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Russia’s RT is contesting the very meaning of ‘truth’

RT wants “to create chaos by suggesting there is no such thing as objective truth, rather there are simply dozens of competing narratives.”

Land grab in Africa by global hedge funds, American universities

What's Up Africa creator and host Ikenna Azuike playing three of his video personas. From left to right: the African strongman dictator, the ugly American in Africa, the Nigerian pastor preaching prosperity.

Ikenna Azuike skewers Africa’s corrupt rulers and seemingly unfunny problems

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The BBC's Jeremy Clarkson has been suspended following an alleged fight with a member of his production staff

Meet the man who brings Top Gear’s Jeremy Clarkson to life in Farsi

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India blocks the release of controversial Delhi gang rape documentary — on Indian TV and on YouTube

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The Shipping Forecast offers listeners a chance to reconnect with Britain's maritime history

How a weather broadcast came to symbolize all it means to British

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You would think an esoteric radio item about sea storms, air pressure and precipitation would not be the most popular thing on radio. But don’t tell that to fans of the BBC’s “Shipping Forecast.”You would think an esoteric radio item about sea storms, air pressure and precipitation would not be the most popular thing on radio. But don’t tell that to fans of the BBC’s “Shipping Forecast.”

Imam Hassan Mohamud, from Somalia, speaks about the recent Nairobi terrorist attacks during an English-language service in late September at the Minnesota Da'Wah Institute.

A Somali imam declares war on al-Shabab, in Somalia and at his mosque in Minnesota

Conflict & Justice

Al-Shabab has recruited Muslim militants from the Somali community in Minnesota. One Somali imam in the Twin Cities is determined to fight the terrorist group and any talk of extremism in Islam.

In Maine, a Hindu American Community Comes Into Its Own

How a church in Maine became a Hindu temple

Lifestyle & Belief

New immigrant footholds are emerging in less traditional parts of America. This story takes us to Maine, home to an increasing number of Hindu Americans, now establishing their own ethnic and religious roots in the state.

Global Hit: Portishead & the Bristol sound of the 90s.

Arts, Culture & Media

Anchor Katy Clark tells us about British nostalgia for the music of the 1990s — especially for the bands that made English “trip-hop” so popular a decade ago on PRI’s “The World.”

World Cup and Olympic slum crackdowns

In anticipation of the World Cup in 2014 and the Olympics in 2016, Brazilian police are making armed raids into the famous favelas or slums of Rio de Janeiro.

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