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Around the world, Sudan is mostly known as a place of conflict. But Africa's largest country also boasts unique attractions, from the confluence of the Blue and White Nile rivers, to ancient temples and pyramids... a vast tourism potential that the country now wants to exploit. Human rights organisations are doubtful.

In Tokyo, taxi drivers with superior skills and a keen sense of service are given their own taxi stand. What is being called the "Superior Taxi" stands out as a first for Japan and possibly for cabs around the world.

In Tokyo, taxi drivers with superior skills and a keen sense of service are given their own taxi stand. What is being called the "Superior Taxi" stands out as a first for Japan and possibly for cabs around the world.

An older mans dream still burns with him. We find that you are never to old to dream and that "Risk aint nothin but a word

South Korea's Everland amusement park says its new roller coaster takes thrill-seeking passengers at speeds of more than 100 kilometres an hour as they experience weightlessness 12 times during the three-minute ride.

After Microsoft withdrew its $42.3 billion bid to buy Yahoo in hopes of toppling online search and advertising leader Google, analysts discuss the future of the companies involved. (May 5)

Now Missouri's governor has declared a state of emergency and President Bush has approved federal assistance for the state...as the storm continues moving northeast.

Raul Castro has moved quickly to ease restrictions in the country since succeeding his ailing older brother Fidel Castro as president in February. And it's not just cell phones, Cubans are now allowed to buy DVD players, computers and other electronic goods, and they can stay stay at tourist hotels previously reserved for foreigners.

When Northern Ireland's arch enemies struck the Good Friday Agreement peace deal in 1998, to most it seemed hard to believe former guerrillas would soon be leading community work projects. Tensions still simmer between the two communities, but some former gunmen are working together to keep the violence at bay and to build new relationships. Reuters correspondent Georgina Cooper met up with one former Ulster Volunteer Force guerrilla, jailed for 16 years for murders, who now works as a tour guide and community worker in the Protestant Shankhill area of Belfast.