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Prosecutor news conference ahead of start of trial of Liberian ex-president
1. Wide exterior International Criminal Court (ICC)
2. Mid of ICC entrance
3. Close-up of ICC sign
4. Wide of news conference with Chief Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, Stephen Rapp
5. Cutaway journalist's notepad...
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Supporters of former president pray for him ahead of appeal verdict at War Crimes Court
Supporters and relatives of former Liberian president Charles Taylor attended a church service in Monrovia on Sunday, to pray for him ahead of the verdict in his appeal against his war crimes conviction and 50-year prison sentence.
They...
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President on Liberia, missile plot
1. US President Bush and his economic team walking toward reporters
2. Reporters
3. Bush speaking
4. Treasury Secretary John Snow
5. SOUNDBITE (English) President George W. Bush
"We're doing everything we can to protect the homeland. The...
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Victim of violence during Taylor''s rule reacts to conviction
1. Edward Conteh, President of the Sierra Leone Amputee and War-Wounded Association, giving interview in front of court building
2. Cutaway of court sign
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Edward Conteh, President of the Sierra Leone Amputee and...
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WRAP Bush orders ships to station off Liberia, reax in Monrovia
Washington DC, USA
1. US President George W Bush and Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas walking to podium
2. Reporters
3. SOUNDBITE (English) George Bush, US President:
"As the statement says that we put out, that US troops will...
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REAX IN N'LANDS AND SIERRA LEONE AFTER JUDGE SENTENCES TAYLOR TO 50 YRS
International judges sentenced former Liberian President Charles Taylor to 50 years in prison on Wednesday, saying he was responsible for "some of the most heinous and brutal crimes recorded in human history" in return for "blood...
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VICTIMS OF WAR DEMAND TOUGH SENTENCE FOR FORMER LIBERIAN PRESIDENT
Victims of Sierra Leone's civil war are calling for war crimes judges in the Hague to give convicted war criminal and former Liberian President Charles Taylor the stiffest possible sentence.
In a landmark ruling in April, judges at the...
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Snr Liberian rebel says rebels could withdraw when area secure
1. Wide shot exterior Sant'Egidio building
2. Sekou Conneh, leader of Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD), enters room and sits down
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Sekou Conneh, Leader of Liberians United for Reconciliation...
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VOICER Anti-Taylor protest in front of US embassy
3 July 2003
0000 Peace demonstrators running along street past US Embassy
0002 Demonstrators gathered outside US Embassy waving green branches as symbols of peace
0012 Close up of banner reading: "Taylor come down: the Liberians need...
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Rebels push further into Liberia's war-ravaged capital
1. Long shot of Monrovia, distant gunfire audible
2. Mid shot of same
3. Various shots of gunmen in the street
4. Man running past vans
5. Pan from crater in road to vehicle with bullet holes
6. Mid shot of gunmen in the street
7....
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WRAP Liberian president leaves power and goes into exile
Roberts International Airport, 11 August
1. South African president Thabo Mbeki walking with Taylor and guards on tarmac
2. Charles Taylor and President of Ghana John Kufuor and Mozambique's president Joaquim Chissano getting into...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN: Mandela charity ex-boss cleared over 'blood diamonds'
CLEAN: Mandela charity ex-boss cleared over 'blood diamonds'
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Liberty Party calls for re-run of Liberia elections amid fraud claims
Liberia's National Elections Commission (NEC) says that the Liberty Party, whose candidate finished third in the recent presidential election, has called for a rerun of the vote and the suspension of a second round runoff planned for...
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Liberia - Battles Continue
War-weary fighters keep on firing
Liberia's warring factions continued to battle for control of the
capital, Monrovia, on Wednesday (8/5), although a growing sense of
frustration appeared to be spreading among the fighters
themselves....
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Alleged Russian arms dealer appears in court for crucial hearing
1. Wide of van arriving at Bangkok's Central Criminal Court with police escort
2. Heavily armed police waiting for alleged Russian arms smuggler Viktor Bout to get out
3. Bout, wearing bullet-proof vest, getting out of van and being...
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LIBERIA: MONROVIA: PEACEKEEPERS REGAIN CONTROL OF CITY
English/Nat
Ordinary life is slowly returning to the war torn capital of Liberia as peacekeeping forces regain control of the city.
Residents of Monrovia are returning to the markets and trying to patch up their homes ruined in the...
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US assessment team visits airport, protest at US embassy
Roberts International Airport
1. Various of US military humanitarian assessment team at airport
2. Various of US soldiers shaking hands with Nigerian airforce pilots
3. Nigerian airforce aircraft on tarmac
4. Cutaway of control tower at...
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Liberian President-elect arrives in Ivory Coast on first foreign trip
1. People holding up sign welcoming Liberian President-elect Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, to Liberia and singing gospel songs
2. Ground staff at airport directing plane
3. Johnson-Sirleaf's plane taxiing on runway
4. Ivory Coast president...
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WRAP Adds Greenstock with president Gbagbo
1. Wide of ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States regional bloc) compound with UN cars
2. Security
3. Interior, Sir Jeremy Greenstock talking to people
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Sir Jeremy Greenstock, British Ambassador to the...
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Ghana - Summit Cancelled
Confusion surrounded the summit meeting of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Liberia on Wednesday (8/5)...and in fact later Wednesday the talks were called off. The reason given: not enough heads of state were...
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US assessment team visits refugee camp
1. Wide shot of VOA (Voice Of America) camp
2. Wide shot of convoy arriving, sign reading: "No arms allowed in this refugee camp"
3. Convoy passing
4. Militia man looking at convoy
5. Zoom in to US soldier
6. Wide shot, zoom in to about...
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First West African peacekeepers arrive
1. Nigerian troops disembarking from UN aircraft
2. Nigerian troops running over tarmac
3. Various of Nigerian soldiers in grass around airstrip
4. UN aircraft on tarmac
5. Soldiers talking on tarmac
6. Various of Nigerian soldiers...
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GNS: WRAP Fighting + Taylor announces departure
1. Government militia men crouched in group on New Bridge
2. Machine gun being fired from technical (jeep with gun mount)
3. Technicals driving off
4. Militia man picking up second rifle and firing first rifle
5. Wounded militia man...
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Prosecutors summon supermodel to testify in war crimes case
AP Entertainment
London, 8 September 2008
1. Various Naomi Campbell and models posing for ''Fashion for Relief'' photocall
2. Close up Naomi Campbell to pull out with models
3. Pan from photographers to Naomi Campbell, Sarah Brown and...