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Health Check
Would you Want to Find out About an Inherited Genetic Condition?
29 minutes on BBC World Service Online
Available for over a year
A special programme looking at living with genetic disorders, featuring first person accounts from contributors to the book The Story Within. Show more
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A review of the week with the latest news.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
A review of the week with the latest news.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
A review of the week with the latest news.
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Outlook
Protestors, Politicians and Scribes
29 minutes on BBC World Service Online
Available for over a year
Tortured Kiev Protester, Finland's first black MP and writer Armistead Maupin. Matthew Bannister picks some of the best true life stories from this week's Outlook. Show more
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From Our Own Correspondent
How Violence Shapes Society
25 minutes on BBC World Service Online
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Our correspondents investigate societies shaped by violence. From 'brutalised' Sri Lanka, to the young man finding love in war-torn Syria - with the daughter of an enemy. Show more
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Mark Dowd investigates the role of miracles in making a saint. Show more
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When dictatorships are overthrown, how should societies rebuild themselves? With Elham Saudi, Suzanne Desan and John Ralston Saul. Show more
Over to You
Swiss Vote on Immigration Quotas
9 minutes on BBC World Service Online
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Were reports on the Swiss vote on immigration fair and balanced? Plus, was Cardinal Peter Turkson bullied in a recent interview on Hardtalk? Show more
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Phosphorus and helium are two very different chemical elements with one big thing in common - one day the world could find them much more difficult to get hold of. Show more
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Exchanges at the Frontier
Exchanges at the Frontier
Episode 2: Henry Markram, Director of the Human Brain Project
55 minutes on BBC World Service Online
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AC Grayling speaks to Henry Markram, who is building a super computer which will virtually replicate the human brain. Show more
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Newshour
Moqtada al-Sadr retires from public life
55 minutes on BBC World Service Online
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Iraqi Shia cleric to quit politics; John Kerry calls for new climate treaty; Scandinavians – the almost nearly perfect people?
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Unexpected Elements
Nuclear fusion, genetic diseases, whale watching from space
50 minutes on BBC World Service Online
Breakthrough in the quest for nuclear fusion, living with genes for diseases like cancer and dementia, whale watching from space. Show more
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Boston Calling
A Church on Every Corner
27 minutes on BBC World Service Online
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The Nigerian pastor who has come to America to 'plant churches like Starbucks'. 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
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Outlook
Protestors, Politicians and Scribes
29 minutes on BBC World Service Online
Available for over a year
Tortured Kiev Protester, Finland's first black MP and writer Armistead Maupin. Matthew Bannister picks some of the best true life stories from this week's Outlook. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The Documentary
Episode 1: Missing Histories: China and Japan
55 minutes on BBC World Service Online
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Japan and China's shared and troubled history. Japanese journalist Mariko Oi and Chinese journalist Haining Liu explore what Asia’s economic giants' pasts mean today. Show more
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Korean pilgrims killed in the Sinai, trapped South African miners refuse help, gunmen raid Nigerian village. Show more
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"'I'm the captain now'... I improvised that" - Barkhad Abdi on his role in the film Captain Philips. Show more
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BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
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Trending
The Truth Behind #WeAreThePeople
18 minutes on BBC World Service Online
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#wearethepeople has been tweeted more than four million times in the past three weeks. Who’s behind it? Plus, who takes more pictures of their meals – Asians or hipsters? Show more
Tim Harford looks at the maths behind modern matchmaking. Show more
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Mark Dowd investigates the role of miracles in making a saint. Show more
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Japan's economy grows, but not by as much as predicted. And he'll be the youngest ever Prime Minister in Italy, but who exactly is Matteo Renzi? Show more
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Outlook
Protestors, Politicians and Scribes
29 minutes on BBC World Service Online
Available for over a year
Tortured Kiev Protester, Finland's first black MP and writer Armistead Maupin. Matthew Bannister picks some of the best true life stories from this week's Outlook. Show more
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The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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Wood is a vital human resource. But trees inspire myths and reverence. So, Mike Williams asks, why are our feelings about trees so mixed? Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
US and Zanzibar
11 minutes on BBC World Service Online
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On the US's east coast, Linda Yueh looks for signs of economic recovery. Petroc Trelawny visits the high-rise hangover from Zanzibar's socialist past. Show more
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When dictatorships are overthrown, how should societies rebuild themselves? With Elham Saudi, Suzanne Desan and John Ralston Saul. Show more
Tim Harford looks at the maths behind modern matchmaking. Show more
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Live news, business and sport from around the world.
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Science In Action
Nuclear Fusion Heating Up
18 minutes on BBC World Service Online
Available for over a year
breakthrough in the quest for nuclear fusion; An interactive global map showing how we have interbred; The biggest physics experiment ever Show more
Over to You
Swiss Vote on Immigration Quotas
9 minutes on BBC World Service Online
Available for over a year
Were reports on the Swiss vote on immigration fair and balanced? Plus, was Cardinal Peter Turkson bullied in a recent interview on Hardtalk? Show more