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Chelsea Clinton announces she's pregnant while speaking with her mother at a No Ceilings event

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Call it the year of the baby: Chelsea Clinton and her husband, Marc Mezvinsky, are expecting their first child later this year. The 34-year-old daughter of former President Bill Clinton and ex-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton...
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USA: WASHINGTON: PRESIDENT CLINTON SEX SCANDAL (4)

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English/Nat Talks continued in Washington on Saturday between Whitewater prosecutors and the lawyers representing, Monica Lewinsky, the woman at the centre of the latest Bill Clinton sex scandal. Lewinsky is reportedly offering to...
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Wrap president Bush comments on MidEast + earlier State Dept reax

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1. SOUNDBITE (English) George Bush, United States President "I talked to Prime Minister Sharon, Mr Barak as well as Mr Arafat and I said we are making some progress and they must all continue to work towards breaking the cycle of...
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Israeli settlers say they will slowly resume building new Jewish homes in West Bank settlements, just hours after a construction ban that helped jump-start Mideast peace talks expired

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HEADLINE: Settlement slowdown ends in the West Bank CAPTION: Israeli settlers say they will slowly resume building new Jewish homes in West Bank settlements, just hours after a construction ban that helped jump-start Mideast peace talks...
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Iraqi lawyer wounded by Blackwater personnel comments on incident, voxes

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1. Sign reading: (Arabic) ''al-Yarmouk Teaching Hospital'', in Yarmouk neighbourhood 2. Hassan Jabir, lawyer wounded in shooting incident involving Blackwater USA security firm 3. Various of Jabir with his wife looking after him,...
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President Aristide comments on continuing tension over his rule

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Port au Prince 1. Wide shot of arrival of President Aristide after meeting with Caricom 2. Saluting soldiers 3. Aristide greeting soldiers 4. Close up of Haitian Flag 5. Wide shot of press conference 6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jean-Bertrand...
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State Dept briefing on Kosovo, Russia

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1. Walk in shot of Sean McCormack, US State Department Spokesman 2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Sean McCormack, US State Department Spokesman: "Russia and any country that aspires to the pathway to democracy can only benefit from free, open,...
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US invites UN experts to visit Guantanamo prison

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1. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack walking to podium 2. Cutaway reporters 3. SOUNDBITE (English): State Department spokesman Sean McCormack: "The Department of Defence has extended an invitation to the United Nations special...
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WRAP US law firm on compensation case plus Swire bite

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New York - May 29, 2002 1. Lockerbie relatives' lawyer Lee Kreindler sitting at his desk, talking on phone 2. Various of five-page letter sent to families of victims, outlining status and negotiations with Libyans 3.SOUNDBITE: (English)...
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday called a Florida church's threat to burn copies of the Muslim holy book to mark the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks a "disrespectful, disgraceful act."

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HEADLINE: Clinton calls plan to burn Quran 'disgraceful act' CAPTION: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday called a Florida church's threat to burn copies of the Muslim holy book to mark the ninth anniversary of the...
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US closes Syrian Embassy in Washington; orders non-US staff to leave

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The Obama administration has ordered the Syrian government on Tuesday to suspend its diplomatic and consular missions in the US. The suspension requires all personnel who are not legal US residents to leave the country. "In...
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US Congress holds hearing on the growing threat in Nigeria of Boko Haram

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A survivor of an alleged Boko Haram attack on her family in Nigeria met with leaders of the US House Foreign Affairs panel on Wednesday in Washington DC, as lawmakers examine the US response to the Islamist extremist group's kidnapping...
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said China must respect human rights. Secretary Clinton spoke at the opening of U.S.-China talks on economic and security issues.

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HEADLINE: Clinton: No Nation Can Deny Human Rights CAPTION: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said China must respect human rights. Secretary Clinton spoke at the opening of U.S.-China talks on economic and security issues. (May...
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4:3 US State Department welcomes conviction of former Liberian leader

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1. Wide of US State Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland arriving at podium to give daily State Department briefing 2. Mid of reporter asking question 3. SOUNDBITE (English) Victoria Nuland, US State Department Spokesperson: "The...
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Clinton warns Iran, Syria on threats to Israel

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1. Wide shot of US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton walking on stage, greeting Ehud Barak, Israeli Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence and other officials 2. Clinton shaking hands with various dignitaries 3. SOUNDBITE...
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US says Venezuelans aids drug traffickers

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1. US State Department spokesman Sean McCormack enters briefing room 2. Cutaway of news media, reporter asking question 3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Sean McCormack, State Department spokesman: "We regret the actions of both President Hugo...
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USA: REACTION TO PETE PETERSON APPOINTMENT AS AMBASSADOR TO VIETNAM

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English/Nat Optimism ran high in Washington on Friday that decades of animosity between the U-S and Vietnam were finally over as Pete Peterson took up his job as the first U-S ambassador to Vietnam since the war. But not everyone was...
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Clinton condemns terrorism regardless of source

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1. Wide of Hillary Rodham Clinton on stage at Entrepreneurship summit 2. Cutaway audience 3. SOUNDBITE (English) Hillary Rodham Clinton, US Secretary of State: "And this tragedy strikes right at the heart and the soul of a peaceful...
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US Sec of State Clinton meets Abbas, Hamas comment

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Palestinian TV Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 1. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (in middle) and his delegation in meeting 2. Close up of Abbas 3. US special Mideast peace envoy George Mitchell (on right) and US Secretary of...
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Poll finds US image hurt, China more popular

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1. Wide of news conference 2. Close up of chart 3. SOUNDBITE (English) Madeleine Albright, former US Secretary of State and co-chair of the research project: "We are damned if we do and damned if we don't. Because it is not easy to be...
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Secretary of State John Kerry met with European Union officials ahead of announced EU plans to extend sanctions against Russian officials. The State Department has strongly condemned Russia's role in continued violence in eastern Ukraine. (Jan. 29)

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Speaking alongside Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics in Washington, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry emphasized the important role Latvia, the current holder of the European Union presidency, plays in the European response to...
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Cuban school of medicine receives US students

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1. Wide of Medical School 2. Sign saying "Medical School" 3. US students getting out of bus 4. Reverend Lucius Walker, Pastors for Peace, arriving 5. More US students arriving, getting out of bus 6. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Jose Luis López,...
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WRAP Excerpts of briefing by Secretary of state

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1. CIA Director George Tenet arriving at the White House 2. Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld arriving at the White House 3. Joint Chiefs Chairman Richard Myers arriving 4. Secretary of State Colin Powell arriving 5. Exterior of White...
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Secy of State presents annual anti-terror report

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1. US Secretary of State Colin Powell walks into State Department briefing room 2. SOUNDBITE (English) US Secretary of State Colin Powell "It also confirms that terrorists are trying every way they can to get their hands on weapons of...