The National Assembly under high protection before the announcement of the results of the parliamentary elections
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People carry their belongings as they are forced to leave the British sector of the Russian zone in Berlin
ACTOR PETER STRAUSS INTERVIEW 1985
PETER STRAUSS: He won an Emmy Award for his role on the 1979 made-for-television movie The Jericho Mile, and he starred in a television remake of the classic 1946 film Angel on My Shoulder in 1980. In 1985, he played Abel Roznovski in the miniseries Kane & Abel based on Jeffrey Archer's book. His other noted television miniseries credits include starring roles in Rich Man, Poor Man, its sequel Rich Man, Poor Man Book II, and Masada. Strauss played Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. in the 1977 TV movie Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy. In 1973, he portrayed Stephen Linder, Mary Richards' suave younger boyfriend in The Mary Tyler Moore Show fourth-season episode, "Angels in the Snow." Strauss starred in the films Soldier Blue (1970) and Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983), and has appeared in several others. He voiced Justin, the Captain of the Guard, in the 1982 animated film The Secret of NIMH. Strauss starred as an abused husband in the television movie Men Don't Tell, alongside Judith Light. In 2005, he played the U.S. President in the thriller XXX: State of the Union alongside Ice Cube, Samuel L. Jackson, Scott Speedman and Willem Defoe. He was the voice of Moses in the animated series K10C: Kids' Ten Commandments. He starred in the short-lived series Body & Soul as Dr. Isaac Braun in 2002. He provided the voice for Stoker Van Rotten in both the 1990s and 2006 versions of Biker Mice from Mars.
WEST BERLIN / WALL PASSESS
ORIG. COLOR 800 SOF.MAG. QUICK CUTS OF SCENES AROUN GATE THRU BERLIN WALL, GUARD TOWERS, WARNING SIGNS, BARRICADES, ETC. MANY PEOPLE LINED UP TO APPLY FOR PASSES INTO EAST BERLIN FOR EASTER. SIGN READS " WARNING- END OF BRITISH ZONE, YOU ARE FORBIDDEN TO PRO- CEED BEYOND THIS POINT ". V / O WILL. PEOPLE SHOWING PASSPORTS AT EAST GERMAN CUSTOMS. CU GERMAN SHEP- HERD GUARD DOG IN WIRE CAGE. S / U WILL. CARS MOVING THRU GATES. GUARDS SURVEYING AREAS WITH BINOCULARS. CUS OF STREET SIGNS. CU OF GRAVE OF PERSON KILLED TRYING TO ESCAPE INTO WEST BERLIN. CI: GEOG: GERMANY, WEST BERLIN. BORDERS: EAST- WEST BERLIN. SIGNS: STREET. BLDGS: WALLS: BERLIN. BLDGS: TOWERS: GUARD. ANIMALS: DOG: GERMAN SHEPHERD. BLDGS: CEMETERIES: W. BERLIN.
The political and societal forces at play in our intimacies
MOTORCYCLE PUNK CHASE
SOME MINNESOTA COPS ARE STILL BAFFLED AS TO WHY AN 18-YEAR OLD PUNK LED THEM ON A CHASE THAT REACHED OVER 100-MILES PER HOUR AT TIMES THROUGH A NORMALLY QUIET TOWN. DESPITE THE POURING RAIN 18-YEAR OLD JEFFREY BREDESON RAN FIVE RED LIGHTS, PASSED CARS ON THE SHOULDER, FLEW AROUND CONSTRUCTION ZONES AND REFUSED TO PULL OVER. WITH SIX POLICE AGENCIES IN PURSUIT THE KID FINALLY CRASHES INTO A DITCH. WHEN ASKED WHY HE WAS SPEEDING AND RUNNING HE SAID, "I DON'T KNOW....I WAS JUST COMING HOME FROM MY CABIN AND WASN'T THINKING". HE ALSO SAID THE BIKE WAS HIS DAD'S AND HE GOT SCARED. WELL NOW THE PARENTS HAVE FORBIDDEN HIM FROM DRIVING AT ALL.
