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Headlines, reax to upcoming referendum on repaying bank losses
1. Pan of newspapers, all headlines about Icelandic President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson vetoing legislation to repay British and Dutch governments for loans
2. Newspaper headline reading (Icelandic) "Uncertainty and unrest after the...
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Dax closes more than 7 percent down, trading floor, analyst
1. Various of German stock exchange, workers
2. Mid of DAX index board
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Oliver Roth, broker:
"We see an environment of uncertainty because of the Hypo Real Estate crisis and we saw today some disappointment about...
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The Bush administration, acting to avert the potential for major financial turmoil, says the federal government was taking control of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Officials announced that the executives of both institutions had been replaced
HEADLINE: Feds assume control of mortgage giants Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac
CAPTION: The Bush administration, acting to avert the potential for major financial turmoil, says the federal government was taking control of mortgage giants...
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VENEZUELA: GOVERNMENT AUSTERITY PROGRAMME TO CONTROL INFLATION
Spanish/Nat
The Venezuelan government is to introduce tough economic measures in a bid to bring down the country's soaring inflation rate.
The austerity programme includes higher taxation and a sharp increase in petrol prices. ...
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Santa Claus updated to help lure in cash strapped customers
London October 23, 2008
1. Wide of Oxford street and exterior of Selfridges
2. Various of people walking
3. Close up of sign
4. Various of Selfridges interior
5. Various of meeting to discuss window displays
6. Various close ups of...
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Hong Kong market down eight per cent
1. Pan right of Hong Kong Stock Exchange trading floor
2. Wide of electronic board showing stock names and prices
3. Wide of board showing Hang Seng Index
4. Close-up of Hang Seng Index at 22575.51, down 1241.35
5. Wide of Hong Kong...
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The U.S. Justice Department says more than 400 real estate brokers have been arrested since March _ including dozens over the last two days _ in a crackdown on mortgage fraud that has contributed to America's housing crisis.
HEADLINE: Hundreds swept up in mortgage fraud arrest
CAPTION: The U.S. Justice Department says more than 400 real estate brokers have been arrested since March, including dozens over the last two days, in a crackdown on mortgage...
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A CA jury convicts an elderly driver on 10 manslaughter counts.
HEADLINE: Driver Guilty of Manslaughter in Calif.
CAPTION: A Los Angeles jury convicted 89-year-old George Russell Weller of ten counts of felony manslaughter Friday, for a 2003 farmer's market crash that killed ten people. (oct....
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Lawmakers quit ahead of reshuffle, Sarkozy urges euro defence
Athens, Greece
1. Mid of banner on Syntagma square reading (English) "You got the disease, we got the solution. Revolution"
2. Wide of banners
3. Close up of Prime Minister George Papandreou's face on banner
4. Mid of Papandreou's...
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PHILIPPINES: ASIAN FUND DEPUTY FINANCE MINISTERS MEETING PREVIEW
English/Nat
The Philippines on Tuesday hosts a meeting of deputy finance ministers from Asia and the U-S to discuss ways to help Asian countries hit by the recent currency crisis.
On the agenda will be a proposal to put up a special fund...
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NEWS FEATURE How the credit crunch has affected Greek shipping industry
Piraeus - 14 November 2008
1. Various aerials showing dozens of cargo ships at anchor near Greece's largest commercial port waiting for cargo orders
FILE: Piraeus - 15 January 2008
2. Mid shot of containers on cargo vessel
3. Wide top...
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Clinton meets Hu, Wen, presser with Yang, visits power plant, ADDS s'bites
1. Wide of US Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton, walking to shake hands with Chinese President Hu Jintao
2. Close-up of handshake, pull out
3. Wide of former US envoy on North Korea, Christopher Hill greeting Hu and shaking...
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Zoellick and Strauss-Kahn on world economy
1. Wide of the press conference hall
2. Cameramen
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Robert Zoellick, World Bank President:
"We've broken the fall of the financial crisis, but it's certainly too early to declare success. Two thousand nine (2009)...
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A decade on, how one man recovered from Asian financial crisis
Bangkok - 13 June 2007
1. Tilt-up from sandwiches in a box up to sandwich man, Sirivat Voravetvuthikun
2. Close-up of Voravetvuthikun's face
3. Mid of Voravetvuthikun's selling sandwiches in front of a hospital
4. Pan from a cardboard...
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Obama meeting Treasury Sec, on economy and spending bill
1. US President Barack Obama and US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Barack Obama, US President:
"We've got two goals in the G20. The first is to make sure that there is concerted action around the globe to...
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Dubai is set to open the world''s tallest building amid tight security on Monday, celebrating the tower as a bold feat on the world stage despite the city state''s shaky financial footing.
HEADLINE: Dubai to open world''s highest tower
CAPTION: Dubai is set to open the world''s tallest building amid tight security on Monday, celebrating the tower as a bold feat on the world stage despite the city state''s shaky financial...
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RR0310/B Argentina: Factories
February 2003: Buenos Aires street scene; people walking in street; beggar girl; exterior Brukman factory building; interior, worker at machine; worker Zulma at sewing machine with her child Nicolas; waving; Zulma singing; Nicolas...
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CEO under fire as he gives evidence over collapse
1. Photographers taking pictures of Lehman Brothers' chief executive officer Richard Fuld
2. US House committee members
3. Fuld getting sworn in to the committee hearing
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Representative Henry Waxman, California...
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Wrap of day's events at IMF meeting
1. Medium shot of IMF finance leaders
2. Wide shot of group of finance leaders, pan long desk and more finance leaders
3. Medium shot of three finance leaders
4. US Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill shaking hands with unidentified man
5....
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WRAP Greek PM meets Clinton over economy, Greek FM; protest in Athens
US State Department, Washington, DC, 8 March 2010
1. Wide of Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou walking towards podium with US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton
2. Cutaway of cameramen
3. SOUNDBITE (English) George...
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Stocks continue to fall on news of pension nationalisation plan
1. Various of street scenes in downtown Buenos Aires .
2. Wide of stock market
3. Close up of screen showing stocks down
4. Various of traders
5. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Gabriel Rivas, trader:
"The Argentine market it is not a big market....
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Unemployed professor tells personal story as latest jobless figures released in Greece
1. Filio Diamanti, unemployed professor, sitting in coffee shop
2. Close of Diamanti looking through papers
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Filio Diamanti, unemployed professor:
"We ask for a decent unemployment benefit, not 360 (euros). We used...
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Hagel applauds European allies for joining coalition against IS militants
US Secretary of Defence Chuck Hagel on Friday welcomed the decision by Britain, Denmark and Belgium to join the US-led military campaign against Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq.
The European countries committed to take part...
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Developing countries, action groups; UK ministers
1. Wide of media centre at G20 summit
2. Set up of Oxfam spokesperson, Alison Woodhead
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Alison Woodhead, Oxfam spokesperson:
"There's going to be definitely some concrete action on tax havens which is going to be...