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23 May 2012 Last updated at 09:11 ET

Egyptians vote in landmark poll

Egyptians are voting in the first free presidential election in their history, made possible by last year's Arab Spring uprising.

James Ibori in police hand-outNigeria fraudster detectives 'bribed'

Two UK detective constables and an ex-detective inspector investigating Nigerian fraudster James Ibori are named as "key culprits" in bribery allegations.

Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes)Chimpanzees behave 'like people'

Chimps really do have "personalities like people", new research says BBC Nature

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Art, paint and modern South African politics

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The Zuma portrait attack highlights allegations of racism, cheap spin, old divisions, and the shrill instincts of government and media in modern South Africa.

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