KUMASI, GHANA - MARCH 21, 2025 - RESTRICTION: “@kwasisena / VIA X" - NO RESALE / MUST ON-SCREEN COURTESY - A massive fire engulfed multiple shops on Friday, March 21, in the Adum area of Kumasi, posing a threat to nearby businesses in the city's central business district, according to Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS). The GNFS was alerted at 6:05 a.m., and the first fire engine arrived at the scene within 10 minutes. Three additional fire engines, along with a turntable ladder from various fire stations, have been deployed to combat the blaze. The fire, which broke out near Hello FM, continues to spread, with firefighters struggling to contain it due to accessibility challenges. Firefighters are working to contain the fire and prevent it from spreading to nearby structures. The Regional Fire Commander, along with senior fire officials, is overseeing the response efforts. Authorities have yet to determine the cause of the fire, and investigations are ongoing. (Writing by Berkay Gur - Footage by kwasisena/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

1966 UNIVERSAL NEWSREEL 3

9/11/2024

<p><pi><b>This package/segment contains third party material. Unless otherwise noted, this material may only be used within this package/segment.</b></pi></p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>Supers/Fonts: </b> Abe Katsman, Hayims Uncle</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>Story Location: </b> Seattle</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>State/Province: </b> Washington</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>Shot Date: </b> 10/10/2023</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>URL: </b> https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/uw-phd-graduate-among-americans-dead-hamas-attack/ZPRIPSVWHNFMXOEWX7XVWPT5Y4/</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>Notes and Restrictions: </b></p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>Newsource Notes: </b></p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>Story Description: </b></p>\n<p>Elements: Zoom interview with victim uncle, 3rd party vo from Israel (source unknown), sot with victim roommate/friend, locator vo from Univ of Washington, photos of victim and friend</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Wire/StoryDescription:</p>\n<p>Station Notes/Scripts:</p>\n<p>Abe Katsman, Hayims Uncle</p>\n<p></p>\n<p> Hayim Katsman, Ph.D., a former University of Washington (UW) graduate, was one of the Americans found dead after Hamas attacked Be’eri in Southern Israel on October 7.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Katsman, 32, was found dead in his apartment.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>On Monday KIRO 7 spoke with his uncle, Abe Katsman, who said his nephew was helping his neighbor and her children before being killed. </p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“He was helping a neighbor, a very frightened neighbor woman, who I believe was in charge of two other neighbor children, I think one was just four months old and one was about three years old,” said Abe Katsman.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Abe Katsman said his nephew was trying to hide the woman when terrorists entered the room.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“The alarms had gone off already, the rockets were flying overhead, and in Israel when that happens, people go into their reinforced rooms, safe rooms, that are supposed to be pretty protective if the rockets hit nearby, you know a direct hit is one thing but if they hit nearby it should be able to withstand the shock and the shrapnel,” he said. “These rooms are not necessarily designed to keep people out so when the terrorists were going house to house and room to room looking for people to kill, his neighbor had called him over, this woman had called him over, he went in and he tried, he was trying to hide her, and within the safe room they hid in a closet.”</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>But the attackers found them.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“The terrorists blew open the door and found them in the closet but apparently, he was, I think, lying on top of her, protecting her, they opened fire, he was killed, she survived and they decided they were taking her to Gaza,” said Abe Katsman.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>According to Abe Katsman, his nephew died selflessly protecting others.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“In a way, there’s a tiny bit of comfort here knowing that, that’s the way he went out which is very consistent with the way he, you know, lived. You talk about a selfless act, it doesn’t get much more than that,” he said.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>He added that the entire situation is terrifying.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“It’s all horrifying and the barbarity of the people acting on the other side, again this isn’t a military operation this is outright terror looking to kill and maim,” he said. “It’s awful no matter which story, it all ends the same way.”</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>The death toll on both sides soared to around 1,500, with 11 Americans among the dead, according to CBS News.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“Saturday was the bloodiest day in Jewish history since the Holocaust,” said Abe Katsman. “Burying a child is bad enough, under these circumstances, this is just, just awful.”</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Katsman’s mother, Hannah Katsman, said he received his Ph.D. from the UW’s Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies in 2021. Hayim’s mother told ABC News he was born in the U.S. and had been living on a kibbutz in Israel doing research. Katsman’s research focused on the “interrelations of religion and politics in the Middle East, focusing on Israel/Palestine,” according to UW’s website.