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USA: WASHINGTON: PRESIDENT CLINTON SEX SCANDAL (4)
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Talks continued in Washington on Saturday between Whitewater prosecutors and the lawyers representing, Monica Lewinsky, the woman at the centre of the latest Bill Clinton sex scandal.
Lewinsky is reportedly offering to...
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The owner of Alabama's largest casino, four state senators and several top lobbyists have been indicted on federal charges accusing them of vote buying in an effort to get a bill passed that would have legalized electronic bingo in the state.
HEADLINE: Ala. casino heads, senators, lobbyists indicted
CAPTION: The owner of Alabama's largest casino, four state senators and several top lobbyists have been indicted on federal charges accusing them of vote buying in an effort to...
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COLOMBIA: POLITICIANS INCLUDED IN DRUGS INQUIRY
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In Colombia's biggest probe of drug traffickers' infiltration into politics, an ex-senator was arrested Friday.
Eight congressmen and the nation's comptroller have also fallen under the inquiry which includes an...
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USA: PRESIDENT CLINTON IMPEACHMENT TRIAL LATEST (3)
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The Senate impeachment court was in recess on Friday so that the two sides involved could prepare to wrap up the trial using parts of the videotaped depositions taken this week.
Each side will get three hours on Saturday to...
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USA: PRESIDENT CLINTON IMPEACHMENT TRIAL LATEST (2)
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The questioning of White House aide Sidney Blumenthal is underway on Capitol Hill- in a session that could last up to 8 hours.
The House prosecutors allege that Blumenthal was a part of an effort by President Clinton to...
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USA: PRESIDENT CLINTON IMPEACHMENT TRIAL UPDATE (3)
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Boxes of evidence collected by the U-S House of Representatives during impeachment investigations have arrived at the Senate.
On the eve of opening presentations in his impeachment trial, Bill Clinton says it's important for...
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Man jailed on charges he says were cooked up finds new life probing corruption
Cheboksary, capital of Russian region of Chuvashia
1. Mid of farmer Eduard Mochalov with fresh copies of his newspaper "The Bribe" with a distributor's voice in the background saying "Take the bribe!"
2. Close-up of copies of the...
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WRAP President moves to end judicial rift + Aquino at rally
Manila, 27 October 2003
1. Wide of Supreme Court building, pan to people hearing mass outside building
2. Philippines Supreme Court Chief Justice Hilario Davide next to President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
3. Pan from Davide to Arroyo
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USA: CLINTON/LEWINSKY STARR INVESTIGATION REPORT LATEST (5)
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U-S Democrats are bracing themselves for more damaging disclosures about President Bill Clinton as Congress prepares to release portions of Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr's report.
The report, delivered to the U-S Capitol...
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USA: PRESIDENT CLINTON ANTI BRIBERY AGREEMENT SPEECH
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President Clinton on Tuesday signed legislation enforcing an international anti-bribery agreement intended to make U-S companies more competitive in foreign markets.
The agreement requires major U-S trading partners to pass...
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USA: IMPEACHMENT PROCESS - PUBLIC REACTIONS
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As the Senate impeachment trial opened - tourists waited in line for a ticket to history.
One excited woman waiting outside the Capitol for one of the 50 tickets to Thursday's proceedings said she wanted to see what could...
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USA: WHITE HOUSE LAWYER KENDALL STARR REPORT PRESS CONFERENCE
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White House lawyers rushed out a 70-page rebuttal even before Kenneth Starr's report was released.
Clinton's personal attorney, David Kendall, said the president's conduct in the Lewinsky matter was "personal and not...
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PHILIPPINES: ESTRADA IMPEACHMENT TRIAL: JUDGES STATEMENT
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An opposition senator sitting as a judge in the impeachment trial of President Joseph Estrada accused the Philippine leader on Wednesday of intervening in a sensational murder trial to seek acquittal for the son of a...
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BOSNIA: REACTION TO DUSAN TADIC'S WAR CRIMES CONVICTION
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A spokesman for the Bosnian President has described Wednesday's decision by the Yugoslav War Crimes Tribunal finding Bosnian-Serb Dusan Tadic guilty of crimes against humanity as unsatisfying.
President...
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Reform candidate claims victory in presidential vote
1. SOUNDBITE: (Romanian) Traian Basescu, Incoming President of Romania:
"I want to thank my rival Adrian Nastase who one and a half hours ago called me to recognise my victory in the Presidential elections. The main priority over the...
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The defense attorney for former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens said he's grateful to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder for seeking to drop the government's recent conviction of Stevens on corruption charges due to prosecutorial misconduct.
HEADLINE: Stevens' Attorney: Prosecutors' misconduct was stunning
CAPTION: The defense attorney for former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens said he's grateful to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder for seeking to drop the government's recent...
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MEXICO: RAUL SALINAS: SECRET BANK ACCOUNTS ALLEGATIONS
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The Mexican authorities have come up with fresh allegations linking the brother of former President Carlos Salinas to one of the country's biggest political scandals.
The Finance Ministry says its uncovered 48 secret bank...
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USA: CLINTONS LAWYERS HAVE GOOD CASE AGAINST IMPEACHMENT
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President Clinton's lawyers have warned the House Judiciary Committee that they will present a powerful case against the impeachment of the U-S president.
Attorney Greg Craig told House Judiciary Committee members that the...
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USA: WASHINGTON: CLINTON IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY LATEST SITUATION
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U-S President Bill Clinton is calling on House Democrats follow their conscience on Thursday, when they vote.
They have to decide whether to authorise the Republican plan for an open-ended, unrestricted investigation that...
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PHILIPPINES: ESTRADA ADDRESSES MEDIA
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President Joseph Estrada defiantly addressed the international media on Friday, accusing political opponents of misrepresentation and hurting the nation.
Fielding questions, he denied taking a 200 (m) million peso (4 (m)...
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Blatter speaks after re-election; delegates. including Blazer, reax
1. Wide of news conference
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Sepp Blatter, FIFA President:
"I do not expect any more battles. Why should we expect that? Now we are going into a new period of the FIFA transparency and the FIFA controlling system....
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The Watergate Hotel, part of the complex made famous by a U.S. presidential scandal, has failed to attract any bids at auction and has been taken back by the lender that holds the $40 million note on it
HEADLINE: No bidders in auction for Watergate Hotel
CAPTION: The Watergate Hotel, part of the complex made famous by a U.S. presidential scandal, has failed to attract any bids at auction and has been taken back by the lender that...
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Reactions as former leader found guilty of war crimes
1. Various of Liberians viewing news reports about former president Charles Taylor on street billboards
2. Various of Carolyn Myers-Zoduah, civil society activist and former local TV anchor
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Carolyn Myers-Zoduah,...
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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,...