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USA: FIRST DAY OF JURY SELECTION ENDS IN UNABOMBER TRIAL
English/Nat
The first day of jury selection ended on Wednesday, as prosecutors and defence lawyers screened a total of 12 potential jurors for the trial of Unabomber suspect Theodore Kaczynski (kuh-ZIHN'-skee) in Sacramento,...
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Suspect in bomb plot appears in court, home, neighbours, alleged targets
1. Mid of bomb plot suspect Jose Pimentel walking into courtroom UPSOUND: prosecutor speaking
2. Mid of Pimentel, smiling and shaking head, standing in front of judge with defence lawyer Joseph Zablocki, UPSOUND: (English) prosecutor...
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WRAP Woman wounded by mail bomb, suspects carry letter bomb for Sarkozy
1. Wide of scene where bomb exploded
2. Police cordon with courier van seen on left and courier service where bomb exploded seen on right behind blue gate
3. Close-up of courier scooter
4. Wide of courier office
5. Group of police near...
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Postal workers protest outside finance ministry
1. Protesters in front of the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Employment
2. Pan of protesters
3. SOUNDBITE: (French) Olivier Besancenot, Leader of the New Anticapitalist Party (NPA) and post office employee:
"There is a regional...
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Santa Claus makes final preparations in Lapland before heading off on Christmas Eve
Santa Claus is making final preparations in his home in Lapland before he heads off on his globe-trotting Christmas Eve trip.
The last few letters are arriving, the elves are busy and Rudolph is getting ready for lift-off.
But before...
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First ever Vatican stamp featuring Braille characters
1. Wide shot of Saint Peter's Square
2. Exterior of Vatican Philatelic office, fountain
3. Interior of Vatican Philatelic office
4. Close-up of photographer taking pictures of new Braille stamps
5. Close-up tilt down of Braille stamps...
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Stamp to commemorate Mario Moreno revealed
A new postal stamp with the image of late Mexican actor Mario Moreno "Cantinflas" was unveiled Friday in Mexico City to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the famous comedian.
Mario Moreno began his career in 1930 and...
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USA: TOUR DE FRANCE WINNER ARMSTRONG WELCOMED HOME (2)
Washington D-C, U-S-A - 10 August 1999
1. Lance Armstrong and wife greet fans
2. Bicycle couriers waiting for Lance Armstrong
3. Armstrong gets a standing ovation as he walks to podium
4. Various of crowd cheering
5. SOUNDBITE:...
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Fans gather in New York as Star Wars stamps are launched
1. Empire State building
Associated Press Television
New York 27 May 2007
2. Wide Empire State tilt down
3. Close-up US Postal Service sign
4. Medium stamp unveiling
5. Close-up Darth Vader
6. Close-up stamp
7. Wide crowd
8. Close-up...
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: WOODSTOCK STAMP
English/Nat WOODSTOCK PUTS ITS STAMP ON ROCK HISTORY
Title: Woodstock stamp
Date: July 8 1999
Location: New York
It took 30 years but Woodstock, the ultimate celebration of peace, love and rock-n-roll finally received the...
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Germany - Police Comment On Post Office Explosion
Twelve postal workers were injured on Wednesday (3/5) in an
explosion at a Frankfurt post office. The explosion occurred when
a postal employee placed a package on a conveyor belt and the
package detonated.
gvs police and emergency...
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SRI LANKA: JAFFNA: FIGHTING CONTINUES AROUND TAMIL STRONGHOLD
Natural Sound
For 12 years, Sri Lanka has been gripped by a civil war in which more than 42-thousand people have been killed.
Most of the fighting has been centred around Jaffna - the stronghold of the Tamil separatist...
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Post office handles letters sent to God
Jerusalem - File, 24 February, 2002
1. Wide shot of Wailing Wall
2. Close-up of Hillary Rodham Clinton putting prayer into wall and zoom out to her
Jerusalem, 1 October, 2003
3. Wide shot of post office workers sorting letters
4....
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Israel - Unions launch general strike
Israeli unions lanched a potentially crippling nationwide wildcat strike on Thursday (24/7) to support communications workers battling privatisation moves.
The walkout was called hours after the government issued an order to force...
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ISRAEL: HALF A MILLION WORKERS GO ON STRIKE OVER PENSION FUNDS
English/Nat
Half a (m) million Israeli workers have gone on strike over pension funds, closing post offices, schools, banks and government offices, and halting rail and airline service.
Workers went ahead with the strike on Sunday,...
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BOSNIA: GORNJI VAKUF: TOWN TO BE SPLIT BETWEEN MUSLIMS AND CROATS
Serbo-Croat/English
With the signing of the Dayton accord, Bosnia will be divided into two republics, Serb and Muslim-Croat.
A vicious Muslim-Croat war ended following U-S mediation in 1994.
Now the Muslims and Croats must live...
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France - Transport Strike
One-day work stoppages on Thursday (13/4) disrupted transport
services, postal services, banks, employment offices and hospitals
in and around Paris. Tens of thousands of commuters were held up.
Thousands of bankers marched from Paris's...
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Senator Dick Durbin is echoing calls by the White House to extend payroll tax cuts and unemployment benefits due to expire at the end of the year. Durbin says these issues must be dealt with before Congress leaves Washington for vacation.
HEADLINE: Durbin: Congress must deal with spending bill issues
CAPTION: Senator Dick Durbin is echoing calls by the White House to extend payroll tax cuts and unemployment benefits due to expire at the end of the year. Durbin says these...
Bloomberg
When Will Bezos Amazon Investments Begin to Pay Off?
Oct. 24 -- Alberto Ades, co-head of global economics at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, joins the Surveillance team in examining Amazons third-quarter loss and Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos strategy of investing heavily in the...
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USA: INCOME TAX DEMANDS, FINAL DAY FOR PAYMENT
English/Nat
Monday was the last day for most Americans to mail in their federal and state income taxes.
Like previous years, Post Offices were swamped with last minute filers.
Before work. and after, even during lunch, they came.
The...
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Relatives gather in front of morgue a day after deadly car bomb blasts
1. Various of relatives of victims grieving as they walk away from the morgue at Reyhanli state hospital
2. Mid of people waiting at entrance of Emergency Room
3. Various of soldiers standing in formation in front of the hospital
4....
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Palestinian Legislative Council meets to discuss salary crisis
Gaza city, Gaza Strip
1. Wide exterior of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) building in Gaza
2. Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh getting out of car
3. Wide of crowd of demonstrators demanding their salaries
4....
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Postal service issues stamps marking Papal visit
1. Pan of staff in post office organising stamp booklets
2. Mid of post office employee organising sheets of stamps
3. Close of stamps, pull out to show Pope Benedict XVI's image printed on side of sheet of stamps
4. Close of stamp...
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Final ballots for the 82nd Academy Awards mailed out
AP Television
Beverly Hills, CA 10 February 2010
1. Wide exterior Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) building with pan down
2. Close-up shot AMPAS sign
3. Pan down Oscars poster
4. PricewaterhouseCoopers accountants...