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EUROPE LATE +MidEast Cabinet 2 2:30 APTN Clients Only WRAP adds Arafat with Abbas, Dahlan and Suleiman ++Basra Oil 2:30 APTN Clients Only NEW Oil flow restored from southern oil fields +Karbala Pilgrims 4 3:02 APTN Clients Only WRAP Adds senior Shia leader calling for US troops to leave Iraq Iraq Garner Wrap 3:45 APTN Clients Only WRAP Garner visits Irbil, meets KDP leader, briefing SIraq Hoon 2:30 APTN Clients Only NEW UK Defence Min Hoon tours southern towns +Baghdad Politics 2 2:30 APTN Clients Only WRAP Demos, self proclaimed governor, Jamal's brother ++Russia NKorea 2:31 APTN Clients Only NEW Foreign Minister Ivanov comments on talks WHO SARS 2:03 See Script REPLAY WHO warns against travel to Toronto, Beijing, Shanxi province Australia Refugees 1:57 No Australia/Internet REPLAY Vietnam refugees head for Australia after being turned away by Indonesia Cyprus Travel 2 2:29 No Access Cyprus WRAP Adds soundbites to crowds at checkpoint following lifting of travel restrictions UK NIreland 2:23 Part No UK/Ireland/CNNi/Euronews/Net REPLAY Blair says IRA hasn't made a clear commitment to lasting peace Russia Human Traffic 1:40 No Access Russia REPLAY People smuggling ring is busted by authorities Afghan Tournament 2:26 APTN Clients Only NEW French ISAF troops in sports tournament to mark St George's Day 11:00:33 Mideast Wrap TORY: +MidEast Cabinet 2 - WRAP adds Arafat with Abbas, Dahlan and Suleiman LENGTH: 3:01 FIRST RUN: 1500 RESTRICTIONS: APTN Clients Only TYPE: Arabic/Nat SOURCE: APTN STORY NUMBER: 372380 DATELINE: Ramallah - April 23 2003 SHOTLIST: (First Run 1350 F-L-A-S-H, 23 April 2003) 1. Egyptian intelligence chief Omar Suleiman (dark glasses) entering car park with Palestinian prime minister-designate, Mahmoud Abbas (light jacket and grey hair) and former Gaza strongman Mohammed Dahlan (wearing sports jacket and black shirt); getting into cars 2. Convoy of cars leaving car-park at Abbas' residence (First Run 1500 Europe Late, 23 April 2003) 3. Crowd of officials and security around Mahmoud Abbas and Suleiman as they enter Yasser Arafat's headquarters (First Run 1350 F-L-A-S-H, 23 April 2003) 4. Dahlan walking past camera (First Run 1500 Europe Late, 23 April 2003) 5. Crowd around Dahlan as he enters Arafat's headquarters 6. Wide shot Arafat (centre) holding hands with Mahmoud Abbas (left) and Suleiman (right) seated at table 7. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Yasser Arafat, Palestinian Leader: (OVERLAID PREVIOUS SHOT) "We are very proud of (Egyptian President) Hosni Mubarak's friendship and brotherhood, with his minister Omar Suleiman and we appreciate their efforts, carried out over such a long time. We all here thank President Mubarak for his effort here and we are together for Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Jerusalem." 8. Close-up of Suleiman, pulls out to wide 9. Abbas, pulls out 10. Media and cameras outside headquarters STORYLINE: Yasser Arafat and his prime minister-designate, Mahmoud Abbas, on Wednesday ended their bitter standoff over the formation of a new Cabinet, removing a major obstacle to the presentation of a US-backed peace plan. Arafat had challenged several Abbas appointments, particularly that of former Gaza strongman Mohammed Dahlan to a key security post. However, at the root of the conflict had been the Palestinian leader's reluctance to share power with Abbas, who has the backing of international Middle East mediators. The agreement was brokered by Egyptian intelligence chief Omar Suleiman, who shuttled between the offices of Arafat and Abbas throughout the day on Wednesday, racing against the midnight deadline. Arafat announced an end to the standoff at his headquarters on Wednesday afternoon, sitting at the Cabinet table, flanked by Suleiman and Abbas. The Palestinian leader, known for his theatrical gestures, held hands with the two men as he said the argument had been put to rest. Dahlan also sat at the table. The outlines of the Egyptian-brokered deal were not immediately known an the Cabinet list was to be announced later on Wednesday. It still requires approval of the 88-member parliament. The Palestinian parliament speaker, Ahmed Qureia, said he would convene the legislature for a vote within a week, possibly next Sunday or Monday. By law, Abbas has the sole authority to form the Cabinet, but in practice needs Arafat's approval. The Cabinet requires the approval of parliament, where the ruling Fatah party, which had sided with Arafat in this showdown, commands a solid majority. It remained unclear whether Abbas' Cabinet would win approval. ***************************************************************** 11:03:56 Karbala Wrap 11:04:06 pilgrims STORY: +Karbala Pilgrims 4 - WRAP Adds senior Shia leader calling for US troops to leave Iraq LENGTH: 3:02 FIRST RUN: 1300 RESTRICTIONS: APTN Clients Only TYPE: Arabic/Nat SOURCE: APTN STORY NUMBER: 372374 DATELINE: Karbala - April 23 2003 SHOTLIST: (First Run 0450 GMT F-L-A-S-H, 23 April 2003) 1. Wide