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The life story of a woman who adopted 46 children and had 4 of her own, has been made into a movie that will be screened at the United Nations at the end of this year. Flordelis, a 48-year-old woman who herself grew up in the favelas, is a savior to children abandoned in some of Rio’s poorest neighborhoods. Duration: 01:37

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A FIFA-backed football project in Johannesburg is helping to educate hundreds of children in one of its poorest neighbourhoods. 'Football for Hope' teaches youngsters important health messages and will culminate in its own World Cup with teams from deprived areas coming to compete from all over the globe. Duration: 02:21

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Germany is beginning a massive swine flu vaccination campaign under a cloud of controversy after it emerged that politicians, health workers, policemen and soldiers would receive a different vaccine from ordinary citizens. The vaccine is reported to have milder side effects.  Duration: 01:39

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Radovan Karadzic boycotted the start of his UN genocide trial on Monday and the judge accused the Bosnian-Serb wartime leader of obstructing the event. Neither Karadzic nor any of his legal advisors were present at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) when judge O-Gon Kwon started the hearing which lasted less than 15 minutes. Duration: 01:10

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Despite its show-boat extravagance, Moscow's top annual luxury fair this weekend was morose as champagne-sipping party goers complained of a hangover from the global financial crisis. Duration: 01:34