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Hannah Katsman said she initially thought her son had been taken captive, according to ABC News, but she later learned he was killed when Hamas militants burst into his home and found him hiding with his neighbors in his closet. She learned one of the neighbors was released, while her son and a female neighbor were immediately shot and killed.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“I’ve been getting so many messages from people who worked with Hayim or who knew him, or who met him during their travels and how warm he was, how open,” Hannah Katsman told ABC News. “He was a very accepting person and a very loyal friend. He had a good sense of humor. He took things in stride.”</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Abe Katsman had similar things to say about his nephew.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“He was a good kid and a very decent human being and a very caring person,” said Abe Katsman. “One of the things that he did was he gained the respect of people on the opposite side.”</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Along with getting his doctorate, Abe Katsman said his nephew was also a “skilled auto mechanic, a more than adequate musician, and a horticulturist.”</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>In 2020, Katsman won the Baruch Kimmerling prize for best graduate paper, Association for Israel Studies, according to the UW.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>The attack was launched on the 50th anniversary of the 1973 Yom Kipper War that pitted Israel against Egypt and Syria. After the attack occurred in the early hours of the morning, where an estimated 2,200 rockets were fired toward southern and central Israel, Mohammed Deif, commander in chief of the Hamas’ military arm Al Qassam Brigades, released a video claiming responsibility for the attack.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“The Zionist colonial occupation occupied our Palestinian homeland and displaced our people, destroyed our towns and villages, committed hundreds of massacres against our people, killing children, women and elderly people and demolishing homes with their inhabitants inside in violation of all international norms, laws and human rights conventions,” Mohammed Deif said in a translation from the video.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) stated “fighter jets and helicopters, aircraft and artillery struck over 500 Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorist targets in the Gaza Strip” Sunday night and Monday morning in a retaliatory attack, according to CBS News.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Israel formally declared war on Sunday.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“We here have known what Hamas is for a long time and now the rest of the world gets to see it and I hope the rest of the world pays attention because this is just so unfair,” said Abe Katsman.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>According to Abe Katsman, his nephew died selflessly protecting others.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“In a way, there’s a tiny bit of comfort here knowing that, that’s the way he went out which is very consistent with the way he, you know, lived. You talk about a selfless act, it doesn’t get much more than that,” he said.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>He added that the entire situation is terrifying.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“It’s all horrifying and the barbarity of the people acting on the other side, again this isn’t a military operation this is outright terror looking to kill and maim,” he said. “It’s awful no matter which story, it all ends the same way.”</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>The death toll on both sides soared to around 1,500, with 11 Americans among the dead, according to CBS News.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“Saturday was the bloodiest day in Jewish history since the Holocaust,” said Abe Katsman. “Burying a child is bad enough, under these circumstances, this is just, just awful.”</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Katsman’s mother, Hannah Katsman, said he received his Ph.D. from the UW’s Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies in 2021. Hayim’s mother told ABC News he was born in the U.S. and had been living on a kibbutz in Israel doing research. Katsman’s research focused on the “interrelations of religion and politics in the Middle East, focusing on Israel/Palestine,” according to UW’s website.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Hannah Katsman said she initially thought her son had been taken captive, according to ABC News, but she later learned he was killed when Hamas militants burst into his home and found him hiding with his neighbors in his closet. She learned one of the neighbors was released, while her son and a female neighbor were immediately shot and killed.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“I’ve been getting so many messages from people who worked with Hayim or who knew him, or who met him during their travels and how warm he was, how open,” Hannah Katsman told ABC News. “He was a very accepting person and a very loyal friend. He had a good sense of humor. He took things in stride.”</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Abe Katsman had similar things to say about his nephew.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“He was a good kid and a very decent human being and a very caring person,” said Abe Katsman. “One of the things that he did was he gained the respect of people on the opposite side.”</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Along with getting his doctorate, Abe Katsman said his nephew was also a “skilled auto mechanic, a more than adequate musician, and a horticulturist.”</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>In 2020, Katsman won the Baruch Kimmerling prize for best graduate paper, Association for Israel Studies, according to the UW.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>The attack was launched on the 50th anniversary of the 1973 Yom Kipper War that pitted Israel against Egypt and Syria. After the attack occurred in the early hours of the morning, where an estimated 2,200 rockets were fired toward southern and central Israel, Mohammed Deif, commander in chief of the Hamas’ military arm Al Qassam Brigades, released a video claiming responsibility for the attack.