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Last month, noting the cool new translation platform that TED is using to facilitate translation of the talks it’s put online, we asked for volunteers to translate my TED talk. That talk is now available not only in the original English, but in Brazilian Portuguese and Chinese, with a Hungarian translation completed and translations in [...]
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By Andrew BensonBBC Sport in Bahrain
Force India’s Adrian Sutil stole the limelight in the first on-track running of the new season, leading Fernando Alonso’s Ferrari in Bahrain.
The German’s lap of one minute 56.583 seconds led the double world champion by 0.325secs in first practice.
McLaren drivers Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton set the pace early [...]
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The wife of Liberia’s ex-President Charles Taylor - on trial in The Hague for war crimes - has had a baby girl, his family spokesman says.
Sando Johnson told the BBC Victoria Addison-Taylor would soon take her back to Monrovia to meet the family.
"Mr Taylor is overjoyed with the birth of his daughter," said his [...]
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki had a narrow lead over rival Shi’ites, partial results in Iraq’s tight election race showed on Friday, but a secularist challenger remained far ahead in minority Sunni areas.
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At least two explosions have hit crowded areas of the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore and killed at least 12 people, officials say.
At least 25 people were also injured in the blasts - one of which hit the RA Bazaar at a busy time.
No group has said it carried out the attack. Lahore has [...]
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By Roland BuerkBBC News, Tokyo
An activist from New Zealand has been arrested by Japan’s coastguard after he boarded a Japanese whaling ship in the Southern Ocean last month.
Peter Bethune said he had boarded the ship intending to make a citizen’s arrest of the Japanese crew.
Instead, the Shonan Maru 2 immediately set sail for Japan [...]
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By Roland BuerkBBC News, Tokyo
An activist from New Zealand has been arrested by Japan’s coastguard after he boarded a Japanese whaling ship in the Southern Ocean last month.
Peter Bethune said he had boarded the ship intending to make a citizen’s arrest of the Japanese crew.
Instead, the Shonan Maru 2 immediately set sail for Japan [...]
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New York City has agreed to pay up to $657m (£437m) to thousands of rescue and clean-up workers at the 9/11 attacks Ground Zero site.
The settlement would compensate more than 10,000 plaintiffs who say they were made sick by dust from the collapsed World Trade Center towers.
At least 95% of the plaintiffs must approve [...]
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New York City has agreed to pay up to $657m (£437m) to thousands of rescue and clean-up workers at the 9/11 attacks Ground Zero site.
The settlement would compensate more than 10,000 plaintiffs who say they were made sick by dust from the collapsed World Trade Center towers.
At least 95% of the plaintiffs must approve [...]
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By Brandy YanchykWhitehorse, Yukon
As Vancouver gears up for its second stint as Olympic host with the Paralympics beginning on 12 March, one northern Canadian territory is hoping the lasting legacy of the Games will be a boost to tourism.
The government of Yukon spent just under 3m Canadian dollars (£1.9m) trying to educate people about their [...]
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By Brandy YanchykWhitehorse, Yukon
As Vancouver gears up for its second stint as Olympic host with the Paralympics beginning on 12 March, one northern Canadian territory is hoping the lasting legacy of the Games will be a boost to tourism.
The government of Yukon spent just under 3m Canadian dollars (£1.9m) trying to educate people about their [...]
