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Peter Day meets Nobel Prize winning economists and hears some ideas for world economic recovery. Show more
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The World Today Weekend Archive
03/09/2011 (0500 GMT)
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Live news and current affairs, business and sport from around the world.
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The World Today Weekend Archive
03/09/2011
25 minutes
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Live news and current affairs, business and sport from around the world.
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A new strain of birdflu has been identified; what are the real risks to human health? Also, will the ISS be unmanned following a Soyuz rocket crash, Synthetic biology and remembering computing history Show more
A 2011 interview with Dick Fosbury, the American athlete whose 'Fosbury flop' technique revolutionised high-jumping, and made him an Olympic champion. Show more
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The World Today Weekend Archive
03/09/2011 (0700 GMT)
55 minutes
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Live news and current affairs, business and sport from around the world.
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Oceans are the largest habitat on Earth but how much do we know about life in their depths, their sound and history? Show more
This week listeners ask why the World Service refers to 'rebels' in Libya and whether the view of Britain is too London-centric. Show more
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Assignment
The Mystery of Dirar Abu Sisi
25 minutes
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Gabriel Gatehouse investigates the mysterious disappearance of Dirar Abu Sisi. He vanished from a train in Ukraine on the 18 of February 2011 and turned up in an Israeli prison nine days later. Show more
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World Book Club
Hisham Matar - In The Country Of Men
53 minutes
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Harriett Gilbert talks to Hisham Matar about his stunning debut novel In The Country Of Men. Set in the bewildering world of Tripoli, it is the emotional tale of a young boy growing up. Show more
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David Hare speaks about how finding the limits of your own imagination can be painful. Show more
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Iranian Karin Zarindast visits the US to examine its complex relationship with Islam and how US Muslims express their faith,
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Interviews, news and analysis of the day's global events.
BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
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Cecil Balmond examines the shapes that define three of the world's iconic structures, Stonehenge, the Taj Mahal and the Great Pyramid. Show more
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Peter Day meets Nobel Prize winning economists and hears some ideas for world economic recovery. Show more
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Live sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis.
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Football and more - the fan's phone-in from the BBC.
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World Have Your Say
Libya : The People's War
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Bringing together some of the most striking accounts from the Libyan people over the past six months
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The Strand Weekend Archive
03/09/2011
55 minutes
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Harare City Library, Elias Khoury, Ghostpoet, Chittaprosad, The Kite Runner, David Honeyboy Edwards Show more
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Libyan rebel fighters hold onto guns, Israel mass protests, first date horror stories
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Oceans are the largest habitat on Earth but how much do we know about life in their depths, their sound and history? Show more
A 2011 interview with Dick Fosbury, the American athlete whose 'Fosbury flop' technique revolutionised high-jumping, and made him an Olympic champion. Show more
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World Book Club
Hisham Matar - In The Country Of Men
53 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Harriett Gilbert talks to Hisham Matar about his stunning debut novel In The Country Of Men. Set in the bewildering world of Tripoli, it is the emotional tale of a young boy growing up. Show more
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Three kilometres underground, the Dinaric Arc has been called Europe's Amazon forest Show more
Witness History
Cameroon's Lake Nyos Disaster
10 minutes
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How villagers in a remote region of Cameroon awoke one morning to find hundreds of their friends and neighbours had mysteriously died in the night. Show more
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Peter Day meets Nobel Prize winning economists and hears some ideas for world economic recovery. Show more
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Oceans are the largest habitat on Earth but how much do we know about life in their depths, their sound and history? Show more
Witness History
The Scoop of the Century
10 minutes
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The scoop of the century on the eve of World War II. How a young British reporter witnessed the German military build-up just days before the invasion of Poland in 1939. Show more
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World Book Club
Hisham Matar - In The Country Of Men
53 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Harriett Gilbert talks to Hisham Matar about his stunning debut novel In The Country Of Men. Set in the bewildering world of Tripoli, it is the emotional tale of a young boy growing up. Show more
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Live news and current affairs, business and sport from around the world.
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Iranian Karin Zarindast visits the US to examine its complex relationship with Islam and how US Muslims express their faith,
