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Kinshasa Kids thrills home crowd

[2015-12-08 07:48]

As the images fade on the crumpled sheet doubling as a movie screen, 400 exuberant teenagers clap hands to the beat of the closing number of Kinshasa Kids, the award-winning movie finally come home.

Scottish scientist sought for plastic bank note

[2015-12-08 07:48]

James Watt or Alexander Graham Bell? The Royal Bank of Scotland is asking the public to choose a Scottish scientist or other innovator to feature on its first plastic 10 pound note.

Traffickers use soccer to trick boys

[2015-12-08 07:48]

On the pitches of ramshackle soccer academies across West Africa, teenage boys chase one another in pursuit of the ball, the chance to impress, and the prospect of a lucrative contract with one of Europe's top teams.

MP: Aussie youths risking their lives

[2015-12-08 07:48]

A leading Australian senator said Monday the country's young people are playing "Russian roulette" with illegal drugs following a spate of arrests, overdoses and two deaths at a high-profile music festival. Nick Xenophon, a member of Australia's upper house of Parliament, suggested a colonial inquest may shed some light on whether the deaths and overdoses during this year's Stereosonic tour were preventable.

Natural gas deal push angers Israelis

[2015-12-08 07:48]

As Israel prepares to push through a long-delayed landmark natural gas deal, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing a growing backlash by protesters who accuse him of using shady backroom dealings and strong-arm tactics to push through the plan.

Top judge backs plan to limit driving

[2015-12-08 07:48]

India's chief justice has backed a plan to restrict cars on the roads of Delhi, the country's national capital territory, and said he would be prepared to take the bus to work, calling on other judges to join.

First US shipment in months blasts off

[2015-12-08 07:48]

A US shipment of much-needed groceries and other astronaut supplies rocketed toward the International Space Station for the first time in months on Sunday, reigniting NASA's commercial delivery service.

Family urges amnesty as anti-IS Australian arrives home

[2015-12-08 07:48]

An Australian who joined Kurds battling the Islamic State group in Syria arrived home on Monday, as his parents called him "a hero" and pleaded with authorities not to charge him under foreign-fighter laws.

Far-right party surges in first balloting

[2015-12-08 07:48]

France's far-right National Front saw record gains in the first round of regional polls on Sunday, held under a state of emergency just three weeks after extremists killed 130 people in Paris.

Ex-president Carter: Brain cancer is gone

[2015-12-08 07:48]

Former US president Jimmy Carter delivered an unexpected message on Sunday that his latest brain scan showed no sign of cancer.

'We are ashamed', California shooter's estranged kin say

[2015-12-08 07:48]

Estranged relatives of a Pakistani woman involved in a mass shooting in California spoke on Sunday of their shame at her crimes, as former classmates and teachers painted a picture of a quiet, religiously conservative student.

Opposition wins majority in parliamentary elections

[2015-12-08 07:48]

Venezuela's opposition coalition won a majority in Parliament during legislative elections on Sunday, the country's National Electoral Council said on Monday.

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