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Global stories from the BBC’s 40 Language Services, with Faranak Amidi

Faranak Amidi presents global stories from the Fifth Floor, home to the BBC’s 40 Language Services.

Faranak Amidi presents global stories from the Fifth Floor, home to the BBC’s 40 Language Services

The Fifth Floor: 03/03/2012

03/03/2012

BBC World Service - The Fifth Floor, 03/03/2012

Reporting elections: How do you cope when everything goes haywire?

How do you make a predictable election sound interesting, and how do you cope when events get out of control?

A fresh look at the week's global news from across the World Service's 27 language sections, with David Amanor.

ELECTION EXTRAVAGANZA
This year (2012) looks like a year for election watchers with several important presidential and parliamentary polls under the spotlight. The Fifth Floor looks back, forward, and sideways to get some insights from the people behind the language services.

TEA IN THE MOSCOW KITCHEN
Reporters from the Vietnamese, Bengali, Chinese and Persian Service have descended on Moscow to cover the Russian presidential elections. Maria Vassilieva has the latest gossip from the bureau kitchen

REPORTING ELECTIONS
How do you make a predictable election sound interesting, and how do you cope when events get out of control? Solomon Mugera of BBC Africa, Gulnara Kasmambet from the Kyrgyz Service and Persian TV's Siavash Ardalan share their insights and memories of ballot box reporting.

REMEMBERING GUJARAT
On 28 February 2002, Rehan Fazal was in the Indian state of Gujurat to cover a riot for the Hindi service. A train carrying Hindu pilgrims had been set on fire in the city of Gohdra the day before - 59 pilgrims were burnt to death, and in the violence that followed more than a 1,000 people, mostly Muslims, were killed. Ten years on, Rehan still has vivid memories of what happened, not least because he himself is a Muslim. 

ONLINE GREATEST HITS
Internet guru Falko Mortiboys gives the rundown on the big-hitting stories across the World Service language sites this week - including a Pakistani at the Oscars, a rude Chinese man in Singapore, and the BBC World Service's 80th birthday

(Image: A women votes in Yemen. Credit: Reuters)

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