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Exploring some of the big questions around concepts of sin, repentance, and forgiveness, as painful to negotiate as ever.

The latest from Indonesia, where police lay siege to a suspected Islamist's hideout.

A ferry disaster in Tonga -- critics say the government shouldn't have bought a ship that wasn't up to the job. Show more

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Indonesian police lay siege to the suspected hideout of a top Islamist militant.

A year on from the war in Georgia, our correspondent reports from the border with South Ossetia. Show more

Football's biggest stories of the week on the BBC. The best attended league in the world, the German Bundesliga, kicks off. Show more

The latest from Indonesia, where police storm a hideout in a bid to kill one of Asia's most wanted Islamist militants. Show more

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Lots of philosophical thinking in Business Weekly. Just how much say should the state have in our personal choices? And what role should mathematics now play in the markets? Show more

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Sir David Attenborough recalls the discovery of a feather of Archaeopteryx, the missing link between reptiles and birds. Show more

Anthony Horowitz is a children's author. He talks about James Bond, Harry Potter and his unhappy childhood. Show more

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Football's biggest stories of the week on the BBC. The best attended league in the world, the German Bundesliga, kicks off. Show more

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A round-up of all the results, reports and interviews from the day's sporting action.

Another chance to hear the best of World Service interviews. Owen Bennett-Jones talks to former CIA Field Officer Larry Devlin.

Interviews, news and analysis of the day's global events.

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Sir David Attenborough recalls the discovery of a feather of Archaeopteryx, the missing link between reptiles and birds. Show more

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Sir David Attenborough recalls the discovery of a feather of Archaeopteryx, the missing link between reptiles and birds. Show more

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HIV genome revealed for first time;the origins of malaria discovered,the domestication of dogs; brain structures of psychopaths; fire on Arctic Tundra–will it release carbon trapped in the permafrost? Show more