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WRAP Austrian FM visits Palestinian Pres, German FM, Solana ADDS Steinmeier sdbite
1. Wide of Palestinian Presidential compound
2. Various of Austrian Foreign Minister, Ursula Plassnik seated talking to Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas
3. Plassnik walking out of building
4. Various of Palestinian president Mahmoud...
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Cuban-Americans had strong reactions to the release of Alan Gross and a big change in U.S. policy toward Cuba. (Dec. 17)
Some Cuban exiles in Miami are outraged, but others are elated that President Barack Obama secretly arranged prisoner exchanges with Cuban leader Raul Castro as part of an effort to normalize relations.
Miami's Little Havana neighborhood...
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Ukrainian government and pro-Russian rebels exchange prisoners
Government and rebel forces in Ukraine exchanged dozens of prisoners on Friday, as part of a ceasefire agreement sealed earlier this month.
The transfer took place outside the main rebel stronghold of Donetsk early on Friday under the...
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ISRAEL: LAST MINUTE SNAGS DELAY PLANS TO SWAP SHIITE PRISONERS
English/Nat
Last-minute snags have delayed a planned swap of some two hundred Shiite Muslim prisoners held by Israel for the bodies of two Israeli soldiers killed in Lebanon.
But on Wednesday Lebanese government sources said the swap...
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Relatives protest against detention of Palestinians during Ramadan
1. Wide top view of Ofer camp prison as seen from Palestinian village Raafat across the road
2. Wide of Ofer camp prison
3. Wide of banners calling for the release of Palestinian prisoners jailed in Israel
4. Mid of families of...
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WRAP Taliban releases 12 SKor hostages, for min, families reax, US State Dept
Qala-e-Kazi, Afghanistan
1. Wide of International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) vehicles waiting for the freed hostages in Qala-e-Kazi
2. Close-up of Red Cross flag
3. Freed hostages getting out of car
4. Freed hostages getting into...
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Ghazni province, police, doctors head to region, ADDS docs arrival
Kabul
1. Various of group of Afghan doctors and health workers talking to each other
2. Doctors walking out of clinic
3. Doctors standing in front of bus
4. SOUNDBITE: (Dari) Razia Sharifi, Doctor:
"As an Afghan woman I would like to go...
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BOSNIA: MUSLIMS AND CROATS EXCHANGE PRISONERS OF WAR
Serbo-Croat/Nat
Bosnian Muslims and Croats have exchanged 13 prisoners of war near Mostar.
The swap of eight Muslims and five Croats took place on a makeshift bridge in Potoci, about 10 kilometers (six miles) north of Mostar under the...
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FM at ceremony in memory of four Iranians missing since 1982
1. Wide of ceremony held in memory of four Iranians who went missing in Lebanon in 1982
2. Mid-shot of Iranian Foreign Minister, Manouchehr Mottaki, sitting in audience
3. Reverse shot of audience
4. SOUNDBITE: (Farsi) Manouchehr...
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SYND 23-8-73 PRISONERS OF WAR EXCHANGED BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTAN
Pakistan Prisoners of war exchanged between India and Pakistan
1. gv Red Cross parcels unloaded form lorry2. Red Cross monitors filling in paper work on top of parcels3. cu Red Cross badge on shirt, pull back to monitors4. gv Pakistan...
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UN envoy on peace process, Israeli cabinet meets
Dead Sea, Jordan
1. Walking shot of United Nations Middle East envoy Tony Blair attending Arab summit of World Economic Forum
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Tony Blair, United Nations Middle East envoy:
(Question: Turning to the wider...
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WRAP Relatives of hostages visit memorial, protest demanding US help
Seongnam city
1. Pull-out from close-up of picture of Shim Sung-min, the second South Korean hostage killed by the Taliban in Afghanistan, to wide of memorial altar at Seoul National University Bundang hospital in Seongnam city
2....
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Released Israeli prisoner Gilad Schalit's house
1. Traffic sign showing direction to Hila, Gilad Schalit's town, banners and decorations on the side of the road
2. Banners on the side of the road ("Hebrew): "Gilad, welcome home" and "How good you've come home!"
3. Residents of Mizpe...
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BOSNIA: PALE: MUSLIM POWS TRANSPORTED TO PALE
Serbo-Croat/Nat
Eighteen Muslim Prisoners Of War (POWs) have been transported from Serb jails in Foca and Banja Luka to Pale overnight.
The men were moved by the Bosnian Serbs to comply with an agreement that all prisoners of war...
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Fishermen released by Pakistan board bus from jail
1. Wide of fishermen sitting on the ground near jail
2. Close of the fishermen
3. Various Indian fishermen carrying their belongings
4. SOUNDBITE (Hindi) Ritti Lal, Indian fisherman:
"I have been here for the last 14 months and am...
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Syria FM offers rebels Aleppo ceasefire and prisoner exchange
Syria's foreign minister said on Friday that his country was prepared to implement a cease-fire in the city of Aleppo and exchange detainees with opposition forces as confidence building measures ahead of a peace conference opening next...
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Bosnia-Released Bosnian Serb Prisoners Welcomed
Fifty Serbs arrived in the town of Bjeljena late on Christmas Eve
(24/12) after a prisoner exchange earlier in the day between
Bosnian government and Bosnian Serbs forces.
GVs emotional scenes of Bosnian Serb prisoners hugging,...
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Five prisoners involved in swap pray at grave of slain Hezbollah commander
Southern suburbs of Beirut
1. Various of Samir Kantar and former prisoners marching on red carpet towards grave of Hezbollah's former security chief Imad Mughniyeh
2. Lebanese and Hezbollah's flags
3. Kantar kissing Mughniyeh's...
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AUDIO of purported Taliban spokesman on hostage crisis
Unknown location - 2 August 2007
1. AUDIO: (Pashto) Qari Yousef Ahmadi, purported Taliban spokesman:
"As we said before we want to negotiate directly with the Koreans because the Kabul administration and US administration are not...
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Israel releases 199 Palestinian prisoners, celebrations, reax
Ofer Prison, West Bank
1. Various of prisoners standing in line, waiting to sign release papers
2. Prisoners getting into van, pan to Israeli soldiers closing door of vehicle
3. Prisoner walking through prison gates followed by female...
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WRAP Palestinian PM meets Egyptian leaders, Arab Secy Gen
1. Wide exterior of Foreign Ministry in Cairo
2. Close of Egyptian Flag
3. Ismail Haniyeh, Palestinian prime minister stepping out of car for meeting at Foreign Ministry
4. Haniyeh, and Egyptian foreign minister, Ahmed Aboul Gheit,...
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Palestinians and Hamas react to prisoner swap deal
Gaza City, Gaza Strip - 11 October 2011
1. Wide of people gathered to celebrate prisoner release deal
2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ismail Haniyeh, Gaza's Hamas prime minister :
"We congratulate the Palestinian people on this historic moment and...
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Hamas spokes on negotiations for prisoners' release, Abbas visits Gaza
1. Ismail Radwan, Hamas spokesperson walks into room
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ismail Radwan, Hamas spokesperson, saying:
"There is no doubt that negotiations regarding prisoner release in exchange for the imprisoned soldier have...
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WRAP Arab League Foreign ministers meet, comments on Lebanon, adds bites
1. Wide exterior of Arab League headquarters
2. Arrival of Saudi Foreign Minister Saoud el Faysal
3. Arrival of Secretary General of the Arab League Amr Moussa
4. Arrival of Sudan Foreign Minister Ali Ahmed Kerti
5. Cutaway...