[Outdoor plateau: Lviv, the Kiev army reluctant to communicate on the front]
KOSOVO: MITROVICA: NATO "CONFIDENCE ZONES"
TAPE_NUMBER: EF00/0327 IN_TIME: 11:06:47 // 13:25:01 LENGTH: 02:45 SOURCES: APTN RESTRICTIONS: No access Internet FEED: VARIOUS (THE ABOVE TIME-CODE IS TIME-OF-DAY) SCRIPT: Natural Sound NATO peacekeepers began creating "confidence zones" today around Kosovska Mitrovica's main bridge, a move aimed at giving both Serb and ethnic Albanian residents a chance to move freely around the divided city. Signs being posted on the southern, predominantly ethnic Albanian, side of the bridge showed a map of the zone and listed forbidden activities, including demonstrations, unauthorised parking and the use of weapons. The disputed main bridge between rival Serb and ethnic Albanian communities in Mitrovica is to be off limits to demonstrations or other gatherings as part of a NATO effort to unite this ethnically divided city. NATO peacekeepers said on Tuesday the areas on either side of the bridge are to be declared a "confidence zone" where people can move freely. There was no immediate reaction by Serbs and ethnic Albanians after peacekeepers announced the action, although it could trigger an angry response from the Serbs, who effectively monitor their side of the bridge. Lieutenant Colonel Patrick Chanliau, a spokesman with the peacekeepers, did not specify when the action will be taken or how large the zone will be. Chanliau said walkie-talkies used by Serb "bridge guards" to report on the movement of ethnic Albanians will also be banned in the zone near the main bridge. SOUNDBITE (French): "Well the 'Confidence Zone' will be established this week, but I can't give you a precise date. We should see the first effects from Wednesday. The 'Confidence Zone' is created to ease the freedom of circulation (of Mitrovica citizens) from the north to the south and from the south to the north (northern part-Serbian area, southern part -Albanian area). We thought it was necessary to conduct operations to stop people of substituting themselves to the K-FOR AND UNMIK police in its mission of control. That's what we've done a few days ago on the east bridge, which allowed people to circulate more freely. " SUPER CAPTION: Lieutenant Colonel Patrick Chanliau, K-FOR The move is one of several measures being taken in an attempt to finally unite and bring peace to Kosovo's most turbulent northern town, where Serbs and ethnic Albanians have clashed frequently, often drawing in French peacekeepers who patrol the area. Last Wednesday near another bridge in the town, NATO peacekeepers clashed with angry Serbs in a confrontation during which two Serbs lost limbs to stun grenades and four French soldiers were slightly injured. Also on Tuesday night, Albanians destroyed the railway bridge in the village of Banjska, some 12 kilometres north of Mitrovica. This is a predominately Serbian area, but Banjska bridge is near three Albanian villages. The explosion cut off railway traffic between northern Kosovo, where most of the remaining Serbs live, and Kosovo Polje, a Serb-dominated village just outside Pristina. Serbs have said they would flee the city if they do not have control of the bridges. There are some 50-thousand Albanians and 17-thousand Serbs living in the ethnically divided town some 32 kilometres (20 miles) northwest of Pristina, Kosovo's provincial capital. SHOTLIST: Mitrovica and Banjska, Kosovo - 22 March 2000 XFA South Mitrovica (Albanian area) 1. Various of K-FOR soldiers searching cars 2. Various of signs being put on fences 3. Various signs written in Albanian, Serbian, English and French 4. Close up onlooker 5. SOUNDBITE: (French) Lieutenant Colonel Patrick Chanliau, K-FOR Banjska (12 km north-west of Mitrovica - Serbian area) 6. Various K-FOR soldiers checking railway bridge destroyed overnight by Albanians 7. Wide shot bridge?
