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AP-APTN-1830 North America Prime News -Final Saturday, 20 February 2010 North America Prime News Brazil Ship 02:53 AP Clients Only WRAP Students rescued from sunk Canadian ship arrive in Rio, presser FILE Haig 01:07 See Script REPLAY Former US State Secr Alexander Haig dies at 85 Georgia Funeral 4 02:46 AP Clients Only WRAP Georgians with President attend funeral of Olympic luger Afghanistan Offensive 01:04 AP Clients Only REPLAY Embed video of US Marines during offensive Afghanistan Lashkar Gah 01:36 AP Clients Only REPLAY Funeral of civilian who died of injuries during early days of offensive Netherlands Politics 2 03:04 Part No Access Netherlands WRAP Dutch PM says ruling coalition collapses in dispute over Afghan involvement Mideast Hamas 3 01:12 AP Clients Only EDIT Hamas legislator accuses Mossad of killing of al-Mabhouh Niger Coup 3 03:05 AP Clients Only WRAP Demo in support of coup; ECOWAS meeting with Junta ++Portugal Floods 02:55 See Script NEW Dozens reported killed by floods and mudslides Ukraine Tymoshenko 01:25 No Access Russia REPLAY Ukraine's embattled PM withdraws court appeal of presidential vote results Jordan Anglican 02:04 AP Clients Only REPLAY Archbishop of Canterbury visits baptismal site on the Jordan River B-u-l-l-e-t-i-n begins at 1830 GMT. (Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) AP-NY-02-20-10 1357EST -----------End of rundown----------- AP-APTN-1830: Brazil Ship Saturday, 20 February 2010 STORY:Brazil Ship- REPLAY Students rescued from sunk Canadian ship arrive in Rio ADDS presser LENGTH: 02:53 FIRST RUN: 1730 RESTRICTIONS: AP Clients Only TYPE: Eng/Natsound SOURCE: AP TELEVISION STORY NUMBER: 637813 DATELINE: Rio de Janeiro - 20 Feb 2010 LENGTH: 02:53 AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST (FIRST RUN 1530 NEWS UPDATE - 20 FEBRUARY 2010) 1. Aerial travelling of Brazilian Navy ship with students on board 2. Aerial wide of Brazilian Navy officers on ship with the students 3. Aerial of students hugging each other on ship 4. Wide of ship coming into port 5. Medium of students on ship 6. Media waiting at port for the students 7. Various of students crying 8. Aerial of students being taken inside through ship to disembark (FIRST RUN 1630 EUROPE PRIME NEWS - 20 FEBRUARY 2010) 9. Workers preparing ladder to walk onto ship 10. Navy officers in port 11. Canadian Ambassador to Brazil, Paul Hunt, walking onto ship 12. Student hugging his father inside ship 13. Student crying while talking to official 14. Student hugging his father and walking way 15. Media conference with students 16. Close of students 17. SOUNDBITE (English) Captain William Curry, Concordia Captain: " Well the heroes are the kids and the crew, for sure. I suppose you could use the word miracle for this. It was fortunate that the students were in class and on deck, otherwise it might have turned down differently. But given that set of fortunate circumstances, everyone did remarkably well after that. There was no panic and we got everyone into the rafts in pretty short order. So I was incredibly relieved when we counted 64." 18. SOUNDBITE (English) Keaton Farwell, 17-year-old student from Toronto: "We have received a lot of training. We did drills very frequently because of situations like this, but I felt it was definitely helpful to have the training because we knew what was expected but there is a certain point where all the training in the world can't, your instincts kind of take over more than the training so everyone knew you get on your suit and your get on a life raft." 19. Students disembarking ship 20. Students being driven away in bus STORYLINE After clinging to life rafts in high seas for two days, more than four dozen students and crew rescued from a Canadian sailing ship that sank in the Atlantic arrived in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday. The students were forced to abandon ship and ride out heavy seas for nearly two days before their rescue off Brazil's Atlantic coast, the survivors said on Saturday. The three-masted SV Concordia was on a five-month voyage that allows students in secondary school grades 11 and 12 and the first year of college to study while sailing around the world. The ship sank on Wednesday afternoon and all 64 people aboard were plucked from the sea early on Friday by merchant ships, the Brazilian Navy said. At least 12 of the rescued docked in Rio at 10:45 am (12:45 GMT) on a Brazilian Navy ship. Captain William Curry told The Associated Press on Saturday that the vessel sank on Wednesday afternoon - a day earlier than previously reported. 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AP-NY-02-20-10 1555EST ------------------- END -- OF -- ITEM ------------------- AP-APTN-1830: FILE Haig Saturday, 20 February 2010 STORY:FILE Haig- NEW Former US State Secr Alexander Haig dies at 85 LENGTH: 01:07 FIRST RUN: 1530 RESTRICTIONS: See Script TYPE: English/Natsound SOURCE: AP PHOTOS/ABC STORY NUMBER: 637805 DATELINE: Various - FILE LENGTH: 01:07 ABC - NO ACCESS NAMERICA/INTERNET AP PHOTOS - NO ACCESS CANADA/FOR BROADCAST USE ONLY - STRICTLY NO ACCESS ONLINE OR MOBILE SHOTLIST: ABC - NO ACCESS NAMERICA/INTERNET FILE: Washington, DC, January 19, 1982 1. Alexander Haig, former US Secretary of State, discussing efforts to negotiate settlement for the Falklands ABC - NO ACCESS NAMERICA/INTERNET FILE: Washington, DC, March 30, 1981 2. Wide of White House 3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Alexander Haig, former US Secretary of State on his response to assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan "(Reporter) Who's making the decisions for the government right now? Who's