shot of pilgrims at Hussein's shrine 2. Mid shot, Hussein's shrine with pilgrims outside 3. Man speaking through megaphone 4. Various shots of crowd listening 5. Mid shot of pilgrims marching 6. Various shots of crowd with raised arms and chanting 7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ali Malegi, clergyman of the Religious School in Karbala: "There are two options for the new government in Iraq. If this government is appointed by the Americans, it's going to be a disaster for the Iraqi people and maybe not very good for the surrounding countries. But if the Iraqis elect their own government, it's going to be fair for the Iraqi people and for surrounding countries." (First Run 0715 GMT Asia Pacific Late, 23 April 2003) 8. Wide shot of pilgrims in front of Hussein's shrine 9. Various shots of pilgrims marching (First Run 0900 GMT Americas, 23 April 2003) 10. Various wide shots of pilgrims marching 11. Pilgrims carrying signs: "No to America" 12. Pilgrims carrying signs: "Yes to the people's opinion" 13. Ali Mousawi, a Shi'a clergyman marching and talking through a megaphone 14. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Ali Mousawi, Shi'a Clergyman: "We know the Americans' aim in Iraq and we are against any government imposed by the Americans. We prayed to get rid of Saddam Hussein and this happened. We will not accept any government unless it is elected by the Iraqi people" 15. Various shots of pilgrims with blood on them, beating their heads, chanting (First Run 1500 GMT Europe Late, 23 April 2003) 15. Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim sitting at press conference 16. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, leader of the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution of Iraq: "The presence of the American troops in Iraq is not acceptable or justified by the Iraqis and the slogans raised by the protestors today were very curious. and also look at the the great ceremonies in Karbala" 17. Cutaway, cameraman STORYLINE: The exiled leader of the biggest Iraqi opposition group called on Iraqis to converge in the Shi'ite holy city of Karbala to oppose a US-led interim administration and defend Iraq's independence. Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, leader of the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution of Iraq, chose the southern Iraqi city because of its connections to Hussein, the grandson of Islam's Prophet Muhammad and one of Shiite Islam's most revered heroes. "The presence of the American troops in Iraq is not acceptable or justified by the Iraqis and the slogans raised by the protestors today were very curious," said al-Hakim An estimated one (m) million Shi'ite Muslims marched to Karbala's holy shrine, celebrating their freedom from years of repression by Saddam Hussein's regime. Swaying and chanting, some pilgrims were bleeding from self-inflicted head wounds of ritual mourning Pilgrims, many with heads bleeding and limping from long journeys in 90-degree (32 degree Celsius) heat, pressed up against each other on Tuesday on roads. Despite bitter internal differences the Shi'ites, who represent 60 percent of Iraq's 24 (m) million people, organisers were able to coordinate the event that has, so far, passed without violence. On Wednesday morning the pilgrims were marching on the streets of Karbala and were seen at Hussein's shrine. Anti American sentiment was clearly visible, with protest signs reading: "No to America" and "We refuse guardianship and occupation." "We prayed to get rid of Saddam Hussein and this happened. We will not accept any government unless it is elected by the Iraqi people," said Ali Mousawi, a Shi'a clergyman. Meanwhile, the exiled leader of the biggest Iraqi opposition group called on Iraqis to converge in the Shiite holy city of Karbala to oppose a US-led interim administration and defend Iraq's independence. Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, leader of the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution of Iraq, chose the southern Iraqi city and the date - next Tuesday - because of their connections to Hussein, the grandson of Islam's Prophet Muhammad and one of Shiite Islam's most revered heroes. "I call on Iraqis to converge in Karbala to oppose any sort of foreign domination and support establishment of an Iraqi government that protects freedom, independence and justice for all Iraqis," al-Hakim was quoted by state-run Tehran television as saying Thursday. Council spokesman Abu Eslam al-Saqir confirmed the call had been issued. "To the Iraqi people, U.S. domination is no better than the dictatorship of the ousted brutal regime of Saddam Hussein," al-Saqir told The Associated Press. Al-Hakim will return to Iraq soon, his younger brother told The Associated Press, a move that could galvanize his followers. U.S. officials have expressed strong concerns about Al-Hakim's Supreme Council, claiming it is supported by the Iranian government and fearing it wants to create an Iranian-style Islamic government in