Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+HeadlinesWorld Headlinesen-usSat, 21 Nov 2009 01:06:27 PST5http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=978986Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:18:00 PSTPolice say a gang in the Peruvian jungle has been killing people and draining fat from the... 11/2009 APCopyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=978963Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:18:00 PSTThe dairies kept by Claretta Petacci, mistress of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini between 1932... 11/2009 APCopyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=978929Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:26:00 PSTThere are few places more electric than your neighborhood Best Buy store. 11/2009 APCopyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. 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All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=Jpeb847234Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:12:58 PSTThousands rally on the southern island of Okinawa to demand the removal of a U.S. Marine base days before a visit by President Barack Obama.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=Jpeb853135Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:12:22 PSTAngela Merkel become the first German Chancellor to attend French commemorations of the end of World War One.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=Jpeb860041Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:43:45 PSTIsraeli soldiers clash with Palestinian, Israeli and international peace activists during a protest against the Israeli-built separation barrier in the West Bank.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. 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All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=Jpeb859814Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:19:46 PSTDangerous amounts of sand lying under the river Congo present daily dangers for its cargo ships trying to navigate their way through the waters.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=Jpeb856850Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:15:18 PSTTwo Swiss businessmen are facing the charges of tax evasion, visa irregularities and violation of commercial law, as the Libyan foreign ministry blasts Switzerland over their comments on the case.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=Jpeb856485Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:17:01 PSTA Rwandair flight bound for Kampala crashes soon after take off in Rwanda's capital Kigali, killing one passenger and injuring nine others.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. 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All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=Jpeb865474Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:24:03 PSTRetreating glaciers threaten devastating consequences as the planet warms, scientists warn.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=Jpeb862141Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:14:39 PSTWorld leaders meeting in Singapore agree to delay any binding treaty on climate change.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=Jpeb864173Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:12:02 PSTDubai air show highlights growing demand for planes in the Mideast.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=Jpeb865597Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:43:32 PSTIsrael demolishes an Arab-built structure in East Jerusalem, inflaming already heightened tensions over land use.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=Jpeb865564Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:17:34 PSTRetreating glaciers threaten devastating consequences as the planet warms, scientists warn.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=Jpeb868950Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:42:49 PSTThe hijacked Spanish trawler Alakrana arrives in the Seychelles after the boat and crew were released. The crew were held hostage by Somali pirates for 48 days.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=Jpeb869325Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:48:54 PSTResidents of Mau forest in Kenya are being evicted over government claims that illegal settlement and deforestation have already destroyed a quarter of the forest.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=Jpeb869422Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:13:53 PSTThe Belgian Prime Minister will become the EU's first, but will the quiet man be able to impress on the world stage? So far opinion is divided.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb869348Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:03:54 PSTA nude photograph of Carla Bruni-Sarkozy taken by Michel Comte during her modelling days goes under the hammer on Friday at a Paris auction house. A similar nude shot of the wife of the French president went for 91,000 dollars -- three times more than its estimated bidding price -- in a New York sale last year. Still images. Duration: 00:24Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb869525Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:26:57 PSTViolence and instability shut it down temporarily, but Iraq's stamp collecting club is now back in business. And it's been good business, too, for the Iraqi Philatelic Society, whose best-selling items are pre-war stamps starring Saddam Hussein. Duration: 02:04Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb869537Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:01:05 PSTAn antique electric train, left over from the heyday of American power in Cuba, still snakes its way through Havana. But it's more than just a tourist ride. The nearly century-old Hershey train, named after the chocolate company that built it, takes Cuban commuters to work every day. Duration: 01:17Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb869538Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:59:33 PSTA notebook, number 2 pencils, and the newest essential school supply in Uruguay: a laptop. The South American nation is the first and only country to guarantee every elementary school student attending government schools a portable computer. If the incumbent left-wing president wins the run-off election on November 29, his government says it will expand the program to all students in the public education system. Duration: 01:56Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb869507Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:45:05 PSTRomania, struggling with a severe recession and reeling from political turmoil, is now set to face yet another challenge -- a presidential election. Both front-runners, including the incumbent Traian Basescu, are neck-and-neck in the polls, meaning a decisive outcome from Sunday's poll looks unlikely. Duration: 01:55Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb869526Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:45:05 PSTGabon's President Ali Bongo met with his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy on Friday on his first trip to France since he succeeded his father, who had made Paris nearly a second home while leader of the oil-rich former French colony. Images and soundbites. Duration: 00:50Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb869459Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:57:17 PSTSwimmers who get into difficulty off the French coast may have some rather unusual rescue workers coming to their aid. Over a dozen lifeguard teams using Newfoundland terriers are now in place, with dog-handlers training their canine partners to help lead victims safely back to shore. Duration: 01:32Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb869453Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:48:53 PSTHainan island in the South China Sea is fast becoming one of Asia's finest golfing destinations, with several world-class courses and developers rushing to build dozens more. Once dependent on foreign players, the industry is now being built on the back of a new wave of Chinese golfers. Duration: 02:21Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb868769Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:42:26 PSTEuropean leaders have chosen a low-profile pair to lead a revamped EU, prompting widespread criticism that national leaders deliberately undercut the positions in order to preserve their own influence. The pick of Belgium's premier, Herman Van Rompuy, as president and EU Commissioner Catherine Ashton, a Briton with little foreign policy experience, as the top diplomat, came at a summit of the 27 EU heads of state and government. Duration: 02:21Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb868661Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:25:29 PSTThe US, which depends on coal for more than half of it’s electricity use, is looking to so-called « clean coal technologies » to lower coal’s carbon footprint. But environmentalists and people living in the areas where coal is mined say that the fuel’s ecological and environmental impacts are devastating and inevitable. Duration: 02:07Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb868644Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:17:30 PSTAfter a controversial election, Afghan President Hamid Karzai was sworn in for a second term on Thursday. But with public confidence at an all time low and the US ramping up pressure to rid the country of its corruption, many Afghans are concerned about the future. Duration: 02:15Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb867922Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:24:45 PSTAn antique electric train, left over from the heyday of American power in Cuba, still snakes its way through Havana. But it's more than just a tourist ride. The nearly century-old Hershey train, named after the chocolate company that built it, takes Cuban commuters to work every day. Duration: 01:17Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb826951Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:59:22 PSTA huge car bomb ripped through a crowded market in Pakistan on Wednesday killing 92 people and leaving over two hundred injured. The explosion brought down buildings in the northwestern city of Peshawar. Duration: 01:03Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb826676Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:35:16 PSTThe head of the UN's mission in Afghanistan said a Taliban suicide attack on Wednesday on a Kabul guesthouse would not deter the UN from fulfilling its work in Afghanistan. Duration: 00:54Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb826669Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:28:52 PSTKabul's five-star Serena Hotel came under rocket attack on Wednesday, but there were no casualties. The attack came as Taliban suicide gunmen stormed a UN guesthouse in Kabul killing nine people. Duration: 0:42Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb826406Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:52:07 PSTAfghan police evacuated foreign nationals from a guesthouse in central Kabul, after a bold attack by Taliban suicide gunmen left six foreign staff dead. Duration: 01:02Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb826407Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:51:47 PSTDiners are flocking to a popular restaurant in Italy -- but the eatery is inside a high-security prison and the waiters are criminals. Once a month, about 100 people sample fine cuisine in Volterra jail in Tuscany. Under the watchful eye of professional chefs from outside, the inmates prepare and serve gourmet dishes. Profits from the venture go to charity. Duration: 01:26Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb826380Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:49:50 PSTDecriminalizing prostitution for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa could help stop the spread of HIV and AIDS. That's the claim made by a leading HIV research unit, but religious groups are against the proposals. Duration: 02:04Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb826331Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:29:31 PSTThe number of United Nations staff killed in an attack on a Kabul guesthouse on Wednesday has risen to five, a UN spokesman in the Afghan capital said. Duration: 00:55Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb826321Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:22:31 PSTA troupe of Chinese Michael Jackson impersonators and moonwalked for screaming fans in Beijing as a documentary of his final concert rehearsals This Is It opened here. Duration: 01:16Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb825662Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:13:09 PSTThey call William Kamkwamba the boy who harnessed the wind. At 14, after dropping out of school, the African boy in a rural Malawi village taught himself how electricity works, and built a windmill from scraps and pieces of a bicycle. AFPTV talks to him in Washington as he tours around the US to promote his recently published biography. Duration: 01:38Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb825374Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:42:36 PSTA French court slapped prison terms and stiff fines on Tuesday on the main players in a network that smuggled arms to Angola and included an ex-minister and the son of late president Francois Mitterrand. Duration: 00:41Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb825161Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:39:12 PSTFrench judges fined the Church of Scientology almost a million dollars on Tuesday for defrauding vulnerable followers but stopped short of banning the group from operating in France. Scientology's Celebrity Centre and its bookshop in Paris, the two branches of its French operations, were ordered to pay 600,000 euros (900,000 dollars) in fines for preying financially on its followers in the 1990s. Alain Rosenberg, the movement's director, was handed a two-year suspended jail sentence and fined 30,000 euros on the same charge. Duration: 01:43Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb824923Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:12:17 PSTWhile in many multi-ethnic European countries, mosques are nothing new. In Denmark, plans to build the country's first mosque has stirred up a lot of controversy. Local elections are taking place on November 17th and a focal point in the vote is the mosque. Duration: 02:03Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb824924Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:11:56 PSTCharting the King of Pop's rise from Motown child star to global icon, 'Michael Jackson - The Official Exhibition', being held at London's O2 music venue, promises to give fans a unique glimpse into the life of a legend. Of the 200 items on show are the singer's personal Rolls Royce, an original Jackson 5 contract and, of course, one of his signature sequined gloves. Duration: 01:32Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb831161Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:15:06 PSTVIDEO: China's Communist Party has managed to retain power for 60 years, despite going through massive upheavals. Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, what is actually going on in China? Duration: 1:59Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb831162Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:59:18 PSTVIDEO: The Pakistani army says it has recovered the passport of a suspected member of the terror cell that planned the September 11, 2001 attacks during its South Waziristan offensive. Duration: 1:13Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb831164Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:58:59 PSTIt's been almost one year since the United States elected Barack Obama, its first Afro-American president. Obama's wife Michelle has been very visible by his side. She's known for her style and her engagement in public service. AFPTV looks back at Michelle Obama's first year on the job. Duration: 01:15Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb831074Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:50:59 PSTVIDEO: China's Communist Party has managed to retain power for 60 years, despite going through massive upheavals. Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, what is actually going on in China? Duration: 1:59Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb831064Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:41:29 PSTVIDEO: China's Communist Party has managed to retain power for 60 years, despite going through massive upheavals. Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, what is actually going on in China? Duration: 1:59Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb831066Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:38:25 PSTThe only men are the ones standing guard outside: welcome to the first bank reserved exclusively for women. In the holy town of Najaf, one establishment has provided female-only staff for a female-only clientele. Duration: 01:25Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb831072Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:37:12 PSTEU leaders on Friday agreed that developing nations will need 100 billion euros per year by 2020 to tackle climate change, but failed to put a figure to Europe's own contribution amid sharp east-west differences. A natural sound version of an AFPTV voiced report. Duration: 01:40Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb831073Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:35:37 PSTVIDEO: The Pakistani army says it has recovered the passport of a suspected member of the terror cell that planned the September 11, 2001 attacks during its South Waziristan offensive. Duration: 1:13Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb831065Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:30:46 PSTVIDEO: The Pakistani army says it has recovered the passport of a suspected member of the terror cell that planned the September 11, 2001 attacks during its South Waziristan offensive. Duration: 1:13Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb832684Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:15:31 PSTVIDEO: China's Communist Party has managed to retain power for 60 years, despite going through massive upheavals. Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, what is actually going on in China? Duration: 1:59Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb832683Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:14:15 PSTGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel and the world leaders in 1989 -- ex-German chancellor Helmut Kohl, former US president George Bush and the Soviet Union's last head of state Mikhail Gorbachev -- gathered in Berlin on Saturday for a formal ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Duration: 01:03Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb832685Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:13:40 PSTVIDEO: The Pakistani army says it has recovered the passport of a suspected member of the terror cell that planned the September 11, 2001 attacks during its South Waziristan offensive. Duration: 1:13Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb832011Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:14:57 PSTVIDEO: The Pakistani army says it has recovered the passport of a suspected member of the terror cell that planned the September 11, 2001 attacks during its South Waziristan offensive. Duration: 1:13Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb832012Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:12:48 PSTCoffins in Ghana can be an art form. Craftsmen produce fantasy coffins, catering for every sort of customer from fishermen and farmers to pilots and photographers. Tailor-made coffins reflect the trade of their clients. The aim: to pay tribute to the character of the dearly departed. Duration: 02:14.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb832013Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:12:13 PSTVIDEO: China's Communist Party has managed to retain power for 60 years, despite going through massive upheavals. Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, what is actually going on in China? Duration: 1:59Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb832000Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:08:37 PSTIn 1859, Frenchman Jules Léotard presented the first ever flying trapeze show at Paris’s Cirque d’Hiver. 150 years later, the family-ran circus pays a special homage to the impressive act in a new show called Festive. The traditional lions, clowns and acrobats are also part of it. Duration: 02:11Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb831999Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:02:48 PSTVIDEO: The Pakistani army says it has recovered the passport of a suspected member of the terror cell that planned the September 11, 2001 attacks during its South Waziristan offensive. Duration: 1:13Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb831998Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:00:06 PSTVIDEO: China's Communist Party has managed to retain power for 60 years, despite going through massive upheavals. Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, what is actually going on in China? Duration: 1:59Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb833926Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:56:55 PSTThe New York marathon may grab the limelight but that's not putting off long-distance runners in South Africa who are embarking on a marathon of their own -- through Johannesburg's impoverished Soweto township. Duration: 01:59Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb833711Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:34:32 PSTAfghanistan's political crisis reaches a new low as opposition candidate Abdullah Abdullah pulls out of the country's run-off election scheduled for November 7. Abdullah made the announcement after his demands to avoid a repeat of massive first-round fraud were snubbed by President Hamid Karzai. Duration: 01:02.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb833670Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:55:10 PSTPink swimming costumes and gold cocktail dresses were the order of the day at Miss International Queen 2009 in Thailand. Transsexual contestants from across the globe locked stilettos in the battle to be fairest of them all. Duration: 01:56Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb833608Sun, 01 Nov 2009 11:54:32 PSTVIDEO: The Pakistani army says it has recovered the passport of a suspected member of the terror cell that planned the September 11, 2001 attacks during its South Waziristan offensive. Duration: 1:13Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb833609Sun, 01 Nov 2009 11:52:37 PSTNoisy crowds, long queues, and traffic jams plunged McDonald's restaurants in Iceland into a state of siege Saturday, as the chain served its final burgers on the island. Icelanders flooded the three branches of the US fast-food restaurant in Reykjavik several hours before the outlets shut for the last time, forced to close after the island's economic collapse caused running costs to soar. Duration: 00:53Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb833552Sun, 01 Nov 2009 11:16:57 PSTVIDEO: China's Communist Party has managed to retain power for 60 years, despite going through massive upheavals. Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, what is actually going on in China? Duration: 1:59Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb833538Sun, 01 Nov 2009 11:03:32 PSTBanking that coal power plants will come under legal and financial pressure to reduce emissions as part of efforts to reduce global warming, French firm Alstom on Friday unveiled the world's largest carbon capture facility at a coal plant. It's a technology backers hope will fuel a new multi-billion dollar industry and keep the coal industry alive. Duration: 02:07Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb833543Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:59:48 PSTWith the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, all eyes are turned on Germany. But in Czechoslovakia too, the non-violent 'velvet revolution’ of November and December 1989 brought down the Communist regime. Duration: 01:55.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb833550Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:59:17 PSTVIDEO: The Pakistani army says it has recovered the passport of a suspected member of the terror cell that planned the September 11, 2001 attacks during its South Waziristan offensive. Duration: 1:13Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb833545Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:55:00 PSTIsrael has some 200,000 immigrant workers. But recently some have suggested that the children of these workers should not have the right to stay in Israel - even if they were born in the country. It's a move drawing criticism from human rights groups. Duration: 01:55Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb839840Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:53:12 PSTAfghanistan's former presidential challenger Abdullah Abdullah on Wednesday slammed Hamid Karzai's re-election as illegal, piling pressure on the head of state as his foreign allies warned him to deliver on reform pledges. Duration: 00:44Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb839721Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:53:02 PSTAhead of the 20th anniversary of the Berlin Wall, one exhibition is attempting to bring the historical moment to life to those too young to have experienced it. The socialist dream, young pioneers and other catchphrases of communism, as well as information on the feared Stasi police and the Wall itself, are made real for the museum's young visitors. Duration: 02:06Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb839652Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:10:36 PSTFor more than two years the Gaza Strip has suffered a penury of all essentials goods due to the ongoing Israeli blockade. But some things do manage to make it into the enclave -- including drugs. Increasing numbers of young Gazans, overcome by the misery and monotony of their situation, are seeking refuge in oblivion. Duration: 02:05.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb839651Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:07:57 PSTThe most senior US official to visit Myanmar for 14 years held talks with pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi Wednesday after the ruling junta granted the Nobel laureate a rare break from detention. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell also met Myanmar's prime minister as the administration of President Barack Obama seeks a new era of engagement with the military regime. Duration: 01:39.