making the decisions? (Haig) "Constitutionally, gentlemen, you have the President, the Vice President, and the Secretary of State in that order. And should the President decide he wants to transfer the helm to the Vice President, he will do so. As of now, I am in control here, in the White House, pending return of the Vice President and am in close touch with him, and if something came up I would check with him." AP PHOTO - NO ACCESS CANADA/ FOR BROADCAST USE ONLY - STRICTLY NO ACCESS ONLINE OR MOBILE March 11, 2006 (location unknown) 4. STILL photo of Alexander Haig and Henry Kissinger AP PHOTO - NO ACCESS CANADA/FOR BROADCAST USE ONLY - STRICTLY NO ACCESS ONLINE OR MOBILE March 25, 1987 (location unknown) 5. STILL photo of Alexander Haig STORYLINE: Former US Secretary of State Alexander Haig, a four-star general who served as a top adviser to three presidents and had presidential ambitions of his own, died Saturday of complications from an infection, his family said. He was 85. Haig's long and decorated military career launched the Washington career for which he is better known, including top posts in the Nixon, Ford and Reagan administrations. He never lived down his televised response to the 1981 assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan. Hours after the shooting, then Secretary of State Haig went before the cameras intending, he said later, to reassure Americans that the White House was functioning. "As of now, I am in control here in the White House, pending the return of the vice president," Haig said. Some saw the comment as an inappropriate power grab in the absence of Vice President George H.W. Bush, who was flying back to Washington from Texas. Haig died at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, where he was surrounded by his family, according to two of his children, Alexander and Barbara. Haig ran unsuccessfully for president in 1988, when Bush won the Republican nomination. President Barack Obama praised Haig as a public servant who "exemplified our finest warrior-diplomat tradition of those who dedicate their lives to public service." "He enjoyed a remarkable and decorated career, rising to become a four-star general and serving as Supreme Allied Commander of Europe before also serving as Secretary of State," he said. Nixon promoted Haig in 1972 from a two-star general to a four-star rank, passing over 240 high-ranking officers with greater seniority. The next year, as the Watergate scandal deepened, Nixon turned to Haig and appointed him to succeed HR Haldeman as White House chief of staff. He helped the president prepare his impeachment defence - and as Nixon was preoccupied with Watergate, Haig handled many of the day-to-day decisions normally made by the chief executive. On Nixon's behalf, Haig also helped arrange the wiretaps of government officials and reporters, as the president tried to plug the sources of news leaks. About a year after assuming his new post as Nixon's right-hand man, Haig was said to have played a key role in persuading the president to resign. He also suggested to President Gerald Ford that he pardon his predecessor for any crimes committed while in office - a pardon that is widely believed to have cost Ford the presidency in the 1976 against Democrat Jimmy Carter. Following Nixon's resignation, Haig stayed with the new Ford administration for about six weeks, but then returned to the military as commander in chief of US forces in Europe and supreme allied commander of NATO forces - a post he held for more than four years. He quit during the Carter administration over the handling of the Iran hostage crisis. Haig is survived by his wife of 60 years, Patricia; his children Alexander, Brian and Barbara; eight grandchildren; and his brother, the Reverent Francis R. Haig. 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AP-NY-02-20-10 1421EST ------------------- END -- OF -- ITEM ------------------- AP-APTN-1830: Georgia Funeral 4 Saturday, 20 February 2010 STORY:Georgia Funeral 4- WRAP Georgians with President attend funeral of Olympic luger LENGTH: 02:46 FIRST RUN: 1130 RESTRICTIONS: AP Clients Only TYPE: English/Natsound SOURCE: AP TELEVISION/Rustavi 2/Presidential Pool STORY NUMBER: 637786 DATELINE: Bakuriani, 20 Feb 2010 LENGTH: 02:46 AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY RUSTAVI 2 - AP CLIENTS ONLY PRESIDENTIAL POOL - AP CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST (FIRST RUN 0830 EUROPE PRIME NEWS - 20 FEBRUARY 2010) AP TELEVISION 1. Wide of village with snow-covered mountain in background (FIRST RUN 1130 NEWS UPDATE - 20 FEBRUARY 2010) AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY 2. Pan of mourners carrying flowers entering Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili's house 3. Mourners crying 4. Nodar Kumaritashvili's father, David Kumaritashvili, holding photograph of his son 5. Various of Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili arriving at Kumaritashvili's house and shaking hands with mourners (FIRST RUN 1130 NEWS UPDATE - 20 FEBRUARY 2010) PRESIDENTIAL POOL - AP CLIENTS ONLY 6. David Kumaritashvili and Saakashvili filing past Nodar Kumaritashvili's open coffin, Saakashvili stops and hugs mourner 7. Close-up of Saakashvili hugging mourner (FIRST RUN 1030 ME EUROPE PRIME NEWS - 20 FEBRUARY 2010) PRESIDENTIAL POOL - AP CLIENTS ONLY 8. Photograph of Kumaritashvili in coffin 9. Mourners filing past coffin (FIRST RUN 1130 NEWS UPDATE - 20 FEBRUARY 2010) AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY 10. Wide of mourners outside Nodar Kumaritashvili's house 11. Saakashvili walking away from house 12. SOUNDBITE (English) Sandra Roelofs, Mikhail Saakashvili's wife: "It's a big tragedy for a small community like Bakuriani from where Nodar was, and it was just starting to revive this community as a resort for winter sports, and of course this shouldn't have happened but it's hard to blame anybody. I mean an investigation is going on and we are getting all the cooperation and a lot of sympathy from people from Canada, from people all over the world." 