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TIBET: CALL TO BOYCOTT TOURISM
Mandarin/Eng/Nat
Tibet is China's poorest province, still heavily dependent on the central government in Beijing for most of its revenue.
Tourism has been a crucial source of cash for the remote, mountainous region.
But some human...
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Fifty thousand Beatles fans take to the streets dressed as the Fab Four
AP Entertainment
Rio de Janeiro - 11 Feb 2013
1. Pan of crowd at Sgt. Pepper block party in Flamengo Park
2. Percussionists playing at block party
3. Pan from band playing in front of red Sgt. Pepper double decker bus to crowd
4. Mid of...
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UK: EUROSTAR CARRIES FIRST FARE PAYING PASSENGERS TO PARIS
Nat/English
The first fare paying passengers on a train using the rail tunnel linking Britain with mainland Europe, are on their way to Paris this morning.
More than six (b) billion dollars over budget, and running 18 months late, the...
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Sean John returns to NY fashion week
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APTN New York, 08 February 2008
1. EXT wide Cipriani's restaurant
2. CU signage "Cipriani's"
3. Wide tilt backstage hair and makeup
4. MS Sean Combs getting...
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Exhibition celebrates the life of scientist Stephen Hawking
AP Television
London, UK, January 19, 2012
1. Various of exhibit showing photograph of Stephen Hawking in his office in front of a board showing his astronomical calculations
2. Wide of exhibit displaying trophies and objects from his...
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Hundreds of chefs gather in attempt to set world record
1. Wide pan from "Angel of the Independence" monument to chefs gathered for record
2. Various of chefs gathering
3. Pan left as group gather for photo
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Ernestina Sodi, organiser:
"The expectation that we might break...
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Botanic Garden prepares to celebrate famous cherry blossom festival
Cherry trees were in full bloom at Brooklyn Botanical Garden on Tuesday as it prepared to celebrate the annual Sakura Matsuri cherry blossom festival.
To commemorate the pink and white blossom, a preview of the festival - which opens...
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LIBYA: COUNTRY BANKING ON TOURISM TO RESCUE BATTERED ECONOMY (V)
Tripoli, Libya 16 December 199800.00 Various of market 00.20Pan across city to harbour00.29Youths standing in front to of fountain 00.32Pan of square00.38Wide shot of corniche with large obelisks00.42Mid shot old fort00.46Gadhafi...
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Iraqis voice mixed reactions to Obama meeting national security advisors
1. Various of traffic in downtown central Baghdad
2. Various of people reading newspapers
3. Newspapers on display at newsstand
4. Close up of newspaper headline, reading: (Arabic) ''Obama starts his first day in the White House with...
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Tourism keeps traditional eagle hunting alive
Bokonbayevo, Kyrgyzstan - 19 July 2008
1. Various of mountains
2. Sary-eji, a golden eagle, flying from the arm of golden eagle hunter, Sagynbai Zarnayev
3. Eagle flying, landing on grass
4. Sagynbai on horseback going up to eagle
5....
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Memorial service for victims of balloon crash
1. Wide of scene of the balloon crash
2. Wide of Governor of Luxor Ezzat Saad and Japanese travel agency representative Okumura Hatsuko (woman walking behind Saad wearing sun glasses) arriving
3. Hatsuko and Saad laying flowers at the...
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WRAP Day of action over Myanmar
Taipei, Taiwan
1. Pan of protesters chanting "Free Burma. Free Aung San Suu Kyi"
2. Tilt up of protester with banner wearing mask of democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi's face
3. Close-up of Suu Kyi mask
4. Protester holding photographs...
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South Korea - Parting of the sea
Thousands of people come to Jindo on the Southern tip of of the Korean peninsula every April to witness what locals call the parting of the sea. French Ambassador to South Korea Pierre Landy was the first to
draw international attention...
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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...
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Highlights from the Coven show at Brazil fashion week
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 12 January 2011
1. Pan of people awaiting Coven presentation
2. Mid of people awaiting presentation
3. Various of catwalk show
4. Pre...
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Museums of Spain and US return pre-Hispanic artifacts to Peru
1. Wide of ceremony in which Peruvian artifacts were officially returned to Peru
2. Various of pieces returned to Peru, belonging to various pre-Hispanic cultures
3. Set up of Nestor Popolizio, Peru's Deputy Foreign Minister
4....
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Thai airlines promises cash for SARS victims
Washington, DC, 2 June 2003
1. Wide of IATA panel
2. Lufthansa Chairman and CEO Jurgen Weber and Singapore Airlines CEO Choong Kong Cheong listening
3. Audience listening
4. Cheong walking to podium
5. SOUNDBITE (English), Singapore...
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JAPAN: TOKYO: CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS
Eng/Nat
Christmas is big business in Japan where shops and departments stores are packed with seasonal merchandise and the streets are decked out in festive decorations.
But, as APTV reports, few Japanese have any idea what Christmas is...
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Samantha Critchell's take on the latest from NY Fashion Week
HEADLINE: Mischka, Wang show fall collections
CAPTION: Russia's Vera Wang's inspiration - while Badgley Mischka was all about the 'glam' factor at New York's Fashion Week. Catch the latest on the catwalk from AP's Samantha Critchell....
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KOREA: TOURISTS FROM THE SOUTH VISIT DIAMOND MOUNTAIN IN THE NORTH
Korean/Nat
About 800 tourists from South Korea have completed an unprecedented tour of Diamond Mountain, a wilderness area on the North's east coast.
Most of the visitors were elderly North Korean natives - (m) millions on both...
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Chinese donate lion to Kabul zoo
Beijing Airport - September 30, 2002
1. Ceremony to hand over lions
2. Chen Runsheng, Secretary General of China Wildlife Conservation Association, giving speech during the ceremony
3. Close up Chen handing over contract to Abdul Basir...
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Romance in the air as Parisians and tourists celebrate Valentine's day
1. Close-up heart padlock and other padlocks on railing on the Pont des Arts bridge over the River Seine
2. Wide of people looking at padlocks on the wired sides
3. Mid shot of Mongolian tourist writing name on padlock
4. Close-up of...
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More Taliban soldiers are captured as mop-up continues
1. Wide shot gathered around suspected Taliban collaborator
2. Various of suspected Taliban collaborator (bleeding from head wound) being arrested by Northern Alliance fighters
3. Close up suspected Taliban collaborator- being put in...
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: HONG KONG FASHION
English/Nat
For more than the past 20 years, the annual Hong Kong Young Fashion Designers' Contest (HKYFDC) has been an important nurturing base for local design talent in the former colony. And early this week, March 30, twenty past...