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25 May 2012 Last updated at 10:31 ET

Nations to share giant telescopeKAT 7 telescope

The Square Kilometre Array - one of the great scientific projects of the 21st Century - will be hosted by both Africa and Australasia.


Official counts votes in AlexandriaRivals claim Egypt run-off places

The Islamist Muslim Brotherhood candidate for president is likely to face former PM Ahmed Shafiq in a run-off, after Egypt's first free presidential election.

Bankia headquartersSpanish bank's shares suspended

Spain's Bankia is set to ask for a big government bailout later, say reports, while the region of Catalonia has already asked for help.

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Lady begs outside Bank of GreeceEurozone in trouble

Background and analysis on wider impact of Greece's escalating political and financial crisis

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  • This television frame grab taken from Aaj News on May 24, 2012, shows Pakistani surgeon Shakeel Afridi, who was working for CIA to help find Osama bin Laden, during a news report of him being sentenced to 33 years in prison and a fine of 3,500 US dollars for treason. Spy or pawn?

    Did the 'Bin Laden doctor' even know he was working for the CIA?


  • Everest summit - file picSummit diplomacy

    Israeli climber's Everest rescue breaks ice with Turkey


  • Don Draper, character from Mad Men seriesMad Men

    Why new cookie rules have angered the advertising industry


  • Arabian leopardSafe corridors?

    Arabian leopard bred for release into wild


  • News quiz

    What bikes were inspired by the Chopper?

  • Hot and dangerous

    View of Mexico's drugs war from the place it began

  • Lost history

    Why great famine that devastated China is barely a footnote

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    What to see and do in the UK during the Queen's Diamond Jubilee weekend

  • British actor Sacha Baron Cohen performing as his latest film character The DictatorThe Fifth Floor

    "A sense of humour," if you had to design a dictator, what elements would you build in?


  • A clock faceMore Or Less Listen

    Greeks may put in more hours than Germans, but who works the longest hours in the world?


  • Kalpana SarojOutlook: Kalpana Saroj

    From being caste as an 'untouchable' to a millionaire, meet the woman who's redefining India


  • A silhouette of London's iconic buildingsLondon Calling Listen

    A series of programmes bringing the city of London to life in the run up to the Olympic Games


  • An intimate portrait of Queen VictoriaThe Art Of Monarchy Listen

    Will Gompertz explores 1000 years of the British monarchy through the art they collected


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