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Angus Stickler tracks how money has gone astray across the 27 member states of the European Union and asks why funding continues in regions with proven records of mismanagement and fraud. Show more

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We ask if the Euro can survive the ongoing crisis in member countries. And how is Wikimedia funded? Its Executive Director explains all. Plus a rare glimpse into business life in Burma. Show more

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What kind of ethical creatures are humans? Steve Evans explores the possible answers to a moral dilemma. Show more

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Ivory Coast election dispute; Spanish air strike; US spacecraft returns from secret trip

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How do language, religion and culture influence how we think about climate change? Listen to reports from Kenya, Ethiopia and Indonesia. Show more

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Football and more - the fan's phone-in from the BBC.

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Tony Blair and Christopher Hitchens debate whether religion provides common values and ethics or promotes intolerance. Show more

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Peter Thiel is an internet entrepreneur and a libertarian. He wants to encourage free thinking and he thinks his business ventures demonstrate big ideas. Show more

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Damon Galgut discusses his novel The Good Doctor, and answers questions from BBC World Service listeners around the world. Show more

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The pros and cons of using nature as a mirror to understand our sex lives, the emotional costs of juggling hybrid identities,and an historical overview of India with Lord Desai. Show more

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Contemporary and classical tracks from around the world with Mark Coles. Show more

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Mark Tully looks at the recent Assembly elections in Bihar, an Indian state with a reputation for poverty and lawlessness. What effect will this result have on pan-Indian voting habits? Show more

Rajan Datar on why journalists say protecting their sources is so important and the new World Service Extremes season.

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Former Beirut hostage John McCarthy meets the man who negotiated his release from captivity. Show more

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Is growth really the way to tackle the problems of a finite world? Peter Day reports. Show more

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Is our lack of action on climate change down to a failure of communication? Jon Stewart reports from California on whether psychological research can reveal why climate change messages are failing. Show more