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In the Balance
Do good ethics make good business?
28 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Do ethics fly out of the window as we pursue profits? Plus as the year draws to a close, we send Colm O'Regan up to his garret to compose the definitive poem for 2012. Show more
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A review of the week with the latest news.
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Evolutionary biologist Dr Yan Wong asks whether men are at a biological disadvantage when it comes to life expectancy Show more
In December 1980, thousands were killed in the Nigerian city of Kano in an uprising by an Islamic sect. The sect was led by a radical preacher, Maitatsine. Show more
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Paul Henley discusses today's news with guests Riazat Butt and Mike Carlson
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Paul Henley discusses today's news with guests Riazat Butt and Mike Carlson
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
From Our Own Correspondent
Highlights of the year
25 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Pascale Harter presents a series of bite-size chunks of some of the most interesting stories on From Our Own Correspondent in 2012. Show more
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Stories from the frontline: Beslan, Libya, Kaduna; Love in the Arabic Service; Mohammed Hanif's revolution junkie; Russia's Bald-Hairy presidents; and Coup plotters Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
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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Why are Canada and Mexico sweating the looming U-S fiscal cliff? And a Russian adoptee living in Texas takes on Vladimir Putin over a new adoption ban. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The Strand Weekend Archive
A look back at 2012's Cultural Olympiad
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
We look back at the plays, concerts, exhibitions and strange events which took place around the UK during the Olympics including Frank Cottrell Boyce,Baaba Maal, Toumani Diabete. Show more
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Newshour
Indian rape victim's body cremated
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Delhi Police's Unit for Women speaks to Newshour; Uncertain future for Mali's musicians; Why aren't there more women CEOs? Show more
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The Age of Reason
Professor Mildred Dresselhaus
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Described as the Queen of Carbon, physicist Mildred Dresselhaus's work on graphite has led the way for developments in nanotechnology, the science of tiny things. Show more
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BBC Correspondents' Look Ahead to 2024
BBC Correspondents Look Ahead to 2013
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
What's likely to happen in 2013? Owen Bennett Jones discusses the coming year with Lyse Doucet, Mark Mardell, Paul Mason and James Robbins. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
BBC News reports from around the world.
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Heart and Soul
Possession, Jinn and Britain's Backstreet Exorcists
27 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Catrin Nye explores the world of the Jinn and the exorcisms that take place in the South Asian communities of the UK and how they are used to fight mental illnesses . Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Live sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Live sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Live sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis.
Football and more - the fan's phone-in from the BBC.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
BBC News reports from around the world.
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Stories from the frontline: Beslan, Libya, Kaduna; Love in the Arabic Service; Mohammed Hanif's revolution junkie; Russia's Bald-Hairy presidents; and Coup plotters Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
BBC Correspondents' Look Ahead to 2024
BBC Correspondents Look Ahead to 2013
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
What's likely to happen in 2013? Owen Bennett Jones discusses the coming year with Lyse Doucet, Mark Mardell, Paul Mason and James Robbins. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Newshour
Obama pledges full weight behind gun control
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Obama to propose gun control; Mali musicians play on; Croatia sex education row.
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The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
From Our Own Correspondent
Highlights of the year
25 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Pascale Harter presents a series of bite-size chunks of some of the most interesting stories on From Our Own Correspondent in 2012. Show more
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Over to You
Journalism on the front line
28 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Can a story be too dangerous to cover? Show more
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BBC News reports from around the world.
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Why are Canada and Mexico sweating the looming U-S fiscal cliff? And a Russian adoptee living in Texas takes on Vladimir Putin over a new adoption ban. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
BBC News reports from around the world.
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On the programme today, the strange customs and conduct that make up ‘good manners’. Where do they come from? What purpose do they serve? Mike Williams explains. Show more
BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
BBC News reports from around the world.
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Stories from the frontline: Beslan, Libya, Kaduna; Love in the Arabic Service; Mohammed Hanif's revolution junkie; Russia's Bald-Hairy presidents; and Coup plotters Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
BBC Correspondents' Look Ahead to 2024
BBC Correspondents Look Ahead to 2013
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
What's likely to happen in 2013? Owen Bennett Jones discusses the coming year with Lyse Doucet, Mark Mardell, Paul Mason and James Robbins. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Live news, business and sport from around the world.
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Heart and Soul
Possession, Jinn and Britain's Backstreet Exorcists
27 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Catrin Nye explores the world of the Jinn and the exorcisms that take place in the South Asian communities of the UK and how they are used to fight mental illnesses . Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The Strand Weekend Archive
A look back at 2012's Cultural Olympiad
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
We look back at the plays, concerts, exhibitions and strange events which took place around the UK during the Olympics including Frank Cottrell Boyce,Baaba Maal, Toumani Diabete. Show more
