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VIDEO: Bolivia TV chef: 'Shout about abuse'

Sun, 2014-10-26 08:01
Justa Canaviri is Bolivia's top celebrity chef and one of the country's best-known traditionally dressed "cholitas". Born in La Paz in 1963, she speaks to the BBC for 100 Women.
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VIDEO: Molten lava creeps up on Hawaii homes

Sun, 2014-10-26 04:19
Flowing lava from the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii could soon force dozens of residents in Pahoa to flee their homes.
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VIDEO: Wingsuit jumpers in downhill sky race

Sat, 2014-10-25 19:39
Footage from World Wingsuit League China Grand Prix earlier this month.
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VIDEO: Meeting Afghanistan's 'thin blue line'

Sat, 2014-10-25 16:47
By the end of the year, British forces will have ended combat operations in Afghanistan leaving Afghan security forces to fight the Taliban threat.
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VIDEO: Russia turns back clocks for good

Sat, 2014-10-25 15:48
Russia prepares to turn back the clocks, moving the country on to "permanent winter time" - a move which has divided opinion
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VIDEO: Using Facebook to get a pay rise

Fri, 2014-10-24 16:13
BBC News speaks to the creators of Smarpshare, who want employees to become brand ambassadors for their firms.
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VIDEO: Paris's Picasso museum reopens

Fri, 2014-10-24 16:13
Paris's world-renowned Picasso museum is reopening after being closed for five years.
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VIDEO: One dead in US school shooting

Fri, 2014-10-24 16:01
One person was killed and four others injured after a student opened fire at a school north of Seattle, in the US state of Washington.
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VIDEO: Brazil's 'tightest' presidential vote

Fri, 2014-10-24 11:21
Sunday's presidential run-off vote in Brazil is too close to call and the election battle has centred on the pivotal home state of both candidates, Minas Gerais.
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VIDEO: US air strike 'hits IS command'

Fri, 2014-10-24 10:08
New video footage show a US air strike hitting an Islamic State position on a hill near the embattled Syrian town of Kobane.
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VIDEO: Top EU officials bid farewell

Fri, 2014-10-24 08:51
The presidents of the European Council and European Commission have delivered farewell speeches as they prepare to hand power over to their successors.
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VIDEO: Zambia's five leaders in five decades

Fri, 2014-10-24 03:43
BBC Africa looks back at Zambia's first five decades through its five presidents.
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VIDEO: Fears of IS threat to Ancient Babylon

Fri, 2014-10-24 02:22
There are fears that the ancient site of Babylon in present-day Iraq is threatened with destruction by the militant group calling itself Islamic State.
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VIDEO: WW1: The Famine of Mount Lebanon

Fri, 2014-10-24 00:05
As a proportion of the total population, more people died in Greater Syria than anywhere else in the world during the First World War. In Mount Lebanon a third of the population died of famine and disease.
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VIDEO: Security for polio workers in Pakistan

Thu, 2014-10-23 18:27
The number of cases of polio in Pakistan has topped 200 for the first time in nearly 15 years.
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VIDEO: Exhibition on a changing Afghanistan

Thu, 2014-10-23 16:45
The Imperial War Museum's latest exhibition focuses on Afghanistan as British troops prepare to leave.
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VIDEO: Spirit of revolution simmers in Kiev

Thu, 2014-10-23 16:08
Steve Rosenberg visits Kiev to see how the recent violence in Ukraine has had an impact on who is running for parliament.
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VIDEO: Ebola: Scenes of horror in Liberia

Thu, 2014-10-23 14:36
There have now been more than 4,800 reported deaths from Ebola, with Liberia the worst affected country. Around 50 new cases are being reported every day in the capital Monrovia.
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VIDEO: CCTV of Ottawa shooting suspect

Thu, 2014-10-23 13:28
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) releases video footage of the suspected gunman arriving at the country's parliament building during Wednesday's shooting incident.
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VIDEO: Art on motorbikes in Kampala

Thu, 2014-10-23 12:19
Artists in Uganda are using motorbikes to carry and display street art installations as part of the Kampala Contemporary Art Festival.
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