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Darfur truce ahead of Sudan poll
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
Rebel movement in Sudan agrees temporary peace deal with Khartoum ahead of elections.
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Niger soldiers promise elections
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
Coup leaders tell foreign diplomats that civilian rule will be restored.
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ICC outrage over Guinea massacre
Sat, 20 Feb 2010
Probe into last year's killing of opposition activists hint at crime against humanity.
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Protesters riot in Ivory Coast
Sat, 20 Feb 2010
Protest over president's decision to dissolve government turns violent in Bouake.
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Deaths in Morocco minaret collapse
Sat, 20 Feb 2010
At least 41 people killed during Friday prayers at mosque in northern city of Meknes.
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Grenade attacks rock Rwanda capital
Sat, 20 Feb 2010
One killed and 18 wounded in three simultaneous attacks in Kigali.
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Refugees flood Congo-Brazzaville
Tue, 16 Feb 2010
UN says more refugees will pour in from neighbouring DR Congo as violence escalates.
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Kenya restores suspended ministers
Mon, 15 Feb 2010
President overrules prime minister's decision over corruption allegations.
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Campaigning for Sudan vote begins
Sat, 13 Feb 2010
Eleven candidates to contest first election in 24 years in Africa's largest country.
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Deaths in Mogadishu clashes
Thu, 11 Feb 2010
At least 17 people killed in fighting between Somali troops and opposition al-Shabab.
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South Africa marks Mandela release
Thu, 11 Feb 2010
Zuma lays out economic vision on anniversary of anti-apartheid icon's walk to freedom.
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Nigeria's VP assumes full powers
Wed, 10 Feb 2010
Justice minister removed in Goodluck Jonathan's first major executive decision.
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Tsvangirai rejects 'indigenous' law
Wed, 10 Feb 2010
Rules requiring firms to be black-controlled not passed by cabinet, Zimbabwe PM says.
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Kenya herds zebras for hungry lions
Wed, 10 Feb 2010
Rangers attempt to provide natural prey for lions starved by last year's drought.
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Haiti quake toll may reach 300,000
Mon, 22 Feb 2010
Saying bodies under rubble not counted yet, president urges more aid as rains approach.
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Lula's party chooses poll candidate
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
President's chief of staff nominated as candidate for Brazil's presidential elections.
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US torture memo authors cleared
Sat, 20 Feb 2010
Justice department not to punish Bush administration lawyers.
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Bias claims dog Mexico's drug war
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
Government suspected of protecting powerful Sinaloa cartel while targeting its rivals.
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France pledges $450m to Haiti
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
Sarkozy pledges quake aid, but critics say France owes billions in colonial reparations.
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China anger at US over Dalai Lama
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
China summons US ambassador to protest White House meeting with Tibetan leader.
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Plane crashed into US tax office
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
Pilot angry with IRS crashes his plane into Texas building in apparent suicide.
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Obama defends stimulus package
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
US president says $787bn stimulus prevented a "catastrophe" like the Great Depression.
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Obama unveils nuclear power plan
Wed, 17 Feb 2010
US government offers loan guarantees for new plant saying it would reduce emissions.
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Deaths in Haiti school collapse
Tue, 16 Feb 2010
Latest tragedy comes as Haiti's president warns it will take years to rebuild capital.
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Vice-presidents argue over security
Tue, 16 Feb 2010
Cheney and Biden in war of words over treatment of Detroit plane bomb suspect.
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Deaths in Colombia rebel ambush
Mon, 15 Feb 2010
Farc fighters in attempt to kidnap provincial election candidate.
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Poverty activists angry at Olympics
Sun, 14 Feb 2010
Activists say Canada failed commitment to make Winter Games "socially sustainable".
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Deaths in US university shootings
Sat, 13 Feb 2010
Police hold female suspect in custody for deadly shootings at university.
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The politics of repression in China: What are they afraid of?
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
The economy is booming and politics stable.
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Banyan: A Bollywood song and dance
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
In praise of a film star who has seen off the violent mob running India's commercial capital.
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Repression in Myanmar: Captive nation
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
A token release from a growing gulag.
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Manipur: State of concern
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
A wretched, forsaken corner of the world's biggest democracy.
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Private armies in the Philippines: The warlords' way
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
After the massacre, the show goes on.
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Texting in China: Well-red
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
Chinese communism's classic texts.
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The war in Afghanistan: Crack open the fruit juice
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
Coalition forces enjoy one of their better weeks.
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Terrorism in India: On a short fuse
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
South Asia's big rivals prepare to talk.
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Sri Lankan politics: Lock up the losers
Thu, 11 Feb 2010
The president tightens his grip.
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China's embattled dissidents: Tougher and tougher
Thu, 11 Feb 2010
Dissent becomes even more dangerous.
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Banyan: Uncrowning Gloria
Thu, 11 Feb 2010
In the Philippines, politics implies neither policies nor progress.
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Jailed and tortured in Myanmar: Paying the price
Thu, 11 Feb 2010
The terrible fate of two brave men.
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India and GM food: Without modification
Thu, 11 Feb 2010
A setback for GM in India.
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NATO's planned offensive in Afghanistan: Get out of the way
Thu, 11 Feb 2010
NATO tries the power of advertising.
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North Korea's regime trips up: Market forces 1, brute force, 0
Thu, 11 Feb 2010
An embarrassing climb-down puts Kim Jong Il in a difficult position.
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Australia's expanding population: Hot, dry and crowded
Thu, 04 Feb 2010
Can there be too many Australians?.
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Banyan: Asia's never-closer union
Thu, 04 Feb 2010
Regional economic integration has a long, long way to go.
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Sri Lanka's post-election crackdown: Sore winners
Thu, 04 Feb 2010
How not to celebrate a victory.
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Malaysian politics: There they go again
Thu, 04 Feb 2010
The opposition leader treads a familiar path into the dock.
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China anger at US over Dalai Lama
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
China summons US ambassador to protest White House meeting with Tibetan leader.
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Abu Sayyaf commander killed in raid
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
Albader Parad said to be among victims of Philippines army operation in Jolo.
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Chinese city bans spitting
Sat, 20 Feb 2010
Ahead of Asian Games, Ghuangzou is wiping out habits likely to offend international visitors.
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Protests raise tensions in Thailand
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
Red Shirts vow mass protests ahead of court ruling on fate of ex-PM Thaksin's fortune.
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Australia warns Japan over whaling
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
PM threatens legal action if Japan continues annual whale hunt in seas off Antarctica.
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Toyota boss to testify in Congress
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
Top executive of Japanese car maker to explain handling of recent safety recalls.
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UN envoy meets Myanmar opposition
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
Tomas Quintana held talks with recently freed opposition leader.
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Malaysia canes women for adultery
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
Muslim authorities order punishment under Islamic law in first such case in the country.
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US pursues 'Merchant of Death'
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
US courts bring fresh charges seeking extradition of alleged Russian arms dealer.
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UN resumes high-level N Korea talks
Wed, 17 Feb 2010
Special UN envoy leads bid to open first dialogue in six years with Pyongyang.
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US begins probe into Toyota recalls
Wed, 17 Feb 2010
Transport watchdog begins investigation into car giant's handling of massive car recall.
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Malaysia's Anwar trial to continue
Wed, 17 Feb 2010
Appeal court refuses to throw out sodomy charge against opposition leader.
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China in record US debt sell-off
Wed, 17 Feb 2010
China offloads $34bn in US debt amid increasing concern over ballooning US deficit.
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North Korea marks Kim's birthday
Tue, 16 Feb 2010
State media hails "brilliant commander" as North marks leader's 68th birthday.
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Jobs outlook: Not out of the woods yet
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
Why there are renewed worries about unemployment.
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The Conservatives and co-operatives: All together now
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
David Cameron searches for his "council house" moment.
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British exports: Trading out of trouble
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
Britain's exporters have a big job to do.
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The BNP and Hizb ut-Tahrir: The odd couple
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
The white far-right and the Islamist fringe fight for their survival.
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Bagehot: Into the triangle of hope
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
Who and where are the voters who will decide the outcome of the general election?.
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Internship
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
The Britain section will soon be choosing an intern to work for several months this summer. Applican...
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Thames river transport: Ordeal by water
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
Integrating water with land transport for commuters is a not-so-distant dream.
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Care for the aged: No place like home
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
A political row overshadows the interests of the elderly.
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Gas storage: Every little helps
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
Fixing the weakest link in Britain's energy infrastructure.
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A regulator resigns: Hector rides out
Thu, 11 Feb 2010
The financial watchdog's chief quits while he's ahead.
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Inflation outlook: Storm before the calm
Thu, 11 Feb 2010
A bout of slumpflation should be short-lived.
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Inequality: In sickness and in health
Thu, 11 Feb 2010
Despite efforts to improve the health of the poor, the richer you are, the better.
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Bagehot: Return to Bleak House
Thu, 11 Feb 2010
Short-term pain, long-term Utopia—but what are the Tories offering in between?.
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Green communities: Kicking carbon
Thu, 11 Feb 2010
A thousand whacky ideas may bring a few answers.
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Northern Ireland: Deal or no deal
Thu, 11 Feb 2010
The peace process lurches forward.
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The politics of the environment: Greener than thou
Thu, 11 Feb 2010
The main parties have not abandoned environmentalism, even if some voters have.
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"Torture" secrets revealed: Under duress
Thu, 11 Feb 2010
Judges force the disclosure of secret intelligence, and deliver a damning assessment of British spie...
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Bagehot: 1997 revisited
Thu, 04 Feb 2010
Explaining Gordon Brown's mysterious new enthusiasm for electoral reform.
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Future defence policy: The war over military spending
Thu, 04 Feb 2010
How to maintain global power, pay for today's wars and buy tomorrow's kit?.
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US general: Marjah just the start
Mon, 22 Feb 2010
US Central Command chief warns of "tough" fight in Afghanistan that could last 18 months.
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Pakistan air strike 'kills 30'
Sat, 20 Feb 2010
Army says it targeted fighters in the Shawal mountains of South Waziristan.
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Blast as Holbrooke visits Pakistan
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
Deadly attack in border region comes as US envoy hails co-operation with Islamabad.
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Rohingya 'crackdown' in Bangladesh
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
Stateless ethnic refugees from Myanmar forced out of their homes, aid organisation says.
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Jamaat chief rejects Indian charges
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
In exclusive interview, leader of Pakistani organisation denies role in Mumbai attacks.
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Pakistan confirms Taliban arrest
Wed, 17 Feb 2010
Mullah Brader, senior Afghan Taliban commander, captured in raid, army officials say.
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Fonseka challenges S Lanka outcome
Tue, 16 Feb 2010
Petition on behalf of defeated candidate wants presidential vote to be declared void.
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Blast clouds 'India-Pakistan talks'
Sun, 14 Feb 2010
Calls grow for cancellation of talks following attack on Pune cafe that left nine dead.
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Pakistan plays down judicial row
Sun, 14 Feb 2010
Clash between supreme court and president over appointments is "no threat", PM says.
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Mumbai defies threat over film
Fri, 12 Feb 2010
Shahrukh Khan's new film opens to packed theatres despite call for a boycott.
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Afghan avalanches death toll soars
Thu, 11 Feb 2010
At least 185 people killed after avalanches block a mountain pass north of Kabul.
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Deadly blasts target Pakistan town
Thu, 11 Feb 2010
At least 15 people killed and many wounded in attack on police in country's northwest.
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India delays GM vegetable launch
Tue, 09 Feb 2010
Minister calls for more scientific tests as introduction of "BT Brinjal" is put off.
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Karzai demands end to Nato raids
Mon, 08 Feb 2010
Afghan president criticises village hits as US-led forces gear up for Helmand offensive.
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US denies 'direct Taliban contact'
Sun, 07 Feb 2010
Richard Holbrooke dismisses media claims of US involvement in secret reconciliation talks.
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Settling trade disputes: When partners attack
Thu, 11 Feb 2010
China will test the WTO's dispute-settlement system.
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China's financial system: Red mist
Thu, 04 Feb 2010
Who matters in the world's second-largest financial system is barely understood.
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China in Central Asia: Riches in the near abroad
Thu, 28 Jan 2010
The West's recession spurs China's hunt for energy supplies in its own backyard.
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Capitalism in China: The spirit of enterprise fades
Thu, 21 Jan 2010
The cradle of China's start-up firms is showing its age.
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China's economy: Central heating
Thu, 21 Jan 2010
Is China growing too fast?.
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The world economy: Pulling apart
Thu, 21 Jan 2010
The world's big economies were all hit by the recession.
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China's economy: Not just another fake
Thu, 14 Jan 2010
The similarities between China today and Japan in the 1980s may look ominous. But China's boom is un...
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China's battered image: Bears in a China shop
Thu, 14 Jan 2010
The "peaceful rise" hits some turbulence; but China's economy is not about to crash.
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Water pricing in China: Bottling it
Thu, 07 Jan 2010
Consumers defend their subsidies.
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Hong Kong as a financial centre: Flagrant harbour
Thu, 07 Jan 2010
Hong Kong's stock exchange looks beyond China.
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The China-ASEAN free-trade agreement: Ajar for business
Thu, 07 Jan 2010
More breadth than depth.
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The crowded aluminium business: Hard metal
Thu, 07 Jan 2010
High-cost smelters face a bleak future.
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China's export prospects: Fear of the dragon
Thu, 07 Jan 2010
China's share of world markets increased during the recession.
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Taiwan and China: Strait talking
Wed, 30 Dec 2009
Progress in talks with China is a mixed blessing for Ma Ying-jeou.
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Banyan: Currency contortions
Thu, 17 Dec 2009
Tensions are likely to rise further over China's exchange rate.
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A Chinese wind-power IPO : Puffed up
Thu, 03 Dec 2009
Investors are breathless over China's biggest developer of wind farms.
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Banyan: The world's forgotten fair
Thu, 03 Dec 2009
Next year's World Expo in Shanghai has a little-known precedent.
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Cap and tirade
Thu, 03 Dec 2009
America struggles with climate-change legislation.
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China's latest commodity boom: The price also stinks
Thu, 26 Nov 2009
A new twist on garden-variety speculation.
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Oral cancer's toll can be cruel
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
Head and neck cancers are rare but often severe. Treatment can be disfiguring as well as stripping a...
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New frontier in doping -- genes
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
Steroids are so 2008. The next way to get an edge may be gene doping.
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Know when your heart is in trouble
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
Bill Clinton knew his heart was in danger, but would you? The signs aren't always obvious.
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Navy to review Murtha's care
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
The National Naval Medical Center has opened a review of the surgical care provided to the late Cong...
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Antiretroviral drugs may curb HIV/AIDS spread
Sat, 20 Feb 2010
Antiretroviral drugs that are being used to prolong the lives of patients infected with HIV/AIDS cou...
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Senate report ties diabetes drug to heart attacks
Sat, 20 Feb 2010
The diabetes drug Avandia is linked with tens of thousands of heart attacks, and drugmaker GlaxoSmit...
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'Exciting' advance reported in peanut allergy therapy
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
Peanuts are like poison for people who have severe food allergies to them. For some, ingesting even ...
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Once a diet no-no, nuts are in again
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
High in fat and calories, nuts were a dieting no-no during the low-fat era. Now these nutrient-packe...
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Report: Insurance system broken
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
Health insurance premiums have skyrocketed in recent years and a new government report says the incr...
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Salmon OK to eat, FDA says
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
The Food and Drug Administration says Chilean salmon is still safe to consume despite a virus that h...
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Space shuttle Endeavour lands
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
The space shuttle Endeavour landed Sunday night at Kennedy Space Center after a two-week mission to ...
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North Korea refuses to abandon nukes
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
North Korea vowed Friday not to dismantle its nuclear program -- not even in exchange for economic a...
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Train continues to burn day after derailment in California
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
A BNSF freight train that derailed late Saturday night near Bakersfield, California, continued to bu...
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Killing of street kids puts spotlight on vulnerable youth
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
"I feel a deep sense of regret, I couldn't protect my own child," Nur Hamida said. "He had to go out...
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Two arrested in connection with Texas church fires
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
Two men were arrested and charged Sunday in connection with a string of deliberately set church fire...
