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President Barack Obama Sunday said House passage of health care overhaul was a 'courageous vote' for many lawmakers. The president also praised Iraq's parliament for passing a long-delayed electoral law, paving the way for nationwide elections.
HEADLINE: Obama: House passage of health care 'courageous'
CAPTION: President Barack Obama Sunday said House passage of health care overhaul was a 'courageous vote' for many lawmakers. The president also praised Iraq's parliament for...
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Preview of Monday's national and local elections
May 11, 2007
1. Wide of opposition candidates at final campaign rally before senatorial elections
2. Mid of opposition candidates raising hands
3. Wide of crowd
4. Wide of stage with senatorial candidate speaking
5. Wide of crowd...
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Preview to release of former president's memoirs
APTN - Washington, DC June 18, 2004
1. Exterior of book shop with poster for Bill Clinton's new book "My Life"
2. Paying counter in book shop with advert for book behind till
3. Cover of book "My Life" by Bill Clinton
4. SOUNDBITE...
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Climate activists use performance art to spread their message
Environmental activists in Egypt are using performance art to try get their message heard.
They've put on a night time light show in Cairo as part of a worldwide day of climate change protests.
About 20 climate activists gather with...
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The Senate is getting its turn to delve into a General Services Administration spending scandal. Leaders of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee say they want to focus on reforming an agency whose officials threw parties at taxpayer expense.
HEADLINE: Democratic-led panel questions GSA officials
CAPTION: The Senate is getting its turn to delve into a General Services Administration spending scandal. Leaders of the Environment and Public Works panel say they want to focus on...
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BRAZIL: AIDS PROTESTORS RALLY AGAINST GOVERNMENT HEALTH CUTS
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 1 December 1998
1. Wide shot protesters with taped mouths holding posters with red ribbon
2. Pull out from girl with taped mouth holding sign reading: 'Protect yourself against the AIDS virus...wear a condom.'
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Attorney and women's rights activist Sandra Fluke is sounding dire warnings at the Democratic National Convention on a range of health issues if the GOP wins the White House
HEADLINE: Women's activist sends alarm on health issues
CAPTION: Attorney and women's rights activist Sandra Fluke is sounding dire warnings at the Democratic National Convention on a range of health issues if the GOP wins the White...
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The 8th annual Border Security Expo kicked off in Phoenix with speeches from top government officials and hundreds of vendors displaying high-tech wares from shock-proof clothing to drones, bulletproof vehicles and mobile surveillance systems. (March 18)
The 8th annual Border Security Expo opened in Phoenix with keynote speeches from the deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
The expo runs Tuesday and...
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Auction of Watergate Hotel made famous by a presidential scandal
FILE: Washington, DC - September 11, 2007
1. Wide shot Watergate Hotel complex
FILE: Washington, DC - Exact date unknown
2. Exterior shot of Watergate Hotel
3. Sign of Watergate Office Building
Washington, DC - July 21, 2009
4. UPSOUND:...
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President Barack Obama says health care reform is his highest legislative priority. He says his administration is closer to achieving reform than at any point in recent history
HEADLINE: Obama: Health care reform is highest priority
CAPTION: President Barack Obama says health care reform is his highest legislative priority. He says his administration is closer to achieving reform than at any point in recent...
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USA: WASHINGTON: POLITICIANS ARGUE OVER CLINTON SCANDAL
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Once again, the topic of United States President Bill Clinton's alleged relationship with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky has dominated Sunday morning talk shows in Washington.
Clinton, who has denied having a...
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The effort to recall Republican Gov. Scott Walker has been so all-consuming in Wisconsin that the upcoming presidential primary election here is attracting little interest among voters or political activists.
HEADLINE: Presidential primary barely registers with Wis.
CAPTION: The effort to recall Republican Gov. Scott Walker has been so all-consuming in Wisconsin that the upcoming presidential primary election here is attracting little...
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President hits out at those who are attempting to bring war crime allegations against his govt
Sri Lanka's president on Tuesday hit out at any attempts to level war crime allegations against his government over its conduct in the final months of a quarter-century civil war, saying it would be a victory for forces opposed to peace...
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Australian PM meets Indian counterpart, comments on uranium sales
1. Australian Prime Minister John Howard walking in with his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh; shaking hands
2. Close of handshake; tilt up to Howard waving; zoom out to them turning and going into room
3. Security on roof
4. Howard...
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UK: PINOCHET LATEST
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Anti-Pinochet campaigners - led by Amnesty International - have formally challenged the British government's decision that the former Chilean dictator is too ill to be extradited to Spain on torture charges.
Ominously for the...
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Temeka Rachelle Lewis, a woman accused of booking johns for a high-priced call girl ring, pleaded guilty Wednesday to money laundering and promoting prostitution in the federal probe that brought down former Gov. Eliot Spitzer.
HEADLINE: Woman admits guilt in Spitzer prostitution probe
CAPTION: Temeka Rachelle Lewis, a woman accused of booking johns for a high-priced call girl ring, pleaded guilty Wednesday to money laundering and promoting prostitution in...
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US Secretary of State in Damascus
1. US Secretary of State Colin Powell enters press conference, zoom in to him
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Colin Powell, US Secretary of State
"Well, good morning everyone, I'm very pleased to be back in Damascus and I'm looking forward to...
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Presser with head of Macau bank accused of helping NKorea to launder money
1. Wide of exterior of Banco Delta Asia
2. Mid of sign on side of Banco Delta Asia building
3. Tilt-down Banco Delta Asia building
4. Mid of people walking past Banco Delta Asia building
5. Stanley Au, Chairman of the Delta Asia...
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US and SKo presidents comment on Iran; NKorea; trade
1. US President Barack Obama and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak entering the conference room
2. Wide of Lee and Obama at podium
3. SOUNDBITE: (Korean) Lee Myung-bak, South Korean President:
"President Obama and I expressed our...
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President Barack Obama says progress is being made on health care reform legislation, but there is grumbling from both parties that Obama is rushing
HEADLINE: Democrats divided on health care overhaul
CAPTION: President Barack Obama says progress is being made on health care reform legislation, but there is grumbling from both parties that Obama is rushing. (July 21)
[Notes:ANCHOR...
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Obama, Clinton, Gates on new arms control pact with Russia
1. US Defence Secretary Robert Gates, US President Barack Obama, and US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen entering news conference
2. Cutaway of media
3. SOUNDBITE:...
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Annan meets Kerry and comments on Syria
Former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan on Friday met US Secretary of State John Kerry in Geneva for talks believed to be focussed on the plan to secure Syria's chemical weapons.
The meeting between the two men was closed and...
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Activists joined members of New York's City Council in Zuccotti Park Monday to complain about police tactics. On Saturday, police started detaining people after Occupy supporters gathered in the park to mark six months since the start of the movement.
HEADLINE: Council Member: NYPD 'brutal' in arresting OWS
CAPTION: Activists joined members of New York's City Council in Zuccotti Park to complain about police tactics. On Saturday, police started detaining people after Occupy supporters...
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Summit of Central American Presidents
1. Mid of Guatemala President, Alvaro Colom greeting El Salvador President, Elias Antonio Saca
2. Mid of Alvaro Colom, pull out to wide of Saca
3. Cutaway of Nicaraguan President, Daniel Ortega, arriving at El Salvador Presidential...