A woman killed on the street: a suspect with a violent past
IRAQI UPDATE
AFTER DAYS OF SPECULATION THAT AN ATTACK WAS IMMINENT...THE WHITE HOUSE FINALLY CONFIRMED IT. (BITE) THE MISSION FOLLOWS WEEKS OF IRAQI PROVOCATIONS THAT INCLUDED FLYING AIRCRAFT OVER A NO-FLY ZONE, PROMPTING THE U.S. TO SHOOT IT DOWN...MOVING MISSLES INTO POSITIONS THAT THREATENED U.S. PILOTS TRYING TO ENFORCE THE ZONE...BANNING FLIGHTS BY U.S. WEAPONS INSPECTORS...AND MAKING RAIDS INTO KUWAIT TO RETRIEVE FORBIDDEN MILITARY EQUIPMENT. AND IT'S CLEAR THE U.S. ISN'T GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE. (BITE) FITZWATER ALSO SAYS TROOPS WILL BE DEPLOYED TO KUWAIT TO ENSURE THAT COUNTRY'S SECURITY AND INDEPENDENCE. THERE WAS IMMEDIATE REACTION FROM LITTLE ROCK. (BITE) WARREN CHRISTOPHER, DURING HIS CONFIRMATION HEARING TO BE SECRETARY OF STATE, WAS QUICK TO BACK THAT UP. (BITE) AND OBSERVERS SAY THERE SHOULD BE NO PRBLEM IN TRANSITIONS FROM BUSH GIVING THE ORDERS RIGHT UP INTIL NOON ON JANUARY 20TH AND CLINTON GIVING THEM THEREAFTER. (BITE) (STANDUP)
Germany Guantanamo - Internet art installation shows virtual tour of Guantanamo prison
NAME: GER GUANTANAMO 20060304I TAPE: EF06/0194 IN_TIME: 11:22:14:14 DURATION: 00:02:50:23 SOURCES: AP TELEVISION DATELINE: Berlin, 3 March 2006 RESTRICTIONS: SHOTLIST: 1. Wide shot of artists, Christoph Wachter (right) and Mathias Jud (left), at the computer in their studio 2. Close up of computer screen with Wachter from the back 3. Wide shot of Wachter and Jud at the monitor 4. Close up of Wachter 5. Close up of Wachter operating the joystick 6. Computer graphic of Guantanamo gate 7. Wide shot of Wachter and Jud at computer 8. Computer graphic of Guantanamo gate, moves into the camp 9. Close up of computer screen with 3-dimensional tour running 10. SOUNDBITE: (German) Christoph Wachter, artist: "From 2002 when it was created, Guantanamo has been a symbol of the forbidden military zones and military action. In a way, Guantanamo found us rather than the other way around." 12. Pan from computer screen to Wachter's face 11. SOUNDBITE: (German) Christoph Wachter, artist: "I find it interesting that as an observer one can choose to use this 3-dimensional walk through situation from different angles. One can observe it from the position of prisoner, guard or completely neutral. What is exciting is playing with the perception." 12. Various of screen with project platform site 13. Wachter and Jud sitting at the computer working 14. Close up of Wachter's hand on the computer mouse 15. Wide shot of Wachter and Jud at the computer 15. SOUNDBITE: (German) Mathias Jud, artist: "This is the first step (researching the internet for photos and information) to get an idea of the situation. There are no plans, no high resolution satellite images and one can only reconstruct this world based on the photos one finds around." 16. Close up of computer screen with graphics 17. Computer graphic, walk through the cells STORYLINE: Two Swiss artists based in Berlin have created an internet art installation which provides users a virtual tour of the isolated US military prison in Guantanamo Bay. Christoph Wachter and Mathias Jud collect publicly accessible information about forbidden areas of the world in order to recreate them in 3-dimensional software. Their research, which began in the year 2000, is presented on their website (www.zone-interdite.net) where another main attraction is a virtual tour of an Islamic militant training camp in Sudan. Relying only on information available in the public domain, Wachter and Jud do not assert to have created exact copies of the camps. "This is