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World Bank President on Haiti Hurricane, Poverty
World Bank President Jim Yong Kim addressed the devastating impacts of Hurricane Matthew on the people of Haiti as the IMF's Annual Meetings take place in Washington on Thursday.Jim Yong Kim said the World Bank is providing necessary...
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Wearable cape turns red in polluted areas
LEAD IN: A cape which flashes through the light spectrum to warn that you are breathing in pollution has been created by an artist for a campaign to raise awareness of the problem.STORY-LINE:This is the "Human Sensor".Part art and part...
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RUSSIA: ECOLOGY IMPLICATIONS OF LOST SUBMARINE
Russian/Nat
Russian ecologists have expressed concern over the ecological implications of the submarine accident in the Barents Sea.
The submarine "Kursk" has two nuclear reactors on board.
Ecologists in Murmansk say there is no...
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Incident in smelter at nuclear plant kills one
1. Wide shot of Leningrad nuclear power plant
2. Mid shot of plant's chimneys
3. Various of plant
5. Mid shot of security by checkpoint
6. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Dmitry Boytsov, Deputy Director of Ecology at Ekomet-S plant:
"A...
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Rio de Janeiro will not make good on its Olympic pledge of slashing the flow of raw sewage and garbage into the Guanabara Bay, where the 2016 games' sailing and wind surfing competitions are to be held.
Rio de Janeiro will not make good on its Olympic pledge of slashing the flow of raw sewage and garbage into the Guanabara Bay, where the 2016 games' sailing and wind surfing competitions are to be held, the state's top environmental...
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University students stage naked run to raise awareness on climate change
Manila, 11 Dec 2009
1. Fraternity members running naked with covered faces
2. Mid of onlookers
3. Pan of naked students running up steps
4. Students taking pictures
5. Tracking shot of crowd
6. Tracking shot of naked students and...
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The United Nations says that environmental crime is helping to finance criminal, militia and terrorist groups. According to a new report, the militant group al-Shabab makes up to $56 million dollars per year from illegal charcoal. (June 24)
SOUNDBITE: (Swahili) Matthew Mutie, charcoal trader:
"We face many challenges. It is difficult to get water, as the rivers are as far away as Makindu, 20 kilometres (12 miles) from here. We don't have agricultural land we can't plant, as...
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Fuel from coconut shells to combat illegal Cambodia charcoal
Phnom Penh, May 20th 2011
1. Close of charcoal burning in grill stove
Cardamom Mountains, Pursat Province, Cambodia - March 21, 2011
2. Mid of helicopter pilot flying over rain forest
3. Wide of jungle clearing from the air
4. Wide of...
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Climate scientists from 100 countries in Japan to study warming risks
Scientists from 100 countries meeting in the Japanese port city of Yokohama were putting finishing touches on Tuesday on a massive report emphasising the gravity of the threat facing communities from the polar regions to the tropics from...
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Farmers create terraces alongside volcano in attempt to stop heavy rains eroding their crops
Farmers in Costa Rica are using an ancient technique dating back thousands of years to fight soil erosion and water shortages that they say is caused by climate change.
Terrace farming, which some experts say was developed by the Incas,...
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Kerry on ASEAN, sustainability, S China Sea
US Secretary of State John Kerry spoke of the high regard his nation held for the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) bloc as he addressed a news conference at the summit in Vientiane, Laos on Tuesday.Kerry also stated the...
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SAfrica trains local rangers to combat poaching
At the Southern African Wildlife College (SAWC) on the edge of the Greater Kruger National Park, a new government-funded job programme is training 119 "historically disadvantaged" young men and women to become field rangers and guides to...
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Unemployed resort to collecting rubbish for recycling
Night shots
1. Wide shot Avenida de Mayo
2. Casa Rosada
3. Empty street
4. Man with bags on street
5. Guillermo with trolley looking for rubbish
6. Guillermo walking down street
7. Guillermo crossing boulevard
8. Guillermo picking...
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Children in hospital with suspected bird flu
1. Wide exterior of hospital
2. Corridor in ward
3. Various of medical staff in protective clothing
4. Various of children with suspected bird flu in ward
5. Set-up shot of Hoang Thuy Long, director of Vietnam's National Institute of...
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At least 124 reported dead, presser, evacuations, relief efforts
Las Hojas beach, La Paz
1. Various of the river Jiboa after its banks had burst
2. Pull out of people being helped to safety by emergency services
3. Elderly man being helped by emergency worker
Verapaz, San Vicente Province
4. Damaged...
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Firefighters gather to participate in the controlled burn of a nearly century-old elementary school building in the western Iowa town of Exira. (June 1)
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A nearly century-old elementary school building in the western Iowa town of Exira went up in flames Sunday as part of a school district's efforts to save money, a planned event that...
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Philippines: Tropical Storm Lingling, Mexico: Hurricane Isidore
Title: PHILIPPINES: CAMIGUIN: TROPICAL STORM LINGLING
Story No.: 320872
Source: APTN
Date: 09 Nov 01
In Time: 10:28:50
Title: MEXICO: HURRICANE ISIDORE
Story No.: 350705,...
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WRAP Aid agencies try to co-ordinate relief effort
Barisan Mountains, Sumatra, Indonesia
1. US Navy man looking at mountains while flying over in helicopter
2. Various of residents running to helicopters to get aid
3. US Navy man keeping crowd back as aid is handed out
4. Various of...
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WRAP Airport, cleanup of oil spill, destruction, voxpops, bridge being repaired
1. Wide of Middle East Airlines plane landing on Beirut's Rafik Hariri International Airport
2. Various of plane moving across tarmac
3. Pilots greeting from cockpit's window
4. Lebanese soldiers
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mohammed...
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Prayers at Mosque which survivied tsunami
1.Wide of Baiturrahman Mosque mosque
2. People arriving at mosque
3. People washing feet before prayer
4. Clock stopped at time of earthquake
5. People leaving shoes outside mosque
6. Interior of mosque, men and soldiers sitting on...
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Six UK-born blue macaws sent to Bolivia in battle against extinction
1. Various of blue macaws in quarantine cage after being repatriated from England
2. Wide of conservationist Jose Diaz leading group of students around the Blue Macaw Conservation Centre
3. Mid of Diaz talking to group
4. SOUNDBITE:...
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A look at the toll of violence in Gaza ahead of donors' conference
Salam neighbourhood, Jabaliya, northern Gaza Strip - February 25, 2009
1. Wide of reconstruction site
2. Workers at reconstruction site
3. Wide of reconstruction site, pile of debris in foreground
4. Man hammering
5. Various of men...
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WRAP Dramatic pix from flooded region; aid workers, voxpop
Ampara District
1. Various of Sri Lankan military helicopter being loaded with aid supplies and food
2. Various aerials of flooding in Ampara
3. Various of helicopter hovering over a crowd of disaster victims in a village called...