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb839225Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:09:04 PSTAfghan opium production is on the rise, helping to fund the Taliban and other terror groups and having a devastating impact across the world, experts say. Inside the country, too, opium addiction is now becoming a problem, especially among the poorest. Duration: 02:31.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb839086Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:06:57 PSTA surf culture is beginning to develop on China's tropical island of Hainan as both middle-class and counter-culture hippie types learn to ride the waves. Surf operators, including foreign veterans of the sport, are popping up to service this new clientele, and this coming weekend, Hainan will host China's only surfing competition -- the Hainan Open. Duration: 02:03.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb839088Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:06:16 PSTFrench artist Henri Matisse used Auguste Rodin, who was 30 year older, as a constant source of inspiration for his sculptures. The Matisse-Rodin exhibition at the Rodin Museum in Paris until the end of February, revisits the link between the two great masters. Duration: 01:45.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb839026Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:40:09 PSTBurkina Faso is to supply its entire population with six million mosquito nets after research has shown many of the mosquitoes in the country have developed resistance to insecticides. The development fuels a malaria crisis in the West African nation -- over a disease which claims the life of an African child every 30 seconds, and has one million victims worldwide. Duration: 02:03.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb838088Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:21:22 PSTThe annual Kimberley Process talks, which aim to bring an end to the trade in conflict diamonds around the world, are taking place in Namibia. While experts argue there is more transparency than ever in the industry, there are still concerns that the Kimberley Process does not go far enough. Duration: 02:34Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb838366Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:56:20 PSTUS President Barack Obama on Tuesday said it was imperative to redouble our efforts to combat global warming, as European leaders pressed Washington to take action on climate change ahead of next month's summit. Duration: 00:38Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb840126Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:51:06 PSTIsraeli naval commandos intercepted a ship carrying hundreds of tonnes of arms which officials said were being sent from Iran to the Hezbollah militia in Lebanon. The haul from the Francop ship is among the largest ever seized by Israel, containing hundreds of ammunition crates packed into shipping containers, many hidden behind sacks of cement. Duration: 00:36Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb785163Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:33:06 PSTIn Mexico City, urban gardeners are turning blighted city lots into small but bountiful harvests where carefully planted crops are replacing piles of trash. Duration: 01:30Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb784940Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:03:48 PSTCaught in relentless downpours, with only sporadic electricity and faulty communication, international charities are struggling to set up field hospitals, distribute aid and tend to thousands of Indonesia's quake victims. Duration: 02:01Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb784712Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:58:13 PSTFarmers on tractors brought traffic to a standstill on Monday in Brussels, where EU farm ministers were meeting to discuss giving aid to the dairy industry. Duration: 00:34Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb784668Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:32:57 PSTRussian carmaker Avtovaz, producer of the famed Lada line, has suffered a plunge in demand as consumers tighten their belts and it has announced layoff of a quarter of its employees. For the one-company town of Tolyatti, the news spells disaster. Duration: 02:14Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb784667Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:32:23 PSTDesigner Erotokritos has returned to Paris Fashion Week with his signature sexy sophisticates after a decade of developing his business far from the catwalk. Duration: 01:20Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb784416Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:00:04 PSTThree Pakistanis and an Iraqi national were killed Monday when a suicide bomber struck inside a heavily-fortified UN office in the heart of the Pakistani capital Islamabad. Police officers said they were investigating how the bomber managed to breach strict security measures and walk into the offices of the World Food Programme and detonate about eight kilograms of explosives. Duration: 01:02Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb783352Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:25:10 PSTThe documentary filmed by murdered Franco-Spanish journalist Christian Poveda is being released in Europe this month. La Vida Loca, looks at the Mara 18 gang, whose heavily-tattooed members engage in drug trafficking and extortion. Poveda was gunned down in September in a gang-ridden suburb in El Salvador. The Salvadorian director, Julio Lopez, conducted an interview with Poveda just hours before his death. Duration: 02:56Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb783351Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:22:38 PSTLake Naivasha, at the head of the Great Rift Valley, is one of Kenya's most popular natural attractions -- but it may not be there for much longer. Water levels are dropping fast, with a devastating effect on the region's wildlife. But while some put the problems down to climate change, others point the finger at the intensive horticulture around the shore, with farms siphoning the lake's water to grow roses. Duration: 02:24Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb783335Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:05:12 PSTThe age-old tradition in Poland of scavenging the forests for wild honey was progressively abandoned more than a century ago in favour of beekeepers' hives. But one group is attempting to renew with the taste of honey from the forests. Duration: 01:57Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb784171Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:24:57 PSTIf you're tired of adding regular milk to your coffee, why not get with the latest trend and try...horse's milk. Produced by a small number of organic farms, it may not be cheap, but it's known for its nutty taste and is credited with a range of therapeutic benefits. At one farm in northwest France, farmers say their mare's milk is so popular, they're now ready to expand. Duration: 02:00Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb784153Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:19:45 PSTThe search for survivors in the earthquake-ravaged Indonesian city of Padang has been called off, five days after a 7.6-magnitude earth tremor struck the island of Sumatra killing at least 1,100 people. Duration: 00:38.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb781530Sat, 03 Oct 2009 20:02:36 PSTEU Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso congratulated and thanked the Irish people on Saturday for endorsing the bloc's reforming Lisbon Treaty at the second time of asking. It's a great day for Ireland, it's a great day for Europe, Barroso told reporters as results showed the Yes camp had won the day. Duration 1:27Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb781494Sat, 03 Oct 2009 19:24:29 PSTWhole villages in Indonesia's quake zone have been found obliterated by landslides, as rescuers searched desperately for up to 4,000 people believed to be still trapped in rubble. The full extent of the damage from Wednesday's 7.6-magnitude earthquake emerged as attention turned to the hundreds of villages in the hills outside Padang, a devastated city of one million at the centre of rescue efforts. Duration 1:46Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb781299Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:15:23 PSTRio de Janeiro was named host of the 2016 Olympic Games on Friday as red-hot favourite Chicago, backed by US President Barack Obama, was handed a devastating, heart-breaking snub. Rio will be the first South American city to stage the Olympics after seeing off Madrid in the final round of voting, which followed a tense final day of lobbying of International Olympic Committee (IOC) members. Duration : 01:02Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb781298Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:15:05 PSTForeign and local aid for Indonesia earthquake victims is being moblized. At least 1,100 people died in Wednesday's 7.6 magnitude earthquake which has devastated Padang city. Duration: 01:06Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb781289Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:08:52 PSTFrom bathing suits to wedding gowns,the Islamic fashion fair taking place in Istanbul has an array of styles for buyers and shoppers throughout the Muslim world. Duration: 01:54Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb781285Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:03:59 PSTEU Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso congratulated and thanked the Irish people on Saturday for endorsing the bloc's reforming Lisbon Treaty at the second time of asking. It's a great day for Ireland, it's a great day for Europe, Barroso told reporters as results showed the Yes camp had won the day. Duration: 00:49Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb784804Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:11:54 PSTAustralian-American researcher Elizabeth Blackburn and Carol Greider and Jack Szostak of the United States won the Nobel Medicine Prize on Monday for identifying a key switch in cellular ageing. Duration: 00:37Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb779574Sat, 03 Oct 2009 08:18:09 PSTTrendy, thrify and Japanese, Uniqlo is taking its brand appeal abroad, opening flagship mega-stores which aim to compete with Gap, H ...M and Zara for fashionistas' favour. This week it added Paris to its list of capitals, with an enormous space in the heart of the fashion hub. Duration: 01:48Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb777997Sat, 03 Oct 2009 08:09:34 PSTThe many virtues of Chicago, Rio de Janeiro, Madrid and Tokyo have been extolled, explained and doubtless exaggerated in the long run-up to Friday, when the International Olympic Committee picks one to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. Duration: 02:01Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb776201Sat, 03 Oct 2009 08:07:00 PSTUnlike Disney theme parks in the US, France, Japan and Hong Kong or the ever-growing fleet of Disney cruise liners, the museum opened by the Disney family Thursday in San Francisco is aimed at adults -- those who grew up with Disney's creations and who can relive their childhood in the galleries and interactive exhibits. Duration: 01:35Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb780183Fri, 02 Oct 2009 23:02:50 PSTTens of thousands of people exploded with joy here Friday, dancing to the infectious beat of samba music in a giant beach party as Rio de Janeiro was chosen to host the 2016 Olympic Games. Duration 1:20Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb788049Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:13:44 PSTFrench researchers on Tuesday said they had uncovered the biggest dinosaur footprints in the world, left by giant sauropods that may have weighed 40 tonnes or more. Duration: 00:33Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb787793Wed, 07 Oct 2009 08:50:27 PSTHealth care workers lined up Tuesday to be inoculated against swine flu as the United States began a massive campaign to administer 250 million vaccinations by year's end. STOCKSHOTS RELATED TO THE SWINE FLU VACCINE. Handout video provided by MedImmune. Duration: 01:02.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb787100Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:00:26 PSTLegendary US director Francis Ford Coppola and Taiwanese filmmaker Ang Lee are the star attractions at this year's Beirut International Film Festival, which showcases films from across the globe. A day ahead of Wednesday's opening, Coppola spoke about his latest production Tetro, the story of two brothers reunited after a 10-year separation. Duration: 00:59Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb787106Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:57:43 PSTBrazil’s president predicted that the crises in the country would be moderate in this resource-rich Latin American country. In August, unemployment hit record lows and Brazil witnessed highest rate of job creation in 17 years. Duration: 01:41Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb786816Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:31:19 PSTBrazil's president, Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva, has urged the United States, China and others to do their share to reduce greenhouse gases to ensure a major global climate change summit upcoming in Copenhagen in December is a success. Duration: 00:47Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb786810Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:17:58 PSTMicrosoft chief Steve Ballmer on Tuesday unveiled his company's line of Windows smartphones in an offensive against Apple's iPhone and Google's Android system. The new mobile operating system was launched simultaneously in France and New York on Tuesday. Duration: 01:15Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb786574Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:46:03 PSTEmployees at France Telecom are staging a day of protests across the country against what they say is radical managerial practices that have led to 24 staff suicides in just 20 months. Images and soundbites. Duration: 01:03Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb786553Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:38:15 PSTMore than five years ago Morocco launched a major anti-poverty programme focussing on clearing out or cleaning up its urban slums, where more than a million of its 30 million people were living. The North African kingdom has claimed success with some low-cost housing initiatives, but much remains to be done to lift thousands of families out of the squalor. Duration: 02:18Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb786536Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:09:42 PSTTurkish riot police used tear gas and water canons to break up a rally by 2,000 anti-IMF protestors in Istanbul on Tuesday and detained about 50 people, officials said. Police charged the crowd in Taksim square, in Istanbul's European quarter, when they tried to march on a convention centre where the International Monetary Fund and World Bank are holding their annual meeting. Duration: 00:54Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb786529Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:05:04 PSTMany of Saddam Hussein's luxurious palaces have been looted by robbers, squatted by foreign authorities or simply abandoned. The former dictator's sumptuous residence in Babylon, however, has become a tourist hub for Iraqis. Duration: 01:45Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb824911Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:02:50 PSTTwenty-seven years after the end of the civil war, Mozambique still hasn't rebuilt itself. In the centre of the country, part of the main rail line from Beira to Sena has reopened after being closed for a quarter of a century. It's a vital step to get the country's economy -- and its passengers -- back on track. Duration: 01:58Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb825177Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:46:56 PSTAmnesty International has accused Israel of denying Palestinians adequate access to water while allowing Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank almost unlimited supplies. Israel's brief military offensive on the Gaza Strip at the start of the year damaged water reservoirs, wells, sewage networks and pumping stations. Duration: 02:09Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb825185Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:43:03 PSTUS military officials say that lack of training and equipment are hampering efforts to transfer responsibility for Afghanistan's domestic security to local forces. Widespread drug use, tribal divisions, corruption and a high drop-out rate are also slowing attempts to create a credible force able to protect the public from Taliban insurgents and tackle general crime. Duration: 01:53Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb825164Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:13:27 PSTMusic therapy has been found to help some sufferers of Alzheimer's disease, as well as their family and caregivers. In one home for Alzheimer's and dementia patients, residents take up drumming and singing as a means of connecting to others in the midst of these isolating illnesses. Duration: 01:48Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb825073Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:39:54 PSTDespite its show-boat extravagance, Moscow's top annual luxury fair this weekend was morose as champagne-sipping party goers complained of a hangover from the global financial crisis. Duration: 01:34Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb825009Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:50:38 PSTA French hospital has suspended a Rwandan doctor after discovering Eugene Rwamucyo was on an Interpol wanted list in connection with Rwanda's 1994 genocide. Rwamucyo speaks to AFPTV about the suspension and Interpol's request to interview him. Duration: 01:23Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb825001Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:52:51 PSTRadovan Karadzic boycotted the start of his UN genocide trial on Monday and the judge accused the Bosnian-Serb wartime leader of obstructing the event. Neither Karadzic nor any of his legal advisors were present at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) when judge O-Gon Kwon started the hearing which lasted less than 15 minutes. Duration: 01:10Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb825005Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:44:50 PSTMichael Jackson fans around the world wore zombie costumes and struck scary poses in a bid to enter the Guinness Book of World Records for the greatest number of people simultaneously dancing to his song Thriller. Images from Montreal, Istanbul and Gourin, France. Duration: 01:26Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb825003Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:42:44 PSTGermany is beginning a massive swine flu vaccination campaign under a cloud of controversy after it emerged that politicians, health workers, policemen and soldiers would receive a different vaccine from ordinary citizens. The vaccine is reported to have milder side effects. Duration: 01:39Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb825002Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:40:35 PSTTunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was re-elected for a fifth term in office after winning 89.62 percent of the vote in Sunday's elections. Ben Ali has already been in power for two decades in power. Reactions after the election victory. Duration: 01:16Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb823644Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:57:42 PSTA Moroccan court on Monday sentenced the editor of the daily Al Jarida Al Oula, Ali Anouzla, to one year's suspended jail term for having published falsehoods about the health of King Mohammed VI. The trial has reignited the debate about freedom of the press in Morocco. Duration 2:08Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb823522Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:22:22 PSTA FIFA-backed football project in Johannesburg is helping to educate hundreds of children in one of its poorest neighbourhoods. 'Football for Hope' teaches youngsters important health messages and will culminate in its own World Cup with teams from deprived areas coming to compete from all over the globe. Duration: 02:21Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb823516Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:16:49 PSTThe life story of a woman who adopted 46 children and had 4 of her own, has been made into a movie that will be screened at the United Nations at the end of this year. Flordelis, a 48-year-old woman who herself grew up in the favelas, is a savior to children abandoned in some of Rio’s poorest neighborhoods. Duration: 01:37Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb823204Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:57:40 PSTAfter surviving an explosion while serving in Iraq, retired army Sergeant Richard Yarosh, 27, was left severely disfigured, his face covered in scar tissue. Now his portrait is hanging in the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. Duration: 00:33Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb786107Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:51:34 PSTThe billionaire philanthropist Nasser D. Khalili is unveiling his unparalleled collection of Islamic art at the Institute of the Arab World in Paris. Khalili, an Iranian-born Jew based in London, has amassed a collection of some 20,000 artworks dating from the seventh to early 20th centuries. AFPTV spoke to Khalili about the show, which he hopes will serve as an ambassador for the Islamic world. Duration: 01:24Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb786106Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:50:58 PSTOn Saturday the top diplomats of Turkey and Armenia are due to sign a diplomatic agreement to reopen their common border, a first thaw after decades of hostilities. For Armenians working illegally in Istanbul, they may finally nourish the hope of living out in the open, and in peace. Duration: 02:07Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb786100Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:46:33 PSTFrance's Dordogne region, beloved of English, Belgian and Dutch tourists, is greening its camping sites to appeal to the evolving tastes of tourists seeking a more environmentally responsible holiday. Duration: 01:37Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb771943Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:13:10 PSTMoroccans seeking a new life abroad will often head for France. But the question of how easy it is for them to obtain visas has remained an emotive political issue. Now it's set to be re-examined as the French interior minister makes an official visit to Morocco. Duration: 02:15Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb771945Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:10:53 PSTFresh from an election victory, Angela Merkel now is to steel herself for a rash of problems as German chancellor including an ailing economy and unpopular Afghanistan mission. But observers say her new centre-right coalition including the business-friendly Liberals could provide a lift to Europe's largest economy. Duration: 01:44Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb771944Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:10:34 PSTPope Benedict XVI bowed before the skull of the Czech Republic's patron Saint Wenceslas Monday at a basilica named in his honour, as the country remembered his death on that day more than 1,000 years ago. Duration: 00:30Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb771942Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:10:32 PSTPortugal's Socialist Prime Minister Jose Socrates claimed victory for his party after Sunday's general election, saying voters had chosen it without any ambiguity to continue governing. Duration: 00:23Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb771586Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:43:17 PSTThe British Navy has seized a record haul of 5.5 tonnes of cocaine, with a street value estimated at 240 million pounds, on board a boat in the ocean off South America. Duration: 00:22Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb771453Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:52:55 PSTChina's propaganda machine is in full swing ahead of the PRC's 60th anniversary. The flood of patriotic entertainment is spearheaded by Founding of a Republic, a film starring 200 of China's most famous actors. It is set to be the biggest blockbuster of the year. Duration: 02:08Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb775534Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:20:07 PSTThe Irish are expected to give the nod to the European Union's Lisbon Treaty on Friday, more than a year after they first said 'no', as they hope the 27-nation bloc can help pull them out of the financial crisis. Duration: 02:38Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb775535Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:16:59 PSTThe Japanese capital boasts many established sporting venues and has rock solid financing behind its ambitious Olympic bid. But what do the people in the city itself really think about the mega sporting event? An AFPTV portrait of the would-be Olympic site. Duration: 01:40Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb771313Mon, 28 Sep 2009 09:28:31 PSTAs the debate over Europe intensifies across Ireland, campaigners are flying in from across the continent to sway voters in Friday's referendum. Duration: 00:47Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb770018Sun, 27 Sep 2009 15:09:06 PSTGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel and Social Democratic Party (SPD) leader Frank-Walter Steinmeier both voted on Sunday in a general election which should see Merkel's conservative CDU party win another mandate. Duration: 01:24Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb770014Sun, 27 Sep 2009 15:04:28 PSTPolling stations across Germany opened on Sunday for the country's election, with Chancellor Angela Merkel the clear favourite to win a second term at the helm of Europe's biggest economy. Duration: 42sCopyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb770010Sun, 27 Sep 2009 15:04:08 PSTMineral deposit mine dumps in South Africa have been around since the start of the country's Gold Rush in the 1880s -- but have only recently become the site of a new sport, sandboarding. It's given urbanites in inland Johannesburg the opportunity to experience some sun and sand, and makes use of what was long considered a local eyesore. Duration: 01:56Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb770013Sun, 27 Sep 2009 15:03:12 PSTA Swiss Justice Ministry spokesman said on Sunday that arrested Oscar winning film director Roman Polanski was in custody to await extradition under a US warrant, over three-decade-old charges of unlawful sex with a 13-year-old girl. Duration: 00:36Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb770009Sun, 27 Sep 2009 15:01:40 PSTMore than 120,000 people packed a field outside the Czech city of Brno on Sunday for an open air mass by Pope Benedict XVI who is on a high profile visit on the 20th anniversary of the fall of communism. Duration: 01:01Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb768933Sat, 26 Sep 2009 22:33:26 PSTChancellor Angela Merkel made an 11th-hour push for votes Saturday, on the eve of an election expected to return her to power but perhaps not in the new coalition she wants. Images and soundbites. Duration: 01:30Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb770413Sun, 27 Sep 2009 21:07:17 PSTAngela Merkel swept to a second mandate in Germany's election at the head of a new centre-right alliance, pleding to jumpstart Europe's ailing powerhouse economy. Duration: 00:59Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb770352Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:12:02 PSTFrom its conception in Paris, le fooding continues its revolt against the gourmet establishment across the Atlantic. A look at the programme, cuisine and DJs set to perform at the New York debut. Duration: 01:36Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb770019Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:29:57 PSTBrigitte Bardot, the 1950s French film icon, turns 75 on Monday with a very first exhibition in her honour. The Paris show, gathering some 2,000 photos, films and mementos -- builds up the legend of the woman who came to embody sexual liberation. Duration: 02:14Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb768253Sat, 26 Sep 2009 11:32:58 PSTFor many, the Biblical Promised Land is thought be somewhere in the Middle East. But for one of Africa's smallest and most mysterious religious groups, the Land of Milk and Honey is actually located in the vicinity of Kenya's capital, Nairobi. Duration: 02:20.