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BBC World Music Awards
This years's BBC awards were characterized by the usual ranting against the inevitable "ghettoization" of world music, but also brought forth artists new and old to celebrate a diversity of styles, from featured artist Youssou N'dour to Bulgarian cla...(Continue Reading)
Current Conflicts Around the World
In our volatile world, military engagements can flare up at anytime, anywhere in the world. To learn more about the latest events, possible hotspots, and details of feuding nations, turn to About.com's 'Current Conflicts' section of military history...(Continue Reading)
Big Cities Are Big Problem
From the BBC, "World leaders and mayors have warned that rapid urbanisation is set to become one of the biggest challenges facing humanity in the 21st Century. Already 50% of the world's population live in an urban setting and that......(Continue Reading)
Top Ten Ways To Search World News
Keeping up with world news is very different than it used to be. We've put together the ten top ways to search world and local news online for you....(Continue Reading)
Mandela-Clinton Rule the World
BBC announces fantasy global government, from Keith Porter--your About Guide to Globalization...(Continue Reading)
Human rights abuses in Africa.
BBC News World Edition has summarised an Amnesty International report about human rights abuses for various African countries. The Amnesty report suggests that the US-led "war on terror" is responsible for the significant increase in such abuse aroun...(Continue Reading)
Writing and Gender
I found this extremely interesting piece by the BBC World Service about how gender has affected the work of several women writers. Some of the writers who took part include Maya Angelou, Doris Lessing, and Bharati Mukherjee. Each writer's profile......(Continue Reading)
Imax for Next Harry Potter Movie
According to a BBC World Edition article, the next Harry Potter film, "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban," will be shown on large-scale Imax screens as well as normal movie screens. The movie will be released in June, 2004.......(Continue Reading)
Still no compensation for Herero
According to a report on BBC World News online Germany is once again rejecting calls for compensation over the killing of many thousands of Herero who rebelled against German rule in German South West Africa (now Namibia) in 1904.......(Continue Reading)
Ancient Carved Faces Found
This just in from the BBC News World Edition: Pietro Gaietto, an archaeologist, claims to have found the oldest artwork ever (perhaps as much as 200,000 years old) in the Borzonasca district of Italy. If scientific dating proves this to......(Continue Reading)
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