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Male boob jobs is plastic surgery’s fastest-growing area for a third year in a row, according to a British surgeons’ association. The number of male breast reduction operations is up 28% from last year. The association chief says this is largely because media coverage of “moobs” is making many men…

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Brazil has released photographs of a tribe living deep in the Amazon in an effort to draw attention to their plight. Tribespeople who’ve had virtually no contact with the outside world, some painted with vegetable dye and brandishing bows, are seen looking upwards at a government plane. The tribe lives…

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Democrat Jerry Brown won the California governor’s race despite being outspent nearly 5 to 1 by opponent Meg Whitman, according to campaign finance reports filed yesterday. The former eBay CEO, who shattered the record for personal spending by a candidate, spent $178.5 million on her campaign, of which $144….

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Scenes from Tahrir Square

Video from the massive protest in Cairo’s Tahrir Square.

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Turkish PM calls for Mubarak to stand down

Recep Erdoğan, the Turkish prime minister, has called on Hosni Mubarak, Egypt’s president, to listen to the calls for change from Egyptian people. Al Jazeera’s Anita McNaught in Istanbul speaks about the Turkish PM’s forceful remarks.

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Just how far crazed actor Charlie Sheen veered off the rails before his hospitalization last week has been revealed by yet another porn star pal, who talks of cocaine chunks the size of tennis balls at the star’s last bender. “I’ve never seen someone so self-destructive and able to take…

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One of George Bush’s twin daughters has added her voice to calls to legalize gay marriage in New York, Politico reports. “I’m Barbara Bush and I’m a New Yorker for marriage equality,” says the former first daughter, 29, in an ad for a gay rights advocacy group. “New York is…

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Cairo protesters to march on the presidential palace

Anti-government protesters in Egypt say they will stage a march from the focus point of the recent demonstrations, Tahrir Square. They will head to the presidential palace, and some are even threatening to storm it. Al Jazeera’s Alan Fisher reports.

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Riz Khan – Rwanda: An African success story?

We talk to Paul Kagame, Rwanda’s president, who is credited with turning his conflict-ridden country into one of Africa’s biggest success stories. He abolished the death penalty, promoted women’s rights and his economic policies have contributed to Rwanda’s remarkable economic growth. But critics call Kagame increasingly dictatorial and accuse his government of brutally targeting political opponents and intimidating the media. Many have also questioned his landslide win in last year’s presidential election in which major opposition candidates were barred from participating. We will ask him about all that and also get his views on the 1994 Rwanda genocide.

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Thousands escape Egypt prisons

Egypt’s anti-government uprising has also seen lawlessness and looting in several cities. As the police abandoned their posts, thousands of prisoners were set free across the country, in a series of mass jailbreaks. More in this report from the Abu Zaabal prison, on the outskirts of Cairo.

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