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United CEO Says $5 Billion in Aid May Not be Enough to Stay Alive
May.18 -- United Airlines Inc. Chief Executive Officer Oscar Munoz says he's not sure if government aid can keep the airlines afloat after the coronavirus pandemic. He appears on the latest "Leadership Live With David Rubenstein."
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U.S. vows to help resolve Greece-Turkey tension, judge temporarily blocks White House ban on TikTok, wildfires break out in California's Napa Valley
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Winter Storm Could Help Fight Colorado Wildfires
The East Troublesome Fire has burned more than 190,000 acres of land.
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VSS Unity Rockets to Space With Branson, Crew
Jul.11 -- Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity space plane separates from the carrier as the vehicle rockets to an altitude of about 282,000 feet, or more than 53 miles (86 kilometers) above the Earth on Sunday. The vehicle carried billionaire...
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Elderly residents return to homes in Galicia to see if anything left after wildfires
VOICED: When the wildfires surged through the hills and towards the tiny village of O Barrio in Galicia, north west Spain it stood little chance.
SHOWS: Aftermath of the village and church after the wildfires, burnt land and homes,...
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CLEAN : Hong Kong turns to cardboard coffins during Covid death surge
As deaths soared from Hong Kong’s deadliest Covid outbreak in March, coffin suppliers were left struggling to meet demand, so an NGO stepped in, partnering with a local factory to make and deliver hundreds of cardboard caskets to public...
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CLEAN : Artist Damien Hirst burns thousands of his artworks after selling them as NFTs
Damien Hirst burns hundreds of his paintings in front of cameras at the Newport street gallery in London, as part of his project "The Currency" (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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Test craft launched to meet up with Pentagon satellite
1. Various of the Stargazer L-1011 aircraft and DART spacecraft in flight
A NASA robotic spacecraft equipped with navigational computers and sensors was launched into orbit on Friday to rendezvous with a Pentagon satellite without the...
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Crews were poised to begin setting fire to oil leaking from the site of an exploded drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday, a last-ditch effort to get rid of it before it reaches environmentally sensitive marshlands on the coast.
HEADLINE: Crews try setting fire to oil leaking in Gulf
CAPTION: Crews have begun setting fire to oil leaking from the site of an exploded drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday, a last-ditch effort to get rid of it before it...
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WRAP NASA scientists discuss debris seen at shuttle launch
1. Medium shot of mission control
2. UPSOUND: (English) "I got you Babe" song playing to wake up crew
3. STILL: Discovery astronauts
4. Medium shot of mission control
5. UPSOUND: (English) Eileen Collins, Discovery commander:
"On behalf...
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SYND 15-4-70 APOLLO 13 EXECUTES ENGINE BURN
Apollo 13 communicates with mission control and executes engine burn
1) overhead shot of mission control center: personnel at control panels, watching monitors,
Sound up: communicate with astronauts in Apollo 13 re. engine burn
Film:...
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USA/SPACE: US SPACE SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR MISSION
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The U-S space shuttle "Endeavor" is still closing in on its target in space.
The crew is trying to retrieve a science satellite launched last March by Japan.
One of the mission specialists in the six member crew is Japanese...
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The AP's Jason Bronis reports from Florida as firefighters battle strong winds to put out a series of wildfires.
HEADLINE: Strong wind to complicate wildfire fight
CAPTION: Hope in the form of rain turned to fear of stronger wind gusts Monday as firefighters faced another tough day battling a massive wildfire along the Georgia-Florida line. (May...
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USA: GLOBAL SURVEYOR SPACECRAFT SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED
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NASA has successfully launched its Global Surveyor spacecraft from the Kennedy Space Centre after bad weather scuppered an attempt on Wednesday.
The rocket took off on time at 1700 G-M-T (noon Eastern time), Thursday, on...
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Fire officials say fog and humidity helped them gain ground on a blaze in the Los Padres National Forest that was just 3 percent contained and had blackened nearly 62 square miles near the storied town of Big Sur
HEADLINE: Raw video: Big Sur blaze hard to contain
CAPTION: Fire officials say fog and humidity helped them gain ground on a blaze in the Los Padres National Forest that was just 3 percent contained and had blackened nearly 62 square...
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Residents in the Afghan city of Ghazni on burned blankets, clothing and other items that they said coalition troops had distributed in the city the day before, while Afghan President Hamid Karzai works to reduce the foreign presence in the country.
HEADLINE Afghan city burns NATO aid
CAPTION: Residents in the Afghan city of Ghazni on burned blankets, clothing and other items that they said coalition troops had distributed in the city the day before, while Afghan President Hamid...
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4:3 CAPSULE DETACHS FROM ISS AND LANDS IN PACIFIC OCEAN
The history-making Dragon spacecraft is back on Earth.
The unmanned cargo ship parachuted into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, six hours after leaving the International Space Station.
It brought back nearly 1,400 pounds of old...
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A top general in Afghanistan says the burning of Qurans was completely inadvertent and a task force has been created to investigate the matter.
HEADLINE: Military apologizes for Quran burning
CAPTION: A top general in Afghanistan says the burning of Qurans was completely inadvertent and a task force has been created to investigate the matter. (Feb. 22)
(General Carsten...
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Space shuttle Discovery launched at Cape Canaveral
1. Mid shot of Discovery's rocket exhausts as engines start at ten seconds before lift off
2. Various wide shots of Discovery as engines start and spacecraft lifts off
3. Wide of lift off as clock in the foreground reaches zero
4....
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HONG KONG: MOURNING: TOMB SWEEPING DAY (QING MING)
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Thousands of people throughout Hong Kong have been observing a Chinese festival.
Monday marks Qing Ming, or grave sweeping day, when traditionally the dead are mourned and ancestors worshipped.
APTN visited one cemetery where...
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Pioneering low cost de-mining device unveiled
Paardefontein, nr Pretoria, South Africa - 10 May 2005/File
1. Various of MineBurner demonstration being set up
2. Press watching
3. Various of worker operating remote control
4. Close up of flame burning through 1.6mm steel plate
5....
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A deadly wildfire that has blackened a wide swath of tinder-dry forest around Los Angeles made another menacing advance Monday, surging toward thousands of suburban homes, as the AP's John Mone reports.
HEADLINE: Fire surges toward LA, threatens thousands
CAPTION: A deadly wildfire that has blackened a wide swath of tinder-dry forest around Los Angeles made another menacing advance Monday, surging toward thousands of suburban homes, as...
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Man vs. Machine: Speed Racing Audi's Driverless Car
Oct. 15 -- German carmaker Audi takes us for a spin in a driverless concept car version of their RS7. International Correspondent Hans Nichols even got to race it. (Source: Bloomberg)
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WRAP Major fires brought under control
1. Wide shot of fire burning near home
2. Pan around destroyed home; roof caving in
3. Wide of massive fire; firefighters drop water on the fire and helicopter flies away
4. More of smoke burning around buildings
5. Smoke coming from a...