Aid worker snatched by al Qaeda freed
A Spanish aid worker kidnapped by Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) last November in Mauritania has been freed unharmed, but the group continues to hold two other Spanish aid workers. [...more]
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Rocking out with ‘Africa’s best new band’
South Africa has a rich musical heritage, but Johannesburg-based indie rockers BLK JKS are creating a new sound all of their own. [...more]
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Spain’s solar power tower: Future or folly?
Cresting the brow of autovia A-49 in Andalusia, 10 miles outside of Seville, the world’s first commercial solar “power tower” appears on the skyline like a giant obelisk. [...more]
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Dutch bishops launch child abuse investigation
Catholic bishops in the Netherlands have announced an independent investigation into allegations of child abuse by clergy, widening a scandal that already touches countries including the United States, Ireland, Germany and Austria. [...more]
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Russian tycoon wins poison libel case
Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky has won his libel case against a Russian broadcaster in London, his spokeswoman told CNN on Wednesday. [...more]
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Abuse claims hit German Catholic church
Norbert Denef speaks to CNN about the sexual crimes committed against him during his childhood in Germany. [...more]
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Obama meets Greek leader on debt crisis
Global financial reform is expected to top the agenda Tuesday as President Obama huddles with Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, whose country is at the center of Europe’s debt crisis. [...more]
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Inside the cat and dog meat market in China
Dogs bark and whine behind high chain-link fences, some of them gnawing the wire so hard they bleed at the mouths while cats packed into crowded cages cower in fear if anyone approaches. [...more]
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Pacific voyage to highlight plastic trash
Every bit of fully synthetic plastic that’s ever been produced over the past 100 years is somewhere on our planet, a leading environmentalist, David de Rothschild, said Tuesday. [...more]
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India’s upper house passes pro-women bill
India’s upper house of parliament has passed a historic bill aimed at reserving one-third of seats for women in federal and state legislatures. [...more]
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A Spanish aid worker kidnapped by Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) last November in Mauritania has been freed unharmed, but the group continues to hold two other Spanish aid workers.
South Africa has a rich musical heritage, but Johannesburg-based indie rockers BLK JKS are creating a new sound all of their own.
Norbert Denef speaks to CNN about the sexual crimes committed against him during his childhood in Germany.
Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky has won his libel case against a Russian broadcaster in London, his spokeswoman told CNN on Wednesday.
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