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Daily News Roundup – 5 November 2012

  Asia Pakistani parents kill daughter with acid for looking at a boy A couple were been arrested in Pakistani-administered Kashmir last week, on suspicion of killing their 15-year old daughter with acid.  They have said they...
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Human Rights

WATCH: The NO Project

“Now You Know” is the latest film for the NO Project, an initiative that taps the artistic skills of young people to raise awareness about human trafficking, with the goal of changing the behaviour that supports it. The fi...
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Daily News Roundup – 7 January 2013

  Asia Chinese newspaper journalists in rare strike Journalists at a major Chinese paper, the Southern Weekly, have gone on strike in a rare protest against censorship.  The row was sparked last week when the paper’s Ne...
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Daily News Roundup – 26 November 2012

  Africa Eleven dead in suicide bombing at Nigerian barracks church as gunmen attack police HQ Suicide bombers have attacked a church inside a military barracks in Kaduna state in northern Nigeria, killing 11 people and injuri...
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Religion

Radical or Conservative: Pope Francis and the future of the Catholic Church

On the rare occasion of a newly-anointed Pope, it seems appropriate to take a look at where the Catholic Church is today, and what steps Pope Francis could take to make it a more effective force for good in the world. What are ...
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Daily News Roundup – 11 December 2012

  Africa Mali Prime Minister resigns after army arrest Cheick Modibo Diarra, the prime minister of Mali, has resigned on state television hours after being arrested by soldiers who were behind a military coup in March.  Mr Di...
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Daily News Roundup – 30 July 2012

  Europe Spanish recession deepens, but borrowing costs fall  Official figures show a contraction of 0.4% inSpain’s GDP for the second quarter of the year.  This shows the country’s recession deepening as it follows ...
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Daily News Roundup – 25 June 2012

Europe Spain formally requests bailout Spanish Economy Minister Luis de Guindos has asked for up to €100 billion in rescue loans to recapitalise its banking sector today as the euro and stock markets fell amid investor scepti...
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Asia

WATCH: China’s Booming Appetite for Ivory, and What it Means for the Elephant

After hearing that last year alone, more than 12% of the world’s elephants were killed for their tusks, a team from National Geographic decided to make a special on the threats to the world’s largest land animal. Why is the...
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