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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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50 years ago, Ruby Bridges made history as the first African-American to attend an all-white elementary school in the American South.
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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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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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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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The man accused of attempting to bomb New York's Times Square appears in court for the first time since his arrest.
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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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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 political fallout from the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is already becoming apparent, the BBC's Paul Adams in Louisiana finds.
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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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A court convicts 26 men accused of working for Hezbollah of planning terrorist attacks on ships and tourist sites.
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Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell sees quarterly profits jump by nearly 50% thanks to higher oil prices and expansion in its business.
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Four Palestinians die in a smuggling tunnel under Egypt's border with the Gaza Strip, Palestinian medics say.
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Bangladeshi film industry representatives say they have forced the government to retain a ban on cinemas showing Indian films.
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US Treasury Secretary Geithner calls on the IMF, the EU and the Greek government to act fast to tackle Greece's debt crisis.
