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Goldberg to star in Muppets show
Actors Whoopi Goldberg and Richard Griffiths will star in a Muppets Christmas special, reports say.
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Feeling the heat of food security
Why reforming the economics of food production and supply would be beneficial for a number of environmental and social ills.
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Zimbabwe run-off: At a glance
An account of how voting went across Zimbabwe in the country's controversial presidential run-off.
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Magic night for Macca and his mates
Sir Paul McCartney is welcomed as one of his home city's favourite sons, playing to 36,000 fans to mark Liverpool's status as European Capital of Culture.
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Why forest fires are spreading
Fires wreaking destruction in the American West are set to become the norm for many months of the year, says Tim Egan.
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Seasonal singles seek chart summit
A look at the artists fighting for the coveted position of Christmas number one in 2006.
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Day in pictures
Some of the most striking images from around the world on 1 May 2006.
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The Magazine Monitor
The Monitor is the home for some of our most popular features, including your letters, Punorama, the caption competition, and 10 Things.
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Ad Breakdown's review of 2005
Frogs, trains and automobiles - the best and worst of the adverts of the year.
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Songs jostle for Christmas crown
A rundown of the songs being tipped to grab this year's coveted Christmas number one slot.
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Choirboys gun for Westlife hopes
Chart giants Westlife face competition from three choirboys in the race for Christmas number one.
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The Magazine Monitor
The Monitor is the home for some of our most popular features, including your letters, Punorama, the caption competition, and 10 Things.
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The Magazine Monitor
The Monitor is the home for some of our most popular features, including your letters, Punorama, the caption competition, and 10 Things.
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Rapper crushes Frog in chart race
An unreleased track by late rapper Tupac Shakur has pushed Crazy Frog off the top of the UK singles chart.
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The Lunchtime Limerick
Welcome to the Lunchtime Limerick, in which you supply the first line, and then you also supply the rest of the verse.
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'The Crazy Frog sound? That's my fault.'
The sight of a strange blue-grey frog with a helmet and goggles, revving up an imaginary motorbike while making an infuriating "ding ding dididing" noise, is familiar to much of the country. In fact to most of them it's too popular... far, far too popular.
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Is story-telling a dying art?
BBC Africa Live debates the fate of story-telling in Africa. Is it disappearing?
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A tough life on the ocean waves
Devon sailor Conrad Humphreys prepares to sail the Atlantic single-handed in the annual Transat race.
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The Lunchtime Bonus Question
Welcome to the Lunchtime Bonus Question.
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Joy and humiliation at Eurovision
Turkey proves a popular winner of the Eurovision Song Contest, but the final scores spell humiliation for the UK.
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