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Neither of us have given birth, in fact, we met, whilst filming a documentary on Furkids (child substitutes), so the question surrounding child immunisation has never really affected us.
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In this week's totally non-essential news, Vogue Magazine's Andre Leon Talley recently did a video interview with Quvanzhane Wallis for the magazine. Actually I should say formerly of Vogue Magazine. It was revealed today in news reports that, after 30 years, Talley has left the magazine as contributing editor and it's because of his new TV ventures, including hosting a late night TV talk show in the works which Tambay reported about HERE Turns out that Vogue chief Anna Wintour absolutely hates television feeling that any connection with Vogue and TV "cheapens' the Vogue brand. In fact, it's well known that, a few years ago Wintour passed on an offer to...
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A Bright Yellow Future for Girls in Ethiopia By Lynne Featherstone UK Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development Today I met a future doctor, accountant and engineer. They were all 13 year old girls. The aspirations of th...
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The framed hominid fossil "Lucy" appeared at the Ethiopian Natural History Museum. AP Famous fossil Lucy makes a final stop at Bowers Lucy's ancient skeletal remains, an important scientific find, will return to Ethiopia after April 28. You may...
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As sanctions against Harare come under review, MPs call for a FTSE 100 company to be investigation for its involvement in the strife-torn Marange diamond region
Back in late October 2008, up to 30,000 ordinary Zimbabweans had spread across the country's diamond fields. They had flocked east in the hope of unearthing gems to ease the hardship of the financial crisis - but however savage the economy might have felt at the time, their situation was about to become more brutal.
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In 2003, Andrew Rugasira had a vision of empowering farmers in his native Uganda by enabling them to produce and sell coffee direct to British supermarkets. So has his idea worked?
How can you tell when a story has ended? If it is an African story, such as the one Andrew Rugasira has to tell, closure is never likely to be satisfying or clear cut. Beginnings are more straightforward.
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The tug of war still goes on We say - We have 7 out of 10 of the world's fastest growing economies (2011-2015) :) just my two cents. Feel free to add yours!
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In a village in India's poorest state, Bihar, farmers are growing world record amounts of rice - with no GM, and no herbicide. Is this one solution to world food shortages?
Sumant Kumar was overjoyed when he harvested his rice last year. There had been good rains in his village of Darveshpura in north-east India and he knew he could improve on the four or five tonnes per hectare that he usually managed. But every stalk he cut on his paddy field near the bank of the Sakri river seemed to weigh heavier than usual, every grain of rice was bigger and when his crop was weighed on the old village scales, even Kumar was shocked.
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Following a lengthy festive hiatus (after all, even zombies need time to celebrate Christmas and recharge their batteries), AMC's The Walking Dead finally returns after the jaw-dropping mid-season finale that reunited two of its most iconic, estranged characters in a rather unexpected turn of events.
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Chancellor reaffirms promise on aid and pledges to join forces with the developing world to help beat 'corporate cheats'
The chancellor George Osborne has pledged to join forces with the developing world to crack down on multinationals avoiding tax in some of the world's poorest countries.
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This show is made up entirely of amateur images. We've seen time and time again how images captured by ordinary citizens then uploaded onto the Web can change history, or at least shift the balance of power. This week, we take a look back at some of those moments.
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