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Protest run against landmines being used in Colombia
1. Wide of participants warming up ahead of race through Bogota to protest against the manufacture and use of landmines in Colombia
2. Mid of group of people who have lost limbs due to landmine explosions
3. Various of group of man with...
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Rebel group denies involvement in disappearance of Spanish couple
1. Wide of Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) delegation arriving for peace talks with the Colombian government
2. Media at FARC news conference
3. Wide of FARC delegation during news conference, Andres Paris, FARC negotiator,...
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WRAP Bush leaves Uruguay for Colombia
1. Wide of plane on tarmac
2. Mid of US President George W. Bush saying farewell
3. Mid of US President George W. Bush and and First Lady Laura Bush saying farewell at base of plane stairs
4. Close up of US President George W. Bush and...
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COLOMBIA : NON ALIGNMENT SUMMIT
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Asian leaders opened the Non-Aligned Summit in Colombia on Wednesday with a pledge to tackle poverty, terrorism and other key issues.
The summit is taking place in the city of Cartagena.
Security is tight here in Cartagena...
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Hooded protesters marking 50th anniversary of FARC clashed with police
Masked protesters apparently wanting to demonstrate to mark 50 years since the creation of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas clashed with police in Bogota on Tuesday.
The clashes lasted for more than an hour...
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Colombia - Botero Arrested On Drugs Charges
Fernando Botero, the former defence minister and director of
President Ernesto Samper's 1994 election campaign, was arrested on
Tuesday (15/8) as Colombia's biggest drugs scandal moved closer to
Samper himself.
Motorcade along road
VS...
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US Secretary of State arrives in Medellin in bid to revive trade deal
1. Pull out from helicopter flying to exterior of Intercontinental Hotel
2. Various of motorcade of vehicles driving US state delegation and arriving at the Intercontinental Hotel
3. Various of US delegation and security staff outside...
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Colombia - 31 Soldiers Die In Guerrilla Attack
Samper clamps down after guerrillas kill 31 soldiers
Colombian President Ernesto Samper on Wednesday (17/4) authorised provincial governors to increase military presence in areas where guerrillas are active, in response to a rebel attack...
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CUBA: PRESIDENTS OF CUBA/COLOMBIA/VENEZUELA ATTEND SUMMIT
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The presidents of Cuba, Colombia and Venezuela have met in Havana to try to formulate a common strategy to end Colombia's raging civil conflict.
Cuban President Fidel Castro met until the early hours of Monday morning...
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Preparations for expected release of hostages
1. Colombian troops on tarmac, helicopter in background
2. Armed troops on tarmac, planes in background
3. Troops filing into building
4. Red Cross plane on tarmac, troops
5. Wide of media tent at airport
6. Various troops, planes,...
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COLOMBIA: CONSERVATIVE LEADER PASTRANA PLAYS IN SOCCER MATCH
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Andres Pastrana, the leader of Colombia's Conservative party, made a sporting appearance before an excited crowd on Wednesday.
He was a guest player in a soccer match at the Olaya Herrera stadium in Bogota.
Pastrana is...
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Bush leaves Uruguay for Colombia
1. Wide shot plane on tarmac
2. Mid shot plane
3. Close up US President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush saying farewell and then walking up plane steps
4. Bush and wife on plane steps, stop at top and wave before going in to...
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Colombia - Ex-Defence Chief Botero Arrested
Ex-defence chief arrested in cartel clean-up
Fernando Botero, the former defence minister and director of
President Ernesto Samper's 1994 election campaign, was arrested on
Tuesday (15/8) as Colombia's biggest drugs scandal moved closer...
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Seized weapons destroyed by authorities on UN day
1. Weapons ready to be smelted and people working
2. Various of weapons ready to be melted down
3. Delegates looking at weapons
4. Juan Manuel Santos, Colombia's Defence minister and General Freddy Padilla, Chief of Colombia's Armed...
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US Vice president arrives for talks with Colombian president Santos
US Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Colombia on Tuesday as part of his official visit to the region.
He is expected to meet with President Juan Manuel Santos on Wednesday at the Presidential Palace, where the two will discuss various...
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Demonstrators clash with riot police in Bogota over economic reforms and FARC
1. Tracking shot of riot police walking through Bolivar Square firing tear gas
2. Zoom in on water cannon truck spraying water at two female protesters
3. Various of riot police walking through Bolivar Square
4. Zoom in on riot police...
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Colombia - Presidential Elections
Colombians elect a new president on Sunday (29/5) in what is
expected to be a photo-finish race between free market
Conservative Andres Pastrana and Liberal Party rival Ernesto
Samper, who wants a bigger role for the government.
liberal...
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Colombian president meets Japanese PM
1. Colombian President Alvaro Uribe walking in, shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi in front of national flags
2. Wide of summit table
3. Close up of Uribe
4. Wide shot of summit table
Colombian President Alvaro...
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Pope Francis greets well wishers upon arrival in Colombia
Pope Francis arrived in Colombia on Wednesday for a five-day visit in which he hopes to give an extra boost to the country's peace process and encourage reconciliation after a decades-long guerrilla conflict.
Francis...
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Pope Francis arrives in Colombia
Pope Francis arrived in Colombia on Wednesday to help solidify the country's peace process and encourage reconciliation.
Pope Francis says his pilgrimage to Colombia is aimed at helping the country along its "path of...
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Pope departs Colombia sporting black eye
Pope Francis wrapped up his Colombia trip with colourful farewell from Cartagena airport on Sunday night.
Francis' visit to Cartagena got off to a rocky start, however, when he banged his head on his popemobile when it...
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New army commander takes oath, watched by Uribe
1. Wide of Colombian president, Alvaro Uribe and other officials during inauguration of new Army Commander Oscar Gonzalez
2. Mid of military band
3. Wide of military planes flying over during ceremony
4. Wide of soldiers
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COLOMBIA: US ENVOY PICKERING PRESS BRIEFING
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The U-S's top envoy to South America is in Colombia to discuss a 1 point 6 (b) billion U-S dollar anti-narcotics package currently before the U-S Congress.
Undersecretary of State Thomas Pickering says that the United...
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Bush comments on use of US supplied military assets
1. Wide shot President Bush at table
2. SOUNDBITE (English) George W Bush, US President
"We did have legal constraints. We are providing advice to the Colombian government as to drug eradication and we will keep it that way. The law is...