the first step to get an idea of the situation," said Jud. Clicking on each of the locations leads users to a description with photos from the media and links to further internet sites. Wachter said Guantanamo has become a symbol of forbidden military zones and military action around the world. The site is based on 1200 items collected so far, with the authors inviting users to contribute further information to the ongoing project. The US base in eastern Cuba is said to hold about 490 prisoners. It has become the focus of international criticism in part because of the shroud of secrecy by the US government. Keyword-art
Rafah Wounded - Wounded in hospital after shellings in camp
NAME: RAFAH WOUNDED 281104N TAPE: EF04/1161 IN_TIME: 10:45:03:23 DURATION: 00:02:13:04 SOURCES: APTN DATELINE: Rafah - 28 Nov 2004 RESTRICTIONS: SHOTLIST: 1. Rafah refugee camp hospital 2. Various injured being brought in 3. Ambulance 4. Various people waiting outside hospital 5. Various of ambulances driving off 6. Various people waiting 7. Ambulance arrives 8. Injured person is taken out 9. Ambulance driving by 10. Various of injured being taking into hospital STORYLINE: An Israeli tank shell hit three Palestinians crawling in a forbidden zone near the Rafah refugee camp late Sunday, according to the Israeli military. A Palestinian source said one dead man and two wounded were brought to a hospital. In addition, Palestinians said a doctor was killed and another man was hurt after a separate salvo of 12 Israeli tank shells hit the camp. They said the two were playing cards next to a fire when they were hit by shrapnel. The sprawling camp lies the near Gaza-Egypt border.
Good resolutions must be made in September
Earth element: [issue of August 26, 2023]
USA: CALIFORNIA: GREENPEACE PROTEST STAR WARS TEST
TAPE_NUMBER: EF00/0755 IN_TIME: 03:18:23 - 07:28:10 - 09:13:51 // 12:19:24 LENGTH: 02:31 SOURCES: Shots 1-10 = GREENPEACE VNR and shots 11-14 = USA GOVERNMENT VNR RESTRICTIONS: GREENPEACE = No re-use/re-sale without clearance FEED: VARIOUS (THE ABOVE TIME-CODE IS TIME-OF-DAY) SCRIPT: English/Nat XFA The environmental lobby group Greenpeace is preparing to protest against a test of the Star Wars defence system on Friday by sailing one of its ships into a forbidden hazard zone. The Greenpeace vessel MV Arctic Sunrise is heading for California's central coast where the test will be held. The United States Air Force issued a request on Tuesday for ships to stay clear of the zone during the test. But Greenpeace say they will sail directly into the hazard area in an effort to stop the test. This tiny boat with a crew of 23 is heading into uncharted waters - a zone off the coast of California which is at the center of a nuclear missile test. Greenpeace has sent the MV Arctic Sunrise into the zone in an effort to stop a test of the controversial Star Wars missile system which the United States says will become one of its main defences against nuclear attack. Aboard the 164 foot Dutch registered vessel are activists from the United States, Russia, France, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, India, Australia, New Zealand, Argentina, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Italy, the Cook Islands and Turkey. SOUNDBITE: (English) "We're on our way to one of the hazard zones where the Star Wars test is going to be carried out." SUPER CAPTION: John Sprange, Nuclear Campaigner At this stage it's not clear what the U-S Air Force will do if the Greenpeace protest ship remains in the hazard zone. SOUNDBITE: (English) "The Star Wars system is going to unleash chaos. It's going to unknit the