The Saamaka people in Suriname are using modern technology to map their ancestral lands. They hope to get government recognition and protection against illegal logging and mining. Last year, Suriname pledged to protect i

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New York rabbi Josh Weinberg is among overseas Israelis flying home to vote in Tuesday's parliamentary election. 'A lot is at stake,' he says, adding that Israel's democracy is under threat from 'ultra-nationalists and e

US singer Chris Brown has avoided jail after striking a man twice in the head with a glass tequila bottle in a London nightclub.