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<p><b>**SEE NA-101TH, NA-102TH, NA-103TH FOR SOTS**</b></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>NEWS: AL/ MLB to honor Juneteenth and the Negro Leagues with game between the St. Louis Cardinals and San Francisco Giants </p>\n<p>By Nia Mclean, CNN</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Major League Baseball will honor Juneteenth and the Negro Leagues Thursday with a regular season game at the oldest professional baseball stadium in the US. The St. Louis Cardinals and the San Francisco Giants will play in Birmingham, Alabama at Rickwood Field, which was also home to the Black Barons of the Negro League.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>The game, announced last year and scheduled the day after Juneteenth, was planned as a tribute to players from the Negro Leagues and to honor Birmingham native and Birmingham Black Barons player Willie Mays, according to an MLB press release. “It has been 75 years since I played for the Birmingham Black Barons at Rickwood Field, and to learn that my Giants and the Cardinals will play a game there and honor the legacy of the Negro Leagues and all those who came before them is really emotional for me. We can’t forget what got us here and that was the Negro Leagues for so many of us,” Mays said in the press release.”</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Mays, a Hall of Famer and Giants legend, died Tuesday at 93 years old. His Hall of Fame trophy is scheduled to arrive Wednesday in Birmingham from Cooperstown, according to the Hall of Fame. On Monday Mays told the San Francisco Chronicle that he was not planning to attend the game, and instead would watch it from home.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>A mural to celebrate Mays will be dedicated Wednesday. </p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Mays and other players including Jackie Robinson and Hank Aaron played at Rickwood Field because it “was the ballpark where many of the Negro League players from the 1920s through the 1950s were able to come and play,” April Brown, MLB Vice President of Social Responsibility, told CNN. </p>\n<p></p>\n<p>The Cardinals and Giants game will also make history, said Gerald Watkins, Chairman and Executive Director of Friends of Rickwood.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“The important thing is, this will be the first time a big-league game, a major league game has ever been played in Alabama, that counted in the standings. This is not an exhibition – it's a real game,” Watkins to CNN.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Friends of Rickwood is a nonprofit “tasked with managing and marketing America's oldest baseball park,” said Watkins. </p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Rickwood ballpark -- built in 1910 -- was home to the minor league Birmingham Barons until 1987 with occasional breaks during that period. Additionally, the field served as the home of the Negro League Birmingham Black Barons from 1920 to 1962, according to Watkins. </p>\n<p></p>\n<p>To comply with MLB regulations, Rickwood Field underwent extensive renovations beginning in 2023, Watkins told CNN. "The entire playing surface had to be redone to major league specifications… We had to put padding on the outfield walls and the surrounding areas to protect the players from injury. We had to put up nets around the ballpark to protect the fans from foul balls. We had to create new dugouts because our old dugouts were too small for the number of people on a major league staff," Watkins said.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>According to Watkins the ballpark was basically vacant between 1988 and 1993 until the field was selected as the site for the 1994 film “Cobb”, starring Tommy Lee Jones and based on baseball player Ty Cobb.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“At that time, the ballpark was in a sad state of disrepair. But the city, the movie people, and business leaders in Birmingham contributed money to bring the ballpark up to a standard in which the movie could be filmed,” Watkins said, adding today the field “host over 100 games a year, which include college ball in the form of Miles College, an HBCU. We have high school games, travel ball, and special events.”</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Recently, MLB incorporated the statistics of former Negro League players into its record books. The integration of statistics means 10 more career hits have been added to Mays’ MLB record from his time playing with the Birmingham Black Barons, CNN previously reported.</p>\n<p>“All the attention that we have gotten across the world will help our ballpark in terms of tourism, it will help us in terms of renting and the field for bigger and better events, possibly more college games, maybe even a return of an MLB game. So, all of those things are critical to our success and to our thriving so that our future is very bright,” said Watkins.</p>\n<p>The game between the Cardinals and Giants starts at 7:15pm ET / 6:15pm CT.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--SUPERS</b>--</p>\n<p>Thursday </p>\n<p>Birmingham, AL</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--VIDEO SHOWS</b>--</p>\n<p>Day time video of Rickwood field</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>-----END-----CNN.SCRIPT-----</b></p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--KEYWORD TAGS--</b></p>\n<p>WILLIE MAYS NEGRO LEAGUE MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL</p>\n<p></p>

NAME: UK MCRAE 2 20070916I TAPE: EF07/1101 IN_TIME: 10:16:22:04 DURATION: 00:02:46:17 SOURCES: SKY/CCTV/VNR DATELINE: Jerviswood, 16 Sept 2007/FILE RESTRICTIONS: See Script SHOTLIST: Sky News - No Access UK/CNNi/RTE Lanarkshire, Scotland - 16 September, 2007 1. Rally driver, Colin McRae's home 2. Pan of land surrounding house 3. Wide of house 4. Police in field 5. Wide of house with police vehicles and others parked outside 6. Wide of land 7. Police in field 8. Police outside house 9. Wide of land 10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Tim Love, chief superintendent police officer: "The occupants of the helicopter have been named as Colin McCrae, his son Johnny, a friend of the family - a young boy of six, and a friend of Colin McCrae. At the moment we are carrying out investigations with the air investigators. We have the location secure. We will be working today to try to recover the remains of the four people that were on board the helicopter. It will be difficult for us to do that today, but we will do everything in our power to succeed with that. We also have officers from our force that are working very closely with the family, liaison officers. It is what would appear to be a tragic accident at this time." 11. Tilt-down of local church, AUDIO: bells ringing 12. Pan of church service, AUDIO: singing 13. Local minister, Reverend Alison Meikle, addressing congregation 14. SOUNDBITE: (English) Reverend Alison Meikle, local minister: "Everybody just can't fathom what's happened. It's very difficult for the community, because, as far as we know there's a few members of the local community have been involved in this accident, this tragic accident. So really, it's one of disbelief and upset, deep upset for the family and so our prayers, our thoughts are with all the families involved at this time." 15. Wide of land surrounding McRae's house 16. Wide of police outside house CCTV - No Access China FILE: Huairou, China - 23 June 1997 17. Various of McRae driving 18. Close-up of McRae inside vehicle VNR FILE - Bologna, Italy - 8 -11 December 2004 19. McRae driving at Bologna motor show 20. McRae waving to crowd, UPSOUND: cheering STORYLINE: Rally driver Colin McRae was killed in a helicopter crash in Scotland along with his five-year-old son Johnny and two others, police said on Sunday. McRae, who had 25 race wins in a World Rally Championship career, was 39 years. McRae was piloting the helicopter, which he owned and was licensed to fly, when it crashed on Saturday in a wooded area near his home Lanark. McRae raced in the World Rally Championship from 1987 until 2004, becoming champion in 1995. He also took part in the Paris to Dakar rally, the Le Mans 24 hour race, the Race of Champions and the X Games. McRae also lent his name to a best-selling computer game. The two other people who died in the crash, were named by police as six-year-old Ben Porcelli and 37-year-old Graeme Duncan. Sky News footage showed police carrying out investigations at the scene of the crash on Sunday. "We will be working today to try to recover the remains of the four people that were on board the helicopter," chief superintendent Tim Love said. "It is what would appear to be a tragic accident at this time," he added. The aircraft was badly burned, making it impossible for police to immediately identify the occupants. Reverend Alison Meikle, a local minister said the local community was finding it hard to believe what had happened. "As far as we know there's a few members of the local community have been involved in this accident, this tragic accident," Meikle said. The son of five-time British rally champion Jimmy McRae, Colin McRae was competing on motorbikes by age seven. He competed in his first rally in 1985, but qualified as a plumber while he built his racing career, which kicked off when he became the British rally champion in 1991 and 1992. He lifted the world title in 1995, and was runner-up in 1996, 1997 and 2001. He won 25 races in a World Rally Championship career that ran from 1987 to 2004. He made intermittent appearances on the WRC circuit until 2006. McRae's flamboyant racing style earned many fans in all types of motorsport and lifted the profile of rallying in Britain.

23 August 2006 Iranian Nuclear Clips NY-2 X-79 1040 IRAN X79 10:43:21 060823#004 - IRAN REACTION ap0530g Dopesheet APTN-0530: ++Iran Reaction Wednesday, 23 August 2006 Reaction in Tehran to developments on nuclear policy SOURCE: AP TELEVISION DATELINE: Tehran - 23 August 2006 SHOTLIST: 1. Wide of a street in Tehran 2. Wide of newspaper kiosk 3. Close up of Tehran Times newspaper headline reading (English) "What is Iran's response?" 4. People looking at newspaper headlines 5. SOUNDBITE: (Farsi) Amir Nasiri, university student and Tehran resident: "The sanctions have been imposed on us for many years and we are not intimidated by sanctions. We need this modern technology (nuclear) and our people back the government on this issue." 6. Wide of newspaper kiosk 7. Close-up of headline reading (English) "Way open for fresh talks" 8. SOUNDBITE: (Farsi) Navid Pourmirza, university student and Tehran resident: "At the present time, sanctions would be a loss to Iran and our politicians should act tactfully and accept at least a short-term suspension of uranium enrichment." 9. Newspapers laid out for sale 10. Wide of traffic STORYLINE: There were mixed reactions on the streets of Tehran on Wednesday to the latest developments in the controversy surrounding Iran's nuclear programme. The Iranian government on Tuesday delivered a written response to a diplomatic package presented in June by the five permanent U.N. Security Council members and Germany that offers Iran incentives if it halts uranium enrichment, and threatens sanctions if it does not. Iran said it was ready for serious negotiations on its nuclear program, offering a new formula to resolve a crisis with the West. Iranian officials offered no details of the response, but it appeared geared at enticing those countries into further negotiations by offering a broad set of proposals vague enough to hold out hope of progress in resolving the standoff. But an Iranian news agency said on Tuesday the government was unwilling to abandon uranium enrichment - the key U.S. demand. Amir Nasiri, a university student and Tehran resident, shrugged off the threat of sanctions, saying Iran was not intimidated, and that nuclear technology was important. "We need this modern technology (nuclear) and our people back the government on this issue," he added. But another student and resident, Navid Pourmirza, urged compromise on the issue. "At the present time, sanctions would be a loss to Iran and our politicians should act tactfully and accept at least a short-term suspension of uranium enrichment," she said. The Iranian newspapers were full of the news of the latest developments, as the UN said it would now study Iran's response to the offer, before deciding its next step. The world powers, the five permanent U.N. Security Council members plus Germany, have given Iran until August 31 to accept the package. Tuesday's announcement was the latest development in the yearlong standoff over Tehran's nuclear program. Iran says it wants to master the technology to generate nuclear power. But critics say Iran is interested in uranium enrichment because it can also be used to make the fissile core of nuclear weapons 10:44:55 060823#049 - IRAN TALKS GMA SCIUTTO Dopesheet Live top- The early reaction from the international community is not what the US wanted. China and Russia this morning saying they prefer more talks, more time, despite Iran's clear refusal to suspend its nuclear activities. Taped piece- Iran's top nuclear negotiator promised a new formula for talks, but in the end Iran refused the key demand of both the UN and the US.that it suspend its enrichment of uranium.which the Bush administration fears could be a step toward building a nuclear weapon. Western officials have held off on any official reaction. But the US ambassador to the UN again threatened less carrot, more stick. Sot/John Bolton, US Representative to the UN: "Their unwillingness to give up their pursuit of nuclear weapons will result in our efforts in the Security Council to obtain economic sanctions." During our travels through Iran this month, we found most Iranians supportive of their country's nuclear ambitions.even in the face of sanctions. Farsi SOT with Iranian nut vendor: 'We cooperated with the UN and we didn't get anything in return, he said, 'we were just defending ourselves' Live close- Now sets up a show-down in the UN Security Council next week.US facing real difficulty to muster the votes for economic sanctions.real doubts that Iran can be talked out of its nuclear ambitions 10:46:08 060823#053 - IRAN WARGAMES ap1230g Notes Supered Dopesheet APTN-1230: ++Iran Wargames Wednesday, 23 August 2006 Iran tests ground-to-sea missile SOURCE: IRIB DATELINE: Sistan-o-Balochestan, 23 August 2006 SHOTLIST: 1. Wide of ground to sea missile launching 2. Various of ground to sea missile launching and hitting targets 3. Iran's joint chief of staff Abdorrahim Mosavi 4. Wide of target on seashore 5. Missile firing 6. Various of explosions 7. Mosavi and other army commanders 8. Various of missiles launching and explosions 9. SOUNDBITE: (Farsi) Colonel Ghorbanzadeh, military manoeuvres planner: "We are evaluating our ground to sea missiles during these war games. Since the threats from enemies are not limited to ground, Iran's infantry force wants to prove that it can tackle even those threats on the seashore." 10. Various of underwater explosives being fixed 11. Wide of explosion on water surface 12. Various of army divers jumping into water STORYLINE Iran test fired a series of missiles on Wednesday as part of a series of large-scale military manoeuvres geared at testing the country's new defensive doctrine. Iranian television broadcast pictures showing exercises off the seashore, with exercises visible both above and below the surface of the water. "We are evaluating our ground to sea missiles during these war games. Since the threats from enemies are not limited to ground, Iran's infantry force wants to prove that it can tackle even those threats on the seashore," said Colonel Ghorbanzadeh of the Iranian army. The current round of war games began on Saturday with state-run television reporting the military activity would occur in 14 of the country's 30 provinces, lasting as long as five weeks. Iran routinely holds war games to test the military equipment it builds at home. The military exercises come as Iran faces heightened international scrutiny because of its contentious nuclear programme and for claims by the US and its allies that the regime is supporting the guerrilla group Hezbollah in Lebanon, accusations which Iran denies. The military exercise, involving 12 infantry regiments, is called "The Blow of Zolfaghar," in reference to a sword that belonged to Imam Ali, one of the most revered figures of Islam for Shiite Muslims. A majority of Iran's 70 (m) million people are Shiite. 10:47:40 Also an additional story from Iran about yesterday's dispute about a Romanian oil rig Iran Romania reax EVNX Date Shot: 23-AUG-2006 Location: TEHRAN Country: IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF) Sound: NATURAL Language: Source: GBAPTN Shotlist: TEHRAN - 23 AUGUST 2006 1. Wide exterior of Romanian embassy 2. Close up of sign reading (Romanian) "Romanian embassy" 3. Embassy staff and Romanian Charge d'affaires 4. Woman's statue outside the embassy 5. Set-up shot Mircea Has, Romanian Charge d'affaires 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Mircea Has, Romanian Charge d'affaires in Iran "The chief of the military vessel gave them a deadline, "you have one hour to receive us onboard". They refused and after one hour they started to shoot and in ten minutes - that means 10:30 (local time)- they occupied the platform. As the first thing, they sealed the transmission room and we lost the contact to them." 7. Close up of handwriting 8. SOUNDBITE (English) Mircea Has, Romanian Charge d'affaires in Iran "They produced a paper which is like coming from Kish Judiciary, the Kish court saying that for the moment the rig is uner arrest." 9. Mircea Has in interview 10. SOUNDBITE (English) Mircea Has, Romanian Charge d'affaires in Iran "We don't know whether (they shot) in the air or against us, but a hundred percent they fired." 11. Close up of Mircea Has hands 12. SOUNDBITE (English) Mircea Has, Romanian Charge d'affaires in Iran "Occupying by force civilians, you know, and equipments, according to all international regulations, it's not a very simple question. Just think about it, the platform is a Romanian territory." 13. Mircea Has in interview 14. SOUNDBITE (English) Mircea Has, Romanian Charge d'affaires in Iran "Today early in the morning I started again. Maybe in one hour I'm going to the Foreign Affairs. There's also a call for the president office here I'm waiting and in between maybe in two hours, three hours my diplomats are on the platform." 15. Wide of Mircea Has leaving the interview Dopesheet: The top diplomat at the Romanian embassy in Tehran told AP Television on Wednesday that the Iranian military did fire on a Romanian oil rig and its crew in the Persian Gulf a day earlier, in an an incident stemming from a commercial dispute. The Romanian charge d'affaires to Iran, Mircea Has, said the rig is "a Romanian territory" and that occupying it by force "is not a very simple question". In an interview with AP Television, Has said Romanian diplomats were being dispatched to the rig on Wednesday. Several Iranian warships fired on the rig on Tuesday, and troops from the vessel boarded and seized it, said the private company GSP, which owns the rig Orizont. The crew of 20 Romanians and seven Indians were held for several hours on the rig's heliport before being freed to return to their quarters. GSP's president said one of the cranes was destroyed in the attack and added that an Iranian court had ordered the rig to remain in Iranian waters pending resolution of a legal dispute. No crew members were injured, he said. On Tuesday, the Romanian Foreign Ministry said it summoned Iran's ambassador to explain the incident and that Romania's charge d'affaires in Iran, Mircea Has, was instructed to lodge an official protest. The Orizont rig has been moored near Kish island in the Persian Gulf since October, GSP said. GSP, also known as the Oil Services Group, is a private Romanian company established in 2004, which operates six offshore rigs that it bought from Romania's largest oil company, Petrom. The Orizont rig was built in 1987 and weighs 13,000 tons. Kish, in the southern end of the Persian Gulf, houses the offices of about 100 Iranian and foreign oil companies.

