Take Nashon Zimba, a 25-year-old peasant who grows maize, beans and tobacco on 1.8 hectares (4.5 acres) in Chiponde, a small village in Kasungu district, north-west of Lilongwe.

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For two years, his body lay in the Gokwe District Hospital mortuary in north-west Zimbabwe.

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Bath flanker Ben Clarke retains the captaincy following his man-of-the-match two-try performance when England crushed North West District in Potchefstroom last Tuesday.

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"We are delighted at the honour bestowed upon Nabanna, " said Falguni Mondol, 35, a resident of Arbelia and a direct beneficiary of Nabanna, which is innovating on web-based databases and information sharing through internet to benefit the poor women of Baduria a remote region in West Bengal's North 24-Parganas district which is the pilot site for Nabanna.

UNESCO: Communication and Information

The incident took place in Gopalganj district, some 150kms (93 miles) north-west of the state capital, Patna.

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Nabanna: Networking Rural Women and Knowledge (Baduria, North 24 Parganas District, West Bengal, India) uses grassroots processes to build information-sharing networks among low-income, rural women.

UNESCO: Communication and Information

Across the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge, North Vancouver is home to young families, as is the tiny West Vancouver district where many ex-patriots and retirees also live.

BBC: Living in: Vancouver

The last local election was held in Wiltshire four years ago, when the county council and North Wiltshire, Kennet, Salisbury and West Wiltshire district councils came together to form a unitary authority - Wiltshire Council.

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