Young Afghans have flooded social media sites on the internet after a council of Afghan clerics issued restrictive guidelines for women, which were later embraced by President Hamid Karzai.
Drugs education in schools?
The Amy Winehouse Foundation – formed after the singer’s death last July – is to help spearhead a national campaign in the UK to make drug and alcohol education compulsory as part of the national curriculum, after the government dropped plans to do so.
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The iconic Danish toy brickmaker Lego has introduced a new range of pink and pastel-coloured bricks, in a bid to appeal to little girls.
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High up on the altiplano, the old Peruvian man casts coca leaves to the four directions under the flickering light of his meagre fire. He calls out to the spirits, blessings us and asking for our protection. Then, laboriously, he rolls misshapen potatoes from the fire, scorched and blackened. Carefully he peels the tops, and sets about mixing some kind of sauce.
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Chen’s view of money is a simple one: "Money, to be useful, must be given to those who need it."
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