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Didier Drogba: Ivory Coast can win World Cup

12.10.09
Didier Drogba believes Ivory Coast can make history next year and become the first African country to win the World Cup... more

Where to eat in Shoreditch

17.09.09
You should go to Saf at least once if only to appease the spirit of discovery and Green & Red is home to rather good Mexican food ... more

Life on a South African game reserve

11.09.09
On the Getty family’s South African game reserve, charging lions, sunbathing cheetahs and inquisitive rhinos are the stuff of everyday life. And for Jessica Getty, ensuring their survival is a life’s work... more

Good on Jamie Neale for making a break for it

16.07.09
Jamie Neale, the Muswell Hill backpacker lost for 10 days in the Australian bush, is doubtless relieved to have been found before succumbing to dehydration or unpleasant Antipodean wildlife... more

Arki's dinner raised £25.5m for charity last year. Now, can he beat the crunch?

03.06.09
The most glittering fundraiser in London was nearly cancelled. Here, its founder Arpad Busson explains why it has to go on... more

Versailles? Washington? Gordon Brown offers visiting world leaders ... Canning Town

24.03.09
As global premiers prepare to assemble for the G20 summit at a bleak east London wasteland, we pick some highlights around the ExCel conference centre... more

Google map leads Kew scientists to hundreds of new species

03.03.09
It is a lost world, untouched by humans and packed with previously unseen species of animals and plants... more

At least 200 dead as army moves into illegal mines

27.02.09
A brutal government crackdown on diamond hunters in Zimbabwe involving soldiers and police has led to more than 200 deaths in recent weeks... more

Oxfam asks for £4m to ease cholera's grip on Zimbabwe

18.12.08
Seasonal rains in Zimbabwe have increased fears that the country's cholera epidemic could worsen and spreadinto neighbouring countries... more

UK faces surge in refugees fleeing Zimbabwe cholera

12.12.08
A British Red Cross appeal to tackle cholera and chronic food shortages in Zimbabwe was under way amid fears the crisis could prompt people from the country to head for the UK... more

Red alert as cholera crisis spreads to Zimbabwe's neighbours

09.12.08
Zimbabwe's neighbouring countries are on red alert as the cholera epidemic continued its devastating rampage across their borders... more

Troubles in Congo are shrugged off by Camec

06.11.08
Violence in the Congo has had minimal impact on Central African Mining & Exploration (Camec), the company says... more

CDs of the week

04.07.08
Beck's new record is worth staying up all night for, Black Kids' time may come and Mike Walker releases a Mancunian masterpiece.... more

Diamond star DiCaprio sends fans into frenzy

24.01.07
Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio sent the crowds into a frenzy at the London premiere of his new film.... more

Downloads of the week

24.11.06
Jamelia releases her latest single, the race is on to download the 100 millionth track from online store eMusic and Hanson are marking World Aids Day.... more

Pick of the prawns

14.08.06
If you're in search of great seafood, why not start by sampling the perfect prawn? Charles Campion reveals his top three picks, starting with a very glam Indian.... more

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    Jedward, voted off the X-Factor this weekend, are the most obvious proponents of the sticky-uppy look - but the style crosses boundaries of age, gender, sexuality and taste, says Nick Curtis

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Sky News is currently recruiting students as reporters for its coverage of next year's general election. However, the opportunity doesn't quite seem so appealing

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