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Weekly News Roundup: 18-25 May 2014

Politics Russia And China Strike Multi-Billion Gas Deal This week Gazprom signed a deal with China, which will see the company sell 38 billion cubic meters of gas to the energy-devouring Asian powerhouse. Although details have ...

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A Crack In The Wall: North Korea’s Educational Paradox

In North Korea, children do not grow up playing tag. Instead, a favourite playground game is pointing toy guns at the heads of American soldiers in military games at school. The posters issued by the party propaganda machine li...

by Jenny Morton

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India bans BBC documentary in attempt to sweep the rape crisis under the rug

Indian authorities have made the decision to ban the screening of BBC documentary, ‘India’s Daughter’, which was due to be broadcast on 8th March, International Women’s Day. The documentary recounts the ...

by Priyanka Mogul

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Palestinian Supporters And Their Concern Regarding The BBC

Since the kidnapping and subsequent killing of three teenage Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank on 12 June, the Israeli Army have launched a mass, indiscriminate campaign of abductions, home invasions, shellings and aer...

by Nuzhat Fatima

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Detail of BBC Future’s graphic (screen shot of Tomorrow’s World by Information is Beautiful Studio/ via BBC Future)

Take a Peek at the Next 150 Years

With the start of the New Year, organizations often take the opportunity to publish outlooks on the upcoming year. Some take this very seriously and predict tech inventions even further into the future. BBC Future has released ...

by Urban Times

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Weekly News Roundup: 18-25 May 2014

A Crack In The Wall: North Korea’s Educational Paradox

India bans BBC documentary in attempt to sweep the rape crisis under the rug

Palestinian Supporters And Their Concern Regarding The BBC

Take a Peek at the Next 150 Years

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