whole of the arms control regime for the last thirty years. It will probably unleash further development in nuclear weapons which we have just got over in the last ten years since the end of the Cold War." SUPER CAPTION: John Sprange, Nuclear Campaigner The missile will be fired from the Vandenberg Air Force in California, home of the U-S Air Force Space Command. Greenpeace has set up a round the clock vigil outside the base, hoping to attract the attention of the world media who will be stationed there during the test. Greenpeace has sent a letter to President Bill Clinton asking him to cancel the test and the entire Star Wars program before it damages arms control agreements. SOUNDBITE: (English) "So the message is to Bill Clinton is take your finger off the button, say 'No' to Star Wars, cancel the program and let's get on with nuclear disarmament." SUPER CAPTION: Steve Shallhorn, Greenpeace U-S-A Greenpeace says the system will only encourage another nuclear arms race. SHOTLIST: Off the California Coast/ Vandenberg Air Force Base, U-S-A - July 5/6, 2000 July 6 2000 - Off the California Coast 1. Greenpeace vessel Arctic Sunrise 2. Greenpeace activist and Arctic Sunrise 3. Bow view of Greenpeace ship 4. Banner on Arctic Sunrise 5. SOUNDBITE: (English) John Sprange, Nuclear Campaigner 6. Crew preparing to lower rubber dinghy into water 7. SOUNDBITE: (English) John Sprange, Nuclear Campaigner 8. Wide of Greenpeace vessel 9. Bow of Arctic Sunrise 10. Pan of Arctic Sunrise July 5 2000 - Vandenberg Air Force Base 11. Greenpeace activists outside air force base. 12. Activists preparing to inflate balloon 13. SOUNDBITE: (English) Steve Shallhorn, Greenpeace U-S-A 14. Various of activists with protest balloon?
Middle East Orthodox - Ultra orthodox protest against parking lot staying open on Sabbath
NAME: MEA ORTHO 20091128I TAPE: EF09/1111 IN_TIME: 10:06:19:03 DURATION: 00:01:56:19 SOURCES: AP TELEVISION DATELINE: Jerusalem - 28 November 2009 RESTRICTIONS: SHOTLIST: 1. Pan of scuffles between ultra-orthodox Jewish protesters and Israeli police 2. Wide of police blocking protesters 3. Various of protest and scuffles 4. Wide of bystanders watching protest 5. Protesters scuffling with police 6. Protesters running away 7. Protesters and police 8. Exterior shot of Intel factory and offices in Jerusalem 9. Wide of ultra-orthodox Jews demonstrating outside Intel factory 10. Various of protesters chanting while police block way to factory 11. Wide of Intel factory and offices STORYLINE: Ultra-Orthodox Jews in Jerusalem protested on Saturday against the opening of a parking lot on the Jewish Sabbath. They claim that opening the lot on Saturdays - when observant Jews are banned from driving - desecrates the Jewish day of rest. Religious Jews are forbidden to work on the Sabbath which lasts from sundown Friday until Saturday night. Protesters scuffled with the Israeli police during the demonstration. Elsewhere in Jerusalem around 100 Ultra-Orthodox Jews demonstrated outside a new Intel plant in protest against it operating on the Jewish Sabbath. The Intel facility is located alongside many other high-tech companies in Jerusalem's Har Hotzvim industrial zone, which is close to two religious neighbourhoods. Most business close during that time and those that do open are located away from religious neighbourhoods to avoid conflict. Intel is located near a religious area. The protests began two weeks ago when the US computer chip manufacturer opened the new plant. The weekly Saturday protests often turn violent, with protesters assaulting police and motorists and blocking roads with burning rubbish.