Iraq. The Supreme Council - which claims thousands of its fighters are ready to take up arms - boycotted this week's meeting of Iraqi opposition groups to begin planning for Iraq's future government, charging the U.S. role as organizer "harms Iraq's independence." The meeting called in Karbala would mark the 40th day after the anniversary of the death of Hussein, who is seen by Shiites as a symbol of freedom who sacrificed himself to resist corruption and tyranny. He was killed in a battle on the plains of Karbala in A.D. 680, and his tomb is in the city. Shiite Muslims traditionally gather to mark the 40th day after a death. Also Thursday, al-Hakim's younger brother said the ayatollah will soon return to Iraq. "He will be in Iraq when the time is suitable and we are waiting for that," Abdul Aziz al-Hakim told the AP in Kut, Iraq, where the council has set up offices, some 40 miles from the Iranian border. Al-Hakim's return would be a critical moment in attempts to form a post-Saddam Hussein government. It would command the attention of the majority Shiite population, oppressed for years by minority Sunni Muslims from Saddam's Baath party. The younger Hakim was greeted by thousands of people in Kut, where he said he was visiting to prepare for his brother's return after 23 years in exile. Analysts say al-Hakim's appeal to religious feeling and imagery is reminiscent of the tactics used by the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini ahead of the 1979 Iranian Revolution. "Al-Hakim is resorting to tactics used by Iran's religious leaders in the '70s to topple the pro-U.S. shah: provoking people's religious sentiments and winning their hearts," said leading Iranian political commentator Davoud Hermidas Bavand. Al-Hakim's brother said his group would work with other opposition parties in the new Iraq. "I don't know why America is scared of us, we don't want to make a revolution, but we want to create safety and stability in Iraq," he said at council headquarters in Kut. "We are looking forward to establishing a democratic Iraqi government chosen by the people themselves." The Supreme Council's military wing, the Badr Corps, has thousands of fighters already in Iraq able to go to battle at the call of religious leaders, said Hakim, who is the corps' leader. He said the forces - who are lightly armed, but may have acquired heavier weaponry since the war - have been ordered not to fight U.S. forces. The fighters will go into action "when the people are in real danger," Hakim said, and will "stand side-by-side with the people and help them stabilize the country." ***************************************************************** 11:07:10 Baghdad Chalibi 11:08:48 SOT: "...no one should lay claim, people are not prepared to follow and obey...not legally constituted..." STORY: ++Baghdad Chalabi - NEW INC chairman discusses Iraqi sovereignty LENGTH: 2:02 FIRST RUN: 1500 RESTRICTIONS: APTN Clients Only TYPE: English/Nat SOURCE: PTV STORY NUMBER: 372381 DATELINE: Baghdad - April 23 2003 SHOTLIST: 1. US Humvee driving through the gates of compound 2. Ahmad Chalabi, leader of the Iraqi National Congress arriving 3. SOUNDBITE (English) Ahmad Chalabi, leader of Iraqi National Congress: "We are victorious with the exit of Saddam, but Iraqis don't like foreign troops on their territory and we want to be sovereign of our territory. And we want to exercise sovereignty over our territory. And we will build democracy on this basis. The United States does not want to occupy Iraq. We are grateful to President Bush for helping us to liberate ourselves and we will have established democratic institutions and there will be an orderly exit of coalition troops from Iraq after that." 4. Wide shot compound 5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ahmad Chalabi, leader of Iraqi National Congress: "No one must usurp political authority. No one must usurp administrative authority and I believe that now the coalition is responsible for the public safety, for the security, for getting infrastructure projects started, so in that respect I think that no-one should lay claim to authority unilaterally; it will back fire quickly on people because people are simply not prepared to follow and obey civil authority or police authority which is not legally constituted." 