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(10 Mar 2005)

Paris
1. Wide shot IOC commission and Paris bid committee arriving at Batignolles Olympic Village
2. Banner at entrance of site saying "Paris 2012, IOC evaluation Commission visit Paris 9-12 March 2005"
3. IOC evaluation commission chairwoman, Nawal El Moutawakel, accompanied by Mayor of Paris Bertrand Delanoe and delegates walking towards entrance
4. Sign "Paris 2012, candidate city"
5. IOC and Paris committee delegates walking
6. Family photo
7. Pan people talking to Nawal El Moutawakel to electronic board saying "118 days: Paris 2012, the love of the games"
8. IOC delegate walking with man
9. Nawal El Moutawakel and Bertrand Delanoe joining the rest of the group
10. Wide shot IOC delegation members and Paris bid committee

Saint-Denis, Paris outskirts
11. Pan exterior Stade de France
12. Pan Stade de France pitch
13. IOC delegation, Paris bid committee and French athletes walking on pitch
14. Close-up IOC evaluation commission chairwoman, Nawal El Moutawakel
15. Various delegates on pitch
16. Close up sign "Paris 2012, candidate city"
17. Wide shot family photo
18. Pan family photo
19. Cameraman
20. Paris 2012 flags
21. Various of IOC delegation in stands

Paris
22. Empty interior shot of St Lazare station
23. Commuters looking at sign announcing strike


STORYLINE:

IOC inspectors toured prospective venues for a 2012 Olympics in Paris on Thursday, dodging crippling transport strikes that took some of the shine off the French capital''s efforts to present its best face.

The inspectors stopped first on Thursday at a disused railway yard in northwest Paris where the Olympic Village for 17,100 athletes and coaches would be built if the French capital is selected.

Paris is looking to defend its perceived mantle as favourite over rivals New York, London, Moscow and Madrid. The full IOC will select the host city on July 6.

After spending an hour at the proposed Olympic Village site, where they watched and listened to video and audio presentations, the inspectors were touring the Stade de France stadium, which bid organisers have renamed Stade de France Paris 2012.

The IOC team also was to visit the Roland Garros tennis arena and the Eiffel Tower, where Olympic beach volleyball would be held under the monument''s iron legs.

Paris, Olympic host in 1900 and 1924, is making its third bid in 20 years after failed attempts for the 1992 and 2008 Games.

On Friday, the IOC inspectors will dine at the Elysee Palace with President Jacques Chirac. They leave for Moscow on Sunday.

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