The Strong 'Mule Women' of Melilla

They are known as the mule women of Melilla. Every day they carry heavy loads across the border between the Spanish enclave and Morocco. Melilla is an important entry point for goods in to North Africa - and if the women can carry them, they can be imported in to Morocco duty-free.  In the early morning sunlight, a cloud of dust hovers close to the 6m-high fence that separates Melilla from Morocco. The dust is kicked up by frenetic...

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Range Rover Autobiography Black

Starting at $82,650, the Range Rover isn't cheap. And yet it sells well in the States, where the average buyer's salary tops $500,000. With its leading Autobiography model fetching $135,450, you'd think Land Rover has the luxury SUV segment pretty much covered – but no. The Autobiography Black arrives next week at the Dubai auto show, priced at $226,000, taking luxury to new heights. See more pictures after the cut......

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Ballon d'Or shortlist- Bayern dominate

Bayern Munich got five players with Franck Ribery who contributed significantly to his club's Treble triumph last season,  in the 23-man shortlist for the 2013 Ballon d'Or announced on Tuesday. Franck Ribery, is joined by teammates Philipp Lahm, Thomas Mueller, Manuel Neuer, Arjen Robben and Bastian Schweinsteiger among the nominees, who are selected by FIFA's Football Committee and experts from France Football magazine. All players...

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The Bangladesh poor selling organs to pay debts

Kalai, like many other villages in Bangladesh, appears a rural idyll at first sight. But several villagers here have resorted to selling organs to pay back microcredit loans that were meant to lift them out of poverty. Journalist Sophie Cousins reports on an alarming consequence of the microfinance revolution. Green rice paddies surround the dusty, narrow road to the heart of Kalai, a village six hours north of Dhaka, in Bangladesh's...

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Team of the Weekend

After each round of Premier League fixtures, the Team of the Weekend is brought to you. They were selected by some experts, 11 of Saturday's and Sunday's star performers, including a manager, are carefully chosen. Goalkeeper: There are a few candidates for the No. 1 jersey but Cardiff's David Marshall be the incumbent.  ...

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JUST A LITTLE

An old man lived alone in Minnesota with his wife. He wanted to spade his potato garden, but couldn't, for it was a strenuous work for him. His only son who could have helped him, was in prison. So, he wrote a letter about his present situation to his son. Dear Son, I am feeling pretty bad because it looks like I won't be able to plant my potato garden this year. I hate to miss doing the garden, because your mother always love planting time. I'm...

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BEST RELATIONSHIP

In any Relationship, the essence of trust is not in its BIND, but in its BOND. So hold the hand of the person who loves  you rather than expecting them to hold yours... This message is too short... but carries a lot of feelings  ...

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Prince George christening: Official pictures released

         The image was among the official portraits to mark the christening of Prince George The Queen has been pictured with three future kings - the first such image of royal succession for nearly 120 years. The monarch is shown with her son, the Prince of Wales, grandson, the Duke of Cambridge, and great-grandson, Prince George, to mark the royal christening. It echoes a 1894 image from the...

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Seven-planet solar system found

Astronomers may have identified one of the richest planetary systems yet. The discovery of a seventh planet around the dwarf star KIC 11442793 could be a record, according to two separate teams of researchers. The system bears some similarities to our own, but all seven planets orbit much closer to their host star, which lies some 2,500 light-years from Earth....

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Tallest dog ever, Giant George, dies at home aged seven

The world's tallest dog has died at the age of seven at his home in Tucson, Arizona.  Giant George weighed more than 17.5 stone (111kg) and was able to reach a height of 7ft 3in (2.2m) standing on his hind legs.  The news of the Great Dane's death was announced on George's official Facebook page.  Owner David Nasser said: "It is with a heavy heart that we announce Giant George died last night." The message, posted on...

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Mystery girl Maria's parents found in Bulgaria by DNA

Maria was found in a Roma camp in Farsala, central Greece. DNA tests have confirmed a Bulgarian Roma couple as the biological parents of mystery child Maria, found in Greece last week, Bulgarian officials say. They identified the couple as Sasha Ruseva and Atanas Rusev.  The officials are investigating whether the mother had sold the child, a crime that could result in a jail sentence....

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WEDNESDAY CHAMPIONS LEAGUE REVIEW

Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice as Real Madrid beat Juventus 2-1 at the Bernabeu to keep their 100 percent record at the top of Group B. Los Blancos produced a far from convincing performance even after Giorgio Chiellini was given a straight red card on 48 minutes after throwing an arm into the face of Ronaldo. The Portuguese forward gave Madrid the lead four minutes into the game but Spanish striker Fernando Llorente equalised after...

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Thirty years later, a bombing in Lebanon still echoes

FBI investigators later said the bomb that blew up the marine barracks was the largest conventional blast they had ever seen   On 23 October 1983, bombs exploded in Beirut, killing 241 US service members and 58 French paratroopers. Survivors describe what happened on that day - and afterwards.  The multinational force of American, French, British and Italian soldiers was deployed to Lebanon following...

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Mapping unsafe areas for India's women

"I was going to my college at Dilsukhnagar in Hyderabad. I got down from the bus and was walking forward... Suddenly a few men were coming from the front, and two of them walked by my side really close and one of them pinched my breast..." This entry from the southern Indian city is one of the hundreds on safecity.in - a website created just days after last December's gang rape of a student in Delhi, to improve reporting and recording...

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Maid to entrepreneur: Rising out of poverty in Brazil

Lucineide do Nascimento was born into a large family in rural north-eastern Brazil   Lucineide do Nascimento has come a long way from her birthplace near Natal in the poor north-east of Brazil. Had things gone according to her father's plans, she would have been married as a teenager and followed a traditional rural lifestyle - living off produce grown on the family farm.  But she decided to move...

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The four sisters who took on Botswana's chiefs and won

Edith Mmusi: "We can finally rest - I sleep so well I even drool" In many countries across Africa, the right of the firstborn male, or closest male relative, to inherit family property - is still standard practice. Women are denied the right to inherit the family estate purely because of their gender, a custom that is upheld by some traditional leaders. But four sisters in Botswana did something that no-one there thought was possible...

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How did ancient Greek music sound?

The music of ancient Greece, unheard for thousands of years, is being brought back to life by Armand D'Angour, a musician and tutor in classics at Oxford University. He describes what his research is discovering. "Suppose that 2,500 years from now all that survived of the Beatles songs were a few of the lyrics, and all that remained of Mozart and Verdi's operas were the words and not the music. Imagine if we could then reconstruct the...

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