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USA - Zemin meets Congress members
Chinese President Jiang Zemin was challenged on human rights and China's ties with Iran during a meeting with American Congressional leaders Thursday (30/10).
EXT. Capitol Hill;
Chinese President Jiang Zemin at the Capitol Hill with Newt...
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USA: WASHINGTON: TRIBUTE TO OFFICERS KILLED IN CAPITOL SHOOTING (2)
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In exceptional homage on Tuesday, hushed members of the United States Congress and the public filed into the Rotunda of the Capitol Building.
They paid their respects to the flag-draped coffins of the two police officers...
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House Dems Take Aim at GOP Tax, Budget Proposals
Democratic House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and two other top Democrats blasted GOP tax and budget proposals on Capitol Hill, saying most of the cuts will benefit the wealthiest Americans at the expense of children and working...
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House Dems Take Aim at GOP Tax, Budget Proposals
Democratic House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and two other top Democrats blasted GOP tax and budget proposals on Capitol Hill, saying most of the cuts will benefit the wealthiest Americans at the expense of children and working...
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US: REPUBLICANS TAKE CONTROL OF US CONGRESS
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For the first time in forty years, the Republican party controls the United States Congress.
While domestic issues were in the forefront, many are predicting that foreign policy will be a major point of contention.
As the...
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House Dems Take Aim at GOP Tax, Budget Proposals
Democratic House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and two other top Democrats blasted GOP tax and budget proposals on Capitol Hill, saying most of the cuts will benefit the wealthiest Americans at the expense of children and working...
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Democrat candidate campaigning for presidential nomination
1. Various of supporters of Senator John Kerry (Democrat, Massachusetts) waving signs on street
2. Kerry supporters waiting to enter room
3. Display of books about Kerry's service in Vietnam War
4. Wide shot Kerry entering room and...
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Democrat senator criticises missile defence plan
1. US Senator Joseph Biden walks up to the podium at the National Press Club
2. Wide shot of Senator Biden speaking
3. Cutaway of audience
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Senator Joseph Biden, US Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman "Are...
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USA: WASHINGTON: US BUDGET TALKS COLLAPSE
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Political stalemate between the White House and Congress has caused the second partial shutdown of the U-S government in as many months.
The Republican controlled House of Representatives and Senate failed to act on a...
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USA: CLINTON/LEWINSKY STARR INVESTIGATION REPORT LATEST (4)
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Sources familiar with independent prosecutor Kenneth Starr's report to the U-S Congress say it accuses President Bill Clinton of lying under oath.
People familiar with Starr's report say it spells out detailed evidence...
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WRAP Update on US House votes on airline security bill
Pool - 1 Nov 2001
1. House of Representatives floor
2. Debate
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Bill Pascrell, Democrat, New Jersey:
"You are simply painting an old system to make it look different, you're camouflaging it and you're putting my...
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WRAP Update on row over Iraq in Senate
1. Wide shot Senate
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Senator Tom Daschle, US Senate Majority Leader:
"Now even the President, the President is quoted in the Washington Post this morning, as saying that Democratic - the Democratic controlled...
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USA: CLINTON REACTS TO HOUSE VOTE ON IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY
Washington, D-C USA - October 8 1998
1. Wide of Clinton, pull to close up
2. Wide shot of meeting table
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Bill Clinton, U-S President
4. Cutaway to press and pan to meeting
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Bill Clinton, U-S...
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USA: KOSOVO: NATO TO INCREASE ATTACKS
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President Clinton says NATO is about to take military action against Yugoslavia to the "next level" with increased numbers of air strikes.
In an address from the White House, Clinton says strikes are already grinding down...
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USA: CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS STARR REPORT PRESS CONFERENCE
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Democratic and Republican leaders are pledging to put aside partisan bickering, once Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr's report on President Clinton is sent to Capitol Hill.
House Speaker Newt Gingrich says lawmakers need to...
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USA: WASHINGTON: CLINTON IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY LATEST SITUATION
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U-S President Bill Clinton is calling on House Democrats follow their conscience on Thursday, when they vote.
They have to decide whether to authorise the Republican plan for an open-ended, unrestricted investigation that...
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USA: ELECTION: VOTE RECOUNT LATEST
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The U.S. Supreme Court, divided 5-4, intervened once again Saturday in the deadlocked presidential race,
granting George W. Bush's plea to halt the Florida vote count on which Al Gore had pinned his best hopes of winning the...
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USA: REACTION TO OPEC DECISION TO BOOST OIL PRODUCTION
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America on Wednesday welcomed the decision by OPEC - the Organization of Oil Producing Nations - to boost production.
America is the world's largest consumer of oil.
President Clinton said the decision was good news for the...
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USA: REPUBLICANS TAKE CONTROL OF US CONGRESS
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President Clinton's administration officially becomes a lame duck one today as Republicans take control of the U-S Congress.
Republican leaders are already promising big cuts in foreign aid programs.
Democrats fear those...
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ISRAEL: MILITARY PARADE STAGED TO CELEBRATE JERUSALEM DAY (2)
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Israel on Sunday staged its biggest military parade in years to commemorate the capture of the city's eastern half in the 1967 six-day war.
Palestinians, who want east Jerusalem as the capital of their future state, condemned...
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USA: HOUSE REPRESENTATIVE IMPEACHES CLINTON
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The House of Representatives has impeached President Clinton for obstructing justice and lying under oath about his sexual affair with Monica Lewinsky.
It is only the second presidential impeachment in American history.
The...
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USA: MEMORIAL FOR VICTIMS OF SCHOOL SHOOTING IN COLORADO
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Thousands of people attended a memorial service in Littleton, Colorado for the victims of last week's shooting at a school.
The service, attended by Vice President Al Gore and other senior politicians, focused on hope,...
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USA: WASHINGTON: CONGRESS FEARS OUTCOME OF CLINTON SCANDAL
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For the first time in Kenneth Starr's investigation of an alleged White House affair, President Clinton has taken up the gauntlet to tell his side of the story.
Even so - new physical evidence handed over by Monica Lewinsky...
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WRAP Bush's speech on Iraq, Daschle and Gephardt comment
Washington, DC Sept. 26, 2002
1. Wide shot of Bush walking out towards Rose Garden
2. SOUNDBITE (English) US President George W. Bush
"We refuse to live in this future of fear. Democrats and Republicans refuse to live in a future of...