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<p><b>--TEASE--</b></p>\n<p>#NEWS: Whitey Herzog, Baseball Hall Of Fame Manager, Dies At 92</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Whitey Herzog, Baseball Hall of Fame manager who led the St. Louis Cardinals to the 1982 World Series title, has died, his family announced via the Cardinals on Tuesday. Herzog was 92. </p>\n<p></p>\n<p>"Whitey spent his last few days surrounded by his family. We have so appreciated all of the prayers and support from friends who knew he was very ill," the Herzog family said in a statement. "Although it is hard for us to say goodbye, his peaceful passing was a blessing for him.”</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Herzog guided St. Louis to three World Series appearances (1982, 1985 & 1987), winning the Fall Classic in 1982 against the Milwaukee Brewers. He won 822 games for the Redbirds from 1980-90, which is the third most victories in franchise history.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“On behalf of the entire St. Louis Cardinals organization, I would like to offer our condolences to the family and many friends of Whitey Herzog,” Bill DeWitt, Jr. Cardinals’ Chairman and Chief Executive Officer said in a statement. “Whitey and his teams played a big part in changing the direction of the Cardinals franchise in the early 1980s with an exciting style of play that would become known as “Whitey Ball” throughout baseball. Whitey loved the Cardinals, their fans, and St. Louis. He will be sorely missed.”</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>The 1985 National League Manager of the Year finished with an overall record of 1,281-1,125 with the Cardinals, Texas Rangers, California Angels on an interim basis, and Kansas City Royals. He also earned the Major League Manager of the Year in 1982. </p>\n<p></p>\n<p>In Kansas City, the Royals won three consecutive American League West Division titles under his leadership.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>MLB commissioner Robert Manfred, Jr. shared his condolences in a statement.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“Whitey Herzog was one of the most accomplished managers of his generation and a consistent winner with both ‘I-70’ franchises. He made a significant impact on the St. Louis Cardinals as both a manager and a general manager, with the Kansas City Royals as a manager, and with the New York Mets in player development," Manfred said. "Whitey’s Cardinals’ teams reached the World Series three times in the 1980s, winning the Championship in 1982, by leaning on an identity of speed and defense that resonated with baseball fans across the world.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Herzog was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2010 by the Veterans Committee.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“Whitey Herzog devoted his lifetime to the game he loved, excelling as a leader on and off the field. Whitey always brought the best out of every player he managed with a forthright style that won him respect throughout the game," Jane Forbes Clark, Baseball Hall of Fame chairman said in a statement. "His passion for the Hall of Fame was evident each time he returned to Cooperstown, and we will forever miss his smile and warmth. We extend our deepest sympathies to his wife, Mary Lou, and his family.”</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Herzog is survived by his wife of 71 years, Mary Lou, and their three children and their spouses, nine grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>ROW approved: Chip Grabow</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--SUPERS</b>--</p>\n<p>File</p>\n<p><b>--VIDEO SHOWS</b>--</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--LEAD IN</b>--</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--VO SCRIPT</b>--</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--SOT</b>--</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--TAG</b>--</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS</b>--</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>-----END-----CNN.SCRIPT-----</b></p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--KEYWORD TAGS--</b></p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--MUSIC INFO---</b></p>\n<p></p>

The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946–Present is a trade paperback reference work by the American television researchers Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, first published by Ballantine Books in 1979.

<p><b>--TEASE--</b></p>\n<p>#NEWS: Actor Norman Leer Dead at 101-years-old</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Sourcing OK – Phillips/ROW</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Famed television producer Norman Lear, whose sitcom spinoffs of “All in the Family” dominated ’70s and ‘80s television, died Tuesday at his home in Los Angeles, a statement posted to the actor’s website says. He was 101-years-old.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Norman Lear Fast Facts</p>\n<p>CNN Editorial Research</p>\n<p></p>\n<p> 5 minute read </p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Updated 4:07 PM EDT, Mon July 10, 2023</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>CNN — </p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Here’s a look at the life of award-winning television producer Norman Lear, the creator of some of television’s most popular shows of his time, including “All in the Family,” “Sanford and Son” and “The Jeffersons.”</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Personal</p>\n<p>Birth date: July 27, 1922</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Birth place: New Haven, Connecticut</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Birth name: Norman Milton Lear</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Father: Hyman “Herman” Lear, a securities broker/salesman</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Mother: Jeanette (Seicol) Lear</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Marriages: Lyn Davis (1987-present); Frances Loeb (1956-1986, divorced); Charlotte Rosen (1943-divorced)</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Children: With Lyn Davis: Brianna, Madelaine and Benjamin; with Frances Loeb: Maggie and Kate; with Charlotte Rosen: Ellen</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Education: Attended Emerson College</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Military service: Served in the Army Air Corps, 1942-1945; Air Medal recipient</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Other Facts</p>\n<p>Has won six Primetime Emmy Awards out of 17 nominations, plus was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>His works are considered groundbreaking because he did not shy away from issues that were controversial at the time, including premarital sex, bigotry, abortion, misogyny and homosexuality.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Well-known to be a political activist. Lear has written that the character he created who most resembles him is “Maude,” who he said shares “my passion, my social concerns, and my politics.”</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>At one point, he had nine series running on television simultaneously.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“All in the Family” was the most popular comedy series on television after its first season and consistently shows up on polls listing the best shows of all time.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>The TV series “All in the Family” had 55 Emmy nominations and won 22 of them.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Timeline</p>\n<p>1945 - Is hired by George and Dorothy Ross as a publicist in New York City, making $40 a week.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>1949 - Moves to California with his wife and daughter and works as a freelance comedy writer.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>1950-1959 - Comedy writer for television.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>1958 - Creates Tandem Productions with partner Alan “Bud” Yorkin.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>1963 - “Come Blow Your Horn,” for which Lear wrote the screenplay, is released. It stars Frank Sinatra.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>1967 - Writes and produces “Divorce American Style.” The script receives an Academy Award nomination.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>January 12, 1971-1979 - “All in the Family” airs on CBS.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>1971 - Produces and directs the movie “Cold Turkey,” which stars Dick Van Dyke.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>1971 - “All in the Family” wins a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding New Series.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>1971-1973 - Wins three consecutive Primetime Emmys for Outstanding Comedy Series for “All in the Family.”</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>January 1972-1977 - “Sanford and Son” airs.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>September 1972-1978 - “Maude” airs, the first spinoff from “All in the Family.”</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>1973 - Becomes president of American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>1974 - Founds the company T.A.T. Communications (Embassy Communications) with comedian Jerry Perenchio.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>1974-1979 - “Good Times,” a spinoff from “Maude,” airs.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>January 1975-1985 - “The Jeffersons,” another “All in the Family” spinoff, airs.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>1975-1984 - Executive producer of “One Day at a Time.”</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>1977 - Receives a Personal Peabody Award for creating “All in the Family,” a “comedy with social conscience.”</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>July 16, 1975 - Receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>1979-1983 - “Archie Bunker’s Place,” a spinoff of “All in the Family,” airs.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>1981 - Founds People for the American Way, with Congresswoman Barbara Jordan and others. The organization’s goals include “reducing social tension and polarizations, encouraging community participation, fostering understanding among different segments of our society, and increasing the level and quality of public dialogue.”</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>1982-1983 - “Gloria,” a spinoff of “All in the Family,” airs.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>1984 - Is inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>1985 - He and partner Jerry Perenchio sell Embassy Communications to the Coca-Cola Company for $485 million in cash and Coca-Cola stock. Founds Act III Productions from the proceeds of the sale.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>1989 - Founds the Business Enterprise Trust. Its purpose is to “explore specific acts of bold, creative leadership that combine(d) sound business management with social conscience.” Warren Buffett serves on the board of directors.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>September 29, 1999 - Receives the National Medal of the Arts by the National Endowment for the Arts from President Bill Clinton.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>January 2000 - The Norman Lear Center at the Annenberg School of Communications at the University of Southern California opens.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>June 2000 - Buys a signed copy of the Declaration of Independence, and in the following years travels with it to all 50 states on a self-declared “Declaration of Independence Road Trip,” including stops at the 2001 Super Bowl and the 2002 Olympic Games in Salt Lake City. The aim is to bring the document directly to the people and spark civic activism.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>2003 - Is the voice of Benjamin Franklin on South Park’s “I’m a Little Bit Country” episode.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>October 2014 - His memoir, “Even This I Get to Experience,” is published.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>2016 - “Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You,” a biopic of Lear’s life and work, is released.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>August 3, 2017 - Tells the New York Times that he will not attend the White House reception for Kennedy Center honorees in protest of President Donald Trump.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>May 22, 2019 - Helps Jimmy Kimmel introduce ABC’s “Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear’s All in the Family and The Jeffersons,” a special recreating two of Lear’s most popular shows, with the classic characters played by current stars.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>September 2019 - Wins a Primetime Emmy Award as one of the executive producers of “Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear’s ‘All in The Family’ and ‘The Jeffersons.’”</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>2020 - At 98, becomes the oldest nominee and winner of an Emmy Award after he wins the award as one of the executive producers of “Live in Front of a Studio Audience: ‘All in The Family’ and ‘Good Times.’”</p>\n<p></p>\n<p> Statement From The Family</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Thank you for the moving outpouring of love and support in honor of our wonderful husband, father, and grandfather.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Norman lived a life of curiosity, tenacity, and empathy. He deeply loved our country and spent a lifetime helping to preserve its founding ideals of justice and equality for all. He began his career in the earliest days of live television and discovered a passion for writing about the real lives of Americans, not a glossy ideal. At first, his ideas were met with closed doors and misunderstanding. However, he stuck to his conviction that the “foolishness of the human condition” made great television, and eventually he was heard.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Norman lived a life in awe of the world around him. He marveled at his cup of coffee every morning, the shape of the tree outside his window, and the sounds of beautiful music. But it was people—those he just met and those he knew for years—who kept his mind and heart forever young. He adored his creative collaborators, revered the actors with whom he worked, and deeply admired the thoughts of the great philosophers and thinkers of his time. In a storage room in Los Angeles, there are hundreds of boxes of his correspondence with people whose plays he saw, articles he read, and movies he watched; he wrote to everyone, and they wrote back. In that way, Norman’s life expanded in concentric circles to include thousands upon thousands of friends. His “Over, Next” philosophy shaped his life and kept him moving forward, ever open to new ideas, experiences, and connections. </p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Norman lived a life of patriotism. Frightened by antisemitic rhetoric he heard on the radio as a child, Norman became a lifelong activist and philanthropist. He felt that one of his greatest contributions to the world was founding People For The American Way in 1981, an organization that continues its work to this day guaranteeing our first amendment rights. He flew 52 missions in World War II and was proud of that service every day of his life. He was the consummate American for the America he believed in and worked tirelessly to protect.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Norman lived a life of gratitude. “Am I not the luckiest dude?” he often said. He was grateful for everything that brought him to the moment he was in.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>As a husband, father, and grandfather, he was unwaveringly devoted. He was always transparent and vocal about his love and admiration for each of us. We were adored by him, and we adored him right back. Knowing and loving him has been the greatest of gifts. We ask for your understanding as we mourn privately in celebration of this remarkable human being.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p> https://people.com/norman-lear-dead-obituary-7501941</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Norman Lear, Prolific TV Writer and Producer Who Created All in the Family, Dead at 101</p>\n<p>The groundbreaking TV creator was also a political activist, who spent his 99th birthday advocating for better protection of voting rights</p>\n<p>Norman Lear — the award-winning American television writer, film producer and activist — has died at the age of 101.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>The Hollywood icon died on Tuesday, Dec. 5, at his home in Los Angeles of natural causes, according a release from his representatives. His family has also requested privacy at this time, and will hold a private service for immediate relatives, they said.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>A native of New Haven, Connecticut, Lear is best known for creating the groundbreaking comedy series, All in the Family, which broached social and political issues deemed controversial at the time.</p>\n<p>Before his successful career in entertainment, Lear joined the United States Army Air Forces in 1942, where he fought through World War II. He was discharged in 1945 and became a publicist, ultimately moving his career and family to California.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>After transitioning into producing, Lear — who was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in 1984 — went on to create multiple iconic TV series that established a socially-realistic genre and explored his democratic values, including All in the Family, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman and The Jeffersons. Norman Lear's Career in Photos</p>\n<p>All in the Family — his sitcom which covered a multitude of issues, including prejudice, menopause, rape, homosexuality, sexual dysfunction and religion — earned 57 Emmy nominations and ultimately won 22 of them.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Lear's other notable shows include Maude, Good Times, Sanford and Son and Fernwood 2 Night.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Later in his career, Lear wanted to find another platform to express his political views and founded People for the American Way in 1981, a liberal coalition to defend core First Amendment freedoms. In 1991, he created the Business Enterprise Trust, a nonprofit that celebrated acts of integrity, courage and social vision in American businesses.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>As a doting husband and father of six, Lear is survived by wife Lyn and children Ellen (with ex-wife Charlotte Rosen), Kate and Maggie (with ex-wife Frances Loeb), and Benjamin, Madelaine and Brianna (with Lyn). Celebrities Who Died in 2022</p>\n<p>Lear's death comes after he celebrated his 99th birthday in July. The revered TV creator marked the big day with a touching video tribute in honor of his family on Instagram.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>"I'm 99 years old, I'm sitting in this place in Vermont. I'd like you to take a look at this view I have — I mean, if there's anything more beautiful than that on God's green earth, I don't know what it is," he said in the clip. "I found the place a great many years ago, it belongs to my six children, my glorious six children."</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>"And my wife and I are here to celebrate this 99th birthday with all of them, kids and grandkids. I want to know if there's anybody you know or [have] heard of in the history of humankind more fortunate than I," he finished. "Can't think of one, can you?"</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--SUPERS</b>--</p>\n<p>File</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--VIDEO SHOWS</b>--</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--LEAD IN</b>--</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--VO SCRIPT</b>--</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--SOT</b>--</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--TAG</b>--</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS</b>--</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>-----END-----CNN.SCRIPT-----</b></p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--KEYWORD TAGS--</b></p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--MUSIC INFO---</b></p>

