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Beatings and addiction: Pakistan drug _clinic_ tortures patients

A so-called drugs rehab _clinic_ is closed down in Pakistan after police find scores of _patients_ chained up alleging serial abuse. Duration 03:05

Jul 25, 2014

Wreckage of missing Algerian airliner found in Mali

The wreckage of an Air Algerie plane missing since early Thursday with 116 people on board has been found in Mali near the Burkina Faso border, an army coordinator in Ouagadougou said. Duration: 01:06

Jul 25, 2014

Surgeons remove 232 teeth from Indian teenager

Surgeons in Mumbai have removed 232 teeth from the mouth of an Indian teenager in what they believe may be a world-record operation, the hospital said Thursday. Duration: 00:42

Jul 25, 2014

France to use military in Mali to find Air Algerie plane

President Francois Hollande vowed Thursday to deploy all of France_s military means in Mali, where it has hundreds of troops, to track down an Algerian plane. Duration: 00:49

Jul 25, 2014

Bill Gates: Health, agriculture key to Africa_s development

Health and agriculture development are key if African countries are to overcome poverty and grow, US software billionaire Bill Gates said Thursday, as he received an honourary degree in Ethiopia. Duration: 00:36

Jul 25, 2014

Israeli shell hits UN-run school in Gaza, kills at least 15

Fifteen people were killed, including a baby, Thursday when an Israeli shell slammed into a UN-run school in Gaza sheltering Palestinians fleeing fighting between Hamas and the army, medics said. Duration: 00:48

Jul 25, 2014

Iraqis protest treatment of Mosul_s minority Christians

Hundreds of people demonstrated Thursday in Arbil, capital of Iraq_s autonomous Kurdistan region, to condemn the forced displacement of Iraqi Christians and call for their protection. Duration: 00:50

Jul 25, 2014

More MH17 bodies arrive in Netherlands

Planes carrying more bodies recovered from the MH17 crash site in Ukraine were flown to the Netherlands on Thursday, a day after the first of the 298 dead arrived. Duration: 01:06

Jul 25, 2014

Funerals in Gaza after Israeli strikes

Washington_s top diplomat John Kerry Thursday pressed efforts to end bloodshed in Gaza, reaching out to allies of Hamas as the Islamist movement_s war with Israel raged into a 17th day. Duration: 00:59

Jul 25, 2014

Burkina Faso officials still looking for Air Algerie plane

The chief of staff of the Burkina Faso President has said _bad weather_ could have _caused_ the crash of the Air Alg__rie plane, which went missing after taking off from Burkina Faso for Algiers with 116 passengers on board. Duration: 00:50

Jul 25, 2014

Train rams school bus in India killing at least 11 children

Indian families grieve over the bodies of their children at the site of the collision between a school bus and a train at Thoopran Mandal of Medak District, about 58 kilometers from Hyderabad, on July 24. Duration: 00:43

Jul 25, 2014

UK's Hammond: cycle of violence 'triggered by Hamas'

British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond met Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset, Israel's parliament in Jerusalem, to discuss possibilities for a ceasefire and an end to the ongoing violent conflict in Gaza. Duration: 00:46

Jul 25, 2014

Russian protest leader convicted of fomenting mass riots

A Russian court on Thursday convicted an opposition leader and his colleague of organising "mass riots" ahead of Vladimir Putin's inauguration as president in 2012. Duration: 00:35

Jul 24, 2014

Tanzanians turn to cycling in Dar Es Salaam to beat gridlock

In the crowded city of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, cyclists are trying to cut through the gridlock and find their own solutions to the city’s growing pains. Duration: 02:34

Jul 24, 2014

Air Algerie plane with 119 on board missing over Mali

An Air Algerie plane with around 119 people on board including French and Spanish nationals went missing Thursday during a flight from Burkina Faso to Algiers, company sources and officials said. Duration: 00:48

Jul 24, 2014