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Brian Hungwe profiles the volleyball-loving Lovemore Moyo who has made history becoming Zimbabwe's first opposition parliamentary speaker.

BBC correspondent Rupert Wingfield-Hayes took a road trip into the heart of Russia to connect with the nation's Soviet past.

People are asked to submit their favourite word to highlight the need for universal education.

Four months into Nepal's ceasefire, Maoist rebels keep their arms while carrying out good deeds.

The first of the baby boomers came of age in the 60s - a decade when music fuelled widespread social change.

Ex-Juventus general manager Luciano Moggi is questioned by prosecutors over Serie A match-fixing claims.

The BBC's Robin Lustig is provided with a fascinating insight into Nepalese Maoist ideology

Kizza Besigye remains a significant force in Ugandan politics, despite repeated court appearances.

Women members of Zimbabwe's Zanu-PF party protest at the suspension of prominent party figures.

The battle for the upper house of Congress is just as tight as the White House race.

The wine industry concerns the French press while Russian papers are impressed their businessmen's latest acquisitions

The Tanzanian league is being blighted by assaults on referees amid accusations of officiating incompetence.

Tibor Machan was 14 when his parents decided he should leave Communist Hungary.

Beijing publically disciplines its naval command as punishment for a recent submarine disaster which took 70 lives.

BBC News Online profiles the persecuted Russian composer Sergey Prokofiev on the 50th anniversary of his death.

The education secretary admits that government plans for student funding will leave graduates with debts of £18-21,000.

An exhibition of surrealist works by Marc Chagall entitled Master of Fantasy opens at London's County Hall.

Animals and jeeps could be the next targets for a new military recruitment drive in Russia, local reports say.

The Sunday papers keep Peter Mandelson in the spotlight, with the former Northern Ireland Secretary giving his version of the week's events.

Dublin to Belfast is just a couple of hours drive - but it can sometimes seem the longest 100 miles on earth.

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