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“The Zionist colonial occupation occupied our Palestinian homeland and displaced our people, destroyed our towns and villages, committed hundreds of massacres against our people, killing children, women and elderly people and demolishing homes with their inhabitants inside in violation of all international norms, laws and human rights conventions,” Mohammed Deif said in a translation from the video.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) stated “fighter jets and helicopters, aircraft and artillery struck over 500 Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorist targets in the Gaza Strip” Sunday night and Monday morning in a retaliatory attack, according to CBS News.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Israel formally declared war on Sunday.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>“We here have known what Hamas is for a long time and now the rest of the world gets to see it and I hope the rest of the world pays attention because this is just so unfair,” said Abe Katsman.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>12;31 Burying a child is bad enough, under these circumstances this is just, just awful.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p> HAYIM KATSMAN GAVE HIS LIFE SO THAT SOMEONE ELSE COULD LIVE.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Abe Katsman, Hayims Uncle</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>8;08 The terrorists blew open the door found them in the closet but apparently he was, I think he was lying on top of her, protecting her, they opened fire, he was killed, she survived.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p> ABE KATSMAN IS HAYIMS UNCLE.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p> HE SAYS THE WOMAN SURVIVED THE ATTACK AND THATS HOW HE KNOWS HOW HIS NEPHEW DIED DURING THE TERRORIST ATTACK THAT KILLED HUNDREDS OF ISRAELIS ON SATURDAY.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Abe Katsman, Hayims Uncle</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>8;43 In a way theres a tiny bit of comfort here knowing that, thats the way he went out which is very consistent with the way he, you know, lived. You talk about a selfless act, it doesnt get much more than that.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>***STITCH***</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Francis Abugbilla, Friend/Former Roommate</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>8;56 We have really lost a great human being we have lost a hero.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p> THATS FRANCI ABUGBILLAHE AND HAYIM WERE CLOSE FRIENDS AND ROOMMATES.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Francis Abugbilla, Friend/Former Roommate</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>1;05 When I came from Ghana I didnt know how to drive, he taught me how to drive, he was my driving instructor, we cooked together, we hiked together, we joked together.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p> THEY ALSO GRADUATED TOGETHER FROM U-WS JACKSON SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Francis Abugbilla, Friend/Former Roommate</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>4;08 The Katsman family has lost a son, a grandson, they have lost a nephew, a cousin, I have lost a very dear friend and a brother.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>***STITCH***</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Abe Katsman, Hayims Uncle</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>11;36 Its such a waste, here you have this young productive, talented person, helpful great community member, idealistic you name it I mean theres a lot of good stuff going on there and just snuffed out for no, for what, really for what?</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p> HAYIM WAS LIVING IN ISRAEL WHEN HAMAS ATTACKED.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Abe Katsman, Hayims Uncle</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>14;24 We know, we here have known what Hamas is for a long time and now the rest of the world gets to see it and I hope the rest of the world pays attention because this is just so unfair.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p> KATSMAN SAYS HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES ARE MOURNING LIKE THEIRS. AT LEAST 900 ISRAELIS ARE DEAD AND THE NUMBER KEEPS CLIMBING.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Abe Katsman, Hayims Uncle</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>15;09 Saturday was the bloodiest day in Jewish history since the Holocaust.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>***STITCH***</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p>16;31 Theres a high cost to having a state but weve learned from history theres a higher cost to not having one and today part of the cost is paid by our family.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--SUPERS</b>--</p>\n<p>Monday</p>\n<p>Seattle, WA</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Abe Katsman</p>\n<p>Hayim's Uncle</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--VIDEO SHOWS</b>--</p>\n<p>Katsman SOT</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--LEAD IN</b>--</p>\n<p>ONE OF THE 11 AMERICANS KILLED IN THE ISRAEL ATTACKS WAS A UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON GRADUATE</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--SOT</b>--</p>\n<p>Abe Katsman/ Hayim's Uncle: "Found him in the closet, but apparently I think he was lying on top of her, protecting her. They opened fire. He was killed. She survived."</p>\n<p>BUTTED SOT</p>\n<p>"We here have known what Hamas is for a long time. Now the rest of the world gets to see it."</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--TAG</b>--</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></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>

