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Outgoing Russian leader Vladimir Putin greeted President Bush and the First Lady in Sochi, Russia ahead of talks between the two leaders. Putin escorted Bush to a briefing about the Winter Olympics, which Sochi will host in 2014
HEADLINE: Bush meets Putin in Russia
CAPTION: Outgoing Russian leader Vladimir Putin greeted President Bush and the First Lady in Sochi, Russia ahead of talks between the two leaders. Putin escorted Bush to a briefing about the Winter...
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Some Chinese and US basketball fans sat jointly in a Beijing bar on Sunday and watched one of the most anticipated events of the Beijing Games.
HEADLINE: Olympic fans pack Beijing bar to watch basketball
CAPTION: Some Chinese and US basketball fans sat jointly in a Beijing bar on Sunday and watched one of the most anticipated events of the Beijing Games. (Aug. 10)
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Rio de Janeiro's top environmental official said on Tuesday that he hopes to restart a stalled project to clean the trash and raw sewage filled lagoon system that hugs the site of the city's future Olympic Park.
Rio de Janeiro's top environmental official said on Tuesday that he hopes to restart a stalled project to clean the trash and raw sewage filled lagoon system that hugs the site of the city's future Olympic Park.
Andre Correa made the...
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UK businesses prepare for Olympic chaos
AP Television
London, UK - March 14, 2012
1. Wide of engineer entering data centre
2. Close of keys
3. Wide of server door opening and engineer checking system
4. Close of face through grating
5. Wide of door closing and engineer...
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Four years ago, Natalie Coughlin became one of three American women to win five medals during one Olympics. She has high hopes for more medals as she heads to her second Olympics in Beijing.
HEADLINE: First Person: Olympic Swimmer Natalie Coughlin
CAPTION: Four years ago, Natalie Coughlin became one of three American women to win five medals during one Olympics. She has high hopes for more medals as she heads to her second...
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Pro-China demonstration in support of Beijing Olympics
1. Wide of demonstrators
2. Mid of demonstrators holding Chinese flags and banners
3. Demonstrator holding banner with pictures of troubles during Olympic torch passage in Paris
4. Demonstrators holding a banner, sign reading (French):...
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US Olympic team departs for the Games
1. Close of baseball caps with USA and Olympic logo on desk, projector screen in background reading (English): "Good luck Team USA! Have fun in Beijing!"
2. Close of athlete trying on hat
3. Low-angle shot of athletes picking out...
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Husband of Pussy Riot's Tolokonnikova in Krasnoyarsk to await her release
The husband of jailed Pussy Riot punk group member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova was in Krasnoyarsk on Thursday, awaiting her anticipated release from prison.
The Russian parliament on Wednesday gave its approval to an amnesty bill that would...
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Coke dumped in Times Square to protest Coca-Cola's sponsorship of 2014 Winter Olympic in Russia
Gay rights groups dumped Coke in the streets of Times Square in Manhattan on Wednesday to protest against Coca-Cola Company's sponsorship of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Russia.
LGBT groups say the beverage company "supports hate" by...
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US Sec of state commenting on the Olympics and other topics
1. Rice arriving at podium
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Condoleezza Rice, US Secretary of State:
"Have we made progress through the six party framework, yes. Is there still reason for caution and scepticism, yes."
3. Wide of reporters
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Mayor meets students who received Olympic tickets, comments on London tourism
London Mayor Boris Johnson acted to fill empty seats at Olympic venues by handing out free tickets to local schoolchildren on Wednesday.
But it was empty streets and empty shops in the centre of the capital that had Johnson on the back...
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President Barack Obama says he has 'no doubt' that Chicago put together the strongest bid it could to win the 2016 Olympics. Friday the IOC awarded the games to Rio de Janeiro. (Oct. 2)
HEADLINE: Obama expresses regret at Chicago's loss
CAPTION: President Barack Obama says he has 'no doubt' that Chicago put together the strongest bid it could to win the 2016 Olympics. Friday the IOC awarded the games to Rio de Janeiro....
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Church service, prayers for luger, luge chief on course changes
1. Wide of snow-capped mountain, AUDIO: church music, pull out to wooden church sign
2. Close up of sign for Our Lady of the Mountains church AUDIO: church music
3. Wide of mass
4. Close up of Jerry Desmond, Pastor at Our Lady of the...
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Chinese fans upset about doping accusations against Ye
Fans of swimming in China reacted angrily on Wednesday to doping accusations swirling around their newest swimming superstar Ye Shiwen, who has won two gold medals at the Olympic Games.
The accusations grew after the 16-year-old won the...
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IOC inspectors praise massive progress in Olympic preps
21 April 2009
1. Wide pan of main Olympic Stadium site
2. Various of IOC coordination commission inspectors at site
23 April 2009
3. Wide shot of news conference
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Denis Oswald, Head of IOC Coordination...
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Has a successful Olympics helped Mayor Boris Johnson's political ambitions?
London Mayor Boris Johnson has struck political gold during this year's Olympics, gaining praise for so far steering Britain's capital smoothly through the Summer Games.
A maverick member of Prime Minister David Cameron's governing...
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Opening session of International Olympic Committee meeting
1. Beijing Olympic Tower with countdown clock
2. Entrance of Beijing Olympic Tower
3. International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission meeting chamber
4. IOC members at the meeting
5. The Beijing Organising Committee for the...
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SYND 27 10 76 CHESS OLYMPICS HELD IN HAIFA, ISRAEL
Chess Olympics held in Haifa, Israel.
1. gv hotel exterior
2. gv competitor and judges inside a room, Chess Olympic sign on wall
3. various of players seated and playing
4. mcu England sign
5. various of Tony Miles playing
6. mcu cup...
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Reax and fireworks following closing ceremony for the Winter Olympics
It was the most expensive Olympic games ever, at a cost of 51 (b) billion US dollars, and to top it off, Russia celebrated with a visually stunning fireworks display at Sunday's closing ceremony in Sochi.
There was pomp and there was...
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British Foreign Sec spks to university students on intl relations
1. Wide of exterior of lecture hall and welcome banner
2. Wide of students in hall, zoom into British Foreign Secretary David Miliband approaching podium
3. Cutaway of students in audience
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) David Miliband, British...
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Eight pandas ready for move to Beijing for Olympics
Wolong Giant Panda Reserve, Sichuan Province - 6 May 2008
1. Medium of pandas in cage roaring for food
2. Medium, pan wide of panda feeder opening cage to release pandas for food
3. Medium of pandas walking out of cage for food
4. Wide...
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China's Olympic torch is passing through Pyongyang en route to the summer Games. North Korea is taking the opportunity to showcase its clean streets, orderly lifestyle, and choreographed public events
HEADLINE: China passes Olympic torch to North Korea
CAPTION: China's Olympic torch is passing through Pyongyang en route to the summer Games. North Korea is taking the opportunity to showcase its clean streets, orderly lifestyle, and...
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IOC says Beijing ahead of schedule for Olympics
1. Wide of International Olympic Committee (IOC) members taking their seats at news conference
2. Wide of room
3. Cutaway of photographer
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Hein Verbruggen, Member of the coordinating commission of the...
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President dismisses problems with Olympic preps
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLYSHOTLISTAP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLYRio de Janeiro - 12 May 20151. Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and other officials riding on train along metro line that is under construction to link city...