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Health Check
Healthy Habits and Dementia
29 minutes on BBC World Service Online
Available for over a year
How a healthy lifestyle can reduce your risk of dementia by 60%. Also, should the elderly be sent to care homes abroad? And, why a handful of nuts a day can help you live longer. Show more
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Coverage of the funeral of Nelson Mandela, former president of South Africa, from his home village of Qunu in Eastern Cape Province. Presented by Allan Little and Audrey Brown. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Coverage of the funeral of Nelson Mandela, former president of South Africa, from his home village of Qunu in Eastern Cape Province. Presented by Allan Little and Audrey Brown. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Coverage of the funeral of Nelson Mandela, former president of South Africa, from his home village of Qunu in Eastern Cape Province. Presented by Allan Little and Audrey Brown. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Coverage of the funeral of Nelson Mandela, former president of South Africa, from his home village of Qunu in Eastern Cape Province. Presented by Allan Little and Audrey Brown. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Coverage of the funeral of Nelson Mandela, former president of South Africa, from his home village of Qunu in Eastern Cape Province. Presented by Allan Little and Audrey Brown. 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 stories of Prophets Miriam and Elijah of the Old Testament, their ideas and how these relate to Jewish, Christian and Muslim faiths. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Key moments in the ANC's campaign to overturn South Africa's racist Apartheid policies, from the 1950s through the Soweto Uprising, including Chief Luthuli, and Umkhonto we Sizwe. Show more
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Interviews, news and analysis of the day's global events.
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The most exciting stories from the American Geophysical Union meeting in San Francisco.
Unknown science of crystallography
Healthy lifestyles and dementia Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
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When President Obama shook President Castro’s hand was it premeditated, or just polite? Show more
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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.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
The stories of Prophets Miriam and Elijah of the Old Testament, their ideas and how these relate to Jewish, Christian and Muslim faiths. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Sarah Taylor meets the staff and pupils of Kampala Music School, to hear about this international centre of musical excellence. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Mandela buried in childhood home; Chile polls close; Peter O'Toole dies.
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The art and artists he inspired Show more
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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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Digital Planet
Examining Virtual Patients
18 minutes on BBC World Service Online
Available for over a year
How virtual patients help medical students with their bedside manners; Piecing together a dinosaur by 3D printing; DIY digital tools for the fashion world Show more
As smog spreads over China, people are taking to social media not to share weather updates, or complaints about the authorities, but jokes. But how has the government responded? 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 stories of Prophets Miriam and Elijah of the Old Testament, their ideas and how these relate to Jewish, Christian and Muslim faiths. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC.
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Health Check
Healthy Habits and Dementia
29 minutes on BBC World Service Online
Available for over a year
How a healthy lifestyle can reduce your risk of dementia by 60%. Also, should the elderly be sent to care homes abroad? And, why a handful of nuts a day can help you live longer. 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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Why is it that western society accepts men in kilts, priests in cassocks, but has issues with men in skirts? Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
China, North Korea, Burma
11 minutes on BBC World Service Online
Available for over a year
Life in the border city of Dandong on the China-North Korea border; the terror of driving in Yangon. Show more
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The Forum
A Rainbow Nation, a Rainbow World?
41 minutes on BBC World Service Online
Available for over a year
Racism has been outlawed world-wide but does it still lurk beneath the surface? Does it take new forms, targeting new victims? Bridget Kendall and guests discuss. Show more
More or Less
Genocide in South Africa?
11 minutes on BBC World Service Online
Available for over a year
Do crime statistics show white South Africans are not the victims of a racist murder campaign, as some people claim? Show more
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Live news, business and sport from around the world.
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Science In Action
Earth and Planetary Science
18 minutes on BBC World Service Online
Available for over a year
A round up of the earth and planetary science from the American Geophysical Union’s annual meeting Show more
Producer Mary Morgan explains the decisions behind the debate programme looking at immigration and Africans in the UK. Show more