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alcohol-free wine has arrived in FranceIt used to be considered treason in France - but now, alcohol-free wine is here to stay.11 hrs agoEurope13 hrs agoIllegal trade booms in South Africa's 'super-strange looking' plantsA biodiversity hotspot has become the stomping ground of poachers.13 hrs agoAfrica14 hrs agoTwenty years on: 'My boat was metres from the shore when the tsunami hit' A BBC reporter looks back to the day in 2004 when the tsunami hit while she was on the Andaman and Nicobar islands. 14 hrs agoAsia