6. Wide shot cars driving past exterior of compound STORYLINE: The leader of the US backed Iraqi National Congress, said on Wednesday that coalition troops would leave Iraq after the establishment of democratic institutions in the country. Speaking from Baghdad, Ahmad Chalabi said that while Iraqis were grateful to the US administration for helping to oust Saddam Hussein's regime, they did not like foreign troops on their land. He cautioned that no one group must attempt to claim political power as the Iraqi population were not prepared to follow a government that was not legally constituted. Chalabi was speaking from his compound, formerly the hunting club of Uday Hussein, which is being fortified by US troops. Chalabi, who left Iraq in 1958 and returned to Baghdad last week with US help, has been promoted by some in Washington as a possible political leader. However Chalabi maintains that he has no political ambitions in Iraq. *************************************************************** 11:09:26 Basra Oil 11:09:30 oil spraying up from a pond 11:09:41 close-up shot of oil 11:09:47 great shot of oil splshing with refinery in the background 11:10:00 troops, soldiers at refinery 11:10:13 soldiers walking around refinery 11:10:24 soldier pouring oil into plastic bottle 11:10:48 soldier holds up bottle of oil and people clap 11:11:02 sot: this is going to go a long ways to alieviate some of the problems they have right now 11:11:22 SOT: "...This is for the Iraqi people, none of this will be exported, the system itself is not fully up yet..." 11:12:05 Iraqis working on oil refinery 11:12:40 shot of tower with flames coming out at refinery 11:12:51 sot with iraqi (in arabic) STORY: ++Basra Oil - NEW Oil flow restored from southern oil fields LENGTH: 3:50 FIRST RUN: 1500 RESTRICTIONS: APTN Clients Only TYPE: English/Arabic/ Nat SOURCE: APTN STORY NUMBER: 372376 DATELINE: Basra/Rumeila - April 23 2003 SHOTLIST: Gas-oil separation plant, Rumeila oil field, south of Basra 1. Various of oil gushing from ground 2. Oil gushing from well in foreground, gas flares from oil wells in background 3. Oil surges up from well 4. US General Robert Crear and other US army officials entering gas-oil separation plant 5. General Crear walks up to workers at plant 6. Various of Crear going to pipeline and filling bottle with crude oil, people applaud 7. Close up of oil-filled bottle in Crear's hand 8. SOUNDBITE: (English) General Robert Crear, US Army: "This is going to go a long way to alleviate some of the problems they have right now and also brings a sense of normalcy back to the Iraqi people, they really deserve this." Question: How would you respond to critics who say that America only fought this war to get its hands on Iraqi oil?" Crear: "I would say they couldn't be any further from the truth. This is for the Iraqi people, that's why we're doing this. I think you can see for yourselves none of this would be exported, right now the concern is domestic and that's the production that we have brought on line. The system itself is not fully up yet but we've figured out a way to do it in such a way to alleviate some of the suffering, or prevent some of the suffering that could happen without an adequate supply of oil for domestic consumption." Basra oil refinery 9. Various of Iraqi workers spinning wheel on pipeline 10. Various of Iraqi workers welding pipes 11. Various of refinery Gas-oil separation plant, Rumeila oil field, south of Basra 12. Various of Crear talking to US private oil contractor (wearing sunglasses) 13. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Issa Ashur, Iraqi oil worker: "We're very limited in what we are doing right now, we can't touch anything unless we get orders to do so. We're just a tool now." 14. Various of gas flares burning from oil wells STORYLINE: Iraqi oil began flowing again on Wednesday for the first time since US-led forces toppled the regime of Saddam Hussein. Coalition forces, aided by Iraqi oil workers, fired up a gas-oil separation plant that sent oil to a pumping station and storage tank in Zubayr, outside the key southern city of Basra. Officials had planned to pump the oil to a refinery, but unexploded ordnance near the pipeline made that unfeasible on Wednesday. US General Robert Crear, who is in charge of restoring Iraq's oil infrastructure, said the development marked the return of normality for the Iraqi people. Within six to 15 weeks, Iraq's southern Rumeila oil field, one of the country's largest, could be producing up to 1.1 (m) million barrels a day, Crear said. Workers said production at Rumeila had been shut off just before the start of the war on March 20. Money from renewed sales of exported oil is expected to be the major source of income in helping Iraq rebuild after three wars and more than a decade of economic sanctions. Despite the presence of US oil contractors at the site, Crear denied that America wanted to divert Iraqi oil for its own use. **************************************************************** 11:13:25 Iraq Garner Wrap 11:13:40 chooper is landing 11:13:43 Iraqi children waiting with flowers 11:13:52 Garner walking across runway 11:13:59 Garner hugs and kisses 11:14:08 throwing flowers on Chalabi 11:14:18 children giving him more flowers 11:14:24 truck convoy 11:14:28 line waiting and clapping 11:14:37 giving him more flowers 11:14:41 singing for Chalabi 11:14:55 Garner greeting the school children 11:15:07 little gilr kisses Garner in crowd 11:15:37 Garner sits down at presser 11:15:43 Garner SOT: many, many Iraqis that tell us they're glad we're here...we're only going to stay here long enough to start a democratic govt..." 11:16:17 "I think security is getting better everyday...I have a good feeling about this...I think security is getting better, public service is getting better..." 