23 August 2006 Iranian Nuclear Clips NY-2 X-79 1040 IRAN X79 10:43:21 060823#004 - IRAN REACTION ap0530g Dopesheet APTN-0530: ++Iran Reaction Wednesday, 23 August 2006 Reaction in Tehran to developments on nuclear policy SOURCE: AP TELEVISION DATELINE: Tehran - 23 August 2006 SHOTLIST: 1. Wide of a street in Tehran 2. Wide of newspaper kiosk 3. Close up of Tehran Times newspaper headline reading (English) "What is Iran's response?" 4. People looking at newspaper headlines 5. SOUNDBITE: (Farsi) Amir Nasiri, university student and Tehran resident: "The sanctions have been imposed on us for many years and we are not intimidated by sanctions. We need this modern technology (nuclear) and our people back the government on this issue." 6. Wide of newspaper kiosk 7. Close-up of headline reading (English) "Way open for fresh talks" 8. SOUNDBITE: (Farsi) Navid Pourmirza, university student and Tehran resident: "At the present time, sanctions would be a loss to Iran and our politicians should act tactfully and accept at least a short-term suspension of uranium enrichment." 9. Newspapers laid out for sale 10. Wide of traffic STORYLINE: There were mixed reactions on the streets of Tehran on Wednesday to the latest developments in the controversy surrounding Iran's nuclear programme. The Iranian government on Tuesday delivered a written response to a diplomatic package presented in June by the five permanent U.N. Security Council members and Germany that offers Iran incentives if it halts uranium enrichment, and threatens sanctions if it does not. Iran said it was ready for serious negotiations on its nuclear program, offering a new formula to resolve a crisis with the West. Iranian officials offered no details of the response, but it appeared geared at enticing those countries into further negotiations by offering a broad set of proposals vague enough to hold out hope of progress in resolving the standoff. But an Iranian news agency said on Tuesday the government was unwilling to abandon uranium enrichment - the key U.S. demand. Amir Nasiri, a university student and Tehran resident, shrugged off the threat of sanctions, saying Iran was not intimidated, and that nuclear technology was important. "We need this modern technology (nuclear) and our people back the government on this issue," he added. But another student and resident, Navid Pourmirza, urged compromise on the issue. "At the present time, sanctions would be a loss to Iran and our politicians should act tactfully and accept at least a short-term suspension of uranium enrichment," she said. The Iranian newspapers were full of the news of the latest developments, as the UN said it would now study Iran's response to the offer, before deciding its next step. The world powers, the five permanent U.N. Security Council members plus Germany, have given Iran until August 31 to accept the package. Tuesday's announcement was the latest development in the yearlong standoff over Tehran's nuclear program. Iran says it wants to master the technology to generate nuclear power. But critics say Iran is interested in uranium enrichment because it can also be used to make the fissile core of nuclear weapons 10:44:55 060823#049 - IRAN TALKS GMA SCIUTTO Dopesheet Live top- The early reaction from the international community is not what the US wanted. China and Russia this morning saying they prefer more talks, more time, despite Iran's clear refusal to suspend its nuclear activities. Taped piece- Iran's top nuclear negotiator promised a new formula for talks, but in the end Iran refused the key demand of both the UN and the US.that it suspend its enrichment of uranium.which the Bush administration fears could be a step toward building a nuclear weapon. Western officials have held off on any official reaction. But the US ambassador to the UN again threatened less carrot, more stick. Sot/John Bolton, US Representative to the UN: "Their unwillingness to give up their pursuit of nuclear weapons will result in our efforts in the Security Council to obtain economic sanctions." During our travels through Iran this month, we found most Iranians supportive of their country's nuclear ambitions.even in the face of sanctions. Farsi SOT with Iranian nut vendor: 'We cooperated with the UN and we didn't get anything in return, he said, 'we were just defending ourselves' Live close- Now sets up a show-down in the UN Security Council next week.US facing real difficulty to muster the votes for economic sanctions.real doubts that Iran can be talked out of its nuclear ambitions 10:46:08 060823#053 - IRAN WARGAMES ap1230g Notes Supered Dopesheet APTN-1230: ++Iran Wargames Wednesday, 23 August 2006 Iran tests ground-to-sea missile SOURCE: IRIB DATELINE: Sistan-o-Balochestan, 23 August 2006 SHOTLIST: 1. Wide of ground to sea missile launching 2. Various of ground to sea missile launching and hitting targets 3. Iran's joint chief of staff Abdorrahim Mosavi 4. Wide of target on seashore 5. Missile firing 6. Various of explosions 7. Mosavi and other army commanders 8. Various of missiles launching and explosions 9. SOUNDBITE: (Farsi) Colonel Ghorbanzadeh, military manoeuvres planner: "We are evaluating our ground to sea missiles during these war games. Since the threats from enemies are not limited to ground, Iran's infantry force wants to prove that it can tackle even those threats on the seashore." 10. Various of underwater explosives being fixed 11. Wide of explosion on water surface 12. Various of army divers jumping into water STORYLINE Iran test fired a series of missiles on Wednesday as part of a series of large-scale military manoeuvres geared at testing the country's new defensive doctrine. Iranian television broadcast pictures showing exercises off the seashore, with exercises visible both above and below the surface of the water. "We are evaluating our ground to sea missiles during these war games. Since the threats from enemies are not limited to ground, Iran's infantry force wants to prove that it can tackle even those threats on the seashore," said Colonel Ghorbanzadeh of the Iranian army. The current round of war games began on Saturday with state-run television reporting the military activity would occur in 14 of the country's 30 provinces, lasting as long as five weeks. Iran routinely holds war games to test the military equipment it builds at home. The military exercises come as Iran faces heightened international scrutiny because of its contentious nuclear programme and for claims by the US and its allies that the regime is supporting the guerrilla group Hezbollah in Lebanon, accusations which Iran denies. The military exercise, involving 12 infantry regiments, is called "The Blow of Zolfaghar," in reference to a sword that belonged to Imam Ali, one of the most revered figures of Islam for Shiite Muslims. A majority of Iran's 70 (m) million people are Shiite. 10:47:40 Also an additional story from Iran about yesterday's dispute about a Romanian oil rig Iran Romania reax EVNX Date Shot: 23-AUG-2006 Location: TEHRAN Country: IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF) Sound: NATURAL Language: Source: GBAPTN Shotlist: TEHRAN - 23 AUGUST 2006 1. Wide exterior of Romanian embassy 2. Close up of sign reading (Romanian) "Romanian embassy" 3. Embassy staff and Romanian Charge d'affaires 4. Woman's statue outside the embassy 5. Set-up shot Mircea Has, Romanian Charge d'affaires 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Mircea Has, Romanian Charge d'affaires in Iran "The chief of the military vessel gave them a deadline, "you have one hour to receive us onboard". They refused and after one hour they started to shoot and in ten minutes - that means 10:30 (local time)- they occupied the platform. As the first thing, they sealed the transmission room and we lost the contact to them." 7. Close up of handwriting 8. SOUNDBITE (English) Mircea Has, Romanian Charge d'affaires in Iran "They produced a paper which is like coming from Kish Judiciary, the Kish court saying that for the moment the rig is uner arrest." 9. Mircea Has in interview 10. SOUNDBITE (English) Mircea Has, Romanian Charge d'affaires in Iran "We don't know whether (they shot) in the air or against us, but a hundred percent they fired." 11. Close up of Mircea Has hands 12. SOUNDBITE (English) Mircea Has, Romanian Charge d'affaires in Iran "Occupying by force civilians, you know, and equipments, according to all international regulations, it's not a very simple question. Just think about it, the platform is a Romanian territory." 13. Mircea Has in interview 14. SOUNDBITE (English) Mircea Has, Romanian Charge d'affaires in Iran "Today early in the morning I started again. Maybe in one hour I'm going to the Foreign Affairs. There's also a call for the president office here I'm waiting and in between maybe in two hours, three hours my diplomats are on the platform." 15. Wide of Mircea Has leaving the interview Dopesheet: The top diplomat at the Romanian embassy in Tehran told AP Television on Wednesday that the Iranian military did fire on a Romanian oil rig and its crew in the Persian Gulf a day earlier, in an an incident stemming from a commercial dispute. The Romanian charge d'affaires to Iran, Mircea Has, said the rig is "a Romanian territory" and that occupying it by force "is not a very simple question". In an interview with AP Television, Has said Romanian diplomats were being dispatched to the rig on Wednesday. Several Iranian warships fired on the rig on Tuesday, and troops from the vessel boarded and seized it, said the private company GSP, which owns the rig Orizont. The crew of 20 Romanians and seven Indians were held for several hours on the rig's heliport before being freed to return to their quarters. GSP's president said one of the cranes was destroyed in the attack and added that an Iranian court had ordered the rig to remain in Iranian waters pending resolution of a legal dispute. No crew members were injured, he said. On Tuesday, the Romanian Foreign Ministry said it summoned Iran's ambassador to explain the incident and that Romania's charge d'affaires in Iran, Mircea Has, was instructed to lodge an official protest. The Orizont rig has been moored near Kish island in the Persian Gulf since October, GSP said. GSP, also known as the Oil Services Group, is a private Romanian company established in 2004, which operates six offshore rigs that it bought from Romania's largest oil company, Petrom. The Orizont rig was built in 1987 and weighs 13,000 tons. Kish, in the southern end of the Persian Gulf, houses the offices of about 100 Iranian and foreign oil companies.

