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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: 17/03/2012

17/03/2012

BBC World Service - The Fifth Floor, 17/03/2012

Reporting Kandahar's massacre and an Afghan's experience of a US army embed.

Reporting Kandahar and an Afghan's experience of a US army embed; why hunt for Kony now; does Twitter skew the news agenda; and a story from the Bush House lift.

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

MASSACRE IN KANDAHAR
Reporter Mamoon Durrani was one of the journalists on the scene of the terrible massacre in Kandahar, in which an American soldier allegedly killed 16 civilians last week. He shares his experiences of on the ground reporting and what it's like to be on good terms with both the Taliban and the US military.  

ONLINE GREATEST HITS
Internet guru Falko Mortiboys gives the rundown on the big-hitting stories across the World Service language sites this week - including Nepal’s footballing woes, disturbing deaths in Iraq and wedding fever in Gujarat

KONY LETTER
"When I saw that Joseph Kony was trending big time on Twitter I immediately wondered if it was because he was dead." Journalist Paul Bakibinga reflects on the viral sensation caused by an American not-for-profit video about the Ugandan rebel leader, Joseph Kony. And asks, why this hunt for Kony now? 

TWITTER DISCUSSCION
And is Twitter just chatter for the chattering classes or an essential tool for newsgathering? The World Service's own Twitterati, former Russian service editor Dmitry Shishkin and Mexico correspondent Ignacio de los Reyes, talk about the effectiveness of the social media tool and how far it skews the news agenda. 

THE LIFT PITCH
There's only five floors to go – BBC Swahili’s Wazir Khamsin gives a quick rundown in the Bush House lift on why the Maasai have become keen cricketers.

(Image: Afghan woman and boy. Credit: Getty)

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