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb768066Sat, 26 Sep 2009 08:33:19 PSTWorld leaders unveiled Friday a new vision for economic governance, with bold plans to fix global imbalances and give more clout to emerging giants such as China and India. Duration: 01:29.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb768067Sat, 26 Sep 2009 08:32:27 PSTPittsburgh heaved a sigh of relief Friday as thousands of people streamed through the streets of the city in a peaceful protest march against the leaders of the world's top economies. Duration: 01:31.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb767164Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:27:27 PSTFormer Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert made his first appearance in court on Friday to face charges of graft. As the first Israeli premier to face criminal charges in court, Olmert acknowledged at the arraignment hearing in Jerusalem that he understood the charges against him but protested his innocence. Olmert is accused of unlawfully accepting gifts of cash-stuffed envelopes from Jewish-American businessman Morris Talansky and of multiple-billing foreign trips. Duration: 00:28Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb767153Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:22:11 PSTChancellor Angela Merkel and her rivals are scrambling for last-minute votes ahead of an election that will decide the coalition that must pull Europe's top economy out of its worst post-war crisis. The election is shaping up to be a cliffhanger to see if Merkel, leader of the Christian Democrats (CDU), can ditch her current coalition partners, the Social Democrats (SPD), to govern instead with the pro-business Free Democrats. Duration: 01:55Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb766835Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:54:03 PSTPope Benedict XVI begins a three-day trip to the Czech Republic on Saturday. For the small community of Czech Catholics, his visit is highly anticipated. Duration: 01:48Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb766829Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:29:42 PSTUS police fired pepper spray and non-lethal rounds Thursday and deployed loudspeakers blasting piercing sound waves to repel anarchist youths marching on the G20 summit. Duration 00:45Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb766367Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:11:03 PSTChina is gearing up for a lavish celebration, under massive security, to mark the 60th anniversary of Communist rule. People who remember the events of October 1, 1949 recount their experiences. Duration 01:57Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb765555Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:46:51 PSTHere's the scene: sirens howl while a group of Mexicans wriggle through the dirt in utter darkness, until they're accosted by sirens and wrestled to the ground. But these aren't migrants, and there is no border to cross. They are visitors to an attraction park and have paid to suffer a pretend run to the United States. Duration: 02:01Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb765544Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:33:07 PSTUS President Barack Obama arrived in Pittsburgh on Thursday for a summit of G20 leaders aimed at shoring up the world economy and tightening rules after the financial crisis. Duration: 00:58Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb766525Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:28:42 PSTThe grape harvest is nearing completion in Morocco, a Muslim country with a wine-making tradition that goes back 2,500 years. The North African country has slowly expanded its vineyards and improved the quality of its vintages, building a following beyond its borders. Duration: 01:43Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb766531Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:20:38 PSTFormer French president Valery Giscard d'Estaing has delighted media watchers on both sides of the Channel with a fictionalised romance between characters with an eery resemblance to himself and the late Princess Diana. Duration: 01:43Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb766524Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:20:20 PSTGiorgia Boscolo is still a trainee but she's about to become Venice's first female gondolier, breaking with 900 years of male-dominated tradition. Duration: 01:38Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb766523Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:18:32 PSTChina is gearing up for a lavish celebration, under massive security, to mark the 60th anniversary of Communist rule. People who remember the events of October 1, 1949 recount their experiences. Duration 01:57Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb766522Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:13:35 PSTUS police fired pepper spray and non-lethal rounds Thursday and deployed loudspeakers blasting piercing sound waves to repel anarchist youths marching on the G20 summit. Duration: 00:45Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb766368Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:17:11 PSTUS police fired pepper spray and non-lethal rounds Thursday and deployed loudspeakers blasting piercing sound waves to repel anarchist youths marching on the G20 summit. Duration: 00:45Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb764991Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:24:53 PSTThe UN agency for Palestinian relief aid, UNRWA, delivers health, education and relief services to more than 4.6 million Palestinian refugees across the Middle East. As Gazan children head back to school, the cash-strapped agency is forced to dig deep to provide for students and their families. Duration: 01:43.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb764932Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:25:30 PSTGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday that this week's G20 summit in Pittsburgh must focus on drawing up better financial sector rules. Merkel said she would resist moves to shift the focus to imbalances in the global economy, including Germany's trade surplus. Duration: 00:43.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb764910Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:18:59 PSTGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel looks all but certain to sail to a second term in Sunday's general election but suspense is growing as to whether she can link up with her preferred partners. Duration: 02:02.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb766981Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:23:21 PSTFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy warned on Friday at the G20 in Pittsburgh that sanctions will have to be taken if Iran doesn't change nuclear stance by December. Duration: 01:04Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb766982Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:12:36 PSTGlobal showbiz celebrities and ordinary Dubliners drank to Arthur Guinness who 250 years ago signed the lease for Guinness's brewery, launching a remarkable career for his dark brew. Duration: 00:39Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb764665Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:34:00 PSTFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy has suggested a December deadline for Iran to show progress in talks with world powers on its suspect nuclear programme. In a TV interview in New York on Wednesday, Sarkozy also laid out plans to rein in bonuses in the financial world. Duration: 00:48.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb764657Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:26:10 PSTThe Russian countryside is fast becoming a hot spot for foreign investors. They’ve been drawn in by cheap, fertile land left idle for years following the collapse of the Soviet Union. Duration: 01:58.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb764658Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:24:51 PSTHong Kong is hosting the world's largest jewellery fair -- and this year, diamonds are taking centre stage as Asian economies rebound after a difficult period. Duration: 02:00.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb764650Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:20:23 PSTHong Kong is hosting the world's largest jewellery fair -- and this year, diamonds are taking centre stage as Asian economies rebound after a difficult period. Duration: 02:00.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb764390Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:06:36 PSTCairo may be a city that never sleeps, but now one hi-tech clinic says its insomnia may be having consequences. As the first of its kind in Egypt, the Sleep Center hopes to help those with sleeping disorders and raise awareness about a condition which many in the country do not even recognise. Duration: 01:30.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb763389Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:22:45 PSTAuthorities were rolling out security measures Wednesday as leaders of the world's largest economies descend on Pittsburgh for the G20 summit this week. Duration: 00:50Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb763341Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:38:25 PSTNoisy protests -- and a surprise welcome -- greeted Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi outside the United Nations building Wednesday. More than 500 Iranian exiles gathered, brandishing placards that called Ahmadinejad a dictator, waving pre-revolutionary flags, and chanting in front of posters depicting blood-drenched victims of political violence. Duration: 00:53Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb763335Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:25:43 PSTFormer world number one Justine Henin has announced her return to the WTA tennis circuit, saying the flame has been rekindled after a 16-month self-imposed retirement. Her decision follows a similar move by her compatriot and former rival Kim Clijsters. Duration: 00:55Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb764419Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:23:27 PSTAs the eastern US city of Pittsburgh welcomes leaders from around the world to the G20 economic summit, people are bracing for what will happen when thousands of protesters hit the streets. Duration: 01:55.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb763257Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:26:10 PSTThe environmental group Greenpeace unfurled a banner warning of climate change on one of the bridges of Pittsburgh on Wednesday, ahead of the G20 summit that starts on September 24. Duration: 00:53Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb867490Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:01:32 PSTThe US, which depends on coal for more than half of it’s electricity use, is looking to so-called « clean coal technologies » to lower coal’s carbon footprint. But environmentalists and people living in the areas where coal is mined say that the fuel’s ecological and environmental impacts are devastating and inevitable. Duration: 02:07Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb867396Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:38:09 PSTA spa outside Tokyo celebrates the arrival of Beaujolais Nouveau wine by pouring red wine into outdoor pools and inviting the adventurous in for an invigorating bath. Duration: 01:56.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb867344Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:45:16 PSTAfter a controversial election, Afghan President Hamid Karzai was sworn in for a second term on Thursday. But with public confidence at an all time low and the US ramping up pressure to rid the country of its corruption, many Afghans are concerned about the future. Duration: 02:15Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb867276Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:03:19 PSTSince Romania joined the European Union in 2007, an estimated 10 percent of its people have left, seeking better fortunes elsewhere in the 27-nation bloc. Some regions have been abandoned by the able-bodied, leaving the elderly and children behind. Duration: 02:04.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb869128Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:53:13 PSTFootball's world ruling body FIFA on Friday officially turned down a request from the Irish to stage a replay of their controversial World Cup playoff defeat to France. Henry's handball helped set up a goal which put France through to the World Cup at Ireland's expense -- prompting government-level exchanges. Duration: 1:30Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb865571Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:15:45 PSTUS President Barack Obama wrapped up his first trip to China on Wednesday by meeting Premier Wen Jiabao, who said the two nations were better off as partners not rivals, and visiting the Great Wall. Duration:00:52Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb865570Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:26:49 PSTEU and Russian leaders met in Stockholm on Wednesday for a summit dominated by energy issues and climate control. Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt hosted Russian President Dmitry Medvedev for the meeting. During the summit, EU officials said Russia agreed that it was ready to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 20 to 25 percent by 2020 from 1990 levels, raising its target from 15 percent just weeks ahead of a UN climate summit. Duration: 01:07Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb867119Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:25:48 PSTFollowing a controversial win which saw France thrust into the 2010 World Cup finals and Ireland shunted to the sidelines, fans in Paris had little but praise for their team. Duration: 00:54.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb867118Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:17:44 PSTAfghan President Hamid Karzai was sworn in for a second term, vowing to combat corruption, bring security and reach out to his political rivals under Western pressure to restore legitimacy. Duration: 01:22.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb866957Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:23:09 PSTA handful of the thousands of terra cotta warriors sculpted to protect the tomb of China’s first Emperor, Qin Shihuangdi, touched down in Washington at the National Geographic Society after a tour of three other US cities. Duration: 01:06.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb866944Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:22:01 PSTHundreds of football fans took to the streets of Paris and Marseille on Wednesday night after Algeria beat Egypt 1-0, qualifying the team for the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa. Fans were seen waving Algerian flags and cheering in both French cities. Duration : 00:30Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb866950Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:21:27 PSTMexican guitarists Rodrigo y Gabriela used to play heavy metal, but one day chucked the electric sound for nylon-strung guitars, settled in Europe and have never looked back. The duo's acoustic cover versions of Led Zeppelin or Metallica hits, played with Latin bravado, have earned them a worldwide following. Duration: 02:21 -Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb866912Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:50:21 PSTEuropean leaders are bracing for a night of steely negotiation Thursday as they seek to name people to top new jobs that will become the face of a revamped European Union. AFPTV takes a look at who's in the running. Duration: 01:51Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb866025Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:19:38 PSTA handful of the thousands of terra cotta warriors sculpted to protect the tomb of China’s first Emperor, Qin Shihuangdi, touched down in Washington at the National Geographic Society after a tour of three other US cities. Duration: 01:06Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb865938Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:59:50 PSTA superb Antar Yahia goal gave Algeria a 1-0 victory over Egypt Wednesday and a place at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. The France-born defender who plays for German club VfL Bochum struck on 40 minutes to settle a play-off necessitated by the bitter North African rivals finishing level on points and goal difference in one of five African groups. In Cairo, football fans expressed their bitter disappointment. Duration: 00:58Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb865810Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:03:32 PSTOn Canusa Avenue, houses on one side of the street are in the USA, but on the other side they are in Canada. It’s a spot favored by illegal immigrants, and authorities are taking notice. The US is planning to build a wall on the street, and they've already installed a customs post. Duration: 01:50Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb865667Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:59:09 PSTEuropean leaders are bracing for a night of steely negotiation Thursday as they seek to name people to top new jobs that will become the face of a revamped European Union. AFPTV takes a look at who's in the running. Duration: 01:51Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb865656Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:50:22 PSTIf you think anyone can pick up an accordion and flute and busk in the metro, then think again. The RATP, the organisation behind the Parisian underground, has set up a proper audition system since 1997, giving a green light to a lucky few to perform in its corridors. When one artist auditioned for a new metro musicians' try-out, AFPTV went along for a listen. Duration: 02:18Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb863811Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:00:48 PSTAn experimental reactor that could harness nuclear fusion has yet to see the light of day, but preparations for the daring multi-billion-dollar project are well under way. The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), backed by the European Union, the United States, China, India, Japan, South Korea and Russia, is expected to be fully operational in 2026. It is no less than an effort to reproduce the energy-yielded processes of the Sun and other stars -- which defenders say would be safe and cause little damage to its home on Earth. Duration: 01:44Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb863767Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:40:02 PSTAfter savouring their fresh victory against Algeria, Egypt fans are looking ahead to the make-or-break World Cup qualification play-off taking place in Sudan on Wednesday. Duration: 00:50Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb865049Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:15:28 PSTCarla Bruni, wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, is visiting Qatar as part of efforts to persuade the emirate to set up branches of major French universities and research bodies. Following her arrival on Tuesday, the singer and former model attended a gala dinner for an education conference patronised by the wife of Qatar's emir, Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser al-Missned. Duration: 00:25Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb863909Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:15:28 PSTA rhinestone-studded leather glove worn by pop icon Michael Jackson on his maiden Moonwalk in 1983, was on display Tuesday in New York before it rocks on to the auction block. Duration: 01:31Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb865331Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:58:11 PSTIf you're anywhere near a teenage girl, you can't fail to be aware of the Twilight film sequel which gets its European premiere tonight, ahead of the US opening on Friday. The film continues the story of Bella Swan and her relationship with a 105-year-old vampire, played by teen idol Robert Pattinson. Duration: 01:08Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb865158Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:58:01 PSTFrench Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner is visiting Israel and the West Bank as part of a larger French effort to revive the faltering Middle East peace process. Kouchner's planned visit to Jerusalem on Wednesday comes a day after Israel approved the construction of 900 new housing units in annexed east Jerusalem. Duration: 01:04.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb865159Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:49:16 PSTIt's 10 years since France's first civil union ceremony was held, and the institution's popularity is still growing. Just under 150,000 couples signed PACS agreements in 2008, more than five times the amount agreed in the first year of their existence. Duration: 01:57.