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USA - Billy Boy auction
Billy Boy auction/New York/June 2nd/ENT 3
Billy Doll - the latest gay fashion accessory
The Big Apple turned a shade of pink yesterday when a collection of gay "Billy Dolls" went on parade at the Museum of Contemporary Art before they...
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Philippines - Condom Cafe
Plans to open a "Condom Cafe" to spread the anti-AIDS message is
raising eyebrows in the largely catholic Philippines where there
have been numerous confrontations over between the church and the
government over aids and birth control....
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Bosnia - Tuzla Shops Prepare For US Troops
The people of Tuzla, who have suffered so much during the war,
hope to improve their crippled economy with the arrival of US
peacekeeping troops. Small businessmen are thinking of products to attract American customers. Sanjin Memiscvic...
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ITALY: MORNING AFTER PILL PROTESTS
Italian/Nat
The Italian government's approval of the sale of the "morning-after" pill in Italy has prompted protests from the Vatican and Catholic organizations.
The Vatican has condemned the pill as a chemical abortion and Catholic...
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Bosnia - Tuzla Locals Prepare For US Troops
The people of Tuzla, who have suffered so much during the war,
hope to improve their crippled economy with the arrival of US
peacekeeping troops. Small businessmen are thinking of products to attract American customers. Sanjin Memiscvic...
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SINGAPORE: NEW CONDOM SHOP OPENS
English/Nat
A shop that sells only condoms has opened in Singapore - where sex can still be a dirty word.
Nude scenes are cut from movies, pornography is banned and women's magazines are warned not to cover sexual issues.
But the...
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RUSSIA: WORLD LEADER IN NUMBER OF ABORTIONS PERFORMED
Russian/Nat
The days of abortion as the only means of birth control in the USSR are over - but Russia still leads the world in the number of abortions.
Latest statistics show that for every 100 births there are 225 abortions, with a...
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Pope - Communion for divorced couples, same-sex marriage, and birth-control to be discussed at synod / Pope Francis officially opens Synod with mass / Pope visits Turkey, including the Ataturk Mausoleum, Hagia Sofia museum and the Sultan Ahmed mosque / Pope Francis bows before Patriarch and asks blessing for himself and Church of Rome
Communion for divorced couples, same-sex marriage, and birth-control to be discussed at synod
Vatican - 1/3 Oct 2014
1. Pope Francis in Popemobile entering St. Peter's Square for weekly audience
2. Pope going through crowd in St. Peter's...
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China - First Sex Shop Opens
The crowds at China's first "healthy sex" exhibition were drawn
more to sex aids including a masturbation pillow and "Poodle Oil"
than to the politically correct display of contraceptive methods
and eugenics.
people at exhibition
cu man...
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Arab and Muslim stand-up comedy is flourishing more than a decade after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11. Comics like Dean Obeidallah are crisscrossing the country, yet growing beyond merely lampooning themselves or their people for laughs.
HEADLINE: Arab-Muslim comedians evolve 10 years after 9/11
CAPTION: Arab and Muslim stand-up comedy is flourishing more than a decade after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11. Comics like Dean Obeidallah are crisscrossing the country, yet...
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Philippines - Protest Against Pope's Visit
Hundreds of Evangelical Protestants marched through Manila on
Tuesday (10/1) to protest this week's visit to the Philippines by
Pope John Paul II. The protestors carried banners reading "The
Vicar of Christ Is the Holy Spirit, Not the...
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Condom fair aims to raise awareness
1. Wide shot of cathedral in Zocalo square, pan to Condom Fair
2. Close up of giant inflatable condom
3. Wide shot of people at stand
4. Close up of board saying "For a culture of the condom"
5. Wide shot of woman demonstrating how...
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Manila - Pope
Protestants march against papal visit Hundreds of Evangelical Protestants marched through Manila on Tuesday (10/1) to protest this week's visit by Pope John-Paul II. The protesters carried banners reading "The Vicar of Christ is the Holy...
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Zaire - High incidence of aids
Despite the political upheaval that's rocking Zaire, nightlife in Kinshasa is as busy as ever. Nightclubs and bars proliferate and are still doing a roaring trade - especially with the ex-patriate community.
Prostitution is rife. Call...
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Plans to make morning after pill available sparks debate
October 12, 2004
1. Wide shot of people on the street
2. Medium shot of couple with a baby
October 11, 2004
3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): Pilar Mazzetti, Minister of Health:
"The Ministry of Health has made the decision and the decision will...
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Japan - Valentine's Day is big business
Valentine's Day is big business in Japan, but the romantic ritual is conducted somewhat differently than it is in the West. In Japan, it's the women who are expected to buy cards and chocolates and other gifts -- including condoms -- for...
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RUSSIA: ST PETERSBURG: BUS TOURS CITY IN PILOT AIDS SCHEME
Eng/Russ/Nat
As the Russian government predicts a dramatic spread in the HIV infection rate by the year 2000 , the European Union is backing a pilot scheme to stop the problem becoming an epidemic.
A bus giving out free needles,...
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RUSSIA: RUSSIA TRIES TO RAISE AIDS AWARENESS
Russian/Eng/Nat
As the world marks International AIDS Day Russia is still trying to combat misinformation and reluctance surrounding safe sex.
To draw attention to the event a group of activists distributed free condoms on Moscow's...
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PERU: PRESIDENT'S REMARKS ON FAMILY PLANNING CAUSE OFFENCE
Spanish/Nat
Leaders of the Catholic Church in Peru are up in arms after President Alberto Fujimori announced at the World Women's Conference in China that he would push forward with his family planning programme despite opposition from...
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China - Population
Beijing, China natsot Duration: 2.15
With the birth of its 1,200,000,000th citizen, China has begun a major new crusade against multiple-child families in its rural population and among migrant workers where...
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Zaire - High incidence of aids
Despite the political upheaval that's rocking Zaire, nightlife in Kinshasa is as busy as ever. Nightclubs and bars proliferate and are still doing a roaring trade - especially with the ex-patriate community.
Prostitution is rife. Call...
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SYND 19 01 80 INTERVIEW WITH GYNAECOLOGIST JOHN GUILLEBAUD
In Britain, the race is on to discover a new method of contraception based on determining fertility periods for women who might be unsuited for articial methods of contraception, such as the pill: Research is going on in several cities,...
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Reaction to Pope comments on condom use
Washington, DC, USA
1. Wide tilt-up of exterior of St. Matthew's Cathedral
2. Various of people arriving at cathedral
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Joe Prucnal, Washington, DC Catholic:
"It's overdue, it's not enough, in the context of this...
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Health warning about the traditional practice of breast ironing of young girls
These young Cameroon schoolchildren are about the age when most girls are subjected to breast ironing.
The aim is to break down the tissue in the breast before the girl reaches puberty when she is regarded by men as sexually available....