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Azerbaijan mugham music makes revival

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Azerbaijan mugham music makes revival
nce threatened with extinction, Azerbaijan’s most ancient f
Once threatened with extinction, Azerbaijan’s most ancient form of music is enjoying a renaissance. Mugham - a unique genre blending throaty song with a special trio of instruments - is being revived by the government through a series of festivals and school activities, as the BBC’s Tom Esslemont discovers.
Mugham performers, Baku
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Tech Know: The dreams that bricks are made of

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Some people look at Lego bricks and see great potential buried within them. In their hands Lego rises above its childhood origins and gets a chance to aspire, to be part of something great.

Look at a Lego brick and what do you see? A studded, brightly coloured block. Perhaps you remember them from your childhood. Perhaps that brick was part of a fire engine, a race car or a bulldozer.Read more at news.bbc.co.uk
 

Vegetative state patients can respond to questions

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The research, carried out in the UK and Belgium, involved a new brain scanning method.

Scientists have been able to reach into the mind of a brain-damaged man and communicate with his thoughts.Read more at news.bbc.co.uk
 

Many ignorant on ‘waist fat’ risk

It seems that Alli isn’t performing well in the UK…

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Almost nine in 10 people are not aware of the risks of carrying extra fat around their waistline.
Waist measurement

A survey of 12,000 Europeans found most had no idea that a thick waist was a sign of a build-up of a dangerous type of fat around the internal organs.

The report from GlaxoSmithKline, who make weight loss drug Alli, said this “visceral fat” is strongly linked with type 2 diabetes and heart disease.

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Secret mobile phone codes cracked

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Man using mobile, BBC
A German computer scientist has published details of the secret code used to protect the conversations of more than 4bn mobile phone users.

Karsten Nohl, working with other experts, has spent the past five months cracking the algorithm used to encrypt calls using GSM technology.

Secret mobile phone codes cracked
By Jonathan Fildes
Technology reporter, BBC News
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