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23 August 2006 Iranian Nuclear Clips NY-2 X-79 1040 IRAN X79 10:43:21 060823#004 - IRAN REACTION ap0530g Dopesheet APTN-0530: ++Iran Reaction Wednesday, 23 August 2006 Reaction in Tehran to developments on nuclear policy SOURCE: AP TELEVISION DATELINE: Tehran - 23 August 2006 SHOTLIST: 1. Wide of a street in Tehran 2. Wide of newspaper kiosk 3. Close up of Tehran Times newspaper headline reading (English) "What is Iran's response?" 4. People looking at newspaper headlines 5. SOUNDBITE: (Farsi) Amir Nasiri, university student and Tehran resident: "The sanctions have been imposed on us for many years and we are not intimidated by sanctions. We need this modern technology (nuclear) and our people back the government on this issue." 6. Wide of newspaper kiosk 7. Close-up of headline reading (English) "Way open for fresh talks" 8. SOUNDBITE: (Farsi) Navid Pourmirza, university student and Tehran resident: "At the present time, sanctions would be a loss to Iran and our politicians should act tactfully and accept at least a short-term suspension of uranium enrichment." 9. Newspapers laid out for sale 10. Wide of traffic STORYLINE: There were mixed reactions on the streets of Tehran on Wednesday to the latest developments in the controversy surrounding Iran's nuclear programme. The Iranian government on Tuesday delivered a written response to a diplomatic package presented in June by the five permanent U.N. Security Council members and Germany that offers Iran incentives if it halts uranium enrichment, and threatens sanctions if it does not. Iran said it was ready for serious negotiations on its nuclear program, offering a new formula to resolve a crisis with the West. Iranian officials offered no details of the response, but it appeared geared at enticing those countries into further negotiations by offering a broad set of proposals vague enough to hold out hope of progress in resolving the standoff. But an Iranian news agency said on Tuesday the government was unwilling to abandon uranium enrichment - the key U.S. demand. Amir Nasiri, a university student and Tehran resident, shrugged off the threat of sanctions, saying Iran was not intimidated, and that nuclear technology was important. "We need this modern technology (nuclear) and our people back the government on this issue," he added. But another student and resident, Navid Pourmirza, urged compromise on the issue. "At the present time, sanctions would be a loss to Iran and our politicians should act tactfully and accept at least a short-term suspension of uranium enrichment," she said. The Iranian newspapers were full of the news of the latest developments, as the UN said it would now study Iran's response to the offer, before deciding its next step. The world powers, the five permanent U.N. Security Council members plus Germany, have given Iran until August 31 to accept the package. Tuesday's announcement was the latest development in the yearlong standoff over Tehran's nuclear program. Iran says it wants to master the technology to generate nuclear power. But critics say Iran is interested in uranium enrichment because it can also be used to make the fissile core of nuclear weapons 10:44:55 060823#049 - IRAN TALKS GMA SCIUTTO Dopesheet Live top- The early reaction from the international community is not what the US wanted. China and Russia this morning saying they prefer more talks, more time, despite Iran's clear refusal to suspend its nuclear activities. Taped piece- Iran's top nuclear negotiator promised a new formula for talks, but in the end Iran refused the key demand of both the UN and the US.that it suspend its enrichment of uranium.which the Bush administration fears could be a step toward building a nuclear weapon. Western officials have held off on any official reaction. But the US ambassador to the UN again threatened less carrot, more stick. Sot/John Bolton, US Representative to the UN: "Their unwillingness to give up their pursuit of nuclear weapons will result in our efforts in the Security Council to obtain economic sanctions." During our travels through Iran this month, we found most Iranians supportive of their country's nuclear ambitions.even in the face of sanctions. Farsi SOT with Iranian nut vendor: 'We cooperated with the UN and we didn't get anything in return, he said, 'we were just defending ourselves' Live close- Now sets up a show-down in the UN Security Council next week.US facing real difficulty to muster the votes for economic sanctions.real doubts that Iran can be talked out of its nuclear ambitions 10:46:08 060823#053 - IRAN WARGAMES ap1230g Notes Supered Dopesheet APTN-1230: ++Iran Wargames Wednesday, 23 August 2006 Iran tests ground-to-sea missile SOURCE: IRIB DATELINE: Sistan-o-Balochestan, 23 August 2006 SHOTLIST: 1. Wide of ground to sea missile launching 2. Various of ground to sea missile launching and hitting targets 3. Iran's joint chief of staff Abdorrahim Mosavi 4. Wide of target on seashore 5. Missile firing 6. Various of explosions 7. Mosavi and other army commanders 8. Various of missiles launching and explosions 9. SOUNDBITE: (Farsi) Colonel Ghorbanzadeh, military manoeuvres planner: "We are evaluating our ground to sea missiles during these war games. Since the threats from enemies are not limited to ground, Iran's infantry force wants to prove that it can tackle even those threats on the seashore." 10. Various of underwater explosives being fixed 11. Wide of explosion on water surface 12. Various of army divers jumping into water STORYLINE Iran test fired a series of missiles on Wednesday as part of a series of large-scale military manoeuvres geared at testing the country's new defensive doctrine. Iranian television broadcast pictures showing exercises off the seashore, with exercises visible both above and below the surface of the water. "We are evaluating our ground to sea missiles during these war games. Since the threats from enemies are not limited to ground, Iran's infantry force wants to prove that it can tackle even those threats on the seashore," said Colonel Ghorbanzadeh of the Iranian army. The current round of war games began on Saturday with state-run television reporting the military activity would occur in 14 of the country's 30 provinces, lasting as long as five weeks. Iran routinely holds war games to test the military equipment it builds at home. The military exercises come as Iran faces heightened international scrutiny because of its contentious nuclear programme and for claims by the US and its allies that the regime is supporting the guerrilla group Hezbollah in Lebanon, accusations which Iran denies. The military exercise, involving 12 infantry regiments, is called "The Blow of Zolfaghar," in reference to a sword that belonged to Imam Ali, one of the most revered figures of Islam for Shiite Muslims. A majority of Iran's 70 (m) million people are Shiite. 10:47:40 Also an additional story from Iran about yesterday's dispute about a Romanian oil rig Iran Romania reax EVNX Date Shot: 23-AUG-2006 Location: TEHRAN Country: IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF) Sound: NATURAL Language: Source: GBAPTN Shotlist: TEHRAN - 23 AUGUST 2006 1. Wide exterior of Romanian embassy 2. Close up of sign reading (Romanian) "Romanian embassy" 3. Embassy staff and Romanian Charge d'affaires 4. Woman's statue outside the embassy 5. Set-up shot Mircea Has, Romanian Charge d'affaires 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Mircea Has, Romanian Charge d'affaires in Iran "The chief of the military vessel gave them a deadline, "you have one hour to receive us onboard". They refused and after one hour they started to shoot and in ten minutes - that means 10:30 (local time)- they occupied the platform. As the first thing, they sealed the transmission room and we lost the contact to them." 7. Close up of handwriting 8. SOUNDBITE (English) Mircea Has, Romanian Charge d'affaires in Iran "They produced a paper which is like coming from Kish Judiciary, the Kish court saying that for the moment the rig is uner arrest." 9. Mircea Has in interview 10. SOUNDBITE (English) Mircea Has, Romanian Charge d'affaires in Iran "We don't know whether (they shot) in the air or against us, but a hundred percent they fired." 11. Close up of Mircea Has hands 12. SOUNDBITE (English) Mircea Has, Romanian Charge d'affaires in Iran "Occupying by force civilians, you know, and equipments, according to all international regulations, it's not a very simple question. Just think about it, the platform is a Romanian territory." 13. Mircea Has in interview 14. SOUNDBITE (English) Mircea Has, Romanian Charge d'affaires in Iran "Today early in the morning I started again. Maybe in one hour I'm going to the Foreign Affairs. There's also a call for the president office here I'm waiting and in between maybe in two hours, three hours my diplomats are on the platform." 15. Wide of Mircea Has leaving the interview Dopesheet: The top diplomat at the Romanian embassy in Tehran told AP Television on Wednesday that the Iranian military did fire on a Romanian oil rig and its crew in the Persian Gulf a day earlier, in an an incident stemming from a commercial dispute. The Romanian charge d'affaires to Iran, Mircea Has, said the rig is "a Romanian territory" and that occupying it by force "is not a very simple question". In an interview with AP Television, Has said Romanian diplomats were being dispatched to the rig on Wednesday. Several Iranian warships fired on the rig on Tuesday, and troops from the vessel boarded and seized it, said the private company GSP, which owns the rig Orizont. The crew of 20 Romanians and seven Indians were held for several hours on the rig's heliport before being freed to return to their quarters. GSP's president said one of the cranes was destroyed in the attack and added that an Iranian court had ordered the rig to remain in Iranian waters pending resolution of a legal dispute. No crew members were injured, he said. On Tuesday, the Romanian Foreign Ministry said it summoned Iran's ambassador to explain the incident and that Romania's charge d'affaires in Iran, Mircea Has, was instructed to lodge an official protest. The Orizont rig has been moored near Kish island in the Persian Gulf since October, GSP said. GSP, also known as the Oil Services Group, is a private Romanian company established in 2004, which operates six offshore rigs that it bought from Romania's largest oil company, Petrom. The Orizont rig was built in 1987 and weighs 13,000 tons. Kish, in the southern end of the Persian Gulf, houses the offices of about 100 Iranian and foreign oil companies.

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23 August 2006 Iranian Nuclear Clips NY-2 X-79 1040 IRAN X79 10:43:21 060823#004 - IRAN REACTION ap0530g Dopesheet APTN-0530: ++Iran Reaction Wednesday, 23 August 2006 Reaction in Tehran to developments on nuclear policy SOURCE: AP TELEVISION DATELINE: Tehran - 23 August 2006 SHOTLIST: 1. Wide of a street in Tehran 2. Wide of newspaper kiosk 3. Close up of Tehran Times newspaper headline reading (English) "What is Iran's response?" 4. People looking at newspaper headlines 5. SOUNDBITE: (Farsi) Amir Nasiri, university student and Tehran resident: "The sanctions have been imposed on us for many years and we are not intimidated by sanctions. We need this modern technology (nuclear) and our people back the government on this issue." 6. Wide of newspaper kiosk 7. Close-up of headline reading (English) "Way open for fresh talks" 8. SOUNDBITE: (Farsi) Navid Pourmirza, university student and Tehran resident: "At the present time, sanctions would be a loss to Iran and our politicians should act tactfully and accept at least a short-term suspension of uranium enrichment." 9. Newspapers laid out for sale 10. Wide of traffic STORYLINE: There were mixed reactions on the streets of Tehran on Wednesday to the latest developments in the controversy surrounding Iran's nuclear programme. The Iranian government on Tuesday delivered a written response to a diplomatic package presented in June by the five permanent U.N. Security Council members and Germany that offers Iran incentives if it halts uranium enrichment, and threatens sanctions if it does not. Iran said it was ready for serious negotiations on its nuclear program, offering a new formula to resolve a crisis with the West. Iranian officials offered no details of the response, but it appeared geared at enticing those countries into further negotiations by offering a broad set of proposals vague enough to hold out hope of progress in resolving the standoff. But an Iranian news agency said on Tuesday the government was unwilling to abandon uranium enrichment - the key U.S. demand. Amir Nasiri, a university student and Tehran resident, shrugged off the threat of sanctions, saying Iran was not intimidated, and that nuclear technology was important. "We need this modern technology (nuclear) and our people back the government on this issue," he added. But another student and resident, Navid Pourmirza, urged compromise on the issue. "At the present time, sanctions would be a loss to Iran and our politicians should act tactfully and accept at least a short-term suspension of uranium enrichment," she said. The Iranian newspapers were full of the news of the latest developments, as the UN said it would now study Iran's response to the offer, before deciding its next step. The world powers, the five permanent U.N. Security Council members plus Germany, have given Iran until August 31 to accept the package. Tuesday's announcement was the latest development in the yearlong standoff over Tehran's nuclear program. Iran says it wants to master the technology to generate nuclear power. But critics say Iran is interested in uranium enrichment because it can also be used to make the fissile core of nuclear weapons 10:44:55 060823#049 - IRAN TALKS GMA SCIUTTO Dopesheet Live top- The early reaction from the international community is not what the US wanted. China and Russia this morning saying they prefer more talks, more time, despite Iran's clear refusal to suspend its nuclear activities. Taped piece- Iran's top nuclear negotiator promised a new formula for talks, but in the end Iran refused the key demand of both the UN and the US.that it suspend its enrichment of uranium.which the Bush administration fears could be a step toward building a nuclear weapon. Western officials have held off on any official reaction. But the US ambassador to the UN again threatened less carrot, more stick. Sot/John Bolton, US Representative to the UN: "Their unwillingness to give up their pursuit of nuclear weapons will result in our efforts in the Security Council to obtain economic sanctions." During our travels through Iran this month, we found most Iranians supportive of their country's nuclear ambitions.even in the face of sanctions. Farsi SOT with Iranian nut vendor: 'We cooperated with the UN and we didn't get anything in return, he said, 'we were just defending ourselves' Live close- Now sets up a show-down in the UN Security Council next week.US facing real difficulty to muster the votes for economic sanctions.real doubts that Iran can be talked out of its nuclear ambitions 10:46:08 060823#053 - IRAN WARGAMES ap1230g Notes Supered Dopesheet APTN-1230: ++Iran Wargames Wednesday, 23 August 2006 Iran tests ground-to-sea missile SOURCE: IRIB DATELINE: Sistan-o-Balochestan, 23 August 2006 SHOTLIST: 1. Wide of ground to sea missile launching 2. Various of ground to sea missile launching and hitting targets 3. Iran's joint chief of staff Abdorrahim Mosavi 4. Wide of target on seashore 5. Missile firing 6. Various of explosions 7. Mosavi and other army commanders 8. Various of missiles launching and explosions 9. SOUNDBITE: (Farsi) Colonel Ghorbanzadeh, military manoeuvres planner: "We are evaluating our ground to sea missiles during these war games. Since the threats from enemies are not limited to ground, Iran's infantry force wants to prove that it can tackle even those threats on the seashore." 10. Various of underwater explosives being fixed 11. Wide of explosion on water surface 12. Various of army divers jumping into water STORYLINE Iran test fired a series of missiles on Wednesday as part of a series of large-scale military manoeuvres geared at testing the country's new defensive doctrine. Iranian television broadcast pictures showing exercises off the seashore, with exercises visible both above and below the surface of the water. "We are evaluating our ground to sea missiles during these war games. Since the threats from enemies are not limited to ground, Iran's infantry force wants to prove that it can tackle even those threats on the seashore," said Colonel Ghorbanzadeh of the Iranian army. The current round of war games began on Saturday with state-run television reporting the military activity would occur in 14 of the country's 30 provinces, lasting as long as five weeks. Iran routinely holds war games to test the military equipment it builds at home. The military exercises come as Iran faces heightened international scrutiny because of its contentious nuclear programme and for claims by the US and its allies that the regime is supporting the guerrilla group Hezbollah in Lebanon, accusations which Iran denies. The military exercise, involving 12 infantry regiments, is called "The Blow of Zolfaghar," in reference to a sword that belonged to Imam Ali, one of the most revered figures of Islam for Shiite Muslims. A majority of Iran's 70 (m) million people are Shiite. 10:47:40 Also an additional story from Iran about yesterday's dispute about a Romanian oil rig Iran Romania reax EVNX Date Shot: 23-AUG-2006 Location: TEHRAN Country: IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF) Sound: NATURAL Language: Source: GBAPTN Shotlist: TEHRAN - 23 AUGUST 2006 1. Wide exterior of Romanian embassy 2. Close up of sign reading (Romanian) "Romanian embassy" 3. Embassy staff and Romanian Charge d'affaires 4. Woman's statue outside the embassy 5. Set-up shot Mircea Has, Romanian Charge d'affaires 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Mircea Has, Romanian Charge d'affaires in Iran "The chief of the military vessel gave them a deadline, "you have one hour to receive us onboard". They refused and after one hour they started to shoot and in ten minutes - that means 10:30 (local time)- they occupied the platform. As the first thing, they sealed the transmission room and we lost the contact to them." 7. Close up of handwriting 8. SOUNDBITE (English) Mircea Has, Romanian Charge d'affaires in Iran "They produced a paper which is like coming from Kish Judiciary, the Kish court saying that for the moment the rig is uner arrest." 9. Mircea Has in interview 10. SOUNDBITE (English) Mircea Has, Romanian Charge d'affaires in Iran "We don't know whether (they shot) in the air or against us, but a hundred percent they fired." 11. Close up of Mircea Has hands 12. SOUNDBITE (English) Mircea Has, Romanian Charge d'affaires in Iran "Occupying by force civilians, you know, and equipments, according to all international regulations, it's not a very simple question. Just think about it, the platform is a Romanian territory." 13. Mircea Has in interview 14. SOUNDBITE (English) Mircea Has, Romanian Charge d'affaires in Iran "Today early in the morning I started again. Maybe in one hour I'm going to the Foreign Affairs. There's also a call for the president office here I'm waiting and in between maybe in two hours, three hours my diplomats are on the platform." 15. Wide of Mircea Has leaving the interview Dopesheet: The top diplomat at the Romanian embassy in Tehran told AP Television on Wednesday that the Iranian military did fire on a Romanian oil rig and its crew in the Persian Gulf a day earlier, in an an incident stemming from a commercial dispute. The Romanian charge d'affaires to Iran, Mircea Has, said the rig is "a Romanian territory" and that occupying it by force "is not a very simple question". In an interview with AP Television, Has said Romanian diplomats were being dispatched to the rig on Wednesday. Several Iranian warships fired on the rig on Tuesday, and troops from the vessel boarded and seized it, said the private company GSP, which owns the rig Orizont. The crew of 20 Romanians and seven Indians were held for several hours on the rig's heliport before being freed to return to their quarters. GSP's president said one of the cranes was destroyed in the attack and added that an Iranian court had ordered the rig to remain in Iranian waters pending resolution of a legal dispute. No crew members were injured, he said. On Tuesday, the Romanian Foreign Ministry said it summoned Iran's ambassador to explain the incident and that Romania's charge d'affaires in Iran, Mircea Has, was instructed to lodge an official protest. The Orizont rig has been moored near Kish island in the Persian Gulf since October, GSP said. GSP, also known as the Oil Services Group, is a private Romanian company established in 2004, which operates six offshore rigs that it bought from Romania's largest oil company, Petrom. The Orizont rig was built in 1987 and weighs 13,000 tons. Kish, in the southern end of the Persian Gulf, houses the offices of about 100 Iranian and foreign oil companies.