11:17:00 "...mosaic of ethnic culture...he was in full agreement ***************************************************************************************************************** 11:17:27 S Iraq Hoon 11:17:32 chopper landing at base 11:17:54 greeting soldiers 11:18:09 getting a tour of supplies 11:18:24 display 11:18:28 sot: "the Iraqi people and that's what we're working towards...we're now, like we have for many weeks...provide assistance, as we undertake, rebuilding Iraqi society, because we want Iraq to be run by its own people....the efforts are being made across the board..." 11:19:49 looking at a mosaic of Saddam Hussein 11:20:06 shaking hands with some UK soldiers 11:20:41 playing sports STORY: SIraq Hoon - REPLAY UK Defence Min Hoon tours southern towns LENGTH: 3:14 FIRST RUN: 1350 RESTRICTIONS: APTN Clients Only TYPE: English/Nat SOURCE: MoD Pool STORY NUMBER: 372366 DATELINE: Umm Qasr/ Basra, April 23, 2003 SHOTLIST: Umm Qasr 1. Wide of docks 2. Hoon's helicopter lands 3. Hoon met by British military 4. Various of Hoon with soldiers 5. Confiscated military ordnance 6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Geoff Hoon, British Defence Minister: "Our ambition is to ensure that Iraq is for the Iraqi people, that is what we are working towards. Obviously, there are a number of stages along the way. We have completed by and large the first main stage, we are now, as you see here, as we've been for many weeks, in the process of supplying humanitarian assistance and help to the Iraqi people as we preserve security in this part of Iraq. That work will go on as we undertake as well in parallel the process of rebuilding Iraqi society. It's something we're absolutely committed towards, because we want Iraq to be run by its own people." 7. Cutaway 8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Geoff Hoon, British Defence Secretary: "There are any number of stories coming in now as to where he might have been, but obviously the efforts are being made across the board to arrest those responsible for the appalling regime here, above all else Saddam Hussein. We are seeing day by day successes as we capture more of those to blame and we go on with that effort." 9. British military watching from boat 10. Soldier with Saddam mural 11. Hoon and Saddam mural 12. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Vox pop: "My feeling is just like any other Arab, since the British came here we've felt a bit safer." Basra 12. Geoff Hoon greets soldiers of Royal Fusiliers 13. Close up Fusiliers and Desert Rats logo 14. Mid shot soldiers 15. Soldiers playing football STORYLINE: British Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon toured the key port city of Umm Qasr on Wednesday, becoming the first senior coalition politician to visit Iraq. Touching down by helicopter in the southern city, Hoon reviewed the work British troops have done to bring the port back into operation and permit the flow of humanitarian aid. Later he was headed to Basra to meet troops from the 7th Armoured Brigade, which carried out much of the fighting to seize southern Iraq. Hoon shook hands with Iraqi port workers and was shown several Iraqi arms and drugs caches which the British soldiers had discovered. Hoon said the purpose of his visit was simple - to thank British troops for the "absolutely superb" job they have done in both fighting the war and bringing assistance to ordinary Iraqis. When asked about Saddam Hussein's whereabouts, Hoon said he did not know but that coalition forces had not given up looking for him. Later Hoon visited soldiers of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers in Basra and looked on as they relaxed playing football. ***************************************************************** 11:20:47 Baghdad Politics 2 11:21:11 sot: "...we still don't have an elected govt...to ensure and control the security situation in Baghdad..." 11:21:43 sot:" ...yes we are working with another american team..." 11:22:05 photo 11:22:10 sot in arabic 11:23:11 demonstrations, soldiers trying to keep the crowd under control 11:23:27 soldiers leading awat an Iraqi 11:23:35 soldier arguing with an Iraqi 11:23:48 tanks on patrol 11:23:58 sot in arabic: "...before hte war everyone had a job, now everyone is looking for a job..." STORY: +Baghdad Politics 2 - WRAP Demos, self proclaimed committee, Jamal's brother LENGTH: 3:17 FIRST RUN: 1500 RESTRICTIONS: APTN Clients Only TYPE: Arabic/English/Nat SOURCE: APTN STORY NUMBER: 372372 DATELINE: Baghdad - April 23, 2003 SHOTLIST: (FIRST RUN 1500 EUROPE LATE, APRIL 23 2003) 1. Wide shot of Baghdad local leaders sitting around table 2. Set up shot of al-Obiedy 3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jawdat K al-Obiedy, Secretary of Self-Proclaimed Executive Committee: "We still lack an elected government in Iraq and this is a local committee. The reason behind this committee is that the public asked us to set up this committee to ensure and improve the security situation in Baghdad and provide facilities and services like electricity and the water plants." 