13. Various of Kumaritashvili's open coffin being carried past mourners 14. Mourner being carried by two men (FIRST RUN 1030 ME EUROPE PRIME NEWS - 20 FEBRUARY 2010) RUSTAVI 2 - AP CLIENTS ONLY 15. Various of funeral procession 16. Kumaritashvili's open coffin being carried towards cemetery, church in background 17. Various of mourners surrounding open coffin in cemetery STORYLINE: Georgians on Saturday paid their last respects to a young luger whose death cast a pall over the opening of the 2010 Winter Olympics and sent his nation into mourning. Twenty-one-year old Nodar Kumaritashvili was buried in the cemetery of a tiny church in his hometown of Bakuriani. Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili was among the mourners who earlier filed past Kumaritashvili's open coffin in the Olympian's house. Kumaritashvili died last week after slamming into a steel pole on the luge course hours before the opening of the Vancouver Games. An investigation found that he was late in coming out of the next-to-last turn and failed to compensate. Friends and family have rejected the results of the investigation, blaming the design of the course for his death. Concerns about the course had been raised for months. Many worried that the 100 (m) million (US) dollar-plus venue was too technically demanding, and that only Canada's sliders would have enough time to adapt to it during practice. Kumaritashvili had completed only 26 runs on the Whistler course, while Canadian lugers ran the track hundreds of times. Clients are reminded: (i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: infoaparchive.com (ii) they should check with the applicable collecting society in their Territory regarding the clearance of any sound recording or performance included within the AP Television News service (iii) they have editorial responsibility for the use of all and any content included within the AP Television News service and for libel, privacy, compliance and third party rights applicable to their Territory. APTN (Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) AP-NY-02-20-10 1421EST ------------------- END -- OF -- ITEM ------------------- AP-APTN-1830: Afghanistan Offensive Saturday, 20 February 2010 STORY:Afghanistan Offensive- REPLAY Embed video of US Marines during offensive LENGTH: 01:11 FIRST RUN: 1630 RESTRICTIONS: AP Clients Only TYPE: Eng/Natsound SOURCE: AP TELEVISION STORY NUMBER: 637811 DATELINE: Marjah area - 20 Feb 2010 LENGTH: 01:11 ++CLIENTS PLEASE NOTE: THIS MATERIAL WAS SHOT BY A JOURNALIST EMBEDDED WITH THE US MARINES++ AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST: 1. Close of soldiers crouched down in field (AUDIO gunfire) 2. Soldier carrying an injured soldier on his back 3. Medevac helicopter preparing to land 4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Captain Joshua Winfrey, US Marine: " Machine gun bunkers, very well dug in and prepared fighting positions from places where we have taken fire from in previous days." 5. Various or armed soldiers 6. Soldiers crossing over creek 7. Close of soldiers' boots as he walks 8. Soldier crouched down with machine gun as man sits next to wall 9. Soldier on the other side of the wall STORYLINE US Marines and Afghan squads engaged in sustained gunfights with insurgents shooting from residential compounds where families huddled on Saturday on the eighth day of the NATO-Afghan offensive in Helmand province. But on Saturday President Hamid Karzai called on coalition troops to do more to prevent civilian deaths during their offensive on a key Taliban stronghold. During a speech at the opening session of the Afghan parliament in Kabul, Karzai said NATO's efforts to prevent civilian deaths during its operations were insufficient because innocent people keep dying. NATO said it has made progress in reducing civilian casualties and air strikes - which have been responsible for some of the largest incidents of civilian deaths. NATO forces have repeatedly said they want to prevent civilian casualties, but acknowledged that it is not always possible. NATO and Afghan troops "remain committed to reducing the possibilities of civilian and combined force casualties," the coalition said in a statement Saturday. On Saturday, NATO reported that its troops killed another civilian in Marjah, bringing the civilian death toll from the operation to at least 16. NATO troops fired on the man after he dropped a box that they believed held a bomb and started running toward them, NATO said. Afterward, they found the box contained materials that could have been used to make a bomb, but no explosive. Despite the presence of the suspicious materials, NATO categorised the dead man as a civilian. An AP Television cameraman embedded with US and Afghan troops filmed one injured soldier being carried on the back of another soldier to a nearby helicopter to be evacuated. Captain Joshua Winfrey, US Marine said that the forces had prepared machine gun bunkers in recent days to help them fight the insurgents. On Saturday, Marines and Afghan soldiers faced hours of sporadic but intense gunfights from insurgent snipers often shooting from compounds where families could be seen huddling. Troops kneeling for cover in muddy ditches were returning fire with machine guns and grenades. The massive operation in Marjah - a major southern Taliban stronghold and drug hub - is the biggest since the 2001 US-led invasion of Afghanistan. Twelve NATO troops have died so far in the offensive in Helmand province, and senior Marine officers say intelligence reports suggest more than 120 insurgents have died. 