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U.S. experts close in on Google hackers
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
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U.S. experts close in on Google hackers
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
U.S. analysts believe they have identified the Chinese author of the critical programming code used ...
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Dutch role in Afghanistan in doubt as government collapses
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
The future of around 2,000 Dutch soldiers serving in Afghanistan has been thrown into doubt by the c...
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U.N. official: Niger's post-coup junta wants return to democracy
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
The junta leading Niger following last week's coup and suspension of the constitution is working to ...
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Lufthansa pilots begin four-day strike
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
The pilots' union of Lufthansa began a strike Monday after a last-ditch effort at negotiations over ...
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Korean skater Lee doubles up as Ohno makes U.S. Olympic history
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
South Korea's Lee Jung-Su confirmed his reputation as the top men's short-track speedskater at the 2...
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Survey: Most Americans believe government broken
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
Americans overwhelmingly believe that the government is broken, according to a national poll release...
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Bode Miller wins first Olympic gold medal
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
Bode Miller fulfilled his Olympic dream at last with a gold medal in the men's super-combined at Whi...
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CNN Student News Transcript: February 22, 2010
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
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Real Madrid hit Villarreal for six; Ronaldo's Madeira tribute
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
Real Madrid made amends for their midweek Champions League defeat in Lyon with a 6-2 rout of Villarr...
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Lung infection sidelines world number one Federer
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
World number one Roger Federer is suffering from a lung infection and has pulled out of this week's ...
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Conservatives wrap up meeting, eye midterm elections
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
Conservatives wrapped up a three-day meeting in the nation's capital on Saturday and headed back hom...
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China summons U.S. ambassador over Dalai Lama meeting
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
China summoned the U.S. ambassador on Friday to express its "strong dissatisfaction" over the Dalai ...
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CNN Student News: Daily Discussion
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
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Dominant Poulter beats Casey in WGC final
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
Ian Poulter beat fellow Englishman Paul Casey 4&2 in the final of the WGC-Accenture Match Play champ...
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Cheaters often leave a trail
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
There is possibly nothing more soul-destroying than finding out someone you love is loving on anothe...
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Medalist leaves Olympics after racy pics hit Web
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
Bronze medalist Scott Lago apologized to U.S. officials and volunteered to leave the Olympic Games a...
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Bode Miller wins first Olympic gold medal
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
Bode Miller fulfilled his Olympic dream at last with a gold medal in the men's super-combined at Whi...
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Olympic spirit fails a test
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
It would have been one of the most memorable moments in the history of the Olympic Games.
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Passengers who flew with accused Christmas Day bomber speak out
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
The weeks have passed and, in most cases, their nerves have calmed. What began as shock, that they w...
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2 U.S. Army pilots killed in Iraq helicopter accident
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
Two U.S. Army pilots died Sunday in a helicopter accident in Iraq, the military said.
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Lufthansa pilots begin four-day strike
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
The pilots' union of Lufthansa began a strike Monday after a last-ditch effort at negotiations over ...
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Petraeus: U.S. losses in Afghan offensive 'will be tough'
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
As coalition and Afghan forces entered the second week of a major offensive against the Taliban in s...
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Two arrested in connection with Texas church fires
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
Two men were arrested and charged Sunday in connection with a string of deliberately set church fire...
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Survey: Most Americans believe government broken
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
Americans overwhelmingly believe that the government is broken, according to a national poll release...
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Mars Science Lab launch delayed two years
Fri, 05 Dec 2008
NASA's launch of the Mars Science Laboratory -- hampered by technical difficulties and cost overruns...
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Shuttle lands at California air base
Mon, 01 Dec 2008
NASA officials Sunday waved off the first opportunity for space shuttle Endeavour to return to Earth...
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iReporters watch planets, moon align
Tue, 02 Dec 2008
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Inspiration for 'Contact' still listening
Wed, 26 Nov 2008
From a remote valley in Northern California, Jill Tarter is listening to the universe.
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Indian lunar orbiter hit by heat rise
Wed, 26 Nov 2008
Scientists have switched off several on-board instruments to halt rising temperatures inside India's...
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Space shuttle Endeavour lands
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
The space shuttle Endeavour landed Sunday night at Kennedy Space Center after a two-week mission to ...
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Lufthansa pilots begin 4-day strike
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
The pilots' union of Lufthansa is striking after a last-ditch effort at negotiations over pay and jo...
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2 arrests in string of Texas church fires
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
Two men were arrested and charged Sunday in connection with a string of deliberately set church fire...
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Train still burns day after derailment
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
A BNSF freight train that derailed late Saturday night near Bakersfield, California, continued to bu...
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UAE vows to catch Hamas official killers
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
The United Arab Emirates will bring the killers of a top Hamas official to justice, the country's fo...
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U.S. losses in Afghanistan 'will be tough'
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
The head of U.S. Central Command warned today that the potential loss of lives among U.S. forces in ...
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U.N.: Niger's junta wants democracy
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
The junta leading Niger following last week's coup and suspension of the constitution is working to ...
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Survey: 86% believe government broken
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
Eighty-six percent of Americans polled by CNN/Opinion Research Corp. believe the government is broke...
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2 U.S. Army pilots killed in Iraq
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
Two U.S. Army pilots died Sunday in a helicopter accident in Iraq, the military said.
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Bode Miller wins first gold medal
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
Bode Miller fulfilled his Olympic dream at last with gold medal in the men's super-combined at Whist...
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2 arrested in string of church fires
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
Two arrests have been made in a string of deliberately set church fires in east Texas, a fire offici...
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Space shuttle Endeavour lands
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
The space shuttle Endeavour landed Sunday night at Kennedy Space Center after a two-week mission to ...
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FBI to probe alleged webcam monitoring
Sat, 20 Feb 2010
The head of a Pennsylvania school district facing a privacy lawsuit denies that a school official re...
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Survey: Most Americans believe government broken
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
Americans overwhelmingly believe that the government is broken, according to a national poll release...
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New leader vows she'll bring 'new generation' to NAACP
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
The new chairwoman for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, one of the ol...
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Expert: Using antiretrovirals early may curb HIV spread
Sat, 20 Feb 2010
Antiretroviral drugs that are being used to prolong the lives of patients infected with HIV/AIDS cou...
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Lawyer regrets calling Alabama professor 'wacko'
Sat, 20 Feb 2010
The defense attorney appointed to represent an Alabama professor accused of gunning down her colleag...
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Cheaters often leave a telltale trail
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
There is possibly nothing more soul-destroying than finding out someone you love is loving on anothe...
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Greene: Olympic spirit fails a test
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
It would have been one of the most memorable moments in the history of the Olympic Games.
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Medalist leaves Olympics after racy pics hit Web
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
Bronze medalist Scott Lago apologized to U.S. officials and volunteered to leave the Olympic Games a...
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Lufthansa pilots begin four-day strike
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
The pilots' union of Lufthansa began a strike after a last-ditch effort at negotiations over pay and...
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Space shuttle Endeavour lands
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
The space shuttle Endeavour landed Sunday night at Kennedy Space Center after a two-week mission to ...
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Toyota exec boasts saving $100M
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
A Toyota executive boasted of the compny saving $100 million by negotiating a limited recall for Toy...
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Petraeus warns of losses
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
As coalition and Afghan forces entered the second week of a major offensive against the Taliban in s...
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Niger junta said to want democracy
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
The junta leading Niger following last week's coup and suspension of the constitution is working to ...
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Miller wins first Olympic gold medal
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
Bode Miller fulfilled his Olympic dream at last with a gold medal in the men's super-combined at Whi...
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Abu Sayyaf leader believed dead
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
Philippine marines killed six suspected militants Sunday in an assault in the country's restive sout...
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Mudslides kill dozens on Madeira
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
The death toll from mudslides on the Portuguese island of Madeira rose to 38 with more than 100 inju...
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UAE vows to catch Hamas official killers
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
The United Arab Emirates will bring the killers of a top Hamas official to justice, the country's fo...
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2 U.S. Army pilots killed in Iraq helicopter accident
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
Two U.S. Army pilots died Sunday in a helicopter accident in Iraq, the military said.
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Continental pulse
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
European countries that provide the best health care.
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A modest proposal
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
A presidential commission may provide a start on cutting America's deficit, but not much more.
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Domino theory
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
Assessing the risk that Greece's woes herald something far worse.
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Chatterboxes
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
Where mobile-phone use is highest, and lowest.
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Stay off the potash
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
Eastern Europe-friendly boycotts are difficult to pull off.
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A time to kill
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
Revelations in Dubai about a well-planned assassination of a Hamas man.
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Oil and troubled waters
Wed, 17 Feb 2010
Plans to drill for oil in the Falklands provoke angry words from Argentina.
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Out from the ashes
Wed, 17 Feb 2010
Recent sales of contemporary art reveal a vibrant yet capricious rebound.
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Broken promises
Wed, 17 Feb 2010
Several countries will fail to make good on promises of aid this year.
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The brighter side
Wed, 17 Feb 2010
Bad debts are peaking and pay falling at Europe's banks .
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Down and out
Tue, 16 Feb 2010
Another blow to the Democrats after Evan Bayh announces that he will leave the Senate .
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All together now
Tue, 16 Feb 2010
A military offensive against the Taliban in Afghanistan shows some early success.
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Unlikely heroes
Tue, 16 Feb 2010
Can hedge funds save the world? One pundit thinks so.
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Rising sons
Tue, 16 Feb 2010
How the well-off and well-educated pass their advantages on to their offspring.
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Copenhagen accounting
Tue, 16 Feb 2010
What countries are currently offering on climate.
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Opening a new front
Tue, 16 Feb 2010
The capture of Mullah Baradar, a senior Taliban leader, may mark a shift in strategy.
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Roaming abroad
Mon, 15 Feb 2010
India's biggest mobile-phone operator makes a move on Africa.
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Speaking too softly
Mon, 15 Feb 2010
Relations between America and China may chill over a meeting with the Dalai Lama .
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The week ahead
Sun, 14 Feb 2010
European finance ministers meet to discuss bailing out the Greek economy.
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DocArchive: The Virtual Revolution -- The Great Leveller
Mon, 22 Feb 2010
Since its birth almost twenty years ago, the World Wide Web has transformed our world : A quarter of...
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DocArchive: Polar Bear Kebabs
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
Iranian Kazem Ariaiwand runs the most northerly kebab shop on the planet. This is his extraordinary ...
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DocArchive: Assignment - Mexico's Drug War
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
A war is raging between rival drug cartels along Mexico's border with the United States. Last year m...
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Obama's America - The End of the Dream
Wed, 17 Feb 2010
As the United States endures its worst economic crisis since The Great Depression, historian Simon S...
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DocArchive: New York's Catholics
Mon, 15 Feb 2010
The religious face of New York is being transformed. Once the preserve of the Irish Catholics, New Y...
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DocArchive: Message in a Bottle
Fri, 12 Feb 2010
The fabric of island life as described through the most non-instant of communication devices - the m...
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DocArchive: Assignment: Unlawful Detention
Thu, 11 Feb 2010
Every year thousands of asylum seekers are detained in Britain. They are held while the Home Office ...
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Obama's America - Part One
Wed, 10 Feb 2010
Simon Schama examines some of the daunting challenges facing Barack Obama, both on the world stage a...
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DocArchive: Opposing Obama - Part Two
Mon, 08 Feb 2010
Author and journalist Gary Younge tells the story of the other side of the Obama phenomenon, meeting...
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DocArchive: China's Forgotten Admiral
Fri, 05 Feb 2010
Zheng He was an epic seafarer who predates Columbus - and who symbolises China's martine supremacy. ...
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Textbook Diplomacy - Part Two
Wed, 03 Feb 2010
In Europe, school history textbooks are used to heal the wounds of conflict, overcome deep-seated an...
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DocArchive: Opposing Obama - Part One
Mon, 01 Feb 2010
Author and journalist Gary Younge tells the story of the other side of the Obama phenomenon, meeting...
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Africa Kicks
Fri, 29 Jan 2010
Farayi Mungazi looks ahead to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and explores how racial politics ha...
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DocArchive: Assignment - Ten Days in Haiti
Thu, 28 Jan 2010
On 12th January a powerful earthquake struck Haiti in the Caribbean. As many as 200,000 people may h...
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DocArchive: Textbook Diplomacy - Part One
Wed, 27 Jan 2010
Mark Whitaker looks at South Africa’s struggle to produce school history textbooks that are adequate...
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Africa Kicks - Part Three
Fri, 22 Jan 2010
Adebayor, Droga and Essien are African football superstars who have found fame and wealth in Europe,...
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DocArchive: Assignment - Guantanamo Reunited
Thu, 21 Jan 2010
Gavin Lee tells the story of how a former prison guard at Guantanamo Bay detention centre sought rec...
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DocArchive: Health of a Nation - Part Two
Wed, 20 Jan 2010
Business, money, demographics, politics - these are the issues preventing health reform from going a...
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DocArchive: Africa Kicks - Part Two
Fri, 15 Jan 2010
As South Africa prepares to host the 2010 World Cup, Farayi Mungazi, the voice of African Sport on B...
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Assignment: Closing Guantanamo
Thu, 14 Jan 2010
Assignment explores what President Barack Obama done in his attempts to close the Guantanamo Bay det...
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DocArchive: Health of a Nation - Part One
Wed, 13 Jan 2010
Michael Goldfarb looks at President Obama's mission to reform America's health care system.
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Africa Kicks - Part One
Fri, 08 Jan 2010
As South Africa prepares to host the 2010 World Cup, Farayi Mungazi, the voice of African Sport on B...
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DocArchive: Arming Angola
Wed, 06 Jan 2010
Angola has also been described as one of the most corrupt countries in the world. Rob Walker re-trac...
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Sound of Snow and Ice
Fri, 01 Jan 2010
The Jyväskylä School for the Visually Impaired in Finland has one important aim: discouraging blind ...
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24 Hours in Tulsa
Wed, 30 Dec 2009
A midget street thug on a kiddy bike. Incompetent thieves who resort to stealing air-conditioning u...
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John Simpson Returns to 1989 - part three
Fri, 25 Dec 2009
Twenty years ago, on November 9th, the Berlin Wall came tumbling down. The greatest symbol of the...
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DocArchive: Assignment: Vancouver Gangland
Thu, 24 Dec 2009
The Canadian city of Vancouver is routinely named as one of the best communities in the world in wh...
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DocArchive: Defining the Decade - Part two
Wed, 23 Dec 2009
Back in the year 2000, the world's leaders did not seem to be troubled by the notion of global warmi...
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DocArchive: Defining the Decade - Part one
Wed, 23 Dec 2009
What have been the defining moments of the decade? Edward Stourton explores Google's mighty impact o...
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DocArchive: Internet Cafe Hobo
Wed, 23 Dec 2009
Nick Baker is on a mission to connect people, stories and places via internet cafe. Via Kenya and Fr...
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State Secrets - Part two
Fri, 18 Dec 2009
It's estimated that up to one million people were killed during communism in Eastern Europe, but the...
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DocArchive: Assignment: Latvia: Coping with Crisis
Thu, 17 Dec 2009
Until recently, little Latvia appeared to have a rosy future. It was the fastest growing economy in...
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DocArchive: Internet Cafe Hobo
Wed, 16 Dec 2009
Nick Baker is on a mission to connect people, stories and places via the internet. His journey takes...
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Orphans of '89 - Part Two
Mon, 14 Dec 2009
Quentin Peel, International Affairs editor of the Financial Times, looks at the communist regimes an...
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DocArchive: State Secrets - Part One
Fri, 11 Dec 2009
To what extent did communist regimes intrude into the lives of ordinary people? And how are they dea...
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DocArchive: Assignment - Return to Nablus
Thu, 10 Dec 2009
Six years ago, the second Palestinian Intifada – or uprising – was raging in the West Bank town of N...
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Can China Go Green? Part two
Wed, 09 Dec 2009
The second part of Jonathon Porritt's report from China, where, amidst the toxic power stations and ...
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Orphans of '89
Mon, 07 Dec 2009
Quentin Peel, International Affairs editor of the Financial Times, presents the first of a two-part ...
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DocArchive: StoryCorps - Part Two
Fri, 04 Dec 2009
Did I turn out to be the son you wanted? What was the saddest moment of your life? Questions like th...
