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China - Blind Chinese legal activist Chen Guangcheng allowed to leave China for USA
1. Various of Chen Guangcheng appearing before media in Washington Square Village, accompanied by Jerome Cohen (red bowtie), the New York University law professor who advised Chen while he was in the US embassy in Beijing
On May 19th...
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Crimean Tatars and Pro-Russian activists clased outside a local parliament building in Ukraine's Crimean peninsula. (Feb. 26)
Crimean Tatars and Pro-Russian activists clashed outside a local parliament building in Ukraine's Crimean peninsula. Pro-Russian politicians in the area have been denouncing the efforts to form a new government in Ukraine's capital,...
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USA: CONGRESS RECEIVE CLINTON/LEWINSKY STARR REPORT
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Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr sent Congress a report and two van loads of supporting evidence of possible impeachable offenses by President Clinton on Wednesday.
The report poses the gravest threat to a president...
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Egyptian police used tear gas to disperse several thousand demonstrators in Cairo who are protesting the dismissal of murder charges against former President Hosni Mubarak over the killing of protesters during the 2011 uprising against him. (Nov. 29)
Egyptian police have used water cannon and tear gas to disperse several thousand demonstrators in Cairo who had been protesting a court's ruling to dismiss a case against former President Hosni Mubarak over the killing of protesters...
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Thai police probe scene of gunbattle between rival political factions
Thai police are investigating the scene of a gun battle between protesters and government supporters in a Bangkok suburb on the eve of tense nationwide elections.
At least seven people were wounded as the two sides attacked each other...
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Clashes during general strike, explosion near hotel where visiting Indian president staying
1. Jamaat-e-Islami activists setting fire to cotton sacks in the road and chanting slogans, AUDIO of gunfire, pan to firing rubber bullets advancing along road
2. Wide of police firing rubber bullets and chasing Jamaat-e-Islami...
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Scuffles break out as gay rights activists defy court and hold rally; arrests at anti-gay march
1. Mid of anti-gay activist seizing the rainbow flag from gay rights demonstrators
2. Wide of police surrounding anti-gay activist
3. Mid of police arresting anti-gay activist
4. Various of gay rights march
5. Wide of gay right...
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Residents mark first anniversary of Sandy Hook school shooting
Residents on Saturday honoured the children and educators killed one year ago in a shooting rampage at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown as local churches held memorial services and President Barack Obama observed a moment of...
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Anti-government protesters camp outside Government House
Protesters remained camped outside Thailand's Government House on Tuesday morning despite the Prime Minister's decision to dissolve parliament and call early elections.
Anti-government demonstrators have vowed to carry on their fight,...
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Activists, Kurds: IS group nearly out of Kobani
Kurdish fighters backed by intense US-led airstrikes pushed the Islamic State group almost entirely out of Kobani on Monday, marking a major loss for extremists whose hopes for easy victory dissolved into a bloody, costly siege that...
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Funerals were held in Gaza for four boys who were killed by an Israeli airstrike while they were playing on a beach. Seven others were wounded in the strike, which a Palestinian activist said came from an Israeli naval vessel operating offshore. (July 16)
Funerals were held in Gaza on Wednesday for four boys who were killed by an Israeli airstrike while they were playing on a beach.
The four boys were cousins and aged 9 to 11.
Seven other adults and children were wounded in the strike,...
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Rally outside US embassy against asylum for ex-president
El Alto
1. Various of demonstrators descending from El Alto, on the outskirts of La Paz
2. Various of protesters, carrying flags and banners and shouting slogans
3. Protester wearing a mask shouting "Out"
La Paz
4. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish)...
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USA - Army private, Bradley Manning, is charged with passing secrets to website WikiLeaks
1. Mid of Manning stepping out of vehicle and being escorted into building
2. Wide tracking shot of US Army Private Bradley Manning walking out of court building in handcuffs, with guard in US army uniform
On June 8th 2012 a military...
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Thousands in non-politically affiliated anti-austerity protest
1. Wide of gathered crowd
2. Mid of demonstrators holding placard depicting Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou as a clown, UPSOUND crowd shouting (Greek): "Here is the Premier"
3. Close of banner in front of Parliament reading...
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Greece - Clashes at protest against stabbing attributed to far-right / Man accused of killing anti-fascist activist appears in court / Clashes break out during anti fascist protest in central Athens / Head of far right Golden Dawn arrives at court with other MPs from party
Clashes at protest against stabbing attributed to far-right, suspect charged
Keratsini - 18 Sep 2013
1. protesters throwing objects and flares at riot police; tear gas smoke in background
2. Wide of garbage container burning next to...
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Hundreds of anti-government protesters returned to the streets of central Cairo on Saturday, chanting slogans against Hosni Mubarak, just hours after the Egyptian president fired his Cabinet and promised reforms but refused to step down
HEADLINE: Raw Video: Protesters return to Cairo's streets
CAPTION: Hundreds of anti-government protesters returned to the streets of central Cairo on Saturday, chanting slogans against Hosni Mubarak, just hours after the Egyptian...
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Thousands of Indians holding placards and shouting slogans marched through the streets of New Delhi to protest against corruption and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government.
HEADLINE: Raw Video: Thousands protest corruption in India
CAPTION: Thousands of Indians holding placards and shouting slogans marched through the streets of New Delhi to protest against corruption and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's...
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Bangladesh police, Islamic activists clash; 27 die
1. Various top shots of police chasing activists in Narayanganj
2. Wide of a mini-truck on fire
3. Police officer throwing a teargas shell
4. Top shot of riot police in street
5. Wide top shot of activists setting small fires in the...
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Amidst the ongoing political crisis in Ukraine former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko was released from prison on Saturday. (Feb. 22)
Amidst the ongoing political crisis in Ukraine former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko was released from prison on Saturday.
On Friday the Ukrainian parliament decided to decriminalize the charge which led to her imprisonment and led to...
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Thousands of protesters follow coffin of activist killed in clashes
Thousands of Ukrainians marched through the streets of Kiev on Sunday, carrying the coffin of Mikhail Zhiznevsky, an anti-government protester who died in clashes with police on Wednesday.
Pall bearers, their faces covered with...
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Turkey - Human Rights activist seriously injured
A key human rights activist in Turkey, Akin Birdal, underwent emergency surgery on Tuesday (12/05) after an attempted assassination. The chairman of Turkey's Human Rights Association (IHD) was returning from a court hearing when two...
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Syrian activists and Kurdish officials say a small group of Syrian rebels has entered the embattled border town of Kobani to help Kurdish fighters battling Islamic State extremists. (Oct. 29)
Syrian activists and Kurdish officials say a small group of Syrian rebels has entered the embattled border town of Kobani to help Kurdish fighters battling Islamic State extremists.
The group of around 50 armed fighters is from the Free...
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Woman accuses adoptive parents of kidnapping during dirty war.
1. Various exteriors of court building
2. Various of Maria Eugenia Sampallo Barragan outside court
3. Barragan walking back into court building
The case of a 30-year-old woman who is suing her adoptive parents for kidnapping, and who has...
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Tokyo street protests over nuclear power plans
Thousands of people rallied around Japan's parliament complex on Sunday, demanding abandonment of government plans to restart nuclear power generation, which was halted after last year's Fukushima tsunami.
It was the latest in a series...