SJT - BELGIUM SEALS AND TOURISTS TRY TO LIVE TOGETHER ON OSTEND BEACHES
Mexico Volcano - Volcano of Fire keeps rumbling, emergency evacuations
NAME: MEX VOLCANO 080605N TAPE: EF05/0506 IN_TIME: 11:16:17:20 DURATION: 00:01:44:22 SOURCES: Televisa /Government TV/TV Azteca DATELINE: Various - 6-8 June 2005 RESTRICTIONS: See Script SHOTLIST: Televisa Colima - 6 June 2005 1. Mid shot of Colima Volcano exploding TV Azteca - No Access Mexico/Televisa San Marcos - 7 June 2005 2. Ambulances and rescue trucks at shelter 3. Mid shot of civil protection service truck 4. Mid shot of police handing out face masks 5. Pan shot of ambulance 6. Mid shot of volunteers at shelter's registration desk 7. Various children eating at shelter Government TV Mexico City - 8 June 2005 8. Mid shot of presidential spokesman Ruben Aguilar and Civil Protection Coordinator Carmen Segura Rangel 9. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): Carmen Segura Rangel, Civil Protection Coordinator: "This (volcanic) behaviour that could degenerate in an important explosive event and generate mudslides and avalanches through its slopes. According to the experts monitoring the volcano, this event could affect the town of San Marcos, a town of 13-thousand people. This area will have to be evacuated once we consider the risk to be too high." TV Azteca San Marcos - 7 June 2005 10. Wide shot of shelter's sleeping quarters 11. Mid shot of people at shelter 12. Mid shot of official handing out face masks 13. Mid shot of people eating 14. Wide shot of official giving out face masks to people in shelter STORYLINE: As fears grow that Mexico's Colima volcano - the 'Volcano of Fire' - is poised for a major eruption, emergency evacuation plans are being put in place. The volcano, 690 kilometres (430 miles) west of Mexico City, has been hurling hot lava into the air and dusting surrounding towns with ash for several days, forcing evacuations and raising concerns of a major eruption. The activity is the strongest recorded since scientific monitoring began 20 years ago, and even long-sceptical residents acknowledged Wednesday a new-found fear of the peak that straddles the line between Colima and Jalisco states. The volcano has had six spectacular eruptions in the past three weeks. The largest, late Monday, shot glowing lava five kilometres (three miles) above the crater of the 3,820-meter (12,533-foot) volcano and showered ash over the nearby city of Colima. Authorities handed out surgical masks to protect against breathing the fine grit, but so far the volcano has caused no major injuries or damage. Residents of three towns - Juan Barragan, El Borbollon and Yerbabuena, all eight kilometres (5 miles) from the peak - were asked to leave voluntarily on Monday. Most have followed the request. Many evacuees slept at an improvised shelter in San Marcos, 12 kilometres (7.5 miles) from the summit. Before dawn Wednesday, families sat outside their homes, casting nervous glances at the peak. A few families have insisted on staying, concerned their few possessions might be stolen or that they might be forbidden to return. About 300-thousand people live within 40 kilometres (25 miles) of the volcano. Authorities have established an off-limits zone 7.5 kilometres (4.5 miles) around the crater and an alert zone was in effect for 11.5 kilometres (7 miles). Federal Civil Protection Coordinator Carmen Segura was travelling to the volcano zone on Wednesday. The volcano has had more than 30 periods of eruptions since 1585, including several significant eruptions in the late 1990s.