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DocArchive: Assignment - Bhopal
Thu, 03 Dec 2009
Twenty-five years ago, a gas leak at a Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal killed 8000 people. A...
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Can China Go Green? Part One
Wed, 02 Dec 2009
Jonathon Porritt reports from China, where, amidst the toxic power stations and burgeoning numbers o...
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DocArchive: The Crescent and the Cross - Part Four
Mon, 30 Nov 2009
In the final part of this series, Owen Bennett-Jones examines the Islamic leader who confronted the ...
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DocArchive: StoryCorps - Part One
Fri, 27 Nov 2009
How would you like to leave a record of your life for your great-great-great-grandchildren? That's t...
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DocArchive: Assignment Malvinas War Crimes
Thu, 26 Nov 2009
Twenty seven years after Britain and Argentina went to war over the Falklands, or the Malvinas islan...
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DocArchive: Assignment - The Congo Connection
Thu, 26 Nov 2009
In Assignment Peter Greste investigates whether Rwandans in France and Germany are controlling a dea...
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Short Changing the Planet
Wed, 25 Nov 2009
The BBC World Service has been investigating the controversial issue of whether poor countries have ...
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The Crescent and The Cross: Part Three
Mon, 23 Nov 2009
In the third instalment of The Crescent and the Cross, Owen Bennett Jones examines one of the most i...
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DocArchive: John Simpson Returns to 1989 - Part Two
Thu, 19 Nov 2009
The BBC's World Affairs Editor John Simpson tells the story of 20 years of post-communist life. ...
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A Dollar A Day - Part Three
Wed, 18 Nov 2009
In Nepal, severe drought and unreliable monsoon rains have led to acute food shortages. The impact i...
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The Crescent and The Cross: Part Two
Mon, 16 Nov 2009
Owen Bennett Jones explores five crucial battles in the relationship between Christianity and Islam....
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Africa's Forgotten Soldiers
Thu, 12 Nov 2009
Seventy years after the start of the Second World War the overwhelming impression is of a conflict f...
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DocArchive: Assignment: Better Banking
Thu, 12 Nov 2009
As governments struggle to curb the so-called “casino-banking” practices which some blame for the gl...
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DocArchive: A Dollar a Day - Part 2
Wed, 11 Nov 2009
Thrown off nearby farms at the time of Namibia’s independence, the squatters of Otjivero lived a han...
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The Crescent and the Cross - Part One
Mon, 09 Nov 2009
The Crescent and the Cross, a four-part series, presented by Owen Bennett-Jones, examines several tu...
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DocArchive: Youssou N’Dour at 50
Thu, 05 Nov 2009
To mark the 50th birthday of Youssou N'Dour, Robin Denselow travels to Senegal to profile the best k...
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DocArchive: Assignment - Guinea on the Brink
Thu, 05 Nov 2009
Mark Doyle reports from Guinea in West Africa on the harrowing events of 28 September when governmen...
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DocArchive: A Dollar a Day - Part 1
Wed, 04 Nov 2009
What keeps a billion people trapped in the most persistent poverty? Mike Wooldridge travels to Nicar...
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Mon, 02 Nov 2009
The extraordinary but little-known tale of Russia's three all-female regiments that flew more than 3...
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DocArchive: Public Places, Private Lives - Part Two
Fri, 30 Oct 2009
Public Places, Private Lives is a series of portraits of well known places that reveal the lives and...
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DocArchive: Assignment - Dying to Give Birth
Thu, 29 Oct 2009
Jill McGivering travels to Pakistan's largest city, Karachi, to meet a doctor who is battling agains...
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DocArchive: Rebranding Nigeria - Part Two
Wed, 28 Oct 2009
Nigeria is campaigning for a new image and a new reputation in an effort to attract some much needed...
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DocArchive: MI6 - A Century in the Shadows - Part Tree
Mon, 26 Oct 2009
The head of Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service Sir John Scarlett, talks for the first time about ...
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DocArchive: Public Places, Private Lives - Part One
Fri, 23 Oct 2009
Public Places, Private Lives is a series of portraits of well known places that reveal the lives and...
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DocArchive: Assignment - Protecting Britain's Children
Thu, 22 Oct 2009
When a 17 month-old London child died after horrific abuse by his family, it unleashed a barrage of ...
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DocArchive: Rebranding Nigeria - Part One
Wed, 21 Oct 2009
Can the home of 419 internet scams, corruption and voodoo ever transmit a positive image? Is changin...
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MI6 - A Century in the Shadows
Mon, 19 Oct 2009
In Programme Two, we find out what were spies really up to behind the Iron Curtain. MI6 chief John ...
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DocArchive: Assignment Armenia: The cleverest nation on the planet
Thu, 15 Oct 2009
Every two years teams from all over the world compete with one another in the Chess Olympiad. In t...
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DocArchive: John Simpson Returns to 1989
Thu, 15 Oct 2009
The BBC's World Affairs Editor John Simpson tells the story of 20 years of post-communist life. Thro...
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MI6 - A century in the shadows
Mon, 12 Oct 2009
An unprecedented look inside MI6 - Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, which marks its centenary ...
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DocArchive: Memento, part two
Fri, 09 Oct 2009
Imagine that conflict and violence force you to flee your country, leaving behind all that you know ...
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DocArchive: Assignment - Three Strike Lifers
Thu, 08 Oct 2009
A life sentence for stealing a pair of socks. In California the tough 'three strikes' law is sendin...
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DocArchive: Yiddish - a Struggle for Survival - Part One
Wed, 07 Oct 2009
Yiddish was the language of the Jewish Diaspora, the language of a people on the move across Europe....
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The Crash: Back from the brink
Mon, 05 Oct 2009
The third part of the BBC's definitive series on the banking crash tells the extraordinary story of ...
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DocArchive: Memento, part one
Fri, 02 Oct 2009
Imagine that conflict and violence force you to flee your country, leaving behind all that you know ...
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DocArchive: Assignment - The Mystery of the Arctic Sea
Thu, 01 Oct 2009
It's straight out of the pages of a thriller novel: a cargo ship, lost without trace; pirates workin...
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DocArchive: Desperate Dreams - Part Two
Wed, 30 Sep 2009
Presenter Jenny Cuffe sets out to find Fereinatu, a teenage girl who was trafficked for sex. She had...
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DocArchive: Assignment - Chasing the Tax Cheats
Tue, 29 Sep 2009
This week's Assignment looks at the much-vaunted crackdown on tax havens announced by the G20 earlie...
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The Crash: The Age of Risk
Mon, 28 Sep 2009
The second of this three-part series that examines the boom before the bust of 2008 looks at how our...
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DocArchive: Building out of the Recession - part two
Fri, 25 Sep 2009
Can we build our way out of the recession? The Empire State Building was started just weeks after th...
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DocArchive: Desperate Dreams - part one
Tue, 22 Sep 2009
Two years ago, Jenny Cuffe followed the journeys of migrants trying to leave Africa and find a bette...
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The Crash: The bank that busted the world
Mon, 21 Sep 2009
What were the key moments that led to financial meltdown, and what happened in the aftermath? The fi...
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DocArchive: Assignment - Dog Fighting in Chicago
Thu, 17 Sep 2009
If my dog is tough then I'm tough. Killer dogs give teenagers status in Chicago. For Assignment, Ni...
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DocArchive: Building Out of the Recession
Thu, 17 Sep 2009
Just weeks after the Wall Street Crash in 1929, work began on the Empire State Building. The Guardia...
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DocArchive: Dreams from my mother
Tue, 15 Sep 2009
President Barack Obama has famously written of the influence exerted on him by his father in his mem...
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DocArchive: Benjamin Jealous - the future of the NAACP
Mon, 14 Sep 2009
enjamin Jealous is the leader of America's oldest and largest black civil rights group. In a USA fro...
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World Stories: Mexico's Missing Island
Fri, 11 Sep 2009
Bermeja Island is missing. This strategically important island was clearly visible on maps of the Gu...
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Assignment: Mastering Business
Wed, 09 Sep 2009
What role did the business schools play in last year's financial crisis? In this week's edition of A...
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DocArchive: Citizen Journalism - Part Two
Wed, 09 Sep 2009
n the second episode Michael Buerk visits Cairo and experience for himself how bloggers - arguably a...
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DocArchive: Why is Africa poor? Part three
Mon, 07 Sep 2009
Enterprise, money, innovation are all there. Is tapping into a continent's optimism the key to Afric...
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World Stories: Israel's Muslim soldiers
Fri, 04 Sep 2009
Rachid Sekkai from the BBC's Arabic Service talks to Muslims currently serving in the Israeli Defenc...
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DocArchive: Assignment - China Saving's Habit
Thu, 03 Sep 2009
Colin Yu is a teacher who lives in Shanghai. He has a job but still struggles to support his parent...
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DocArchive: Citizen journalism - democracy or chaos?
Wed, 02 Sep 2009
Michael Buerk analyses the potential – and the dangers – of citizen journalism. In part one, he talk...
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DocArchive: Why is Africa poor? Part Two
Mon, 31 Aug 2009
Accusations of tribalism, corruption and complacency have all been offered as explanations to the qu...
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DocArchive: World stories: new media in Kashmir
Fri, 28 Aug 2009
Violent footage from the Kashmir conflict has been shared almost in real-time by citizen-journalists...
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DocArchive: Assignment - Mutiny in Bangladesh
Thu, 27 Aug 2009
Six months ago there was a short military revolt in Bangladesh that threatened to push the country i...
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DocArchive: Gold - part three
Wed, 26 Aug 2009
Nick Rankin explores how we assess the value of gold.
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DocArchive: Why is Africa poor?
Mon, 24 Aug 2009
Mark Doyle crosses the continent of Africa and finds a place rich in natural resources and human pot...
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World Stories: Fighting for Pao Culture in Burma
Fri, 21 Aug 2009
Ko Ko Aung from the BBC's Burmese Service, travelled to Burma to find out why a rebel army of 100 me...
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Assignment: America's African Outpost
Thu, 20 Aug 2009
Fran Abrams is given rare access to the US base in Djibouti questioning military chiefs, local leade...
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DocArchive: Gold - part two
Wed, 19 Aug 2009
Nick Rankin descends into the deepest goldmine in the world – Tau Tona in South Africa for part two ...
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DocArchive: Selling cheese to the Chinese
Fri, 14 Aug 2009
Mukul Devichand tells the story of the Europeans who are trying to persuade China's expanding middle...
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World Stories: Bombs, Stamps and Throat Singers
Fri, 14 Aug 2009
American physicist Richard Feynman fell in love with the remote Russian region Tuva through his hobb...
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DocArchive: Assignment - The Pardon Game
Thu, 13 Aug 2009
The Afghan drugs mafia is rich, powerful and entrenched, with connections running into the heart of ...
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DocArchive: Gold - part one
Wed, 12 Aug 2009
Man's long-term obsession with gold and the lengths we have gone to to get it. From the ancient myth...
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DocArchive: William Morris and the Muslims
Mon, 10 Aug 2009
Navid Akhtar examines the influence of Islamic design and values in the life of Victorian designer, ...
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Tracing the strain
Tue, 04 Aug 2009
The World Health Organisation has warned that the worldwide spread of the so-called Swine Flu virus ...
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DocArchive: Iran and the West - part three
Mon, 03 Aug 2009
Iran in the post 9/11 era, a time of friction and unrest over its nuclear ambitions.
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Global Perspective: Chungking Mansions
Fri, 31 Jul 2009
A slice of life at a shabby but popular tenement in Hong Kong's teeming commercial district.
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DocArchive: Caribbean voices - Part two
Tue, 28 Jul 2009
Colin Grant reflects on the BBC’s role in boosting Caribbean writing in the region 60 years on from ...
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DocArchive: Iran and the West: From Khomeini to Ahmedinejad - part 2
Mon, 27 Jul 2009
The inside story of Iran's war with Iraq, and how the US viewed the conflict - ultimately a battle f...
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DocArchive: Global Perspective - Across the Water
Fri, 24 Jul 2009
Nick Rankin travels to Fair Isle, one of the most remote inhabited islands in the British Isles, to ...
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DocArchive: Assignment - Pakistan - Winning the Peace
Thu, 23 Jul 2009
In this week's edition of Assignment, Jill McGivering travels through Pakistan, hearing the stories ...
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DocArchive: West African journeys - Part two
Wed, 22 Jul 2009
Award-winning journalist Sorious Samura drops into the middle of an undercover investigation of a Ch...
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DocArchive: Caribbean voices - Part one
Tue, 21 Jul 2009
Colin Grant reflects on the BBC’s role in boosting Caribbean writing in the region 60 years on from ...
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DocArchive: Iran and the West: From Khomeni to Ahmedinejad - part 1
Mon, 20 Jul 2009
For the first time, the BBC tells the story of Iran's relationship with the West over the last 30 ye...
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DocArchive: Death Diminishes Me
Fri, 17 Jul 2009
A soundscape of memory, loss, regret and hope from men who have been living with HIV for over 20 yea...
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DocArchive: The Greening of the Deserts - part three
Wed, 15 Jul 2009
In this series, Ayisha Yahya explores climate change issues in the African desert. In the final prog...
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DocArchive: From Guantanamo to Paradise
Fri, 10 Jul 2009
The story of four imprisoned Uyghur men transferred from Guantanamo Bay to the wealthy paradise of B...
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DocArchive: Global Persepctive: Islands of Security
Fri, 10 Jul 2009
South Africa's wealthy are retreating to high-security gated communities to protect themselves from ...
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DocArchive: Assignment - Land Grab Cambodia
Thu, 09 Jul 2009
150,000 Cambodians are reported to be facing eviction from their land. Huge tracts of the country ha...
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DocArchive: The Greening of the Deserts
Wed, 08 Jul 2009
In this three part series, Ayisha Yahya explores climate change issues in the African desert. In pro...
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DocArchive: Global Perspective: Alert Bay
Thu, 02 Jul 2009
Teenagers on the island of Alert Bay, British Columbia, talk openly about the beauty and frustration...
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DocArchive: Thembi’s Story
Thu, 02 Jul 2009
Thembi Ngubane’s Radio Diary about living with Aids in a South African Township.
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DocArchive: Assignment - The Opus Dei enigma
Thu, 02 Jul 2009
It's widely regarded as one of the most secretive religious organisations in the world. It makes hea...
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DocArchive: The Greening of the Deserts
Wed, 01 Jul 2009
In this three part series, Ayisha Yahya explores climate change issues in the African desert. In pr...
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Assignment: Iran in crisis
Sat, 27 Jun 2009
In this special edition of Assignment, John Simpson reveals how the protests, and the police reprisa...
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DocArchive: Blood and lava
Fri, 26 Jun 2009
When the dried blood of Naples' patron saint fails to liquefy, Neapolitans believe great misfortune ...
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DocArchive: Mubarak's Egypt - part two
Thu, 25 Jun 2009
After 28 years in power, President Mubarak's promise of shepherding his country into a stable democr...
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DocArchive: Assignment - The Rich in Retreat
Thu, 25 Jun 2009
In a programme first broadcast in April, Ed Butler reports from New York on how the super rich have ...
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DocArchive: Farm Swap - part two
Wed, 24 Jun 2009
In the final part of this series, Mike Gallagher meets a British farmer working vast landholdings in...
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DocArchive: Mubarak's Egypt - part one
Mon, 22 Jun 2009
After 28 years in power, Mubarak's promise of leading Egypt into stable democracy has dissipated. Ma...
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DocArchive: Dear Birth Mother
Thu, 18 Jun 2009
Listen to the story of Suzanne, a single woman in her forties who opted for a trans-racial adoption ...
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DocArchive: Assignment - America's Somali Bantu
Thu, 18 Jun 2009
Hundreds of thousands of people have fled from Somalia since civil war broke out there in the early ...
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DocArchive: Farm Swap - part one
Wed, 17 Jun 2009
In this series, Mike Gallagher meets two farmers working outside their own countries. In programme o...
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DocArchive: Diabetes: The Silent Killer
Fri, 12 Jun 2009
Justin Webb goes beyond his role as a journalist to explore the issue from the perspective of a pare...
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DocArchive: My world: Thailand's Dr Death
Fri, 12 Jun 2009
The final programme in the My World series explores the story of Pornthip Rojanasunan, Thailand’s le...
