Republican aide challenges Democrats in real-life ‘hunger games’
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BBC News - Royal baby hospital revealed as St Mary's in London
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More details have been released about plans for the birth of the royal baby.
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BBC News - Lack of garden space drives Brazilians up the wall
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A new movement is encouraging Brazilians in Sao Paulo to plant gardens up the walls of buildings as a solution to the city's lack of affordable green space.
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BBC News - Astronaut gives lecture from space
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China has held its first classroom lecture from its orbiting space station as part of efforts to appeal to young people.
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BBC News - WWII pilots who survived crash into Greenland glacier
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Author Mitchell Zuckoff tells the BBC about the remarkable series of rescue attempts after US planes crashed on a glacier in Greenland during WWII - and how some of the crew survived an Arctic winter on the ice.
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BBC News - Webcams taken over by hackers, charity warns
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A charity is advising people to cover their webcams when they are not in use because hackers could be using them to spy on you.
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BBC News - Singapore smog hits hazardous levels
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Singapore and Indonesia schedule an emergency meeting after haze in Singapore soars to hazardous levels, breaking all previous records.
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BBC News - Daniel Radcliffe's Cripple of Inishmaan enchants critics
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Daniel Radcliffe impresses reviewers with his "understated" performance as a disabled teenage orphan in Martin McDonagh's play The Cripple of Inishmaan.
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BBC News - Paris Air Show: Rival planemakers have Boeing and Airbus in their sig
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Potential challengers to the dominance of Boeing and Airbus are making a big noise in Paris and some people think they may one day break up the duopoly.
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BBC News - Drone technology used for pilotless fighter aircraft
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Drones may be controversial, but supporters argue that they have been highly effective. Now defence companies are developing the technology for use in pilotless fighter aircraft.
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赵红霞案开庭因涉隐私不公开审理 - BBC中文网 - 两岸
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肖烨、赵红霞等六人涉嫌敲诈勒索雷政富等多名政府官员案,周四(6月21日)在重庆市渝北区法院开庭。
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Brasil, cómo jugar fútbol cuando arde un país - BBC Mundo - Noticias
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Las masivas protestas callejeras escenificadas justo mientras se desarrolla la Copa Confederaciones de fútbol se han convertido en un reto político, pero también deportivo que complica el normal desarrollo del evento.
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BBC News - Snail genes reveals human migration to Ireland
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A genetic similarity between snail fossils found in Ireland and the Eastern Pyrenees suggests humans migrated from southern Europe to Ireland 8,000 years ago.
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BBC News - Eurotunnel accused of overcharging train companies
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Brussels says passengers going through the Channel Tunnel are paying over the odds, because Eurotunnel is overcharging the train companies for using the track.
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BBC News - China factory activity slows further
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China's manufacturing activity weakens further in June, falling to a nine-month low as demand falls, according to a preliminary survey by HSBC.
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BBC News - North India floods: Bad weather hits rescue operations
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Bad weather is hampering rescue operations in the flood-hit Indian state of Uttarakhand, where nearly 150 people have died.
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BBC News - Shenzhou-10: Chinese astronaut gives lecture from space
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China's second female astronaut, Wang Yaping, delivers the country's first-ever video lecture from the Tiangong-1 space laboratory.
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BBC News - Faberge eggs become symbols of power in new Russia
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Once despised as the playthings of the ruling class, imperial Faberge eggs, the bejewelled Easter gifts of the tsar, are part of the storied heritage of a Russian state rediscovering its history.
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BBC News - India floods: Hundreds of thousands facing disruption
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Flooding in India is continuing to disrupt daily life on a massive scale.
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BBC News - How do you prepare for a lifetime of renting?
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In much of the UK, many young people have no prospect of getting on the property ladder. How can they prepare for decades of renting?
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