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23 August 2006 Iranian Nuclear Clips NY-2 X-79 1040 IRAN X79 10:43:21 060823#004 - IRAN REACTION ap0530g Dopesheet APTN-0530: ++Iran Reaction Wednesday, 23 August 2006 Reaction in Tehran to developments on nuclear policy SOURCE: AP TELEVISION DATELINE: Tehran - 23 August 2006 SHOTLIST: 1. Wide of a street in Tehran 2. Wide of newspaper kiosk 3. Close up of Tehran Times newspaper headline reading (English) "What is Iran's response?" 4. People looking at newspaper headlines 5. SOUNDBITE: (Farsi) Amir Nasiri, university student and Tehran resident: "The sanctions have been imposed on us for many years and we are not intimidated by sanctions. We need this modern technology (nuclear) and our people back the government on this issue." 6. Wide of newspaper kiosk 7. Close-up of headline reading (English) "Way open for fresh talks" 8. SOUNDBITE: (Farsi) Navid Pourmirza, university student and Tehran resident: "At the present time, sanctions would be a loss to Iran and our politicians should act tactfully and accept at least a short-term suspension of uranium enrichment." 9. Newspapers laid out for sale 10. Wide of traffic STORYLINE: There were mixed reactions on the streets of Tehran on Wednesday to the latest developments in the controversy surrounding Iran's nuclear programme. The Iranian government on Tuesday delivered a written response to a diplomatic package presented in June by the five permanent U.N. Security Council members and Germany that offers Iran incentives if it halts uranium enrichment, and threatens sanctions if it does not. Iran said it was ready for serious negotiations on its nuclear program, offering a new formula to resolve a crisis with the West. Iranian officials offered no details of the response, but it appeared geared at enticing those countries into further negotiations by offering a broad set of proposals vague enough to hold out hope of progress in resolving the standoff. But an Iranian news agency said on Tuesday the government was unwilling to abandon uranium enrichment - the key U.S. demand. Amir Nasiri, a university student and Tehran resident, shrugged off the threat of sanctions, saying Iran was not intimidated, and that nuclear technology was important. "We need this modern technology (nuclear) and our people back the government on this issue," he added. But another student and resident, Navid Pourmirza, urged compromise on the issue. "At the present time, sanctions would be a loss to Iran and our politicians should act tactfully and accept at least a short-term suspension of uranium enrichment," she said. The Iranian newspapers were full of the news of the latest developments, as the UN said it would now study Iran's response to the offer, before deciding its next step. The world powers, the five permanent U.N. Security Council members plus Germany, have given Iran until August 31 to accept the package. Tuesday's announcement was the latest development in the yearlong standoff over Tehran's nuclear program. Iran says it wants to master the technology to generate nuclear power. But critics say Iran is interested in uranium enrichment because it can also be used to make the fissile core of nuclear weapons 10:44:55 060823#049 - IRAN TALKS GMA SCIUTTO Dopesheet Live top- The early reaction from the international community is not what the US wanted. China and Russia this morning saying they prefer more talks, more time, despite Iran's clear refusal to suspend its nuclear activities. Taped piece- Iran's top nuclear negotiator promised a new formula for talks, but in the end Iran refused the key demand of both the UN and the US.that it suspend its enrichment of uranium.which the Bush administration fears could be a step toward building a nuclear weapon. Western officials have held off on any official reaction. But the US ambassador to the UN again threatened less carrot, more stick. Sot/John Bolton, US Representative to the UN: "Their unwillingness to give up their pursuit of nuclear weapons will result in our efforts in the Security Council to obtain economic sanctions." During our travels through Iran this month, we found most Iranians supportive of their country's nuclear ambitions.even in the face of sanctions. Farsi SOT with Iranian nut vendor: 'We cooperated with the UN and we didn't get anything in return, he said, 'we were just defending ourselves' Live close- Now sets up a show-down in the UN Security Council next week.US facing real difficulty to muster the votes for economic sanctions.real doubts that Iran can be talked out of its nuclear ambitions 10:46:08 060823#053 - IRAN WARGAMES ap1230g Notes Supered Dopesheet APTN-1230: ++Iran Wargames Wednesday, 23 August 2006 Iran tests ground-to-sea missile SOURCE: IRIB DATELINE: Sistan-o-Balochestan, 23 August 2006 SHOTLIST: 1. Wide of ground to sea missile launching 2. Various of ground to sea missile launching and hitting targets 3. Iran's joint chief of staff Abdorrahim Mosavi 4. Wide of target on seashore 5. Missile firing 6. Various of explosions 7. Mosavi and other army commanders 8. Various of missiles launching and explosions 9. SOUNDBITE: (Farsi) Colonel Ghorbanzadeh, military manoeuvres planner: "We are evaluating our ground to sea missiles during these war games. Since the threats from enemies are not limited to ground, Iran's infantry force wants to prove that it can tackle even those threats on the seashore." 10. Various of underwater explosives being fixed 11. Wide of explosion on water surface 12. Various of army divers jumping into water STORYLINE Iran test fired a series of missiles on Wednesday as part of a series of large-scale military manoeuvres geared at testing the country's new defensive doctrine. Iranian television broadcast pictures showing exercises off the seashore, with exercises visible both above and below the surface of the water. "We are evaluating our ground to sea missiles during these war games. Since the threats from enemies are not limited to ground, Iran's infantry force wants to prove that it can tackle even those threats on the seashore," said Colonel Ghorbanzadeh of the Iranian army. The current round of war games began on Saturday with state-run television reporting the military activity would occur in 14 of the country's 30 provinces, lasting as long as five weeks. Iran routinely holds war games to test the military equipment it builds at home. The military exercises come as Iran faces heightened international scrutiny because of its contentious nuclear programme and for claims by the US and its allies that the regime is supporting the guerrilla group Hezbollah in Lebanon, accusations which Iran denies. The military exercise, involving 12 infantry regiments, is called "The Blow of Zolfaghar," in reference to a sword that belonged to Imam Ali, one of the most revered figures of Islam for Shiite Muslims. A majority of Iran's 70 (m) million people are Shiite. 10:47:40 Also an additional story from Iran about yesterday's dispute about a Romanian oil rig Iran Romania reax EVNX Date Shot: 23-AUG-2006 Location: TEHRAN Country: IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF) Sound: NATURAL Language: Source: GBAPTN Shotlist: TEHRAN - 23 AUGUST 2006 1. Wide exterior of Romanian embassy 2. Close up of sign reading (Romanian) "Romanian embassy" 3. Embassy staff and Romanian Charge d'affaires 4. Woman's statue outside the embassy 5. Set-up shot Mircea Has, Romanian Charge d'affaires 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Mircea Has, Romanian Charge d'affaires in Iran "The chief of the military vessel gave them a deadline, "you have one hour to receive us onboard". They refused and after one hour they started to shoot and in ten minutes - that means 10:30 (local time)- they occupied the platform. As the first thing, they sealed the transmission room and we lost the contact to them." 7. Close up of handwriting 8. SOUNDBITE (English) Mircea Has, Romanian Charge d'affaires in Iran "They produced a paper which is like coming from Kish Judiciary, the Kish court saying that for the moment the rig is uner arrest." 9. Mircea Has in interview 10. SOUNDBITE (English) Mircea Has, Romanian Charge d'affaires in Iran "We don't know whether (they shot) in the air or against us, but a hundred percent they fired." 11. Close up of Mircea Has hands 12. SOUNDBITE (English) Mircea Has, Romanian Charge d'affaires in Iran "Occupying by force civilians, you know, and equipments, according to all international regulations, it's not a very simple question. Just think about it, the platform is a Romanian territory." 13. Mircea Has in interview 14. SOUNDBITE (English) Mircea Has, Romanian Charge d'affaires in Iran "Today early in the morning I started again. Maybe in one hour I'm going to the Foreign Affairs. There's also a call for the president office here I'm waiting and in between maybe in two hours, three hours my diplomats are on the platform." 15. Wide of Mircea Has leaving the interview Dopesheet: The top diplomat at the Romanian embassy in Tehran told AP Television on Wednesday that the Iranian military did fire on a Romanian oil rig and its crew in the Persian Gulf a day earlier, in an an incident stemming from a commercial dispute. The Romanian charge d'affaires to Iran, Mircea Has, said the rig is "a Romanian territory" and that occupying it by force "is not a very simple question". In an interview with AP Television, Has said Romanian diplomats were being dispatched to the rig on Wednesday. Several Iranian warships fired on the rig on Tuesday, and troops from the vessel boarded and seized it, said the private company GSP, which owns the rig Orizont. The crew of 20 Romanians and seven Indians were held for several hours on the rig's heliport before being freed to return to their quarters. GSP's president said one of the cranes was destroyed in the attack and added that an Iranian court had ordered the rig to remain in Iranian waters pending resolution of a legal dispute. No crew members were injured, he said. On Tuesday, the Romanian Foreign Ministry said it summoned Iran's ambassador to explain the incident and that Romania's charge d'affaires in Iran, Mircea Has, was instructed to lodge an official protest. The Orizont rig has been moored near Kish island in the Persian Gulf since October, GSP said. GSP, also known as the Oil Services Group, is a private Romanian company established in 2004, which operates six offshore rigs that it bought from Romania's largest oil company, Petrom. The Orizont rig was built in 1987 and weighs 13,000 tons. Kish, in the southern end of the Persian Gulf, houses the offices of about 100 Iranian and foreign oil companies.

