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Holy Crap: How Haiti’s Human Waste is Being Used For the Better

The earthquake of 2010 devastated Haiti – since then it has perpetually struggled to re-build itself and for those that have chosen to keep an eye on this impoverished Island we have seen few success stories. Corruption,...
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Economy
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¡Viva Catalunya!

On Wednesday, the people of Catalonia celebrated their national day. Every year the streets of Barcelona fill with crowds donned in their national flag and colours. They are not only celebrating their culture and history but al...
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The City 2050

As part of the Tomorrow’s Cities season the BBC is looking at how our lives will be changed by technology in the future. Delivery drones, farmscrapers and robo-taxis, is this what our future world looks like? Experts pred...
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Asia
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Healing the Earth

Manila is in a pollution crisis. Currently home to 12 million people it is no surprise that the countries infrastructure is struggling to keep up with the population boom. This dense sprawling urban environment forces much of ...
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Asia
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Agent Orange: Will it Ever End?

Photographer Brian Driscoll’s “Will it Ever End” photo series tells the stories of those still affected by Agent Orange. Used by the U.S. during the Vietnam War with the aim of defoliating the dense jungle...
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Europe
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WATCH: Mama Illegal

Women leaving Moldova and crossing the border into Romania and then on into Western Europe to work illegally has become a mass phenomenon, leaving children without mothers, and husbands without wives. Bordering Romania and the...
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Canada
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WATCH: The race to save the Arctic

Our poles remain the only two parts of our planet unexploited by man, but the growing interest in oil and rich fishing grounds in the Arctic is leading to a free for all as nearby powerful nations scramble to declare the territ...
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Asia
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WATCH: The True Cost of Coal

Jharia lies in India’s eastern state of Jharkhand and is India’s largest coal mining region supplying 67% of India’s electricity. For more than eighty years now fires have been burning underground on its coal ...
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Intrigue And Drama As Malawians Await Election Results

In a bizarre twist for a country in Sub-Saharan Africa, a governing party is accusing an opposition party of having rigged the election. Unofficial results in Malawi’s elections for president, members of parliament and wa...
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