Nilson Tuwe Huni Kui came straight from the Amazon rainforest to New York City in September. The son of a tribal chief spoke to the BBC about the culture shock as well as his dream of becoming a film-maker.
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Ethiopia has begun diverting the flow of the River Nile as part of its controversial scheme to build Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam.
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China and Switzerland sign a memorandum of understanding on a free-trade agreement, the first such deal for China with a major Western economy.
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Stratfor Europe Analyst Adriano Bosoni discusses the political implications of the increasing number of migrants from the European Union's periphery to its c...
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The economic crisis has contributed to rising anti-immigration sentiment and policies in Europe. Immigrants from Eastern Europe continue to enter the core, but now more from the struggling southern periphery of Europe are also on the move.
One of the free response questions in the 2012 AP Human Geography test focused on increasing Muslim population in many European countries. This video some background context for that particular Free Response Question (as would this article from Al Jazeera titled Europe's failure to integrate Muslims).
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Is London's success dwarfing the country to the point where the rest of the UK would actually be better off without its capital?
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There has been a new eruption at Mount Etna, sending red lava spewing into the skies over Sicily.
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Nilson Tuwe Huni Kui came straight from the Amazon rainforest to New York City in September. The son of a tribal chief spoke to the BBC about the culture shock as well as his dream of becoming a film-maker.
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At the beginning of every Daily Show episode, the Earth spins in the wrong direction, a situation that would have dramatic consequences for life on Earth.
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Alternative infrastructure investments could give taxpayers better value for money.
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Dr Freysteinn Sigmundsson shows the BBC's Neil Bowdler around the Thrihnukagigur volcano in Iceland.
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Father Kawas Francois, a Haitian priest, on the problems facing his country's reconstruction three years after the earthquake
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Do you have a good enough understanding of the Greater Middle East to complete this geography quiz? (Not really a challenge, but I do love geography.
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Beijing (AFP) May 7, 2013 - China has sent one of its largest recorded fishing fleets to disputed islands in the South China Sea, state-run media said on Tuesday, amid tensions over Beijing's assertion of its claims in the region.
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At a time of UK spending cuts, how does the government decide where and how to allocate its overseas aid budget?
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Immigration from eastern europe has been good for Britain. The figures prove it. We should celebrate, not fear, these workers.
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The world's largest concentrated solar power plant opens in Abu Dhabi at a cost of an estimated $600m.
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People are likely to live the longest in developed countries with state-funded healthcare systems like Japan, Canada and the UK, each with life expectancies of over 80.
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The typical U.S. household spends less than practically any other country on food
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