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VIDEO: Photos from the royal court of Benin

Mon, 2014-10-06 16:17
The secret ceremonies and intimate details of an ancient African empire are revealed in an exhibition of rare photographs in Washington.
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VIDEO: Where Ebola kills day after day

Mon, 2014-10-06 15:05
People with Ebola are being turned away from a medical facility in West Africa as it is full.
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VIDEO: Eiffel Tower gets a glass floor

Mon, 2014-10-06 14:07
A new glass floor has been unveiled at the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
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VIDEO: Victim of 2007 Kenya violence

Mon, 2014-10-06 13:29
Focus on Africa's Dennis Okari has been to meet a woman who suffered horrific injuries in the violence that followed the 2007 elections.
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VIDEO: The hidden art of war underground

Mon, 2014-10-06 09:26
An American photographer has documented the striking works of art left behind by soldiers who spent WWI in underground caverns.
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VIDEO: First US Ebola case 'critical'

Sun, 2014-10-05 20:16
The first person to be diagnosed with Ebola within the US has deteriorated from a serious to a critical condition, doctors in the state of Texas say.
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VIDEO: Pope opens synod on family life

Sun, 2014-10-05 15:31
Roman Catholic Church leaders begin a two-week brainstorming session, on how to better present their teachings on marriage, family life, and sexuality.
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VIDEO: Fierce battle rages for Kobane, Syria

Sun, 2014-10-05 14:31
A fierce battle between Kurds and Islamic State militants is taking place around the Syrian town of Kobane, near the border with Turkey.
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VIDEO: BBC visits Brazil polling station

Sun, 2014-10-05 13:44
More than 142 million Brazilians are voting to choose the country's next president, following a dramatic election campaign.
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VIDEO: BBC crew attacked with tear gas

Sun, 2014-10-05 11:43
Turkish police have fired two tear gas canisters at a vehicle carrying a BBC reporting team as it was leaving the border area near Kobane.
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VIDEO: Man rescued from bubble in Atlantic

Sun, 2014-10-05 11:26
An attempt by an Iranian exile to travel more than 1,000 miles (1,600km) from Florida to Bermuda in a giant inflatable ball has ended in failure.
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VIDEO: New Mexico skies filled with balloons

Sun, 2014-10-05 08:39
Hundreds of hot air balloons took to the skies above New Mexico on Saturday at the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta.
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VIDEO: IS battles for control of Kobane

Sun, 2014-10-05 06:42
Clashes between Islamic State militants and Kurdish forces over the besieged Syrian town of Kobane are continuing.
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VIDEO: Somali town captured from al-Shabab

Sun, 2014-10-05 06:18
A key stronghold of al-Shabab Islamists has been captured by Somali government troops backed by African Union forces, local officials say.
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VIDEO: Mexico student hunt finds mass grave

Sun, 2014-10-05 06:02
A mass grave is found on the outskirts of the Mexican town of Iguala, where 43 students went missing on 27 September.
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VIDEO: Bianchi 'severely' hurt in F1 crash

Sun, 2014-10-05 05:40
Formula 1 Marussia driver Jules Bianchi suffers a "severe" head injury in a crash at the Japanese Grand Prix.
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VIDEO: Anger as Mexico unearths mass grave

Sun, 2014-10-05 00:35
A mass grave is found on the outskirts the Mexican town of Iguala, where 43 students went missing on 27 September.
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VIDEO: Brutal 'trash bucket challenges' spread

Sat, 2014-10-04 21:38
As Ukraine prepares for parliamentary elections at the end of the month, a series of what are being called "trash bucket challenges" are spreading across the country.
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VIDEO: IS intensifies siege of Kobane, Syria

Sat, 2014-10-04 14:27
Islamic State militants have intensified attacks on the town of Kobane, near Syria's border with Turkey, from where thousands of Syrian Kurds have fled.
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VIDEO: Kayakers rescued from 'shark attack'

Sat, 2014-10-04 11:01
Two kayakers have been rescued in California after they said they had been attacked by a great white shark.
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