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb865048Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:20:38 PSTAfghan President Hamid Karzai faces monumental challenges to improve security, strengthen governance, eradicate corruption and repair ties with the West when he takes office on Thursday at the helm of a nation engulfed in war. Duration: 02:25Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb865047Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:19:15 PSTJean-Gabriel Chelala is a man on a mission -- to vet all the way around the world without any extraneous carbon emission. That means using only his own body power -- by sea as well as land. He's already cycled across North America and crossed the Atlantic by kayak, and now he's facing the final stretch from Moscow to Paris. Duration: 01:46Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb863610Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:37:49 PSTOn Wednesday the Queen presents the British government's law-making plans for the coming year at the formal opening of parliament. Gordon Brown's Labour party wants to tighten the rules that govern the financial system but critics say there's not enough time for any new bills to come into force before the next general election. Duration: 01:54Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb863611Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:37:14 PSTTokyo has overtaken Paris as the city with the most Michelin three-star restaurants, the publisher of the renowned culinary guide announced Tuesday. Duration: 01:36Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb863613Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:34:21 PSTAfter savouring their fresh victory against Algeria, Egypt's national football team are looking for a decisive win in the World Cup qualifier taking place in Sudan on Wednesday. Footage of Egypt team praticing in Khartoum. Duration: 00:57Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb863598Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:27:46 PSTVladimir Nabokov wanted it burned on his death, but The Original of Laura survived and now, 32 years later, the unfinished novel is published for the first time. Despite Nabokov's dying wish, publication of the manuscript will provide what many hope will be an unexpected glimpse of his genius. Duration: 01:13Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb863543Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:34:03 PSTMore items belonging to the late fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent and his partner Pierre Berge go under the hammer on Tuesday. The auction, being held in a Paris theatre, runs through Friday. Duration: 01:19Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb863385Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:23:40 PSTWanted: new residences for homeless big cats! Wildlife rescuers at one centre in South Africa are trying to rehome six wild caracals, a species halfway between a lion and a domestic cat. Duration: 01:58Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb863376Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:39:32 PSTThe Islamists of Hamas have imposed their socially conservative rule on the Gaza Strip since taking over in June 2007. But not everyone practices in private what is publicly preached. Since no alcohol is for sale in stores, some Gazans now brew their own at home -- at great personal risk. Duration: 01:45Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb863384Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:38:19 PSTOver 50 artworks from the collection of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York are being shown off in Abu Dhabi ahead of the opening of the emirate's own Guggenheim museum in 2013. Duration: 01:18Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb862866Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:52:43 PSTNicknamed spiders for their gravity-defying skills in web-like constructions, Hong Kong's bamboo scaffolders have risen above predictions that their trade would disappear. They remain a common sight high above the streets of the city, scaling the sides of towering, ultra-modern steel and glass buildings on traditional bamboo poles linked through ancient design concepts. Duration: 02:14Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb861767Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:05:37 PSTThe poverty gap between men and women has continued to widen in recent years, according to the United Nations, with women being increasingly disadvantaged. Although the trend has been largely visible in the developing world, developed countries are not immune. AFPTV went to meet one Frenchwoman trying to survive on society's margins. Duration: 01:38Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb861768Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:54:03 PSTPendjari National Park is Benin's green lung, a biosphere reserve set aside along the border with Burkina Faso to protect west Africa's flora and fauna. Though the park draws wildlife lovers from around the world, generating tourism revenue, it has not been easy for locals, who have had to adapt their way of living. Duration: 01:54Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb861772Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:52:45 PSTPresident Barack Obama held a town hall meeting with Chinese students in Shanghai, which was streamed live on the Internet on Monday. Duration: 00:53Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb862073Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:17:10 PSTAmerican billionaire Donald Tompkins, founder of the clothing brand North Face, has bid corporate America farewell. He moved to Patagonia with his wife, and the couple has dedicated their lives to fighting for the environment. Duration: 02:02Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb862030Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:57:58 PSTAtlantis blasted off Monday carrying vital supplies and spare parts for the International Space Station to extend its life past the 2010 retirement of the aging shuttle fleet. Atlantis launched at 2:28 pm local time from the Kennedy Space Center near Florida's Cape Canaveral carrying six astronauts and some 27,000 pounds (12,300 kilos) of gyroscopes, ammonia tanks and other equipment. Duration: 01:03Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb861982Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:05:18 PSTUS President Barack Obama arrived in Beijing on Monday from Shanghai, for the second leg of his maiden state visit to China. Obama was due to attend a welcome dinner hosted by Chinese President Hu Jintao. The pair will hold formal bilateral talks on Tuesday. Duration: 00:32Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb861974Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:01:59 PSTPresident Barack Obama held a town hall meeting with Chinese students in Shanghai, which was streamed live on the Internet on Monday. Duration: 00:53Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb861894Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:45:37 PSTCalifornia Governor Arnold Schwarzenneger, the charismatic former movie star known for his muscular, tough-talking roles, made a flying visit Monday to Baghdad. Duration: 01:29Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb861883Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:42:14 PSTThe Afghan government said on Monday it had formed a major crime unit to tackle corruption, following escalating Western pressure on President Hamid Karzai to wipe out corruption. Duration: 00:52Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb861044Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:01:29 PSTIn Albania, illegal construction disfigures the coastline and property disputes often spill over into violence. Now the Albanian authorities say they are determined to clamp down on corruption. Duration: 02:03Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb861052Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:56:24 PSTUS President Barack Obama arrived in China late Sunday for his first visit to the Asian giant -- a three-day mission aimed at convincing Beijing that Washington is its partner, not its rival. Obama touched down in China's financial hub after a flight from Singapore, where he and other Asia-Pacific leaders pledged to revamp the world economy but scuppered hopes that key climate change talks next month would end in a pact. Duration: 00:50Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb861037Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:48:15 PSTWith the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall earlier this month, all eyes have been turned on Germany. But in Czechoslovakia too, the non-violent Velvet Revolution of 1989 was another major turning point in history, bringing down the Communist regime in a matter of months. Duration: 01:55Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb861032Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:47:12 PSTA UN summit on the plight of the planet's one billion hungry opens in Rome on Monday. In sub-Saharan Africa, the Green Revolution, which transformed Asia's and Latin America's agriculture in the 70s, never came. Today it is the only region in the world where per capita food production has steadily declined over the last 35 years. But agro-science experts are now working on reversing the situation. Duration: 01:39Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb860397Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:31:35 PSTSarah Palin’s autobiography hits stores Tuesday. Going Rogue is the 2008 election told by the Republican vice presidential candidate, and running mate to John McCain. She may have her sights set on the White House in 2012, but is she still the darling of the Republican base? Duration: 01:59Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb860398Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:22:06 PSTThe 149th Hospices de Beaune wine auction took place on Sunday, beating all records by putting 799 barrels up for sale. The auction is thought to be the oldest of its kind in the world, with proceeds going to its namesake hospital and other charities. Duration: 01:22Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb854804Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:38:05 PSTThe world's first memorial outside the United States to the victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks has been inaugurated Thursday near Jerusalem. Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert led the opening ceremony. Duration: 00:44Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb854795Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:33:05 PSTBarack Obama embarked Thursday on his first tour of Asia as US president, bound for Japan before later stops in Singapore, China and South Korea on a week-long trip. Duration: 00:30Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb854794Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:32:46 PST14 tons of cigarettes, nearly 4,000 hi-fi and electrical goods and medical supplies, that’s the non-exhaustive list of what the French customs seized in the port of Le Havre, Normandy, over the last two months alone – all fakes made in China destined for the African market. Duration: 01:49Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb854708Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:24:32 PSTPeru threatens to surpass Colombia as the world's largest producer of coca, the main ingredient in cocaine. But former coca farmers in one region of the country are switching away from the illegal activity, and growing Fair Trade cocoa instead. Duration: 01:18Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb854476Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:32:47 PSTScottish singer Annie Lennox has won the 2009 Woman of Peace award at a summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Berlin for her work raising awareness of HIV/AIDS. Duration: 00:44Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb854367Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:40:38 PSTSpecial artists are giving the Hong Kong art world a run for its money with an original range of clay dolls. Some sell for three times the asking price at auctions. Duration: 02:02Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb854355Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:36:04 PSTTens of thousands of Palestinians gathered in the West Bank town of Ramallah on Wednesday to honour their iconic leader Yasser Arafat but there were no ceremonies in the Gaza Strip where Hamas banned people from marking the fifth anniversary of Arafat's death. Duration: 02:06Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb856250Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:34:49 PSTIn Japan, a good restaurant will display replicas of what's on the menu. Craftsmen perfectly reproduce the food - it takes as much skill as the real thing. Duration: 01:34Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb856238Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:29:04 PSTTruffles have long been a gastronomic object of desire. But the white truffles found in the Piedmont region of northwest Italy are the most sought after species by far. During the four month season, thousands of hunters go in search of the edible fungi, which can fetch staggering sums at auction. Duration: 01:56Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb856237Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:27:37 PSTIn Gaza, the ancient art of bee venom therapy is still practised -- used to treat complaints as varied as arthritis and bad coughs. But even the bees have suffered as a result of the short-lived war with Israel last winter -- much of the land they used to scout for pollen has been bombed, giving them no choice but for fly across the border. Duration: 01:41Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb856230Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:23:25 PSTMore babies are being abandoned in Johannesburg by their mothers than ever before. With rising unemployment, fewer foster parents are also coming forward. Now a charity in the city is running a unique hole-in-the-wall scheme, where new mothers can leave their child to be looked after - rather than simply leaving it in a rubbish bin. Duration: 02:12Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb856222Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:18:40 PSTIn Japan, a good restaurant will display replicas of what's on the menu. Craftsmen perfectly reproduce the food - it takes as much skill as the real thing. Duration: 01:34Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb855432Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:03:08 PSTDiabetes affects more than 24 million Americans and is linked to killing more than 200,000 of them each year. The illness is increasingly considered an epidemic, its rise associated with chronic obesity and blamed on the sedentary lifestyle and high-fat and -sugar diet pervasive in American culture. Duration: 01:54Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb855031Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:11:11 PSTFormer French interior minister Charles Pasqua, sentenced to one year in jail for his involvement in the illegal arms sale of weapons to Angola, alleged on Thursday that former French president Jacques Chirac and other senior government officials were aware of the deal and did nothing to stop it. Duration: 01:19Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb856795Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:26:43 PSTWith its harsh and frozen landscape, the Svalbard archipelago, the last outpost before the North Pole, is a surprising haven for people from all walks of life, some as far away as Thailand and Iran. Although it officially belongs to Norway, Svalbard has a special status which means that anyone can go there without a visa. Duration: 02:21.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb856781Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:14:03 PSTThe Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team -- better known as the Red Arrows -- have been demonstrating the perfect harmony of man and machine since 1965. But only now has the elite band of brothers accepted a female pilot into its highly competitive ranks. Duration: 01:59.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb856688Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:04:15 PSTIf it's not the fatty foods it's the lack of exercise -- or probably both. More and more Arabs living in the wealthy Gulf states are suffering lifestyle diseases, especially obesity and diabetes. Official figures show that 70 percent of adults and 12 percent of children in the United Arab Emirates are overweight and that 20 percent of the population have diabetes -- the second highest rate in the world after the small South-Pacific island-nation of Nauru. Duration: 01:39Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb856561Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:24:23 PSTUS President Barack Obama said Friday that America's alliance with Japan was a foundation of peace and prosperity in Asia, speaking on the first stop of his regional tour. Duration: 00:43.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb859815Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:11:51 PSTUS President Barack Obama on Sunday won the strongest backing yet from Russia on the Iranian nuclear crisis as he warned that Tehran was running out of time. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said after talks with Obama that neither he nor the US leader were satisfied with the pace of progress, as Tehran drags its feet over its response to a UN-sponsored nuclear enrichment deal. Duration: 00:39Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb859802Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:04:22 PSTFor generations, Yemeni men have carried elaborate knives known as jambiyas, the Arabic word for dagger. Distinctively shaped and carefully crafted, the knives can often be closely linked to a person's identity. But the tradition is in danger of dying out. Duration: 01:46Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb859795Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:00:50 PSTUS President Barack Obama joined world leaders who donned colourful designer shirts for a glittering dinner Saturday, taking a break from annual talks to enjoy the Singapore waterfront and skyline. Obama, who arrived late after jetting in from Japan, was resplendent in a shirt created especially for the 21 leaders attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Singapore. Duration: 00:47.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb859794Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:57:54 PSTSurrealist artist Joan Miro got inspired by French writer Alfred Jarry’s absurdist play Ubu Roi. The Catalan painter and sculptor saw in the lead character, King Ubu, an image of the Spanish dictator Franco. Now a new exhibition in northern France has gathered more than a hundred of his works inspired from Ubu. Duration: 01:35Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb777442Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:17:19 PSTThousands of people create a human mosaic in support of Madrid's bid to host the 2016 Olympic Games, a bid led by Spain's King and Queen.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb777395Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:51:02 PSTIndonesian military and rescue officials work round the clock to find survivors under rubble after a 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck Padang , in West Sumatra.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb777918Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:46:48 PSTAt a dazzling fireworks display in the heart of the city, Hong Kong residents and Chinese visitors said they were proud to be Chinese on the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, but a pro-democracy march marred official celeCopyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb779324Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:41:49 PSTThe incomplete skeleton from an early human 4.4 million years old was discovered in Ethiopia and shows that humans did not evolve from chimpanzee-like ancestors, according to researchers.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb779286Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:15:05 PSTLeaders and representatives of the four countries bidding to stage the 2016 Olympics take a break from lobbying in Copenhagen to have lunch at the royal Palace with Queen Margrethe II and Prince Henrik.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb777885Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:15:30 PSTLeaders and representatives of the four countries bidding to stage the 2016 Olympics take a break from lobbying in Copenhagen to have lunch at the royal Palace with Queen Margrethe II and Prince Henrik.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb777837Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:50:05 PSTIranian expatriates protest in Geneva to call for a tougher stance against Tehran as Iranian officials start talks with the international community over its nuclear program.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb777785Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:12:56 PSTTwenty years on, former East German refugees travel again on a train of freedom from Prague in former Communist eastern Europe to West Germany.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb777735Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:53:09 PSTRio de Janeiro has marketed itself as the perfect backdrop for the 2016 Olympic Games with its beautiful beaches, lush mountains and tropical weather.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb777734Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:45:07 PSTGeneral Stanley McChrystal, head of U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan, sounds a public warning over the growing insurgency there.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb777694Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:10:47 PSTTokyo's Olympic bid now boasts 80 per cent public support and Japan hopes that winning the 2016 Olympics will energise the nation in the face of the financial crisis and record unemployment.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb777658Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:48:50 PSTNew Zealand tsunami survivors return home - many have lost everything.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb779220Fri, 02 Oct 2009 10:42:27 PSTRescuers dig feverishly through rubble of collapsed buildings toppled by an earthquake in the Indonesian port of Padang, but few victims were being found alive two days after the disaster.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb778835Fri, 02 Oct 2009 07:27:39 PSTRelatives bury loved ones in SamoaCopyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb778332Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:18:58 PSTThe leaders of four countries- the U.S., Brazil, Spain and Japan- are each lobbying members of the International Olympic Committee before Friday's vote.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb778177Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:19:42 PSTIran is ready for high level talks with world powers said Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki on Thursday (October 1).Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb778145Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:12:28 PSTFederal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, taking a revised stance, told Congress proposed new regulations should be shared with other government agencies.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb777990Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:44:45 PSTIran agrees to an inspection of its new uranium enrichment facility within weeks following talks with six global powers in Geneva.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb779383Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:16:45 PSTChicago plays two trump cards in its bid to host the 2016 Olympics: U.S. President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle make impassioned pleas to the IOC in Copenhagen.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb779385Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:16:27 PSTChicago leads off the Olympic bid presentations with a plea from Barack Obama as the U.S. city, Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro and Madrid make their cases to host the 2016 Games.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb779486Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:11:47 PSTJapan's newly elected Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and young gymnast Resa Mishina make an impassioned plea, promising the IOC a Games in harmony with nature if Tokyo was awarded the 2016 Olympics.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb779849Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:19:31 PSTBrazil's Rio de Janeiro is chosen as host city for the 2016 Olympic Games by the International Olympic Committe in Copenhagen, Denmark.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb779816Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:43:41 PSTGiant puppets stalk Berlin streets to re-enact the fall of the Berlin Wall and German reunification.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb779661Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:41:24 PSTTV captures the moment when a woman is rescued after being trapped under a building following Indonesia's earthquakeCopyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb779634Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:19:29 PSTRio de Janeiro's Olympic bid leader Carlos Nuzman makes an impassioned plea to the International Olympic Committee urging them to award an overdue first Games to both Brazil and South America in 2016.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb779965Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:40:28 PSTFederal Reserve Chairman Bernanke is back on the speaking circuit, with dealers awaiting signals on monetary policy.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb779932Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:11:26 PSTGilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier abducted and held captive by Palestinian Islamist militants three years ago, is shown alive in a video handed over in exchange for the release of prisoners.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb780162Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:44:36 PSTA television producer accused of attempting to extort $2 million from talk show host David Letterman was indicted on charges of attempted grand larceny, the Manhattan prosecutor said on Friday (October 2).Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb780038Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:50:13 PSTU.S. job losses accelerated for the first time in three months in September and the unemployment rate inched up to 9.8 percentCopyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb780258Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:22:17 PSTWith the the unemployment rate rising to 9.8 percent in September, President Obama says he is exploring all options to promote job creation.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb780227Fri, 02 Oct 2009 23:49:47 PSTAnalysts say it is too soon to tell if Iran's new nuclear posture is a breakthrough or more of the same.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb780226Fri, 02 Oct 2009 23:46:49 PSTAnalysts say it is too soon to tell if Iran's new nuclear posture is a breakthrough or more of the same.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb780225Fri, 02 Oct 2009 23:43:03 PSTA television producer accused of attempting to extort $2 million from talk show host David Letterman pled not guilty on Friday, after he was indicted on charges of attempted grand larceny, the Manhattan prosecutor said on Friday (October 2).Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb780194Fri, 02 Oct 2009 23:22:49 PSTRio de Janeiro will host the 2016 Summer Olympics, after winning a landslide victory over Madrid in the final round of voting among IOC members.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb780804Sat, 03 Oct 2009 08:17:02 PSTReports say the death toll has risen to about 150 in Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga with hundreds more still missing.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb779817Sat, 03 Oct 2009 08:13:47 PSTKing Juan Carlos of Spain pledges his whole-hearted support for Madrid's 2016 Olympic bid to the International Olympic Committee ahead of the vote that will decide the host city.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb784727Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:26:09 PSTA rare visit to North Korea by Chinese premier Wen Jiabao brings promises of stronger bonds with the isolated state.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb781196Sat, 03 Oct 2009 14:48:44 PSTInternational rescue teams arrive in Indonesia to help find any survivors under building rubbleCopyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb781165Sat, 03 Oct 2009 14:14:40 PSTIrish voters appear to have backed the European Union's Lisbon reform treaty according to government and opposition officialsCopyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb781014Sat, 03 Oct 2009 11:40:42 PSTAnimal welfare workers give food and water to surviving animals in Samoa after the island is devastated by a tsunami.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb780862Sat, 03 Oct 2009 09:22:12 PSTNavy Cross recipient chronicles his battles in Iraq and at home in Shadow of the Sword.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb780863Sat, 03 Oct 2009 09:14:26 PSTRescue workers in quake hit Indonesia say survivors are still calling out for help from underneath the rubble.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb780002Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:15:38 PSTIrish voters go to the polls for a second referendum on the European Union's Lisbon Treaty.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb781389Sat, 03 Oct 2009 17:49:07 PSTTyphoon Parma tears through northern Philippines as it makes landfall.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb781385Sat, 03 Oct 2009 17:44:09 PSTIreland backs the European Union's Lisbon treaty, keeping alive the EU's hopes of implementing reforms it believes will increase its global influence.