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Australian novelist Christos Tsiolkas reflects on how alongside Australia's prosperity and increased affluence lie a range of simmering social issues.
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An overview of the sole French territory in North America
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Louisiana fishermen fear fraudulent claims are being made to BP's compensation fund for victims of the Gulf oil spill.
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John Hantz is soft spoken, meticulously polite and ferociously ambitious. For his latest plan, he has to be. This multi millionaire, financial tycoon wants to turn destitute Detroit into the world's largest urban farm.
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The blog of Mark Mardell, the BBC's correspondent
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About eight people are killed after gunmen attack a hospital in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore.
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Key facts and figures from Brazil, showing wealth and population distribution, as well as its GDP growth.
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The nomination of Elena Kagan to replace the retiring John Paul Stevens on the US Supreme Court means, if she is confirmed, all of the justices will have been at either Harvard or Yale law schools. But why should two educational bodies provide all of the
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A report into a private jet crash in which five people were killed finds a missing rivet may have led to the shutdown of an engine.
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As flights slowly begin to take off again in Europe after days of travel chaos, Matt Frei, presenter of BBC World News America, reflects on the beauty and pain of travel - both by air and by ground.
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Some 90% of gay men in the Asia-Pacific region lose access to HIV/Aids help because of discriminatory laws, a UN-backed report says.
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New rules to allow planes to fly at higher ash densities for a limited time will be introduced at midday on Tuesday, the CAA says.
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Space shuttle Atlantis launches from Florida on what is expected to be its final mission before retirement.
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The fantastical story of JM Barrie's first celebrity cricket team
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Images from the flooding that has submerged parts of the historic Tennessee city of Nashville.
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Linda Pressly journeys from Lima to the Peruvian Amazon to ask if a controversial economic theory can improve the lives of slum-dwellers and indigenous Amazonian Indians alike.
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The ice cap on Uganda's highest peak has split because of global warming, the country's wildlife authority says.
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Hugh Schofield reports on a sex scandal that has been casting a shadow over several of France's top footballers.
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A Taipei-Shanghai flight makes an emergency landing after a passenger jokingly claims he has a bomb on board, officials say.
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A court convicts 26 men accused of working for Hezbollah of planning terrorist attacks on ships and tourist sites.