5 DEVELOPING NATIONS, WHICH INCLUDE HAITI, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, GHANA, NIGERIA AND TANZANIA. TO MARK WORLD POPULATION YEAR, CENSUS TAKERS GO TO VILLAGES & HAVE DIFFICULTY COUNTING NATIVES IN THE BUSH.

President Clinton and President Rawlings of Ghana hold a joint news conference.

Accra, Ghana <br/> <br/>LS. & MS. Modern Exhibition Hall of Accra Central Library this is where the British Science Display is taking place. MS. Sign over entrance reading 'British Science Display'. VS. Mr. Osagyefo arrives to open the exhibition, he presses the switch and everything lights up and the exhibition is on. Mr. Osagyefo looks all around the stands and sees British Scientific and Technical advancement models of aircraft, televisions, photography and the Metrose Heart-Lung Machine. Various shots from a stand that relates to the monarchy. Various stands from the exhibition. Various shots from a speech made by Mr. Osagyefo. Good shots from audience. Mr. Osagyefo examines various exhibits. Shot of cameraman who captures Mr. Osagyefo on film. Pan to Mr. Osagyefo laughing as he walks past camera. Close-up of cameraman pans to man playing guitar who is shown on screen in the foreground. Close-up of Mr. Osagyefo examining various exhibits with another unnamed person. (Lav.) <br/> <br/>Note: This story relates to UN 3630 C

PRESIDENT CLINTON AT A NEWS CONFERENCE IN THE OLD EXECUTIVE OFFICE BUILDING WITH GHANA PRESIDENT. 14:35:41 CLINTON AND RAWLINGS ENTER 14:36:41 IMPORTANT NOT OT FORGET HOW FAR AFRICA HAS COME 14:37:28 OVER THE PAST DECADE GHANA HAS CONTINUED TO LEAD THE WAY 14:37:43 TODAY WE ARE BROADENING OUR RELATIONSHIP 14:40:04 OUR INVESTMENT IN GHANA AND AFRICA IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WE CAN MAKE IN THE CENTURY 14:41:17 RAWLINGS 14:41:40 SET OUT A RATHER MODEST AGENDA FOR MY VISIT TO THE US 14:42:09 HIS TRIP TO AFRICA MARKED THE HIGH POINT OF RECOGNITION FOR OUR CONTINENT 14:45:20 THOMAS QUESTION 14:45:33 MY COUNSEL HAS MADE A STATEMENT AND I HAVE NOTHING TO ADD TO THAT` 14:47:00 EVERYONE FEEL FREE TO EXPRESS THEIR OPINION AND MINE SHOULDN'T CAST SHADOW OR ILLUMINATE 14:48:44 RAWLINGS ANSWERS QUESTIONS 14:52:29 KOSOVO QUESTION 14:53:15 AGREEMENT THAT THEY HAD GONE AS FAR AS THEY COULD BUT THEY DID WANT TO GIVE UP 14:53:56 THE SERBIANS HAVE AGREED BUT THEY HAVE NOT AGREED TO HAVE NOT AGREED TO HAVE A PEACE KEEPING FORCE 14:55:37 DOES THE US HAVE AN IMMEDIATEINTEREST IN KOSOVO... 14:56:07 THE US DOES HAVE A DIRECT INTEREST WHETHER THERE IS INABILITY IN THE BALKANS 14:56:50 VERY LARGE STAKE IN WHAT HAPPENS TO THE STABILITY TO CENTRAL EUROPE 15:01:41 AMERICAN INVESTMENTS IN AFRICA HAS EARNED TWICE AS MUCH AS INVESTMENTS IN EUROPE 15:06:02 TWO SHOT 15:10:42 CLINTON ANSWERS QUESTION ON IRAQ 15:11:27 THE NO FLY ZONE HAS TO BE RESPECTED 15:11:49 THEY ARE TRYING FOR THE SYMBOLIC VICTORY OF SHOOTING ONE OF THESE PLANES DOWN 15:25:08 INTERESTING TWO SHOT LISTENING TO QUESTION