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb781386Sat, 03 Oct 2009 17:42:54 PSTRainstorms and mudslides kill 20 people in the Messina area on the Italian island of Sicily.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb784080Mon, 05 Oct 2009 09:54:32 PSTGreece's conservative Prime Minister concedes defeat and quits as head of his party as his Socialist rivals live up to poll predictions.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb784029Mon, 05 Oct 2009 09:13:36 PSTAhmadinejad agrees to International Atomic Energy Agency inspection of Qom uranium enrichment site after talks with agency head, Mohamed El Baradei.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb783914Mon, 05 Oct 2009 07:48:19 PSTRio de Janeiro has marketed itself as the perfect backdrop for the 2016 Olympic Games with its beautiful beaches, lush mountains and tropical weather.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb783248Sun, 04 Oct 2009 22:53:20 PSTOfficials say floods triggered by heavy rains have killed at least 200 people in the past five days in southern India, destroying crops and leaving tens of thousands of people homeless.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb783157Sun, 04 Oct 2009 21:15:29 PSTThe Tango has been declared part of the world's Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by the United Nations.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb782994Sun, 04 Oct 2009 18:43:03 PSTAuthorities say U.S. forces in Afghanistan suffer their worst losses in more than a year when fighters stormed remote outposts near the Pakistan border, cutting off contact with police.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb782964Sun, 04 Oct 2009 18:22:09 PSTBomb blasts in Baghdad kills and injures passers by in BaghdadCopyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb782891Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:21:20 PSTAhmadinejad agrees to International Atomic Energy Agency inspection of Qom uranium enrichment site after talks with agency head, Mohamed El Baradei.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb782759Sun, 04 Oct 2009 15:23:39 PSTInternational rescue teams arrive in Indonesia to help find any survivors under building rubbleCopyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb782755Sun, 04 Oct 2009 15:22:08 PSTTyphoon Parma tears through northern Philippines, killing at least 17 and displacing thousandsCopyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb782724Sun, 04 Oct 2009 14:43:13 PSTGreeks vote in a snap election that the socialist opposition is expected to win.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb782542Sun, 04 Oct 2009 11:42:23 PSTRescue and relief operations continue in earthquake-hit Indonesia despite fading hopes for finding survivors alive - while survivors lives are wrecked by the devastation.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb781722Sat, 03 Oct 2009 23:11:33 PSTHeavy rains last southern India killing 130 people.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb781631Sat, 03 Oct 2009 21:45:58 PSTIrish voters overwhelmingly endorsed the European Union's Lisbon reform treaty putting the bloc's ambitions for greater global influence firmly back on track.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb784391Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:51:34 PSTNorth Korea's secretive leader Kim Jong-il accompanies visiting Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao to a Korean opera performance.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb784259Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:12:20 PSTAt least seven people are dead after a train derailed in the Thai coastal resort of Hua Hin.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb784260Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:11:42 PSTThe World Food Programme's offices in the Pakistani capital are hit in a deadly suspected suicide attack.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb784205Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:43:24 PSTStudents attend classes in makeshift classrooms in Padang, Indonesia as some schools reopen just days after the area was ravaged by a powerful earthquake.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb784658Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:16:10 PSTSamoans gather at churches across the country to mourn those who died in several powerful tsunamis that devestated areas in Samoa, American Samoa and neighbouring Tonga.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb784583Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:40:53 PSTA powerful storm hovered off the Philippines' northwestern coast, two days after killing 22 people and dumping rain on Taiwan.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb784923Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:49:04 PSTA wildfire fanned by southern California's erratic winds is chasing thousands from their homes in a mountaintop resort town 80 miles east of Los Angeles.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb784891Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:22:23 PSTAhmadinejad agrees to International Atomic Energy Agency inspection of Qom uranium enrichment site after talks with agency head, Mohamed El Baradei.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb784858Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:47:27 PSTClosed circuit TV footage shows a suicide bomb suspect entering UN offices moments before a deadly explosion.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb784803Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:19:22 PSTGreece's conservative Prime Minister concedes defeat and quits as head of his party as his Socialist rivals live up to poll predictions.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb785111Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:46:52 PSTThe war continues in Afghanistan, while debate over the war proceeds inside the White House.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb784958Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:22:02 PSTBoston-based Jack Szostak and two other American researchers won the Nobel prize for medicine for revealing the existence and nature of telomerase, an enzyme which helps prevent the fraying of chromosomes that underlies aging and cancer.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb770420Sun, 27 Sep 2009 21:27:01 PSTThe Afghan-born man at the center of an anti-terrorism probe arrived in New York city to face charges of plotting to set off explosives in the United States.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb779381Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:13:15 PSTAn announcement on a new premium interactive service for Sony PSP users inside Arsenal's Emirates Stadium is expected within weeks.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb780001Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:14:25 PSTIsrael receives a two-minute proof-of-life video recording of captured soldier, Gilad Shalit from Hamas in return for the release of 19 Palestinian women prisoners.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2659_Jpeb784689Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:44:57 PSTHaving won an overwhelming victory in Greece's general election, Socialist Party leader George Papandreou says he plans to lead the country on a course of economic recovery.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb858311Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:34:18 PSTWorld football governing body FIFA ordered Egypt on Friday to step up security for a key World Cup qualifier with Algeria after stonethrowing fans injured three away players being bussed to the team hotel. Duration 01:23.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb857952Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:57:23 PSTForeign investment is trickling into Mozambique's agricultural sector. But instead of growing crops for food, companies are planting jatropha for biofuel. Biofuel is considered greener energy than fossil fuels, but can the impoverished African nation afford to give up its fields to produce it when it barely grows enough to food to feed its citizens? Duration: 02:34.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb857941Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:28:26 PSTBilling himself America's first Pacific president, Barack Obama Saturday said the United States did not seek to contain China and promised a full US role in charting Asia's future. Duration: 00:48.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb857110Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:58:37 PSTMeditation. That's the soothing study aid now used in Rio's schools, with the support of the David Lynch Foundation. Sessions of transcendental meditation are now part of 7,000 students' curriculum. And it appears to be working. Rio now plans to introduce the practice in schools citywide. Duration: 01:40Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb857002Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:16:04 PSTIt was two years in the making, two years when designers were forbidden from showing their work even to their colleagues. Now, Avatar, the videogame based on James Cameron's new 3D animation film, is about to hit the streets. Ubisoft releases its new game on December 1. Duration: 01:31Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb856990Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:12:40 PSTSyria's President Bashar al-Assad said Friday that he had no Israeli partner ready to push forward the Middle East peace process, rebuffing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's offer of talks. Duration: 00:38Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb856989Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:03:25 PSTEurostar organised a flash mob event in central Paris on Friday to celebrate its 15th anniversary. Participants with a depiction of the British flag were in the running to win free tickets and other themed gifts. Duration: 00:34Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb853504Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:09:03 PSTTens of thousands of Palestinians gathered in the West Bank town of Ramallah on Wednesday to honour their iconic leader Yasser Arafat but there were no ceremonies in the Gaza Strip where Hamas banned people from marking the fifth anniversary of Arafat's death. Duratio: 02:06Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb859813Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:24:42 PSTA roar of delight erupted in Cairo on Saturday as Egypt beat Algeria, setting up a World Cup play-off with their bitter rivals in Sudan on Wednesday. The tense encounter took place in the wake of an attack on the visiting team's bus by local fans. Duration: 00:48Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb853106Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:45:18 PSTMimi Chakarova, an American photojournalist, spent the night at a women's shelter for rape victims in Baghdad to try and show a different angle on Iraq. Her work is part of 'Iraqi Voices,' an exhibition at Washington's FotoWeek festival, which runs until Saturday. Duration: 01:37Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb852854Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:17:06 PSTThe demise of North American newspapers has fatally wounded many Canadian lumber companies. One factory in Alberta illustrates the industry's hardships, as it has laid off hundreds of people, and finally closed its doors for good. Duration: 01:51Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb853128Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:16:41 PSTSkin whitening products are all the rage in many African nations for women seeking a paler complexion. Even though many of these cosmetics contain toxic products, they also find a market in France. A new campaign is now seeking to educate consumers about the dangers of skin bleaching. Duration: 01:51Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb854340Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:35:26 PSTSuccessful author Marguerite Abouet returns to her hometown Abidjan to open a library. The Paris-based writer of the Aya de Yopougon comic books hopes to boost literacy in the Ivory Coast. Duration: 02:00Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb854356Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:33:15 PSTObamao, a caricature superimposing US president Barack Obama into red-star revolutionary clothes made famous by Chairman Mao, is a hit in Beijing with the image printed on bags and T-shirts. Duration: 01:41Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb854339Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:27:33 PSTBaghdad's Al-Zawraa zoo is enjoying a baby boom particularly among its big cats. Recently, Siberian tigers gave birth to twins and Bengal tigers have also produced a cub. Swelling numbers among its residents is also reflected in the expanding number of visitors. It's a rebirth for a zoo which was in dire straits back in the dark days of 2003. Duration: 01:37Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb854262Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:53:01 PSTRecession? What recession? A big-money art auction in New York Wednesday saw collectors shelling out a total of more than 130 million dollars for the chance to own works including a previously unshown Andy Warhol self-portrait. The same artist's 200 One Dollar Bills was sold for 43.8 million dollars, suggesting that serious money is starting to return to the international art market. Duration: 01:50Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb854193Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:13:33 PSTIsrael's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held talks Wednesday in Paris with French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Iran and the crisis in the Middle East peace process. Duration: 00:42Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb852686Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:48:36 PSTTensions between Venezuela and Colombia continue to mount as Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez has urged his countrymen to defend the homeland. This call for arms comes as Colombia signs a new military agreement with the US. On the frontline is San Antonio del Tachira in Venezuela. Duration: 01:48Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb849401Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:22:04 PSTOn a Russian-built helicopter above the fertile Helmand valley in southern Afghanistan, a US Air Force adviser tests the knowledge of an Afghan pilot. Do you remember how to change to manual frequency? asked Captain Tyler Rennell. An interpreter translated the conversation taking place in the cockpit of the Mi-17 taking a dozen Afghan soldiers between Kandahar and Helmand. Duration: 01:30Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb849394Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:18:21 PSTGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel joined former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev Monday on the bridge where many East Germans had their first taste of freedom, as tens of thousands toasted the Berlin Wall's fall 20 years ago. Duration: 01:20Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb849297Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:48:55 PSTShiite rebels in northern Yemen caught between a deadly government onslaught and air raids from across the border on Monday alleged Saudi warplanes were using phosphorus bombs against them. A Saudi government adviser rejected the claim, saying what the rebels saw was merely flares. According to a provisional Saudi toll, three soldiers and four other Saudis have now been killed in the fighting that began on November 4. Duration: 00:30Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb852412Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:05:47 PSTAfter living in France for six years, Alae Eddine turned 18... and became an illegal immigrant. In June, French autorities expelled him back to Morocco in just 48 hours. AFPTV went to visit him and other youngsters who've met the same fate. Duration: 02:01Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb850851Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:01:49 PSTLebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri formed a government of national unity on Monday, ending more than four months of tough negotiations with his Hezbollah-led rivals. Duration: 01:48Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb852377Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:50:48 PSTSesame Street's iconic characters have set up stage on the US military base at Vicenza in northern Italy, as part of a pan-European tour. For the cast and crew, it's an occasion to bring comfort to the children who grow up far from home. Duration: 01:33Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb851300Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:02:54 PSTLebanon's new unity government will be united in name only because of unresolved deep divisions between rival parties, especially on the issue of Hezbollah's arsenal of weapons, analysts say. The new government was formed late on Monday by Prime Minister Saad Hariri following more than four months of tough negotiations with the Hezbollah-led opposition. Duration: 01:03Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb851456Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:20:32 PSTUS President Barack Obama said no faith could justify the Fort Hood rampage, in an poignant address Tuesday eulogizing victims of accused gunman, Major Nidal Hasan, a practicing Muslim. It may be hard to comprehend the twisted logic that led to this tragedy, Obama said at a memorial service at the base in Texas. Duration: 01:43Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb851435Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:51:45 PSTThe world-famous muppets of Sesame Street, America's longest running children's TV show, celebrated their 40th anniversary Wednesday with a special guest: Michelle Obama. Duration: 01:36Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb851319Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:16:53 PSTBicycle Polo, invented in Ireland in the 19th century and substituting bikes for horses, is enjoying a renaissance with teams sprouting up all over the world. In one Paris suburb, enthusiasts meet weekly to train for the European Championships. Duration: 02:17Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb851306Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:06:06 PSTAccording to the credo of the Soweto Electricity Crisis Committee, everyone should be entitled to free electricity. So when the residents of the township are cut off, they illegally restore their power supply. But the power company they are siphoning energy from says their acts are not only against the law, but highly dangerous, and warns they are putting lives at risk. Duration: 02:28Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb851312Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:04:41 PSTIn Rio de Janeiro, the physically disabled get a chance to do something that might seem out of reach for many: surf lessons, courtesy of three friends who started a nonprofit that uses the “adaptsurf” method to get handicapped men and women out on the waves. Duration: 01:41Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb851289Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:44:32 PSTFresh from the euphoria of celebrations for the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Chancellor Angela Merkel pulled no punches Tuesday as she outlined the hefty challenges facing Germany. In her first major policy speech since being sworn in for a second four-year term last month, Merkel, 55, said that despite tentative signs of recovery, Europe's biggest economy was still in its worst post-war slump. Duration: 00:57Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb851281Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:43:34 PSTArt works of Iranian filmmaker and photographer Abbas Kiarostami as well as by sculptor Parviz Tanavoli have gone on display at a joint exhibition in Dubai. Duration: 01:53Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb850852Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:17:20 PSTThe countdown is on to the beginning of the 33rd Cairo International Film Festival, which starts on Tuesday evening with a gala event at the capital’s opera house. Organisers are trying to raise the event’s profile, with several Hollywood stars expected to attend over the next 10 days. But Egyptian filmmakers and cinemagoers remain indifferent. Duration: 01:55Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb850850Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:14:40 PSTArt works by Iranian filmmaker and photographer Abbas Kiarostami as well as by sculptor Parviz Tanavoli have gone on display at a joint exhibition in Dubai. Thirty pieces by Iran's most renowned sculptor Tanavoli, including Big Heech Lovers and Poet in Love, are being exhibited along with 13 photographs by Kiarostami at the show which opened on Monday night at Meem Gallery. Duration: 00:59Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb850827Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:05:23 PSTA team of 30 archaeologists and forensic scientists have finished exhuming the remains of 250 British and Australian soldiers killed at the Battle of Fromelles in northern France during the Great War. It's the first World War I mass grave to be found for over 80 years. Duration: 02:20Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb849407Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:35:42 PSTOne of the first victims of global warming has almost disappeared. By next year, experts say the Chacaltaya glacier in Bolivia will have completely melted. Overlooking La Paz, Chacaltaya was once the highest ski slopes in the world, sitting at 5300 meters above sea level. According to experts, most tropical glaciers in the Andes are doomed as the earth's average temperature rises. Duration: 02:00Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb850361Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:29:46 PSTBangkok's so-called bodysnatchers race through traffic at breakneck speed. The volunteers collect victims of accidents and take them to hospitals -- for a fee. Duration: 02:02Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb850354Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:25:23 PSTPalestinians tore down a chunk of Israel's West Bank separation barrier on Monday in a protest staged to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the day the Berlin Wall came down. A truck was used to pull down the wall, to the cheers of an estimated 150 Palestinian activists and foreign supporters near the Qalandia refugee camp just outside Ramallah. Duration: 00:44Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb850346Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:22:20 PSTBangkok's so-called bodysnatchers race through traffic at breakneck speed. The volunteers collect victims of accidents and take them to hospitals -- for a fee. Duration: 02:02Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb847133Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:34:33 PSTWho is Nidal Malik Hasan? Fellow worshippers at the mosque outside Washington he attended are trying to answer that question. They, and the rest of the nation, have been stunned by the psychiatrist, who turned his gun on other soldiers Thursday, killing 13 people and wounding 30 others. Duration: 01:30Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb847097Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:16:20 PSTTwenty years ago on Monday, the great dividing line between the Iron Curtain and the West came down, felled by the tides of history and the irrepressible will of millions of people. AFPTV takes a look at the watershed moment of the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the rebuilding of a country and continent. Duration: 01:51Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb846987Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:13:50 PSTLeaders from China and Africa start a three-day summit in Cairo on Sunday to boost economic ties. China is now a major investor in the resource-rich continent but it has also outsourced some of its production there. One factory in Egypt is manufacturing products for Chinese companies that, once finished, are exported. Duration: 01:49. -Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb846941Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:36:07 PSTBerlin-Hohenschönhausen was the prison used by the infamous Stasi, East Germany's secret police service. Though Mario Röllig spent a traumatic three months there after being caught trying to escape to the West, he still returns, in order to teach the youngest generations about life behind the Iron Curtain. Duration: 02:08.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb846860Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:16:02 PSTFor the past 20 years Berlin is a city reunified. But another European capital, Nicosia, remains cut in two. UN troops oversee security on the so-called Green Line dividing the Greek Cypriot republic in the south from the Turkish-backed statelet to the north. Since a UN-backed reunification plan was scrapped in 2004, the island has remained in a state of limbo. Duration: 02:20Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb846829Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:51:40 PSTThe US House of Representatives approved the broadest overhaul of US health care in four decades late Saturday, handing President Barack Obama a hard-fought victory for his top domestic priority. The bill amounts to a 10-year, trillion-dollar plan to extend coverage to some 36 million Americans who lack it now. Duration: 0:42Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb845978Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:12:24 PSTThe Ivory Coast's long-awaited presidential election is officially taking place on 29th November, but it's feared the poll will be delayed while the country's electoral commission sifts through almost two million potentially ineligible voters. Duration: 02:09Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb846012Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:09:10 PSTTottering along on high heels is an occupational hazard for women everywere. But now help is at hand. A school in Paris, for those who want to learn how to walk the walk. Duration: 01:14Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb846001Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:07:54 PSTThey're a throwback to a bygone era, but the Soviet statues in Lithuania's Gruto Park still draw a crowd. While for the younger generation, the huge busts of Lenin and Stalin are something of a novelty, for the older park visitors, they're a reminder of 45 years of Soviet occupation. Originally filed on 020709. Duration: 01:43Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb846007Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:02:03 PSTChina's Communist Party has experienced tumultuous times over the past 60 years but has managed to maintain its grip on power throughout a massive famine, the Cultural Revolution, pro-democracy protests on Tiananmen Square and recent ethnic tensions. Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall -- and the ensuing demise of Communism throughout Europe -- the regime remains strong, buoyed, many say, by Beijing's impressive economic success. Originally filed on 103009. Duration: 01:59Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb845995Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:54:20 PSTThey were responsible for penning the song that became the soundtrack not only for a momentous event in European history but for a whole generation. The Scorpions' 'Wind of Change' is today synonymous with the fall of the Berlin Wall and, 20 years on, the band look back on their global hit record. Originally filed on 102609. Duration: 01:52Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb844345Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:38:50 PSTLeaders from China and Africa start a three-day summit in Cairo on Sunday to boost economic ties. China is now a major investor in the resource-rich continent but it has also outsourced some of its production there. One factory in Egypt is manufacturing products for Chinese companies that, once finished, are exported. Duration: 01:49Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb844304Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:45:05 PSTThe Swedish island of Gotland has discovered huge reserves of Burgundy truffles whose quality matches the best of what France has to offer. Swedish chefs already prefer the local variety, even though it's more expensive. AFP goes foraging for delicacies in the newfound truffle trove. Duration: 02:18Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb844295Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:44:47 PSTDuring the momentous events in Berlin in 1989, they worked as news reporters for Russian media. Twenty years on AFPTV talks to two journalists who witnessed first-hand the fall of the Wall and the crumbling of the Soviet Union. Duration: 01:58Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb844289Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:44:11 PSTFormer French president Jacques Chirac's charity foundation gave its first award for the prevention of conflicts to two Nigerian preachers on Friday. The jury also gave a special prize to Park Jae-Kyu, South Korea's former unification minister. Duration: 01:30Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb844283Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:28:00 PSTPalestinian president Mahmud Abbas said on Thursday he will not seek re-election as he voiced frustration with the US position on Israeli settlements and delivered a major blow to Washington's Middle East peace efforts. Duration: 00:41Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb844267Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:18:57 PSTFor nearly 60 years he's been Japan’s most famous robot. Astro Boy, the celebrated comic strip and cartoon superhero first sketched by manga master Osamu Tezuka, has been given a new lease on life in a 3D Hollywood blockbuster. Duration: 01:56Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb843702Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:23:02 PSTIrish rockers U2 warmed up the German capital with a concert broadcast live during the MTV Europe Music Awards, the first in a series of celebrations to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Duration : 00:31Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb843673Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:14:42 PSTIn a bid to boost its flagging tourism industry, Cyprus is laying golf courses by the acre. But the manicured greens demand much irrigation and opponents say developers' plans to use water from desalination plants would be harmful to the environment. Duration : 02:16.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb843659Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:00:22 PSTFor nearly 20 years, Reverend Martin Weskott has been saving books printed in the former East Germany from the rubbish heap of history. He stores them in a barn and opens the site up once a week to give people the chance to buy the Communist-era literature. Weskott believes he has sold about one million East German books over the years. Duration: 01:32Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb843440Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:13:56 PSTHow would you pair French wine with braised abalone? A year after Hong Kong scrapped a 40 percent tax on wine, sales are booming, and the territory is positioning itself as the wine capital of Asia. Duration : 01:56Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb843413Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:55:44 PSTHow would you pair French wine with braised abalone? A year after Hong Kong scrapped a 40 percent tax on wine, sales are booming, and the territory is positioning itself as the wine capital of Asia. Duration : 01:56Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb842513Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:28:04 PSTThe Little Prince, the intergalactic boy traveler who is part of many peoples' childhoods around the world, is visiting Brazil in a show also honoring his adventuresome creator. Duration: 01:39Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb842405Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:50:42 PSTCentral London is one of the most expensive places to live on the planet. But hundreds of properties -- amongst them mansions and former embassies -- are left empty by their owners, often leaving the way open for communities of squatters to set up home. One multi-million pound property, in London's famous Leicester Square, has been taken over by an art collective offering a rent-free space to cash-strapped performers. Duration: 02:07Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb842408Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:50:42 PSTSeveral records were broken for artists at Sotheby's New York auction of impressionist and modern art Wednesday, with 181 million dollars in sales, above the pre-auction estimate. Duration: 01:41Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb842402Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:44:37 PSTAn exhibit on climate change in Mexico City’s Papalote children’s museum aims to raise awareness of global warning in one of the world’s top oil producers. Although Mexico has led global efforts to combat climate change, the issue is still new at home. Duration: 01:40Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb842403Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:41:10 PSTFrench banks pledged on Thursday to stagger payment of half of all banker bonuses over three years and to pay half in the form of shares, in line with measures agreed at the G20 summit in Pittsburgh. Duration: 00:48Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb847730Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:09:26 PSTChinese Prime Minister Wen Jiaobao pledged 10 billion dollars in concessional loans to Africa on Sunday, at the start of a two-day Forum on China-Africa Cooperation. He also pledged to cancel debts of African countries to boost his country's role in the continent. Beijing has been pouring investments into oil and other raw materials on the resource-rich continent to fuel China's booming economy. Duration: 00:32Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb847718Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:03:09 PSTTop war crimes prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo says he has a strong case against the perpertrators of last year's post-election violence in Kenya, and is preparing investigations that could lead to trials at the International Criminal Court. Duration: 01:44Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb848972Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:04:33 PSTWorld leaders past and present on Monday gathered for the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, with 100,000 people expected at celebrations to toast a free and united Europe. Chancellor Angela Merkel is hosting British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, French and Russian presidents Nicolas Sarkozy and Dmitry Medvedev and representatives from across the European Union as well as US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the Brandenburg Gate, the symbol of German unity. Duration: 01:07Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb848954Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:56:09 PSTFifteen years after bloodshed drove them out of southeast Turkey, some 12,000 Kurdish refugees still languish in the Makhmour camp in northern Iraq. They dream of returning home, but say they will not move unless Ankara grants extensive political and cultural rights to Kurds. Duration: 02:33Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb848906Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:23:09 PSTAs the world marks the fall of the Berlin Wall on Monday, sections of that infamous barrier are on display in Bordeaux, in the south of France. Shortly after the wall was first breached in November 1989, artists on the eastern side wanted to take up their paint brushes and unleash their pent up emotions on the wall. And they did so with the help of a French businessman. Duration: 01:39Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb848477Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:53:02 PSTAiling European dairy farmers have been promised financial aid by the European Union for 2010 but, until then, some have found solutions of their own. In southwestern France, local milk producers have sealed a deal with a local supermarket that is paying a little more than usual. Duration: 01:50Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb809304Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:22:42 PSTIf the shoe fits, wear it - it’s an adage to live by for little Chhouk, a baby bull elephant and amputee in Cambodia. It's a country with a high disabled population due to landmines, and it also has an internationally recognised prosthetics school -- whose expertise the lucky pachyderm is benefitting from. Duration: 01:52Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb807884Sun, 18 Oct 2009 12:54:02 PSTKadisha valley -- also known as the Holy Valley -- has sheltered Maronite Christians for centuries in its series of caves. But today, only two hermits live there, solitary souls among the remnants of the past. Duration: 02:06.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb807708Sun, 18 Oct 2009 10:12:22 PSTIt's no wonder the thin strip of land that separates the Atlantic Ocean from Cotonou lagoon in Benin is so sought-after. For years the Benin government has wanted to develop the area as a tourist destination, but that would not only mean relocating fishing villages but also building hotel complexes on a particularly sensitive landscape. Duration: 01:58.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb807709Sun, 18 Oct 2009 10:04:30 PSTExtreme sports fans are being propelled to new heights in the French Alps with a new kind of skydiving -- using the ultra-light wingsuit. Duration: 01:22.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb806275Sat, 17 Oct 2009 11:29:16 PSTIn Paris, chocolate lovers are gathering at the annual Salon du Chocolat which features original creations as well as the classic hits beloved of sweethtooths. From chocolate inhalers to foie gras chocolate, the fair -- which runs through Sunday -- offers visitors a host of new sensations. Duration: 01:24Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb805173Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:31:21 PSTAcross France, farmers took to the streets on Friday to protest dropping prices for their produce. The FNSEA farmers union said 52,000 people had joined the protests, with milk and meat producers driving hundreds of tractors into cities across the country. Hundreds of tractors staged go-slow protests on highways around Toulouse, Montauban and Carcassonne in southwest Friday. Duration: 00:58Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb805147Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:55:34 PSTA sports submarine, a magnetic tea towel and a bath that heats itself -- just some of the gadgets and gimmicks on show at the London Invention Show. Duration: 01:49Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb805148Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:55:17 PSTAcross France, farmers took to the streets on Friday to protest dropping prices for their produce. The FNSEA farmers union said 52,000 people had joined the protests, with milk and meat producers driving hundreds of tractors into cities across the country. Hundreds of tractors staged go-slow protests on highways around Toulouse, Montauban and Carcassonne in southwest Friday. Duration: 00:58Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb805131Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:46:46 PSTCount Dracula, the blood-sucking protagonist of Bram Stoker's 1897 novel, has been resurrected in a new novel, Dracula the Un-Dead, which was released this month. The first officially approved story -- apart from the classic 1931 film adaptation -- was penned by Stoker's great-nephew Dacre Stoker along with an historian, and takes the vampire up to London in 1912. AFPTV goes to meet the authors. Duration: 00:49Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb805125Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:45:03 PSTFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy has been forced to defend his 23-year-old son's likely promotion to his third political post. In a newspaper interview on Friday, he sought to deflect criticism of Jean Sarkozy - slated to become the head of the EPAD body which manages France's biggest business district, La Defense -- saying that the president himself was under attack. Duration: 02:04Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb805114Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:32:49 PSTIt may be one of sub-Saharan Africa's largest oil producers, but two out of three people in Gabon live below the poverty line. In the capital, Libreville, those at the bottom of the heap try to eke out a livelihood at the Mindoube rubbish dump. Duration 02:11Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb805102Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:29:06 PSTA France Telecom employee hanged himself on Thursday, becoming the 25th staff member at the former state monopoly -- which has been undergoing major restructuring -- to commit suicide in the past 20 months. Many of them have left notes blaming management decisions for stress at work. Duration: 00:39Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb805108Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:27:43 PSTRio's poor live in favelas and other neighborhoods practically non-existent on city maps. To fill the gap, five youths used their GPS-outfitted cell phones to build an online map day by day to account for these lost streets. Duration: 01:48Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb804854Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:22:11 PSTHoney is more than food in Iraq -- it's both a tradition and a remedy. Production plummeted following the warm but traditional beekeeping is making its way back one hive at a time. Duration: 01:53.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb804853Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:13:19 PSTA far-right Dutch lawmaker who made a controversial film about Islam arrived in London on Friday after winning an appeal against a ban on entering Britain, an airport official said. Duration: 00:43Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb804470Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:11:17 PSTWith less than a year before India's capital hosts the Commonwealth Games, international officials are expressing alarm over the city’s lack of preparedness. The Commonwealth Games Federation has gone so far as to warn that poor organisation and delays pose a serious risk to one of the world's biggest sporting events. Duration: 02:08.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb804479Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:08:58 PSTA delicate portrait of a young girl, sold as a 19th-century work to a private collector, could be the work of the Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci. So says scientists at a Paris lab which spent two years analysing the work using the latest digital technology. They have backed the hypothesis of an Oxford University emeritus professor who is publishing his thesis on the subject. Duration: 01:06.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb804401Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:23:27 PSTFrench conductor Jean-Claude Casadesus is used to playing to classical music fans all over the world. But once a year, he and musicians from the National Orchestra of Lille play to a different kind of audience -- prison inmates. Duration: 01:27.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb804390Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:09:40 PSTAuthorities in the Maldives are taking their fight against global warming to new depths by holding an underwater cabinet meeting on October 17th to raise awareness about climate change. The country is one of the lowest-lying nations in the world and may soon disappear under rising sea levels. Duration: 02:12.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb803600Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:40:00 PSTActress Mia Farrow is due to visit the poverty-stricken Gaza Strip on Thursday as a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF, the UN children's agency she represents as a goodwill ambassador. Duration: 01:09Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb803230Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:14:11 PSTIraqi security forces have uncovered a factory specialising in making car bombs and truck bombs. The discovery is a sign of the growing efficiency of Iraq's own anti-terror units -- but also the increased capacity of insurgents. Duration: 01:10Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb802692Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:17:35 PSTBostwana is still suffering under an HIV/AIDS crisis which is among the worst in the world, and among its most vulnerable are the children left in the pandemic's wake. One organisation has established several villages dedicated just to orphans, where they can grow up with the special care they need. Duration: 02:21Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb802680Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:13:37 PSTA wave of Islamist militant attacks, including a siege at the Pakistani army headquarters and assaults on police buildings in Lahore, has left close to 150 people dead. The attacks show the militant threat to the nuclear-armed nation is far from quashed. Duration: 02:01Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb802556Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:52:37 PSTSeven-time champion Lance Armstrong described next year's Tour de France, unveiled on Wednesday, as open to a bigger field of rivals, with a route that puts less emphasis on mountain top finishes and time trials. The 97th edition of the Tour will begin in Rotterdam on July 3 and cross Belgium and France to end in Paris on July 25, covering some 3,590 kilometres. Duration: 00:56Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb802555Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:49:49 PST50 years after the release of Miles Davis's landmark album Kind of Blue, Paris dedicates the world's first major exhibition to the late legendary trumpeter, who always had a special relationship with the French capital. Duration: 01:07Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb802463Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:06:57 PSTIn a world of telecom overload -- mobile phones, wifi and PDAs -- France has carved out a safety zone. Perched high on a hill, the southern village of Eurre has been designated a refuge for people who say they are allergic to the electromagnetic waves given off by telephone and wireless devices. Duration: 01:41Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb802473Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:58:13 PSTBetter known for its risotto, Italy is actually Europe's biggest producer of plain old rice. In the Lombardy region, rice farming has been going on since the 15th century -- thanks to Leonardo da Vinci who oversaw the building of canals and draining of swamps. Duration: 01:31Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb802427Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:44:16 PSTMilitants unleashed coordinated attacks on Pakistani police, killing scores and escalating 11 days of carnage. The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) in Lahore was one of the targets. Duration: 00:39Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb801680Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:21:57 PSTTo some, he's a throwback. To others, he's a sage. In a country that has embraced GMOs and junk food, Virginian farmer Joel Salatin fights for sustainable agriculture and local consumption. Duration: 01:54Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb801681Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:12:08 PSTPresident Obama lit a candle to start off the Diwali holiday, a White House first, and re-established a presidential advisory commission for Asian-American and Pacific Islanders. Duration: 00:52Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb801469Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:07:55 PSTAt a clinic in Maryland, people in high risk demographics welcomed the area's first shipment of H1N1 vaccine injections. Pregnant women, young children, health workers and those with existing medical conditions waited for more than an hour to get the shot, or the flu mist spray, that they hope will keep them healthy. Duration: 00:42Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb801310Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:06:19 PSTOils, inks and acrylics of all sizes but almost all in black go on show as France celebrates its best-known living artist, Pierre Soulages, an abstract painter obsessed with the power of black. Some 100 works spanning his career are on show at the Pompidou Centre in Paris until next March. Duration: 01:27Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb801234Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:57:19 PSTInternal tensions have been mounting in Yemen over the past few months. A civil war has erupted in the north, forcing 55,000 people their homes, while a separatist movement in the south is calling for independence. Duration: 02:04Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb801198Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:25:24 PSTThe London Film Festival opens with Fantastic Mr Fox, a new animation flick by Wes Anderson with the voices of George Clooney, Meryl Streep and Bill Murray. Duration: 01:28Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb801129Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:49:22 PSTThe Dutch have always fought the sea to claw back land, but as sea levels rise due to global warming, threatening the low-lying Netherlands, the time has come to work with the sea, not against it. Building homes that float on water is the answer. Duration: 1:36Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb801014Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:00:30 PSTA festival for film lovers, without competitions, trophies or world premieres -- that's the idea behind Lumière, a film fest in the French city of Lyon and the brainchild of one of the powers behind Cannes. Duration: 00:53Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb800991Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:54:49 PSTTurkey and Armenia may well have signed diplomatic relations on Saturday, but all that will forgotten this evening as the two countries go head to head in a World Cup Qualifier. For the 80,000 strong Armenian community in Turkey, it's a night of mixed emotions. Duration: 01:25Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb800827Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:46:27 PSTA life-like Afghan village has been created in the heart of the English countryside to give British troops a taster of what to expect when they are posted to serve in Afghanistan for real. AFPTV joins the 1st Battalion The Royal Welsh on exercise. Duration: 02:11Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb800669Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:03:42 PSTMozambicans go to the polls in two weeks' time, only the fourth election to be held since since the country became a multi-party democracy 15 years ago. This time, though, there's a new contender on the scene -- the Democratic Movement of Mozambique, led by Daviz Simango, mayor of Beira city. Duration: 02:10Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb800346Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:17:08 PSTThe art world has been badly hit by the global recession, but a group of Mumbai entrepreneurs believe there's no better time to open a new gallery. Duration: 02:18Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb800330Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:08:51 PSTOnce renowned as the jewel in Indian Kashmir’s crown, Dal Lake has become a dumping ground for its 90,000 residents. Sewage and silt are choking the lake, but efforts by authorities to relocate 'Dal dwellers’ have so far failed. Duration: 02:27Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb799738Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:56:05 PSTAt a green festival, American school children have crafted a giant sculpture out of trash. It's an initiative designed to raise public awareness in the nation responsible for producing more than 25 percent of the world's garbage. Duration: 01:59Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb799732Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:50:13 PSTThe founder of the Circle du Soleil, Guy Laliberte, is back on Earth after 10 days clowning around in space aboard the International Space Station. Duration: 00:47Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb799731Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:43:26 PSTA day after a rocket exploded in the home of Hezbollah official Abdel Nasser Issa in a village near Lebanon's southern coastal city of Tyre, the Israeli army released film taken from a drone that it said shows rockets being removed from Issa's house after the explosion and moved to another location. Duration: 