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DocArchive: The Cricket Revolution - part two
Wed, 10 Jun 2009
In this series, David Goldblatt charts the rise of Twenty20 cricket. In the final programme he asks,...
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DocArchive: My World: Kades
Mon, 08 Jun 2009
A poetic story of survival set against the soundscape of the Mathare slums in Kenya. Meet Kades, a t...
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The Economy on the Edge
Mon, 08 Jun 2009
Martin Wolf, of the Financial Times, predicted that the global downturn would be much worse than any...
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DocArchive: Anatomy of a Hijack
Thu, 04 Jun 2009
Since the beginning of last year, pirates have succeeded in seizing more than 70 ships off the coast...
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DocArchive: The Cricket Revolution - part one
Wed, 03 Jun 2009
David Goldblatt charts the recent arrival and rise on the sporting scene of Twenty20 cricket. David...
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Anatomy of a Car Crash
Fri, 29 May 2009
Tracing the profound physical and emotional toll on all those involved in the wake of a single colli...
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DocArchive: My world: A different kind of stroke
Thu, 28 May 2009
Every year, 15 million people will suffer from a stroke, five million of them will die and a further...
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The Lost Voices of Tiananmen Square - part two
Tue, 26 May 2009
James Miles, the BBC's China correspondent in 1989, was an eye-witness to the events leading up to t...
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DocArchive: Lincoln and the World
Mon, 25 May 2009
Abraham Lincoln's legacy and political influence is more powerful today than it ever was. Allan Litt...
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DocArchive: My world: The homecoming
Fri, 22 May 2009
Follow the story of Gemma Tracee Apiku, a former refugee who spent her teenage years in the camps of...
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DocArchive: Assignment - The Bad Samaritan
Thu, 21 May 2009
Until the end of last year Bernard Madoff was a highly respected financial guru and long time adviso...
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DocArchive: The Lost Voices of Tiananmen Square - part one
Tue, 19 May 2009
James Miles, the BBC's China correspondent in 1989, was an eye-witness to the events leading up to t...
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DocArchive: Freedom from Slavery in Mauritania
Mon, 18 May 2009
Mauritania is a country with a tradition of slavery, but in August 2007 owning slaves became a crimi...
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DocArchive: On the brink - part 2
Wed, 13 May 2009
Continuing his award-winning reports for the BBC World Service, Michael Robinson looks at the increa...
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DocArchive: My World - The Infidelity Agency
Tue, 12 May 2009
Vivek Kumar runs India's number one detective agency and business - investigating marital infideliti...
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DocArchive: West African Journeys - Part Four
Mon, 11 May 2009
In the last of this four part series, Sorious Samura is in a fishing village near Freetown in Sierra...
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DocArchive: Friday Documentary: The Library Cart
Fri, 08 May 2009
Exploring the world of an extraordinary individual. This week, we travel to Colombia to experience a...
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DocArchive: On the brink - part 1
Tue, 05 May 2009
Continuing his award-winning reports for the BBC World Service, Michael Robinson looks at the increa...
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DocArchive: West African Journeys - part three
Fri, 01 May 2009
Award-winning journalist Sorious Samura heads back to his native West Africa for a trip through his ...
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DocArchive: Assignment - The Rich in Retreat
Fri, 01 May 2009
Just one year ago Wall Street bankers enjoyed widespread regard, even veneration, in American public...
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DocArchive: The Secret Scientists - part three
Wed, 29 Apr 2009
Professor Jim Al-Khalili looks at the legacy of scientists from the Islamic world. In part three of ...
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DocArchive: The Secret Scientists - part two
Tue, 21 Apr 2009
Jim Al-Khalili looks at the scientists from the Islamic world who created a legacy for scientists in...
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DocArchive: West African Journeys - Part One
Mon, 20 Apr 2009
Sorious Samura takes four journeys that explore the challenges and contradictions of life in modern ...
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DocArchive: The Secret Scientists
Fri, 17 Apr 2009
Jim Al-Khalili looks at the scientists from the Islamic world who created a legacy for scientists in...
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Keeping the Peace - part two
Fri, 17 Apr 2009
After one of Africa's most vicious conflicts - a war that claimed the lives of more than 200 thousan...
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DocArchive: Escape from Eritrea: Assignment
Thu, 16 Apr 2009
The Eritrean government is turning its country into a giant prison, according to new report released...
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DocArchive: The Atrocity Archives - part two
Mon, 13 Apr 2009
In Guatemala four years ago, 80 million documents were discovered. They contained evidence of polic...
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DocArchive: Keeping the Peace - part one
Fri, 10 Apr 2009
In 2003 peace was declared between the Liberian government and rebel groups.
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DocArchive: Kosovo's Disappeared
Wed, 08 Apr 2009
Ten years after the war in Kosovo, Michael Montgomery returns to the region for Assignment. He inve...
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DocArchive: The Atrocity Archives - part one
Mon, 06 Apr 2009
In Guatemala four years ago, 80 million documents were discovered in a warehouse. They contain evide...
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DocArchive: Culture Not Colour
Fri, 03 Apr 2009
Jared Thomas is an Aboriginal Australian. Born of mixed race parents. We follow his search for the n...
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DocArchive: Assignment - Turkey's Dirty War
Thu, 02 Apr 2009
For twenty five years, Turkey fought a dirty war with Kurdish separatist insurgents. Atrocities were...
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DocArchive: Obama's Pentagon
Mon, 30 Mar 2009
Mark Urban asks if Barack Obama's presidency will see substantial reform at the Pentagon.
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DocArchive: Chinua Achebe: A Hero Returns
Wed, 25 Mar 2009
Richard Dowden joins the greatest of all African novelists, Chinua Achebe, on his first trip back to...
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DocArchive: Third Agers - Part Four
Mon, 23 Mar 2009
What is it really like to be old? In this four part series, Jane Little meets Third Agers from four ...
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DocArchive: Third Agers - Part Three
Fri, 20 Mar 2009
What is it really like to be old? In this four part series, Jane Little meets Third Agers from four ...
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DocArchive: Yiddish: A Struggle for Survival - part two
Fri, 20 Mar 2009
What has become of Yiddish and how much of the language survives today?.
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DocArchive: Assignment - Falling in Love with the Stasi
Thu, 19 Mar 2009
During the cold war, more than thirty west German women were prosecuted after been tricked into hand...
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DocArchive: Indonesian Journeys - Bali
Wed, 18 Mar 2009
In the run up to the Indonesian elections in April, Anita Barraud explores how terrorism, tourism an...
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DocArchive: Third Agers - Part Three
Mon, 16 Mar 2009
What is it really like to be old? In this four part series, Jane Little meets Third Agers from four...
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DocArchive: Yiddish: A Struggle for Survival - part one
Fri, 13 Mar 2009
Yiddish was the language of the Jewish Diaspora, the language of a people on the move across Europe....
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DocArchive: Indonesian Journeys - West Timor
Tue, 10 Mar 2009
In the run up to elections, Anita Barraud finds out why poverty and starvation are causing major pro...
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DocArchive: Third Agers - Part Two
Mon, 09 Mar 2009
What is it really like to be old? In this four part series, Jane Little meets people from four conti...
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DocArchive: Assignment - Rating the Credit Ratings Agencies
Thu, 05 Mar 2009
Who’s responsible for our current economic meltdown? Financial institutions around the globe are no...
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DocArchive: Public Places, Private Lives
Wed, 04 Mar 2009
Trafalgar Square is a must-see destination on any tourist map of the UK. But beyond the statues and ...
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DocArchive: Indonesian Journeys - Aceh
Wed, 04 Mar 2009
Anita Barraud explores how peace and democracy is working in Aceh, a region that has endured dictato...
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DocArchive: Third Agers - Part One
Mon, 02 Mar 2009
What is it really like to be old? In this four part series, Jane Little meets Third Agers from four ...
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DocArchive: Assignment: Kenya Reconciliation
Thu, 26 Feb 2009
It's a year since Kenya's political rivals signed a power-sharing agreement to end the violence whic...
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DocArchive: Indonesian Journeys - Jakarta
Tue, 24 Feb 2009
In the run up to the Indonesian elections in April, Anita Barraud travels to four different regions ...
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DocArchive: Fresh Start - Part Three
Mon, 16 Feb 2009
Lucy Ash looks at a successful prison reform scheme in Kansas that is turning crack dealers into res...
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DocArchive: Beatles in the USSR
Fri, 13 Feb 2009
As Beatlemania swept throughout the world in 1964, it seemed unable to penetrate the Iron Curtain. ...
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DocArchive: Fresh Start - Part Two
Fri, 06 Feb 2009
Lucy Ash looks at why allowing prisoners to raise puppies has proved to be a successful way of bring...
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DocArchive: The Wildlife Smugglers
Fri, 06 Feb 2009
Worldwide, the illegal trade in wildlife is worth up to $25 billion US a year. Australia is one of ...
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DocArchive: Assignment - Children for Sale
Thu, 05 Feb 2009
Nadene Ghouri goes undercover to expose the trade in children by some charities registered in the Un...
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DocArchive: Fresh Start - Part One
Fri, 30 Jan 2009
As prison numbers in Britain continue to soar, what can be done to stop criminals re-offending? In p...
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DocArchive: The Bicycle Diaries - part three
Fri, 30 Jan 2009
This three-part series looks at the impact the bicycle has had on people's lives. In programme three...
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DocArchive: Assignment - A City Divided
Thu, 29 Jan 2009
At the end of last year, violent clashes broke out in Jos in central Nigeria after a disputed local ...
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DocArchive: The Legacy of George W Bush - Part Two
Mon, 26 Jan 2009
Justin Webb explores the domestic and international legacies of President George W Bush as he leaves...
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DocArchive: The Bicycle Diaries - part two
Fri, 23 Jan 2009
This three-part series looks at the impact the bicycle has had on people's lives. Programme two vis...
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DocArchive: Human Rights and Wrongs at the UN
Tue, 20 Jan 2009
Is the UN's Human Rights Council fulfilling its role to protect the most vulnerable from human right...
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DocArchive: The Bicycle Diaries - part one
Fri, 16 Jan 2009
This series features three portraits of the use of the bicycle around the world. The first programme...
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DocArchive: The Legacy of George W Bush - Part One
Thu, 15 Jan 2009
Justin Webb explores the domestic and international legacies of President George W Bush as he leaves...
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DocArchive: Obama: Professor President
Tue, 13 Jan 2009
Kwame Anthony Appiah is one of America’s leading public intellectuals. In this investigative feature...
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DocArchive: The Pardon Game
Thu, 08 Jan 2009
A US president has a constitutional and inalienable right to grant pardons. He usually does this jus...
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DocArchive: Brand Cuba - part two
Mon, 05 Jan 2009
On 1st January 2009, Cuba marks the 50th anniversary of its revolution. All over the world, this Car...
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DocArchive: The Story of Braille
Fri, 02 Jan 2009
Peter White tells the story of Louis Braille, the founder of Braille, and the story behind his inven...
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DocArchive: The Rules of Risk
Mon, 29 Dec 2008
As leaders in Europe and America struggle to re-write the rules of international finance following t...
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DocArchive: Brand Cuba - part one
Mon, 29 Dec 2008
In Brand Cuba, Allan Little analyses some of the factors that have kept Cuba alive in the public ima...
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DocArchive: Too Many Santas
Fri, 26 Dec 2008
Throughout much of the Christian world Christmas is the time when Santa Claus dominates – a fat joll...
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DocArchive: Assignment - In Exile
Thu, 25 Dec 2008
There are more than 10 million Palestinians living around the world, more than half of whom are stat...
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DocArchive: Return to White Horse Village - part three
Tue, 23 Dec 2008
While China's economy has boomed over the past 30 years, many of its 700 million farmers have been s...
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DocArchive: Timeline - part three
Fri, 19 Dec 2008
Timeline is the programme where the past sheds light on recent events though use of archive material...
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DocArchive: 1968: The year that changed the world?
Fri, 19 Dec 2008
In this four part series, using archive recordings and music from the time, Sir John Tusa examines w...
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DocArchive: Assignment - A Return to Helmand
Thu, 18 Dec 2008
Last year our correspondent Jill McGivering reported from Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan o...
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DocArchive: DocArchive: Return to White Horse Village - part two
Wed, 17 Dec 2008
While China's economy has boomed over the past 30 years, many of its 700 million farmers have been s...
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DocArchive: 1968: The year that changed the world?
Fri, 12 Dec 2008
In this four part series, using archive recordings and music from the time, Sir John Tusa examines w...
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DocArchive: Timeline - part two
Fri, 12 Dec 2008
In this topical and lively series, contemporary stories and events are explored through the examinat...
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DocArchive: Assignment - Bolivia on the Brink
Wed, 10 Dec 2008
And now Assignment asks whether Bolivia is on the brink of civil war. In the run-up to next month’s ...
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DocArchive: Return to White Horse Village - part one
Wed, 10 Dec 2008
Over the past two-and-a-half years, former BBC Beijing correspondent Carrie Gracie has been witnessi...
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DocArchive: 1968: The year that changed the world?
Fri, 05 Dec 2008
In this four part series, using archive recordings and music from the time, Sir John Tusa examines w...
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DocArchive: Assignment - Aids and the Caribbean
Thu, 04 Dec 2008
Five years after doing a series of reports on HIV and AIDS in the Caribbean, Emma Joseph retraces he...
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DocArchive: Timeline - part one
Wed, 03 Dec 2008
In this topical and lively series, contemporary stories and events are explored through the examinat...
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DocArchive: The Priest of Pará
Wed, 03 Dec 2008
Father Henri Des Roziers is a Dominican priest and human rights lawyer working in Pará, one of Brazi...
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DocArchive: 1968: The year that changed the world?
Fri, 28 Nov 2008
In this four part series, using archive recordings and music from the time, Sir John Tusa examines w...
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DocArchive: Street Art - Part Two
Fri, 28 Nov 2008
This series looks at the growth of street art. Programme two focuses on Sao Paulo, Brazil through th...
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DocArchive: Tired of Terror Part Two
Tue, 25 Nov 2008
Rupa Jha explores what ex-militants in Kashmir and their families expect from the future.
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DocArchive: Street Art - Part One
Thu, 20 Nov 2008
This series looks at street art in two very different cities: New York and Sao Paulo. Each episode p...
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DocArchive: Dead by Christmas
Thu, 20 Nov 2008
The Neapolitan crime syndicate, the Camorra, has said it wants a young writer dead by Christmas, bec...
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DocArchive: Giving up the gun in Kashmir
Tue, 18 Nov 2008
Rupa Jha talks to former militants in Kashmir and their families about why they took up arms and the...
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DocArchive: The world without...copper
Fri, 14 Nov 2008
You might think that copper is just another metal, but in fact it is a vital substance. Discover why...
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DocArchive: Toxic Trailers - Assignment
Thu, 13 Nov 2008
Hundreds of thousands of people were made homeless when Hurricane Katrina devastated parts of the so...
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DocArchive: Hard lessons from Afghanistan - Part Two
Wed, 12 Nov 2008
Former Kabul correspondent Alan Johnston reflects on decades of turmoil in Afghanistan, from the Sov...
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DocArchive: Animal Migration in a Climate of Change - Part Four
Mon, 10 Nov 2008
Animal Migration in a Climate of Change is a special four-part series that explores the way environm...
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DocArchive: Animal Migration in a Climate of Change - Part Three
Mon, 10 Nov 2008
Animal Migration in a Climate of Change is a special four-part series that explores the way environm...
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DocArchive: Animal Migration in a Climate of Change - Part Two
Mon, 10 Nov 2008
Animal Migration in a Climate of Change is a special four-part series that explores the way environm...
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DocArchive: The world without...cows
Fri, 07 Nov 2008
Discover just how important cows have been civilisation, all around the world.
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DocArchive: Hard Lessons from Afghanistan - Part One
Wed, 05 Nov 2008
Former Kabul correspondent Alan Johnston reflects on decades of turmoil in Afghanistan, from the Sov...
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DocArchive: Animal Migration in a Climate of Change
Tue, 04 Nov 2008
Animal Migration in a Climate of Change is a special four-part series that explores the way environm...
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DocArchive: The PR battle for the Caucasus
Mon, 03 Nov 2008
The South Ossetian conflict not only sparked a military war between Russia and Georgia, but a propag...
