dropping out of the Democratic presidential campaign. The AP's Julie Pace looks at the day ahead...
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Republican Sen. John Ensign of Nevada admits affair with former campaign staffer.
HEADLINE: Nevada senator admits affair with ex-staffer
CAPTION: Republican Sen. John Ensign of Nevada, a leading conservative mentioned as a potential presidential candidate, admitted Tuesday he had an extramarital affair with a woman...
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Former president Bachelet launches campaign for new four-year term
1. Wide of supporters cheering, clapping, waving flags at rally inside a theatre for the launch of the presidential campaign of Michelle Bachelet, Chile's former president
2. Tilt down from supporters to Bachelet greeting supporters
3....
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Final campaigns and preps ahead of weekend poll
April 9, 2010
1. Exterior of Hungarian parliament on the River Danube
2. Wide of bridge and tram
3. Wide of open air market
4. Various of people shopping at food market
5. Pensioner seated outside shop
6. SOUNDBITE (Hungarian) Pensioner,...
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Angela Merkel is the first German chancellor to visit the Nazi concentration camp
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has visited the remains of the Nazi concentration camp at Dachau in southern Germany, where more than 43-thousand people were killed by the Nazis from 1933 to 1945.
Merkel's visit on Tuesday evening was...
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Rewarded with a home state win, Republican Newt Gingrich cast the presidential campaign as a contest between elites and Main Street and says that Americans are rewarding his 'power of ideas.'
HEADLINE: Gingrich wins Ga., predicts comeback
CAPTION: Rewarded with a home state win, Republican Newt Gingrich cast the presidential campaign as a contest between elites and Main Street and says that Americans are rewarding his...
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WRAP Democratic convention opens; Michelle Obama; Hillary Clinton
1. Wide of Pepsi Centre, where convention is taking place
2. Various shots of arrivals at Pepsi Centre
3. Barack Obama's wife, Michelle arrives on stage at Pepsi Centre for a walk through with daughters Malia and Sasha
4. Michelle Obama...
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ITALY: FINAL WEEK OF PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION CAMPAIGN
Milan/Rome/Giuliano April '96
1.m/s bicyclists with Tana de Zulueta posters on their backs
2. m/s Rome's coliseum in background
3. l/s bikers
4. SOUNDBITE: Tana de Zulueta
5. pan of poster, pamphlets from National Alliance Party
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With the holidays so close, and the Iowa caucuses not far away, candidates are trying to be upbeat, yet still show why they're better than the other choices. The AP's Jim Kuhnhenn takes a look at negative mailings.
HEADLINE: AP First Person: Campaigns go negative
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CAPTION: With the holidays so close, and the Iowa caucuses not far away, candidates are trying to be upbeat, yet still show why they're better than the other choices....
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USA - Presidential election campaign
AP Television
Somersworth, New Hampshire - 2 January 2008
1. Republican Presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani talking to supporters
Various - 16 Jan 2008
Southfield, Michigan
2. Republican Mitt Romney with supporters
Lexington, South...
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SOUTH AFRICA: DISCIPLINARY HEARING FOR FORMER ANC MINISTER
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South Africa's ruling African National Congress' disciplinary hearing against a former government minister started Wednesday evening - only to be postponed until the weekend.
Bantu Holomisa, who was dismissed as Deputy...
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KOSOVO: US TROOPS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION VOTES
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After a campaign lasting well over a year and costing hundreds of (M) millions of dollars, the final decision on who will take on the world's most powerful job - the U-S presidency - rests with the voters from Florida.
The...
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While former Republican Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich says he's running for president, this year has been highly unusual in that possible Republican candidates are very late in announcing their intentions.
HEADLINE: 2012 Republican presidential field slow to form
CAPTION: While former Republican Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich says he's running for president, this year has been highly unusual in that possible Republican candidates are...
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Democrats hope to keep an open Senate seat in Connecticut in Tuesday's Midterm elections. The AP's Ted Shaffrey has more on the battle between Richard Blumenthal and Linda McMahon.
HEADLINE: Dems try to hold Conn. Senate Seat
CAPTION: Democrats hope to keep an open Senate seat in Connecticut in Tuesday's Midterm elections. The AP's Ted Shaffrey has more on the battle between Richard Blumenthal and Linda...
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Romney victory address, speeches from other presidential hopefuls
Novi, Michigan
1. Wide of Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney walking onto stage, with his wife Ann Romney, and one of his sons AUDIO: music
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Mitt Romney, US Republican presidential hopeful:
"And in this...
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USA: RESULTS OF CLINTON AND DOLE'S 1ST TV ELECTORAL DEBATE UPDATE
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Nine out of ten American voters haven't changed their minds about who'll vote for in the Presidential elections after watching the two main challengers debate on coast-to-coast television.
Opinion polls stack up in favour of...
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Candidate for Senate elections runs campaign from jail
FILE: April 2007
1. Wide of opposition candidates for senatorial elections at a campaign rally
2. Mid of crowd
3. Supporter of election candidate Antonio Trillanes chanting UPSOUND: (English) "Trillanes, Trillanes, Trillanes!"
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USA: DOLE/CLINTON PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS CAMPAIGN UPDATE (2)
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President Clinton and Republican challenger Bob Dole were making their final pleas to American voters Monday on the eve of the U-S presidential election.
Dole continued to attack the President's record during a six-state...
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Russia - Chernomyrdin's Campaign
Super-model joins Chernomyrdin campaign trail
Russian Prime Minister Victor Chernomyrdin's "Our Home is Russia"
may be the political newcomer in Russia's parliamentary elections,
but that doesn't mean it's the least known. In fact, it is...
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The Rev. Al Sharpton angrily denounced federal authorities for investigating him and his civil rights organization, suggesting that the U.S. Justice Department was retaliating against him for his civil rights advocacy.
HEADLINE: Sharpton denounces reports of federal probe
CAPTION: The Rev. Al Sharpton angrily denounced federal authorities for investigating him and his civil rights organization, suggesting that the U.S. Justice Department was...
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Clean pix of Maduro and Capriles voting in presidential elections
1. Mid of Venezuelan acting president Nicolas Maduro arriving to vote
2. Wide of Maduro walking to entrance of voting centre, followed by crowd
3. Pan across Maduro walking in to vote
4. Mid of Maduro putting his hand to his chest and...