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Six months on from the devastating typhoon in the Philippines what more needs to be done? Plus Lucy Kellaway bares all on a mission to give good business advice Show more
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The MIT Blackjack Scam
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In the 1990s teams of elite American students won millions of dollars card counting in Las Vegas casinos. Show more
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Has the American movie industry contributed to the ‘Hollywoodisation’ of global culture and killed diversity? Show more
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Is competitiveness a natural instinct? Should we nurture competition in our children so they learn that victory is the ultimate goal and that only the fittest survive? Show more
Gerd Gigerenzer on the famous probability puzzle involving goats and game shows. Plus, how old will you be before you are guaranteed a round-number birthday on a weekend? Show more
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Challenging US gun laws; Egypt goes to the polls; modern-day treasure hunt
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Chained Up in a Dark Room in Somalia
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How an imaginary house in the sky helped Canadian reporter Amanda Lindhout survive being chained, tortured and sexually abused as a hostage in Somalia. Show more
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John Laurenson meets the Africans, south east Asians and South Americans who are making up the new Christian communities of Israel. Show more
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An election special on the show today, following votes for a European parliament, as well as new presidents in Ukraine and Egypt. Show more
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Dr Tiffany Jenkins asks what our brains can tell us about art. Can there ever be a recipe for beauty? Or are the great works beyond the powers of neuroscience? Show more
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Has the American movie industry contributed to the ‘Hollywoodisation’ of global culture and killed diversity? Show more
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Election Excitement (USA and Ireland)
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Mark Mardell on how one vintage Republican in Texas plans to fend off a challenger for his Congress seat; Niall O Gallagher on how decisions made in Dublin or Brussels hit Donegal Show more
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Europe's tea party moment?; Ukraine airport attack; US hot sauce stink
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Outlook
Chained Up in a Dark Room in Somalia
55 minutes on BBC World Service Online
Available for over a year
How an imaginary house in the sky helped Canadian reporter Amanda Lindhout survive being chained, tortured and sexually abused as a hostage in Somalia. Show more
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The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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John Laurenson meets the Africans, south east Asians and South Americans who are making up the new Christian communities of Israel. Show more
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Abducted Nigerian Girls Located
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The latest from the Nigerian capital, Lagos, where military leaders say they have located more than 200 schoolgirls, abducted by extremist group, Boko Haram. Show more
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Dr Tiffany Jenkins asks what our brains can tell us about art. Can there ever be a recipe for beauty? Or are the great works beyond the powers of neuroscience? Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Outlook
Chained Up in a Dark Room in Somalia
55 minutes on BBC World Service Online
Available for over a year
How an imaginary house in the sky helped Canadian reporter Amanda Lindhout survive being chained, tortured and sexually abused as a hostage in Somalia. Show more
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