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Turkey hosts Internet forum despite 'abysmal' online record

Turkey on Tuesday began hosting a major UN-backed forum on Internet governance aimed at promoting online use and cutting cyber crime, despite criticism over its "abysmal" record as an offender on limiting Internet rights. Duration: 01:11 Sep 3, 2014
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At least half a million displaced by Ukraine conflict: UN

Fighting in Ukraine has driven over half a million people from their homes, the UN refugee agency said Tuesday, warning that the real number could be double that, in a crisis threatening the entire region. Duration: 00:55 Sep 3, 2014
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New round of Mali peace talks opens in Algiers

Peace talks between the Malian government and armed rebels opened on Monday in the Algerian capital, the second round of negotiations since July aimed at clinching a lasting peace agreement. Duration: 01:20 Sep 3, 2014
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Italian FM: Russia is no longer a 'strategic partner' for EU

Russia was also no longer a "strategic partner" for the European Union, said Federica Mogherini, the Italian foreign minister, as she took questions from members of the European parliament following her nomination to the EU post. Duration: 00:46 Sep 3, 2014
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British activist faces trial in Thailand for defamation

The defamation trial of a British activist begins after he co-authored a report alleging widespread labour abuses in Thailand's food industry, a prime supplier of cheap foodstuffs to Western supermarkets. Duration: 00:36 Sep 3, 2014
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Football stars gather for Papal charity match

International football sensations such as Alessandro Del Piero, Samuel Eto'o and Sulley Muntari take to the pitch in Rome for a charitable "peace match" organised by former Argentina star Javier Zanetti and Pope Francis. Duration: 00:38 Sep 2, 2014
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Ebola-denial a revolt against colonial mindset: expert

A leading social anthropologist who spent a month among communities in the epicentre of the Ebola outbreak claims that "Ebola-denial" -- one of the more bizarre features of the deadly epidemic -- is perhaps not all that it seems. Duration: 00:59 Sep 2, 2014
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