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Boy scout slams rail chiefs’ maths
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Boy scout slams rail chiefs’ maths

Nine-year-old boy scout appearing before the UK Parliament has accused the managers of a controversial high-speed rail project of being "really really bad" at maths. Here’s the video that got him to Parliament. Courtesy: YouTube/StopHS2

Hostages' propaganda video
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Hostages' propaganda video

Footage has emerged of the hostages in the Sydney siege who were forced to film an Isis-style propaganda video in a plea for the gunman's demands to be meet.

Raw: Sydney CBD shutdown by siege
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Raw: Sydney CBD shutdown by siege

Dozens of people are being held hostage by terrorists who stormed into a central Sydney cafe with a gun and forced crying women to hold a black Islamic flag up to the window.Video was supplied to the nzherald.co.nz by Holly Dove.

How to start a NY hoedown
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How to start a NY hoedown

A little girl warmed up the usually drab Subway platform on the L train at Bedford in Williamsburg last month as she danced to music by Subway buskers and started a hoedown in the process.

Sisters fight back against harassers
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Sisters fight back against harassers

A video showing two sisters in northern India hitting back at men who allegedly harassed them on a crowded bus has drawn huge attention in a country where hundreds of thousands of women silently endure sexual harassment daily.

Brittany Maynard: Last video released
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Brittany Maynard: Last video released

A right-to-die advocacy group has issued new video footage of Brittany Maynard to mark what would have been her 30th birthday, three weeks after her death. In the video, recorded in August, Maynard calls on more states to enact legislation allowing terminally ill people to end life on their own terms. Maynard, terminally ill with brain cancer, grabbed the national spotlight for about a month after publicising that she and her husband moved to Portland so she could use Oregon's law to end her life on her own terms. Maynard ended her life on November 1. Footage:YouTube/CompassionChoices

Comet Craft starts drilling; location unknown
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Comet Craft starts drilling; location unknown

A European probe has begun drilling into a comet to collect scientific data, but mission controllers said Friday that battery issues may make it impossible - at least for now - to access that information.

Watch: Children outwit snipers (video hoax)
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Watch: Children outwit snipers (video hoax)

UPDATE: Director admits the footage of a boy rescuing girl is a fake, designed to highlight the plight of children in warzones. The video, which went viral last week, showed the boy braving a barrage of bullets — even playing dead at one point — to save the girl pinned down by sniper fire. Footage:ShaamNetwork S.N.N

Raw: Fisherman missing at sea found clinging to esky
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Raw: Fisherman missing at sea found clinging to esky

Video of the incredible moment a fisherman was found clinging to an esky in the Pacific Ocean after two days adrift has been released by his rescuers. Footage released by the navy shows the moment 47-year-old Solano Salazar is spotted desperately clinging to the esky drifting in open sea.

Isis haggle over female 'slaves'
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Isis haggle over female 'slaves'

A video has emerged purportedly showing Isis fighters haggling over the price of captured Yazidi women during a "slave market day". Courtesy: AlAanTV

GoPro: Descent Into the Lava of Marum
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GoPro: Descent Into the Lava of Marum

The first of the HERO4: The Adventure of Life in 4K series. New episode every Tuesday. The GoPro production crew travel to the Marum Crater on Ambrym Island in Vanuatu to join adventurer photographers Geoff Mackley and Bradley Ambrose, the first people to set foot at the edge of a boiling lava lake, and stare into the lifeblood that connects our home planet. Shot 100% on the HD HERO4® camera from http://GoPro.com. Watch the behind the scenes - http://youtu.be/A-vUJ0_GSE0 Music: Lorn, “Debris” Link to buy: http://goo.gl/VzVwL1 William Ryan Fritch, "Distance" “Isolation” “Tend” "Percussive Pizzicato" Link to buy: http://goo.gl/niaoOD http://www.williamryanfritch.com Get stoked and subscribe: http://goo.gl/HgVXpQ

Fire at Avondale Islamic Centre
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Fire at Avondale Islamic Centre

A fire at a mosque early this morning is under investigation. The fire broke out at the Avondale Islamic Centre in Blockhouse Bay, West Auckland. The Fire Service was alerted to the blaze at 2:41am, said Megan Ruru, northern fire communications shift manager.

Ebola vaccine trials to start a in January
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Ebola vaccine trials to start a in January

Tens of thousands of doses of experimental Ebola vaccines could be available for "real-world" testing in West Africa as soon as January as long as they are deemed safe in soon to start trials, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.

Love at second sight too
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Love at second sight too

The Fred Hollows Foundation New Zealand's miracle work leaves hundreds of remote islanders with restored sight. Both Nawere and Timwia are blind. They are stricken by dense cataracts both developed two years ago, they say. Life is challenging. "We can't do anything anymore," says Timwia. "If you want to go somewhere, you can't go. If you want to do something, you can't do it." "We are lucky that we can, at least, hear and feel one another," Nawere adds.

HeForShe: Emma Watson's UN speech
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HeForShe: Emma Watson's UN speech

Emma Watson has called on men to help end gender inequality. During a speech made in New York as part of her role as UN Women Goodwill ambassador, the Harry Potter actress questioned how her objective will ever be reached if only half the population take part. Her talk came as she launched a new UN campaign called "HeForShe", which aims to enlist the support of as many men as possible to help achieve equality between the sexes.

Attempted attack on Donetsk airport: Ukraine
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Attempted attack on Donetsk airport: Ukraine

Council of National Security and Defense of Ukraine spokesman, Volodymyr Polyovyi said that the Ukrainian army "recorded an attempted attack at Donetsk airport," but that it "is still under the control of Ukrainian troops".