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Disability Activists Meet with Bolivian Government Officials
After days of protesting, activists finally get a chance to share their grievances and demands with Bolivian government officials. The meeting does not go well though. Government officials do not want to discuss the proposed monthly...
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Marching for Disability Support in Bolivia
People with disabilities are among the most discriminated against in Bolivia. Fed up with being ignored, a group of them march across the Andes to the seat of the government in La Paz, asking to speak to President Evo Morales. They are...
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Dorothy Bolden: Unionizing Domestic Workers
Civil rights activist Dorothy Bolden made it her mission to empower America’s working class. Her activism empowered domestic workers across the nation – and created noticeable change in the workplace for thousands of Black women.
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Mary McLeod Bethune: Fighting for Equality in the Classroom and Beyond
Mary McLeod Bethune, an influential educator activist, recognized that going to school could be a form of activism. Her groundbreaking work helped change America for the better.
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is a 7’2, Kung fu fighting, book-writing legend and one of the greatest players to ever grace the sport of basketball Born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr, on April the16th 1947, in New York City. Alcindor was always one...
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Clashes between pro- and anti-government activists in Ukraine's previously calm southern port of Odessa led to a fire that police said killed 31 people. (May 2)
Deadly clashes took place in the southern Ukrainian port of Odessa on Friday, triggered by Ukraine's offensive to recapture the eastern city of Slovyansk from pro-Russia forces.
The clashes between pro- and anti-government activists in...
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Police use tear gas to disperse demonstrators from central Cairo, enforcing new protest law
Egyptian police on Tuesday night fired tear gas to disperse activists protesting against the controversial new law restricting protests.
Clouds of tear gas filled Talaat Harb Square in central Cairo but protesters were defiant, picking...
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CUBA: SPANISH KING JUAN CARLOS VISIT
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King Juan Carlos of Spain made history on Sunday when he became the first Spanish monarch ever to set foot in Cuba.
The King and his wife Queen Sofia flew into the Cuban capital, Havana, to take part in this week's...
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Rome mural appears of detained Egyptian activist
A mural painting depicting Patrick George Zaki, an Egyptian activist and student in Italy who was recently detained in Cairo, has appeared on a wall of the Villa Ada park in Rome.
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Student activists hold rally to mark International Human Rights Day
1. Wide of Burmese student activists marching with banners and placards to mark International Human Rights Day
2. Cutaway of media
3. Wide of activists marching with placards which read (English) "The Violence Is Not Solution"
4. Wide...
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UK: PROTEST OUTSIDE NIGERIAN HIGH COMMISSION IN LONDON
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A group of 200 people, protesting against the death sentences passed on Nigerian political activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight others, have demonstrated outside the Nigerian High Commission in London.
Oil giant Shell also...
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UK: LONDON: ACTIVISTS SCALE MILLENIUM WHEEL
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Environmental activists scaled the largest ferris wheel in the world on Monday in protest over dam building projects in Spain and India.
Eight demonstrators scaled the 145-metre (450-foot) Millennium Wheel in the heart of...
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Around 10,000 women marched through central Cairo demanding Egypt's ruling military step down Tuesday in an unprecedented show of outrage over soldiers who dragged women by the hair and stomped on them, and stripped one half-naked in the street during a fierce crackdown on activists the past week.
HEADLINE Raw Video: Egypt's women take on ruling generals in protest
CAPTION: Thousands of women marched through central Cairo demanding Egypt's ruling military step down in an unprecedented show of outrage over soldiers who dragged...
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Uganda government crackdown on protest movement
Uganda's government on Thursday banned media coverage of a protest movement against the disputed re-election of the country's long-time president.A Cabinet meeting on Wednesday ordered a ban on live press coverage of a "defiance...
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Hundreds of animals rights activists march through central Athens
About 200 animals rights activists marched through central Athens on Saturday, ending up at Syntagma Square in support of animal rights in Greece.
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A longtime endurance runner and peace activist whose latest goal was to reach Bermuda in a homemade floating "Hydro Pod" was rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard on Saturday after he began suffering from fatigue. (Oct. 4)
A longtime endurance runner and peace activist whose latest goal was to reach Bermuda in a homemade floating "Hydro Pod" was rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard on Saturday after he began suffering from fatigue.
Coast Guard air crew were...
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Topless FEMEN protesters detained during anti-Putin protest
1. Wide sequence of FEMEN activists running in front of European Council screaming (English) "Putin go to hell", chased by police, being stopped and dragged on the floor
2. Mid of FEMEN activists screaming (English) "Putin go to hell"...
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Protesters clash with police, tear gas, security forces
1. Wide of police vehicle parked a few yards away from protesters
2. Wide of protesters throwing stones at police vehicle
3. Tighter shot of protesters pelting stones on police vehicle
4. Police vehicle driving towards protesters as they...
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ISRAEL: WEST BANK & GAZA STRIP CLOSED ON THREATS OF TERRORIST ATTACKS
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For the Fourth day Israel has closed off the West Bank and Gaza Strip Monday amid further threats of terrorist attacks.
The closure came following the suicide attack at a cafe in Tel Aviv.
Despite warnings of further...
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SYND 8 9 67 US CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST VISITS ALGIERS
The US civil rights activist Stokeley Carmichael arrives in Algeirs
1. gv exterior house
2. interior, Stokely Carmichael and others up stairs
3. ms Carmichael and colleagues speaking
4. Carmichael and colleagues sit on sofa
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SYND 26 1 77 POLITICAL STRIKE IN BILBAO
Political strike in Bilbao, Spain.
1. gv traffic on street
2. various of idle docks
3. ms idle buses
4. ms banner at the university building, pull back to gv and pan to crowd outside building
5. ms crowd outside university building
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Protesters mark anniversary of Tibetan uprising
1. Tibetan protestors running towards security barrier, waving flags and chanting
2. Police stopping protestors from crossing barrier
3. Girl chanting "we want freedom"
4. Women, police watching
5. Pan across chanting protestors
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SYND 7 12 67 US CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST STOKELY CARMICHAEL SPEAKING IN PARIS AGAINST VIETNAM WAR
American civil rights activist Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture) speaking in Paris against Vietnam War.
1. ms Carmichael with a group of activists, take seats on podium
2. ms young men in audience applaud
3. ms Carmichael and activists...