Politics

Footballer Yaya Tour joins fight against elephant poaching

International football star Yaya Touré and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) unveiled a new alliance to combat the illegal ivory trade that sees thousands of African elephants slaughtered each year. Duration: 01:13

Oct 29, 2013

Naples treasures gathered in unprecedented Rome show

A necklace and mitre studded with precious emeralds and diamonds go on display in Rome as part of an unprecedented exhibition in which the "Treasures of San Gennaro" are shown for the first time outside of Naples. Duration: 00:50

Oct 29, 2013

French justice minister comments on racist remarks

French Justice Minister Christiane Taubira calls racism "a crime" days after being herself targeted by verbal attacks in which she was labelled a "monkey" by a far-right politician and a student. Duration: 00:35

Oct 29, 2013

French neurologist speaks out on World Stroke Day

For World Stroke Day on Tuesday, a French expert talks about the causes of strokes, among the world's top killers, and ways to prevent them. Duration: 01:02

Oct 29, 2013

Brahimi says 'Somalisation' of Syria comment a mistranslation

UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi spoke to press in Syria on Tuesday, addressing criticism of his 'Somalisation' of Syria warning which he says was a mistranslation of his statement to a French website

Oct 29, 2013

China to 'ensure safety of capital' after car blaze

The Chinese government says it will take effective measures to "ensure the safety and stability of the capital" after a car crash on Beijing's Tiananmen Square killed five people

Oct 29, 2013

French jazz singer pays homage to Marilyn Monroe

French jazz singer Anne Ducros highlights the friendship between Marilyn Monroe and Ella Fitzgerald in her new album, focusing on the help Monroe gave Fitzgerald by securing her gigs in a formerly all-white Hollywood club. Duration: 02:02

Oct 29, 2013

New mass graves raise hope for the missing in Bosnia

Forensic experts are analysing bodies that were recently exhumed from a mass grave in Bosnia, in which several hundred Muslim and Croatian victims were buried after being killed during the war in Bosnia during the 1990s. Duration: 02:03

Oct 29, 2013

Bolshoi ballet dancer in court on acid attack charges

Disgraced Bolshoi ballet dancer Pavel Dmitrichenko appears in court on charges of splashing acid in the face of the renowned troupe's artistic director Sergei Filin. Duration: 00:30

Oct 29, 2013

Patel should have been the 1st PM: Narendra Modi Part - 1

Ahmadabad, Oct 29 (ANI): JP's prime ministerial candidate for 2014 polls and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday shared the stage with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Manmohan Singh is attending the inauguration of a museum in Ahmedabad dedicated to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the iconic leader from Gujarat who was India's first Home Minister. Modi thanked the PM, saying, different central ministries have given at least 90 awards to the Gujarat government. He further said that if Vallabhbhai Patel would have been India's first PM then our country's fate would have been different.

Oct 29, 2013

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