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Margret Wegner fell over as a child while holding an 8 centimetre long pencil, which went through her skin into her head, narrowly missing vital parts of her brain. After years of suffering from headaches and nosebleeds, a surgeon at a Berlin private clinic has successfully removed most of the pencil. Joanna Partridge reports for Reuters

A tire company chemist demonstrates his new process for making a rubber-like compound from readily available chemicals, a significant achievement, in freeing the US from dependence on imported rubber.

Witnesses said the charred bodies included women and children. Local residents said 200 people had been seeking refuge at the church.

Witnesses said the charred bodies included women and children. Local residents said 200 people had been seeking refuge at the church.

Biografilm Festival 2005/2006. For 45 years, the children of Golzow have been filling their own chapter in the international history of documentary filmmaking. In 2006, the series of films establishes itself as the unbeatable record holder: it is the oldest chronicle of film history, certified in the Guinness Book of World Records as early as in 1985. The directors have been accompanying the children of Golzow through the vicissitudes of life from their first day of school on.

Campaigners against sexual abuse in the Catholic church have cautiously welcomed Pope Benedict XVI's comments that he intends to express regrets to the victims of abuse during his visit to Australia. (July 13)

Tens of thousands of Aboriginal children were forcibly taken from their parents under a government policy of assimilation from the 1880s to the 1960s. Many were raised on government and church missions in remote, outback locations where life was tough and sexual abuse widespread.

Ensuring a broad education for children in Brazil's most remote areas is not easy. A television-based scheme helps teachers in tiny schools deep in the Amazon cover a much wider range of subjects. It's now being expanded to try to target some five million pupils over the next five years. An AFPTV report from the state of Acre, in the west of Brazil.

Pope Benedict XVI is expected to address the issue of pedophile priests during his first visit to the United States. The Catholic Church in the United States has paid hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation because of the scandal and more lawsuits are pending. AFPTV profiles a victim of sexual abuse by a priest.

Last month's reprinting of a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammad in several Danish newspapers prompted the protest. It follows last weekend's order by Pakistani authorities for internet service providers to block the popular YouTube Web site after it ran material deemed insulting to Islam. Authorities justified the order, saying it was necessary to avoid unrest in the overwhelming Muslim country of 160 million people. The ban was lifted on Wednesday (February 27) after YouTube removed the material.