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Taiwan president arrives for inauguration of Fernandez
1. Pan of arrival of President Ma Ying-jeou at the Las Americas Airport in Santo Domingo
2. Various of Taiwanese community in hall of Hotel Embajador waiting for Ma
3. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin) Vox pop, member of Taiwanese community:...
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: FORMER US PRESIDENT CARTER TO OVERSEE ELECTIONS
Eng/Spanish/Nat
In the Dominican Republic, the two men vying to succeed veteran President Joaquin Balaguer have wound down their election campaigns.
The people will be voting, Sunday to replace 89-year-old blind President Joaquin...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Thousands honor Managua’s patron saint in religious pilgrimage
CLEAN : Thousands honor Managua’s patron saint in religious pilgrimage
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10th suspect arraigned in Ortiz shooting
A tenth suspect in the shooting of Red Sox baseball great David Ortiz was arraigned in court Monday, accused of participating in the attack which left Ortiz hospitalised and near death.
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Baseball's Ortiz in 1st appearance since shooting
Former Boston Red Sox baseball player David Ortiz made his first public appearance in the Dominican Republic on Sunday almost six months after he was shot in what authorities called a case of mistaken identity.
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FORMER PRESIDENT DENOUNCES ELECTION RESULTS
A former president who lost his bid to be re-elected in the Dominican Republic issued a scathing denunciation on Tuesday of the country's electoral process, but made no mention of any plans to challenge the outcome.
Hipolito Mejia told...
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Tropical storm Chantal skirts coasts of Dominican Republic and Haiti
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
1. Wide of rain falling on ocean swell off coast of Santo Domingo
2. Wide of coastline obscured by rainfall
3. Various of heavy rainfall over shantytown area
4. Mid of makeshift homes on river bank
5....
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Venezuelan President visits Dominican Republic
1. Three shots of pro-Chavez protesters on streets
2. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez gets out of car and is greeted by officials
3. Chavez walking up steps
4. Chavez walking into news conference at the National Palace with President...
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WRAP Voting ADDS President, Reformist cast ballot, NY vote
AP Television
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
1. Wide exterior of voting centre
2. Various of voters lined up outside centre
3. Various of election staff processing voters
4. Woman voting
AP Television
Santo Domingo, Dominican...
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: CUBAN LEADER FIDEL CASTRO VISIT
Spanish/Nat
Cuban President, Fidel Castro, let bygones be bygones on Sunday when he held remarkable meeting former Dominican Republic strongman, Joaquin Balaguer.
Castro, a loyal Communist and 92-year-old Balaguer, a conservative who...
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WRAP Mourners across Latin America follow pope's funeral
Havana, Cuba
1. Wide shot Morro Castle and flag at daybreak
2. Medium shot of Saint Francis Church
3. Wide shot of Old Cathedral of Havana
4. Two shots of cuban family watching Pope funeral on television
5. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Voxpop
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: CUBAN LEADER FIDEL CASTRO VISIT
Spanish/Nat
Dismissing plots and threats against his life, Fidel Castro bade farewell to the Dominican Republic on Monday, insisting that his revolution would endure long after he'd gone.
Castro's comments came during a five-hour speech...
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Chavez, Correa, Uribe arrive for regional summit, soundbites
1. Various of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez arriving in Santo Domingo for the Rio Summit
2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Hugo Chavez, President of Venezuela:
"We must chose between two paths: war or peace. We are fighting very hard for...
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: POP ARTIST JUAN LUIS GUERRA IN CONCERT
Spanish/Nat
Juan Luis Guerra, the man who helped put popular merengue on the map of world music, has returned to the spotlight with the release of his latest album.
The Dominican artist has become a national icon and a television mogul...
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state funeral of former President Joaquin Balaguer
July 17, 2002
1. Various of body of former Dominican Republic President Joaquin Balaguer inside his home
2. Close-up woman wiping tear from her eye
3. Various of funeral procession leaving Balaguer's home
4. Pull out from mid to wide...
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US Sec of State comments on Castro overture, visits school
1. Wide of town hall meeting held by US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Hillary Rodham Clinton, US Secretary of State
" So we have seen Raul Castro's comments and we welcome this overture. We are taking...
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: TENSIONS MOUNTING AHEAD OF FIDEL CASTRO VISIT
Spanish/Nat
Tensions are worsening in the Dominican Republic, less that 24 hours before the arrival of Cuban President Fidel Castro.
Castro will be an observer at the three-day meeting of the leaders of the Caribbean Community...
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Dominican Republic holds mass to mark Pope's death
1. Wide shot of Santo Domingo Cathedral
2. Close-up of pope poster reading: "Farewell your holiness"
3. Mid shot of priests walking towards main altar
4. Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez walking towards altar
5. Pan from...
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: SPANISH PRIME MINISTER JOSE MARIA AZNAR VISIT
Spanish/Nat
Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar is in the Dominican Republic for a two-day visit in hopes of securing the extradition of five Basque separatist leaders.
Police increased security around the exiled guerrilla leaders. ...
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US Sec of State Clinton attacks veto of UN Syria resolution
1. Various of US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton posing alongside Dominican Republic Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso and other senior officials from various Latin American countries
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Hillary...
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British, Spanish and Canadian teams prepare to head to Haiti
1. Wide of "Las Americas" airport
2. Wide of member of UK rescue team inside, with equipment
3. Boxes of equipment
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Gary Francis, British rescue worker:
"The quicker we can get to Port-au-Prince, obviously the...
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Damage caused by tropical storm
1. Ocean waves
2. Various of houses destroyed by Hurricane Jeanne
3. Man trying to fix roof of house
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Francisco Lora, hurricane victim:
"In my house the whole roof flew away. What's left is the structure. But near...
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Former Domican President Juan Bosch dies
2 June 1996, Santa Domingo, Dominican Republic:
1. Juan Bosch singing an electoral unity pact
2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Juan Bosch, Former President of Dominican Republic:
"We are here to tell the Dominican people that in the elections of...
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Gustav dumps torrential rains on Haiti, Dom Republic
Carfour, Haiti - 26 August 2008
1. Various of cars and buses driving on flooded street
2. Various of motorcycles driving through flooded street
Leogamme, Haiti - 26 August 2008
3.Various of river that has overflowed its banks
4.Various...