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Italy - Major Statement At EU Summit
British Prime Minister John Major told reporters at the European
Union summit in Florence on Friday (21/6) that he had made
progress on reaching a deal to partially lift the ban on British
beef.
WS Major coming out of building;
British...
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Talks continue to see if Renzi has enough support to form government
Italy's president has been consulting with political party leaders to determine if Democratic Party leader Matteo Renzi has enough support to form a new government.
Giorgio Napolitano was in the second day of consultations on Saturday,...
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NEW Controversial Da Vinci painting is exhibited in Japan's National Museum
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AP Television
Tokyo, 19 March 2007
1. Close-up of ribbon cutting
2. Wide shot of Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Cultural Minister, Francesco Rutelli, cutting ribbon together with Prince and Princess...
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Preparations are underway in Florence for the wedding of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West
Preparations were underway Friday (23 MAY) at the 16th-century Belvedere Fort in Florence where the wedding of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West will take place on Saturday.
Workers, using cranes and scaffolding, are putting up structures...
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New Just Cavalli collection unveiled in Milan
Italian designer Roberto Cavalli unveiled his new youth-aimed Just Cavalli collection at Milan Fashion Week Thursday (20 Feb.)
The fall/winter 2014-2015 line is inspired by the art of Florence, according to the designer.
"I photographed...
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ITALY: FLORENCE: NEW ARMED FORCES GROUP EUROFOR FORMED
Eng/French/Nat
Italy, France, Spain and Portugal formally constituted a new European rapid reaction force Saturday, designed for humanitarian and peacekeeping missions for crises like the one in Zaire.
The four defence ministers met in...
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ITALY: FLORENCE: AGREEMENT REACHED TO LIFT BAN ON BRITISH BEEF
English/Nat
Britain and its partners in the European Union have finally come to an agreement to end the three-month old beef war.
Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer (Finance Minister) Kenneth Clarke said his country's policy of...
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PM Letta arrives at the presidential palace to tender his resignation after holding final cabinet meeting
Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta officially submitted his resignation to President Giorgio Napolitano on Friday, after he was sacked by his own party in a back-room mutiny.
Letta was received at the presidential palace late in the...
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Italy - Recipe For Beefsteak
Despite the Europe-wide scare about the safety of beef,
Florentines continue to eat with great gusto their famous
beefsteak, bistecca alla fiorentina.
It comes from the pale-coloured Chinanina cattle which dot the
fields of Tuscany. The...
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FRANCE: PARIS: BEEF FARMERS PROTEST USING A 'NOAHS ARK' BARGE
French/Nat
About 40 French farmers and breeders symbolically put five cows on a barge and sailed down the Seine Friday morning through the heart of Paris.
They say they're going broke because consumers don't have confidence in beef ...
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Renzi arrives at palace; is asked to try and form next government
Matteo Renzi was asked by Italy's president to try and form a new government on Monday, to replace the one he sacked through a power-grab within his own party.
The 39-year-old leader of the Democratic Party drove himself to his meeting...
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+4:3 Preview to court's decision on retrial for Florence Cassez
Mexico City - 22 January 2013
1. Travelling shot of Bernard Cassez, father of Florence Cassez, as he tries to avoid media while leaving prison where his daughter is an inmate
2. Vehicle carrying Bernard Cassez driving away from media
3....
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Frenchwoman jailed for kidnapping says she is very happy to be home
1. Wide of plane bringing back Florence Cassez
2. Close up of plane window
3. Florence Cassez walking along airbridge
4. Cassez walking down stairs with French foreign minister Laurent Fabius
5. Cassez being greeted by well-wishers
6....
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French president welcomes release of French journalist in Iraq
1. SOUNDBITE: (French) Jacques Chirac, French President
"Florence Aubenas and Hussein Hanoun have been freed. They are in good health and Florence is on the plane which is currently on its way to Paris. At the end of a long, painful...
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How the general strike is affecting Florence
1. Wide shot of Independence Square, in centre of city
2. Mid shot of banner showing Berlusconi next to Mussolini
3. Close up banner
4. SOUNDBITE: (Italian) Marco, Protester
"We are marching for Article 18 which is a symbol for the...
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Update on progress of search for survivors on stricken ship
1. Wide of Franco Gabrielli, Head of Italian Civil Protection, entering news conference
2. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Franco Gabrielli, Head of Italian Department of Civil Protection:
"Let's give you precise data, that is 12 people are dead,...
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Thousands protest US plans for possible attack on Iraq
1. Train arriving carrying protesters
2. Protesters getting off train
3. Anti-Bush placards
4. Various of protesters marching
5. Wide shot of Italian riot police walking
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Voxpop, Monica, protester
"We ask that the...
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Italy - EU Summit
European Union leaders on Friday (20/6) gathered in Florence,
Italy for the start of a two-day summit overshadowed by the crisis
created by "mad cow" disease and the ban on British beef exports.
WS Florence flags;
VS protest;
People with...
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Italy appeals court upholds murder conviction against Amanda Knox, sets 28.5-year sentence
1. Presiding judge Alessando Nencini entering courtroom
2. Wide of jury entering court room, zoom in
3. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Alessando Nencini, Presiding judge (++SOUNDBITE STARTS ON ZOOM IN AND INCLUDES WIDER SHOT++):
"On behalf of the...
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Napolitano gives Renzi mandate to form new government, analyst
Italy's president asked the brash young leader of the Democratic Party, Matteo Renzi, to try to form a government on Monday after Renzi engineered the sacking of the previous premier in a power grab within their party.
Renzi, the...
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Former PM's album 'True Love' goes on sale
FILE: Milan - 2 May 2011
1. Wide of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, in front of Milan's courthouse
2. Mid of Berlusconi greeting supporters
Rome - 22 November 2011
3. Wide exterior of Feltrinelli book and music shop in...
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Ceremony handing over power from Letta to Renzi; first meeting of new cabinet
Matteo Renzi became Italy's youngest premier on Saturday, promising a new era of stable government after using old-school politicking to engineer the overthrow of a fellow Democrat he deemed too timid to get the nation back to work.
The...
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Italy - New European currency put to the test
Two Italian towns near Florence began a six-month experiment on Wednesday (1/10) designed to test the practical aspects of a change to a single European currency. The new money is to be accepted as payment for goods and services in the...