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Legendary British investor Anthony Bolton is so excited by China's potential, he has put off his retirement to run an investment fund there. He talks about the shift of financial power to the East. Show more

Stephen King, Decode: Digital Design Sensations, Cambofest, Smoke Fairies. Show more

Will our love affair with the motor car have to stop to combat climate change? Or can manufacturers develop clean, green driving machines for the future? Can solar power really replace fossil fuels. Show more

BBC News reports from around the world.

BBC News reports from around the world.

Cuts, pay freezes and tax increases. Can such a package of pain from government ministers halve Britain's huge borrowing requirement? And what is the attraction of politics for writers of fiction? Show more

BBC News reports from around the world.

Stephen King, Decode: Digital Design Sensations, Cambofest, Smoke Fairies. Show more

Bidding for Iraqi oil, Iranian students angry at Dutch ban, and a very large cocktail.

Will our love affair with the motor car have to stop to combat climate change? Or can manufacturers develop clean, green driving machines for the future? Can solar power really replace fossil fuels. Show more

BBC News reports from around the world.

Cuts, pay freezes and tax increases. Can such a package of pain from government ministers halve Britain's huge borrowing requirement? And what is the attraction of politics for writers of fiction? Show more

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BBC News reports from around the world.

BBC News reports from around the world.

Will our love affair with the motor car have to stop to combat climate change? Or can manufacturers develop clean, green driving machines for the future? Can solar power really replace fossil fuels. Show more

Zimbabwe's Mugabe says his party is tearing itself apart. And Avatar meets Star Trek.

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Cuts, pay freezes and tax increases. Can such a package of pain from government ministers halve Britain's huge borrowing requirement? And what is the attraction of politics for writers of fiction? Show more

Peter Day encounters Professor Atik Rahman in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. Show more

Classicist Llewelyn Morgan considers the problem of aspiring towards perfection, and how an acceptance, and even celebration, of our failings may be the better path to follow. Show more

Will our love affair with the motor car have to stop to combat climate change? Or can manufacturers develop clean, green driving machines for the future? Can solar power really replace fossil fuels. Show more

We speak to a relieved tournament organiser of Euro 2012, as Ukraine are finally given the green light and equal co-host status with Poland by UEFA. Show more

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Cuts, pay freezes and tax increases. Can such a package of pain from government ministers halve Britain's huge borrowing requirement? And what is the attraction of politics for writers of fiction? Show more