4. Cutaway of locals around table 5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jawdat K al-Obiedy, Secretary of Self-Proclaimed Executive Committee: Q. Have you had contacts with the Americans? "Yes we are working with another American team and we have a meeting every day with them coordinating the main issues." 6. Wide shot of garden 7. His late brother Hussain Kamel in military uniform 8. Shot of their family tree 9. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Jamal Kamel, Opposition Leader: "As far as the Iraq regime is concerned it always viewed itself as under the threat of war - whether it was from Israel or America, or any other country. So they would have tried to keep weapons to remain strong; they may have rid themselves of some of the weapons, but they probably also hid some as well. I don't think that they would have got rid of all their weapons." (FIRST RUN 1030 F-L-A-S-H, APRIL 23 2003) 10. Wide shot of people milling around outside the Republican Palace 11. Soldier fires handgun into air 12. Wide shot of soldiers arresting protestor 13. US soldier leads arrested Iraqi man away 14. UPSOUND: (English) Arrested Iraqi Man: Man: "No I'll not be alright. Soldier: You do not be alright, you're causing trouble Man: I cause trouble, you cause trouble, not me. Soldier: You cause trouble Man: No you." 15. Soldier leads arrested man away 16. Tank drives past 17. SOUNDBITE: (English) Vox Pop: "They destroyed our country, everyone before the war, everyone had a job now everyone looking for a job." 18. Civilian job seekers registering with soldier STORYLINE: Baghdad's self-proclaimed "executive committee" declared on Wednesday that it was in direct and cooperative talks with US officials over the governance of the capital. Secretary of the committee Jawdat K Al Obiedy said he had a meeting "every day" with the American team, "coordinating the main issues." In the absence of law and order, the executive committee has formed to improve security and provide basic facilities and services like electricity and water, across Baghdad province. It is headed by Mohammed Mohsen al Zubaydi, and claims to draw on the support of the major tribes in the Baghdad province. In West Baghdad a brother of a former member of Saddam Hussein's regime said it was likely Iraq had got rid of some but not all of its weapons of mass destruction before the US military took over the country. Jamal Kamel's brother Hussain was reportedly involved with some of Iraq's weapons programmes, as well as being married to Saddam Hussein's daughter. After fleeing to Jordan in 1995 Hussain declared his opposition to Saddam Hussein but was later lured back to Iraq with the promise he would be safe, but was executed the following week. Elsewhere in Baghdad outside the Republican Palace US soldiers dispersed a crowd of restless job seekers whom had been called there to register their skills with the US military. US soldiers fired some shots and arrested one man. A TV engineer was slightly wounded in the arm. ************************************************************************************************************* 11:24:15 Russia N Korea 11:24:40 sitting around a table **************************************************************************************************************** 11:26:57 who sars: who warns against sars in asia and toronto 11:27:15 busees 11:27:17 sot:" there are several reasons, we review our travel advice, we look at it and then determine to extend it to various locations, we recomned that they consider postponing non-essential travel to China and Toronto. The reasons for this is because there is local transmission outside the hospital, cases are being exported 11:28:26 medical checkpoint 11:28:35 "the recommendation is in place for the next 3 weeks, at that point we can reevaluate that recommendation..." ***************************************************************************************************************** 11:29:06 Cyprus Travel 11:29:47 various shots of checkpoint 11:30:29 close-up of barbed wire 11:30:39 gate closing 11:30:45 sots (not in english) STORY: Cyprus Travel 2 - WRAP Adds soundbites to crowds at checkpoint following lifting of travel restrictions LENGTH: 2:29 FIRST RUN: 1200 RESTRICTIONS: No Access Cyprus TYPE: Natsound SOURCE: CYBC STORY NUMBER: 372364 DATELINE: Nicosia, April 23 2003 SHOTLIST: (FIRST RUN 1030 FLASH APRIL 23 2003) 1. Wide of crowd gathered on Greek side of Cypriot check point (FIRST RUN 1200 EUROPE UPDATE APRIL 23 2003) 2. Mid shot of check point officials at work 3. Close of identification card being inspected by official 4. Wide of crowd outside police checkpoint 5. Close of sign tilts down to crowd below 6. Various of people walking across border 7. Wide of check point 8. Close of sign post 9. Close of barbed wire 10. Wide of car passing checkpoint 11. Close of papers on desk pulls out to check point police officer at desk 12. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Vox Pop, Turkish Cypriot: "Yes, I want to go (to Mathiatis village). This man is from my village." (Reporter question) "Which road did you take? Was it from above the village?" Turkish Cypriot woman: "No it's the same one. We went from Nicosia to Mathiatis." Turkish Cypriot man: "Yes, there's a British cemetery there and the mosque. It is 200 years old." 13. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Vox Pop, elderly Turkish Cypriot woman: "The road over here has opened and we have hurried to come over. And now we will have to go back. I've told them I want to stay here to rest for a while and then go back." 14. Close of mounted security mirror showing view of check point (FIRST RUN 1030 FLASH APRIL 23 2003) 15. Wide of police check point STORYLINE: Cyprus on Tuesday both welcomed and criticised a Turkish Cypriot decision to lift travel restrictions between the war-divided island's two territories. The breakaway Turkish Cypriot state on Monday lifted decades-long restrictions on Turkish Cypriots wanting to cross from the island's Turkish-occupied north to the Greek Cypriot-controlled south. Cyprus has been split into a Greek Cypriot-controlled south and a Turkish-held north since Turkey invaded in 1974 after a short-lived coup by supporters of union with Greece. A breakaway Turkish Cypriot state in the north is recognised only by Turkey, which maintains 40,000 troops there. Under rules set by the breakaway state's Cabinet on Monday, Greek Cypriots must present their passports when crossing into the occupied north. The Turkish move came four days after the signing of Cyprus' accession agreement with the European Union. Under the agreement the whole island will become a full EU member on May 1, 2004, but EU laws and benefits will not apply to the occupied north pending reunification. ****************************************************************************************************************** 11:31:49 uk ireland 11:32:01 blair gets out of car and shakes hands with those at door 11:32:10 sot with Blair: "I hope very much that we will be able to go back into these, the loosers will be the people of N Ireland, the people in N Ireland know what the problem is and whay there's an impass..." 11:32:54 sot:"...does that mean an end to all...including targeting, concealment of weapons, when they say that they are committed to put arms through, does that mean all arms so that the process is complete, when they support the Good Friday agreement, if the two govt and parties fullfill their obglications, that that means the complete and final closure of the conflict?" STORY: UK NIreland - REPLAY Blair says IRA hasn't made a clear commitment to lasting peace LENGTH: 2:23 FIRST RUN: 1200 RESTRICTIONS: Part No UK/Ireland/CNNi/Euronews/Net TYPE: Eng/Nat SOURCE: SKY/APTN STORY NUMBER: 372365 DATELINE: London, April 23 2003/ File SHOTLIST: SKY - No UK/Ireland/CNNi/Euronews/Internet Belfast, 3 March 2003 1. Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern and officials at Hillsborough 2. Ahern with British Prime Minister Tony Blair SKY - No UK/Ireland/CNNi/Euronews/Net London, 23 April 2003 3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Tony Blair, British Prime Minister: "I hope very much over these coming days we will be able to go back into these matters again and reach agreement, because if we don't the losers will be the people of Northern Ireland. As I say the reason I'm making this statement now and talking to you is that I think it's only right in view of all the speculation there's been in the discussion reported over the last few days, that the people of Northern Ireland know what the problem is and the impasse and how we overcome it." SKY - No UK/Ireland/CNNi/Euronews/Net Belfast, 3 March 2003 4. Officials at Hillsborough SKY - No UK/Ireland/CNNi/Euronews/Net London, 23 April 2003 5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Tony Blair, British Prime Minister: "When the IRA say that their strategies and their disciplines will not be inconsistent with the Good Friday agreement, does that mean an end to all activities inconsistent with the Good Friday agreement, including targeting the procurement of weapons, so-called punishment beatings and so forth? Secondly, when they say that they are committed to putting arms beyond use, through the decommissioning, does that mean all arms, so that the process is complete? And thirdly when they say that they support the Good Friday agreement and want it to work, does that mean that if the two governments and the other parties fulfill their obligations under the Good Friday agreement and the Joint Declaration, that that means the complete and final closure of the conflict?" APTN - APTN Clients Only Washington DC 12 March 2003 6. Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams and Sen Edward Kennedy STORYLINE: The Irish Republican Army has failed to make the "clear and unambiguous" commitments to peace that the British and Irish governments had sought in their efforts to revive self-government in Northern Ireland, British Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Wednesday. Blair noted that the leaders of the IRA-linked Sinn Fein party, Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness, had said that the IRA commitments were clear. Sinn Fein presented the proposed statement confidentially to the two governments April 13. "So far as we're concerned and the Irish government and the US government, they are not clear and unambiguous. They are uncertain," Blair said. Blair and Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern have been seeking an agreement to revive the four-party coalition administration created under Northern Ireland's Good Friday Agreement of 1998. They had hoped to announce an agreement April 10 - the fifth anniversary of the Good Friday pact - but called off a joint appearance in Northern Ireland because of dissatisfaction with the IRA's proposal. Protestant unionists have said they cannot work with Sinn Fein while the IRA retains weapons stockpiles, gathers intelligence for potential attacks, and administer punitive beatings on opponents within its Catholic power bases. ********************************************************************************************************* 11:34:26 Russian Human Traffic 11:34:34 showing faces to camera, the men are crying 11:34:54 sot (not in english) 11:35:23 showing bruises on their skin 11:35:42 group of men sitting in room 11:35:48 man filling out paper work 11:35:53 id card STORY: Russia Human Traffic - REPLAY People smuggling ring is busted by authorities LENGTH: 1:40 FIRST RUN: 1200 RESTRICTIONS: No Access Russia TYPE: Russian/Nat SOURCE: Police Video via RTR STORY NUMBER: 372360 DATELINE: Tula, April 20 2003 SHOTLIST: 1. Pan from mobile phone to two men on the floor with their hands behind their heads 2. Arrested alleged trafficker being lifted up for the camera 3. Another arrested trafficker having his face shown to the camera 4. Group of Indian men standing in room - they were allegedly being trafficked and then held captive 5. Doorway 6. Arrested Russian woman 7. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Alexander Murashev, Federal Security Service Spokesman: "(Traffickers) took the immigrants to the place near Moscow, to Tula, and kept them in captivity for over a month, demanding money, something in a region of 4000 US dollars per person." 8. Various of released would-be immigrants displaying scars allegedly from traffickers' beatings 9. Would-be immigrants describing their ordeal to Russian translator (answers are not comprehensible) 10. Indian men sitting together in room 11. Federal Security Service officers filling out form 12. Close-up of travel document and photograph 13. Indian men with translator in room 14. Exterior of house where immigrants were kept STORYLINE: Russian security agents freed nine Indian nationals who had been held by kidnappers in western Russia, the Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Tuesday. The group had been seized by an international crime ring and held in the city of Tula, about 200 kilometres (125 miles) south of Moscow, according to the FSB. Two Pakistani-born Russian citizens, who were the suspected masterminds behind the abduction, were arrested. The crime ring includes members living in other East European countries said the FSB, has long been involved in trafficking illegal migrants from Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and other countries through Russia, Ukraine and Belarus to the West. According to the FSB, the traffickers had promised to take the Indians to an unidentified Western European country via Russia. Once the Indians arrived in Russia, the traffickers demanded more money for their services - which the Indians refused to pay. So the gang allegedly locked the Indians in an abandoned house in Tula and kept them there for over a month. The Indians said they were repeatedly beaten in the smugglers' attempt to extort money. The FSB did not disclose how it received the information that led them to the arrests. Thousands of illegal immigrants flow across international borders every year in the hope of a better life elsewhere. Russia is one of the most common transit points in their journeys from Asia to Europe. end of bulletin ***************************************************************** 11:38:29 Sudan TV 11:40:31 Kuwait TV ************************************************************************** 12:00:30 Middel East Two 12:00:51 replay Mideast Cabinet ************************************************************************** 12:04:02 replay Russia N Korea ************************************************************************** 12:06:41 replay Baghdad Chalabi ************************************************************************** 12:08:47 replay Baghdad Politics 2 ************************************************************************** 12:12:ish CHANGE TAPES **************************************************************************