01:42Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb799353Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:18:45 PSTUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Tuesday sought to present a united front with Russia on the Iranian nuclear crisis but Moscow stopped short of supporting tougher action if talks failed. Duration: 00:50Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb799206Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:41:14 PSTAt only 23, Jean Sarkozy is still an undergraduate student but also an elected municipal councillor and the head of the right-wing majority on a regional council. The son of the French president is also soon to become the top manager of country's wealthiest business district in a political process that has drawn rampant protest. Duration: 02:00Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb799058Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:06:13 PSTBotswana prides itself on being a healthy modern democracy, but in the rush to modernise, some fear traditional values are being left behind. Now, in the run-up to the country's general election, one local chieftain is fighting to bring tribal traditions back into the political system. Duration: 02:21Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb799046Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:57:32 PSTIt's known as the King of Perfumes. Jasmine is cherished by perfume-makers the world over. It's produced mainly in India and Egypt, where growers are struggling to make end meet. Duration: 01:44Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb798790Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:27:28 PSTAccording to the latest figures from Brussels, Poland is the only member of the EU to have avoided falling into recession in 2009. In spite of a slowdown, GDP has resisted the drop seen across the 27-nation bloc. One reason is the fact that internal demand for products -- such as toys -- has remained strong, bucking the global trend. Duration: 02:08Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb798430Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:14:56 PSTRoadside explosive devices, or IEDs, now pose a threat on many roads in Afghanistan. As the Taliban insurgency spreads, military, as well as civilian casualties are growing. Duration: 02:39Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb797537Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:43:34 PSTThe Arts Florissants ensemble, which has been performing Baroque music on period instruments for 30 years under American conductor William Christie, is a main force behind a worldwide resurgence in interest in early music. Its anniversary tour has kicked off, at London's Barbican Centre. Duration 02:21Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb797531Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:40:15 PSTMake your own one-of-a-kind wine -- A US company is helping individuals to blend their own vintages in California's Napa Valley, and this year extended the service to France's prestigious Bordeaux region. Duration 01:42Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb797283Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:26:13 PSTThe European Union is anxiously watching Czech President Vaclav Klaus, a staunch eurosceptic and the last European Union leader holding out on signing the key Lisbon Treaty after the recent 'yes' vote by the Irish and a signature by Poland. Duration: 02:01Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb797248Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:05:08 PSTIn 1979, photographer Martin Schreiber took nude pictures of a young woman calling herself Madonna. Thirty years later, she is a global superstar, and the pictures a souvenir of another age. AFPTV visits an exhibition of them in Istanbul. Duration: 01:56Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb797180Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:26:45 PSTUne chanson inédite de Michael Jackson, This is it, a été dévoilée dans la nuit de dimanche à lundi, près de quatre mois après la mort du roi de la pop. Durée: 1mn01Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb796942Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:02:21 PSTA previously unreleased song by Michael Jackson entitled This Is It was unveiled to the world on Monday almost four months after the star's death. Excerpt of the song with images overlaid. Duration: 01:01Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb796943Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:02:01 PSTBenin's cotton farmers are embracing the benfits of organic farming. By ditching pesticides and only using natural fertilizers, not only is their health improving, but the damage they're causing to the environment is decreasing. Duration: 02:11Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb796529Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:10:20 PSTNobel Peace Prize winner US President Barack Obama is poised to make a critical decision on US mission in the unpopular eight-year war in Afghanistan. On the ground, near-daily attacks on NATO troops and fraud-tainted election have made conditions perilous. Duration: 01:58.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb792149Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:44:11 PSTFrench researchers are excited by a recent discovery: the biggest dinosaur footprints in the world, left by giant sauropods that may have weighed 40 tonnes or more. The extraordinary track of footprints was found in April this year in the Jura plateau at Plagne, near the southeastern city of Lyon, by a pair of amateur fossil-hunters. AFPTV speaks with paleontologists. Duration: 01:11Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb795869Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:09:45 PSTHopes are running high in the impoverished Armenian farming village of Margara as Armenia and Turkey prepare to opening their long-sealed common border. Duration: 02:00Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb795842Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:54:33 PSTThousands of gay rights activists marched on Washington Sunday to call for homosexual rights, a day after President Barack Obama vowed to repeal a ban on gays serving openly in the US military. Duration: 01:19Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb795402Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:42:21 PSTNameless (Kenya) and M.I. (Nigeria) were the big winners of the second MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMAS) held on Saturday night in Nairobi. The two artists took home two trophies each. The pan-African music celebration was presented by Wyclef Jean, ex-member of the band Fugees. All artists paid homage to Michael Jackson. Duration: 01:34.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb794384Sat, 10 Oct 2009 23:55:01 PSTHe is considered one of the greatest English painters of all time, and now JMW Turner is the star of yet another exhibition celebrating a genius of Romanticism. A selection of his works will be shown alongside those of the European Old Masters who inspired him. Duration: 01:49Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb794383Sat, 10 Oct 2009 23:54:20 PSTOut with the street maps and in with the dictionaries -- Marseille's taxi drivers are learning English. The city has been chosen as the European Capital of Culture for 2013 and is already gearing up for the tourists. Duration: 01:43Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb792516Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:08:28 PSTBritish opposition leader David Cameron declared himself ready to take power in a rousing address at his Conservatives' last annual conference before elections he is tipped to win. With the Tory and the ruling Labour party conferences now out of the way, the campaign race is on, with a serious battle ahead for British votes. Duration: 01:39Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb792663Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:44:53 PSTUS President Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, less than nine months into his term, and vowed to use it as a call to action to confront challenges facing the world. Duration 01:10Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb792515Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:57:35 PSTGadget fans from around the world have descended upon the annual Ceatec convention in Tokyo focussing on the latest in high-tech innovation. On display are 3D TVs, hands-free MP3 players and, of course, the odd robot. Duration: 01:47Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb792518Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:56:55 PSTWhat does winning the Nobel Peace Prize mean for Barack Obama? Interview with Steve Clemons, a Senior Fellow at the New America Foundation. Duration: 00:58Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb792517Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:55:34 PSTIsraeli police are on high alert Friday following a strike call amongst Palestinians over recent clashes at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, a flashpoint site sacred to both Muslims and Jews. Officials have said they are particularly concerned about the situation in predominantly Arab east Jerusalem and Arab-Israeli cities. Duration: 00:52Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb792491Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:34:20 PSTTurkish Prime Minister Abdullah Gul previewed a major exhibition in Paris dedicated to the rich history of his country's commercial capital, From Byzantium to Istanbul, which opens on Saturday. President Nicolas Sarkozy and his culture minister, Frederic Mitterrand, accompanied Gul and his wife. Duration: 00:34Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb792490Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:33:38 PSTUS President Barack Obama sensationally won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday less than a year after he took office with the jury hailing his extraordinary diplomatic efforts on the international stage. Duration: 00:26Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb792392Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:25:16 PSTDespite Zimbabwe's ongoing political crisis and its economic freefall, Maicos Mugugu, a sculptor, has pursued his art nonetheless. His inspiration, however, has evolved -- once filled with love, his works are now haunted by the country's despair. Duration: 01:56Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb792386Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:28:00 PSTAmericans in Harlem, NY greeted President Barack Obama's surprise winning of the Nobel Peace Prize Friday with joy and derision. The stunning decision left Americans of all stripes arguing whether Obama had done enough, nine months into his presidency, to stand alongside Nelson Mandela and other Nobel heroes. Duration: 01:09Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb792347Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:46:02 PSTUS President Barack Obama sensationally won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday less than a year after he took office with the jury hailing his extraordinary diplomatic efforts on the international stage. Duration 00:26Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb792309Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:06:40 PSTA massive suicide car bomb ripped through a packed market in the Pakistani city of Peshawar on Friday, killing at least 49 people and injuring over 100 in a region beset by Taliban attacks. Duration: 01:15Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb848467Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:51:48 PSTTuberculosis is on the rise again in the Gulf state of Jordan -- and it's the country's steady influx of migrants which is getting the blame. Now health authorities are bringing in new medical certificates for immigrant workers, with domestic labourers from Indonesia a key target. Duration: 02:04Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb840016Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:18:22 PSTUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday the future of Jerusalem must be on the agenda of any Middle East peace talks, as the Palestinians again took Israel to task over Jewish settlements in the disputed holy city. Duration: 00:52Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb839860Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:23:46 PSTA group of Kurdish rebels recently crossed from Iraq into Turkey in a gesture of support for a Turkish government plan to end the 25-year Kurdish conflict. From their base in the Iraqi Qandil Mountains, PKK commander Murat Karayilan, second in command of the rebel movement, spoke exclusively to AFPTV. Duration: 01:42Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb839856Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:06:12 PSTWith the last hurdle for the Lisbon Treaty out of the way, people across the European Union can now focus on another question: what is it, exactly? The document seeks to reform the unwieldy 27-nation bloc, but it is unclear to most how that will change life for the 300 million people within its mandate. Reaction from the streets of London, Warsaw, Paris and Berlin. Duration: 02:24Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb840382Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:52:54 PSTA new innovation is helping Peru's most isolated communities -- nets which catch clouds in the country's Andean heights, soaking up precipitation to be converted into water. Duration: 01:54Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb842266Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:08:54 PSTThe UN announced Thursday it was evacuating more than half its international staff from Afghanistan after a deadly Taliban attack on a guesthouse for UN workers. Duration: 00:36Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb842212Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:37:37 PSTMore people are HIV positive in South Africa than in any other country in the world. Yet many men still refuse to face up to the problem. A new scheme in Johannesburg hopes to change that, by talking directly to guys in the bars and clubs around town. Duration: 02:21Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb842207Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:27:19 PSTMont Blanc, the highest peak in the Alps is standing tall -- all 4,810.45 metres of it. That's only 45 centimetres less than when it was last measured four years ago, but three metres above the height French schoolchildren have long been taught. Scientists carried out new measurements in September -- and on Thursday announced some surprising finds from the top of the summit straddling France and Italy. Duration: 01:15Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb842199Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:20:40 PSTMusic therapy has been found to help some sufferers of Alzheimer's disease, as well as their family and caregivers. In one home for Alzheimer's and dementia patients, residents take up drumming and singing as a means of connecting to others in the midst of these isolating illnesses. Duration: 01:48Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb841566Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:53:41 PSTClocks at the reception give the time in Havana and Moscow. Communist leaders look down with thin-lipped smiles from portraits on the wall. At the East Hotel in Berlin, the reminders of East Germany and its authoritarian regime are everywhere. It's a place destined to please Ostalgie tourists eager to bunk down in the past. Duration: 01:35Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb841483Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:56:59 PSTWhile the world commemorates the fall of one wall, another is the focus of unyielding protest. For some, the separation barrier between Israel and the West Bank is an essential security buffer, for others, a symbol of oppression. Every Friday, hundreds of people come to protest its presence. Duration: 02:05Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb841470Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:56:59 PSTCarrying around a dash of eloquence and a well-groomed moustache, cheese-maker Bernard Mure Ravaud has won several prices and, over 25 years, his cheese-shop in the French Alps city of Grenoble has proved a hit. Duration: 01:54Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb838147Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:32:35 PSTMajor Hollywood actors, Jim Carrey, Bob Hoskins and Colin Firth, flipped on the switch for the 50th anniversary of Christmas lights in London on Tuesday night. Duration: 01:08Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb838136Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:20:53 PSTUS President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Barack Obama made the Middle East conflict a cornerstone of his diplomacy when he came to the White House. A year after his election, America's changing role is as crucial as ever in mediating diplomatic efforts for the troubled region's peace process. Duration: 01:42Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb838120Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:12:19 PSTThe 1Goal campaign is pushing to make education for all children the legacy of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Tatum Keshwar, Miss South Africa was in a Soweto school to promote 1 Goal, which aims to get the estimated 75 million children worldwide who aren't in school into the education system. Backed by the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), the campaign is trying to gather 30 million signatures and the backing of countries around the world. Duration: 01:03Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb838099Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:52:45 PSTA year ago Wednesday, Barack Obama was elected the 44th president of the United States of America. A look at images from that historic election. Duration: 01:13Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb837948Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:40:53 PSTGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel hit out at Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Tuesday, saying it would be unacceptable to allow a Holocaust denier to get the nuclear bomb. Duration: 01:04Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb837949Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:40:52 PSTBosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic defiantly demanded more time to prepare his defence Tuesday as he made his first court appearance since the start of his genocide trial. Presiding judge O-Gon Kwon adjourned the trial, cancelling a hearing scheduled for Wednesday, to consider submissions made by Karadic and the prosecution on the future of the trial. He said a written decision will be released later this week. Duration: 00:49Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb837915Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:19:15 PSTIn his first statement since the announcement of his election victory, Afghan President Hamid Karzai has vowed on Tuesday to eradicate corruption and unite the country after months of political chaos. Duration: 02:01Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb837677Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:38:42 PSTWorld and Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt has come face-to-face with his match for speed in the animal world -- a cheetah. The fastest man on earth adopted a cub in Kenya on Monday as he promoted a new environmental charity. Duration: 00:59Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb837747Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:31:28 PSTA French chef who is a favourite of President Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday was out cooking for the masses. Eric Frechon, the 3-star chef of the restaurant Bristol gave free cooking lessons in the Paris metro station of Miromesnil. He was part of a three day program run by the transport system. He chose the plebein carrot, as one of his main ingredients. Duration: 01:07Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb837724Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:13:14 PSTKnown for its anaesthetic, anti-inflammatory and even antibiotic qualities, the leech is making a return to the world of medicine. In Russia, 10 times more of the blood-suckers are grown than anywhere else in the world and leech therapy is nothing new. Duration: 01:55Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb837665Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:36:36 PSTFrance is planning to introduce a controversial new carbon tax to cut energy consumption and help combat global warming. The new levy on oil, gas and coal consumption by households and businesses will come into effect next year, making France the biggest economy yet to impose a straight-up carbon tax. Duration: 01:48Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb837651Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:28:19 PSTThe Polish rugby federation dreams of one day competing in the sport's World Cup. To improve the nation's chances, scouts have travelled to France in the search for rugby players with Polish roots. The result being bilingual training sessions back in Warsaw. Duration: 01:41Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb837299Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:00:20 PSTAfghan President Hamid Karzai vowed on Tuesday his new government would eradicate corruption and offered an olive branch to Taliban insurgents, launching his programme for another five years in office. Duration: 01:16.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb837024Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:55:07 PSTThe Polish rugby federation dreams of being able to participate in the 2011 World Cup in New Zealand. To improve the nation's chances of qualification, scouts have travelled to France in the search for rugby players with Polish roots. The result being bilingual training sessions back in Warsaw. Duration: 01:41Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb836203Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:00:39 PSTBerlin-Hohenschönhausen was the prison used by the infamous Stasi, East Germany's secret police service. Mario Röllig was held in the secret torture centre for three months in 1987 after being caught trying to escape to the West. Though the experience was traumatic, he still returns to the jail to teach the next generation of Berliners about life behind the Iron Curtain. Duration: 02:08Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb836201Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:51:54 PSTPreviously unknown in Florida, many species of snakes -- such as boa constrictors and pythons -- are so well adapted to the State's subtropical climate that it's not unusual to see them in the streets of Miami. American scientists say these invasive species could endanger native wildlife in parts of the United States. Duration: 01:31Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb836208Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:48:40 PSTThe USS New York, a naval vessel whose bow was forged in part with steel from the World Trade Center towers destroyed on 9/11, sailed for the first time Monday into the city's harbor. Duration: 00:49Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb836184Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:39:57 PSTA group of Kurdish rebels recently crossed from Iraq into Turkey in a gesture of support for a Turkish government plan to end the 25-year Kurdish conflict. Among them was PKK commander Murat Karayilan, second in command of the rebel movement. Duration: 01:42Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb836190Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:34:51 PSTElection organisers on Monday declared Hamid Karzai president of Afghanistan for another five years, cancelling a run-off which threatened to descend into farce and further destabilise the country. Duration: 01:36Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb835756Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:58:00 PSTUS President Barack Obama has voiced his support for gay rights and pledged to rid the US military ban on openly gay and lesbian soldiers. The Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy, introduced in 1993, ended the practice of asking recruits about their sexual orientation. More than 12,000 service members have been discharged under the policy, including David Hall, a former Air Force officer. Duration: 01:49Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb835757Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:55:33 PSTElection organisers on Monday declared Hamid Karzai president of Afghanistan for another five years, cancelling a run-off which threatened to descend into farce and further destabilise the country. The announcement followed intense diplomatic pressure and sought to draw a line under two months of political chaos in a war-torn nation where 100,000 NATO and US troops are battling an increasingly virulent Taliban insurgency. Duration: 00:28Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb835740Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:28:02 PSTUN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon welcomed Monday a decision to cancel Afghanistan's run-off election and congratulated President Hamid Karzai on being handed a second term in office. Making a surprise visit to Kabul, the UN chief earlier met the president and his rival Abdullah Abdullah, who pulled out of the contest on Sunday. Duration: 00:54Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb835711Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:07:30 PSTJust a few miles from where Barack Obama celebrated his election as the first Afro-American president of the United States, residents are scared to leave their homes. Gang-ridden neighborhoods are so dangerous that walking home from school means risking your life. Duration: 01:43Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb835696Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:59:15 PSTUshuaia is the southernmost city on Earth, just at the edge of the Antarctic. But even in this fridgid climate, global warming is taking a huge toll on glaciers that not only support a tourist industry but also provide drinking water for the city. Duration: 02:02Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb835695Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:57:48 PSTThe annual hajj pilgrimage to Mecca begins later this month. It's a must for Muslims around the world and as many as two million people are expected at the holy site in Saudi Arabia. But for those who don't have the time or money to make it this year, how about a virtual trip to hajj? An Egypt-based website is becoming increasingly popular. Duration: 01:41Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb835123Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:19:50 PSTUnarmed military interpreters in remote southwest Afghanistan work alongside US Marines on the frontline. For many, hope of a passport to the US makes the dangerous job worthwhile. Duration: 01:55Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb834137Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:09:54 PSTOpposition candidate Abdullah Abdullah on Sunday pulled out of Afghanistan's run-off election, plunging the war-torn country into fresh political turmoil less than a week before the scheduled contest. After President Hamid Karzai snubbed a series of demands promoted as a bid to avoid a repeat of massive first-round fraud, Abdullah said he saw no point in standing in the second round, while stopping short of calling for a boycott. But Karzai's camp insisted the contest should still go ahead, with analysts saying a one-horse race could still take place on November 7 even if turnout is likely to be well below the 38 percent recorded last time. Duration: 02:21Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb830589Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:12:55 PSTVIDEO: China's Communist Party has managed to retain power for 60 years, despite going through massive upheavals. Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, what is actually going on in China? Duration: 1:59Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb830586Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:03:10 PSTFormer French president Jacques Chirac is to be tried on allegations that he gave 21 political allies false contracts as ghost workers in Paris city hall. Duration: 01:20.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb830587Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:00:54 PSTVIDEO: The Pakistani army says it has recovered the passport of a suspected member of the terror cell that planned the September 11, 2001 attacks during its South Waziristan offensive. Duration: 1:13Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb830427Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:07:28 PSTItaly's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was swept to power largely on an anti-crime platform. In November the government will give the greenlight to a controversial crime-fighting measure --- legalising citizen patrols of neighborhoods. The law is triggering heated debate. Duration: 01:39.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb830480Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:02:26 PSTVIDEO: China's Communist Party has managed to retain power for 60 years, despite going through massive upheavals. Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, what is actually going on in China? Duration: 1:59Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb830474Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:56:29 PSTVIDEO: The Pakistani army says it has recovered the passport of a suspected member of the terror cell that planned the September 11, 2001 attacks during its South Waziristan offensive. Duration: 1:13Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb830443Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:35:38 PSTThe cafe has been a quintessential part of French life for centuries. It's where writers like existentialist Jean-Paul Sartre held court. But times are changing and this tradition is losing ground as discontent brews among its once loyal customers. Duration: 01:55.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb830426Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:27:31 PSTFor more than 100 years, the Yoruba and Nago peoples of West Africa have performed the gelede, a masked song and dance ceremony recognised by UNESCO as a masterpiece of oral cultural heritage. It's performed to mark major events -- in particular the annual harvest --but also plays an important role in society. Duration: 02:18.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb829994Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:16:18 PSTVIDEO: China's Communist Party has managed to retain power for 60 years, despite going through massive upheavals. Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, what is actually going on in China? Duration: 1:59Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb829987Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:11:56 PSTChina's Communist Party has managed to retain power for 60 years, despite going through massive upheavals. Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, what is actually going on in China? Duration: 1:59Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb829993Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:08:57 PSTVIDEO: The Pakistani army says it has recovered the passport of a suspected member of the terror cell that planned the September 11, 2001 attacks during its South Waziristan offensive. Duration: 1:13Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb829449Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:21:36 PSTJust a few miles from where Barack Obama celebrated his election as the first Afro-American president of the United States, residents are scared to leave their homes. Gang-ridden neighborhoods are so dangerous that walking home from school means risking your life. Duration: 01:43Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb829439Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:10:12 PSTA part of Manhattan and Hollywood stars moved to Qatar with the glittering opening on Thursday night of the inaugural Doha Tribeca Film Festival. Martin Scorsese and Ben Kingsley were among the stars who graced the digital red carpet at the entrance of the new Islamic Museum of Doha, designed by Chinese-American architect Ieoh Ming Pei. Duration: 01:09Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb829161Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:56:45 PSTPresident Barack Obama stood vigil to the homecoming of US war dead from Afghanistan Thursday as he debates ordering thousands of more troops into the battle zone. Duration: 01:17Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb829139Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:36:15 PSTEurope's leaders converged on Brussels for a two-day summit to consider candidates for a coveted new post of EU president and grapple with differences over helping poor countries fight global warming. Duration: 01:12Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb829140Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:32:14 PSTPresident Barack Obama said Thursday that new data showing a return to growth meant the US recession was abating but cautioned that a long road to full economic recovery lay ahead. Duration: 00:25Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb829113Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:15:22 PSTA tuberculosis epidemic is overwhelming health clinics across Swaziland. It's fuelled by the high rate of HIV amongst the population. But the government and NGOs are fighting back. Duration: 02:18Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb829091Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:59:49 PSTThe live fish facing death in the glass tanks in Hong Kong's famous seafood restaurants tell a strange tale of a looming global tragedy. At the heart of their story is the bizarre fact that there are more fine fish swimming in the tiny tanks than there are in the surrounding sea. Duration: 02:02Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb828968Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:44:27 PSTTerrorist attacks are now becoming a common feature of life in Pakistan, with more than 300 killed since the start of October. While the country's army pursues its offensive against the Taliban in the South Waziristan region, ordinary citizens in the big cities are having to make major adjustments to their lives, in an environment where every trip away from home may carry a risk. Duration: 01:45Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb828947Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:10:09 PSTA UN torture expert expelled from Zimbabwe says he fears the country's unity government could fall apart, as regional leaders tried to mediate an end to the latest crisis. Manfred Nowak was detained late Wednesday on his arrival in Harare, where he was set to begin an eight-day investigation into alleged human rights abuses and arrests of activists opposed to long-ruling President Robert Mugabe. Images and soundbites. Duration: 01:07Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb828410Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:31:50 PSTAs world leaders gear up for a crucial change conference in Copenhagen, one Englishman is doing his best to spread the word about fuel efficiency. Adventurer and eco-campaigner Andy Pag is travelling round the world in an old school bus, powered by nothing but used chip fat. Duration: 01:59Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb828411Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:26:46 PSTEmmaus, France's biggest NGO fighting poverty across the world, is 60 this year. The organisation was founded by Catholic priest Abbe Pierre who was a thorn in the side of French politicians, relentlessly lobbying for the poor, and becoming France's most popular personality. Duration: 02:31Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb828425Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:26:44 PSTThe olive harvest has begun in earnest in the West Bank village of Qaryut. The harvest usually takes three weeks but the Israeli army is allowing pickers access to the fields for just two days, as the groves are situated very close to a Jewish settlement. Duration: 00:54Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb828326Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:27:48 PSTFor nearly 20 years, Reverend Martin Weskott has been saving books printed in the former East Germany from the rubbish heap of history. He stores them in a barn and opens the site up once a week to give people the chance to buy the Communist-era literature. Weskott believes he has sold about one million East German books over the years. Duration: 01:32Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb828305Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:17:33 PSTOn the eve of the first anniversary of Barack Obama’s election, AFPTV looks at how the US President's image has weathered the beginning of his presidency. Duration: 01:40Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb827550Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:17:00 PSTA mob of dress-up enthusiasts grabbed armfuls of robes, masks and turbans at the Washington National Opera's huge pre-Halloween costume sale. Diehard fans paid from five dollars to more than two thousand dollars for costumes worn by some of opera's greatest stars. Duration: 01:26Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb827196Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:45:30 PSTA car bomb has torn through a packed market in Pakistan killing 92 people and trapping casualties under pulverised shops, in one of Pakistan's deadliest attacks. The explosion brought down buildings in the northwestern city of Peshawar just hours after US Secretary Hillary Clinton arrived in Pakistan to bolster the two countries' troubled alliance against Taliban and Al-Qaeda militants. Duration: 01:28Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb827055Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:01:14 PSTWith Europe's leaders due to meet in Brussels to discuss the Lisbon Treaty and possible candidates for a new, permanent post of European Council president, people across the 27-nation bloc are still confused about what will happen if the document is finally signed of by the Czech Republic. AFPTV gauges reaction from the streets of London, Paris, Berlin and Warsaw. Duration: 02:24Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb827061Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:00:54 PSTNASA launched Wednesday the world's tallest rocket, the Ares I-X, on a two-minute test flight. The rocket launched at 11:30 am (1530 GMT) after a series of delays due to poor weather conditions. Duration: 01:10Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb827062Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:58:35 PSTTaliban suicide gunmen stormed a UN guesthouse in Kabul on Wednesday, killing nine people in an attack the Islamist militia said signalled a bloody countdown to new Afghan elections next week. Duration: 01:31Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb827006Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:26:38 PSTTwenty-seven years after the end of the civil war, Mozambique still hasn't rebuilt itself. In the centre of the country, part of the main rail line from Beira to Sena has reopened after being closed for a quarter of a century. It's a vital step to get the country's economy -- and its passengers -- back on track. Duration : 01:58Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb826990Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:20:34 PSTMichael Jackson has delivered a posthumous thriller to his fans, who flocked to worldwide premieres of a documentary film billed as the final concert performance of the King of Pop. Four months after Jackson's death, red carpets were rolled out Tuesday for 18 simultaneous screenings on five continents for This Is It, culled from more than 100 hours of footage taken from rehearsals for the pop icon's comeback. Duration: 02:18Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb826961Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:09:31 PSTAfter years of curfews and the dangers of the night, Baghdad's residents are starting to step out for evening entertainment. For the first time since the war in 2003, the National Theatre has raised its curtains for shows after dark. Duration: 02:02Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb826941Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:08:48 PSTTaliban suicide gunmen stormed a UN guesthouse in Kabul on Wednesday, killing nine people in an attack the Islamist militia said signalled a bloody countdown to new Afghan elections next week. Duration: 01:31Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb792251Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:46:40 PSTUS President Barack Obama sensationally won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday less than a year after he took office with the jury hailing his extraordinary diplomatic efforts on the international stage. Duration: 00:26Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb792207Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:50:20 PSTThe US President said he is humbled by the honor, upon learning the news at 6am on Friday morning at the White House. The Nobel committee announced that he was given the coveted award because Only very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the world's attention and given its people hope for a better future. Duration: 01:03Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb792162Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:47:35 PSTCould Turkey and Armenia finally be on the verge of reconciliation, after decades of hostilities? The two countries currently have no diplomatic relations, a closed border and a long history of hostility. But in a meeting on Saturday, their foreign ministers are expected to ink agreements, signaling a diplomatic thaw. Duration: 02:25Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb792143Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:02:03 PSTGallic heroes Asterix and Obelix hit the road again in a brand new comic book due out later this month, to mark the 50th anniversary of the first issue about the rebellious village in northern France. The birthday of Asterix and Obelix, the 34th album in the series, will be released simultaneously in 15 countries on October 22. AFPTV speaks to the Albert Uderzo who along with Goscinny, created the French icon. Duration: 01:21Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb792108Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:48:24 PSTThe United States successfully blasted a rocket into the moon on Friday, slamming it into a crater near the lunar south pole in a bid to discover water. Duration: 01:51Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb791576Fri, 09 Oct 2009 08:59:51 PSTBhutan reveals its treasures at the Paris Guimet Museum of Asian Art with an exhibition dedicated to sacred Buddhist works from the Himalayan nation. The one condition for allowing the treasures to travel to Paris was that Buddhist monks accompany them. Every morning they purify the objects and exhibit rooms. Duration: 01:39Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb790527Fri, 09 Oct 2009 04:26:06 PSTCharred aircraft wreckage, mangled black boxes, photographs of orphans clinging to coffins -- Japan's airlines don't bury their worst air-crash memories, they keep them alive in museums. They serve to educate employees about consequences of negligence and human error. Duration: 01:48Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb790949Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:19:35 PSTHilary Swank and Demi Moore starred for the United States at the opening of the Third Middle East Film Festival in the UAE capital on Thursday, while a host of Arab performers shared the spotlight. Duration: 01:03Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb790806Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:08:13 PSTSome people call New York City a concrete jungle. And these days you can even take a safari to check out the exotic wildlife. Released or escaped parakeets and their offspring are building colonies in a Brooklyn park, far from their species’ native lands. Duration: 01:42Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb790807Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:04:07 PSTGerman author Herta Mueller won the 2009 Nobel Literature Prize on Thursday for her work inspired by her life under Nicolae Ceausescu's dictatorship in Romania. The Nobel jury hailed Mueller, 56, as a writer who with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed. Mueller speaks about winning the prize. Duration: 00:50Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb790737Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:01:05 PSTBritish opposition leader David Cameron declared himself ready to take power Thursday, in a rousing address to his Conservatives' last annual conference before general elections he is tipped to win. Images and soundbites. Duration: 01:48Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb790504Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:50:46 PSTHomegrown Middle Eastern film-making talent is being showcased at the Abu Dhabi International Film Festival, as studio owners try to entice more producers to the region. Duration: 01:29Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb790479Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:26:26 PSTThe father of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit says he sees no immediate hope that his son will be freed soon, despite the release of a video last week showing him alive. Duration: 01:16Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb790259Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:26:31 PSTFrench politicians from the left and right on Thursday demanded that Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand answer allegations that a novel he wrote in 2005 endorses sex tourism. The 62-year-old nephew of late president Francois Mitterand last week came under fire for defending filmmaker Roman Polanski. Now he faces new criticism for his book. Duration : 01:49 -Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb790024Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:53:05 PSTTrendy, thrify and Japanese, Uniqlo is taking its brand appeal abroad, opening flagship mega-stores which aim to compete with Gap, H ...M and Zara for fashionistas' favour. Last week it added Paris to its list of capitals, with an enormous space in the heart of the fashion hub. Duration : 01:48.Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb789935Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:23:08 PSTOn August 1 2009, an angry mob torched many homes and a church in the Christian neighbourhood of Gojra in Pakistan's Punjab province. According to villagers, eight of the minority religious group, including several children, were killed. Many of the Christian community now live in fear of further violence. Duration : 01:53Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb789875Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:42:56 PSTDuring the US Deptartment of Energy's October Solar Decathlon competition, 20 international teams of university students are competing to design, build, and operate the most energy-efficient, comfortable and marketable solar-powered home. Duarion : 01:51Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb789870Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:42:16 PSTGaza's schoolchildren may be back in class, but many are working without books or even writing paper, as the enclave still feels the effects of the Israeli blockade imposed in 2006. Duration : 01:44Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb789854Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:39:38 PSTThe letters of Vincent Van Gogh are a famous record of the creative genius of the painter. Now the Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam is putting 120 of them on show in an extremely rare exhibition called The Artist Speaks. Duration : 01:41Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb789082Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:12:47 PSTThe Dalai Lama on Wednesday reached out to China, saluting a Beijing-based novelist who has defied China by seeking reconciliation with the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader. On a visit to Washington, the Dalai Lama presented an award to Wang Lixiong, who helped spearhead a petition by more than 300 prominent Chinese who last year questioned a crackdown on major protests in Tibet. Duration: 01:19Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb789075Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:08:06 PSTMillions of Americans are watching politicians debate over something they don’t have: health insurance. While President Barack Obama tries to reform the health insurance system, at least 46 million Americans go without coverage and 25 million others are what are called the underinsured. AFPTV talks with one such person, Bob Filkenstein of Philadelphia. Duration: 01:33Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb788779Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:25:07 PSTEgypt announced on Wednesday that it was cutting off all cooperation with France's Louvre Museum until it secures the return of stolen Pharaonic relics, in the latest row involving the exhibits of a major European institution. Duration: 00:30Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb788709Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:29:48 PSTThe billionaire philanthropist Nasser David Khalili has taken his unparalleled collection of Islamic art to the Institute of the Arab World in Paris. Khalili spoke to AFPTV about the show, which he hopes will serve as an ambassador for the Islamic world. Duration: 01:54Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb788704Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:26:05 PSTTwenty-four people have committed suicide at France Telecom in the last 20 months and fingers are being pointed at the telecoms giant's major restructuring programme. An employee speaks to AFPTV about the pressure being meted out. Duration: 01:55Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb788687Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:07:59 PSTEuropean Union leaders on Wednesday warned the Czech Republic of the costs of further delaying the EU reform treaty as the eurosceptic Czech president holds out against the pact. Duration: 00:29Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb823198Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:53:20 PSTThey were responsible for penning the song that became the soundtrack not only for a momentous event in European history but for a whole generation. The Scorpions' 'Wind of Change' is today synonymous with the fall of the Berlin Wall and, 20 years on, the band look back on their global hit record. Duration: 01:52Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb820500Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:48:52 PSTThe Flemish masters, painters who shook the art world with their vivid representation of everyday people and life, are under the spotlight at a Paris exhibition. Duration: 01:43Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb822224Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:15:38 PSTThe Green Line cuts the Cypriot capital of Nicosia in two. UN troops oversee security on the border dividing the internationally recognised Greek Cypriot republic in the south from the Turkish-backed statelet to the north. Since a UN-backed reunification plan was scrapped in 2004, the island has remained in a state of limbo, with no plans to see the city unified again. Duration: 02:20Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb822231Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:14:35 PSTMichael Jackson fans around the world wore zombie costumes and struck scary poses in a bid to enter the Guinness Book of World Records for the greatest number of people simultaneously dancing to his song Thriller. Images from Montreal, Istanbul and Gourin, France. Duration: 03:38Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb822230Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:03:31 PSTLebanese chefs have broken their third Guinness world record for food this year. On Sunday, they made the biggest tabbouleh in the world, one day after making the biggest dish of hummus. Images Duration: 01:10Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb822223Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:56 PSTTunisians voted Sunday in a general election with President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali all but certain to win a fifth term in office after two decades in power. Ben Ali, 73, is being challenged by three other candidates in his bid for a fifth term, the last under the constitution of 2002 which allows successive mandates but sets the age limit in elections to 75. After ruling the north African country for 22 years, Ben Ali faces a difficult economic climate in spite of prudent financial management. Raw images and soundbites. Duration: 01:07Copyright (c) 2005 ROO Media Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.http://www.photo.net/tv?channel=World+Headlines&clipId=2115_Jpeb821732Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:18:25 PSTTwin suicide vehicle bombs blamed on Al-Qaeda shattered the justice mi