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Health Check
Health Messages by Radio in Burkina Faso
28 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Can health messages on the radio help improve health and decrease child mortality? Tamasin Ford reports from Burkina Faso. 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.
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Plane crash survivor reunited with airport manager; widows come home to Kolkata; 'locked-in' woman gets a degree; Indonesian forest campaigner; Welsh and Senegalese musical duo. Show more
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From Our Own Correspondent
Memorable Meetings
25 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Our correspondents meet extraordinary people all over the world and in this episode; we meet the sister of a jihadi in Kosovo and a Canadian butcher teacher. Show more
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Janak Rogers investigates the powerful Philippine church Iglesia ni Cristo whose financial and political influence goes to the very top of Philippine society. Show more
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Exploring uncertainty and how to deal with it in the modern world. With Jordan Ellenberg, Rupert Read and Namwali Serpell. Show more
Witness History
The Death of Che Guevara
9 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
In October 1967 the Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara was captured and killed in Bolivia. We speak to the CIA operative, Felix Rodriguez, who helped track him down. Show more
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Sulphur is in abundant supply thanks to environmental regulations. But if the world faces a glut of this devilish yellow element, what uses can it be put to? Show more
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The CIA man who tracked down Che in Bolivia; archive of Boer War veterans, plus Thatcher and Hong Kong; the birth of climate change and the heroes of Telemark Show more
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Gaza donors; USA's Lawrence of Arabia; Musician Edwyn Collins on his stroke.
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Live sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis.
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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.
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Ebola comes to the US, but African immigrants remain focused on the crisis back home. Show more
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Unexpected Elements
Nobel Prize, Ebola predictions, Genetics and Diabetes
50 minutes
on BBC World Service Online
Nobel Prize winners for science. Forecast that the number of Ebola cases could reach 1.4 million people by January 2015. Show more
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Plane crash survivor reunited with airport manager; widows come home to Kolkata; 'locked-in' woman gets a degree; Indonesian forest campaigner; Welsh and Senegalese musical duo. Show more
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Orania, South Africa remains a whites-only town, despite the end of apartheid. BBC reporter Stanley Kwenda visits the town to explore why. Show more
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Sulphur is in abundant supply thanks to environmental regulations. But if the world faces a glut of this devilish yellow element, what uses can it be put to? Show more
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Mistake blamed for US Ebola spread; Tony Blair on Gaza reconstruction; Brazil elections
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"The term 'over-sharing' is so complicated" - Lena Dunham Show more
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Trending
Off grid conversations on Ebola in Sierra Leone
18 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
How Sierra Leoneans are discussing Ebola on private chat apps; Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “Clean India” challenge. Show more
The Living Planet Index claims that species populations have dropped 50% in the last 40 years. We look at what the figure means and how it was calculated. Show more
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Discovery
Patients Doing It for Themselves
27 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Vivienne Parry explores how patients are taking control of their own treatment. Should patients be allowed to experiment with proceedures that might kill them? Show more
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World Business Report
Five Billion Dollars Pledged to Rebuild Gaza
25 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Several countries have pledged more than $5 billion to rebuild Gaza, but there are already questions about how much of the money will reach the affected areas. Show more
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Plane crash survivor reunited with airport manager; widows come home to Kolkata; 'locked-in' woman gets a degree; Indonesian forest campaigner; Welsh and Senegalese musical duo. Show more
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The world as a whole has long had a love affair with brands, but how has this relationship come about? Mike Williams asks why we believe in them so much. Show more
The Living Planet Index claims that species populations have dropped 50% in the last 40 years. We look at what the figure means and how it was calculated. Show more
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Exploring uncertainty and how to deal with it in the modern world. With Jordan Ellenberg, Rupert Read and Namwali Serpell. Show more
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Nobel Prizes 2014; Disappearing Wildlife; Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation Show more