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AP-NY-02-20-10 1417EST ------------------- END -- OF -- ITEM ------------------- AP-APTN-1830: Afghanistan Lashkar Gah Saturday, 20 February 2010 STORY:Afghanistan Lashkar Gah- REPLAY Funeral of civilian who died of injuries during early days of offensive LENGTH: 01:36 FIRST RUN: 1530 RESTRICTIONS: AP Clients Only TYPE: Pashto/Natsound SOURCE: AP TELEVISION STORY NUMBER: 637795 DATELINE: Lashkar Gah - 20 February, 2010 LENGTH: 01:36 AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST 1. Wide of police vehicle and displaced Marjah residents 2. Displaced Marjah residents 3. Pan of displaced Marjah residents on back of vehicle 4. Displaced Marjah residents, including some on the back of a tractor 5. Wide of Afghan border police vehicle 6. Set-up shot of police check post commander in Marjah, Abdul Ali 7. SOUNDBITE: (Pashto) Abdul Ali, Marjah policeman "We have come here to provide security for people arriving here and in the meantime to keep an eye on and search for any suspicious and dangerous people who want to come here. We are here to look for any suspicious personalities who come here." 8. Wide of people gathered for funeral of civilian who was killed in the Marjah fighting 9. Mourners surrounding grave of civilian killed in the Marjah fighting 10. SOUNDBITE: (Pashto) Sayed Wali, victim's brother "During the fighting they attacked us and my brother was wounded. I brought him to hospital for treatment but he died, so I buried him here because I couldn't take him back to my village. There was no way and I had to bury him here. My father's body is still back there in the village, but I can not get there." 11. Men using picks and shovels to break up the ground at gravesite 12. Wide of displaced Marjah residents 13. Pan of vehicle carrying displaced Marjah residents STORYLINE Displaced Marjah residents on Saturday continued to arrive in Lashkar Gah, the capital of Helmand province, as Afghan and US forces continued their assault on the Taliban. More than nine hundred families have left their homes in Marjah to take shelter in safe places, according to a report by Helmand provincial officials. Displaced residents arrived in Lashkar Gar on the back of pick-up trucks and tractors, with police closely monitoring the new arrivals. "We have come here to provide security for people who are coming here and in the meantime to keep an eye on and search for any suspicious and dangerous people who want to come here," said Marjah policeman, Abdul Ali. Though many families have left Marjah, civilian casualities remain a concern. NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) reported on Saturday that its troops killed another civilian in Marjah, bringing the civilian death toll from the operation to at least 16. In a cemetery marked by green and white flags in Lashkar Gah, men on Saturday buried one Marjah resident who died of his injuries sustained in what his brother said was a coalition bombing three days ago. "I buried him here because I couldn't take him back to my village," the brother, Sayed Wali said. Men used picks and shovels to break up the dry ground and covered the grave with a mound of rocks. Wali said his father was also killed in the strike, and his body is back in Marjah. Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Saturday said NATO's efforts to prevent civilian deaths during its operations are not enough because innocent people keep dying. Karzai made the comments in a speech at the opening session of the Afghan parliament. The week-old operation in Marjah is a major test of a new NATO strategy that stresses protecting civilians over routing insurgents as quickly as possible. But it has proved difficult. The painstaking process of separating out innocent people from militants has also slowed troops' progress in gaining control of the town. The massive operation in Marjah - a major southern Taliban stronghold and drug hub - is the biggest since the 2001 US-led invasion of Afghanistan. Twelve NATO troops have died so far in the offensive in Helmand province, and senior Marine officers say intelligence reports suggest more than 120 insurgents have died. 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AP-NY-02-20-10 1417EST ------------------- END -- OF -- ITEM ------------------- AP-APTN-1830: Netherlands Politics 2 Saturday, 20 February 2010 STORY:Netherlands Politics 2- REPLAY Dutch PM says ruling coalition collapses in dispute over Afghan involvement LENGTH: 03:04 FIRST RUN: 1330 RESTRICTIONS: Part No Access Netherlands TYPE: Natsound/Dutch SOURCE: VARIOUS STORY NUMBER: 637769 DATELINE: Various, 20 Feb 2010/ File LENGTH: 03:04 RTL4 - NO ACCESS NETHERLANDS AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST FILE: AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY Kabul, Afghanistan - 5 September, 2002 1. Dutch ambulance vehicle 2. Various of Dutch soldiers with mounted machine gun in vehicle RTL4 - NO ACCESS NETHERLANDS The Hague, Netherlands - 20 February, 2010 3. SOUNDBITE: (Dutch) Jan Peter Balkenende, Netherlands Prime Minister: "Where there is no trust, it is difficult to work together. There is no road along which this cabinet can go further." FILE: AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY Uruzgan, Afghanistan - 27 April, 2007 PICTURES ARE FROM AP CAMERAMAN EMBEDDED WITH ISAF (INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE FORCE) TROOPS 