London, England - Bank of England - central bank - financial district - City of London - Threadneedle Street sign - bank - businessmen walk - bank exteriors - National Westminster Bank - Lloyd's Bank Limited - Bank of Scotland - Coutts & Co - Mitsui Bank of Japan - Ghana Commercial Bank - The Toronto Dominion Bank - Continental Illinois National Bank of Chicago - Tilt up Barclays Bank building - Barclays sign - travelogue - United Kingdom - UK travel

Various shots around Tema; MS of development oriented billboard (Export Bank) displayed on roadside representing a Ghanaian man driving a farm tractor in corn field (0:33). MS of façade of Tema Textile Factory (0:22). MLS across street of factories lining street (0:11). MCS of sign 'REACH OUT TO THE EXPORT MARKET' on roadside (0:16). MS of buses and traffic in roundabout in central district (0:27). MSs of policeman wearing English style uniform, directing traffic from stool in middle of street (1:48).

In the Ghanaian city of Bole, opposition candidate and ex-president John Dramani Mahama casts his vote in a tight presidential election race pitting him against vice president and former central banker Mahamudu Bawumia (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

1) CENTRAL PARK GRAND OPENING 2) MISS JAX CONTESTANTS AT IMESON 3) SALINGER NEWS CONF. STATE COF C - 44TH ANNUAL CONF. 4) MATT DERBY 5) CAR - CHURCH WALL AXDT. 6) GHANA AMBASSADOR 7) 1960 FAIR - COWS 8) GATOR GROWL PREPS 9) MISS JAX CONTESTANTS 10) G.T. 11) CYPRESS GARDENS ARMISTICE DAYSHOW 12) FIRE - 8TH & FRANKLIN 13) ARMASTICE DAY PARADE 14) RANSACKING SERIES 15) TBKICKOFF - DRIVERS SCHOOL 16) CCUF GAL 17) POST OFFICE EXHIBIT 18) CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND 19) EMTS 20) FBI FUGITIVE JOW LEE CHANCEY 21) BARBARA EISENHOWER AT IMESON 22) CITY COMM. MEET AIRPORT PLANNING 23) COLLINS SOF ON VOTE SITUATION 24) DECAPITATION PHILLIPS HIWAY 25) FLORIDA - GA WELCOME JOYCEES "GET - OUT - THE VOTE DANCE"

PRESIDENT CLINTON AT A NEWS CONFERENCE IN THE OLD EXECUTIVE OFFICE BUILDING WITH GHANA PRESIDENT. 14:35:41 CLINTON AND RAWLINGS ENTER 14:36:41 IMPORTANT NOT OT FORGET HOW FAR AFRICA HAS COME 14:37:28 OVER THE PAST DECADE GHANA HAS CONTINUED TO LEAD THE WAY 14:37:43 TODAY WE ARE BROADENING OUR RELATIONSHIP 14:40:04 OUR INVESTMENT IN GHANA AND AFRICA IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WE CAN MAKE IN THE CENTURY 14:41:17 RAWLINGS 14:41:40 SET OUT A RATHER MODEST AGENDA FOR MY VISIT TO THE US 14:42:09 HIS TRIP TO AFRICA MARKED THE HIGH POINT OF RECOGNITION FOR OUR CONTINENT 14:45:20 THOMAS QUESTION 14:45:33 MY COUNSEL HAS MADE A STATEMENT AND I HAVE NOTHING TO ADD TO THAT` 14:47:00 EVERYONE FEEL FREE TO EXPRESS THEIR OPINION AND MINE SHOULDN'T CAST SHADOW OR ILLUMINATE 14:48:44 RAWLINGS ANSWERS QUESTIONS 14:52:29 KOSOVO QUESTION 14:53:15 AGREEMENT THAT THEY HAD GONE AS FAR AS THEY COULD BUT THEY DID WANT TO GIVE UP 14:53:56 THE SERBIANS HAVE AGREED BUT THEY HAVE NOT AGREED TO HAVE NOT AGREED TO HAVE A PEACE KEEPING FORCE 14:55:37 DOES THE US HAVE AN IMMEDIATEINTEREST IN KOSOVO... 14:56:07 THE US DOES HAVE A DIRECT INTEREST WHETHER THERE IS INABILITY IN THE BALKANS 14:56:50 VERY LARGE STAKE IN WHAT HAPPENS TO THE STABILITY TO CENTRAL EUROPE 15:01:41 AMERICAN INVESTMENTS IN AFRICA HAS EARNED TWICE AS MUCH AS INVESTMENTS IN EUROPE 15:06:02 TWO SHOT 15:10:42 CLINTON ANSWERS QUESTION ON IRAQ 15:11:27 THE NO FLY ZONE HAS TO BE RESPECTED 15:11:49 THEY ARE TRYING FOR THE SYMBOLIC VICTORY OF SHOOTING ONE OF THESE PLANES DOWN 15:25:08 INTERESTING TWO SHOT LISTENING TO QUESTION

