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WRAP Taylor says may step down, US to send military experts
Monrovia, Liberia
1. Wide shot of Liberian priests and President Charles Taylor in hall
2. UPSOUND: Audience singing hymn
3. Mid shot of Taylor
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Charles Taylor, Liberian President:
"So one would want and it is not...
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US embassy workers rescue seven year old girl in Liberia
1. Exterior orphanage
2. Group of orphans outside orphanage
3. Shadya with group of workers
4. Close up Shadya
5. Close up orphanage worker with passports
6. Various of Shadya walking with group, including a man (white vest) who is...
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Aftermath of mortar attacks on Monrovia
1. High shot of Westpoint, a suburb of Monrovia where the shells landed
2. Mid shot of people running from shelling
3. Wide shot of man pointing to mortar
4. Shot of unexploded mortar embedded in ground (apparently an 81mm mortar)
5....
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LAWYERS AND HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS COMMENT AHEAD OF TAYLOR SENTENCE
On Wednesday, an international war crimes court will deliver its sentence on warlord-turned-Liberian president Charles Taylor.
In a landmark ruling in April, judges at the Special Court for Sierra Leone found Taylor guilty of 11 counts...
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Fighting continues on frontline as peacekeepers arrive
Government controlled area - footage shot by military cameraman
1. Man firing automatic rifle, man shouting instructions
2. Man firing, cocking gun
3. Old bridge with smoke rising in background (allegedly from looting in rebel controlled...
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VOICER Peace hopes as life returns to normal in the capital
0000 Street with queue of people outside bank
0004 People queuing
0008 Queue outside bank entrance
0010 People walking into bank
0014 Money being handed over to customer
0018 Street
0022 Various people moving around freely
0030...
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Soccer star-turned-politician addresses crowd at huge rally
1. Exterior of presidential candidate George Weah's house
2. Weah's sports cars in garage
3. Close-up of licence plate on car
4. Swimming pool
5. Weah coming out of house with supporters
6. Various of rally on main road
7. Weah waving...
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US ambs'dor and Nigerian troops chief meet rebel leaders across bridge
1. People crossing Gabriel Tucker bridge
2. Wide of the US ambassador convoy crossing the bridge, going to LURD (Liberian United for Reconstruction and Democracy) rebel side
3. Motorcade approaching Old Bridge, in foreground rebel waves...
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GNS WRAP Chaos as fighting reaches edge of capital, thousands flee
1. Various of civilians carrying belongings fleeing fighting which is a few hundred metres away (audio of gunfire)
2. Injured man being carried
3. Youths fist fighting, another approaches with gun and points it at suspected rebel
4....
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Liberia - Former Liberian President Charles Taylor sentenced to 50 years in prison for war crimes
Netherlands - 4:3 Lawyers react to Taylor guilty verdict; file
FILE: Monrovia, Liberia - 18 May 2000
1. Then-Liberian President Charles Taylor walking past camera at airport
Leidschendam - 30 May 2012
2. Various of judges entering...
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US marines guard embassy in tense capital
1. Liberian men walking in street: UPSOUND (English): "You are welcome, nothing is going to happen here, you are welcome." pans to two US marines behind concrete pillar
2. US marines behind concrete pillar, Liberian children running in...
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Int community on efforts to to move Taylor''s trial to The Hague
1. Wide Shot of the media conference room
2. Mid shot of reporters writing
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) J Victor Angelo, UN Resident Representative in Sierra Leone:
"What will be the impact on stability and security in the sub-region, not...
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GNS WRAP Fighting continues in capital, dozens buried in common grave
Monrovia
1. Pan from government soldiers to rebels on the Old Bridge in central Monrovia
2. Various of rebel soldiers on streets of area of town they control
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Rebel Soldier:
"I'm happy, I'm happy, because I can go...
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FILE of US embassy in Monrovia, which has been shelled
April 14 1996
1. Soldiers, in fortified position on balcony of building in US embassy compound, using binoculars to observe street
2. Zoom in to another sandbagged position on a balcony roof of building in the US embassy compound
3....
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Nigerian president receives hero's welcome
Monrovia Airport, Liberia
1. Olusegun Obasanjo plane taxis at Monrovia airport
2. Obasanjo getting of the plane
3. Obasanjo walking with Moses Blah
4. Obasanjo and Blah bending for honour at airport
5. Liberian women bending for...
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PROSPECTORS SCOUR RIVERBEDS AS FORMER LIBERIAN PRESIDENT SENTENCED
As the former Liberian president Charles Taylor is due to be sentenced this Wednesday, diamond prospectors and dealers in Sierra Leone say they're still suffering the effects of his rule.
In a landmark ruling in April, judges at the...
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Liberian President accepts asylum; gives no timeframe
1. Wide shot, plane taxiing on the runway
2. Liberia's President, Charles Taylor, walks past the cameras
3. Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo gets off plane
4. Taylor and Olusegun walking along the tarmac
5. Protest banner " Drop...
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Naomi Campbell's friend says he handed over diamonds to authorities
1. Wide exterior of Midrand Police Station
2. Mid of Musa Zondi, police spokesman, being interviewed by media
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Musa Zondi, Police spokesman:
"Mr Ratcliffe had contacted the NPA (National Prosecution Authority) and...
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WRAP Boy ran over by car, police opens fire to let US team through
1. Various of people lining the street as US assessment team arrives
2. Various of US military personnel securing the convoy
3. Mid shot of people cheering
4. Various of US military personnel
5. Various of people cheering "We want...
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Anti-Taylor protest in front of US embassy
1. Peace demonstrators running along street past US Embassy
2. Demonstrators gathered outside US Embassy waving green branches as symbols of peace
3. Close up of banner reading: "Taylor come down: the Liberians need Peace"
4. Close up of...
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Preliminary results announced
1. Wide exterior of central street in capital Monrovia
2. Mid shot of street vendors
3. Exterior of the Unity conference centre where the results are being registered
4. Mid shot of of two observers carrying ballot bags
5. Mid shot of...
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South Africa says they have not been asked to take Aristide
Pretoria - 1 March 2004
1. Entrance to the Pretoria Guest House government building
2. Sign reading, "Private Property"
3. Deputy Foreign Minister Aziz Pahad during press conference
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Aziz Pahad, South African...
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Sirleaf says optimistic EU country will jail Taylor, meets Queen
London, 31 May 2006
1. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia, meeting Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace
2. Various of Sirleaf arriving at news conference
3. SOUNDBITE (English): Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia:
"We...
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US secretary of state meets President Johnson-Sirleaf
1. Zoom in to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton greeting Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
2. Mid of Clinton and Johnson-Sirleaf
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Liberian President:
"Once again, I'm just pleased...