23 August 2006 Iranian Nuclear Clips NY-2 X-79 1040 IRAN X79 10:43:21 060823#004 - IRAN REACTION ap0530g Dopesheet APTN-0530: ++Iran Reaction Wednesday, 23 August 2006 Reaction in Tehran to developments on nuclear policy SOURCE: AP TELEVISION DATELINE: Tehran - 23 August 2006 SHOTLIST: 1. Wide of a street in Tehran 2. Wide of newspaper kiosk 3. Close up of Tehran Times newspaper headline reading (English) "What is Iran's response?" 4. People looking at newspaper headlines 5. SOUNDBITE: (Farsi) Amir Nasiri, university student and Tehran resident: "The sanctions have been imposed on us for many years and we are not intimidated by sanctions. We need this modern technology (nuclear) and our people back the government on this issue." 6. Wide of newspaper kiosk 7. Close-up of headline reading (English) "Way open for fresh talks" 8. SOUNDBITE: (Farsi) Navid Pourmirza, university student and Tehran resident: "At the present time, sanctions would be a loss to Iran and our politicians should act tactfully and accept at least a short-term suspension of uranium enrichment." 9. Newspapers laid out for sale 10. Wide of traffic STORYLINE: There were mixed reactions on the streets of Tehran on Wednesday to the latest developments in the controversy surrounding Iran's nuclear programme. The Iranian government on Tuesday delivered a written response to a diplomatic package presented in June by the five permanent U.N. Security Council members and Germany that offers Iran incentives if it halts uranium enrichment, and threatens sanctions if it does not. Iran said it was ready for serious negotiations on its nuclear program, offering a new formula to resolve a crisis with the West. Iranian officials offered no details of the response, but it appeared geared at enticing those countries into further negotiations by offering a broad set of proposals vague enough to hold out hope of progress in resolving the standoff. But an Iranian news agency said on Tuesday the government was unwilling to abandon uranium enrichment - the key U.S. demand. Amir Nasiri, a university student and Tehran resident, shrugged off the threat of sanctions, saying Iran was not intimidated, and that nuclear technology was important. "We need this modern technology (nuclear) and our people back the government on this issue," he added. But another student and resident, Navid Pourmirza, urged compromise on the issue. "At the present time, sanctions would be a loss to Iran and our politicians should act tactfully and accept at least a short-term suspension of uranium enrichment," she said. The Iranian newspapers were full of the news of the latest developments, as the UN said it would now study Iran's response to the offer, before deciding its next step. The world powers, the five permanent U.N. Security Council members plus Germany, have given Iran until August 31 to accept the package. Tuesday's announcement was the latest development in the yearlong standoff over Tehran's nuclear program. Iran says it wants to master the technology to generate nuclear power. But critics say Iran is interested in uranium enrichment because it can also be used to make the fissile core of nuclear weapons 10:44:55 060823#049 - IRAN TALKS GMA SCIUTTO Dopesheet Live top- The early reaction from the international community is not what the US wanted. China and Russia this morning saying they prefer more talks, more time, despite Iran's clear refusal to suspend its nuclear activities. Taped piece- Iran's top nuclear negotiator promised a new formula for talks, but in the end Iran refused the key demand of both the UN and the US.that it suspend its enrichment of uranium.which the Bush administration fears could be a step toward building a nuclear weapon. Western officials have held off on any official reaction. But the US ambassador to the UN again threatened less carrot, more stick. Sot/John Bolton, US Representative to the UN: "Their unwillingness to give up their pursuit of nuclear weapons will result in our efforts in the Security Council to obtain economic sanctions." During our travels through Iran this month, we found most Iranians supportive of their country's nuclear ambitions.even in the face of sanctions. Farsi SOT with Iranian nut vendor: 'We cooperated with the UN and we didn't get anything in return, he said, 'we were just defending ourselves' Live close- Now sets up a show-down in the UN Security Council next week.US facing real difficulty to muster the votes for economic sanctions.real doubts that Iran can be talked out of its nuclear ambitions 10:46:08 060823#053 - IRAN WARGAMES ap1230g Notes Supered Dopesheet APTN-1230: ++Iran Wargames Wednesday, 23 August 2006 Iran tests ground-to-sea missile SOURCE: IRIB DATELINE: Sistan-o-Balochestan, 23 August 2006 SHOTLIST: 1. Wide of ground to sea missile launching 2. Various of ground to sea missile launching and hitting targets 3. Iran's joint chief of staff Abdorrahim Mosavi 4. Wide of target on seashore 5. Missile firing 6. Various of explosions 7. Mosavi and other army commanders 8. Various of missiles launching and explosions 9. SOUNDBITE: (Farsi) Colonel Ghorbanzadeh, military manoeuvres planner: "We are evaluating our ground to sea missiles during these war games. Since the threats from enemies are not limited to ground, Iran's infantry force wants to prove that it can tackle even those threats on the seashore." 10. Various of underwater explosives being fixed 11. Wide of explosion on water surface 12. Various of army divers jumping into water STORYLINE Iran test fired a series of missiles on Wednesday as part of a series of large-scale military manoeuvres geared at testing the country's new defensive doctrine. Iranian television broadcast pictures showing exercises off the seashore, with exercises visible both above and below the surface of the water. "We are evaluating our ground to sea missiles during these war games. Since the threats from enemies are not limited to ground, Iran's infantry force wants to prove that it can tackle even those threats on the seashore," said Colonel Ghorbanzadeh of the Iranian army. The current round of war games began on Saturday with state-run television reporting the military activity would occur in 14 of the country's 30 provinces, lasting as long as five weeks. Iran routinely holds war games to test the military equipment it builds at home. The military exercises come as Iran faces heightened international scrutiny because of its contentious nuclear programme and for claims by the US and its allies that the regime is supporting the guerrilla group Hezbollah in Lebanon, accusations which Iran denies. The military exercise, involving 12 infantry regiments, is called "The Blow of Zolfaghar," in reference to a sword that belonged to Imam Ali, one of the most revered figures of Islam for Shiite Muslims. A majority of Iran's 70 (m) million people are Shiite. 10:47:40 Also an additional story from Iran about yesterday's dispute about a Romanian oil rig Iran Romania reax EVNX Date Shot: 23-AUG-2006 Location: TEHRAN Country: IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF) Sound: NATURAL Language: Source: GBAPTN Shotlist: TEHRAN - 23 AUGUST 2006 1. Wide exterior of Romanian embassy 2. Close up of sign reading (Romanian) "Romanian embassy" 3. Embassy staff and Romanian Charge d'affaires 4. Woman's statue outside the embassy 5. Set-up shot Mircea Has, Romanian Charge d'affaires 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Mircea Has, Romanian Charge d'affaires in Iran "The chief of the military vessel gave them a deadline, "you have one hour to receive us onboard". They refused and after one hour they started to shoot and in ten minutes - that means 10:30 (local time)- they occupied the platform. As the first thing, they sealed the transmission room and we lost the contact to them." 7. Close up of handwriting 8. SOUNDBITE (English) Mircea Has, Romanian Charge d'affaires in Iran "They produced a paper which is like coming from Kish Judiciary, the Kish court saying that for the moment the rig is uner arrest." 9. Mircea Has in interview 10. SOUNDBITE (English) Mircea Has, Romanian Charge d'affaires in Iran "We don't know whether (they shot) in the air or against us, but a hundred percent they fired." 11. Close up of Mircea Has hands 12. SOUNDBITE (English) Mircea Has, Romanian Charge d'affaires in Iran "Occupying by force civilians, you know, and equipments, according to all international regulations, it's not a very simple question. Just think about it, the platform is a Romanian territory." 13. Mircea Has in interview 14. SOUNDBITE (English) Mircea Has, Romanian Charge d'affaires in Iran "Today early in the morning I started again. Maybe in one hour I'm going to the Foreign Affairs. There's also a call for the president office here I'm waiting and in between maybe in two hours, three hours my diplomats are on the platform." 15. Wide of Mircea Has leaving the interview Dopesheet: The top diplomat at the Romanian embassy in Tehran told AP Television on Wednesday that the Iranian military did fire on a Romanian oil rig and its crew in the Persian Gulf a day earlier, in an an incident stemming from a commercial dispute. The Romanian charge d'affaires to Iran, Mircea Has, said the rig is "a Romanian territory" and that occupying it by force "is not a very simple question". In an interview with AP Television, Has said Romanian diplomats were being dispatched to the rig on Wednesday. Several Iranian warships fired on the rig on Tuesday, and troops from the vessel boarded and seized it, said the private company GSP, which owns the rig Orizont. The crew of 20 Romanians and seven Indians were held for several hours on the rig's heliport before being freed to return to their quarters. GSP's president said one of the cranes was destroyed in the attack and added that an Iranian court had ordered the rig to remain in Iranian waters pending resolution of a legal dispute. No crew members were injured, he said. On Tuesday, the Romanian Foreign Ministry said it summoned Iran's ambassador to explain the incident and that Romania's charge d'affaires in Iran, Mircea Has, was instructed to lodge an official protest. The Orizont rig has been moored near Kish island in the Persian Gulf since October, GSP said. GSP, also known as the Oil Services Group, is a private Romanian company established in 2004, which operates six offshore rigs that it bought from Romania's largest oil company, Petrom. The Orizont rig was built in 1987 and weighs 13,000 tons. Kish, in the southern end of the Persian Gulf, houses the offices of about 100 Iranian and foreign oil companies.

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23 August 2006 Iranian Nuclear Clips NY-2 X-79 1040 IRAN X79 10:43:21 060823#004 - IRAN REACTION ap0530g Dopesheet APTN-0530: ++Iran Reaction Wednesday, 23 August 2006 Reaction in Tehran to developments on nuclear policy SOURCE: AP TELEVISION DATELINE: Tehran - 23 August 2006 SHOTLIST: 1. Wide of a street in Tehran 2. Wide of newspaper kiosk 3. Close up of Tehran Times newspaper headline reading (English) "What is Iran's response?" 4. People looking at newspaper headlines 5. SOUNDBITE: (Farsi) Amir Nasiri, university student and Tehran resident: "The sanctions have been imposed on us for many years and we are not intimidated by sanctions. We need this modern technology (nuclear) and our people back the government on this issue." 6. Wide of newspaper kiosk 7. Close-up of headline reading (English) "Way open for fresh talks" 8. SOUNDBITE: (Farsi) Navid Pourmirza, university student and Tehran resident: "At the present time, sanctions would be a loss to Iran and our politicians should act tactfully and accept at least a short-term suspension of uranium enrichment." 9. Newspapers laid out for sale 10. Wide of traffic STORYLINE: There were mixed reactions on the streets of Tehran on Wednesday to the latest developments in the controversy surrounding Iran's nuclear programme. The Iranian government on Tuesday delivered a written response to a diplomatic package presented in June by the five permanent U.N. Security Council members and Germany that offers Iran incentives if it halts uranium enrichment, and threatens sanctions if it does not. Iran said it was ready for serious negotiations on its nuclear program, offering a new formula to resolve a crisis with the West. Iranian officials offered no details of the response, but it appeared geared at enticing those countries into further negotiations by offering a broad set of proposals vague enough to hold out hope of progress in resolving the standoff. But an Iranian news agency said on Tuesday the government was unwilling to abandon uranium enrichment - the key U.S. demand. Amir Nasiri, a university student and Tehran resident, shrugged off the threat of sanctions, saying Iran was not intimidated, and that nuclear technology was important. "We need this modern technology (nuclear) and our people back the government on this issue," he added. But another student and resident, Navid Pourmirza, urged compromise on the issue. "At the present time, sanctions would be a loss to Iran and our politicians should act tactfully and accept at least a short-term suspension of uranium enrichment," she said. The Iranian newspapers were full of the news of the latest developments, as the UN said it would now study Iran's response to the offer, before deciding its next step. The world powers, the five permanent U.N. Security Council members plus Germany, have given Iran until August 31 to accept the package. Tuesday's announcement was the latest development in the yearlong standoff over Tehran's nuclear program. Iran says it wants to master the technology to generate nuclear power. But critics say Iran is interested in uranium enrichment because it can also be used to make the fissile core of nuclear weapons 10:44:55 060823#049 - IRAN TALKS GMA SCIUTTO Dopesheet Live top- The early reaction from the international community is not what the US wanted. China and Russia this morning saying they prefer more talks, more time, despite Iran's clear refusal to suspend its nuclear activities. Taped piece- Iran's top nuclear negotiator promised a new formula for talks, but in the end Iran refused the key demand of both the UN and the US.that it suspend its enrichment of uranium.which the Bush administration fears could be a step toward building a nuclear weapon. Western officials have held off on any official reaction. But the US ambassador to the UN again threatened less carrot, more stick. Sot/John Bolton, US Representative to the UN: "Their unwillingness to give up their pursuit of nuclear weapons will result in our efforts in the Security Council to obtain economic sanctions." During our travels through Iran this month, we found most Iranians supportive of their country's nuclear ambitions.even in the face of sanctions. Farsi SOT with Iranian nut vendor: 'We cooperated with the UN and we didn't get anything in return, he said, 'we were just defending ourselves' Live close- Now sets up a show-down in the UN Security Council next week.US facing real difficulty to muster the votes for economic sanctions.real doubts that Iran can be talked out of its nuclear ambitions 10:46:08 060823#053 - IRAN WARGAMES ap1230g Notes Supered Dopesheet APTN-1230: ++Iran Wargames Wednesday, 23 August 2006 Iran tests ground-to-sea missile SOURCE: IRIB DATELINE: Sistan-o-Balochestan, 23 August 2006 SHOTLIST: 1. Wide of ground to sea missile launching 2. Various of ground to sea missile launching and hitting targets 3. Iran's joint chief of staff Abdorrahim Mosavi 4. Wide of target on seashore 5. Missile firing 6. Various of explosions 7. Mosavi and other army commanders 8. Various of missiles launching and explosions 9. SOUNDBITE: (Farsi) Colonel Ghorbanzadeh, military manoeuvres planner: "We are evaluating our ground to sea missiles during these war games. Since the threats from enemies are not limited to ground, Iran's infantry force wants to prove that it can tackle even those threats on the seashore." 10. Various of underwater explosives being fixed 11. Wide of explosion on water surface 12. Various of army divers jumping into water STORYLINE Iran test fired a series of missiles on Wednesday as part of a series of large-scale military manoeuvres geared at testing the country's new defensive doctrine. Iranian television broadcast pictures showing exercises off the seashore, with exercises visible both above and below the surface of the water. "We are evaluating our ground to sea missiles during these war games. Since the threats from enemies are not limited to ground, Iran's infantry force wants to prove that it can tackle even those threats on the seashore," said Colonel Ghorbanzadeh of the Iranian army. The current round of war games began on Saturday with state-run television reporting the military activity would occur in 14 of the country's 30 provinces, lasting as long as five weeks. Iran routinely holds war games to test the military equipment it builds at home. The military exercises come as Iran faces heightened international scrutiny because of its contentious nuclear programme and for claims by the US and its allies that the regime is supporting the guerrilla group Hezbollah in Lebanon, accusations which Iran denies. The military exercise, involving 12 infantry regiments, is called "The Blow of Zolfaghar," in reference to a sword that belonged to Imam Ali, one of the most revered figures of Islam for Shiite Muslims. A majority of Iran's 70 (m) million people are Shiite. 10:47:40 Also an additional story from Iran about yesterday's dispute about a Romanian oil rig Iran Romania reax EVNX Date Shot: 23-AUG-2006 Location: TEHRAN Country: IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF) Sound: NATURAL Language: Source: GBAPTN Shotlist: TEHRAN - 23 AUGUST 2006 1. Wide exterior of Romanian embassy 2. Close up of sign reading (Romanian) "Romanian embassy" 3. Embassy staff and Romanian Charge d'affaires 4. Woman's statue outside the embassy 5. Set-up shot Mircea Has, Romanian Charge d'affaires 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Mircea Has, Romanian Charge d'affaires in Iran "The chief of the military vessel gave them a deadline, "you have one hour to receive us onboard". They refused and after one hour they started to shoot and in ten minutes - that means 10:30 (local time)- they occupied the platform. As the first thing, they sealed the transmission room and we lost the contact to them." 7. Close up of handwriting 8. SOUNDBITE (English) Mircea Has, Romanian Charge d'affaires in Iran "They produced a paper which is like coming from Kish Judiciary, the Kish court saying that for the moment the rig is uner arrest." 9. Mircea Has in interview 10. SOUNDBITE (English) Mircea Has, Romanian Charge d'affaires in Iran "We don't know whether (they shot) in the air or against us, but a hundred percent they fired." 11. Close up of Mircea Has hands 12. SOUNDBITE (English) Mircea Has, Romanian Charge d'affaires in Iran "Occupying by force civilians, you know, and equipments, according to all international regulations, it's not a very simple question. Just think about it, the platform is a Romanian territory." 13. Mircea Has in interview 14. SOUNDBITE (English) Mircea Has, Romanian Charge d'affaires in Iran "Today early in the morning I started again. Maybe in one hour I'm going to the Foreign Affairs. There's also a call for the president office here I'm waiting and in between maybe in two hours, three hours my diplomats are on the platform." 15. Wide of Mircea Has leaving the interview Dopesheet: The top diplomat at the Romanian embassy in Tehran told AP Television on Wednesday that the Iranian military did fire on a Romanian oil rig and its crew in the Persian Gulf a day earlier, in an an incident stemming from a commercial dispute. The Romanian charge d'affaires to Iran, Mircea Has, said the rig is "a Romanian territory" and that occupying it by force "is not a very simple question". In an interview with AP Television, Has said Romanian diplomats were being dispatched to the rig on Wednesday. Several Iranian warships fired on the rig on Tuesday, and troops from the vessel boarded and seized it, said the private company GSP, which owns the rig Orizont. The crew of 20 Romanians and seven Indians were held for several hours on the rig's heliport before being freed to return to their quarters. GSP's president said one of the cranes was destroyed in the attack and added that an Iranian court had ordered the rig to remain in Iranian waters pending resolution of a legal dispute. No crew members were injured, he said. On Tuesday, the Romanian Foreign Ministry said it summoned Iran's ambassador to explain the incident and that Romania's charge d'affaires in Iran, Mircea Has, was instructed to lodge an official protest. The Orizont rig has been moored near Kish island in the Persian Gulf since October, GSP said. GSP, also known as the Oil Services Group, is a private Romanian company established in 2004, which operates six offshore rigs that it bought from Romania's largest oil company, Petrom. The Orizont rig was built in 1987 and weighs 13,000 tons. Kish, in the southern end of the Persian Gulf, houses the offices of about 100 Iranian and foreign oil companies.

