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Ethnicity and success in the US - why Nigerians, Mormons, Indians, Chinese and Lebanese are ostensibly better than other cultural groups at getting ahead? Show more
In early 1947 Chinese nationalist troops under Chiang Kai-Shek killed 20,000 civilians in Taiwan. Local Taiwanese had been protesting about abuses by the new Kuomintang government Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Assignment
Hungary’s Crusading Conductor
29 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Hungarian conductor Ivan Fischer is holding up a mirror to Hungarian society and has written an opera to expose growing racial intolerance. Lucy Ash reports. Show more
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Health Check
The Increased Risk of Falls with Blood Pressure Medication
29 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Are blood pressure pills doing more harm than good? Plus, the pilot programme of mobile phone verbal autopsies in Malawi, and the risks and benefits of breast cancer screening. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
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The world is our Newsroom, join us as we find out what is happening right now around the world.
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Outlook
Syrian Women Play Greek Tragedy
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
We meet a group of Syrian women living as refugees in Jordan who have been taking part in the ancient Greek play The Trojan Women, by Euripides. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Newshour live in Venezuela; shopping for Persian New Year despite sanctions in Tehran; music as a unifier in Kosovo
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Newshour live in Venezuela; shopping for Persian New Year despite sanctions in Tehran; music as a unifier in Kosovo
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The daily drama of money and work from the BBC.
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Assignment
Hungary’s Crusading Conductor
29 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Hungarian conductor Ivan Fischer is holding up a mirror to Hungarian society and has written an opera to expose growing racial intolerance. Lucy Ash reports. Show more
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.
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
Pollution - the Price China Pays for Prosperity
29 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
The air quality in China's cities is abysmal - so bad that the Japanese firm Panasonic is to pay its expatriate staff a "pollution premium" for living there. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
World Have Your Say
What do Turkish people want?
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
What do Turkey's protesters want to happen? How do they want change to come about? And are they worried about what may happen? Show more
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.
World Business Report
Pollution - the Price China Pays for Prosperity
29 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Edit .The air quality in China's cities is abysmal - so bad that the Japanese firm Panasonic is to pay its expatriate staff a "pollution premium" for living there. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Assignment
Hungary’s Crusading Conductor
29 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Hungarian conductor Ivan Fischer is holding up a mirror to Hungarian society and has written an opera to expose growing racial intolerance. Lucy Ash reports. Show more
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Science In Action
Stem Cell Breakthrough Questions
18 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Stem cell breakthrough withdrawn; Elephants are able to differentiate between human ethnicities and genders; Wet climate may have boosted the expansion of the Mongolian Empire Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
Inside your shell: in St. Helena and Italy
11 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Sally Kettle meets tempts St. Helena's most prestigious inhabitant out of his shell; in Florence, Stephen Smith goes back to the Renaissance and tries on some 'intimate armour.' Show more
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Newshour
Egyptian FGM doctor prosecuted
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Interviews, news and analysis of the day's global events.
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World Business Report
An End to Free Overtime in the US?
29 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
US President Barak Obama extends overtime pay to more American workers, but should companies be forced to stop making people put in work hours for free? Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Outlook
Syrian Women Play Greek Tragedy
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
We meet a group of Syrian women living as refugees in Jordan who have been taking part in the ancient Greek play The Trojan Women, by Euripides. Show more
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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World Football
In Conversation with Cesare Prandelli and Wilson Palacios
29 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
The Italy coach Cesare Prandelli looks ahead to the World Cup and discusses his future. And the Honduras international Wilson Palacios reflects on the tragic death of his brother. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Business Matters
Facebook's Zuckerberg Scolds Obama
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Mark Zuckerberg takes the White House to task over the National Security Agency's internet privacy violations; tensions mount across Crimea ahead of this weekend's referendum. 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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Science In Action
Stem Cell Breakthrough Questions
18 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Stem cell breakthrough withdrawn; Elephants are able to differentiate between human ethnicities and genders; Wet climate may have boosted the expansion of the Mongolian Empire Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
Ukraine and South Korea
11 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Ben Tobias meets pro- and anti-Russian demonstrators in Crimea; In South Korea, Peter Day wonders whether Seoul's industrial powerhouse is in need of a rethink. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Outlook
Syrian Women Play Greek Tragedy
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
We meet a group of Syrian women living as refugees in Jordan who have been taking part in the ancient Greek play The Trojan Women, by Euripides. 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.
World Football
In Conversation with Cesare Prandelli and Wilson Palacios
29 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
The Italy coach Cesare Prandelli looks ahead to the World Cup and discusses his future. And the Honduras international Wilson Palacios reflects on the tragic death of his brother. Show more
