AIDS has now killed 25 million people around the world but the number of new infections is slowing sharply, the UN said in its annual report on the crisis. Almost 60 million people have been infected by the HIV virus since it was first recorded but prevention programmes are having a significant ...
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President Barack Obama vowed Tuesday to finish the job in Afghanistan and promised to unveil a decision soon on sending tens of thousands more US troops to battle Al-Qaeda and the Taliban. Duration: 00:36
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Not far from Caracas, there is a small town that feels oceans and decades away from the Venezuelan capital. Colonia Tovar, founded in 1843, boasts 19th century German architecture, and the people living here maintain traditions to match. Venezuelan tourists come looking for some fresh air, and a...
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The annual hajj pilgrimage to Mecca is underway. It’s a must for Muslims around the world and more than 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 ...
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The presence of green algae on the coast of Brittany is more than an eyesore — gasses given off by the algae are harmful, and have already claimed the life of a horse. The problem is thought to be caused by nitrates in the sea, the byproducts of intensive agriculture. It’s sparked a fierce...
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A floating hospital for the poor is sailing the Amazon, taking much-needed health services to populations who are still very isolated from the rest of the vast country. Duration: 01:52
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French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner on Tuesday praised Sudanese activist-journalist Lubna Ahmed Hussein for her courage in fighting a Khartoum law punishing women who wear trousers. Duration: 01:02
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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Monday urged his visiting Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to find a just solution with the West to Tehran’s contested nuclear program. Lula, speaking in a joint media conference with Ahmadinejad, reiterated that Brazil backed Iran's declar...
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Gypsies, or Rom, have lived in the Middle East for centuries and until the fall of Saddam Hussein, played an important, if marginal, role in the local culture. But since the war in 2003 and the subsequent rise of religious extremism, they have been pushed even further into poverty and exclusion....
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Two Congolese militiamen, Germain Katanga, 31, and Mathieu Ngudjolo, 39, pleaded not guilty as they were accused in The Hague on Tuesday of plotting to wipe out a village where their forces killed civilians, raped women and enslaved child soldiers. Duration: 00:44
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Scientists operating the world’s biggest ‘‘Big Bang Machine’‘ have smashed together proton beams for the first time. The collisions in the Large Hadron Collider housed in a 27-kilometre tunnel under the French-Swiss border came sooner than expected and engineers described the step as a ‘great ach...
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The scooter has long been the runaround of choice for many a city dweller. But the squat, retro style of the Honda series of minibikes, known in Europe as the Dax, is coming back into fashion. Duration: 01:59.
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