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Vienna's Life Ball extravaganza draws stars in fight against AIDS

From actress Charlize Theron to French fashion icon Jean-Paul Gaultier, the Life Ball, one of the world’s biggest AIDS charity events, drew scores of celebrities to Vienna on Saturday. This year’s theme was inspired by the ancient Roman festival “Ver Sanctum” or “Holy Spring”, turning the neo-Gothic City Hall into a gold-drenched fantasy world teeming with paradise birds, angels and Amazonian beauties. Among the night’s shining stars was 2014 Eurovision

Russia helps block export restriction on asbestos

Four countries including Russia have blocked a bid to add chrysotile asbestos to a list of dangerous substances subject to export restrictions, participants at a UN meeting in Geneva said Saturday. Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Zimbawe opposed listing the mineral also known as white asbestos, which health experts say causes cancer, on the Rotterdam Convention list, according to groups attending the Geneva meeting that wrapped up Saturday.. The 1998 Rotterdam

Boko Haram crisis pushes poor of western Chad to brink of hunger, says UNICEF – TRFN

By Magdalena Mis LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Under the shade of a wooden shack in the western Chadian town of Bagasola, heavily pregnant Zara Gayi sells mangoes and vegetables, hoping to earn enough money to feed her four children. “My husband used to ride boats to Nigeria. In the past, he could earn 100,000 Naira ($500) a month,” she told the United Nations children’s agency UNICEF. Disruptions to trade

South Sudan defends law that aid agencies say could be "catastrophic" – TRFN

By Magdalena Mis LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – South Sudan has defended a law limiting the number of foreign aid workers that can work in the country despite concerns from relief groups that the move could have “potentially catastrophic effects” for the millions of people who need help. The law, which is awaiting President Salva Kiir’s signature after being passed on Tuesday, requires non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to limit foreign employees,