Category: World
Aid agencies warn of huge crisis at South Sudan camps
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Sunday 08 April 2012
This old watering hole in the Jamam refugee camp in South Sudan hasn't had water for months. But the women and children here know there is some deep underground. So they dig, scoop up the mud, and are…
Beauty under curfew in Tunis
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Saturday 14 May 2011
A nightly curfew has been in place in Tunis in the last week or so. This means that trips to hair salons and spas for regular beauty treatments must be hurried or cut short to ensure women get home in…
Madeleine McCann’s parents demand review of her case
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Thursday 12 May 2011
Kate and Gerry McCann, the parents of missing Madeleine McCann, held a press conference for the launch of the book 'Madeleine' in London on May 12, 2011. The occasion was their daughter's eighth birthday.…
Thai ‘cyber scouts’ patrol web for royal insults
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Thursday 12 May 2011
Jubilation and adoration as Thailand's King celebrated 60 years on the throne in 2006. No one can dispute the genuine reverence many Thais feel for their now ailing sovereign – but some feel protection…
Tango fever sweeps South Korea
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Wednesday 11 May 2011
They come from Hong Kong, Australia, Japan, Singapore, China, Canada, and Argentina of course... to dance … the tango … in South Korea. The 3rd Seoul Tango Festival kicked up some serious 3 inch heels…
Europe news summary April 29 1011
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Friday 29 April 2011
What else was happening in Europe on the day that Prince William and Kate Middleton married in London in a glittering display of pageantry, kissing tenderly in front of a sea of well-wishers and breathing…
Scale of Japan quake-tsunami destruction revealed
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Monday 21 March 2011
Devastation in northeast Japan. The extraordinary scale of the destruction wreaked by Friday’s earthquake and tsunami is becoming clear. The death toll is expected to exceed 10,000 and Prime Minister…
China’s Facebook clones outdo the original
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Tuesday 15 March 2011
Facebook, Twitter - 20 year old Chinese student Li Ying has accounts with both. But she prefers to use China's local social networking sites like Renren, and microblog, Sina Weibo. [Li Ying, student]:…
Nairobi criminals dump old ways and go organic
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Monday 14 March 2011
A new environmental and social initiative in Kenya has former petty criminals running an organic farm. The farm is in a slum area of Nairobi called Kibera and provides residents with fresh vegetables at…
Liberated Cairo launches patriotic clean-up
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Saturday 12 February 2011
After all the turmoil of nearly three weeks of demonstrations, the people of Cairo have taken to the streets again, but this time to clean them up. They want to show the world that theirs was a mature…
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