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A cyclist wears a mask as he cycles near Buckingham Palace in London April 2, 2014. Britain's Meteorological Office forecast that London would be affected by smog this week, caused by powerful dust storms and strong winds in the Sahara.

London commuters deal with a new hardship — clouds of African dust

Environment

Londoners woke up to a surprise this morning — clouds of Saharan dust. It was an unwelcome complication for busy Londoners heading off to work and school.Londoners woke up to a surprise this morning — clouds of Saharan dust. It was an unwelcome complication for busy Londoners heading off to work and school.

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Video: Malian Band SMOD’s Desert-Dry Groove

Conflict & Justice

Nomads Of The Sahara

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Grains of Sand

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Second largest country in Africa

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Geo answer

Arts, Culture & Media

The Answer to today’s Geo Quiz is Tozeur, Tunisia, the starting point for four US and Canadian students who took 8 days to run across the Northern Sahara desert. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with one of the students, Jill Gilday.

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Geo Quiz

Global Politics

Our daily geography quiz.

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Geo answer

Arts, Culture & Media

Today’s answer is Mauritania, the next stop on a fantastical flight led by pilot Neil Laughton. Laughton is travelling in a flying car from London, England, to Timbuktu in Mali. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Laughton about his “Chitty-Chitty, Bang-Bang”-style adventure.

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Sahara cemetery

Environment

American archaeologists working in the Sahara Desert say they’ve discovered extensive burial grounds dating back thousands of years, at a time when the Sahara was a green and fertile land. The World’s David Leveille reports.

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Sahara solar power

Environment

European scientists want to build a giant solar farm in the Sahara desert, and they think that it might be a green way to solve most of Europe’s energy needs, as Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Alok Jha