23 August 2006 Iranian Nuclear Clips NY-2 X-79 1040 IRAN X79 10:43:21 060823#004 - IRAN REACTION ap0530g Dopesheet APTN-0530: ++Iran Reaction Wednesday, 23 August 2006 Reaction in Tehran to developments on nuclear policy SOURCE: AP TELEVISION DATELINE: Tehran - 23 August 2006 SHOTLIST: 1. Wide of a street in Tehran 2. Wide of newspaper kiosk 3. Close up of Tehran Times newspaper headline reading (English) "What is Iran's response?" 4. People looking at newspaper headlines 5. SOUNDBITE: (Farsi) Amir Nasiri, university student and Tehran resident: "The sanctions have been imposed on us for many years and we are not intimidated by sanctions. We need this modern technology (nuclear) and our people back the government on this issue." 6. Wide of newspaper kiosk 7. Close-up of headline reading (English) "Way open for fresh talks" 8. SOUNDBITE: (Farsi) Navid Pourmirza, university student and Tehran resident: "At the present time, sanctions would be a loss to Iran and our politicians should act tactfully and accept at least a short-term suspension of uranium enrichment." 9. Newspapers laid out for sale 10. Wide of traffic STORYLINE: There were mixed reactions on the streets of Tehran on Wednesday to the latest developments in the controversy surrounding Iran's nuclear programme. The Iranian government on Tuesday delivered a written response to a diplomatic package presented in June by the five permanent U.N. Security Council members and Germany that offers Iran incentives if it halts uranium enrichment, and threatens sanctions if it does not. Iran said it was ready for serious negotiations on its nuclear program, offering a new formula to resolve a crisis with the West. Iranian officials offered no details of the response, but it appeared geared at enticing those countries into further negotiations by offering a broad set of proposals vague enough to hold out hope of progress in resolving the standoff. But an Iranian news agency said on Tuesday the government was unwilling to abandon uranium enrichment - the key U.S. demand. Amir Nasiri, a university student and Tehran resident, shrugged off the threat of sanctions, saying Iran was not intimidated, and that nuclear technology was important. "We need this modern technology (nuclear) and our people back the government on this issue," he added. But another student and resident, Navid Pourmirza, urged compromise on the issue. "At the present time, sanctions would be a loss to Iran and our politicians should act tactfully and accept at least a short-term suspension of uranium enrichment," she said. The Iranian newspapers were full of the news of the latest developments, as the UN said it would now study Iran's response to the offer, before deciding its next step. The world powers, the five permanent U.N. Security Council members plus Germany, have given Iran until August 31 to accept the package. Tuesday's announcement was the latest development in the yearlong standoff over Tehran's nuclear program. Iran says it wants to master the technology to generate nuclear power. But critics say Iran is interested in uranium enrichment because it can also be used to make the fissile core of nuclear weapons 10:44:55 060823#049 - IRAN TALKS GMA SCIUTTO Dopesheet Live top- The early reaction from the international community is not what the US wanted. China and Russia this morning saying they prefer more talks, more time, despite Iran's clear refusal to suspend its nuclear activities. Taped piece- Iran's top nuclear negotiator promised a new formula for talks, but in the end Iran refused the key demand of both the UN and the US.that it suspend its enrichment of uranium.which the Bush administration fears could be a step toward building a nuclear weapon. Western officials have held off on any official reaction. But the US ambassador to the UN again threatened less carrot, more stick. Sot/John Bolton, US Representative to the UN: "Their unwillingness to give up their pursuit of nuclear weapons will result in our efforts in the Security Council to obtain economic sanctions." During our travels through Iran this month, we found most Iranians supportive of their country's nuclear ambitions.even in the face of sanctions. Farsi SOT with Iranian nut vendor: 'We cooperated with the UN and we didn't get anything in return, he said, 'we were just defending ourselves' Live close- Now sets up a show-down in the UN Security Council next week.US facing real difficulty to muster the votes for economic sanctions.real doubts that Iran can be talked out of its nuclear ambitions 10:46:08 060823#053 - IRAN WARGAMES ap1230g Notes Supered Dopesheet APTN-1230: ++Iran Wargames Wednesday, 23 August 2006 Iran tests ground-to-sea missile SOURCE: IRIB DATELINE: Sistan-o-Balochestan, 23 August 2006 SHOTLIST: 1. Wide of ground to sea missile launching 2. Various of ground to sea missile launching and hitting targets 3. Iran's joint chief of staff Abdorrahim Mosavi 4. Wide of target on seashore 5. Missile firing 6. Various of explosions 7. Mosavi and other army commanders 8. Various of missiles launching and explosions 9. SOUNDBITE: (Farsi) Colonel Ghorbanzadeh, military manoeuvres planner: "We are evaluating our ground to sea missiles during these war games. Since the threats from enemies are not limited to ground, Iran's infantry force wants to prove that it can tackle even those threats on the seashore." 10. Various of underwater explosives being fixed 11. Wide of explosion on water surface 12. Various of army divers jumping into water STORYLINE Iran test fired a series of missiles on Wednesday as part of a series of large-scale military manoeuvres geared at testing the country's new defensive doctrine. Iranian television broadcast pictures showing exercises off the seashore, with exercises visible both above and below the surface of the water. "We are evaluating our ground to sea missiles during these war games. Since the threats from enemies are not limited to ground, Iran's infantry force wants to prove that it can tackle even those threats on the seashore," said Colonel Ghorbanzadeh of the Iranian army. The current round of war games began on Saturday with state-run television reporting the military activity would occur in 14 of the country's 30 provinces, lasting as long as five weeks. Iran routinely holds war games to test the military equipment it builds at home. The military exercises come as Iran faces heightened international scrutiny because of its contentious nuclear programme and for claims by the US and its allies that the regime is supporting the guerrilla group Hezbollah in Lebanon, accusations which Iran denies. The military exercise, involving 12 infantry regiments, is called "The Blow of Zolfaghar," in reference to a sword that belonged to Imam Ali, one of the most revered figures of Islam for Shiite Muslims. A majority of Iran's 70 (m) million people are Shiite. 10:47:40 Also an additional story from Iran about yesterday's dispute about a Romanian oil rig Iran Romania reax EVNX Date Shot: 23-AUG-2006 Location: TEHRAN Country: IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF) Sound: NATURAL Language: Source: GBAPTN Shotlist: TEHRAN - 23 AUGUST 2006 1. Wide exterior of Romanian embassy 2. Close up of sign reading (Romanian) "Romanian embassy" 3. Embassy staff and Romanian Charge d'affaires 4. Woman's statue outside the embassy 5. Set-up shot Mircea Has, Romanian Charge d'affaires 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Mircea Has, Romanian Charge d'affaires in Iran "The chief of the military vessel gave them a deadline, "you have one hour to receive us onboard". They refused and after one hour they started to shoot and in ten minutes - that means 10:30 (local time)- they occupied the platform. As the first thing, they sealed the transmission room and we lost the contact to them." 7. Close up of handwriting 8. SOUNDBITE (English) Mircea Has, Romanian Charge d'affaires in Iran "They produced a paper which is like coming from Kish Judiciary, the Kish court saying that for the moment the rig is uner arrest." 9. Mircea Has in interview 10. SOUNDBITE (English) Mircea Has, Romanian Charge d'affaires in Iran "We don't know whether (they shot) in the air or against us, but a hundred percent they fired." 11. Close up of Mircea Has hands 12. SOUNDBITE (English) Mircea Has, Romanian Charge d'affaires in Iran "Occupying by force civilians, you know, and equipments, according to all international regulations, it's not a very simple question. Just think about it, the platform is a Romanian territory." 13. Mircea Has in interview 14. SOUNDBITE (English) Mircea Has, Romanian Charge d'affaires in Iran "Today early in the morning I started again. Maybe in one hour I'm going to the Foreign Affairs. There's also a call for the president office here I'm waiting and in between maybe in two hours, three hours my diplomats are on the platform." 15. Wide of Mircea Has leaving the interview Dopesheet: The top diplomat at the Romanian embassy in Tehran told AP Television on Wednesday that the Iranian military did fire on a Romanian oil rig and its crew in the Persian Gulf a day earlier, in an an incident stemming from a commercial dispute. The Romanian charge d'affaires to Iran, Mircea Has, said the rig is "a Romanian territory" and that occupying it by force "is not a very simple question". In an interview with AP Television, Has said Romanian diplomats were being dispatched to the rig on Wednesday. Several Iranian warships fired on the rig on Tuesday, and troops from the vessel boarded and seized it, said the private company GSP, which owns the rig Orizont. The crew of 20 Romanians and seven Indians were held for several hours on the rig's heliport before being freed to return to their quarters. GSP's president said one of the cranes was destroyed in the attack and added that an Iranian court had ordered the rig to remain in Iranian waters pending resolution of a legal dispute. No crew members were injured, he said. On Tuesday, the Romanian Foreign Ministry said it summoned Iran's ambassador to explain the incident and that Romania's charge d'affaires in Iran, Mircea Has, was instructed to lodge an official protest. The Orizont rig has been moored near Kish island in the Persian Gulf since October, GSP said. GSP, also known as the Oil Services Group, is a private Romanian company established in 2004, which operates six offshore rigs that it bought from Romania's largest oil company, Petrom. The Orizont rig was built in 1987 and weighs 13,000 tons. Kish, in the southern end of the Persian Gulf, houses the offices of about 100 Iranian and foreign oil companies.

Richard Wagstaff Clark (November 30, 1929 – April 18, 2012) was an American radio and television personality, television producer and film actor, as well as a cultural icon who remains best known for hosting American Bandstand from 1957 to 1988. He also hosted the game show Pyramid and Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve, which transmitted Times Square's New Year's Eve celebrations.As host of American Bandstand, Clark introduced rock & roll to many Americans. The show gave many new music artists their first exposure to national audiences, including Iggy Pop, Ike & Tina Turner, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Stevie Wonder, Prince, Talking Heads, Simon & Garfunkel and Madonna. Episodes he hosted were among the first in which blacks and whites performed on the same stage, and likewise among the first in which the live studio audience sat without racial segregation. Singer Paul Anka claimed that Bandstand was responsible for creating a "youth culture". Due to his perennially youthful appearance and his largely teenaged audience of American Bandstand, Clark was often referred to as "America's oldest teenager" or "the world's oldest teenager".In his off-stage roles, Clark served as Chief Executive Officer of Dick Clark Productions (a financial interest in which he sold off in his later years). He also founded the American Bandstand Diner, a restaurant chain modeled after the Hard Rock Cafe.[vague] In 1973, he created and produced the annual American Music Awards show, similar to the Grammy Awards.Clark suffered a stroke in December 2004. With speech ability impaired, Clark returned to his New Year's Rockin' Eve show a year later on December 31, 2005. Subsequently, he appeared at the 58th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2006, and every New Year's Rockin' Eve show through the December 31, 2011 episode. He died on April 18, 2012, of a heart attack, at the age of 82, following prostate surgery.

