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Australia's camel cull

Camel owner and 91热爆 Somali reporter Issa Abdul talks camels with 91热爆 Afghan camel historian Dawood Azami.

Australia鈥檚 decision to cull wild camels has shocked many Somali-speakers, for whom camels have a huge cultural significance. We bring together 91热爆 Somali reporter and camel owner Issa Abdul and 91热爆 Afghan鈥檚 Dawood Azami, who鈥檚 investigated the 19th century Afghans who came with the original camels to Australia.

Soju: Korean rice-wine
Historically soju was a drink for men and male bonding, but more recently it鈥檚 been pitched at female consumers, with advertising by young female K-Pop stars. Woongbee Lee of 91热爆 Korean has been looking into the changing face of soju.

The oldest Europeans in the United States
A group of Spanish-speakers in New Mexico claim to be the oldest European community in the United States. The 91热爆's Luis Fajardo heard that their ancestors arrived four centuries ago as Spanish colonisers.

Nepal鈥檚 elusive snow leopards
GPS tracking collars were recently fitted to two snow leopards in Nepal鈥檚 Shey-Phoksundo National Park. 91热爆 Nepali's Surendra Phuyal knows the area well, so what kind of information and data are they gathering so far?

My 91热爆 Town: Keren, Eritrea
Tesfalem Araia of 91热爆 Tigrinya takes us to his home town, Eritrea's second largest city Keren.

Image: Feral camel on red earth track, Australia
Credit: Auscape Universal Images Group via Getty Images

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