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SYND 18 6 79 PRESS WATCH FIGHTING FROM ROOFTOPS
At the Nicaragua Intercontinental Hotel in Managua journalists and civilians watch from the rooftop, as a bomber plane flies overhead, sounds of gunfire crackle in the air, and a National Gaurd jeep passes by laden with dead bodies fom...
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NICARAGUA: STRIKING DOCTORS STAGE BIG DEMONSTRATION
Spanish/Nat
Striking doctors in Nicaragua staged a big demonstration on Tuesday, as their protest entered its nineteenth day.
They were joined by other workers unions in a massive march in Managua to support their demands for a...
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President Daniel Ortega meets Ahmadinejad
1. Posters and placards of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
2. Residents waiting for Ahmadinejad to arrive
3. Various of Ahmadinejad arriving and waving to crowd from motorcade
4. Ahmadinejad walking up stairs
5. Wide of...
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SYND 30 7 76 QUAKE FILE
Scenes of the damage from an earthquake in the US and Nicaragua.
1. file film of a moie being filmed and an earthquake hitting the set
2. vs of devastated buildings
3. ws and pan of a flyover road bridge collapsed
4. ws of a home...
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NICARAGUA: FARMERS ARM THEMSELVES AGAINST BANDITS
Spanish/Nat
Farmers in northern Nicaragua are arming themselves with guns to combat a rapidly rising and violent tide of banditry.
Kidnapping is on the increase and state police are struggling to enforce the law.
President Arnoldo...
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NICARAGUA: VOTING BEGINS IN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
Spanish/Nat
Nicaraguans have gone to the polls to elect a new president and fill about two-thousand other government positions.
Twenty-three candidates are seeking the presidency, but polls indicate only two have a chance of winning --...
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A Nicaraguan diplomat whose throat had been slashed was found dead by his driver, who was picking him up for the United Nations General Assembly's annual meeting.
HEADLINE: Nicaraguan official found dead in NY
CAPTION: A Nicaraguan diplomat whose throat had been slashed was found dead by his driver, who was picking him up for the United Nations General Assembly's annual meeting. (Sept. 23)
New...
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NICARAGUA: 1 PERSON KILLED AS STUDENTS CLASH WITH POLICE
Natural Sound
One man has died and at least 19 were injured after police clashed with students in the centre of the Nicaraguan capital.
The students were protesting against the lack of funding for universities and higher education.
The...
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NICARAGUA: CUBAN BASEBALL PLAYERS SUCCESSFULLY FLEE CUBA
Natural Sound
A number of young Cuban baseball players have successfully fled Cuba and are now seeking refuge in Nicaragua.
Earlier this year, the baseball players escaped by boat to the Bahamas but were then forcibly repatriated.
This...
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NICARAGUA: CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTER ROBAINA MEETS ARNOLDO ALEMAN
Spanish/Nat
A historic meeting between the Cuban Foreign Minister and Nicaraguan President took place on Monday, when the two paid a visit to Cuban medics sent to help with post- hurricane relief efforts in northern...
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NICARAGUA: MANAGUA: STUDENTS CLASH WITH POLICE OVER EDUCATION CUTS
Natural Sound
Students clashed with police in the centre of Managua, the capital of Nicaragua on Monday in protest at proposed cuts to education funding.
At least three police officers and 10 students were injured.
It is the second...
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NICARAGUA: TIPPER GORE DELIVERS AID SHIPMENT UPDATE
Spanish/Nat
The wife of U-S Vice President Al Gore has arrived in Nicaragua with medical aid and the promise of another 10 (m) million dollars for hurricane-battered Central America.
Tipper Gore saw the utter devastation at first hand...
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NICARAGUA: NICARAGUA CATCHING UP WITH CUBA IN PRODUCTION OF TOBACCO
Spanish/Nat
So far Cubans are the undisputed kings of cigar making, but that may be about to change with Nicaraguans catching up in the production of tobacco.
Cuban immigrants who went to Nicaragua in the Sixties taught people there...
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NICARAGUA: YEAR OLD CAMPAIGN TO CLEAR LANDMINES
Somotillo, border between Nicaragua and Honduras - 27 November 19971. Mine being exploded2. Various of Nicaraguan National Army on their way to fields3. Various of members of the army explaining their task to delegation from Japanese...
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EL SALVADOR: 8 PEOPLE KILLED BY TROPICAL STORM "DOUGLAS"
Spanish/Nat
At least eight people were killed by tropical storm "Douglas" - formerly Hurricane Cesa in El Salvador.
Cesar killed at least 22 people on its sweep across Central America, before weakening to a tropical depression that...
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NICARAGUA: FLOODING CONTINUES TO CAUSE DISEASE
Spanish/Nat
Mitch continues to take its toll on the people of the Nicaragua.
As thousands are left homeless, the latest threat for the population is disease.
Approximately 200-thousand children are in danger of contracting dengue fever,...
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NICARAGUA: MANAGUA: CROSS-PARTY PEACE TALKS OPEN
Spanish/Nat
Nicaragua's cross-party peace talks, called the National Dialogue, opened on Tuesday in the capital Managua.
150 representatives from both political and civil organisations are to discuss Nicaragua's future in the wake of...
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QUOTE REF NICARAGUA: After weeks of wrangling and delays, talks aimed
GS18048814 at settling the six-year-war between the US backed "Contras"
18.4.88 and the Sandinista Nicaraguan government get under way in
border...
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Nicaragua - New president sworn in
Nicaragua's new President Arnoldo Aleman was sworn-in on Friday (10/1) at the start of his five-year term. Aleman will be seeking to consolidate Nicaragua's democracy and to combat poverty with elusive economic growth.
WS pan crowd...
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NICARAGUA: MANAGUA: ARMED FORCES DAY PARADE
Spanish/Nat
The head of the Nicaraguan Armed Forces gave a stern warning to former members of dictator Anastasio Somoza's National Guard during Armed Forces Day Monday.
General Joaquin Cuadra said no member of the personal guard of the...
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Voters hopeful change of gov'ment will bring relief to needy
1. Various of man rummaging through empty plastic bottles
2. Wide of children playing in slum area
3. Various close ups of children faces
4. Pan over street in shantytown
5. Close-up of Maria Isabel Gonzalez's feet as she clears wood ...
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NICARAGUA: LEGENDARY HEALER CELEBRATES HIS 100TH BIRTHDAY
Spanish/Nat
A humble life dedicated to healing the sick has turned 100 year-old Fernando Gadea into one of Nicaragua's most famous living legends.
Last week he celebrated his 100th birthday but the self-taught healer is still receiving ...
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A new law helps protect engangered turtles
San Juan Del Sur, October 28 & November 15
1. Wide of sign and entrance to the marine turtle's reserve
2. Wide of driving down road
3. Sign on beach
4. Various, turtles on beach (one close shot of face)
5. Various, turtle laying...
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NICARAGUA: POSOLTEGA: ANNIVERSARY OF HURRICANE MITCH
Casitas Volcano, Posoltega - Nicaragua, Oct 27 & File
1. Hurricane Mitch survivors being rescued at Casitas Volcano
2. Various still photographs of hurricane
Oct 27th
3. Sunrise at Casitas volcano
4. Mid shot of brothers...