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Wale’s native language is making a comeback among its young people

Maine has more young smokers than anywhere else in the United States, but help is at hand

Sword duelling is opening Olympic doors for young African Americans from the ghettos

Why do St Lucians prefer ballads from Nashville and Tennessee to their homegrown reggae?

A café is offering environmentally friendly courses alongside its coffee

Yiddish almost died out during the holocaust, but this mother tongue is now being revived

One thousand hopefuls applied for the Australia Youth Orchestra last year. Only 200 got in

A love of 'techno' dance music has united young Germans from both sides of the fallen wall

Kojo is from a small village in Ghana, but he has big plans for his country's people

Meet the students who sail round the world in the pursuit of knowledge – and a degree

Take a tour of the Â鶹Éç World Service’s headquarters and home of the Megamix show

Nagging can turn family homes into war zones – but peace can be reached

Clashes between Serbian forces and armed Albanians are increasing at an alarming rate

Sexual education for teens needs to come from teens, not men in suits

Steve Najar went from unknown Midlands actor to Indian movie star in a few months

Many of the first cowboys were black, and 100 years later their Wild West ways live on

Tel Aviv is the city that never sleeps – especially after midnight

Basketball has suddenly become hugely popular in Nigeria – especially with young people

Russians visit bathhouses to hit themselves with twigs – all in the name of beauty.

Most of Nairobi’s children live in slums, but sport is showing them a way to a better life

Animal Kingdom has been created to tempt teens who think they're too cool for Disney World

Southeast Asian countries are facing the worse economic slump in years

Tony Blair is interviewed by 17-year-old radio presenter, Jasmine Richards

American teenager returns to Lebanon to find the mum she left 15 years ago

What makes a slang word worthy of a dictionary definition?

What makes pirate stations so popular with young people, and why are they illegal anyway?

European gives up medical dream to dance the Bharata Natyam

Are females finally finding success in the record charts – or is it still a man's world?

Winners of the creative writing series are announced…

A group of young Londoners are building a skate park – for themselves and their community