The number of Australian residents born in Ireland has passed 100,000 according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. In Nigeria at least 20 women have died from gender based violence since the beginning of the year, and in India the spotlight is on the police after a report examining police brutality.
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SIERRA LEONE - FRANCE - JAPAN
The psychoactive drug Kush continues to devastate poorer communities in Sierra Leone. In France, there has been a rise in adult baptisms amoung catholics, and in Japan, wine production has expanded beyond the traditional rice wine sake to what is now a thriving industry.
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Syria - Cameroon - Australia
In Homs, Syria, huge numbers of displaced families are moving back trying to rebuild their homes and lives. In Cameroon, two researchers were killed after being mistaken for members of the terror group Boko Haram, and in Australia, more than 20 people have been hospitalised after an attack by fire ants.
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EGYPT - UK - SLOVAKIA
Critics of the Egyption government have accused them of trying to erase all signs of the 2011 Arab Spring. In the UK, approval has been given for the country’s longest motorway tunnel, and in Slovakia, conservationists are alarmed at plans to shoot a quarter of the country’s brown bear population.
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ZAMBIA - SYRIA - NEPAL
In Zambia, temporary cuts in US aid have impacted essential health services and jobs. Meanwhile, Syria has accused Israel of trying to destabilize the country after intense airstrikes on military bases this week. And finally in Nepal, some people are calling for the return of deposed king Gyanendra Shah.
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