Thursday 25 September 2014

60 seconds news from the bbc

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Oscar Pistorius - in 60 seconds
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Japan's Kei Nishikori in 60 seconds
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What is Nato for? In 80 secs
4 September 2014
A presidential election campaign banner of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Ankara, 11 August 2014
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What Erdogan wants - in 60 seconds
31 August 2014
French President Francois Hollande delivers a speech in the rain on the Ile de Sein, an island located near the Pointe-du-Raz, off the Brittany coast, August 25, 2014
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The trouble with France - in 60 secs
27 August 2014
Militant Islamist fighters ride horses as they take part in a military parade along the streets of Raqqa, northern Syria, 30 June 2014
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What is a caliphate? In 90 seconds
20 August 2014
Candle lighting at a Yazidi home shrine
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Who are the Yazidis? In 60 seconds
14 August 2014
Truck at Gaza crossing point, file pic
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The blockade of Gaza - in 60 seconds
13 August 2014
A shelf containing thousands of skulls at the memorial located at the Choeung Ek killing fields, near Phnom Penh, file pic from 2005
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Who were the Khmer Rouge? In 60 secs
7 August 2014
A swimmer practices at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland, 22 July 2014
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The Commonwealth Games in 60 seconds
24 July 2014
HIV
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Are we winning the war on Aids? In 60 seconds
21 July 2014
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17 September 2014
Fighters belonging to Sunni-led militant group Isis
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In 60 seconds: What does IS want?
23 September 2014
Jean-Claude Juncker - file pic
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UK v Juncker? In 60 secs
26 June 2014
Peter Greste (left), Mohamed Fahmy (centre) and Baher Mohamed
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Why were al-Jazeera journalists jailed?
24 June 2014
Iraqi troops outside a recruiting centre in Baghdad (June 2014)
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How strong is Iraq's army?
17 June 2014
Security vehicle burns in Mosul, 10 June
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Why is Mosul important? In 60 secs
11 June 2014
Al-Shabab fighters (file photo)
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In 60 secs: Who are al-Shabab?
18 June 2014
Smoke billows from Karachi airport (9 June 2014)
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Precedents for Karachi 'spectacular'
9 June 2014
Cockpit controls, file image
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Malaysia plane 'terrorism unlikely'
29 May 2014
Goodluck Jonathan, file pic
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Nigeria's challenges - in 60 seconds
14 May 2014
Women mourn at a cemetery in Soma, Turkey, during the funeral of a miner, 15 May 2014
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Turkey's worst mine disaster - in 45 seconds
15 May 2014
A member of Iraq's anti-terrorism force deployed outside a polling station in central Baghdad, 29 April 2014
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In 60 secs: Iraq election
8 May 2014
Thai army soldier stands guard on a city centre street after martial law was declared, Bangkok, Thailand, 20 May 2014
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In 60 secs: Thailand's military coup
22 May 2014
This handout photo released by the Poroshenko press service shows Ukrainian independent presidential candidate Petro Poroshenko greeting supporters during an election campaign rally on May 22
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Petro Poroshenko - in 60 seconds
30 May 2014
King Juan Carlos photographed in February, 2014
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Why is King Juan Carlos abdicating?
2 June 2014
A Chinese man blocks a line of tanks on Beijing's Changan Blvd, 5 June 1989
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What happened at Tiananmen?
4 June 2014

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