SJT SUITE FIRE ON ÎLE-SAINT-DENIS
Koreas Summit 7 - WRAP Roh and senior official driving through Pyongyang; meets delegation
NAME: KOR SUMMIT 7 20071002I TAPE: EF07/1175 IN_TIME: 10:00:09:00 DURATION: 00:04:06:06 SOURCES: AP/POOL DATELINE: Various - 2 Oct 2007 RESTRICTIONS: See Script SHOTLIST AP Television Paju City, South Korea 1. Mid of South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun and First Lady Kwon Yang-sook waving to crowds 2. Roh and Kwon taking photos with two children dressed in traditional Korean clothes 3. Zoom in to Roh waving to crowds from inside vehicle AP Television Military Demarcation Line - North Korean-South Korean Border 4. Various of South Korean motorcade approaching inter-Korean Military Demarcation Line 5. North Korean officials 6. Roh and Kwon shaking hands with North Korean officials 7. Roh walking towards towards the Military Demarcation Line 8. Wide of Roh and Kwon standing on the the Military Demarcation Line 9. SOUNDBITE: (Korean) Roh Moo-hyun, South Korean President: "As a president, I'm crossing this forbidden line this time. After I'm back (in South Korea), I do hope that more people will follow suit, and then this forbidden line will eventually and gradually be erased." 10. Roh and Kwon bowing as officials applaud 11. Roh and Kwon crossing Military Demarcation Line POOL Pyongyang, North Korea 12. North Korean leader Kim Jong Il convoy arriving 13. Wide of Kim walking down red carpet 14. North Korean nationals waving pink paper flowers 15. Roh's convoy arriving 16. Various of Roh and Kwon being greeted by Kim 17. Various of Roh and Kim receiving honour guard 18. Various of Roh shaking hands with North Korean officials 19. Roh receiving flowers and raising them to the crowd 20. Wide of crowd waving flowers 21. Wide of North Korean military 22. Roh and Kim waving to the crowd 23. Roh leaving POOL Pyongyang, North Korea 24. Wide of Roh and North Korean titular Head of State Kim Young-Nam standing up in vehicle waving to crowd 25. Crowd cheering and waving pink paper 26. Various of motorcade APTN Pyongyang, North Korea 27. Exterior of Mansudae Assembly Hall 28. Pan of Roh Moo-Hyun entering room and shaking hands with Kim 29. Cutaway of media 30. Roh entering meeting room 31. Wide pan of meeting 32. Kim and North Korean officials during meeting 33. Roh and South Korean officials during meeting 34. Pull out from Roh to wide of meeting 35. Wide pan from media to meeting STORYLINE: North Korean leader Kim Jong Il greeted South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun in Pyongyang on Tuesday to begin the second summit between the two countries since the peninsula's division after World War II. Thousands of cheering North Koreans waving pink paper flowers and a military honour guard bearing rifles with bayonets heralded the leaders' first encounter outside a cultural hall in the North Korean capital, where Roh travelled some three and half hours by road from the South Korean capital, Seoul. The two leaders walked down a red carpet where Kim, wearing his typical khaki military jumpsuit, introduced Roh to top North Korean leaders. Kim appeared reserved and unemotional, walking slowly and occasionally clapping lightly to encourage the crowd. Neither made any public comment before Roh got back into his armoured limousine to travel to the state guesthouse where he is staying for the summit that runs through Thursday. Roh was then accompanied on a journey around the capital by North Korean titular Head of State Kim Yong Nam, and was cheered by North Koreans, who lined the streets. Kim Yong Nam was expected to be his guide for the rest of the day, as meetings with Kim Jong-Il were scheduled for Wednesday. Before leaving Seoul earlier in the day Roh, who leaves office in February, said he would build on the achievements from the first North-South summit in 2000 and "hasten the slow march" in reconciliation between the two countries, which remain technically at war since the 1950-53 Korean War ended in a cease-fire. Hundreds gathered at the South Korean border city of Paju City to bid a final farewell to Roh's delegation. During the journey by road to Pyongyang, the South Korean President and his wife Kwon Yang-sook, stopped and walked across a yellow plastic strip with the words "peace" and "prosperity" written on it and laid across the Military Demarcation Line that divides the Koreas in the middle of the heavily fortified Demilitarised Zone. "As a president, I'm crossing this forbidden line this time. After I'm back I do hope that more people will follow suit, and then this forbidden line will eventually and gradually be erased," said Roh. Later in the day Roh held talks with Kim Yong Nam at the Mansudae Assembly Hall in the North Korean capital. South Korean officials have declined to give specifics on what Seoul seeks at the summit, given the unpredictable nature of talks with North Korea. They have sought to play down expectations, asserting that simply having any meeting is valuable. This week's summit comes almost exactly a year after the North tested a nuclear bomb, rattling regional stability and leading to a dramatic turnaround in the previous hard-line U.S. policy toward its long time rival. Since then, Pyongyang has shut down its sole operating nuclear reactor that produced material for bombs and has tentatively agreed to disable its atomic facilities by year-end in a way that they cannot be easily restarted. Roh acknowledged on Tuesday that ridding the North of nuclear weapons and establishing a peace treaty could not be realised by the two Koreas alone. Pyongyang has participated in international talks including the US and other regional powers on its nuclear programme that were set to reconvene on Tuesday. A peace agreement to end the Korean War would require participation of the US and China, which also fought in that conflict.
