VIDEO: Africa Beats: Afrikaans rapper Jaak
Thu, 23 May 2013 23:37:57 GMT
The Afrikaans rapper, Jaak, uses hip-hop to raise the consciousness of his people, whom he calls the ''brown'' underclass of Paarl in South Africa.
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VIDEO: First halal food fair for Sarajevo
Fri, 24 May 2013 16:01:50 GMT
Food lovers and businessmen attend Sarajevo's first ever halal food fair, set up in response to a rise in demand for halal food products in the wider Balkans region and beyond in recent years.
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VIDEO: One-minute World News
Fri, 24 May 2013 18:29:19 GMT
Watch the latest news summary from BBC World News. International news updated 24 hours a day.
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VIDEO: The Queen and her passion for horses
Fri, 24 May 2013 23:05:20 GMT
A one-off BBC documentary presented by Clare Balding charts the Queen's enduring relationship with horses and an astonishing 65-year career as one of Britain's leading breeders.
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VIDEO: Black bear roams Los Angeles suburb
Thu, 23 May 2013 14:51:31 GMT
Aerial footage shot by Los Angeles police shows a black bear on the loose in a Los Angeles suburb before it was caught by wildlife officials.
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VIDEO: King wins first female Gershwin prize
Thu, 23 May 2013 09:37:47 GMT
Singer-songwriter Carole King has become the first female to win the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song.
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VIDEO: Openly gay US Boy Scouts allowed
Fri, 24 May 2013 08:53:09 GMT
The Boy Scouts of America organisation has voted to welcome openly gay scouts from January 2014, but a ban on openly gay adult scout leaders will remain in place.
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Germany reports sluggish growth
Fri, 24 May 2013 08:53:22 GMT
Germany's economy barely grew in the first quarter of the year, figures show, as private consumption helped offset shrinking exports and investment.
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News Corp to split in two on 28 June
Fri, 24 May 2013 15:21:38 GMT
News Corp announces it will officially split its publishing and entertainment businesses on 28 June, two years after the UK phone-hacking scandal involving the News of the World.
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Faltering Facebook phone is delayed
Fri, 24 May 2013 11:46:41 GMT
Social networking giant postpones the launch of its "Facebook phone" after negative feedback and disappointing sales.
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Amazon reveals fan fiction platform
Fri, 24 May 2013 11:41:33 GMT
Fan fiction authors will be able to publish and sell some titles in the US via new e-book platform Kindle Worlds.
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British hopefuls up for US TV awards
Fri, 24 May 2013 09:34:02 GMT
Damian Lewis and Sienna Miller are among the British stars nominated for the annual US Critics' Choice Awards.
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Thousands at author Achebe's funeral
Thu, 23 May 2013 21:32:27 GMT
Thousands of mourners attend the funeral of renowned Nigerian author Chinua Achebe in his home town of Ogidi in Anambra state.
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Cockroaches evolving to evade traps
Fri, 24 May 2013 00:18:40 GMT
Cockroaches are outsmarting our efforts to kill them by evolving to avoid the taste of sugar traps, a study reveals.
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Genetics of white tigers pinpointed
Thu, 23 May 2013 16:23:12 GMT
Chinese scientists trace the rare white colouration in Bengal tigers to a single change in a gene that affects a host of animals, including humans.
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