4. Various of Dutch helicopter gunner holding machine gun 5. Wide of Dutch helicopter landing near Cherna Tu village in the Uruzgan province RTL4 - NO ACCESS NETHERLANDS The Hague, Netherlands - 20 February, 2010 6. SOUNDBITE: (Dutch) Jan Peter Balkenende, Netherlands Prime Minister:(Balkenende leaves podium and exits room) "Now is not the time nor the place to go deeper into the question of who is to blame, let alone to give a definite answer to this. I hope that you will respect this." 7. Various cutaways of news conference for Netherlands Finance Minister Wouter Bos 8. SOUNDBITE: (Dutch) Wouter Bos, Netherlands Finance Minister: "Ladies and gentlemen, this morning the Labour Party decided that it no longer can be part of the government. It was not easy to decide this. We have been fighting for a credible decision about the Dutch presence in Uruzgan and to ensure the government stuck to the plan, but we have failed in this." FILE: AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY Near Kabul - 5 July, 2003 9. Wide of Dutch flag at compound 10. Various of Dutch soldiers preparing to go on patrol RTL4 - NO ACCESS NETHERLANDS The Hague, Netherlands - 20 February, 2010 11. SOUNDBITE: (Dutch) Wouter Bos, Netherlands Finance Minister: ++(TRANSLATION NOT VERBATIM)++ "We find it a breach of trust (for the government) to decide not to leave Uruzgan when there's now no backing from parliament about leaving. This was already decided in the year 2007. Now our colleagues from CDA (Christian Democrats) and the Christian Union simply refuse to accept this reality." FILE: AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY Near Kabul, Afghanistan - 5 July, 2003 12. Various of Dutch soldiers preparing to go on patrol RTL4 - NO ACCESS NETHERLANDS The Hague, Netherlands - 20 February, 2010 13. SOUNDBITE: (Dutch) Andre Rouvoet, Netherlands Youth and Family Minister: "Yes, unfortunately this happened. I feel ashamed. Despite all things we did to prevent all of this, it just happened." 14. SOUNDBITE: (Dutch) Eimert van Middelkoop, Netherlands Defence Minister: "Indeed, this is very painful. Together with fellow ministers Maxime Verhagen and Bert Koenders we have done good things in Uruzgan. This is all over now and that's hurting me tremendously." FILE: AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY Near Kabul, Afghanistan - 5 July, 2003 15. Close up of Dutch flag STORYLINE: The Netherlands coalition government led by Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende collapsed early on Saturday morning, after the two largest parties failed to agree on the withdrawal of Dutch troops from Afghanistan. The fall of the government in the EU member country leaves the future of its 1,600 soldiers fighting there uncertain. Balkenende, of the centre-right Christian Democratic Alliance, said the Labour Party had been unwilling to compromise on a scheduled withdrawal date. "Where there is no trust, it is difficult to work together. There is no road along which this cabinet can go further," he told reporters after a marathon 16-hour cabinet meeting that ended close to dawn on Saturday. Dutch soldiers have been deployed since 2006 in the southern Afghan province of Uruzgan on a two-year stint that was extended until next August. Balkenende's party wanted to keep a trimmed-down military presence in the restive province, where 21 Dutch soldiers have been killed, but Labour was adamant that the Dutch troops leave Uruzgan as scheduled. Labour Party leader and Netherlands Finance Minister Wouter Bos told reporters on Saturday his party had decided it could no longer be part of the government. "We have been fighting for a credible decision about the Dutch presence in Uruzgan and to ensure the government stuck to the plan, but we have failed in this," he said. "We find it a breach of trust (for the government) to decide not to leave Uruzgan when there's now no backing from parliament about leaving," he added. The resignation of the Labour Party leaves the Balkenende government with just 47 seats in the 150-member parliament. Balkenende, 53, made no mention of elections but said his party would continue in office with the small Christian Union party. His minority cabinet would continue as a caretaker government until a new coalition is formed, which could take months of political bargaining following an election. An early election is expected. By law it must be held within 83 days and by custom it is on a Wednesday, so the vote is likely May 11. The Dutch debate comes as opinion polls in many troop-providing European countries indicate growing public opposition to sending more soldiers to Afghanistan amid a global financial crisis and shrinking defence budgets. In the Netherlands, opinion polls suggest the Afghan war is deeply unpopular. Clients are reminded: (i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: infoaparchive.com (ii) they should check with the applicable collecting society in their Territory regarding the clearance of any sound recording or performance included within the AP Television News service (iii) they have editorial responsibility for the use of all and any content included within the AP Television News service and for libel, privacy, compliance and third party rights applicable to their Territory. APTN APEX 02-20-10 1622EST ------------------- END -- OF -- ITEM ------------------- AP-APTN-1830: Mideast Hamas 3 Saturday, 20 February 2010 STORY:Mideast Hamas 3- EDIT Hamas legislator accuses Mossad of killing of al-Mabhouh LENGTH: 01:12 FIRST RUN: 1830 RESTRICTIONS: AP Clients Only TYPE: Arabic/Natsound SOURCE: AP TELEVISION STORY NUMBER: 637815 DATELINE: Gaza City, 20 Feb 2010 LENGTH: 01:12 AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST (FIRST RUN 1430 ME EUROPE PRIME NEWS - 20 FEBRARY, 2010) 1. Wide of media conference 2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Salah Bardawil, Hamas legislator: "Before leaving Damascus, the martyr (Mahmoud) al-Mabhouh had called his brothers and family in Gaza, telling them that he would be in Dubai at a certain time and staying at such-and-such hotel. And so the tapping of mobile phones and communication devices, and then the online booking of an airline ticket and hotel reservation through the internet - all of these are gateways, at the present time when everything is controlled by technology, to reach and watch the movements of anybody." 