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Pre-G8 Summit protests in the Czech Republic & Germany 14:19:00 Anti - Bush demo EVN2 Date Shot: 04-JUN-2007 Location: PRAGUE Country: CZECH REPUBLIC Source: CZCT Shotlist: gathering and start of demo Dopesheet: Some 100 people gathered outside the US embassy to protest against the possible stationing of a US radar system in the Czech Republic this afternoon The demonstrators chanted slogans such as Say No to War, Say No to Radar and delivered speeches The protest is organised by the Communist Youth (KSM) and the Communist Party (KSCM) on the occasion of today's arrival of US President George W Bush in Prague On Tuesday, Bush will discuss with Czech representatives first of all the planned construction of the US radar base in the Brdy military grounds southwest of Prague The demonstration of opponents of President Bush outside the US embassy has been calm so far Police are monitoring the gathering At 18:00, another demonstration against the US radar base is to start outside the Foreign Ministry The event is organised by the No To Bases group ---------------------------------- 14:21:10 TCR MISSED THIS - THEY ARE GETTING IT REFED NOW: More anti-Bush demo 17:16-17:18 GMT 04-JUN-2007 EVF Date Shot: 04-JUN-2007 Location: PRAGUE Country: CZECH REPUBLIC Source: CZCT Dopesheet: Hundreds of Czechs protested peacefully on Monday against US plans for a missile defence shield, rallying near Prague's historic castle hours before US President George W Bush was due to arrive in the capital Date Shot: 04-JUN-2007 Location: PRAGUE Country: CZECH REPUBLIC Source: CZCT ********SHOTLIST WAS SENT AFTER FEED HAD ALREADY BEEN TAKEN IN******* Shotlist: - beginning of the demo, happening showing man with a mask of pdt Klaus, man with glasses impersonating pdt Bush - demo in process, banners - pople watching the demo from windows - soundbite man talking as pdt Bush: I think I have done everything in name of love for people, for my country, for freedom, freedom is so important and god! everything I´ve done I´ve done with God´s blessing, so judge God if you have something against things I have done Amen - more demo - banners: stop radars, bush to prisin, radar stink of death - soundbite participant: I disagree with the location of the US radar base on the Czech Republic territory, as I can see no reason for that, I think that it might only invoke further tension in the world and it won´t solve any problems Dopesheet: Several hundred people protested against the possible stationing of a US radar system in the Czech Republic near the building of the Czech Foreign Ministry around 18:00 The organisers claim that over 1,000 demonstrators gathered today The protest is held on the occasion of today's arrival of US President George W Bush in Prague Bush is to arrive at Prague airport later today On Tuesday, he will discuss with Czech representatives first of all the planned construction of the US radar base in the Brdy military grounds southwest of Prague The demonstration started with a performance showing a trial of President Bush after an anarchist revolution The gathering is organised by the No To Bases group People who protested against the radar base outside the US embassy earlier this afternoon joined the demonstration, too The gathering of the opponents of the radar base and of President Bush has been calm so far A number of foreign and domestic journalists arrived on the spot of the event --------------------------- 14:23:21 070604#066 PROTEST 3 APTN DIRECT DATELINE: Rostock, 4 June 2007 SHOTLIST 14:23:27 police and demonstrators scuffling 14:23:54 demonstrators, one of them crying 14:24:01 demonstrators chanting slogans, arms locked 14:24:11 Police and demonstrators scuffling, police grabbing and pushing woman with face painted as a clown 14:24:20 demonstration / music 14:24:23 banner 14:24:36 Pan to the right of protesters sitting down holding red and yellow flags 14:24:38 protesters staging peaceful demo, police standing by 14:24:41 Tilt down of man showing the contents of his backpack to a police officer 14:24:51 protesters talking to police 14:24:56 Close of protester holding banners reading in English G8 Kings on Tour Never Mind the Poor 14:25:01 Pan right to protesters gathering 14:25:09 police walking 14:25:21 protesters walking 14:25:23 Close up of protesters' feet while marching 14:25:28 protesters holding up large banner reading in German Stop the G8 Raid 14:25:33 Close up of banner 14:25:38 protesters having their bodies painted 14:25:42 Close of woman's back being painted 14:25:48 body painted protesters holding flags, chanting and clapping 14:25:54 small boat donning the flags of G8 countries, pulling a floating world globe, carrying passengers masked as British Prime Minister Tony Blair, US President George Bush, German Chancellor Angela Merkel 14:26:14 Zoom in on body painted protesters jumping in the water 14:26:28 body painted protesters swimming towards small boat and floating world globe, forcing boat to capsize 14:26:50 Zoom in on last standing passenger masked as Angela Merkel losing balance and falling in the water 14:26:56 protesters chanting 14:27:03 body painted protesters pulling floating world globe from the water 14:27:07 people masked as Bush, Blair and Merkel on a red carpet holding each other and covering their faces 14:27:15 SOUNDBITE (English) Protester: In fact I think it is very necessary for people to come and demonstrate peacefully, because of have seen on Saturday there was a lot of black people around and I'd like to see more colourful people who demonstrate peacefully 14:27:33 body painted protesters sitting and chanting STORYLINE: Demonstrations against this week's Group of Eight (G8) meeting continued for the third day as thousands of people gathered in Rostock for several protests against the summit Police scuffled with the demonstrators during separate protests in the morning and during an afternoon demonstration in downtown Rostock thousands were seen engaging in more scuffles with authorities Several protests have been held ahead of a three day conference of leaders of the world's major industrial powers gathering on the Baltic Sea resort of Heiligendamm on Wednesday In the morning, body painted protesters staged peaceful demonstrations by the Rostock harbour Some could be seen throwing themselves in the river and swimming towards a small boat carrying passengers masked as leaders from the G-8 countries ------------------------- 14:28:14 070604#041 AP-APTN-1030: ++Germany Protest 2 Monday, 4 June 2007 DATELINE: Rostock, 4 June 2007 SHOTLIST Lichtenhagen, area of Rostock 14:28:16 Pan right from line of anti G8 protesters walking to building in the street 14:28:26 police walking, protesters in the background 14:28:35 police and protesters scuffling 14:28:59 protesters with arms in the air, police in the foreground 14:29:09 Protesters and police scuffling 14:29:23 Police arresting demonstrators 14:29:35 Protester being dragged away by police towards police vans 14:29:47 Police and protesters scuffling, woman on the ground screaming, man being helped up by woman in yellow vest 14:30:11 Police dragging screaming protester towards police vans 14:30:26 Police and protesters scuffling 14:30:39 police behind shields STORYLINE: Protests against this week's Group of Eight (G-8) meeting continued for the third day as hundreds of protesters gathered in the Lichtenhagen area of Rostock on Monday, staging a demonstration against immigration laws Police scuffled with the demonstrators, some of which were seen being detained The protest followed another on the same day in Rostock that also gathered 800 hundreds of anti-G8 demonstrators in a sit in protest outside Rostock's Immigration office building, calling for immigration laws to be relaxed