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Now you can touch it: wrapped Arc de Triomphe opens to the public 50 million volunteers in 180 countries take part in World Cleanup Day Life-size pinball machine becomes playground for freerunner Pasha Petkuns Taliban reopens schools in Afghanistan for boys only and repurposes women's affairs ministry Pope Francis urges European bishops gathering in Poland to listen to sex abuse victims Paris: Notre-Dame now stable enough for rebuilding French actor Marion Cotillard wins award at Spain's top film festival Russia votes: Putin's Russia United party set to hold majority after opposition wipeout Taiwan: environmental group designs marine 'vacuum cleaner' Algeria's longest-serving president Abdelaziz Bouteflika dies at 84