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Irish grass roots clog Shell gas pipeline
For the past four years Ballinaboy, in a remote but beautiful corner of Mayo, has been the setting for a bitter industrial dispute that has perplexed the experts
Narco-bling overdose leaves museum in a fix
Mexico’s overflowing drugs museum’s litany of colourful exhibits lifts lid on President Calderón’s three-year war on narcotics and the industry’s less-than-modest characters
Egypt moves to curb wearing of face veil
Global village: Alarmed at the spread of extremist Islam, the authorities have banned the niqab from universities. Islamists and human-rights groups have attacked the clampdown
Koreans defy rift to find unity in matrimony
One matchmaker in the suburbs of Seoul has found himself in a booming industry as women flee the North and go in search of a husband
Catalonia pays homage to independence
When Arenys de Munt held a referendum and voted overwhelmingly in favour of Catalonia’s secession from Spain it spawned dozens of copycat referendum plans across the region
Bologna plans €25bn new look
After growing incrementally since its foundation 2,500 years ago, Bologna is about to adopt a big-bang approach to its next phase of development: a €25bn, 15-year urban renewal project
‘Vicious dogs’ set to lose their bite
China’s railway courts - a parallel justice system to try crimes committed on moving trains - are an anachronistic survival from the 1950s
Zimbabwe sees benefit of Tsvangirai changes
Since Morgan Tsvangirai took over as prime minister in February, Dee Joseph has noticed an improvement in living standards. ‘We didn’t have food in the cupboard,’ she says. ‘Now they can even take bread to school.’
US cracks down on ‘liquid candy’ drinks
Under guidelines agreed by the US beverage industry with health groups, soft drinks manufacturers have agreed to reduce the measures they sell in schools and provide nutritious options by the start of this academic year
Saudi women face uphill battle in abuse cases
Riyadh ratifying the UN convention on the elimination of discrimination against women in 2001. But activists say that although family courts now exist, conservative judges still favour male ‘guardians’
