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Why Footballers Swap Shirts

What’s the meaning of exchanging football jerseys?

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The Key to Flight

How aeroplanes take off from the ground

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The World Service Signature Tune

The Lilly Bolero as the World Service signature tune

• 27 mins

Space Exploration: A Waste of Money?

Should governments waste billions on space exploration?

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Why is London so Expensive?

Comparing the cost of living in London and Nairobi

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Do Glasses Make You Look More Intelligent?

What constitutes terrorism in the modern world?

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Do Vegetarians Live Longer?

Can eating less meat help you stay healthy?

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The Rise of Al-Qaeda

Al-Qaeda and its emergence under Osama bin Laden

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Preventing Malaria

Effective ways to prevent mosquito bites

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Chess Winners Don’t Cheer

Established player etiquette in chess

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Living with Fibroids

What are fibroids – and how common are they?

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Completing the Qur’an

How the Qur’an was established over 23 years

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How Bio-Power Works

Using plant and animal material to produce bio-power

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‘I’m Proud of My Son’

Tupac Shakur’s mother, Afeni, on the song he wrote about her

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Formation Flying in Concorde

Concorde’s former Chief Captain on flying with the Red Arrows

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Proud to be African

Nine out of 10 people ‘proud to be African’, according to Â鶹ԼÅÄ lifestyle survey

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Descended From Pharaohs

A history of the people of Egypt

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Africa’s Next Epidemic?

Obesity is a growing burden on Africa’s healthcare resources

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Who Discovered HIV Aids?

Where and when the first case of HIV Aids was recorded

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Advertising in Sport

How companies look to major sports to advertise their products

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Out of Africa

African-American author Leonard Pitts Jr traces his roots back to Niger and Sierra Leone

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‘The Custodian of Editorial Taste and Policy’

The role of Focus on Africa magazine’s editor-in-chief

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‘The Father of African Cinema’

The life, work and influence of Senegal filmmaker, Ousmane Sembene

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Democracy in Africa

Benefits of democracy in Africa, from free press to better human rights

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The Harmful Effects of DDT

Condemned pesticide DDT is still used in some African countries

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How to Stop Bed-wetting

Tips to stop children and adults from wetting the bed

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Rheumatism and Arthritis

The similarities and differences between rheumatism and arthritis

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