Bloomberg
Kettlewell: Now Is Time To Look Again At MENA Bonds
Oliver Kettlewell, Head of Fixed Income at Mashreq Capital, says he favours the longer end of the curve, in case the Fed goes too far with its rate hikes and has to reverse course next year. He speaks with Manus Cranny on "Bloomberg...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Diplomats take part in the Negev Forum's first Steering Committee meeting in Bahrain
Diplomats from the United States, Israel and four Arab countries convene in Bahrain to take part in the Negev Forum's first Steering Committee meeting in the town of in Zallaq, south of the capital Manama, three months after they vowed...
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CLEAN : Christians in Bahrain want Pope to "think about the region"
I think everybody just wants one thing, that the Pope thinks about the region, the issues and the hardships people face over here", says Jason Dsouza, an Indian living in Bahrain (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Bahrainis hopeful Pope visit will boost 'human coexistence'
Ahead of a landmark visit of Pope Francis to Bahrain, preparations are finalising in the sites which he will visit (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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VOICED : For daughter of first Gulf church builder, Pope's Bahrain visit "dream come true"
Pope Francis's visit to Bahrain, his second to the Arabian peninsula, will be especially emotional for Najla Uchi, whose father Salman built the Sacred Heart, the Gulf's first church, that opened on Christmas Eve, 1939 (Footage by AFPTV...
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CLEAN : Japanese PM Fumio Kishida meets ASEAN leaders
Bahrainis head to a polling station in the capital Manama to vote in the Gulf country's general elections, but a ban on opposition candidates means the polls will bring no meaningful change despite a record number of people vying for...
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CLEAN : 'Happiness' prevails in Bahrain as Pope set to visit
People in Bahrain express their happiness as Pope Francis is set to visit the majority-Muslim Gulf country in November (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
Curated Video
USA - Warren Christopher Statement
The US Secretary of State Warren Christopher confirmed on Friday
(8/3) that President Clinton would be attending an anti-terrorism
conference in Cairo on Wednesday. Christopher, made a brief
photo call in Washington D.C. with Crown...
Curated Video
Bush and Mubarak comment on peace talks
NOTE: SOUNDBITES HAVE CUTAWAYS OF AUDIENCE & SCENE OVERLAID
1. US President George W. Bush and Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak, arriving on golf buggy
2. Cutaway press conference
3. Side shot leaders standing for photo-op
4. Wide...
Curated Video
UK PM Cameron addresses Kuwaiti parliament; sbites on unrest
1. UK Prime Minister David Cameron with Emir of Kuwait Sheik Sabah al-Ahmed al-Jaber al-Sabah
2. SOUNDBITE (English) David Cameron, UK Prime Minister:
"The whole world has been shocked in the last few days by the appalling violence which...
Curated Video
WRAP Protesters across the Middle East and Turkey
Istanbul, Turkey
1. US and Israeli flags burned by crowd
2. Riot police confronting protestors
3. Protestors retreat from frontline appearing to suffer the effects of teargas
4. Protestor screaming, then appears to faint and is...
Curated Video
Lawmakers swear allegiance during first meeting of new parliament
Bahrain's newly elected lawmakers have attended their first parliamentary session - a swearing in ceremony where they pledge allegiance to Bahrain and the country's ruling family.
Last month's elections were largely boycotted by...
Curated Video
Anti Saleh protest; various reactions as Gulf mediator leaves without deal
1. Wide of protesters at the square
2. Close of banner (Arabic) calling for President Ali Abdullah Saleh to leave office
3. Close of protester with the Arabic word for 'leave' shaved into his head
4. Wide of protesters
5. Man with sign...
Curated Video
WRAP Bush has breakfast with US Navy 5th Fleet, leaves Bahrain
1. Wide of US President George W. Bush entering breakfast room of US Navy 5th Fleet
2. Bush greeting officials; UPSOUND clapping and cheering, zoom out to wide of room, zoom in to Bush greeting officials
3. Wide of officials clapping,...
Curated Video
Lady Gaga says she's OK with adhering to conservative clothing restrictions while visiting the Middle East
Lady Gaga spoke with press at the Dubai Airport Monday (8 SEPT. 2014) shortly after her arrival into the country. She wore a floorlength dress designed by a Dubai-based designer, although declined to say the identity of the designer just...
Curated Video
Iranian FM accuses US intelligence of "espionage"
1. Side shot of Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki walking to podium to make speech to students of Amir Kabir university on Student Day in Iran
2. Reporter taking notes
3. Wide of Mottaki at podium
4. SOUNDBITE: (Farsi)...
Curated Video
Bahrain - UN weapons inspector arrives in Bahrain
Richard Butler, the chief UN weapons inspector, arrived in Bahrain on Saturday (17/01) and met inspectors thrown out of Iraq. Butler is enroute to Baghdad in a bid to resolve the latest crisis over arms inspections. He is scheduled to...
Curated Video
Second day of clashes in capital
1. Various men and boys marching and shouting
2. Boy with 'No War' T-shirt
3. Various men loading palm branches and boxes into rubbish bins
4. Contents of bins set on fire
5. Wide shot of protestors
6. Riot police standing in line...
Curated Video
Hollywood star visits US troops
1. Various Ben Affleck on aircraft carrier standing next to US flag
2. Pan of aircraft carrier
3. Closeup Enterprise logo on side of carrier
4. Affleck carrying tray of food
5. Sailors sitting in mess hall, pan to Affleck sitting down at...
Curated Video
Kuwait - Gulf Co-operation Council meeting
The Foreign Ministers of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Wednesday (11/02) held an emergency meeting in an attempt to create a unified position on the Iraqi crisis. The ministers from six...
Curated Video
US Navy commanders talk about confrontation with Iran
1. Destroyer USS Hopper (left) and cruiser USS Port Royal (right) at US naval base in Bahrain
2. Various of USS Port Royal
3. Close up of weaponry on board with US flag in background
4. Gangway leading up to Port Royal
5. Wide of news...
Curated Video
US, NATO and Arab allies practice stopping WMD cargo at sea
1. USNS Saturn in the Arabian Sea
2. Heavily armed and masked US Marines and Spanish counterparts boarding
3. Camera following marines
4. Spanish marine
5. US and Spanish marines arrest suspects on board vessel (part of the drill)
6....
Curated Video
BAHRAIN: ARRIVAL OF US WEAPONS INSPECTORS EXPELLED FROM IRAQ
English/Nat
The six American weapons inspectors expelled by Iraq arrived in Bahrain early on Saturday.
The Americans and two colleagues - an Australian and a Briton - arrived in the capital, Manama, after more than 24 hours of travel by...
Curated Video
Clashes between activists and police
Escalating protests resulted in injuries in the suburbs of the Bahraini capital Manama on Tuesday as one of the country's best-known human rights activists was found guilty of insulting the government on Twitter.
Nabeel Rajab can remain...