AP-APTN-1830 North America Prime News -Final Sunday, 13 June 2010 North America Prime News US Oil Spill 01:31 See Script REPLAY Latest comment on ongoing leak on US political shows Afghanistan US 03:30 AP Clients Only REPLAY US and NATO commander and Karzai seek support from locals Iraq Blast 2 01:51 AP Clients Only UPDATE 15 killed, in bombings near central bank; witness, hospital SAF WC France 02:20 No Access France, See Script NEW French squad visits SAfrican township SAF WC FIFA 02:31 AP Clients Only REPLAY FIFA briefing; comments on empty seats, ball, Al-Jazeera coverage Belgium Election 5 03:37 AP Clients Only REPLAY Voting underway, rival leaders cast ballots; polls close, official Kyrgyzstan Tension 3 03:42 See Script REPLAY Russian humanitarian efforts in the region; health official MidEast Moussa 02:31 AP Clients Only REPLAY Amr Moussa tours Gaza to push for lifting of blockade SAF WC Ghana Serbia 2 01:03 AP Clients Only REPLAY Fans react to Ghana's win over Serbia B-u-l-l-e-t-i-n begins at 1830 GMT. APEX 06-13-10 1456EDT

NAPLES, ITALY - MAY 06: The Italian humanitarian organization 'Emergency' announced on Saturday that it successfully rescued 87 migrants, comprising women and children, in the Mediterranean Sea. The 87 rescued migrants came from countries affected by economic, social, political crisis, conflict, and war including Nigeria, Niger, Ghana, Senegal, Liberia, Ivory Coast, South Sudan, Sudan Mali, Bangladesh, Togo. The ship carrying the migrants reached the port of Naples, Italy on Monday (May 05). A team consisting of sailors, doctors, mediators, and rescue workers is on duty aboard the rescue ship, operating in the Central Mediterranean since December 2022. During this period, they have rescued a total of 1,631 individuals. (Footage by Stringer /Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

TAPE: EF01/0395 IN_TIME: 11:22:34 DURATION: 4:15 SOURCES: GBC RESTRICTIONS: DATELINE: Accra, Ghana - 9/10 May 2001 SHOTLIST: 1. Various of soccer game - goal scored 2. Game continues 3. Crowds cheering 4. Various of crowds at the stadium 5. Various of game - goal being scored 6. Crowd 7. Various of crowd rioting and evacuating the stadium 8. Various of police on field 9. Supporters running from tear gas fired by police 10. Various of interior of hospital with bodies on the floor with relatives identifying bodies 11. Close up on two bodies covered with sheet 12. Pan across relatives 13. Relatives waiting for news in hospital 14. Injured man is helped to his feet 15. Sign reading 'Surgical Ward' 16. Wounded man lying in hospital bed 17. Various of the wounded 18. Exterior of hospital with policeman waving away the press 19. Pan across the dead bodies at mortuary STORYLINE: A stampede at a packed soccer match between top Ghana teams killed more than 130 people on Wednesday night. The crowd stampeded when police fired tear gas after fans hurled missiles at the end of a match between local team Hearts of Oak and arch-rivals Asante Kotoko from the central town of Kumasi. The hometown team was leading 2-1 against Asante Kotoko with five minutes left when Asante supporters began throwing bottles and chairs onto the field, witnesses said. Police responded by firing tear gas, creating panic in the stands as spectators rushed to escape the gas. Many of the dead and injured were taken to Accra's military hospital. Ten of the victims who died had been brought to private clinics, while an additional 120 people were declared dead in the city's three main hospitals, medical officials said. Brigadier, Daniel Twum, of the military hospital where most of the dead and injured were taken said "some died of suffocation but the majority seem to have been killed by being crushed". President John Kufuor summoned his cabinet for an emergency meeting later on Thursday and his aides said that a period of national mourning would be declared.

