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VIETNAM: HANOI: BUSINESS LEADERS MEET
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Business leaders from Vietnam met American counterparts in Hanoi on Saturday.
The meeting - aimed at trying to smooth the way to increase trade between the two nations - came as President Bill Clinton continued his visit to...
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The House has begun debate on Speaker John Boehner's deficit-cutting plan. Republican leaders have been pleading with reluctant members of their caucus to support the bill. Should it pass the House, the Senate is promising a quick vote.
HEADLINE: Boehner: ''Let's pass this bill, end the crisis''
CAPTION: The House has begun debate on Speaker John Boehner''s deficit-cutting plan. Republican leaders have been pleading with reluctant members of their caucus to support the...
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Bernanke says fiscal cliff standoff already hurting economy
1. Wide, US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke enters news conference
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ben Bernanke, US Federal Reserve Chairman
"Clearly the fiscal cliff is having effects on the economy, even though we've not yet even reached...
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Delegates try to reach free trade agreement; Indian and US officials comment
Top trade officials meeting at a World Trade Organisation (WTO) summit in Bali, Indonesia, were working on Wednesday to reach an eleventh hour deal that could boost the global economy by 1 (t) trillion US dollars.
After more than a...
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NICARAGUA: NATIONAL STRIKE OVER GOVERNMENT ECONOMIC POLICY GOES ON
Spanish/Nat
Demonstrations led by Nicaragua's leftist Sandinista Front entered their second day Tuesday, leaving the capital Managua stranded without incoming food supplies.
The demonstrations - part of a national strike in protest at...
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Chequered flags end ASEAN-India car rally as summit of leaders comes to a close
1. Wide of the ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations) delegation along with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the stage
2. Wide of participants of the ASEAN car rally cheering with flags and caps
3. Wide of a car taking...
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WRAP Forum on Middle East, Iraq, Kerry slams US foreign policy, Blair, Lamy, McCain
AP Television
1. Exterior of World Economic Forum (WEF) Congress Centre
2. Interior lobby
3. Wide of forum on Iraq and the future of the Middle East, panel, video screen
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Adil Abdul-Mahdi, Iraqi Vice...
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PHILIPPINES: SECURITY FORCES UNDERGO SPECIAL TRAINING FOR APEC SUMMIT
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As the Philippines prepares to host the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, one issue is firmly at the top of the agenda - security.
With a host of world leaders attending the summit, the Filipino authorities...
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SWITZERLAND: WTO: EU/USA BANANAS/SANCTIONS - UPDATE
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The United States and the European Union have made their cases before the World Trade Organisation over hefty U-S sanctions imposed amid the bitter transatlantic banana trade row.
The E-U denounces the U-S sanctions, but...
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Iran resumes auto exports to Russia after meeting higher emission standards
Iran began exporting automobiles to Russia for the first time in five years on Sunday, after meeting upgraded emission standards, the country's largest auto manufacturer said.
Workers at Iran-Khodro's factory in Tehran loaded the first...
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Greenspan says stability of economy still vulnerable
1. US Chairman of the Federal Reserve Alan Greenspan walking in to hearing
2. Wide shot of hearing
3. Greenspan being sworn in
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Senator John Sununu, Republican, New Hampshire:
"Mr Greenspan, my staff were hoping...
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Many Asian markets fell on Thursday, following the lead set on Wednesday by Wall Street. Japan's Nikkei fell more than six percent, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng fell more than five percent.
HEADLINE: Asian markets follow Wall Street's lead, stocks tumble
CAPTION: Many Asian markets fell on Thursday, following the lead set on Wednesday by Wall Street. Japan's Nikkei fell more than six percent, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng...
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The push to reduce U.S. greenhouse gases is pairing clean coal technology with oil production _ highlighting the environmental trade-offs President Barack Obama is willing to make in his quest to curb global warming. (Dec. 23)
The country's newest coal-burning power plant is being billed as one of the cleanest on the planet _ thanks to government-backed technology removing heat-trapping carbon dioxide and keeping it out of the atmosphere.
For Mississippi...
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WRAP WEF talks about trade, Aso, Brown, demo
AP Television
1. Wide hotel where World Trade Organisation talks will take place
2. Mid security on hotel roof
3. Pan interior of hotel lobby
4. Israeli President Shimon Peres walking
5. Mid of Deputy US Trade Representative Peter...
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Singh, Barroso, Socrates attend summit meeting
1. Wide of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates and the President of European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso arriving for meeting
2. Cutaway photographer
3. Mid of Singh shaking hands with...
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USA: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN LATEST
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Tuesday, March 7, is "Super Tuesday" - a crucial day for determining who the Democratic and Republican parties will nominate to represent them in the 2000 presidential elections.
With 13 states voting - including populous...
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Deadline nears for Argentina''s new debt restructuring deal
1. Wide shot Argentinean Central Bank building
2. Sign reading "Central Bank of Argentina"
3. Various of street with people
4. Wide shot of street and newspaper stand
5. Newspaper with government debt swap advert
6. TV commercial...
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China's Statistics Bureau to release 1st quarter GDP and growth statistics
Beijing - 16 April, 2009
1. Wide of news conference by the Chinese National Bureau of Statistics
2. Cutaway of journalists
3. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin) Li Xiaochao, Spokesman for National Bureau of Statistics:
"The overall national economy...
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USA: USA/JAPAN TRADE DISPUTE: MAY BOOST EUROPEAN CAR SALES
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Proposed U-S sanctions on Japanese luxury cars could boost sales of top-of-the-line European cars.
If the one hundred percent tariffs go into effect, Japan's grip on the U-S import car market loosen - to the benefit of...
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Bush tells Senate to take rescue plan "very seriously"
1. Wide shot of US President George W. Bush meeting with the top US military commander in Afghanistan, General David McKiernan ++MUTE++
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) George W. Bush, US President:
"I appreciate Senator Harry Reid's leadership...
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ARGENTINA: PROTEST AGAINST GOVERNMENT'S SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POLICY
Spanish/Nat
Tens of thousands of people gathered outside the presidential palace in Buenos Aires Thursday to protest at what they say is the effects of the Argentinian government's social and economic policy.
The rally -- the largest...
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Reaction as central bank lowers key interest rate to record low
South Korea's central bank lowered its key interest rate to a record low on Wednesday in a further attempt to bolster the country's fragile economic recovery.
The Bank of Korea trimmed the key rate by a quarter of a percentage point to...
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ARGENTINA: ECONOMY ISSUES
Buenos Aires, Argentina - 26 May 1999
1. Various of Buenos Aires Stock Exchange
2. Wide of bank
3. Close up of bank entrance
4. Man counting money in bank
5. Mid shot of money exchange sign
6. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Roberto Aleman,...
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Congress approved an unprecedented $700 billion government bailout of the battered financial industry on Friday and sent it to President Bush who almost immediately signed it.
HEADLINE: Congress OKs financial rescue, Bush signs it
CAPTION: Congress approved an unprecedented $700 billion government bailout of the battered financial industry on Friday and sent it to President Bush who almost immediately signed...