These Xhosa boys are taking their first steps as men. They’ve just been circumcised in a traditional ceremony that has been taking place in South Africa for centuries. Deep in contemplation, not allowed to speak to outsiders, they use their recovery time to listen to their elders.
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According to activists, drainage trenches dug by flower farmers, which siphon away the lake’s fresh water for irrigation is causing the problem. There are dozens of farms around the shore, growing roses and other flowers sold across the world. But the farmers say the lake's problems have more to...
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Washington agreed to pay into a global fund to help poorer and more vulnerable countries deal with the consequences of global warming. The pledge briefly lightened the mood, before talks on curbing carbon emissions hit new sticking points.
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Not everyone will be partying over the Christmas period. Unemployment is still extremely high, power cuts are common and the average wage is still below 200 dollars a month. But at least the lights in the city will bring some festive cheer to a nation that has its fair share of suffering in the ...
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It’s a rite of passage for South Africa's Xhosa tribe. To become a man, boys must be circumcised. But the ritual can be deadly when carried out by untrained surgeons. Dozens of boys have died this year and hundreds now have mutilated genitalia.
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A court in Germany has rejected calls to abort the war crimes trial of a former Nazi guard accused of being an accomplice to the murder of 28,000 Jews during World War II. He was wheeled into the court - his eyes closed and mouth open - but despite court doctors saying he had a number of health p...
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The outcome rests with the 130 heads of state now assembled in Copenhagen. The hope, that they can finally pull together and reach an eleventh hour deal. Obama, whose presence here was intended to provide the momentum to propel the deal over the finishing line, had pleaded for unity while acknow...
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The ruling capped a three-year-old case brought by one of France’s biggest publishing houses, Le Seuil, which claimed that thousands of its works had been digitised by Google without consent. The Paris tribunal ruled that by scanning entire books or excerpts and putting them on line, "Google has...
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Lake Naivasha is home to a diverse range of wildlife, but water levels have been dropping for years. It’s one of the most important freshwater lakes in the Great Rift Valley — and it's drying up fast. Those who make their living from the lake are struggling to keep up. This jetty has to be...
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World leaders on Friday mounted a desperate bid to save a pact to roll back climate change, eyeing a consensus-driven outcome with few specifics that many admitted would fell short of what was needed. Addressing delegates in Copenhagen, EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said the negoti...
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