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VIDEO: Serbia's Gay Pride march returns

Sun, 2014-09-28 18:54
A Gay Pride march has taken place in the Serbian capital Belgrade for the first time in four years, as Guy Delauney reports.
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VIDEO: Modi wows Madison Square Garden

Sun, 2014-09-28 17:52
Thousands of Indian-Americans heard Indian PM Narendra Modi speak on Sunday at Madison Square Garden in New York; he meets President Obama on Monday.
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VIDEO: Lenin statue torn down in Kharkiv

Sun, 2014-09-28 16:40
Nationalists tear down a statue of Lenin in the centre of Ukraine's second-largest city, Kharkiv, in a move supported by officials.
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VIDEO: 'Underestimated' - Obama on IS rise

Sun, 2014-09-28 16:33
President Obama says American intelligence underestimated the growing strength of Islamic State militants occupying large parts of Syria and Iraq.
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VIDEO: Tear gas used at HK protest

Sun, 2014-09-28 14:40
Hong Kong police have used tear gas to disperse thousands of pro-democracy protesters near the government complex, after a week of escalating tensions.
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VIDEO: Mr and Mrs Clooney step out in Venice

Sun, 2014-09-28 06:44
Hollywood actor George Clooney has shown off his wife, Amal Alamuddin, the day after the couple married in Venice.
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VIDEO: Lavrov attacks US 'military interference'

Sun, 2014-09-28 01:40
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has used his speech at the United Nations General Assembly to attack America's 'military interference' in the world.
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VIDEO: Thirty feared dead on Japan volcano

Sat, 2014-09-27 23:55
Thirty hikers found near the peak of Mount Ontake are feared dead after being found unresponsive, rescuers say.
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VIDEO: Mariam Ibrahim: 'Jail was a test'

Sat, 2014-09-27 23:54
Mariam Ibrahim, who was sentenced to death in Sudan for refusing to renounce her Christian faith, tells the BBC's Tom Esslemont she believes her time in prison was ''a test''.
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VIDEO: Dementia friendly design

Sat, 2014-09-27 00:42
Well designed surroundings can make a big difference to the lives of people with dementia, so one school teaches simple techniques to make homes dementia friendly.
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VIDEO: 'I cried so much when I married at 13'

Sat, 2014-09-27 00:06
The BBC's Shumaila Jaffery reports from a remote village in Pakistan to speak to one woman who was told she had to marry her cousin at the age of 13.
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VIDEO: Burst water main floods Sunset Strip

Fri, 2014-09-26 18:27
Hollywood's Sunset Boulevard has been flooded after a water main burst on Friday.
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VIDEO: Why Belgium has seven parliaments

Fri, 2014-09-26 16:24
The BBC's Chris Morris takes a look around Belgium's seven devolved parliaments.
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VIDEO: US prepares for ‘rock star’ Modi

Fri, 2014-09-26 15:51
World leaders have descended on New York for the United Nations General Assembly, but few are getting the treatment India's PM Narendra Modi is set to receive.
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VIDEO: The $1.5m 'Modi Show' lands in US

Fri, 2014-09-26 14:59
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to begin an official visit to the US to boost bilateral trade and court the investment of US firms.
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VIDEO: Hero's welcome for unwanted widows

Fri, 2014-09-26 13:21
A group of Indian widows who were thrown out by their families after their husbands died return to their home city of Calcutta to raise awareness.
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VIDEO: Fired US worker beheads colleague

Fri, 2014-09-26 12:34
Oklahoma police say a US man who is suspected of beheading a female colleague and wounding one other after being sacked is in hospital after being shot.
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VIDEO: Watching fight against IS from Turkey

Fri, 2014-09-26 07:57
The view from on top of a hill from the Turkish border village of Karaca overlooking Syria shows just how close the country is to the frontline of IS.
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VIDEO: Where is North Korea's Kim Jong-un?

Fri, 2014-09-26 05:46
Kim Jong-un the supreme leader of North Korea failed to show up at a meeting of parliament.
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VIDEO: Why 50 people died in China clashes

Fri, 2014-09-26 03:07
Fifty people died in violence on Sunday in Xinjiang, Chinese state media said, in what police called a "serious terrorist attack".
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