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LIBERIA: REBEL FIGHTERS HOLD HUNDREDS OF CIVILIANS CAPTIVE
English/Nat
Rebel fighters are holding hundreds of civilians and West African peacekeepers captive, Tuesday, as fighting continued between government troops and rebel forces.
Thousands of people, including foreign diplomats and Liberian...
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Alliance chief and Karzai meet, presser
1. Afghan President Hamid Karzai and officials walking towards podium
2. Close up of Karzai
3. Karzai greeting NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, both shake hands
4. Wide of meeting
5. De Hoop Scheffer (left) and Karzai...
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AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN: OFFICIALS DEFEND EXPULSION OF AID WORKERS
English/Nat
Afghanistan's ambassador to Pakistan has spoken out about the decision to expel international aid workers from Afghanistan.
About 200 aid workers left the capital of Kabul last week after the Taliban ordered them to either...
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Political infighting at heart of Somalia's instability, says analyst in wake of PM vote
Somalia's parliament will continue to face instability, unless the prime minister and president work together on issues facing the country - according to one political analyst.
It comes after members voted to oust the current PM - in the...
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WRAP WFP aid shipments distributed, UN warning
1. Plane
2. Various of men unloading World Food Programme (WFP) aid
3. Ashwini Rai, WFP logistics officer, directing operation
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ashwini Rai, WFP logistics officer:
"We've just received a planeload of high energy...
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NICARAGUA: HURRICANE MITCH CAUSES DEVASTATION
Spanish/Nat
Hurricane Mitch has worn itself out by pounding the coast of Honduras - and it's now just a tropical storm.
But on shore, the floodwaters are continuing to rise, after the storm dumped 25 inches of rain on the Central...
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USAID director visits pledges $142m for fight against Ebola
A US official visiting Conakry pledged an additional 142 (m) million US dollars on Thursday to help fight the deadly Ebola virus in Guinea.
The head of the US Agency for International Development, Rajiv Shah, was in Guinea as part of a...
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SYND 28 1 75 US TREASURY SECRETARY SPEAKS ON TRADE DEFICIT
Treasury Secretary William Simon reacting to the near record trade deficit during a briefing on energy and tax proposals
1. ws Simon at lectern
SOUNDBITE if we don't so something about cutting back by 1977 it'll be over 32 billion...
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Report says 2011 famine killed 258,000, half under 5 years old
Mogadishu, Somalia - 1 May 2013
1. Wide of camp for Internally Displaced People (IDP)
2. Mid of tents, children sitting on parched ground outside
3. Mid of children standing near tent
4. Mid of camp residents
5. Close-up of child...
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Iran welcomes foreign aid, plus UK, Turkish aid workers
1. Wide shot of graves being dug
2. Mid shot of Red Crescent grave diggers
3. Men preparing shrouds in front of cleric (dressed in grey)
4. Bodies in rows on ground
5. SOUNDBITE: (Farsi) Cleric
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6. Bodies...
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USA: CAMBODIANS PROTEST IN DEMAND FOR HELP TO RESTORE DEMOCRACY
English/Nat
Cambodians living in the United States took to the streets of Washington on Friday urging the US government to take the lead in helping to restore democracy in Cambodia following the recent military coup.
The Clinton...
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Bodies of killed medical staff arrive at US base ADDS ISAF bites
1. Wide of two helicopters shortly after landing at military base
2. Close-up of helicopter with rear bay doors open
3. Ambulance parked on landing pad
4. Second ambulance pulling up to landing pad, workers taking bodies from helicopter...
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Oxfam report: combined wealth of 85 richest people equal to that of poorest 3.5 billion; WEF delegates react
The richest 85 people in the world control as much wealth as the poorest half of the global population, according to a new report by the international aid agency Oxfam.
Oxfam released the report on Monday as political leaders and the...
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WRAP US aid planes, EU commissioner, Thai PM comments; children at evacuation centre
Utapao, Thailand
1. US Air Force cargo plane on tarmac at US Air Base
2. Aid being prepared under open air hangar
3. Mid shot of aid consignment of pallet labelled: "USAID FROM THE AMERICAN PEOPLE"
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Laura Chapman,...
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Outbreaks of cholera among displaced are increasing
1. Exterior of medical centre at Kibati internally displaced person's (IDP) camp, north of Goma
2. Interior shot with patients on beds
3. Small boy on bed
4. Medical staff with patients
5. Medic treating patient
6. Close of IV catheter...
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US Secretary of State on Sudan and Aids crisis
Nairobi - Regency Hotel
1. Powell meeting UN and NGO aid workers and others working in Kenya, zoom in
2. Cutaway, cameraman
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Colin Powell, U-S Secretary of State: about Sudan
"We will see whether the Khartoum...
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Palestinian FM meets French counterpart Philippe Douste-Blazy
1. Wide exteriors of French foreign ministry
2. Journalists waiting inside ministry
3. Various ministry employees
4. Palestinian delegation arriving with Palestinian Foreign Minister Ziad Abu Amr
5. French Foreign Minister Philippe...
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US undersec for Asia comments about the incident in Pakistan
1. Wide pan of journalists to panel US AID personnel and Assistant US Secretary of State, Richard Boucher
2. Cutaway of Richard Boucher, Assistant US Secretary of State and Henrietta Fore of US AID
3. Cutaway of Richard Boucher
4. Mid of...
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TURKEY: EARTHQUAKE DISASTER: US WARSHIP BRINGS MEDICINE (2)
Italian/Eng/Nat
U-S Marines from a Navy amphibious assault group has sailed into the Sea of Marmara in Turkey's earthquake-stricken northwest.
But they have found little to do except ferry international aid piling up at Istanbul...
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Amnesty accuses Israel of denying Palestinians water; Israeli reax
Katana village, West Bank - 26 October 2009
1. Man filling tanker with water
2. Close-up of meter measuring water pressure
3. Truck pulling up outside house
4. Water being hosed into well
5. Close-up of hose
Jerusalem - 26 October...
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ISAF, NATO and Spanish presser on crash, file of troops,
APTN FILE - 31 July 2004
Kabul, Afghanistan
1. Various of Spanish soldiers, members of International Security Assistance Force, on patrol in Kabul
APTN - 16 August 2005
Kabul, Afghanistan
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Major Andy Elmes,...
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UN, ASEAN pressers on Myanmar cyclone aid, small demo outside
1. Wide of news conference at Foreign Correspondent's Club of Thailand
2. Cutaway of journalists
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Paul Risley, World Food Programme (WFP) representative:
"The opening provided by Friday's agreement, by Sunday's...
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Anti-poverty protest as World Social Forum convenes
1. Wide of protesters marching
2. Former Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda marching and carrying a flag
3. Various of protesters, with banners and posters
4. Woman carrying sign reading (in English) "Don't attack Iran," reversed to show...
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WRAP Mobile clinic set up to help flood victims in Nepal; Medical camp in India for victims
Nepalgunj, Nepal
1. Sign for free mobile clinic, run by Adventist Development and Relief Agency, international aid agency, to help flood victims
2. Women and children standing in line for health check-up
3. Close up of small girl with...