3. Cutaway of cameraman (FIRST RUN 1730 NEWS UPDATE - 20 FEBRUARY, 2010) 4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Salah Bardawil, Hamas legislator: "We hold the Zionist Mossad direct responsibility for the assassination of martyr Mabhouh on Arab land; and they should bear all the consequences for this crime sooner or later." 5. Bardawil leaves news conference STORYLINE: A Hamas legislator said on Saturday that Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, a Hamas official assassinated during a visit to Dubai, made himself vulnerable by booking his trip on the internet. Speaking in Gaza City, Hamas legislator Salah Bardawil suggested to a news conference that the slain man, Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, took a risk by informing his Gaza family by telephone at which hotel he would be staying. "Before leaving Damascus, the martyr (Mahmoud) al-Mabhouh had called his brothers and family in Gaza, telling them that he would be in Dubai at a certain time and staying at such-and-such hotel," Bardawil said. "And so the tapping of mobile phones and communication devices, and then the online booking of an airline ticket and hotel reservation through the internet - all of these are gateways, at the present time when everything is controlled by technology, to reach and watch the movements of anybody," he added. But Al-Mabhouh's brother, Fayek, denied the phone leak, saying the slain operative didn't reveal any details regarding his reservations or other travel plans. The Syria-based al-Mabhouh was found dead in a Dubai hotel January 20. Bardawil said Hamas held Israel's Mossad spy agency "direct responsibility" for the assassination. "They should bear all the consequences for this crime sooner or later," he added. Israel has declined to confirm or deny Mossad's involvement, offering only vague statements that deflect the issue amid international pressure over the alleged use of European passports by Israeli agents. Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon said on Saturday there was no evidence that Israel was involved in the killing. Dubai police have blamed Mossad and named 11 suspects who apparently travelled to Dubai on European passports. Two Palestinians also are being held in Dubai on suspicion they helped the assassins. 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APTN APEX 02-20-10 1620EST ------------------- END -- OF -- ITEM ------------------- AP-APTN-1830: Niger Coup 3 Saturday, 20 February 2010 STORY:Niger Coup 3- CORRECTION Demo in support of coup ADDS ECOWAS meeting with Junta LENGTH: 03:05 FIRST RUN: 1730 RESTRICTIONS: AP Clients Only TYPE: French/Natsound SOURCE: AP TELEVISION STORY NUMBER: 637812 DATELINE: Niamey - 19/20 Feb 2010 LENGTH: 03:05 ++CORRECTION: PLEASE NOTE: SHOT SOUNDBITE LISTED AS SHOT 6 WAS INCORRECTLY IDENTIFIED AS NIGERIAN LEADER ABDULSALAMI ABUBAKAR - THE CORRECT NAME IS MADICKE NIANG, SENEGALESE FOREIGN MINISTER++ AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST: (FIRST RUN 1730 NEWS UPDATE, FEBRUARY 20 2010) 1. Salou Djibo, junta leader shaking hands with former Nigerian leader Abdulsalami Abubakar 2. Cutaway of officer 3. Salou shaking hands with Senegalese Foreign Minister Madicke Niang 4. Cutaway of officer 5. Djibo shaking hands with Mohammed Ibn Chambas, outgoing president of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) ++NIGHT SHOTS++ 6. SOUNDBITE: (French) Madicke Niang, Senegalese Foreign Minister: "We are waiting for the results that everyone is waiting for, the results for the transition, to push for a new constitution and for the organisation of new elections in order to install stability for Niger definitively." 7. Wide shot of delegates at night (FIRST RUN 1230 EUROPE PRIME NEWS - 20 FEBRUARY 2010) ++DAY SHOTS++ 8. Wide of junta supporters and officers from the junta standing on the back of a pick-up truck 9. SOUNDBITE (French) Adamou Harouna, spokesperson for the junta: "The army loves the people and will always stand beside Niger. We thank you." 10. Military personnel with machine guns standing on the back of military vehicle - UPSOUND music and crowd cheering 11. Wide of crowd 12. Military pick-up truck driving through the crowds 13. Close of Harouna inside car waving to the crowds 14. Crowds cheering 15. Various of crowds running in the street UPSOUND (French) "Long live the army." 16. Military vehicle driving down the road (FIRST RUN 1030 ME EUROPE PRIME NEWS - 20 FEBRUARY 2010) 17. Wide of pro-junta supporters gathered at a rally in the centre of Niamey 18. Various of people holding banners supporting the military junta 19. SOUNDBITE: (French) Niamey resident and pro junta supporter, Vox pop Non verbatim. "This is for the restoration of democracy. Tandja (referring to President Mamadou Tandja) did not respect the constitution, he has attacked the republic - so we are very happy with the military." 