A crowd of protesters gathers outside the Ghana High Commission in central London to protest against the Ghanaian parliament's recent vote in favour of a controversial bill to severely restrict LGBTQ rights (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

NAME: CAN OLY GHA 20120219I TAPE: EF10/0158 IN_TIME: 10:26:12:09 DURATION: 00:03:07:08 SOURCES: AP TELEVISION/HANDOUT DATELINE: Whistler, 18 Feb 2010/ Recent RESTRICTIONS: SHOTLIST: AP TELEVISION Whistler - 18 February 2010 1. Wide of crowds walking past Olympic Rings in central Whistler Village 2. Ghanaian Olympian Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong, nicknamed "The Snow Leopard" shaking hands with a young girl 3. Child watching 4. Kwame, coach and manager climb onto Olympic Rings to pose for photo 5. Close of Kwame 6. Close of Ghana Ski Team badge 7. Wide of Kwame, coach and manager posing on rings 8. Kwame entering news conference 9. Cutaway cameras 10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong, Olympic slalom competitor: "There is a country called Ghana and we have our own type of culture. We don''t have snow but we can ski." 11. Wide of news conference 12. SOUNDBITE: (English) Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong, Olympic slalom competitor: "When I go on the slope it is just about me going through those gates as quickly as I can and at the end I want to turn around and look at the clock and see a few other names behind me and then I''m okay." 13. Close of Ghana black star on shirt 14. SOUNDBITE: (English) Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong, Olympic slalom competitor: "So it is about the competition. It is not about all the funny things you can do to create loads of money or silly adverts and stuff like that." 15. Cameraman 16. SOUNDBITE: (English) Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong, Olympic slalom competitor: "It''s about the future of the Ghana ski team. If I go up on the slopes and make a muppet of the whole racecourse then the whole struggle has been a waste of time." 17. Wide of news conference 18. Reverse of Kwame speaking to media 19. Close of Kwame talking to media, pulls out 20. SOUNDBITE: (English) Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong, Olympic slalom competitor: "I know people go like it''s about the participation, it''s about the fun. But I wouldn''t be standing here if it was about the fun. I''d be sitting down in my living room because I get cold feet, cold fingers, frost bite. Why do it? It''s the competition at the end of the day." Q: You don''t like the cold? A: No, I do not like the cold. The only time I really love skiing is when it is sunny and my whole body is feeling warm. Then it''s fine." 21. Royal Canadian mounted police on horseback outside news conference venue 22. Kwame walks towards RCMP ''Mounties'' HANDOUT Mount Washington, Vancouver Island - recent 23. Various of Kwame skiing STORYLINE: Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong, better known as ''The Snow Leopard'', is next week set to become the first ever Ghanaian to represent his country in the Winter Olympic Games, competing in the Men''s Slalom. His story is one of triumph over adversity. Arriving in Whistler, host of the Olympic Alpine Skiing events, Kwame received a warm welcome from fans gathered beside the Olympic Rings. Born in Scotland, but raised in Ghana, in the last five years 35 year old Kwame has largely taught himself to ski. It''s been a real battle to make it to Canada. First he had to qualify and then raise enough money to bring the shoe-string ski team to contest one of the toughest events. Through his own struggle, he hopes to spread word of his homeland and to blaze a trail for future Ghanaian competitors. ''The Snow Leopard is unlikely to make it to the winner''s podium but he says he''ll be happy if he finishes other than last. Some of the media have uncharitably compared his taking part to that of ''Eddie the Eagle'' in the 1988 Games, a jocular British ski long jumper whose ability level was so far off that of the rest that many onlookers frowned at his participating at all. ''The Snow Leopard'' would rather be compared to the gutsy Jamaican bobsleigh team who made a name for themselves with a great performance in the 1988 Calgary Games. Kwame hopes his legacy will to be build a base for future Ghanaian competitors to improve on and attract sponsorship to help him train the next generation of African skiers. The Men''s Slalom is scheduled to be held on February 27.