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Global Business
African Entrepreneurs - Episode 2
28 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
This week Peter Day finds out more about entrepreneurship in Africa by talking to three entrepreneurs who are tapping the continent’s vast potential. Show more
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Part two of Mobeen Azhars investigation into the treatment of minorities in Pakistan. Show more
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The World Today Weekend Archive
14/07/2012 (0700 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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From Our Own Correspondent
Weekend Edition 14 July 2012
25 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Pascale Harter with the insights from BBC correspondents and writers worldwide. With dispatches on at austerity in Italy and Latvia; lions in Kenya; Johannesburg's new image and Indian family trees. Show more
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In the Balance
Lifting the Curse of Oil
28 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
How can African countries make the most of their new oil finds? Plus we hear about Africa's booming entertainment industries - but does comedy translate between Europe and Africa? Show more
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The Why Factor
Carbon Tax and Right-Wing Greens
18 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Australia's carbon tax, Germany's right-wing greens and California's geothermal energy. Show more
Sporting Witness
Bob Beamon and the 'Leap of the Century'
9 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
How the American long-jumper shattered the world record at the 1968 Mexico Olympics. Show more
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Global Business
African Entrepreneurs - Episode 2
28 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
This week Peter Day finds out more about entrepreneurship in Africa by talking to three entrepreneurs who are tapping the continent’s vast potential. Show more
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Lucy Ash asks if personality tests are a journey of discovery. Show more
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Part two of Mobeen Azhars investigation into the treatment of minorities in Pakistan. Show more
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Interviews, news and analysis of the day's global events.
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Covering Russia's floods; Pappon rediscovers London; a gentlemen's debate on furious fisticuffs and parliamentary punch-ups; Mumbai's inspector killjoy; and journalists smuggling Kazakh horsemeat Show more
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Live sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis.
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In the Balance
Lifting the Curse of Oil
28 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
How can African countries make the most of their new oil finds? Plus we hear about Africa's booming entertainment industries - but does comedy translate between Europe and Africa? Show more
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Niall Ferguson asks what constitutes a vibrant and independent civil society. Show more
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The London Chronicles Archive
Documentary: London Calling
18 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Francesca Panetta goes on an audio journey, away from the fanfare and voices of the Olympic venues, to listen to the city's murky and varied past. Show more
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For Assignment Rob Walker goes to the Peruvian Amazon to report on the gold rush there that is threatening the rainforest. Show more
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Razia Iqbal looks at the writers who have worked at the World Service, such as George Orwell, V.S. Naipaul and Georgi Markov. Show more
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The Forum at London’s only Lighthouse: the changing fortunes of maritime travel, navigation and piracy... Show more
More or Less
Who are the Libor losers?
10 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
How much damage did messing with Libor really do to the financial system? After all, most financial trades are two way bets - and for every winner, there is a loser. Show more
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In the Balance
Lifting the Curse of Oil
28 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
How can African countries make the most of their new oil finds? Plus we hear about Africa's booming entertainment industries - but does comedy translate between Europe and Africa? Show more
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BBC News reports from around the world.
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The Why Factor
Carbon Tax and Right-Wing Greens
18 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Australia's carbon tax, Germany's right-wing greens and California's geothermal energy. Show more
It is 50 years since the first ever transatlantic satellite TV broadcast.
France, Britain and America worked together to make it happen. Show more
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The Forum at London’s only Lighthouse: the changing fortunes of maritime travel, navigation and piracy... Show more
This week on Over To You, Rajan Datar hears about an unusual collaboration for a documentary giving an insider's view of China's economy, plus listeners' comments on the World Service schedule.
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Razia Iqbal looks at the writers who have worked at the World Service, such as George Orwell, V.S. Naipaul and Georgi Markov. Show more
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From Our Own Correspondent
Weekend Edition 14 July 2012
25 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Pascale Harter with the insights from BBC correspondents and writers worldwide. With dispatches on at austerity in Italy and Latvia; lions in Kenya; Johannesburg's new image and Indian family trees. Show more
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Part two of Mobeen Azhars investigation into the treatment of minorities in Pakistan. Show more