20. Various of pro-junta supporters celebrating STORYLINE: A delegation from a 15-nation African regional bloc urged Niger's new military junta on Saturday to hold elections as soon as possible and restore civilian rule after a coup ousted the uranium-rich West African's dictatorial president. The ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) delegation, led by former Nigerian leader Abdulsalami Abubakar, who is mediating the crisis, arrived overnight to press for a peaceful transition. Speaking to reporters in Niamey, Abdulsalami Abubakar said: "We are waiting for the results that everyone is waiting, the results for the transition to push for a new constitution and for the organisation of new elections in order to install stability for Niger definitively." During the day, thousands of people rallied in the sun-blasted streets at a downtown roundabout, cramming around army trucks mounted with anti-aircraft guns in a show of support for the junta which toppled Mamadou Tandja Thursday after he stayed in office months past his legal mandate. "The army loves the people and will always stand beside Niger," leading junta member, Captain Djibril Adamou Harouna told the crowd. "We wanted to come here today to thank you for your support." The military turned against Tandja two days ago, raking the presidential palace with gunfire in a brazen daylight raid that saw the ousted leader whisked to a military barracks outside the capital. Hours later, the soldiers swiftly announced a junta was in charge led by Salou Djibo, a little known commander of a platoon just outside the city. The coup - which left several soldiers dead when presidential guards exchanged fire with mutineers - has been condemned by the UN and foreign governments. But many in the capital, at least, expressed relief that Tandja had finally been removed from the political scene. The junta has vowed to turn Niger into "an example of democracy." But the country's new rulers have yet to pledge a new ballot and have not said how long they will hold power. The continent-wide African Union suspended Niger on Friday, calling on its leaders to restore the constitution that had been in force before Tandja overran it. Tandja had grown deeply unpopular here after pushing through a referendum in August that replaced the country's former constitution with a new one that removed a ban on how many times he could run for president. It also gave him greatly boosted powers and an unprecedented three-year extension of his rule before another round of elections could be held. Tandja's attempt to stay in power prompted ECOWAS to suspend Niger from its ranks, and the US and Europe cut off aid to the uranium-rich nation. Resumption of aid is likely dependent on the nation holding new elections. There are fears the latest coup could further isolate the country. 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APTN APEX 02-20-10 1856EST ------------------- END -- OF -- ITEM ------------------- AP-APTN-1830: ++Portugal Floods Saturday, 20 February 2010 STORY:++Portugal Floods- NEW Dozens reported killed by floods and mudslides LENGTH: 02:55 FIRST RUN: 1830 RESTRICTIONS: NO ACCESS PORTUGAL TYPE: Natsound SOURCE: RTP STORY NUMBER: 637816 DATELINE: Madeira - 20 Feb 2010 LENGTH: 02:55 RTP - NO ACCESS PORTUGAL SHOTLIST: ++AUDIO AS INCOMING+++ 1. Heavy torrent of muddy water flowing down the road 2. Various of flooded canals and streets 3. Car surrounded by flood debris, tilt-up to floodwater 4. Fire engine trapped against tree 5. Pan from floodwaters to people watching 6. Pan of surging floodwaters 7. People trying to clear debris in muddy water 8. Pull out of water rushing down street 9. Pull out of car in flooded tunnel, pan to flooded street 10. Various of flooded roads and rain from inside car 11. Pan of people watching floods on sea front 12. Various of surging floodwaters 13. Surging floodwaters, zoom in to car trapped in torrent 14. Wide of car trapped in torrent 15. Pull out of surging floodwaters under bridge STORYLINE: Flooding and landslides swept away cars and knocked down houses as a violent storm killed at least 32 people on Saturday on the Portuguese island of Madeira, a news agency reported. The Lusa agency quoted the vice president of the Madeira regional government, Joao Cunha e Silva, as saying another 68 people have been hospitalised in the island's main city, Funchal. Madeira is the main island of a Portuguese archipelago of the same name, in the Atlantic off the northwest coast of Africa. Floods tore down houses as the storm hit early on Saturday. Roads were blocked by fallen trees and rocks carried by flood waters, and some bridges were also downed, Lusa said. Phone lines were knocked out, forcing emergency rescue services to appeal over local radio stations for off-duty doctors and nurses to report for duty. Local authorities called in employees to operate heavy machinery like bulldozers to clear roads and remove debris. People in low-lying areas of Funchal fled as flood waters rose, Lusa said. Madeira regional president Alberto Joao Jardim spoke to European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso, who is Portuguese, to appeal for emergency aid from the European Union. Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates promised that help would be sent from the Portuguese mainland. 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APTN APEX 02-20-10 1609EST ------------------- END -- OF -- ITEM ------------------- AP-APTN-1830: Ukraine Tymoshenko Saturday, 20 February 2010 STORY:Ukraine Tymoshenko- REPLAY Ukraine's embattled PM withdraws court appeal of presidential vote results LENGTH: 01:25 FIRST RUN: 1230 RESTRICTIONS: No Access Russia TYPE: Natsound/Ukranian SOURCE: RU-RTR STORY NUMBER: 637796 DATELINE: Kiev, 20 Feb 2010 LENGTH: 01:25 RU-RTR - NO ACCESS RUSSIA SHOTLIST: 1. Wide of Ukraine Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in the court 2. Close up of Tymoshenko 3. Wide pan Tymoshenko walking back to her seat 4. Various of people in court chamber 5. Mid of Tymoshenko in the crowd 6. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Yulia Tymoshenko, Ukraine Prime Minister: "I have recalled my appeal and asked the court to stop this action, which has nothing to do with justice. And now we are waiting for this decision" 7. Wide of judges leaving the court STORYLINE: Ukraine's embattled Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has withdrawn her legal challenge to the results of the country's presidential election. In an address to Ukraine's Administrative Court on Saturday, Tymoshenko said she saw "no sense to further consider the appeal". Her decision came after the court refused to consider the documents she claims show the falsification of some of the results in the February 7 poll. Tymoshenko lost the presidential run-off to pro-Russian opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych by a narrow margin of just 3.5 percentage points. She had refused to concede and was urging a full re-count, claiming more than one million (m) votes were falsified or miscounted. "I have recalled my appeal and asked the court to stop this action, which has nothing to do with justice. And now we are waiting for this decision," Tymoshenko told reporters at the end of her court appearance. One of the judges said the court would accept the withdrawal. Later Tymoshenko told reporters that she couldn't win in Ukraine's tainted justice system. Unlike past elections in Ukraine, international observers deemed the 2010 election free and fair. Western leaders, including President Barack Obama, have congratulated Yanukovych on his victory. Tymoshenko led the 2004 Orange Revolution, which lead to a court's overturning Yanukovych's presidential election victory that year. At that time, the court ordered a re-run that was won by her ally, Viktor Yushchenko. 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AP-NY-02-20-10 1424EST ------------------- END -- OF -- ITEM ------------------- AP-APTN-1830: Jordan Anglican Saturday, 20 February 2010 STORY:Jordan Anglican- REPLAY Archbishop of Canterbury visits baptismal site on the Jordan River LENGTH: 02:04 FIRST RUN: 1530 RESTRICTIONS: AP Clients Only TYPE: Eng/Nats SOURCE: AP TELEVISION STORY NUMBER: 637806 DATELINE: Jordan River - 20 Feb 2010 LENGTH: 02:04 AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST: 1. Wide shot of highway to baptism site 2. Sign in Arabic reading "Baptism Site" 3. Wide of baptism site 4. Christian cross on hill 5. Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams arriving at the baptism site to lay cornerstone of an Anglican church 6. Wide of crowds walking toward the site of the church 7. Various shots of Williams praying at the site 8. Wide of crowd 9. Various shots of prayer ceremony 10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury "The Baptism of Jesus is one of the things that holds all Christians together. We all celebrate this. We're all baptised so we all share something here. So the potential of this site as a place of meeting and reconciliation for Christians is very great and that's why it's such a joy to be here." 11. Wide shot of the River Jordan 12. SOUNDBITE: (English) Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury "I think it's important that Christians should keep coming here and should keep encouraging their fellow Christians here on the ground. And of course there should be free access for all believers to all the holy places, something which people of all faiths have long agreed." 13. Wide shot of crowds walking at baptism site STORYLINE: The British Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams expressed concern on Saturday about the eroding Christian presence in the Holy Land at the start of a four- day pilgrimage to the region. Williams, the spiritual leader of the Anglican communion worldwide, was surrounded by hundreds of faithful at the River Jordan to dedicate the cornerstone of an Anglican church to be built at the baptismal site, where Christian tradition says Jesus was baptised by John the Baptist. "We're all baptised so we all share something here. So the potential of this site as a place of meeting and reconciliation for Christians is very great and that's why it's such a joy to be here," he said. Williams said he is worried deeply about the dwindling numbers of Christians in the Mideast, and stressed that it was the church's duty to support Christians who face hardship due to regional conflicts. He added it was extremely important for Christians to keep coming to the holy sites such as the River Jordan and that believers of all faiths should be granted free access to them. Williams is also expected to visit Gaza and the West Bank, after travelling to Jerusalem for meetings with the Chief Rabbinate of Israel as part of an interfaith dialogue. Christians make up only about 5 percent of Jordan's six (m) million people, and have a minor presence in most other countries in the Mideast. Clients are reminded: (i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: infoaparchive.com (ii) they should check with the applicable collecting society in their Territory regarding the clearance of any sound recording or performance included within the AP Television News service (iii) they have editorial responsibility for the use of all and any content included within the AP Television News service and for libel, privacy, compliance and third party rights applicable to their Territory. 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