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DocArchive: Rat Attack
Fri, 31 Oct 2008
Neil McCarthy pieces together a story of rats, famine and insurrection from the 1950's to present da...
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DocArchive: The Lost Veterans
Wed, 29 Oct 2008
Andrew Purcell investigates the growing homelessness crisis among Iraq and Afghanistan veterans in t...
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DocArchive: America’s First Principles
Mon, 27 Oct 2008
Allan Little presents an appraisal of the man described as America's Apostle of Freedom: Thomas Jeff...
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DocArchive: Failure or Fraud
Fri, 24 Oct 2008
As the global banking crisis deepens, a flood of multi-million dollar lawsuits is beginning to shed ...
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DocArchive: Is al-Qaeda winning? Part Four
Mon, 20 Oct 2008
The Saudi Interior Ministry and the US Military in Iraq have offered al - Qaeda sympathisers and det...
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DocArchive: Out of the Ghetto
Fri, 17 Oct 2008
This special documentary exploring life in Chicago's inner city is based on Ghetto Life 101, an accl...
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DocArchive: The View from Kashmir - Assignment
Thu, 16 Oct 2008
A series of protests against Indian rule in Kashmir has left more than 30 people dead since August. ...
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DocArchive: Is al-Qaeda Winning? Part Three
Fri, 10 Oct 2008
Owen Bennett-Jones tests the big promises governments have made about the financial war on terror.
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DocArchive: The Italian Patient
Fri, 10 Oct 2008
What is the state of health of the Italian nation today? Is Italy in crisis or undergoing a new Rena...
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DocArchive: In the Shadow of the Cartel : Assignment
Thu, 09 Oct 2008
In Mexico, the government has deployed thousands of troops in an attempt to break up the powerful dr...
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DocArchive: Children of the Revolution - Part two
Wed, 08 Oct 2008
In Iran, the constant drugs crisis and loss of skilled workers contrast with a lively internet scene...
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DocArchive: Is al Qaeda Winning? - part two
Fri, 03 Oct 2008
Owen Bennett-Jones looks at al Qaeda's hard power and military capabilities in its chosen key battle...
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DocArchive: Tales from the Commonwealth - Part Four
Thu, 02 Oct 2008
The Maldives, Sri Lanka, Seychelles and Mauritius are all popular tourist destinations. Robin White ...
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DocArchive: Africa's Guantanamo - Assignment
Thu, 02 Oct 2008
In Assignment, Robert Walker travels to East Africa to investigate a secret detention programme - in...
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DocArchive: Children of the revolution - Part one
Wed, 01 Oct 2008
This series explores what life offers to Iran's burgeoning young population who are trapped by conse...
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DocArchive: Is al Qaeda Winning? Part one
Mon, 29 Sep 2008
Seven years into the global war on terror, is al-Qaeda winning? It's a deceptively simple question, ...
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DocArchive: Tales from the Commonwealth - Part Three
Thu, 25 Sep 2008
The Maldives, Sri Lanka, Seychelles and Mauritius are all popular tourist destinations. Robin White ...
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DocArchive: Pakistan's Tribal areas
Thu, 25 Sep 2008
Pakistan's government is locked in an intense battle with Islamist militants for control of areas on...
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DocArchive: My Senator, My Vote - Part Two
Wed, 24 Sep 2008
Robin Lustig travels to Phoenix, Arizona, the home of Senator John McCain, to ask two ordinary voter...
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DocArchive: Looted Art
Mon, 22 Sep 2008
A tale of a tiny painting, set against a large canvas of war, politics and looted art in Charle's Wh...
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DocArchive: Tales from the Commonwealth - Part Two
Thu, 18 Sep 2008
The Maldives, Sri Lanka, Seychelles and Mauritius are all popular tourist destinations. Robin White ...
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DocArchive: The Afghan Arms Bazaar Assignment
Thu, 18 Sep 2008
As the insurgency in Afghanistan grows, Kate Clark travels undercover to investigate who's arming th...
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DocArchive: My Senator, My Vote: Part One
Wed, 17 Sep 2008
We know the two US presidential candidates and what they would do in office, but what does the elect...
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DocArchive: The Desert Capitalists - Part Two
Mon, 15 Sep 2008
How are the Marwari traders managing as India goes global? Can a business culture based on tradition...
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DocArchive: Tales from the Commonwealth - Part One
Thu, 11 Sep 2008
The Maldives, Sri Lanka, Seychelles and Mauritius are all popular tourist destinations. Robin White ...
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DocArchive: The Desert Capitalists - Part One
Mon, 08 Sep 2008
Mukhul Devichand finds out how the Marwari trading caste from India's western deserts has become a m...
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DocArchive: The 66 Club
Thu, 04 Sep 2008
Ruth Evans tells the extraordinary story of 11 women brought together on the internet by one man's s...
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DocArchive: Feeding Haiti: Assignment
Thu, 04 Sep 2008
Haiti, one of the very poorest countries in the world, has been hit hard by soaring food prices. Ear...
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DocArchive: The Presidential Contenders - Part Two
Mon, 01 Sep 2008
John McCain: a profile of the man who talks of honour and patriotic duty and admits having a legenda...
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DocArchive: What Lies Beneath - Part two
Fri, 29 Aug 2008
Win Scutt finds out how the maritime treasure hunting industry has boomed in recent years.
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DocArchive: Spain's Civil War - Breaking the Silence
Thu, 28 Aug 2008
Following recent legislation in Spain the government has agreed to offer support to families wishing...
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DocArchive: Al-Qaeda's Internal Debate
Tue, 26 Aug 2008
BBC Security Correspondent Frank Gardner talks to former allies of Osama bin Laden who are now engag...
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DocArchive: The Presidential Contenders
Mon, 25 Aug 2008
Barack Obama:the profile of one of the two individuals who are the presumptive nominees in the US pr...
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DocArchive: What Lies Beneath - Part One
Thu, 21 Aug 2008
International seas are largely unregulated, meaning most underwater archaeological wealth can be ret...
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DocArchive: A young life of crime: Assignment
Thu, 21 Aug 2008
The experience of growing up in a socially deprived, inner city neighbourhood is a common one, no ma...
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DocArchive: Why they're dying in the Congo - Part Two
Wed, 20 Aug 2008
BBC World Affairs correspondent Mark Doyle continues travelling from the west to the east of the DR ...
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DocArchive: Rehearsing for War
Mon, 18 Aug 2008
The extraordinary US military base at the heart of a vast shift in American military strategy, aimin...
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DocArchive: Your Right to Know - Part 2
Thu, 14 Aug 2008
What do Freedom of Information laws actually achieve? Are they sometimes more symbolic than practica...
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DocArchive: Secrets in the Family - Assignment
Thu, 14 Aug 2008
During Argentina's Dirty War of the seventies and eighties thousands of leftists and dissidents vani...
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DocArchive: Why they're dying in the Congo - Part One
Wed, 13 Aug 2008
BBC World Affairs Correspondent Mark Doyle explores why over five million people have died in the De...
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DocArchive: The Billion Dollar Election: Part 2 - Ambassadors
Fri, 08 Aug 2008
Prestigious job. Exotic location. Stately home, fine food and wine, and many other perks thrown in. ...
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DocArchive: The Right to Know - Part 1
Thu, 07 Aug 2008
Freedom of information is well on the way to being seen as an essential prerequisite for a modern de...
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DocArchive: Soft Jihad: Assignment
Thu, 07 Aug 2008
In the United States a small but increasingly vocal group of people believe that members of the coun...
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DocArchive: The Trouble with Money - Part Two
Wed, 06 Aug 2008
Will there be a return to the dreaded days of "stagflation" with weak growth and rising inflation. C...
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DocArchive: The Billion Dollar Election - Part One - 527s
Fri, 01 Aug 2008
The United States is due to have the first billion-dollar election in its history. The BBC's Steve E...
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DocArchive: South Africa's Promised Land: Assignment
Thu, 31 Jul 2008
After the ending of apartheid in South Africa, the transfer of land from white to black was a key AN...
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DocArchive: The Trouble with Money - Part 1
Tue, 29 Jul 2008
With the world's economy now threatened by what some believe is the most dangerous crisis since the ...
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DocArchive: Secrets in the Blood - Part Two
Fri, 25 Jul 2008
In this two-part investigation, Matt McGrath sets out to expose corruption, drug use and cover-ups a...
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DocArchive: Trouble in the Townships: Assignment
Wed, 23 Jul 2008
In May violence against African immigrants exploded across South Africa. Two months on thousands are...
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DocArchive: Building Better Health - Part Two
Wed, 23 Jul 2008
Jill McGivering explores whether China is doing enough to provide healthcare to 1.3 billion people a...
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DocArchive: Beijing Calling - Part One
Fri, 18 Jul 2008
Russell Fuller follows the difficult journeys of six hopefuls from around the world in the run up to...
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DocArchive: Secrets in the Blood - Part One
Fri, 18 Jul 2008
In this two-part investigation, Matt McGrath sets out to expose corruption, drug use and cover-ups a...
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DocArchive: Football's Conmen - Assignment
Thu, 17 Jul 2008
An undercover BBC investigation has exposed how young African footballers are being defrauded by con...
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DocArchive: Building Better Health
Tue, 15 Jul 2008
Part One: Jill McGivering compares two very different free health systems in the developed world: th...
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DocArchive: Policing the Poppy Fields - Part Two
Fri, 11 Jul 2008
In the second part of this series, Kate Clark reports from those provinces where an opium ban is in ...
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DocArchive: The World's Shifting Balance
Thu, 10 Jul 2008
The dynamics of the old world and the new world are changing and the balance of economic systems is ...
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DocArchive: Congo's Contract of the Century
Thu, 10 Jul 2008
In a multi billion dollar deal China has promised to rebuild DR Congo's crumbling infrastructure in ...
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DocArchive: Countdown to the Olympics: Part Two
Wed, 09 Jul 2008
China says hosting the Olympics has accelerated national reforms, technological advances and greater...
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DocArchive: Policing the Poppy Fields - Part One
Mon, 07 Jul 2008
Kate Clark gains rare access to the fight against the Afghan opium trade and asks how effective atte...
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DocArchive: Health for All
Fri, 04 Jul 2008
Campaigners for improving maternal health have been lobbying the G8 to get the topic on the agenda f...
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DocArchive: Countdown to the Olympics: Part One
Wed, 02 Jul 2008
As the world counts down to the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Gerry Northam investigates China's claims ...
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DocArchive: Race and Reconciliation - Part Three
Fri, 27 Jun 2008
In the third part of this series, Audrey Brown travels to Atteridgeville, a township outside the cap...
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DocArchive: Health for All
Fri, 27 Jun 2008
Is health for all a fact or just fiction? Helen Sharp asks if the world has the will, people and mon...
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DocArchive: Burma - Reporting the Cyclone: Assignment
Thu, 26 Jun 2008
This week's Assignment tells the story of the Burmese cyclone through the eyes and ears of the few B...
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DocArchive: Age of Terror - part 4
Wed, 25 Jun 2008
In 1998, a truck bomb exploded outside the American embassy in Nairobi. Over 200 people died and tho...
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DocArchive: Race and Reconciliation - Part Two
Mon, 23 Jun 2008
In the second part of this series, Audrey Brown travels to South Africa to explore how privilege and...
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DocArchive: Feeding the Spirit of New Orleans
Fri, 20 Jun 2008
Sheila Dillon reports on the work of restaurateurs, farmers, fishermen and activists to restore the ...
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DocArchive: The Baseball Factory
Thu, 19 Jun 2008
Baseball may be the United States' national sport - but this year, 2008, almost half of all its prof...
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DocArchive: Age of Terror - Part 3
Wed, 18 Jun 2008
In the third part of this series, Peter Taylor investigates The Paris Plot, the hijacking of a plane...
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DocArchive: Race and Reconciliation - Part One
Fri, 13 Jun 2008
Fourteen years after liberation and 60 years since the beginning of what was then 'apartheid', Audre...
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DocArchive: Bomb Hunters
Thu, 12 Jun 2008
More than 30 years after the end of the Vietnam War, Bomb Hunters, tells the stories of the people l...
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DocArchive: Rome's New Wolf - Assignment
Thu, 12 Jun 2008
The new mayor of Rome Gianni Alemanno was once a so-called neo-fascist - a supporter of anti-democra...
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DocArchive: Age of Terror - part 2
Wed, 11 Jun 2008
In the second part of this series, Peter Taylor investigates how two events in 1987 contributed to t...
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DocArchive: Leila's Story
Fri, 06 Jun 2008
The powerful story of a young Iranian woman called Leila, sold into prostitution at the age of nine ...
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DocArchive: Argentina – Dancing To The Music Of The Mind
Thu, 05 Jun 2008
Argentinian film director, writer and tango enthusiast, Edgardo Cozarinsky, talks to artists, dancer...
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DocArchive: Auroville - Assignment
Thu, 05 Jun 2008
The town of Auroville in southern India was built in 1968 on the basis of a utopian ideal - that a c...
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DocArchive: Age of Terror Part 1
Wed, 04 Jun 2008
In the first part of this series, Peter Taylor reveals how events unfolded in the 1976 hijacking of...
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DocArchive: Taxi to the Dark Side
Fri, 30 May 2008
In Taxi To The Dark Side, American film-maker Alex Gibney reports on the use of torture by American ...
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DocArchive: Kidnapped - part two
Fri, 30 May 2008
Dr Thomas Hargrove, an American scientist kidnapped by FARC, is reunited with the family's German ne...
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DocArchive: Assignment
Thu, 29 May 2008
Lucy Ash finds out if new trade deals and diplomatic dialogue with Libya can encourage them to aband...
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DocArchive: Assignment 22 May 08
Thu, 29 May 2008
The Commodities Bubble: Michael Robinson investigates and reveals how the commodities markets are at...
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DocArchive: What Next For Kenya? - Part Two
Tue, 27 May 2008
In this two-part series, former BBC East Africa Correspondent Mike Wooldridge travels from the bustl...
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DocArchive: Failure at the Central Bank
Fri, 23 May 2008
For the last six decades, central bankers have run the international financial system with the aid o...
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DocArchive: Kidnapped: Part One
Fri, 23 May 2008
Presenter Ritula Shah reunites former hostage Norman Kember - kidnapped in Iraq - with the people wh...
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DocArchive: What Next For Kenya? - Part One
Tue, 20 May 2008
In this two-part series, former BBC East Africa Correspondent Mike Wooldridge travels from the bustl...
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DocArchive: How Crime Took on the World
Fri, 16 May 2008
Cyber-crime is the fastest-growing sector of global-organised crime, worth about US$100 billion a ye...
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DocArchive: Escape from Time
Thu, 15 May 2008
Who wouldn't like to escape the relentless march of time? Find out about the routes from those who a...
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DocArchive: Assignment - Beyond Mark Weil
Thu, 15 May 2008
Last September, Mark Weil, the radical theatre director of the Ilkhom theatre in Uzbekistan, was sta...
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DocArchive: Living With Chico Mendes
Tue, 13 May 2008
To mark the 20th anniversary of his assassination, Nick Maes looks at the life of Chico Mendes, the ...
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DocArchive: How Crime Took on the World: Part Three
Mon, 12 May 2008
In the third part of this series on international crime, Misha Glenny is in South Africa where since...
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DocArchive: Where the Buffalo Roam
Fri, 09 May 2008
How have non-native creatures - from birds to bovines, reptiles to rhesus monkeys - become unlikely,...
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DocArchive: Philosophy in the Streets
Tue, 06 May 2008
Nick Fraser looks at the intellectual revolution that spread from Paris throughout the world, partic...
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DocArchive: How crime took on the world: Part two
Mon, 05 May 2008
In the second of this series which charts the explosion of international organised crime, Misha Glen...
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DocArchive: Escape to New Zealand
Fri, 02 May 2008
Environmental refugees seek a home somewhere in the planet where the predicted global changes can, p...
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DocArchive: Assignment: Football in the Holy City
Thu, 01 May 2008
In this week's Assignment David Goldblatt travels to Israel to meet the fans of Beitar Jerusalem fo...
