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Business Daily
America's International IOUs and the Debt Ceiling
18 minutes on BBC World Service Online
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How might the US explain its debt ceiling standoff to its lenders, and what does its biggest creditor - China - make of it all? Show more
Witness History
Escape from Sobibor Death Camp
9 minutes on BBC World Service Online
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Hundreds of Jewish slave labourers in a Nazi death camp staged a revolt and escaped in October 1943. Listen to Thomas Blatt who was one of those who made it to the end of the war. Show more
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Cancer-fighting BBC foreign correspondent Helen Fawkes shares her list of things she wants to do before she dies. Show more
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Why do we swear? Mike Williams traces the history of taboo language from Roman times to the present day and discovers why some words are so powerful and offensive. Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
Tajikistan and Myanmar
11 minutes on BBC World Service Online
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Jamie Coomarasamy sees unease and risks in the Tajik/Afghan border region as NATO prepares to leave; Jonathan Head meets the businesspeople trying to get Burma up and running Show more
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World Have Your Say
Live in Malta Talking to Migrants
29 minutes on BBC World Service Online
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Live in Malta discussing the issue of migrants trying to escape from Africa and the Middle East to Europe.
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Lucy Ash talks to the British vascular surgeon David Nott who has worked in war zones for the past two decades. He has been dubbed the 'Indiana Jones of surgery'. Show more
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Newshour
Chelsea Clinton Edits Newshour
55 minutes on BBC World Service Online
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Chelsea Clinton is the first of Newshour's guest editors this week. Listen to the reports she commissioned on the illegal ivory market in China and maternal health in Afghanistan. Show more
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Newshour
Chelsea Clinton Edits Newshour
55 minutes on BBC World Service Online
Available for over a year
Chelsea Clinton is the first of Newshour's guest editors this week. Listen to the reports she commissioned on the illegal ivory market in China and maternal health in Afghanistan. Show more
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The daily drama of money and work from the BBC.
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Celeste Hicks looks at the social fabric of Kaduna, a city effectively divided between Nigeria's Muslim and Christian quarters. Show more
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The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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BBC sports correspondents tell the story behind today's top sporting news, with interviews and reports from across the world.
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World Business Report
Who gets hurt by the debt ceiling?
29 minutes on BBC World Service Online
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The US moves a day closer to not paying its bills - who's first in line to lose out? Show more
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World Have Your Say
Should non-Muslims be able to use the word Allah to refer to God?
55 minutes on BBC World Service Online
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We speak to people in Malaysia following a ruling that non-Muslims cannot use the word Allah in their own faiths and that it must be exclusive to Islam. Show more
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The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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Could an emerald coloured beetle wipe out ash trees in Europe? Professor Adam Hart investigates the latest threat to the common ash. Show more
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Cancer-fighting BBC foreign correspondent Helen Fawkes shares her list of things she wants to do before she dies. Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
The latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC.
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Newshour
Chelsea Clinton Edits Newshour
55 minutes on BBC World Service Online
Available for over a year
Chelsea Clinton is the first of Newshour's guest editors this week. Listen to the reports she commissioned on the illegal ivory market in China and maternal health in Afghanistan. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Lucy Ash talks to the British vascular surgeon David Nott who has worked in war zones for the past two decades. He has been dubbed the 'Indiana Jones of surgery'. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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The latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
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Celeste Hicks looks at the social fabric of Kaduna, a city effectively divided between Nigeria's Muslim and Christian quarters. Show more
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Business Matters
US Debt Crisis Talks
55 minutes on BBC World Service Online
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Talks aimed at solving the deadlock over the US debt crisis end with 'tremendous' progress. On Thursday, the US must raise its borrowing limit so that it can pay its bills. Show more
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The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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Could an emerald coloured beetle wipe out ash trees in Europe? Professor Adam Hart investigates the latest threat to the common ash. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Lucy Ash talks to the British vascular surgeon David Nott who has worked in war zones for the past two decades. He has been dubbed the 'Indiana Jones of surgery'. 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.
Celeste Hicks looks at the social fabric of Kaduna, a city effectively divided between Nigeria's Muslim and Christian quarters. Show more