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Prisoners set off before exchange at India's border
1. Various of Indian fishermen prisoners walking to train station in Karachi
2. Wide shot of fishermen queueing
3. Fishermen getting on train
4. Bystanders looking
5. Fishermen sitting on train
6. SOUNDBITE (Urdu): Vox Pop, Zaheer Abbas,...
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4:3 Why the deal for the prisoner swap is happening now
Gaza city, Gaza strip - 14 October 2011
1. Wide of Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniyeh in mosque
2. Mid of people seated in mosque
3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas prime minister:
"If God is willing, we have an appointment...
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ICRC official on missing personnel
1. Wide shot International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) office exterior
2. Close shot ICRC flag
3. Graziella Leite Piccolo ICRC Communication coordinator sitting at desk
4. Close of hands typing
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Graziella...
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Two female South Korean hostages are free after more than three weeks in Taliban custody. The women are among 23 hostages captured while doing volunteer work in Afghanistan.
HEADLINE: Taliban releases 2 female S. Korean hostages
CAPTION: Two female South Korean hostages are free after more than three weeks in Taliban custody. The women are among 23 hostages captured while doing volunteer work in Afghanistan....
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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel tells lawmakers that last month's prisoner swap with the Taliban may have been the "last, best" chance to secure the release of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the only U.S. soldier held captive in Afghanistan. (June 11)
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told American lawmakers Wednesday that last month's prisoner swap with the Taliban may have been the "last, best" chance to secure the release of Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, the only U.S. soldier held...
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LEBANON: PRISONER SWAPS WRAP
Arabic/Eng
Calm returned to the Lebanese-Israeli border on Sunday as diplomatic contacts got under way to arrange a swap of three Israeli soldiers in Hezbollah's hands for Lebanese prisoners held by Israel.
Diplomatic contacts began to...
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Presser by exiled political leader Khaled Mashaal
1. Mid sign of the syndicate of journalists
2. Hamas political chief Khaled Mashaal walking into press conference hall
3. Wide of news conference
4. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Khaled Mashaal, Hamas political chief
"If our Palestinian...
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Activist says militants' video message an "embarrasment" to the nation
An activist campaigning for the return of more than 200 girls abducted in Nigeria said Boko Haram's denial of a ceasefire agreement is a "huge embarrassment" for the Nigerian government.
Campaigner Bukky Shonibare spoke at a meeting of...
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Voxpops from Ghazni province where SKorean hostages are being held
1. Wide of Afghan police in Ghazni city
2. Police searching man
3. Various street scenes
4. SOUNDBITE: (Pashto) Mohammed Khan, VOX POP:
"My personal opinion is that they (South Korean hostages) have to be released. They are all God's...
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Taliban frees Turkish engineer held captive for month
1. Wide exterior of Interior Ministry building
2. Afghan Interior Minister Ali Ahmad Jalali, Turkish engineer Hasan Onal and Turkish ambassador to Afghanistan entering conference room
3. Wide shot, conference room
4. SOUNDBITE: (English)...
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Relatives of 22 South Korean hostages meet in church in Seoul
1. Wide pan of relatives of 22 South Korean hostages in Afghanistan in waiting room of their church
2. Various of relatives
3. SOUNDBITE: (Korean) Bae Shin-kyu, brother of hostage killed in Afghanistan, Bae Hyung-kyu:
"We wish to...
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WRAP Olmert speech, cabinet meeting, Palestinian reactions, rockets fall in Israel
Sdeh Boker, near Beer Sheva, southern Israel
1. Wide shot of Israeli cabinet meeting
2. Two shot of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (right of frame) and Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres (left of frame)
3. Various of...
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USA: DOCUMENT REVEALS THAT US POWS MAY HAVE BEEN TORTURED IN KOREA
English/Nat
Documents released to a U-S National Security subcommittee have raised the chilling possibility that hundreds of American P-O-W's were left behind after the Korean War in the 1950s - and gruesomely tortured.
The documents...
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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told lawmakers Wednesday that last month's prisoner swap with the Taliban may have been the last chance to secure the release of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the only U.S. soldier held captive in Afghanistan. (June 11)
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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told lawmakers Wednesday that last month's prisoner swap with the Taliban may have been the last chance to secure the release of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the only...
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Self-declared Slovyansk mayor on exchanging OSCE detainees for "allies" of Donetsk held by Kiev
A pro-Russian militia leader in eastern Ukraine said on Saturday that foreign military observers detained as suspected NATO spies could be released in exchange for
jailed pro-Russian activists.
Speaking at a news conference at the...
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Soldier's parents leave home as prisoner exchange nears
1. Parents and family of Gilad Schalit getting into a van and departing with police escort
2. Police cars escorting Schalit van depart in convoy
3. Schalit van driving past
After five years of wondering if they'd ever see him again, the...
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WRAP Mubarak in talks with Netanyahu ADDS Egypt FM reax
1. Exterior, presidential palace in Cairo
2. Various, Egypt''s president Hosni Mubarak meeting with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu
3. Cameramen exiting meeting room
4. Exterior shot, Al-Ittihadya presidential palace
5. Wide...
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AP focus on the blockade of Gaza and growing calls for change
Rafah, Southern Gaza Strip - 20 June 2009
1. Pan right of tunnel entrances
2. Close-up of Palestinian tunnel workers moving bags of supplies inside tunnel
3. Tunnel worker (face hidden by scarf) talking on underground telephone
4....
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Rebels and Ukraine government swap prisoners under new deal
Ukrainian authorities and Russian-backed separatist rebels conducted a massive prisoner exchange Wednesday, the largest such trade of captives since the start of the conflict and a sign of visible progress in the implementation of a 2015...
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UN envoy and Sweden FM open Yemen talks
Representatives from Yemen's warring sides sat in the same room in Sweden on Thursday as UN-sponsored peace talks for the war-torn Arab country got underway, aimed at halting a catastrophic three-year civil war.
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Yemeni official: Houthis used hostage to pressure US
A Yemeni official on Tuesday said Houthi rebels had used a US hostage to put pressure on the United States.
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Qatar says Gulf snub in Afghan signing unwise
Qatar expressed disappointment Sunday that nearly all of its Gulf neighbours snubbed invitations to attend the weekend peace signing ceremony between the US and the Taliban.
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Who Is Viktor Bout, The Arms Dealer In The Swap For Brittney Griner?
Bout was convicted in 2011 on terrorism-related charges, including conspiring to kill Americans.
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Reax on anniversary of capture of Israeli soldier Cpl. Gilad Shalit
1. Exterior of Red Cross office
2. Red Cross flag
3. Various of families of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli prisons holding photographs of prisoners
4. Wide of news conference
5. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic): Abu Mujahid, spokesman for...