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DocArchive: The My Lai Tapes - Part Two
Tue, 29 Apr 2008
Forty years ago, 504 unarmed Vietnamese civilians were killed by US soldiers. It became known as ‘Th...
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DocArchive: How Crime Took on the World: Part One
Mon, 28 Apr 2008
As part of his investigation into global crime, Misha Glenny is in Canada, where the wholesale produ...
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DocArchive: Policing the UN
Mon, 28 Apr 2008
The BBC's Africa editor Martin Plaut sets out to examine serious new allegations of corruption and w...
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DocArchive: The Convict Streak
Thu, 24 Apr 2008
The resourcefulness and resilience of prisioners fighting for freedom that make Australians today pr...
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DocArchive: Assignment - Granny Dumping
Thu, 24 Apr 2008
Abandonment, abuse and neglect of the elderly by their own children and grandchildren is at record l...
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DocArchive: The My Lai Tapes - Part One
Tue, 22 Apr 2008
Forty years ago in the village of My Lai in South Vietnam, a massacre took place. The victims were i...
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DocArchive: Strangers in Marseilles
Mon, 21 Apr 2008
Laurie Taylor explores Marseille's unique racial geography to find out what kept the peace during 20...
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DocArchive: Harare Festival
Fri, 18 Apr 2008
Manuel Bagorro, the director of the Harare International Festival of the Arts, describes his efforts...
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DocArchive: Assignment: Inside Somalia's Insurgency
Thu, 17 Apr 2008
The last few weeks have seen an increase in violence in Somalia. Insurgents have stepped up attacks ...
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DocArchive: Elegy for the Tech
Wed, 16 Apr 2008
Award winning poet Fred D’Aguiar is head of creative writing at Virginia Tech, the scene of a mass s...
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DocArchive: A Dollar a Day - China
Fri, 11 Apr 2008
China is on track to meeting the Millennium Development Goal of halving Dollar-a-day poverty. But wh...
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DocArchive: Call me Nana
Fri, 11 Apr 2008
More than 65,000 grandparents in Canada are raising their grandchildren on their own, turning their ...
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DocArchive: The Message from China
Wed, 09 Apr 2008
Dr Anne-Marie Brady from the University of Canterbury in New Zealand investigates how the Chinese Co...
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DocArchive: Simpson Returns to China - part 2
Mon, 07 Apr 2008
John Simpson meets the ladies cracking down on spitting in Beijing before the Olympics and chats to ...
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DocArchive: The Grass is Greener
Fri, 04 Apr 2008
Why do Ghanaians dream of living a better life abroad? What must change in Ghana for more Ghanaians ...
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DocArchive: Assignment: The Most Dangerous Gang in America
Thu, 03 Apr 2008
The United States has long been home to violent gangs, from the Mafia to the Bloods and Crips. But ...
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DocArchive: Return to Kurdistan Part 2
Wed, 02 Apr 2008
For Iraqi Kurds these are the best times they have ever known. But can the desire for full independe...
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DocArchive: Simpson Returns to China
Fri, 28 Mar 2008
Programme one: The Road From Tiananmen charts John Simpson's return to modern China 19 years after h...
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DocArchive: No Way Out
Fri, 28 Mar 2008
Shazia Khan investigates the agony of forced marriages in the UK and the risks of trying to escape i...
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DocArchive: Assignment: No more child witches in DRC?
Thu, 27 Mar 2008
Is it possible to legislate against deeply held beliefs? That's what the authorities in the Democrat...
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DocArchive: How Iraq's War Shaped Our World: Part Four
Wed, 26 Mar 2008
John Simpson looks at the how the Iraq War has affected America's international role and reputation....
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DocArchive: Return to Kurdistan - Part 1
Wed, 26 Mar 2008
In the first part of the series Return to Kurdistan, Michael Goldfarb follows the upheaval of Kurdis...
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DocArchive: Escaping the Water Wolf
Fri, 21 Mar 2008
With climate change bringing new threats of rising sea levels and increased rainfall, will luck and ...
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DocArchive: The Kids Who Ran Iraq
Thu, 20 Mar 2008
After the invasion of Iraq in 2003 hundreds of young American recruits were sent by Washington to he...
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DocArchive: Pirates Part Three
Tue, 18 Mar 2008
Nick Rankin enters cyber space to explore the world of intellectual piracy - the stealing of ideas.
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DocArchive: How Iraq's War Shaped Our World: Part Three
Mon, 17 Mar 2008
In Programme Three, Lyse Doucet looks at how the Iraq War changed the regional balance of power.
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DocArchive: Teacher Flower
Thu, 13 Mar 2008
In the 1980s Kathy Flower became the most famous face on Chinese television, as English teacher to m...
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DocArchive: Assignment: Afghanistan - Winning Hearts and Minds
Thu, 13 Mar 2008
According to US intelligence the Afghan president Hamid Karzai controls only 30 percent of Afghanist...
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DocArchive: Pirates Part Two
Wed, 12 Mar 2008
Nick Rankin travels to Africa to find out how modern day pirates are ruling the high seas. From hija...
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DocArchive: How Iraq's War Shaped Our World: Part Two
Mon, 10 Mar 2008
Magdi Abdelhadi explores how the dream of a democratic Arab world was promoted then put in reverse a...
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DocArchive: How Iraq's War Shaped Our World: Part Two
Mon, 10 Mar 2008
In Programme Two Magdhi Abdulhadi looks at how the neocon dream of a democratic Arab world was promo...
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DocArchive: Boom or Bust
Thu, 06 Mar 2008
Sharon Mascall investigates the Australian mining industry where many inexperienced workers are lure...
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DocArchive: Assignment Jacob Zuma: The Investigation
Thu, 06 Mar 2008
Jacob Zuma is one of the most powerful men in South Africa. He controls the ruling African National ...
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DocArchive: How Iraq's War Shaped Our World: Part One
Mon, 03 Mar 2008
Programme One: BBC correspondent Jim Muir evaluates how war has changed Iraq from the beginning of t...
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Doc: After the KGB: Part Two
Fri, 29 Feb 2008
Martin Sixsmith gets under the skin of the fastest growing and arguably most politically influential...
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Doc: Assignment - Unknown Neighbours
Thu, 28 Feb 2008
Why are the British so scared of Islam? When the head of the Anglican church, Dr Rowan Williams, sug...
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Doc: The Kremlin and the World - Part 4
Wed, 27 Feb 2008
Russia has made more enemies than friends recently. Tim Whewell finds out where this new East, West ...
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Doc: The Kremlin and the World - Part 3
Mon, 25 Feb 2008
Tim Whewell investigates why a 'new' Cold War could be underway and if Russia and the US is embarkin...
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Doc: Friday Documentary: After the KGB - Part One
Fri, 22 Feb 2008
Martin Sixsmith looks at Russia's fast growing and politically influential secret service.
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Doc: The Danish Nazi
Thu, 21 Feb 2008
Soeren Kam is a former Danish SS Officer and one of the most wanted Nazi war criminals still alive. ...
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Doc: The Kremlin and the World - Part 2
Tue, 19 Feb 2008
Pipeline Power: Could Russia's vast energy sources possibly be the missiles of the future? Tim Whewe...
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Doc: The Kremlin and the World - Part 1
Mon, 18 Feb 2008
Nearly twenty years after the Cold War, there’s a new chill in relations between Russia and the West...
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Doc: Uncovering Pakistan - Part 2
Thu, 14 Feb 2008
Owen Bennett-Jones examines the rise of Islamist militancy in Pakistan and the risk of the country b...
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Doc: Uncovering Pakistan - Part 1
Wed, 13 Feb 2008
Why have so many of the hopes and aspirations of Pakistan's founders remained unfulfilled?.
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Doc: Pain: Episode Two
Wed, 13 Feb 2008
In this second programme on Pain, Andrew North explores the strategies we use to survive pain, throu...
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Doc: Bangladesh Floods: Three Months On
Mon, 11 Feb 2008
It's been three months since cyclone Sidr struck Bangladesh. BBC reporter, Siobhann Tighe returns to...
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Doc: Fading Traditions - part 3
Thu, 07 Feb 2008
Temple prostitutes: The ancient Hindu tradition of dedicating young girls to the temple has come up ...
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Doc: Assignment - Kurdistan Corruption 05 Feb 2008
Thu, 07 Feb 2008
With its functioning parliament, a booming oil economy and a small but well-trained army, the Kurdis...
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Doc: Pain: Episode One
Wed, 06 Feb 2008
In this two part series, former BBC Iraq correspondent, Andrew North takes a personal journey throug...
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Doc: Securing Pakistan's Bomb
Mon, 04 Feb 2008
What would happen if the government of Pakistan, one of the world's nuclear powers, were to collapse...
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Doc: Fading Traditions - Part 2
Thu, 31 Jan 2008
Georgia, considered to be the birthplace of wine, risks losing its wine industry. How are the produc...
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Doc: Assignment - Kenya violence 30 Jan 2008
Thu, 31 Jan 2008
This week's Assignment reports on the post election violence in Kenya which has claimed the lives of...
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Doc: A Dollar A Day - Part 4
Tue, 29 Jan 2008
In this four part series, Mike Wooldridge looks at what it's really like to have to live on one doll...
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Doc: Fading Traditions - Part 1
Thu, 24 Jan 2008
The number of Moroccan story-tellers, known as halakis, is dwindling. Why is their art dying out?
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Doc: Desperate Dreams Part 3
Thu, 24 Jan 2008
The final part of a three part series. Every year, thousands of young people from sub-Saharan Africa...
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Assignment - African Footballers 24 Jan 2008
Thu, 24 Jan 2008
Millions of young African boys dream of following such football stars as Didier Drogba and Emmanuel ...
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Doc: A Dollar A Day - Part 3
Tue, 22 Jan 2008
In this four part series, Mike Wooldridge looks at what it's really like to have to live on one doll...
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Doc: Desperate Dreams - Part 2
Thu, 17 Jan 2008
The second in a three part series. Every year, thousands of young people from sub-Saharan Africa set...
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Doc: Looted Art: Part II
Thu, 17 Jan 2008
Charles Wheeler is on the trail of art seized by the Soviets at the end of World War II.
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Doc: Assignment - On the trail of spammers 17 Jan 2007
Thu, 17 Jan 2008
Simon Cox tries to track down the criminals who plague us with spam emails offering everything from ...
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Doc: A Dollar A Day - Part 2
Tue, 15 Jan 2008
In this four part series, Mike Wooldridge looks at what it's really like to have to live on one doll...
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DocArchive: Desperate Dreams Part 1
Fri, 11 Jan 2008
Every year, thousands of young men and women from sub-Saharan Africa set off across the desert dream...
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DocArchive: Friday Documentary - Looted Art: Part One
Thu, 10 Jan 2008
At the end of World War Two, as Nazi Germany lay in ruins, millions of works of art were secrety shi...
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DocArchive: Assignment - S Korea computer addiction 10 Jan 2008
Thu, 10 Jan 2008
Computer gaming has become a national obsession in South Korea but there is a dark side. Gaming, li...
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DocArchive: A Dollar A Day - Part 1
Tue, 08 Jan 2008
In this four part series, Mike Wooldridge looks at what it's really like to have to live on one doll...
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DocArchive: Debt Threat Part 2
Mon, 07 Jan 2008
The dangers of the present crisis turning into a full scale recession, and at the seemingly desperat...
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DocArchive: Only One Bakira
Fri, 04 Jan 2008
Bakira Hasecic is unrelenting in her pursuit of the war criminals of the Bosnian war. How does she a...
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DocArchive: Assignment - Taxi to the Dark Side 3 Jan 2008
Thu, 03 Jan 2008
American film-maker Alex Gibney tells the story of an Afghan taxi driver, tortured to death by Ameri...
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DocArchive: Press For Freedom Part 4
Wed, 02 Jan 2008
In the final part of the series Roy Greenslade profiles the head of News Corporation Rupert Murdoch....
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DocArchive: Debt Threat
Mon, 31 Dec 2007
The first programme will show how rapidly the shock wave of the credit crunch is spreading and why i...
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DocArchive: Assignment - Blackwater 27 Dec 2007
Thu, 27 Dec 2007
There are now as many private security contractors in Iraq as there are US soldiers. To whom are th...
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DocArchive: Quest for a Cure
Fri, 21 Dec 2007
Peter Day reports on whether the US Food and Drug Administration will licence the HIV/AIDS drug Mara...
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DocArchive: Global Account - Part 4
Thu, 20 Dec 2007
Allan Urry investigates links between the Pentagon, politicians and weapons manufacturers.
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DocArchive: Assignment - Inside Uzbekistan
Wed, 19 Dec 2007
Since the Uzbek government put down an uprising in Andijan in 2005, the country has become more and ...
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DocArchive: Press for Freedom - part three
Wed, 19 Dec 2007
Building democracy: What is the role of radio in building democracy? In Papua, a new radio station i...
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DocArchive: Press for Freedom - part two
Wed, 19 Dec 2007
Freedom of the internet:How do the motives of mainstream news websites compare with the agendas of b...
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DocArchive: Citizen Journalists
Mon, 17 Dec 2007
What is the future of news, when the internet may undermine the old-fashioned paternalistic precepts...
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DocArchive: Press For Freedom Part 1
Wed, 12 Dec 2007
BBC's Roy Greenslade looks at how far reporting 'the truth' can be endangered by governments, corpor...
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DocArchive: Making News Part 1
Mon, 10 Dec 2007
The BBC and other international broadcasters boast "objective" news and impartial window onto the wo...
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DocArchive: Assignment - Leila's story 6 Dec 2007
Fri, 07 Dec 2007
Leila is a young woman in Iran, sold into prostitution by her family at the age of 9, later forced i...
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DocArchive: Global Account Part 2
Fri, 07 Dec 2007
Africa's Cocaine Coast - Guinea-Bissau is awash with cocaine and is ranked by the United Nations as ...
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DocArchive: Seeing Iraq, Thinking Vietnam Part 2
Mon, 03 Dec 2007
Jonathan Marcus explores the impact of these two conflicts on the american political psyche.
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DocArchive: Global Account - Part 1
Thu, 29 Nov 2007
Angus Stickler travels into the disputed "Red Zone" of Southern Thailand to discover the victims of ...
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DocArchive: Assignment - Inside Gaza 28 Nov 2007
Thu, 29 Nov 2007
Six months ago, the radical Palestinian faction Hamas took total control of the Gaza Strip. Israel ...
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DocArchive: Seeing Iraq, Thinking Vietnam Part 1
Mon, 26 Nov 2007
Correspondent Jonathan Marcus compares the impact of the two conflicts on American society and polit...
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DocArchive: Jihad and the Petrodollar part 2
Fri, 23 Nov 2007
Roger Hardy follows the money trail and looks at the case of two prominent Saudi charities.
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DocArchive: Assignment - The internet chatroom murder 22 Nov 2007
Thu, 22 Nov 2007
This week on Assignment, a story of lust, deception and betrayal on the internet. It tells the extra...
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DocArchive: Taxing Questions (part four)
Wed, 21 Nov 2007
The final part of a four part series in which Maurice Walsh discovers why globalisation and the blac...
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DocArchive: Taxing Questions (part three)
Tue, 20 Nov 2007
In the third of a four part series Maurice Walsh discovers why globalisation and the black market ha...
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DocArchive: Can America Go Green? - Programme 3
Mon, 19 Nov 2007
The BBC's UN correspondent Laura Trevelyan explores how the US could retreat from its role as the pl...
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DocArchive: Taxing Questions (programme two)
Fri, 16 Nov 2007
In the second of a four part series Maurice Walsh discovers why globalisation and the black market h...
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DocArchive: Jihad and the Petrodollar - part 1
Fri, 16 Nov 2007
Has Saudi Arabia fanned the flames of Muslim militancy by exporting its own puritanical form of Isla...
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DocArchive: Assignment - The neglected thalidomiders 15 Nov 2007
Thu, 15 Nov 2007
Fifty years ago, the drug thalidomide was introduced as a treatment for pregnancy sickness. The res...
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DocArchive: Taxing Questions (programme one)
Mon, 12 Nov 2007
The first part of a four part series in which Maurice Walsh discovers why globalisation and the blac...
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DocArchive: Can America Go Green? - Programme 2
Mon, 12 Nov 2007
The BBC's UN correspondent Laura Trevelyan explores how the US could retreat from its role as the pl...
