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Nigeria's Goodluck Jonathan announces bid for second term

Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday finally declared his bid for re-election after weeks of build-up, vowing to end the Boko Haram insurgency and build a more prosperous nation. Duration: 00:42

Nov 12, 2014

Documents from crashed MH17 flight handed to investigators

Dutch experts and OSCE representatives visit the crash site of flight MH17 in east Ukraine where locals hand over documents thought to belong to passengers collected around the site. Duration: 00:54

Nov 12, 2014

Final poppy planted at Tower of London WWI memorial

The last ceramic poppy of 888,246 -- one for every British soldier who died in World War One -- was planted at the Tower of London on Tuesday as part of a unique installation commemorating 100 years since the start of The Great War. Duration: 01:39

Nov 12, 2014

President of Senegal in Burkina Faso to help transition

The President of Senegal arrived Tuesday in Ouagadougou to help end the crisis in Burkina Faso, where the army must quickly return power to civilians after the fall of the head of state Blaise Compaoré. Duration: 00:43

Nov 12, 2014

Dozens dead after bus crash in southern Pakistan

At least 57 people, including 18 children, were killed when a passenger bus collided head-on with a goods truck on Tuesday in southern Pakistan. Duration: 00:31

Nov 12, 2014

Protesters block Acapulco airport over 43 missing students

Protesters angry at the alleged massacre of 43 Mexican students clashed with police and blocked access to Acapulco's airport Monday in the latest demonstration over a case that has repulsed the nation. Duration: 00:45

Nov 12, 2014

A "French touch" for Virginia vineyards

A growing number of French winemakers are setting up shop in the hills of Virginia, where former president and Francophile Thomas Jefferson struggled to produce grapes two centuries ago. Duration: 02:13

Nov 11, 2014

UN Syria envoy pushes for freeze on fighting in Aleppo

Staffan de Mistura, UN peace envoy for Syria addressed journalists on Tuesday in Damascus as he pushed for a freeze on fighting in Aleppo. Duration: 01:01

Nov 11, 2014

Rural Sierra Leone waits for help as Ebola does its worst

In one of the worst-hit rural corners of Sierra Leone, villagers struggle to contain the Ebola outbreak, patching together isolation centres with branches and bits of cloth. Duration: 01:55

Nov 11, 2014

Hollande presides over WWI commemorations in Paris

French President Francois Hollande presided over the traditional celebrations of Armistice Day on the Champs-Elysees on Tuesday, and laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, beneath the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. Duration: 00:40

Nov 11, 2014

Ebola boosts downloads of British game 'Plague Inc'

The Ebola epidemic has led to a boom in downloads for the online game "Plague Inc", prompting its British developer to launch a charity initiative and offer it as a teaching tool. Duration: 01:35

Nov 11, 2014

Last US Ebola patient cured, released from hospital

The last known Ebola patient in the United States, a New York doctor who contracted the virus while treating infected people in Guinea, was released from the hospital on Tuesday after being declared cured. Duration: 01:09

Nov 11, 2014

Charges dropped in South Africa football captain murder

South African prosecutors on Tuesday withdrew charges against a man arrested for the murder of South Africa's national football captain Senzo Meyiwa. Duration: 01:11

Nov 11, 2014

Funeral held for Israeli woman killed in West Bank knife attack

The funeral was held on Tuesday for a 25 year-old Israeli woman killed when a Palestinian man stabbed her in an attack outside a West Bank settlement that left two others wounded as well. Duration: 00:37

Nov 11, 2014