23 August 2006 Iranian Nuclear Clips NY-2 X-79 1040 IRAN X79 10:43:21 060823#004 - IRAN REACTION ap0530g Dopesheet APTN-0530: ++Iran Reaction Wednesday, 23 August 2006 Reaction in Tehran to developments on nuclear policy SOURCE: AP TELEVISION DATELINE: Tehran - 23 August 2006 SHOTLIST: 1. Wide of a street in Tehran 2. Wide of newspaper kiosk 3. Close up of Tehran Times newspaper headline reading (English) "What is Iran's response?" 4. People looking at newspaper headlines 5. SOUNDBITE: (Farsi) Amir Nasiri, university student and Tehran resident: "The sanctions have been imposed on us for many years and we are not intimidated by sanctions. We need this modern technology (nuclear) and our people back the government on this issue." 6. Wide of newspaper kiosk 7. Close-up of headline reading (English) "Way open for fresh talks" 8. SOUNDBITE: (Farsi) Navid Pourmirza, university student and Tehran resident: "At the present time, sanctions would be a loss to Iran and our politicians should act tactfully and accept at least a short-term suspension of uranium enrichment." 9. Newspapers laid out for sale 10. Wide of traffic STORYLINE: There were mixed reactions on the streets of Tehran on Wednesday to the latest developments in the controversy surrounding Iran's nuclear programme. The Iranian government on Tuesday delivered a written response to a diplomatic package presented in June by the five permanent U.N. Security Council members and Germany that offers Iran incentives if it halts uranium enrichment, and threatens sanctions if it does not. Iran said it was ready for serious negotiations on its nuclear program, offering a new formula to resolve a crisis with the West. Iranian officials offered no details of the response, but it appeared geared at enticing those countries into further negotiations by offering a broad set of proposals vague enough to hold out hope of progress in resolving the standoff. But an Iranian news agency said on Tuesday the government was unwilling to abandon uranium enrichment - the key U.S. demand. Amir Nasiri, a university student and Tehran resident, shrugged off the threat of sanctions, saying Iran was not intimidated, and that nuclear technology was important. "We need this modern technology (nuclear) and our people back the government on this issue," he added. But another student and resident, Navid Pourmirza, urged compromise on the issue. "At the present time, sanctions would be a loss to Iran and our politicians should act tactfully and accept at least a short-term suspension of uranium enrichment," she said. The Iranian newspapers were full of the news of the latest developments, as the UN said it would now study Iran's response to the offer, before deciding its next step. The world powers, the five permanent U.N. Security Council members plus Germany, have given Iran until August 31 to accept the package. Tuesday's announcement was the latest development in the yearlong standoff over Tehran's nuclear program. Iran says it wants to master the technology to generate nuclear power. But critics say Iran is interested in uranium enrichment because it can also be used to make the fissile core of nuclear weapons 10:44:55 060823#049 - IRAN TALKS GMA SCIUTTO Dopesheet Live top- The early reaction from the international community is not what the US wanted. China and Russia this morning saying they prefer more talks, more time, despite Iran's clear refusal to suspend its nuclear activities. Taped piece- Iran's top nuclear negotiator promised a new formula for talks, but in the end Iran refused the key demand of both the UN and the US.that it suspend its enrichment of uranium.which the Bush administration fears could be a step toward building a nuclear weapon. Western officials have held off on any official reaction. But the US ambassador to the UN again threatened less carrot, more stick. Sot/John Bolton, US Representative to the UN: "Their unwillingness to give up their pursuit of nuclear weapons will result in our efforts in the Security Council to obtain economic sanctions." During our travels through Iran this month, we found most Iranians supportive of their country's nuclear ambitions.even in the face of sanctions. Farsi SOT with Iranian nut vendor: 'We cooperated with the UN and we didn't get anything in return, he said, 'we were just defending ourselves' Live close- Now sets up a show-down in the UN Security Council next week.US facing real difficulty to muster the votes for economic sanctions.real doubts that Iran can be talked out of its nuclear ambitions 10:46:08 060823#053 - IRAN WARGAMES ap1230g Notes Supered Dopesheet APTN-1230: ++Iran Wargames Wednesday, 23 August 2006 Iran tests ground-to-sea missile SOURCE: IRIB DATELINE: Sistan-o-Balochestan, 23 August 2006 SHOTLIST: 1. Wide of ground to sea missile launching 2. Various of ground to sea missile launching and hitting targets 3. Iran's joint chief of staff Abdorrahim Mosavi 4. Wide of target on seashore 5. Missile firing 6. Various of explosions 7. Mosavi and other army commanders 8. Various of missiles launching and explosions 9. SOUNDBITE: (Farsi) Colonel Ghorbanzadeh, military manoeuvres planner: "We are evaluating our ground to sea missiles during these war games. Since the threats from enemies are not limited to ground, Iran's infantry force wants to prove that it can tackle even those threats on the seashore." 10. Various of underwater explosives being fixed 11. Wide of explosion on water surface 12. Various of army divers jumping into water STORYLINE Iran test fired a series of missiles on Wednesday as part of a series of large-scale military manoeuvres geared at testing the country's new defensive doctrine. Iranian television broadcast pictures showing exercises off the seashore, with exercises visible both above and below the surface of the water. "We are evaluating our ground to sea missiles during these war games. Since the threats from enemies are not limited to ground, Iran's infantry force wants to prove that it can tackle even those threats on the seashore," said Colonel Ghorbanzadeh of the Iranian army. The current round of war games began on Saturday with state-run television reporting the military activity would occur in 14 of the country's 30 provinces, lasting as long as five weeks. Iran routinely holds war games to test the military equipment it builds at home. The military exercises come as Iran faces heightened international scrutiny because of its contentious nuclear programme and for claims by the US and its allies that the regime is supporting the guerrilla group Hezbollah in Lebanon, accusations which Iran denies. The military exercise, involving 12 infantry regiments, is called "The Blow of Zolfaghar," in reference to a sword that belonged to Imam Ali, one of the most revered figures of Islam for Shiite Muslims. A majority of Iran's 70 (m) million people are Shiite. 10:47:40 Also an additional story from Iran about yesterday's dispute about a Romanian oil rig Iran Romania reax EVNX Date Shot: 23-AUG-2006 Location: TEHRAN Country: IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF) Sound: NATURAL Language: Source: GBAPTN Shotlist: TEHRAN - 23 AUGUST 2006 1. Wide exterior of Romanian embassy 2. Close up of sign reading (Romanian) "Romanian embassy" 3. Embassy staff and Romanian Charge d'affaires 4. Woman's statue outside the embassy 5. Set-up shot Mircea Has, Romanian Charge d'affaires 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Mircea Has, Romanian Charge d'affaires in Iran "The chief of the military vessel gave them a deadline, "you have one hour to receive us onboard". They refused and after one hour they started to shoot and in ten minutes - that means 10:30 (local time)- they occupied the platform. As the first thing, they sealed the transmission room and we lost the contact to them." 7. Close up of handwriting 8. SOUNDBITE (English) Mircea Has, Romanian Charge d'affaires in Iran "They produced a paper which is like coming from Kish Judiciary, the Kish court saying that for the moment the rig is uner arrest." 9. Mircea Has in interview 10. SOUNDBITE (English) Mircea Has, Romanian Charge d'affaires in Iran "We don't know whether (they shot) in the air or against us, but a hundred percent they fired." 11. Close up of Mircea Has hands 12. SOUNDBITE (English) Mircea Has, Romanian Charge d'affaires in Iran "Occupying by force civilians, you know, and equipments, according to all international regulations, it's not a very simple question. Just think about it, the platform is a Romanian territory." 13. Mircea Has in interview 14. SOUNDBITE (English) Mircea Has, Romanian Charge d'affaires in Iran "Today early in the morning I started again. Maybe in one hour I'm going to the Foreign Affairs. There's also a call for the president office here I'm waiting and in between maybe in two hours, three hours my diplomats are on the platform." 15. Wide of Mircea Has leaving the interview Dopesheet: The top diplomat at the Romanian embassy in Tehran told AP Television on Wednesday that the Iranian military did fire on a Romanian oil rig and its crew in the Persian Gulf a day earlier, in an an incident stemming from a commercial dispute. The Romanian charge d'affaires to Iran, Mircea Has, said the rig is "a Romanian territory" and that occupying it by force "is not a very simple question". In an interview with AP Television, Has said Romanian diplomats were being dispatched to the rig on Wednesday. Several Iranian warships fired on the rig on Tuesday, and troops from the vessel boarded and seized it, said the private company GSP, which owns the rig Orizont. The crew of 20 Romanians and seven Indians were held for several hours on the rig's heliport before being freed to return to their quarters. GSP's president said one of the cranes was destroyed in the attack and added that an Iranian court had ordered the rig to remain in Iranian waters pending resolution of a legal dispute. No crew members were injured, he said. On Tuesday, the Romanian Foreign Ministry said it summoned Iran's ambassador to explain the incident and that Romania's charge d'affaires in Iran, Mircea Has, was instructed to lodge an official protest. The Orizont rig has been moored near Kish island in the Persian Gulf since October, GSP said. GSP, also known as the Oil Services Group, is a private Romanian company established in 2004, which operates six offshore rigs that it bought from Romania's largest oil company, Petrom. The Orizont rig was built in 1987 and weighs 13,000 tons. Kish, in the southern end of the Persian Gulf, houses the offices of about 100 Iranian and foreign oil companies.

Bandy is a team winter sport played on ice, in which skaters use sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal.The sport is considered a form of hockey and has a common background with ice hockey and field hockey. Bandy has also been influenced by the rules of association football: both games are normally played in halves of 45 minutes, there are 11 players on each team, and the fields in both games are about the same size. Bandy is played, like ice hockey, on ice but players use bowed sticks and a small ball, as in field hockey

23 August 2006 Iranian Nuclear Clips NY-2 X-79 1040 IRAN X79 10:43:21 060823#004 - IRAN REACTION ap0530g Dopesheet APTN-0530: ++Iran Reaction Wednesday, 23 August 2006 Reaction in Tehran to developments on nuclear policy SOURCE: AP TELEVISION DATELINE: Tehran - 23 August 2006 SHOTLIST: 1. Wide of a street in Tehran 2. Wide of newspaper kiosk 3. Close up of Tehran Times newspaper headline reading (English) "What is Iran's response?" 4. People looking at newspaper headlines 5. SOUNDBITE: (Farsi) Amir Nasiri, university student and Tehran resident: "The sanctions have been imposed on us for many years and we are not intimidated by sanctions. We need this modern technology (nuclear) and our people back the government on this issue." 6. Wide of newspaper kiosk 7. Close-up of headline reading (English) "Way open for fresh talks" 8. SOUNDBITE: (Farsi) Navid Pourmirza, university student and Tehran resident: "At the present time, sanctions would be a loss to Iran and our politicians should act tactfully and accept at least a short-term suspension of uranium enrichment." 9. Newspapers laid out for sale 10. Wide of traffic STORYLINE: There were mixed reactions on the streets of Tehran on Wednesday to the latest developments in the controversy surrounding Iran's nuclear programme. The Iranian government on Tuesday delivered a written response to a diplomatic package presented in June by the five permanent U.N. Security Council members and Germany that offers Iran incentives if it halts uranium enrichment, and threatens sanctions if it does not. Iran said it was ready for serious negotiations on its nuclear program, offering a new formula to resolve a crisis with the West. Iranian officials offered no details of the response, but it appeared geared at enticing those countries into further negotiations by offering a broad set of proposals vague enough to hold out hope of progress in resolving the standoff. But an Iranian news agency said on Tuesday the government was unwilling to abandon uranium enrichment - the key U.S. demand. Amir Nasiri, a university student and Tehran resident, shrugged off the threat of sanctions, saying Iran was not intimidated, and that nuclear technology was important. "We need this modern technology (nuclear) and our people back the government on this issue," he added. But another student and resident, Navid Pourmirza, urged compromise on the issue. "At the present time, sanctions would be a loss to Iran and our politicians should act tactfully and accept at least a short-term suspension of uranium enrichment," she said. The Iranian newspapers were full of the news of the latest developments, as the UN said it would now study Iran's response to the offer, before deciding its next step. The world powers, the five permanent U.N. Security Council members plus Germany, have given Iran until August 31 to accept the package. Tuesday's announcement was the latest development in the yearlong standoff over Tehran's nuclear program. Iran says it wants to master the technology to generate nuclear power. But critics say Iran is interested in uranium enrichment because it can also be used to make the fissile core of nuclear weapons 10:44:55 060823#049 - IRAN TALKS GMA SCIUTTO Dopesheet Live top- The early reaction from the international community is not what the US wanted. China and Russia this morning saying they prefer more talks, more time, despite Iran's clear refusal to suspend its nuclear activities. Taped piece- Iran's top nuclear negotiator promised a new formula for talks, but in the end Iran refused the key demand of both the UN and the US.that it suspend its enrichment of uranium.which the Bush administration fears could be a step toward building a nuclear weapon. Western officials have held off on any official reaction. But the US ambassador to the UN again threatened less carrot, more stick. Sot/John Bolton, US Representative to the UN: "Their unwillingness to give up their pursuit of nuclear weapons will result in our efforts in the Security Council to obtain economic sanctions." During our travels through Iran this month, we found most Iranians supportive of their country's nuclear ambitions.even in the face of sanctions. Farsi SOT with Iranian nut vendor: 'We cooperated with the UN and we didn't get anything in return, he said, 'we were just defending ourselves' Live close- Now sets up a show-down in the UN Security Council next week.US facing real difficulty to muster the votes for economic sanctions.real doubts that Iran can be talked out of its nuclear ambitions 10:46:08 060823#053 - IRAN WARGAMES ap1230g Notes Supered Dopesheet APTN-1230: ++Iran Wargames Wednesday, 23 August 2006 Iran tests ground-to-sea missile SOURCE: IRIB DATELINE: Sistan-o-Balochestan, 23 August 2006 SHOTLIST: 1. Wide of ground to sea missile launching 2. Various of ground to sea missile launching and hitting targets 3. Iran's joint chief of staff Abdorrahim Mosavi 4. Wide of target on seashore 5. Missile firing 6. Various of explosions 7. Mosavi and other army commanders 8. Various of missiles launching and explosions 9. SOUNDBITE: (Farsi) Colonel Ghorbanzadeh, military manoeuvres planner: "We are evaluating our ground to sea missiles during these war games. Since the threats from enemies are not limited to ground, Iran's infantry force wants to prove that it can tackle even those threats on the seashore." 10. Various of underwater explosives being fixed 11. Wide of explosion on water surface 12. Various of army divers jumping into water STORYLINE Iran test fired a series of missiles on Wednesday as part of a series of large-scale military manoeuvres geared at testing the country's new defensive doctrine. Iranian television broadcast pictures showing exercises off the seashore, with exercises visible both above and below the surface of the water. "We are evaluating our ground to sea missiles during these war games. Since the threats from enemies are not limited to ground, Iran's infantry force wants to prove that it can tackle even those threats on the seashore," said Colonel Ghorbanzadeh of the Iranian army. The current round of war games began on Saturday with state-run television reporting the military activity would occur in 14 of the country's 30 provinces, lasting as long as five weeks. Iran routinely holds war games to test the military equipment it builds at home. The military exercises come as Iran faces heightened international scrutiny because of its contentious nuclear programme and for claims by the US and its allies that the regime is supporting the guerrilla group Hezbollah in Lebanon, accusations which Iran denies. The military exercise, involving 12 infantry regiments, is called "The Blow of Zolfaghar," in reference to a sword that belonged to Imam Ali, one of the most revered figures of Islam for Shiite Muslims. A majority of Iran's 70 (m) million people are Shiite. 10:47:40 Also an additional story from Iran about yesterday's dispute about a Romanian oil rig Iran Romania reax EVNX Date Shot: 23-AUG-2006 Location: TEHRAN Country: IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF) Sound: NATURAL Language: Source: GBAPTN Shotlist: TEHRAN - 23 AUGUST 2006 1. Wide exterior of Romanian embassy 2. Close up of sign reading (Romanian) "Romanian embassy" 3. Embassy staff and Romanian Charge d'affaires 4. Woman's statue outside the embassy 5. Set-up shot Mircea Has, Romanian Charge d'affaires 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Mircea Has, Romanian Charge d'affaires in Iran "The chief of the military vessel gave them a deadline, "you have one hour to receive us onboard". They refused and after one hour they started to shoot and in ten minutes - that means 10:30 (local time)- they occupied the platform. As the first thing, they sealed the transmission room and we lost the contact to them." 7. Close up of handwriting 8. SOUNDBITE (English) Mircea Has, Romanian Charge d'affaires in Iran "They produced a paper which is like coming from Kish Judiciary, the Kish court saying that for the moment the rig is uner arrest." 9. Mircea Has in interview 10. SOUNDBITE (English) Mircea Has, Romanian Charge d'affaires in Iran "We don't know whether (they shot) in the air or against us, but a hundred percent they fired." 11. Close up of Mircea Has hands 12. SOUNDBITE (English) Mircea Has, Romanian Charge d'affaires in Iran "Occupying by force civilians, you know, and equipments, according to all international regulations, it's not a very simple question. Just think about it, the platform is a Romanian territory." 13. Mircea Has in interview 14. SOUNDBITE (English) Mircea Has, Romanian Charge d'affaires in Iran "Today early in the morning I started again. Maybe in one hour I'm going to the Foreign Affairs. There's also a call for the president office here I'm waiting and in between maybe in two hours, three hours my diplomats are on the platform." 15. Wide of Mircea Has leaving the interview Dopesheet: The top diplomat at the Romanian embassy in Tehran told AP Television on Wednesday that the Iranian military did fire on a Romanian oil rig and its crew in the Persian Gulf a day earlier, in an an incident stemming from a commercial dispute. The Romanian charge d'affaires to Iran, Mircea Has, said the rig is "a Romanian territory" and that occupying it by force "is not a very simple question". In an interview with AP Television, Has said Romanian diplomats were being dispatched to the rig on Wednesday. Several Iranian warships fired on the rig on Tuesday, and troops from the vessel boarded and seized it, said the private company GSP, which owns the rig Orizont. The crew of 20 Romanians and seven Indians were held for several hours on the rig's heliport before being freed to return to their quarters. GSP's president said one of the cranes was destroyed in the attack and added that an Iranian court had ordered the rig to remain in Iranian waters pending resolution of a legal dispute. No crew members were injured, he said. On Tuesday, the Romanian Foreign Ministry said it summoned Iran's ambassador to explain the incident and that Romania's charge d'affaires in Iran, Mircea Has, was instructed to lodge an official protest. The Orizont rig has been moored near Kish island in the Persian Gulf since October, GSP said. GSP, also known as the Oil Services Group, is a private Romanian company established in 2004, which operates six offshore rigs that it bought from Romania's largest oil company, Petrom. The Orizont rig was built in 1987 and weighs 13,000 tons. Kish, in the southern end of the Persian Gulf, houses the offices of about 100 Iranian and foreign oil companies.