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	Introduction   Monitoring Iraq: Brian Rotheray   Reporting first-hand: Kate Adie   Getting the facts in Colombia: Catalina Esparza   Checking contributors: Beatrice Murail   Statistics in India: Sanjeev Srivastava   Preventing mistakes in Iran: Jim Muir   Polls in the World Cup: Luis Restrepo   Running news agency reports   Using archive material   Advertising for contributors   Staging events and reconstructions		Using archive material Library material used to illustrate a current issue or event must be clearly labelled if there is any danger that using material from one event to illustrate another could mislead the audience. The BBC does not normally use extracts from video or audio news releases if programme makers can gather the material themselves. The use of material from such releases must be for sound editorial reasons, and must be clearly labelled on air.

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