Friday, December 05, 2008

  • Napoleon
    Napoleon: a man of letters
    ”L’Aigle et la Plume”, an exhibit at the Invalides Museum in Paris presents 500 different documents written or dictated by Napoleo Bonaparte, the enigmatic French Emperor. The collection is unprecedented in its depth and breadth.
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  • Saudi Arabia
    Women, art and revolution in Saudi Arabia
    It’s in this part of capital city Riyadh that photographer Madeha began showing her work. Four years ago Saudi women began to have the right to practice photography and to open up their own professional studios. A small revolution.
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  • FRANCE - SOCIETY
    Charity restaurants full as never before
    In 1985, French comedian Coluche created the charity 'Restaurants du Coeur' ('Restaurant of Hearts') to give meals to those who could not feed themselves properly. After 23 years, one in 100 French people still get their food from the charity.
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  • ITALY
    Italian industry not ready for the green revolution
    Silvio Berlusconi's government may veto Sarkozy's plan to reduce gas emissions by 20 per cent by 2020. To them, the reform is just too costly and would force them to relocate to Asia.
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  • INDIA - AIDS
    Kallupatti, an orphan refuge for HIV-positive children
    So far, AIDS has orphaned 2 million children in India. Kallupatti is an orphan village in South India. In this protective environment, HIV-positive children go to school and openly speak about their illness without any discrimination.
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  • SENEGAL - AIDS
    Taboos and conservative values hinder efforts to fight AIDS
    In Senegal, young people aged 15 to 24 account for 45% of new HIV-infections. A trend that may be hard to break unless more information about how the virus is spread is made available, difficult in a society where the subject remains taboo.
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  • PAKISTAN
    Islamabad struggles to reform intelligence agency
    The Pakistani government is determined to reform the ISI, its powerful intelligence agency, accused of complicity with the Taliban. Our reporters met General Hamid Gul, the agency's boss between 1987 and 1989.
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