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Monitoring microblogs

If you write something politically sensitive on China's microblogs, or Weibo, how quickly might it be deleted? Researchers in the United States have been looking into the issue and found some surprising results...
Feb 04,2014

Chavez's body to be preserved and displayed

The body of President Hugo Chavez is to go on permanent display in a military museum in Venezuela, like many socialist leaders before him...
Feb 04,2014

Wikileaks soldier reveals why he shared secrets

The US soldier accused of giving large numbers of secret documents to Wikileaks has admitted he is guilty to 10 of the 22 charges against him. But he denied a more serious charge of aiding the enemy...
Feb 04,2014

Hotel living

A Hong Kong hotel has sold individual rooms to be used as homes. It's one of the ways residents are trying to cope with soaring housing prices, which are among the highest in the world...
Feb 04,2014

UN rejects claims from cholera victims

The United Nations has formally rejected damage claims from lawyers working on behalf of the victims of the cholera epidemic in Haiti. UN peacekeepers have been accused of introducing the disease to the country, which has infected more than 600,000 people and killed around 8,000 since 2010...
Feb 04,2014

Sri Lankan religious tensions

A new Sinhalese Buddhist group in Sri Lanka has called for the abolition of Muslim laws about how certain foods should be prepared. This comes at a time of rising religious tension in the country...
Feb 04,2014

Meteor hits Russia

More than 400 people have been injured in Russia by an explosion caused by what seems to have been a meteor...
Feb 04,2014

Justin Welby will be the 105th Archbishop of Canterbury

The former Bishop of Durham, Justin Welby, will become the 105th Archbishop of Canterbury at a service at St Paul's Cathedral in London today, legally confirming his selection last year...
Feb 04,2014

What does Europe want from Obama?

According to one survey, 75% of Europeans would have voted for President Obama if they could, compared to only 8% who would have chosen the Republican Mitt Romney. But what does Europe want from Obama's second term?..
Feb 04,2014

Half of all food wasted

Up to half of the world's food is wasted due to inefficient production in poorer countries and over-fussy consumers in the rich world, says a new report from the UK-based Institution of Mechanical Engineers...
Feb 04,2014