Overtourism: Mont Blanc threatened
Russia Khodorkovsky - Lawyer on prison conditions
NAME: RUS KHODORKOV 20051202I TAPE: EF05/1067 IN_TIME: 10:37:42:10 DURATION: 00:02:54:10 SOURCES: see script DATELINE: Moscow - 2 Dec 2005/ File RESTRICTIONS: See Script SHOTLIST AP TELEVISION Moscow - 2 December 2005 1. Mid shot Mikhail Khodorkovsky's lawyers entering press conference 2. Cutaway press 3. Wide shot press conference 4. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Yuri Shmidt, Lawyer for Mikhail Khodorkovsky: "Khodorkovsky himself has been set to work sewing gloves - this is his main work. He asked, but has been forbidden from doing any work on socio-political issues. It should be understood that he has not asked for any preferential treatment." AP PHOTOS/RUSSIA NEWSWEEK - NO ACCESS CANADA/RUSSIA/ INTERNET FILE - Krasnokamensk prison camp, Siberia - Recent (2005) 5. STILL of Mikhail Khodorkovsky inside prison, writing 6. Various STILLS of Mikhail Khodorkovsky inside prison AP TELEVISION Moscow - 2 December 2005 7. Cutaway press 8. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Karina Moskalenko, Lawyer for Mikhail Khodorkovsky: "The intense pressure of being in a penal colony could affect people's attitudes towards Khodorkovsky, and sometimes there are occasions when scores can be settled using the prisoners." AP PHOTOS - NO ACCESS CANADA/ INTERNET FILE - Krasnokamensk prison camp, Siberia - 31 October 2005 9. STILL exterior of camp 10. STILL of guards standing by a gate 11. STILL of control tower 12. STILL of guard with dog AP TELEVISION FILE - Moscow - 30 May 2005 13. Various of Mikhail Khodorkovsky inside a cage during his trial STORYLINE Once Russia's richest man, Mikhail Khodorkovsky has been put to work sewing gloves in a Siberian prison camp where he is serving an eight-year sentence for fraud and tax evasion, his lawyers confirmed on Friday. "He asked, but has been forbidden from doing any work on social and political issues. It should be understood that he has not asked for any preferential treatment," one of Khodorkovsky's lawyers, Yuri Shmidt, said during a press conference in Moscow. Earlier on Friday, Russia's Federal Prisons Service director said Khodorkovsky had been given a sewing job after a brief training course and would earn a wage for his work. Khodorkovsky was sewing work clothes and uniforms for various federal departments and services "which are in demand in that region," the director said. Khodorkovsky's lawyers also expressed concern for his personal safety. "The intense pressure of being in penal colony could affect people's attitudes towards Khodorkovsky," said Karina Moskalenko, another lawyer in Khodorkovsky's legal team. Prior to his arrest and the parallel tax probe that saw most of his oil empire, Yukos, transferred to a state company, Khodorkovsky was estimated to have a fortune worth 15 billion (b) US dollars by Forbes magazine. The case was widely seen as a Kremlin-driven vendetta after Khodorkovsky funded opposition parties, as well as a means for the state to regain control of a chunk of the strategically important oil sector. In October (2005), Khodorkovsky was transferred six time zones from Moscow to a prison camp in the town of Krasnokamensk near the Chinese border, following an unsuccessful September appeal. The prison director denied reports that Khodorkovsky's lawyers were barred from visiting their client, but said they could only see him at certain times. He added that the lawyers were allowed to see their client within the timetable determined to convicts.