TED Talks
TED: My quest to end the horror of gun violence in the US | Lucy McBath
US Congresswoman Lucy McBath has made it her mission to seek bipartisan solutions for gun safety, leading the way in sponsoring so-called "red flag" laws that prevent gun violence and mass shootings. In a searing and timely talk, she...
PBS
Syrian refugees find mental and physical rehabiliation in Jordan
Now five years old, the war in Syria has taken an immense emotional and physical toll on those close to the fighting. Nisreen Katbi fled from Syria to Jordan four years ago and now runs a center that helps fellow refugees experiencing...
Curated Video
Press conference by US General Tommy Franks
1. Soldiers lined up waiting for Franks
2. Franks greets soldiers
3. Close up Franks chatting to soldier
4. Cutaway press photographers on roof
5. US soldiers
6. Cutaway press
7. Franks walks up to microphones
8. Cutaway US army...
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UK: LONDON: KING ABDULLAH OF JORDAN VISIT
English/Nat
King Abdullah of Jordan began his first visit to Britain since succeeding to the throne after the death of his father from cancer in February.
The King, accompanied by his wife, Queen Rania, had lunch with the Lord Mayor of...
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SYND 21 9 78 US STATE SECRETARY OF STATE CYRUS VANCE LEAVES JORDAN AFTER TALKS WITH KING HUSSEIN
United States Secretary of State Cyrus Vance left Jordan after today ending his first round of talks in Jordan over the Camp David peace accords.
1. SOUNDBITE (English): vs of Vance spekaing to press on airport tarmac followed by...
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Refugee camp under construction, UNHCR comment
1. Head of the UNHCR in Jordan, Sten Bronne walking with officials
2. Bronne looking at refugee camp preps
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Sten Bronne, Head of the UNHCR in Jordan:
"Things are moving very fast. I was up here late last week,...
Curated Video
WRAP Attack on Fatah security chief's house, five dead ADDS bodies, house, gunfire
1. Skyline in Gaza UPSOUND: gunfire
2. Long shot of house of Fatah security chief Rashid Abu Shbak, Fatah gunmen running
3. Palestinian woman watching
4. Wide of house
5. Four bodies of bodyguards on hospital floor
6. Relatives sitting...
Curated Video
Vehicles leave with bodies after executions
Jordan executed two al-Qaida prisoners before dawn on Wednesday, a government spokesman said, just hours after Islamic State militants released a video purportedly showing a captured Jordanian pilot being burned alive in a...
Curated Video
WRAP Airport, cleanup of oil spill, destruction, voxpops, bridge being repaired
1. Wide of Middle East Airlines plane landing on Beirut's Rafik Hariri International Airport
2. Various of plane moving across tarmac
3. Pilots greeting from cockpit's window
4. Lebanese soldiers
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mohammed...
Curated Video
WEST BANK: PALESTINIAN REFUGEES
Arabic/Eng
Some four (M) million Palestinian refugees, whose families fled or were driven from their homes during Israel's 1948 war of independence and subsequent fighting, may prove the biggest obstacle to peace in the Middle East.
The...
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Jordan - Klaus Kinkel addresses presser
German Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel on Wednesday (5/3) added to the
international condemnation of Israel's plan to build a new Jewish neighbourhood in Arab East Jerusalem, and suggested the plan could harm the Middle East peace...
Curated Video
Jordan - Protest over increase in price of bread
A Jordanian minister said on Monday (19/8) Iraq is not to blame for bread riots that shook Jordan this weekend. Abdul Hadi Al-Majali, minister of public works, says homegrown unrest was to blame after the government removed economic...
Curated Video
Iraqi-Saudi Border, Pilgrims, Damaged Buildings, Injured People, Further Strikes Against The Mulla's Regime Until They Are Overthrown, Former Saddam Family Aide
18.3.99 Arar, Iraqi-Saudi Border
WS of camp
VS Pilgrims
Women wearing black
Wide shot of people sitting around drinking tea, poster of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein
Men sitting, Hussein poster behind them
Wide shot of Iraqi border...
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Israeli PM Sharon meets Russian FM Ivanov for talks
1. Wide shot exterior of Russian ministry of foreign affairs
2. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon entering hall and shaking hands with Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov
3. Cutaway media
4. Sharon and Ivanov walking up stairs
5....
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Iraq's FM is against foreign military personnel on Iraqi soil to combat IS
Iraq's Foreign Minister has reaffirmed that Baghdad does not want foreign military personnel on Iraqi soil to combat Islamic State group militants.
It comes following Ibrahim al-Jaafari's meeting with his Turkish counterpart in...
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Secretary of state with Jordan FM, comments on Syria, NKorea
1. Wide of US Secretary of State John Kerry and Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh walking to microphones
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Nasser Judeh, Jordanian Foreign Minister:
"While we have taken the political decision at His Majesty's...
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Arab states urge Lebanon to end crisis, Amr Moussa presser
1. Exterior of the Arab League headquarters
2. Wide of Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa seated at news conference
3. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Amr Moussa, Arab League Secretary-General:
"The meeting called on the Lebanese speaker of...
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WEST BANK: VIOLENCE ESCALATES IN TOWN OF HEBRON
Natural Sound
Clashes in the West Bank town of Hebron escalated on Saturday with hundreds of Palestinians throwing stones and firebombs at Israeli troops who responded with rubber bullets.
The rioters said they were angry at the U-S...
TED Talks
Catarina Mota: Play with smart materials
Ink that conducts electricity; a window that turns from clear to opaque at the flip of a switch; a jelly that makes music. All this stuff exists, and Catarina Mota says: It's time to play with it. Mota leads us on a tour of surprising...
SciShow
Spider Rain?!!
Hank sets the record straight for us, discussing a rain of spiders in Brazil (!?), a new virus that has the internet all a-twitter, and another asteroid recently found to have hit the Earth (not the one in Siberia!) - are you ready for...
TED Talks
TED: Our refugee system is failing. Here's how we can fix it | Alexander Betts
A million refugees arrived in europe this year, says Alexander Betts, and "our response, frankly, has been pathetic." Betts studies forced migration, the impossible choice for families between the camps, urban poverty and dangerous...
TED Talks
TED: Two nameless bodies washed up on the beach. Here are their stories | Anders Fjellberg
When two bodies wearing identical wetsuits washed ashore in Norway and the Netherlands, journalist Anders Fjellberg and photographer Tomm Christiansen started a search to answer the question: who were these people? What they found and...
Crash Course
Groundwater & the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Crash Course Geography
The Arab-Israeli Conflict, which is the ongoing political tensions and military conflicts between Arab nations and Israel, is one of the longest and most complex disputes in the world. Today, we're going to focus on more recent events,...
Curated Video
Landmarks - Petra
PETRA IN SOUTH-WEST JORDAN, IS ONE OF ANTIQUITIES MOST INFLUENTIAL AND PROSPEROUS CITIES. HEWN FROM MASSIVE ROCK CLIFFS THE ANCIENT TRADING CITY LIES IN THE GREAT RIFT VALLEY ABOUT 80 KILOMETERS SOUTH OF THE DEAD SEA. IN JULY 2007, PETRA...