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Business Weekly Archive
Choices, Cheers and Maths
28 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
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
A warning from British MPs to the government not to turn a blind eye to interrogations overseas that might involve torture. Show more
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A warning from British MPs to their government to avoid any complicity with torture.
And an update from the first Sri Lankan elections since the defeat of the Tamil Tigers. Show more
The Interview Archive
Anthony Horowitz, Children's Writer
28 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Anthony Horowitz is a children's author. He talks about James Bond, Harry Potter and his unhappy childhood. Show more
British MPs warn their government that accepting intelligence from foreign interrogations could make them complicit with torture. Show more
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Prominent international thinkers debating big ideas.
Another chance to hear the best of World Service interviews. Owen Bennett-Jones talks to former CIA Field Officer Larry Devlin.
BBC News reports from around the world.
Exploring some of the big questions around concepts of sin, repentance, and forgiveness, as painful to negotiate as ever.
Contemporary and classic tracks from around the world. Playlist at bbcworldservice.com Show more
The power struggle within the Taliban in Pakistan and controversial reality TV in India.
The latest news from the world of Sport.
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In Something Understood this week Mark Tully celebrates cricket as a symbol of an ideal society, with historian Ramanchandra Guha.
Live sport from around the world with reports, interviews and analysis.
BBC News reports from around the world.
Business Weekly Archive
Choices, Cheers and Maths
28 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
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
A round-up of all the results, reports and interviews from the day's sporting action.
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Prominent international thinkers debating big ideas.
Leadership crises for three of the world's main militant groups. And a survivor of the world's biggest yachting disaster tells us why he's competing again in the same race Show more
Havoc is wreaked by Typhoon Morakot and controversy over the Badminton World Championship.
In Something Understood this week Mark Tully celebrates cricket as a symbol of an ideal society, with historian Ramanchandra Guha.
Live news and current affairs, business and sport from around the world.
Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
Prominent international thinkers debating big ideas.
BBC News reports from around the world.
BBC News reports from around the world.
Contemporary and classic tracks from around the world. Playlist at bbcworldservice.com Show more
Live news and current affairs, business and sport from around the world.
