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Tajikistan-Clashes between troops and rebels
Clashes continue between government troops and Islamic opposition rebels in Tajikistan's capital, Dushanbe. Three shells exploded, albeit harmlessly, near the presidential palace. Both government troops and opposition fighters withdrew...
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Food aid distributed to displaced families after fatal mudslide
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has begun distributing food aid to survivors of a landslide that killed hundreds of people in the village of Abi Barik, in Afghanistan's Badakhshan province.
700 families were displaced when...
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RUSSIA: MOSCOW: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DRUG CONTROL OPENS
English/Nat
Drug enforcement officials from across the globe gathered in Moscow Wednesday for the opening of the International Conference on Drug Control.
The U-N Drug Control Programme - which sponsors the two-day conference - hopes to...
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Leaders of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation nations meet
1. Various of Tajikistan Prime Minister Oqil Oqilov walking in to shake hands with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao
2. Cutaway of camera
3. Various of Kazakhstan Prime Minister Karim Massimov walking in to shake hands with Wen
4. Russian...
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Russia - Foreign ministers meet
Foreign ministers of four ex-Soviet states met in Moscow on Thursday (26/6) on the eve of an expected peace deal between the Tajik president President Emomali Rakhmonov and the leader of his rebel opposition, Said Abdullo.
Ext....
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Russian plane delivers relief for northern Afghanistan
1. Mid shot men on runway
2. Long shot Dushanbe airport
3. Various shots of Cargo plane IL76
4. Mid shot of aid sacks inside aeroplane
5. Truck moving to a position for unloading sacks of humanitarian aid (flour and sugar)
6. Mid shot...
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TAJIKISTAN: CHINESE PRESIDENT JIANG ZEMIN VISIT
Natural Sound
On Monday, Chinese President Jiang Zemin arrived in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan for a two-day visit.
At the airport, an honorary guard of Tajik Army and dozens of Tajik children greeted the arrival of the Chinese...
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WRAP Ahmadinejad and Rice comment, Israelis in Moscow
AP Television
Tehran, Iran
1. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran and Tajik President Emomali Rakhmonov arriving
2. Close up of Ahmadinejad
3. Cutaway of cameras
4. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranian President:
"They...
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Ivanov meets Vajpayee
1. Wide shot exterior Balchug Kempinsky Hotel in Moscow
2. Close up Indian and Russian flags outside hotel
3. Mid shot and zoom in Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov meets Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee
4. Wide shot...
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French army chief visits troops in Mazar-i-Sharif
1. Various French marines on parade, by night
2. Various shots of General Jean-Pierre Kelche, French military Chief-of-Staff, inspecting soldiers
3. Various of French troops
4. Kelche meeting Atta Mohammad, warlord leader of Jemiat...
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Tajikistan - Clashes between troops and rebels
Government troops in Tajikistan have joined forces with UN observers to survey the scenes of fierce gun battles that erupted near the capital Dushanbe at the end of last week. 20 government soldiers were killed and 80 wounded in clashes...
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Plight of Tajiks living near the border
Lyaur, Tajikistan (200 km southwest of Dushambe)
1. General views of village of Lyaur
2. Mid shot of mud huts
3. Women with children on the road
4. Girl looking at the camera
5. Mother holding baby in her arms
6. Kettle on mud stove
7. ...
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Rescuers struggle to help Afghans hit by massive landslide
As Afghans observed a day of mourning on Sunday for the hundreds of people killed in a horrific landslide, authorities tried to help the 700 families displaced by the torrent of mud that swept through their village.
The families left...
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KYRGYZSTAN: HOSTAGES THREATEN TO OVERSHADOW SUMMIT
Russian/Nat
The battle to free four Japanese geologists held hostage by Muslim gunmen in the mountains of the former Soviet republic of Kyrgyzstan threatens to overshadow the summit of the leaders of Russia, China and three central Asian...
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APTN's pix of frontline & aerials of Northern Afghanistan.
1. Aerial of northern Afghanistan mountains
2. Pilot in the cockpit of Northern Alliance Afghan helicopter
3. Troops on the frontline (Northern Alliance - opposition)
4. AI Hanum fortified position (hill) overlooking Taliban...
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General on Afghan situation + Tajikistan rules support
APTN FILE - May/June 1999
Afghanistan
1. Long shot of explosion
2. Tank training
3. Afghan fighters
4. Armoured personnel carrier
5. Shells on the ground
6. Tanks and mountains in background
Moscow - 16 September 2001
7. Set-up shot of...
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Latest on mudslide as authorities focus on displaced families
Residents of the Afghan village of Abi Barik on Monday searched for survivors of a landslide that killed hundreds of people.
Aid groups and the government have rushed to the remote area in the country's northeastern Badakhshan province -...
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Residents on E3 meeting, CNN ban, latest pix of president
1. Wide of Sadr highway, north of Tehran
2. Cars on highway
3. People walking
4. Kiosk selling newspapers
5. Close up of a newspaper headline: (English) "Putin urges caution on Iran"
6. Man reading newspaper
7. Newspapers on sale
8....
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US commander meets Tajik and Afghan leaders.
1. Wide of presidential palace in Dushanbe
2. Wide of talks between Rakhmonov and Franks
3. Close up of Rakhmonov
4. Close up of Franks
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) General Tommy Franks, US Commander in Afghanistan:
"My aim in this vist to...
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Afghan and Tajik presidents arrive for trilateral meeting with Ahmadinejad
AP Television is adhering to Iranian law that stipulates all media are banned from providing BBC Persian or VOA Persian any coverage from Iran, and under this law if any media violate this ban the Iranian authorities can immediately shut...
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Northern Alliance FM on military push into Mazar-i-Sharif
1. Exterior in front of guesthouse where Northern Alliance officials stay and hold meetings
2. Midshot Abdullah Abdullah, Northern Alliance foreign minister, shot through the window
3. Close up Abdullah Abdullah, Northern Alliance...
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Pakistan President meets Tajik counterpart
1. Various of Musharraf and officials arriving
2. Musharraf greeted by President Emomali Rakhmonov of Tajikistan
3. Various of Musharraf and Rakhmonov photocall
4. Musharraf and Rakhmonov with officials walking to another location for...