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DocArchive: In Search of a New Kyoto
Fri, 09 Nov 2007
In a special BBC WS One Planet debate, we bring together four people at the heart of their governmen...
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DocArchive: Inside the Climate Change Talks (part 3)
Wed, 07 Nov 2007
The final part in a three part series in which Mike Williams explores the complex web of negotiation...
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DocArchive: Inside the Climate Change Talks (part 2)
Mon, 05 Nov 2007
The second part in a three part series in which Mike Williams explores the complex web of negotiatio...
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DocArchive: Inside the Climate Change Talks (part 1)
Mon, 05 Nov 2007
The first part in a three part series in which Mike Williams explores the complex web of negotiation...
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DocArchive: Can America Go Green? - Programme 1
Mon, 05 Nov 2007
The BBC's UN correspondent Laura Trevelyan explores how the US could retreat from its role as the pl...
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DocArchive: Assignment - Sexual violence in South Africa 1 Nov 2007
Thu, 01 Nov 2007
South Africa has one of the highest rates of sexual violence in the world. There are more than 54,0...
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DocArchive: Wole Soyinka Returns to Biafra Part Two
Wed, 31 Oct 2007
In this part, Wole Soyinka travels back on a route he first took in 1967 at the beginning of the Bia...
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Benazir Bhutto - The Investigation
Mon, 29 Oct 2007
In Pakistan President Musharraf and the former Pakistani prime minister, Benazir Bhutto did a deal t...
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DocArchive: Benazir Bhutto - The Investigation
Mon, 29 Oct 2007
We investigate the substance of the allegations against Benazir Bhutto and ask whether she could sti...
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DocArchive: Wole Soyinka Returns to Biafra
Wed, 24 Oct 2007
Nigeria's Nobel Prize-winning author, Wole Sayinka travels back to Biafra and comes face to face wit...
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DocArchive: Tales from the Commonwealth 4
Fri, 19 Oct 2007
In the final part of this series Robin White visits Georgetown the capital of Guyana where he experi...
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DocArchive: Tales from the Commonwealth
Fri, 19 Oct 2007
Robin White visits Maputo the capital city of Mozambique. After sixteen years of civil war how well ...
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DocArchive: Tales from the Commonwealth
Fri, 19 Oct 2007
Robin White finds out about the disappearing Kweyol culture in St Lucia. Why is it too difficult to ...
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DocArchive: China's Long Arm 4
Thu, 18 Oct 2007
China has turned its attention to the US in its search for natural resources, even enabling the re-o...
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DocArchive: China's Long Arm 3
Wed, 17 Oct 2007
Lucy Ash assesses the wider impact of China's insatiable appetite for natural resources, and focuses...
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DocArchive: China's Long Arm 2
Tue, 16 Oct 2007
Maurice Walsh considers whether China might use its growing military power to reclaim Taiwan, possib...
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DocArchive: China's Long Arm 1
Mon, 15 Oct 2007
Maurice Walsh examines whether US government concerns about rising defence spending in China will fu...
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DocArchive: Tales from the Commonwealth 1
Fri, 12 Oct 2007
Local broadcaster Eunis Taumomoa guides us through Papua New Guinea, a country that has more than 70...
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DocArchive: Assignment - Afghanistan's war crimes 11 Oct 2007
Thu, 11 Oct 2007
Afghanistan's recent history has been a long list of human rights abuses and war crimes - yet many o...
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DocArchive: Stem Cell Bazaar - Part 2
Wed, 10 Oct 2007
Meet the doctors who are trying to introduce regulation of stem cell therapies in India, so that tho...
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DocArchive: The Land of the Mobile Millionaires
Mon, 08 Oct 2007
Matthew Sweet presents the extraordinary story of Finland's Nokia Millionaires, and how the mobile p...
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DocArchive: Life After Vietnam
Fri, 05 Oct 2007
Lance Corporal Baronowski's personal recordings, made in Vietnam shortly before he was killed in 196...
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DocArchive: Assignment - Britain's gangmasters 4 Oct 2007
Thu, 04 Oct 2007
Assignment reports on the fate of thousands of migrants from eastern Europe, who come to Britain to ...
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DocArchive: Stem Cell Bazaar - Part 1
Wed, 03 Oct 2007
Do stem cells really offer a miracle cure? Are the clinics offering genuine treatments at the cuttin...
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DocArchive: Assignment - Burma: the road to crisis 29 Sep 2007
Mon, 01 Oct 2007
The two week uprising in Burma has been ruthlessly put down by the Burmese military. The protests a...
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DocArchive: Rebuilding Southern Sudan Part 2
Mon, 01 Oct 2007
Darfur has diverted attention from Southern Sudan, now emerging from civil war. Mike Wooldridge inve...
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DocArchive: Assignment - Eritrea's persecuted Christians 27 Sep 2007
Fri, 28 Sep 2007
Assignment reports on the persecution of Christians in Eritrea - home to one of the oldest Christian...
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DocArchive: The Boys from the Bush
Fri, 28 Sep 2007
Robin Denselow tells the story of the Zimbabwean band The Bhundu Boys. From their triumphs in the ch...
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DocArchive: A Journey from Conflict to Brotherhood
Wed, 26 Sep 2007
John McCarthy looks at how the Kaduna Declaration in Kaduna, Nigeria, has had some success in bringi...
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DocArchive: Rebuilding Southern Sudan Part 1
Mon, 24 Sep 2007
Darfur has diverted attention from Southern Sudan, now emerging from civil war. Mike Wooldridge inve...
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DocArchive: We're No Angels
Fri, 21 Sep 2007
Karin Wells investigates controversial new laws in Poland that require over 35s to prove they never ...
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DocArchive: Top of the Class - Part 2
Wed, 19 Sep 2007
Owen Bennett-Jones visits two of the world's leading educational establishments - Harvard University...
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DocArchive: Assignment - Liverpool's drug gangs 20 Sep 2007
Wed, 19 Sep 2007
Assignment reports on how a once model public housing project in Liverpool, has become terrorised by...
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DocArchive: The Clinton Years Part 4
Mon, 17 Sep 2007
Gavin Esler tells the story of Bill Clinton's controversial and colourful presidency, from epic vict...
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DocArchive: On the road in Iraq
Fri, 14 Sep 2007
Many ordinary people in Iraq continue to live in extraordianry circumstances. World Affairs coresspo...
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DocArchive: Assignment - Rough justice in Japan
Thu, 13 Sep 2007
We report on a miscarriage of justice in Japan - a case which has opened a debate about how the poli...
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DocArchive: Top of the Class - Part 1
Wed, 12 Sep 2007
Education matters - Owen Bennett-Jones visits educational establishments which have been judged to b...
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DocArchive: The Clinton Years Part 3
Mon, 10 Sep 2007
Having won a second term, Clinton found new confidence when dealing with foreign policy. But then ca...
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DocArchive: Heritage, The Balkans - Part Four: Butrint, Albania
Wed, 05 Sep 2007
Malcolm Billings explores the reconstruction projects slowly restoring the region's cultural legacy....
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DocArchive: The Clinton Years - part 2
Mon, 03 Sep 2007
From authorising emergency bailout during the Mexican economic collapse to balancing the budget, Cli...
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DocArchive: Mother's Mountain
Fri, 31 Aug 2007
In August 1986 Julie Tullis became the first British woman climber to reach the summit of K2. The ta...
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DocArchive: Heritage, The Balkans - Part Three: Bosnia
Wed, 29 Aug 2007
Malcolm Billings explores the reconstruction projects slowly restoring the region's cultural legacy....
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DocArchive: The Clinton Years - Part 1
Mon, 27 Aug 2007
When William Jefferson Clinton was elected President of the United States on 3 November 1992, hope w...
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DocArchive: Sudan: The Lost Boy Returns
Fri, 24 Aug 2007
Jane Little follows one of the "Lost Boys of Sudan" who goes back to be reunited with his mother and...
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DocArchive: Heritage, The Balkans - Part Two: Dubrovnik, Croatia
Wed, 22 Aug 2007
Malcolm Billings explores the reconstruction projects slowly restoring the region's cultural legacy....
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DocArchive: Mexican Drugs: So Far From God
Fri, 17 Aug 2007
Nick Caistor investigates the causes and effects of drug violence in Mexico, which is reaching alarm...
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DocArchive: Zimbabwe Out of Control - Part 2
Thu, 16 Aug 2007
In the second of these two programmes, Paul Bakibinga considers how Zimbabwe might become prosperous...
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DocArchive: Malaria and Fake Drugs
Thu, 16 Aug 2007
Jill McGivering follows the trail of fake drugs, from the marginalised communities at risk, to the c...
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DocArchive: Heritage, The Balkans - Part One: Kosovo
Tue, 14 Aug 2007
Malcolm Billings explores the reconstruction projects slowly restoring the region's cultural legacy....
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DocArchive: Maids: The Untold Story Part 1
Fri, 10 Aug 2007
It reads like a soap opera, but this is not fiction: round-the-clock confinement, crippling illness,...
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DocArchive: Zimbabwe Out of Control - Part 1
Fri, 10 Aug 2007
In the first of two programmes, Paul Bakibinga considers the causes behind the collapse of the once ...
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DocArchive: Freetown Rap
Fri, 10 Aug 2007
Rappers from Freetown, Sierra Leone, perform and talk about their songs, background and dreams for t...
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DocArchive: Assignment: Ghanaian Drug Mules
Thu, 09 Aug 2007
Gabby O'Donnell goes to Ghana to meet some convicted drugs mules, and hears how they, as much as the...
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DocArchive: Maids: The Untold Story - Part Two
Wed, 08 Aug 2007
In the second programme, Judith Kampfner looks at women who work as maids in their own countries. ...
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DocArchive: Coming Out Part 2
Mon, 06 Aug 2007
In South Africa, equality - on the basis of race, language, culture and sexual orientation - are cen...
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DocArchive: The Generals Debate Iraq
Fri, 03 Aug 2007
Owen Bennett-Jones chairs a unique debate with some of the most senior and influential military figu...
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Economics focus: Disciplinary measures
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
In a guest article, Daniel Gros of the Centre for European Policy Studies (pictured left) and Thomas...
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Buttonwood: Naked self-interest
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
Politicians blame the speculators again.
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Brazil's recovering economy: Joining in the carnival spirit
Thu, 11 Feb 2010
The government will be less abstemious than it claims.
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Economics focus: Mix message
Thu, 11 Feb 2010
Barack Obama's advisers lay out some steps to a rebalanced economy.
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The centre-right: Old dogs and new tricks
Thu, 11 Feb 2010
In many prosperous democracies, a crisis-driven backlash against the political right failed to mater...
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Number-crunchers crunched
Thu, 11 Feb 2010
The uses and abuses of mathematical models.
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Argentina's reserves and its debts: Central Bank robbery
Thu, 04 Feb 2010
The president gets her way, again, but at a price.
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Greece's troubles: In search of credibility
Thu, 04 Feb 2010
The government wins support from Brussels—but its ability to stick to austerity will soon be severel...
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Economics focus: Diversity training
Thu, 04 Feb 2010
Some developing economies are rich but crude, while others are poor but sophisticated.
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Economics focus: From bail-out to bail-in
Thu, 28 Jan 2010
In a guest article, Paul Calello (pictured left), the head of Credit Suisse's investment bank, and W...
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Economics focus: Invested interests
Thu, 21 Jan 2010
China aside, most Asian economies need to invest more, not consume more.
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Economics focus: Digging out of debt
Thu, 14 Jan 2010
The rich world's debt reduction has barely begun.
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Buttonwood: Floating all boats
Thu, 14 Jan 2010
The link between exchange rates and asset markets.
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Banyan : Mad, bad and dangerous to know
Thu, 14 Jan 2010
Monetary folly is the latest affliction visited on North Korea's people by the world's worst governm...
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Designing rewards: Carrots dressed as sticks
Thu, 14 Jan 2010
An experiment on economic incentives.
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Economics focus: Worth a hill of soyabeans
Thu, 07 Jan 2010
How the internet can make agricultural markets in the developing world more efficient.
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The jobs market for economists: Applied thinking
Thu, 07 Jan 2010
The effect of the recession.
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Hunt on for Madeira missing
Mon, 22 Feb 2010
Dozens dead after torrential rains cause flooding and mudslides on Portuguese island.
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Lufthansa pilots go on strike
Mon, 22 Feb 2010
Four-day strike by 4,000 pilots could ground 3,200 flights and cost German carrier $135m.
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Basque separatists urged to disarm
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
Leader of Eta's banned political wing says movement should take "a new path".
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Ukraine PM abandons poll challenge
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
Yulia Tymoshenko withdraws challenge to rival's victory in presidential election.
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Dutch cabinet falls over Afghan row
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
Government collapses following disagreement on date for withdrawing troops.
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Deaths in Ingushetia explosions
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
Two people killed and dozens of police officers injured in blasts in Russian republic.
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IAEA fears Iran working on warhead
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
Report suggests "possible military dimensions" to Tehran's nuclear programme.
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UN climate chief to step down
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
Yvo de Boer announces resignation ahead of planned talks on emission cuts in Mexico.
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Dubai murder strains Israel ties
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
Use of European passports in Hamas leader's killing strains relations with allies.
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Deadly attack at German school
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
Teacher is killed and another person seriously injured in reported knife attack.
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Nato denounces Russia-Abkhazia deal
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
Alliance says pact creating Russian base in breakaway Georgian region is "invalid".
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UK-Argentina in Falklands oil row
Wed, 17 Feb 2010
British politician voices anger over Argentine order to shipping off disputed islands.
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French oil refineries hit by strike
Wed, 17 Feb 2010
Production at Total oil refineries disrupted in support of possible closure in Dunkirk.
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Serbia decries Kosovo independence
Wed, 17 Feb 2010
Belgrade's foreign minister tells Al Jazeera Kosovo's secession was illegal.
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Scarcity and globalisation: A needier era
Thu, 28 Jan 2010
The politics of global disruption, and how they may change.
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Politeness: Hi there
Thu, 17 Dec 2009
Life is getting friendlier but less interesting.
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VW, GM and Peugeot-Citroën: Asian alliances
Wed, 09 Dec 2009
New ties for VW, GM and Peugeot Citroen signal a way forward for the car industry.
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A whole new world
Thu, 26 Nov 2009
Art is becoming increasingly globalised.
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EDF: Nuclear contamination
Thu, 19 Nov 2009
The giant French utility's ambition to lead a global revival in nuclear energy is running into diffi...
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Assassinations: A time to kill
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
The professional and presumably state-directed killing of a leading Palestinian has been exposed in ...
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Assassinations and technology: Hitmen old and new
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
Modern technology makes killing easier—but harder to get away with.
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Correction: Sir Tim Berners-Lee
Thu, 11 Feb 2010
In last week's story about governments and data, we called Sir Tim Berners-Lee the inventor of the i...
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International adoption: Saviours or kidnappers?
Thu, 04 Feb 2010
Amid catastrophe in Haiti, a new controversy about adoptions.
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Home schooling: Classes apart
Thu, 04 Feb 2010
Why some countries welcome children being taught at home and others don't.
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Data and transparency: Of governments and geeks
Thu, 04 Feb 2010
In several countries more official data are being issued in raw form so that anybody can use them. T...
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The resurgence of al-Qaeda: The bombs that stopped the happy talk
Thu, 28 Jan 2010
It was too soon to say that Osama bin Laden's followers were on the wane—but pessimism should not be...
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Education: Reaching the poorest
Thu, 21 Jan 2010
Enrolling the world's poorest children in school needs new thinking, not just more money from taxpay...
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Spending on education: Investing in brains
Thu, 21 Jan 2010
Should the economic squeeze mean cuts, reform or more spending on education?.
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Democracy's decline: Crying for freedom
Thu, 14 Jan 2010
A disturbing decline in global liberty prompts some hard thinking about what is needed for democracy...
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Universities and Islam: Hearts, minds and Mecca
Thu, 07 Jan 2010
The rising profile of Muslim students in the Western world.
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Innovation in global health: A spoonful of ingenuity
Thu, 07 Jan 2010
New ideas for raising money for medical care—and spending it.
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Agriculture and climate change: Why farms may be the new forests
Wed, 30 Dec 2009
In the war against climate change, peasants are in the front line.
