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Nobel prize winner Satyarthi urges action over child slavery

Indian children's rights activist and 2014 Nobel peace prize joint winner Kailash Satyarthi speaks at the Trust Women conference in London, organised by the Thomson Reuters Foundation. Duration: 01:05

Nov 20, 2014

Suicide car bomb targets foreigners' compound in Kabul

A Taliban suicide car bomb exploded on Wednesday close to a compound that houses many international contractors, officials said, the latest in a series of explosions to rock the Afghan capital in recent days. Duration: 00:46

Nov 20, 2014

Venezuela groups raise awareness on teen pregnancy

Shop window mannequins dressed up as pregnant school girls form the shock effect of a Venezuelan campaign to raise awareness of teenage pregnancy in a country where over a fifth of babies are born to mothers under 19. Duration: 01:14

Nov 20, 2014

Britain holds its first exhibition on the study of sex

Scientific discovery mingles with stimulation in Britain's first exhibition about the study of sex, with pioneering sex aids, ancient phallic charms and even a chair credited with inducing orgasms. Duration: 00:49

Nov 20, 2014

Students rally in London against tuition fee increases

Several thousand students take to the streets of central London to protest against tuition fee increases and education budget cuts. Duration: 00:44

Nov 20, 2014

Accidents ignite debate on US commercial space travel

Serious accidents with two US commercial spacecraft within a week of each-other in October have re-ignited the debate over the place of private corporations in the exploration of space. Duration: 02:08

Nov 20, 2014

Madrid hosts 14th World Congress on Humanoid Robots

14th World Congress on humanoid robots in full swing under the theme "Humans and robots face-to-face" Duration: 01:08

Nov 20, 2014

US returns looted artifacts to Thailand

The United States has returns over 500 vases, bowls, axes, and other ancient artifacts mostly from the Ban Chiang archaeological site which were illegally looted from Thailand decades ago. Duration: 01:13

Nov 20, 2014

German FM warns against giving up on Ukraine truce

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, fresh from a tense mission to Ukraine and Russia, says he had not given up on a tattered truce agreement between the sides. Duration: 00:34

Nov 20, 2014

Rival Libyan Dawn, Zintan militias clash near capital

Clashes between rival Libyan Dawn fighters and fighters of militias in Zintan continued on Tuesday in Kikla, approximately 150 kilometres south-west of the country's capital Tripoli. Duration: 00:24

Nov 20, 2014

Terror expert says second Frenchman in IS video 'dangerous'

A second Frenchman who appeared among IS jihadists in a grisly execution video has been identified as a man from an eastern suburb of Paris. An AFPTV interview with French terrorism expert Jean-Charles Brisard who said the man had been radicalised over the internet.

Nov 20, 2014