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Olympic park gossip from China and Russia; Somalia's countdown to a new government; our man in Mogadishu; and are countries obsessed with constitutions? Show more
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A Review of the week with the Latest News.
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Heart and Soul
Putin And The Patriarch
27 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Tom Esslemont reports from Moscow on the relationship between Church and state in Russia - in light of the Pussy Riot court case. Show more
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Live news and current affairs, business and sport from around the world.
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From Our Own Correspondent
Weekend Edition 11/08/2012
25 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Pascale Harter with the pick of dispatches from around the world. Stories on postwar Sri Lanka, Syria's rebels, Yemeni infighting, Indian schools, drought in the USA and the Galapagos' giant tortoise. Show more
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In the Balance
The risk of robo-traders
28 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Can automated share-trading threaten financial stability? Plus why corporate junkets work. Show more
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BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
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The Why Factor
The Best of One Planet
18 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
For the final edition of One Planet, we look back at some of our greatest hits. Show more
Witness History
Omarska concentration camp
9 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Omarska was the first concentration camp discovered in Europe since World War II. One survivor tells of the torture and beatings inmates suffered during his ten weeks of incarceration. Show more
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Peter Day continues his look into the world of computer games with a conversation with a British game developer and a novelist and games writer. Show more
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The BBC news programme where you set the agenda.
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Interviews, news and analysis of the day's global events.
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BBC News reports from around the world.
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Olympic park gossip from China and Russia; Somalia's countdown to a new government; our man in Mogadishu; and are countries obsessed with constitutions? Show more
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From Our Own Correspondent
Weekend Edition 11/08/2012
25 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Pascale Harter with the pick of dispatches from around the world. Stories on postwar Sri Lanka, Syria's rebels, Yemeni infighting, Indian schools, drought in the USA and the Galapagos' giant tortoise. Show more
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Peter Day continues his look into the world of computer games with a conversation with a British game developer and a novelist and games writer. Show more
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The Strand Weekend Archive
12/08/2012
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
The best of the world's arts, film, music and literature brought to you every day. Show more
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In part one, financial journalist and broadcaster Max Flint investigates the negatives of inflation using the lessons of history by revisiting its bad reputation, in different parts of the world. Show more
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Olympic park gossip from China and Russia; Somalia's countdown to a new government; our man in Mogadishu; and are countries obsessed with constitutions? Show more
Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
BBC News reports from around the world.
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In the Balance
The risk of robo-traders
28 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Can automated share-trading threaten financial stability? Plus why corporate junkets work. Show more
Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
In part one, financial journalist and broadcaster Max Flint investigates the negatives of inflation using the lessons of history by revisiting its bad reputation, in different parts of the world. Show more
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Discovery
Nasa's Curiosity robot lands on Mars
18 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Nasa's Curiosity robot lands on Mars. Jonathan Amos explores the billion dollar roving laboratory's mission to discover whether the Red Planet was once hospitable to to life. Show more
Witness History
The Plot To Kill Franco
10 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
The 18-year-old Scottish anarchist who was part of an anti-Franco group in London in the early 1960s and who smuggled explosives into Spain as part of a plot to kill General Franco. Show more
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Peter Day continues his look into the world of computer games with a conversation with a British game developer and a novelist and games writer. Show more
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Interviews, news and analysis of the day's global events.
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Karachi has a population of 20 million - of whom an estimated half a million - are chronic heroin addicts. Mobeen Azhar finds out how a charity is helping them and their families. Show more
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Safe touchdown of the Mars Science Lab; Are recent heat waves in US and Russia caused by climate change?; Astronomer Sir Bernard Lovell dies; The final finalist of the STAGE, science play competition Show more
Witness History
Twenty-five years of Botox
9 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
It's quarter of a century since the world's most popular cosmetic treatment was discovered by two doctors working in Vancouver. Show more
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London Calling: World Have Your Say
London Calling: Bolt strikes again
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineReaction as Usain Bolt becomes the first ever man to defend the 200m Olympic crown - and Kenya's David Rusdisha wins the 800m in a word record time.
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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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In the Balance
The risk of robo-traders
28 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Can automated share-trading threaten financial stability? Plus why corporate junkets work. Show more
Only the BBC brings you World News every half hour.
BBC News reports from around the world.
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The Why Factor
The Best of One Planet
18 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
For the final edition of One Planet, we look back at some of our greatest hits. Show more
Witness History
Omarska concentration camp
9 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Omarska was the first concentration camp discovered in Europe since World War II. One survivor tells of the torture and beatings inmates suffered during his ten weeks of incarceration. Show more
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What is the verdict on the London 2012 Olympics? Did it live up to expectations? And what sort of legacy will it produce? Show more
Over to You
The importance of impartiality - Part two
10 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Rajan Datar considers the importance of impartiality and the challenges facing news reporting. Show more
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Health Check
Julian Rotter - Locus Of Control
18 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Is your life about down to luck? Or do you make your own luck? These questions were at the heart of ground-breaking personality research by psychologist Julian Rotter. Claudia Hammond meets him. Show more
More or Less
How to lose money - fast
10 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Is the rapid growth of high frequency trading progress, or – as some think – a threat to the stability of the entire financial system? Show more
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From Our Own Correspondent
Weekend Edition 11/08/2012
25 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Pascale Harter with the pick of dispatches from around the world. Stories on postwar Sri Lanka, Syria's rebels, Yemeni infighting, Indian schools, drought in the USA and the Galapagos' giant tortoise. Show more
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Peter Day continues his look into the world of computer games with a conversation with a British game developer and a novelist and games writer. Show more
