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Up All Night: 20/04/2011

20/04/2011

BBC Radio 5 Live - Up All Night, 20/04/2011

A 48 year old emergency rule in Syria is lifted and Fidel and Raul back together again.

The end of emergency rule in Syria, there's rioting in the north of Nigeria after the Presidential election and the man who identified the body of Che Guevara.

Rhod Sharp with news from around the world.

After almost five weeks of sometimes deadly protests, the Syrian government has lifted the state of emergency that's been in place for nearly fifty years.

The American soldier suspected of giving classified documents to WikiLeaks, Bradley Manning, is being moved to a different prison following criticism of the way he's being treated.

The former Cuban leader, Fidel Castro, makes his first public appearance with his younger brother, Raul, since handing over power to him five years ago. Rhod speaks to the author, former foreign correspondent and Cuba expert Richard Gott, about the day he identified Che Guevara's body.

Plus, America's most famous storm chaser, Warren Faidley, tells Rhod how to get the best pictures of extreme weather and just how he got into chasing hurricanes.

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