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From Our Own Correspondent: Lesotho's 'Green Drought'
Starving in slow motion as southeast Africa's crops shrivel
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The Inquiry: Can the EU Survive?
Aristotle Kallis says the EU has no future without the people’s trust
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From Our Own Correspondent: A Ghost of Saudi's Future?
Stephen Sackur ponders the aims (and reality) of the vast KAEC project in Saudi Arabia
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The Inquiry: Why Do So Many People Dislike Hillary?
Seasoned political observer Mark Halperin on Hillary Clinton's likeability deficit
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More or Less: When Companies Track Your Life
How are companies using our personal data?
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³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Trending: Tipsters on Trial
We investigate the social media betting tipsters who make money when you lose.
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Where the Castoffs Go
The business of recycling and why the rich world buys so much stuff
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The Inquiry: Are We Really About To End World Poverty?
Helen Clark, head of the UNDP, explains the global poverty target.
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The Why Factor: Copying Art
Mike Williams asks why people copy famous works of art and who buys them.
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Why are People Putting their Names in Brackets on Twitter?
A campaign led by anti-Semitic trolls has sparked a backlash online
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From Our Own Correspondent: Finland's Reactor Blues
David Shukman goes inside the site of the vast French-designed Olkiluoto reactor
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The Inquiry: Why Can’t Egypt Stop FGM?
Dalia abd El-Hameed says Egypt needs a sexual revolution if it’s to end FGM
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More or Less: HIV in Africa
Are 74% of African girls aged 15-24 HIV positive?
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³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Trending: Try Beating Me Lightly
Pakistani women have reacted to a suggestion that men can beat their wives 'lightly'
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From Our Own Correspondent: Departed Friends
Jeremy Bowen reflects on war reporting and remembers three friends killed 16 years ago
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The Inquiry: Are we Fighting Cancer the Right Way?
The World Health Organisation says cancer rates around the world are rising fast
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The Why Factor: Thin
Life as a model eating three apples a day
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³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Trending: The Movies Hidden in Wikipedia
Why Bangladeshi pirates are hiding Hollywood films in the internet’s encyclopaedia.
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From Our Own Correspondent: Hiroshima's Paper Cranes
Juliet Rix reflects on the legacy of the A-bomb for the city - and for America and Japan
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The Inquiry: Would A New International Convention Help Refugees?
Luara Ferracioli explains the best way to deal with the refugees crisis
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More or Less: The World's Most Profitable Product
Is the iPhone the most profitable product in history? What are the other contenders?
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³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Trending: Blessers’ - South Africa’s Sugar Daddy Problem
The online backlash against relationships based on money and gifts
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From Our Own Correspondent: Breaking the Mould in Albania
Andrew Hosken considers Albania's past, present and future - and its once-feared Segurimi
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The Inquiry: Can Virtual Reality Help Treat PTSD?
Psychologist Skip Rizzo uses virtual worlds to help soldiers talk about their experiences
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The Why Factor: Time Perception
Mike Williams asks why we perceive time differently in different circumstances
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³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Trending: Does Airbnb Have a Race Problem?
Twitter users have accused some hosts of rejecting their bookings because they are black
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From Our Own Correspondent: Tunisia's Sad Fishmongers
In Tunis Central Market, fish stalls can reveal much of the country's frustrated hopes
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The Inquiry: What's Killing White American Women?
Addiction expert Dr Andrew Kolodny on the US's prescription painkiller epidemic
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More or Less: Leicester City football fluke?
The statistics behind the English Premier League’s surprise winners
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³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Trending: Disabled 'Promposals'
Viral videos of disabled students being asked to prom - inspirational or insulting?