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RUSSIA: ALLEGED US SPY EDMUND POPE LATEST
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Moscow's city court has turned down an appeal for freedom on medical grounds by a U-S prisoner accused of spying.
Russia's Security Service arrested Edmund Pope in April on charges of espionage.
If convicted he faces 20...
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Philippines - Marcos Proclaimed Member Of Congress
Imelda Marcos was proclaimed a member of the Philippine congress
on Friday (27/10) following a Philippine Supreme Court ruling
Wednesday that qualified her to run for the post. The widow of ousted dictator Ferdinand Marcos met the chief...
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Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor has told the Senate Judiciary Committee that she believes it's important that judges keep 'an open mind' about cases before them
HEADLINE: Sotomayor: 'Open mind' key to effective judging
CAPTION: Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor has told the Senate Judiciary Committee that she believes it's important that judges keep 'an open mind' about cases before them....
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Soldier who challenged service extension must return to Iraq
1. Specialist David Qualls walking into court with lawyers
2. Mid shot of Qualls walking towards court
3. Close-up of Qualls walking out of court after hearing
4. Press conference with attorney's
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Jules Lobel,...
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President Barack Obama will nominate Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court, a person familiar with the president's thinking said Sunday night. The move positions the court to have three female justices for the first time in history.
HEADLINE: AP source: Obama chooses Kagan for Supreme Court
CAPTION: President Barack Obama will nominate Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court, a person familiar with the president's thinking said Sunday night. The move...
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Constitutional court approves law to try Khmer leaders
1. Wide shot of exterior of Constitutional court building
2. Close shot of entrance to Constitutional court building
3. Wide of international council sitting to debate the law
4. Mid shot of council members
5. Various of meeting
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Reaction after judge sentences 683 people to death in mass trial, including Muslim Brotherhood leader
A judge's decision to sentence 683 alleged supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi to death on Monday split opinions in the capital Cairo.
The mass trial which brought charges against alleged Islamists and Muslim...
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Republicans block repeal of ban on gays serving openly in military
1. Wide view Senate floor as vote starts
2. Various views as Senate vote results are announced - UPSOUND: (English) Senator Mark Begich, Democrat - Alaska:
"On this vote the Yeas are 56, the Nays are 43... The motion is not agreed...
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WEST BANK: SHEPHERD CAVE DWELLERS CELEBRATE
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Palestinian shepherds living in caves in the hills of the southern West Bank prepared a feast on Sunday to celebrate the return to their homes following an Israeli Supreme Court ruling last Wednesday.
The Israeli army has...
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USA: REACTION TO WORLD COURT RULING OVER LOCKERBIE CASE
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Despite the World Court's ruling that it has the authority to settle the legal row over the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, the U-S State Department insists that Libya may have won the first round but not...
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North Carolina's attorney general says his office will no longer defend the state's ban on same sex marriage in court after a federal appeals court ruled a similar prohibition in Virginia unconstitutional. (July 28)
North Carolina's attorney general said Monday his office will no longer defend the state's voter-approved ban on same sex marriage in court after a federal appeals court ruled a similar prohibition in neighboring Virginia...
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Defenders and protesters rally outside the Supreme Court as Justices tackle a case that allows businesses to object to health law's birth control coverage. (March 25)
Supreme Court justices are weighing whether corporations have religious rights that exempt them from part of the new health care law that requires coverage of birth control for employees at no extra charge.
The case being argued at the...
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SOUTH AFRICA: SPRINGBOKS TURN DOWN OFFER TO JOIN THE WRC
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Despite the Springboks' decision to turn down an offer to join the World Rugby Corporation, W-R-C chief, Ross Turnbull threatened Saturday to hold leading players to contracts they have reportedly signed.
Turnbull said his...
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It's day three of Sonia Sotomayor's Supreme Court confirmation hearings, but the Judiciary Committee is still on it's first round of questioning. The AP's Julie Pace looks at what senators are still waiting to take their turn
HEADLINE: The Hearings: More questions for Sotomayor
CAPTION: It's day three of Sonia Sotomayor's Supreme Court confirmation hearings, but the Judiciary Committee is still on it's first round of questioning. The AP's Julie Pace looks at...
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USA: CLINTON IMPEACHMENT LATEST
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The Democrats are making their final case against the impeachment of Bill Clinton before the Judiciary Committee of the U-S Congress -- and they're using video of the President to do it.
At Thursday's House hearing,...
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WRAP Probe into FBI failures, key witness gives evidence
1. Zoom in as Coleen Rowley is escorted into committee room by chairman
2. Various of photographers crowding around Rowley seated in committee room
3. Reverse of chairman calling for order
4. UPSOUND: (English) Senator Patrick Leahy,...
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Israeli military partially opens West Bank motorway to Palestinian drivers
Beit Sira crossing, West Bank, 28 May 2010
1. Wide of highway
2. Various of Israeli military watchtower
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Major Peter Lerner, Israeli army spokesman:
"This morning the IDF (Israeli Defence Force) opened route 443 to...
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USA: ELECTION: VOTE RECOUNT LATEST
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The U.S. Supreme Court, divided 5-4, intervened once again Saturday in the deadlocked presidential race,
granting George W. Bush's plea to halt the Florida vote count on which Al Gore had pinned his best hopes of winning the...
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Obama announces plans to restart Bush-era tribunals, reax, file
Washington, DC - May 13, 2009
1. Pan of US President Barack Obama walking out of Oval Office
Washington, DC - May 15, 2009
2. Various graphic images showing presidential statement on tribunals
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba - May 12, 2009
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DV Jena Six
HEADLINE: Lawmakers seek Jena 6 teen's release
CAPTION: Michigan Congressman John Conyers says he'll press the government for the release of a black teenager held in the 'Jena 6' case in Louisiana. Conyers, the chairman of the House...
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The Pentagon charges six Guantanamo Bay detainees for the September 11th terrorist attacks. They will be tried together before a military tribunal. Under the military justice system, the half-dozen suspects may face the death penalty.
HEADLINE: Death penalty for 9/11 terror attacks
CAPTION: The Pentagon is planning to charge six Guantanamo Bay detainees for the September 11th terrorist attacks. Military leaders will be seeking the death penalty. (Feb. 11)
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Senate confirms Homeland Security Secretary
1. Senate floor
2. Senator Susan Collins
3. Sign showing Judge Chertoff's statement
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Susan Collins, Chairwoman, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, (Republican-Maine):
"Since when have we...
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says President Barack Obama wants to reshape the Supreme Court to soften gun rights, among other things.
HEADLINE: Romney: Obama doesn't protect gun owners' rights
CAPTION: Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says President Barack Obama wants to reshape the Supreme Court to soften gun rights, among other things. (April 13) ...
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Private showings for Jolie film that's causing Serb outcry
Kozarac, Bosnia
1. Wide of resident Zinaida Mahmuljin walking to Kozarac cemetery in snow
2. Wide of Mahmuljin entering memorial with inscription in foreground reading: (English) 'To the innocent killed citizens of Kozarac 1992 -1995'
3....