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Global Business
Growing Rich in China
28 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
This week Peter Day is back in China to hear from some of the newcomers making a splash on the Chinese business scene. Show more
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Live news and current affairs, business and sport from around the world.
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Live news and current affairs, business and sport from around the world.
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A special programme looking at the scientific impact of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill which occurred a year ago. We also reflect on the Chernobyl nuclear power plant fire twenty five years ago Show more
In April 1961 Cuban exiles, backed by the US government, tried to overthrow Castro. Boatloads of counter-revolutionaries stormed the beaches of a bay in Cuba. The mission failed. Show more
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Conflicts in our brain, in particle physics and in literature - how do we turn these clashes to our advantage? Show more
This week, why the World Service website has been redesigned and what listeners make of the changes.
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Assignment
Uganda to Iraq: Trafficked into Slavery
25 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
For Assignment Anna Cavell tells the extraordinary story of the rescue of a group of Ugandan women who were trafficked into Iraq and found themselves working as domestic slaves. Show more
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Andrew Keen and Jeff Jarvis discuss whether online sharing leads to a dangerous loss of personal privacy and a new tool gives patients control over their own medical records. Show more
Witness History
Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer
10 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
As part of our series in the run-up to Britain's Royal Wedding we take you back to 1981 and the marriage of Prince Charles to Lady Diana Spencer. Mishal Husain reports for Witness. Show more
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Stephen Sackur meets Julius Malema, president of the African National Congress Youth League and perhaps the most controversial political figure in South Africa today. Show more
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Heart and Soul
Beyond The Sting Of Death (Heart And Sou
27 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Michael Ford examines what it really takes to conquer the fear of death, and what Christians can learn from other faiths.
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The Documentary
After the Crash - Part Two
25 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Adam Zamoyski examines the impact on Polish society of the Smolensk air crash, one year on. Show more
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Global Business
Growing Rich in China
28 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
This week Peter Day is back in China to hear from some of the newcomers making a splash on the Chinese business scene. Show more
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Football and more - the fan's phone-in from the BBC.
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The Documentary
After the Crash - Part Two
25 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Adam Zamoyski examines the impact on Polish society of the Smolensk air crash, one year on. Show more
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Explorations in the world of science.
Witness History
Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer
10 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
As part of our series in the run-up to Britain's Royal Wedding we take you back to 1981 and the marriage of Prince Charles to Lady Diana Spencer. Mishal Husain reports for Witness. Show more
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The Strand Weekend Archive
23/04/2011
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Is the Spanish painter and sculptor Joan Miro as political as some of his work suggests? Show more
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Syrian MPs resign; Yemen's president says yes to Gulf plan; Chechen film about the missing
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Conflicts in our brain, in particle physics and in literature - how do we turn these clashes to our advantage? Show more
In 1993, around 80 people died in the fire that ended the siege at the headquarters of a Christian cult in Waco, Texas.
Sam Henry from Manchester, lost his wife and five children in the blaze. Show more
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The Documentary
Who Says I Can't Fish?
23 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Restrictions on commercial fishing in Europe were put in place to aid sustainability, but are they still appropriate? Show more
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Assignment
Uganda to Iraq: Trafficked into Slavery
25 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
For Assignment Anna Cavell tells the extraordinary story of the rescue of a group of Ugandan women who were trafficked into Iraq and found themselves working as domestic slaves. Show more
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BBC News reports from around the world.
BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
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One Planet
The Deepwater disaster in numbers
18 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
A look at the stats behind the Deepwater Horizon disaster, plus an update from the Arctic Show more
In April 1961 Cuban exiles, backed by the US government, tried to overthrow Castro. Boatloads of counter-revolutionaries stormed the beaches of a bay in Cuba. The mission failed. Show more
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BBC News reports from around the world.
BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
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Global Business
Growing Rich in China
28 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
This week Peter Day is back in China to hear from some of the newcomers making a splash on the Chinese business scene. Show more
Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
Conflicts in our brain, in particle physics and in literature - how do we turn these clashes to our advantage? Show more
Witness History
Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer
10 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
As part of our series in the run-up to Britain's Royal Wedding we take you back to 1981 and the marriage of Prince Charles to Lady Diana Spencer. Mishal Husain reports for Witness. Show more
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Live news and current affairs, business and sport from around the world.
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The brains of people who can’t forget, could autism cause anorexia and will there ever be an effective malaria vaccine? Show more
This week, why the World Service website has been redesigned and what listeners make of the changes.
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Live news and current affairs, business and sport from around the world.
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Heart and Soul
Beyond The Sting Of Death (Heart And Sou
27 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Michael Ford examines what it really takes to conquer the fear of death, and what Christians can learn from other faiths.
