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The 'big four' accountancy firms are under sharp scrutiny from the authorities in Britain, Europe and the USA. Peter Day investigates. Show more
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Live news and current affairs, business and sport from around the world.
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Heart and Soul
Marseille: France's Muslim City
28 minutes on BBC World Service Online
Available for over a year
Immigration is a central issue as French people go back to the polls. John Laurenson travels to Marseille, which could soon become the first Muslim-majority city in Western Europe. Show more
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The World Today Weekend Archive
02/06/2012
55 minutes on BBC World Service Online
Available for over a year
Verdict for ex-president Mubarak; hostages freed in Afghanistan; rapping in inner city Show more
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From Our Own Correspondent
Weekend Edition 2 June 2012
25 minutes on BBC World Service Online
Available for over a year
Pascale Harter with wit and insight from correspondents around the world. Includes items on fraud in Nigeria, Mafia stereotypes broken in Sicily, bizarre Cuban names and China's universal plug socket. Show more
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In the Balance
An economic super-state?
28 minutes on BBC World Service Online
Available for over a year
Is the Eurozone stumbling towards the creation of an economic super-state? And how it's using financial engineering to cover the embarrassing and politically awkward truth about the bailouts. 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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The Why Factor
Mining the floor of our oceans
18 minutes on BBC World Service Online
Available for over a year
Mineral companies get ready to harvest our seabed, plus we hear an animal orchestra. Show more
Sporting Witness
Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee: Coronation Derby
10 minutes on BBC World Service Online
Available for over a year
A few days after Queen Elizabeth II was crowned, she had her best chance of owning the winner of the derby, but first the horse would have to beat the British public's favourite jockey. Show more
Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
BBC News reports from around the world.
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The 'big four' accountancy firms are under sharp scrutiny from the authorities in Britain, Europe and the USA. Peter Day investigates. Show more
Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
Sharon Mascall meets Australians from all walks of life who have met Queen Elizabeth II during her many visits to the country. Show more
Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
Heart and Soul
Marseille: France's Muslim City
28 minutes on BBC World Service Online
Available for over a year
Immigration is a central issue as French people go back to the polls. John Laurenson travels to Marseille, which could soon become the first Muslim-majority city in Western Europe. Show more
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Interviews, news and analysis of the day's global events.
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BBC Ukraine in the spotlight as the country faces a deluge of bad press; motorbikes, voodoo, and a subversive grandmother in Benin; and royal dos and don'ts from Burundi, Iran and Afghanistan Show more
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Live sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis.
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Live sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis.
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Live sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis.
Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
BBC News reports from around the world.
Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
In the Balance
An economic super-state?
28 minutes on BBC World Service Online
Available for over a year
Is the Eurozone stumbling towards the creation of an economic super-state? And how it's using financial engineering to cover the embarrassing and politically awkward truth about the bailouts. Show more
Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
Will puts the Royal Collection on a war footing as he examines several items covering 700 years, that show how the monarchy has rallied their subjects for war and endeavoured to keep the peace. Show more
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Jim al-Khalili talks to Cern physicist Tejinder Virdee, about the search for the elusive Higgs boson or "God" particle at the Large Hadron Collider. Show more
Sporting Witness
Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee: Coronation Derby
10 minutes on BBC World Service Online
Available for over a year
A few days after Queen Elizabeth II was crowned, she had her best chance of owning the winner of the derby, but first the horse would have to beat the British public's favourite jockey. Show more
Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
BBC News reports from around the world.
Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
The 'big four' accountancy firms are under sharp scrutiny from the authorities in Britain, Europe and the USA. Peter Day investigates. Show more
Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
Interviews, news and analysis of the day's global events.
Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
World Book Club
Jeanette Winterson - Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit
53 minutes on BBC World Service Online
Available for over a year
It's now 30 years since Jeanette Winterson wrote Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit. This interview was first broadcast in 2012. Show more
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What, in 2012, is the purpose of tradition and convention: in politics, art and in language? Show more
More or Less
Counting images of Queen Elizabeth II
10 minutes on BBC World Service Online
Available for over a year
How many images of the Queen have ever been created? And is Facebook really worth more than twice as much as every company on the Nigerian Stock Exchange? Show more
Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
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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In the Balance
An economic super-state?
28 minutes on BBC World Service Online
Available for over a year
Is the Eurozone stumbling towards the creation of an economic super-state? And how it's using financial engineering to cover the embarrassing and politically awkward truth about the bailouts. Show more
Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
BBC News reports from around the world.
Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
The Why Factor
Mining the floor of our oceans
18 minutes on BBC World Service Online
Available for over a year
Mineral companies get ready to harvest our seabed, plus we hear an animal orchestra. Show more
Witness History
The Dionne Quintuplets
10 minutes on BBC World Service Online
Available for over a year
The story of the "miracle babies" who became global superstars in the 1930s. Show more
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What, in 2012, is the purpose of tradition and convention: in politics, art and in language? Show more
Over to You
Facebook IPO and Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee
10 minutes on BBC World Service Online
Available for over a year
This week on Over To You, Rajan Datar explores the implications of the recent Facebook IPO and hears of the World Service's plans for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
World Book Club
Jeanette Winterson - Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit
53 minutes on BBC World Service Online
Available for over a year
It's now 30 years since Jeanette Winterson wrote Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit. This interview was first broadcast in 2012. Show more
Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
From Our Own Correspondent
Weekend Edition 2 June 2012
25 minutes on BBC World Service Online
Available for over a year
Pascale Harter with wit and insight from correspondents around the world. Includes items on fraud in Nigeria, Mafia stereotypes broken in Sicily, bizarre Cuban names and China's universal plug socket. Show more
Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
Heart and Soul
Marseille: France's Muslim City
28 minutes on BBC World Service Online
Available for over a year
Immigration is a central issue as French people go back to the polls. John Laurenson travels to Marseille, which could soon become the first Muslim-majority city in Western Europe. Show more