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Climate change after Copenhagen: China's thing about numbers
Wed, 30 Dec 2009
How an emerging superpower dragged its feet, then dictated terms, at a draining diplomatic marathon.
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Climate change and forests: Touch wood
Thu, 17 Dec 2009
Everyone agrees on the need to save trees, but the details are still tricky.
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Religious freedom: Too many chains
Thu, 17 Dec 2009
Two centuries after the French and American revolutions, and 20 years after Soviet communism's fall,...
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The Red Cross movement: How much evil can you not see?
Thu, 10 Dec 2009
Impartiality is still the best policy, a giant humanitarian network says.
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Iraq, Iran and the politics of oil: Crude diplomacy
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
Iraq has ambitious plans for its oil industry. That could have important implications for Iran and t...
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Iraq's dangerous trigger line: Too late to keep the peace?
Thu, 11 Feb 2010
The Americans are trying again to keep the peace between Arabs and Kurds.
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Iraq's coming election: Reopening the old sectarian wounds
Thu, 28 Jan 2010
Relations between Iraq's Shias and Sunnis have again been badly damaged.
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Reporting Iraq: Still fraught
Thu, 28 Jan 2010
A bomb in a hotel favoured by reporters illustrates the toughness of the job.
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Bagehot: Regime changer
Thu, 28 Jan 2010
Is it feasible to hate the Iraq war but still love Labour?.
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From the archive: If you can think of something even beastlier, do it
Tue, 26 Jan 2010
From 1988: Our correspondent reports on Iraq's chemical attack on a Kurdish town that killed thousan...
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The Iraq-war inquiry: Campbell's soup
Thu, 14 Jan 2010
The spin doctor's testimony left a bad taste in the mouth.
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Tony Blair and Britain's Iraq inquiry: Weapons inspection
Thu, 14 Jan 2010
The right questions to ask the former prime minister.
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Iraq's oil: Crude calculations
Sat, 12 Dec 2009
Will a new auction of fields to foreign firms get Iraq's oil flowing freely?.
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Iraqi bombings: What difference do they make?
Thu, 10 Dec 2009
A new pattern of violence is emerging in the run-up to next year's elections.
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Iraq: Blown apart
Tue, 08 Dec 2009
Bloody car-bomb attacks in Baghdad bode ill for next year's election.
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Iraq and the Kirkuk conundrum: A hint of harmony, at last
Thu, 03 Dec 2009
In the run-up to the election, could Iraqi minds be concentrated strongly enough to find at least a ...
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The new Iraq war inquiry: Looking back in anger
Thu, 03 Dec 2009
Sir John Chilcot is unlikely to give the war's fiercest critics what they want.
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Iraq, Iran, America and The Economist: Were we wrong?
Thu, 26 Nov 2009
The intricacies of regional diplomacy and a strenuous American denial.
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The making of the president's foreign policy: The decider
Thu, 26 Nov 2009
The long delay over Afghanistan suggests that Barack Obama seems determined to conduct foreign polic...
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Rethinking economics: Radical thoughts on 19th Street
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
A higher inflation target for central banks would be a bad idea.
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Competition policy: Prosecutor, judge and jury
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
Enforcement of competition law in Europe is unjust and must change.
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Greece and the euro: Leant on
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
The euro zone's rescue plan for Greece is flawed.
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Nigeria's new president: Be focused, be bold
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
Goodluck Jonathan probably has only a short time in office.
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Politics in America: What's gone wrong in Washington?
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
American politics seems unusually bogged down at present.
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Iran: Barricades and the bomb
Thu, 11 Feb 2010
Iran's demonstrators need support as much as its nuclear engineers need restraining.
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World economy: New dangers for the world economy
Thu, 11 Feb 2010
When the crisis started, governments helped save the world economy.
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Spain's economic stagnation: The zapping of Zapatero
Thu, 11 Feb 2010
After procrastination and paranoia, it is high time for some prime-ministerial leadership.
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Toyota: Accelerating into trouble
Thu, 11 Feb 2010
The company's problems sharply illustrate the failings of Japanese corporate governance.
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Banks: A better black-swan repellent
Thu, 11 Feb 2010
How banks can improve their approach to risk management.
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Ukraine: Bloodless orange
Thu, 11 Feb 2010
Ukraine's peaceful revolution turned sour because its leader was not ruthless enough.
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Geopolitics: Facing up to China
Thu, 04 Feb 2010
Making room for a new superpower should not be confused with giving way to it.
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The euro's troubles: Rebuilding Greece's finances
Thu, 04 Feb 2010
The best answer is to bring in the IMF.
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The African Union: Get still more serious
Thu, 04 Feb 2010
The African Union mercifully fended off Libya's leader, but it must do more if it wants to be listen...
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America's budget: Clueless in Washington
Thu, 04 Feb 2010
Neither the president nor Congress shows any sign of knowing how to tackle the deficit.
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The state of Britain: How broken is Britain?
Thu, 04 Feb 2010
It has become fashionable to say that British society is in a mess and getting worse.
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Regulating America's banks: Stage prop
Thu, 28 Jan 2010
The White House's latest salvo against banks misses the target.
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Development: The Bihari enlightenment
Thu, 28 Jan 2010
India's most notorious state is failing to live up to its reputation.
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Reforming European economies: The cruelty of compassion
Thu, 28 Jan 2010
Social cohesion has become an excuse for avoiding necessary reforms in Europe.
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Chad and Sudan make up: Definitely maybe
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
A peace deal could help Darfur.
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Fragile Kenya: The politicians just don't seem to get it
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
Kenya remains east Africa's commercial hub, yet the bickering and dithering of its dodgy and unwield...
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Zimbabwe's politics: Bring on the polls
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
The government of national unity looks terminally disunited.
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Covert action against Iran: Who killed the professor?
Thu, 11 Feb 2010
New light is being cast on the strange death of an Iranian physicist.
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Palestinian politics and the mosques: Can the Islamist tide be turned?
Thu, 11 Feb 2010
The West Bank's secular rulers want to stop preachers backing the Islamists.
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Nigeria's new president: Good luck, Jonathan
Thu, 11 Feb 2010
He will have to live up to his name, as he takes over in murky circumstances.
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Homosexuality in Nigeria: Go online if you're glad to be gay
Thu, 11 Feb 2010
One church's answer to rampant homophobia.
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Iran's dilemma over democracy and nukes: Are they fearless or foolhardy?
Thu, 11 Feb 2010
The Iranian government has dangerously upped the nuclear ante in diplomacy and still faces resilient...
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Iran and Israel in Africa: A search for allies in a hostile world
Thu, 04 Feb 2010
Iran's proclaimed ambitions in Africa are particularly worrying for Israel, which once had a lot of ...
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Guinea's new government: Will the army take a back seat?
Thu, 04 Feb 2010
Though a post-coup peace deal has been done, it is far from certain to last.
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South Sudan: Looking for laws
Thu, 04 Feb 2010
A would-be country drives away foreign investment.
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Corruption in South Africa: Stop that virus
Thu, 04 Feb 2010
As widespread corruption is exposed, will Jacob Zuma tackle it?.
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Iran's missile and uranium salvoes: Another puzzle
Thu, 04 Feb 2010
An offer to talk or just another ruse?.
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Yemen's elusive peace deal: A bloody blame game
Thu, 04 Feb 2010
The government and the rebels fluff a chance for peace.
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A jazz revival in Ethiopia: Swing along again
Thu, 28 Jan 2010
An old tradition may be coming back.
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A debate about fashion in Qatar: Cross about cross-dressing
Thu, 28 Jan 2010
Is it a wicked Western habit that should be stopped?.
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Israel drones 'could target Iran'
Mon, 22 Feb 2010
Military unveils unmanned aircraft capable of reaching Gulf as pressure mounts on Iran.
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Saudi to grant women court access
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
Proposed new law would allow women lawyers to argue cases in court for the first time.
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West Bank sites spark heritage row
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
Israeli cabinet adds two Palestinian sites in West Bank to 'Israeli heritage' list.
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Blast outside Egypt synagogue
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
An explosive device in a suitcase is thrown at a Jewish place of worship in Cairo.
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Israel PM 'signed off' on Dubai hit
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
Last month's killing of Hamas figure had been rehearsed in Tel Aviv, newspaper says.
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Iraq party pulls out of vote
Sat, 20 Feb 2010
Party led by politician barred from running in next month's polls decides to withdraw.
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Barrier imprisons West Bank village
Sat, 20 Feb 2010
Illegal Israeli settlement construction isolates Palestinian village.
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Egyptians welcome ElBaradei home
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
Hundreds greet former UN nuclear watchdog chief at Cairo airport upon his return.
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IAEA fears Iran working on warhead
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
Report suggests "possible military dimensions" to Tehran's nuclear programme.
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Cairo protest over anti-women vote
Sat, 20 Feb 2010
Activists demonstrate after judges' vote to bar women from judicial positions.
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Yemen ramps up airport security
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
Country acts to face al-Qaeda threat, but some feel more needs to be done.
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Bomber hits Iraq checkpoint
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
At least 11 killed, including police and a young girl, in city of Ramadi.
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US names new envoy to Syria
Wed, 17 Feb 2010
Nomination of ambassador to Damascus ends five-year break in ties with Washington.
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'Malaria' killed King Tut
Wed, 17 Feb 2010
International scientists reveal ancient pharaoh suffered from genetic disorders.
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This week's top stories [19 February 2010]
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
Our top articles ranked by reader popularity.EU summit on Greece: A half-hearted effortIran, democra...
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Tackling the US deficit: A modest proposal
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
A presidential commission may provide a start on cutting America's deficit, but not much more.
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Sovereign-debt theories: Domino theory
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
Assessing the risk that Greece's woes herald something far worse.
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Assassinations: A time to kill
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
Revelations in Dubai about a well-planned assassination of a Hamas man.
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Argentina and the Falklands: Oil and troubled waters
Wed, 17 Feb 2010
Plans to drill for oil in the Falklands provoke angry words from Argentina.
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European banks: The brighter side
Wed, 17 Feb 2010
Bad debts are peaking and pay falling at Europe's banks .
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Evan Bayh and the Democrats: Down and out
Tue, 16 Feb 2010
Another blow to the Democrats after Evan Bayh announces that he will leave the Senate .
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Operation Mushtarak: All together now
Tue, 16 Feb 2010
A military offensive against the Taliban in Afghanistan shows some early success.
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A setback for the Taliban: Opening a new front
Tue, 16 Feb 2010
The capture of Mullah Baradar, a senior Taliban leader, may mark a shift in strategy.
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Bharti Airtel and Zain: Roaming abroad
Mon, 15 Feb 2010
India's biggest mobile-phone operator makes a move on Africa.
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US foreign policy: Speaking too softly
Mon, 15 Feb 2010
Relations between America and China may chill over a meeting with the Dalai Lama .
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The coming days: The week ahead
Sun, 14 Feb 2010
European finance ministers meet to discuss bailing out the Greek economy.
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This week's top stories [12 February 2010]
Fri, 12 Feb 2010
Our top articles ranked by reader popularity.The oil industry: Beyond the black stuffThis week's top...
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Feeble growth in the euro zone: The sick men of Europe
Fri, 12 Feb 2010
A lack of demand in the euro area explains why its economy is hardly growing.
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EU summit on Greece: A half-hearted effort
Thu, 11 Feb 2010
Vague European promises of ";solidarity" with Greece may not be enough.
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Iran, democracy and nukes: Fearless or foolhardy?
Thu, 11 Feb 2010
Iran's government dangerously ups the nuclear ante and faces resilient protesters at home.
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Nigerian politics: Good luck, Jonathan
Thu, 11 Feb 2010
Nigeria's new president will have to live up to his name, as he takes over in murky circumstances.
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The Koreas: North Korea's regime stumbles
Wed, 10 Feb 2010
An embarrassing climb-down puts North Korea's Kim Jong Il in a difficult position.
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Sri Lankan politics: Arrest the opposition
Tue, 09 Feb 2010
Sri Lanka's president cracks down on opponents once more.
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Toyota's ongoing troubles: It's not stopping...
Tue, 09 Feb 2010
More recalls deliver further blows to Toyota's battered reputation.
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Ukraine's presidential election: Orange squashed
Mon, 08 Feb 2010
Viktor Yanukovich seems the likely winner of Ukraine's presidential election.
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The coming days: The week ahead
Sun, 07 Feb 2010
More anxieties about Europe's battered economies.
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This week's top stories [05 February 2010]
Fri, 05 Feb 2010
Our top articles ranked by reader popularity.The US budget: Budget dayThe coming days: The week ahea...
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American jobs figures: Falling flat
Fri, 05 Feb 2010
More evidence that America is experiencing a jobless recovery.
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The oil industry: Beyond the black stuff
Thu, 04 Feb 2010
Big Oil is being forced to rethink its future.
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NewsPod: 22 Feb 10 Bullying row at No 10
Mon, 22 Feb 2010
Cameron calls for bullying probe / Afghanistan angry as NATO kills civilians / BAFTA.
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NewsPod: 19 Feb 10 Pakistan Taleban / Isle of Man / Japan Whales
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
Is Pakistan doing enough in the fight against terrorism? / Does Isle of Man feel shortchanged by UK?...
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NewsPod: 18 Feb 10 Dubai Fallout / Falklands Tension / Hunting Ban
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
Britain expects Israeli cooperation over passports / Rising tensions over oil exploration off Falkla...
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NewsPod: 17 Feb 10 Britain Unemployment / Gosling Mercy Killing
Wed, 17 Feb 2010
Record number of Britons sign up for dole / Gosling arrested over killing of terminally ill lover / ...
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NewsPod: 16 Feb 10 Taleban Capture / Inflation Rise / Mercy Killing
Tue, 16 Feb 2010
Top Taliban commander captured / Inflation rises in Britain / BBC presenter admits he killed termina...
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Niger military promises elections
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
Leaders of Niger's military coup promise a "return to constitutional order", three days after overth...
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Ivory Coast crisis talks 'urgent'
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
Further talks are needed between Ivory Coast's main parties to resolve the country's political crisi...
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Drugs 'could stop spread of Aids'
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
Anti-retroviral treatments (ARVs) could stop the spread of Aids in South Africa within five years, a...
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Moroccan inquiry into old mosques
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
King Mohammed orders structural examinations of Morocco's ancient mosques after a minaret collapse k...
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Key Darfur rebels sign up to deal
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
A major rebel group in Sudan's Darfur region signs a framework ceasefire agreement with the governme...
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Guinea deaths 'crime against humanity'
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
The killing of opposition supporters in Guinea last year was a crime against humanity, the ICC says ...
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Deadly grenade attacks hit Kigali
Sat, 20 Feb 2010
At least one person is killed and 18 are injured in three grenade attacks in Rwanda's capital, Kigal...
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Several dead in Ivory Coast riots
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
Several people are killed in Ivory Coast during clashes between security forces and protesters angry...
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ElBaradei greeted by Egypt crowds
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
Hundreds gather in Cairo to welcome home potential Egyptian presidential candidate Mohamed ElBaradei...
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Race row over casting Depardieu to play author of African origin
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
A film about revered French author Alexandre Dumas sparks a racism row after Gerard Depardieu is cho...
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Zimbabwe displays 'Biblical Ark'
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
A replica of the Biblical Ark of Covenant goes on display in Zimbabwe, after it was rediscovered in ...
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Caf hits back in Togo row
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
Caf insists it was right to ban Togo from the next two Africa Cup of Nations tournaments despite wid...
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Mazembe seal Super Cup success
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
Champions League holders TP Mazembe beat Stade Malien of Mali 2-0 to win the Africa Super Cup on Sun...
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Cricket: India win to level series with SA
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
India beat South Africa by an innings and 58 runs to level the two-Test series and stay top of the w...
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School victims
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
Kenya's young pay the price of political corruption.
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Dark island
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
Pictures of music lighting Zanzibar's long power cut .
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Putsch perfect
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
Could Niger's coup leaders turn out to be 'good soldiers'? .
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In pictures
Sat, 20 Feb 2010
Ancient minaret collapses with heavy loss of life.
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Fizzy future
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
Can Sudan regain its monopoly of pop drink ingredient? .
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Copper bottomed?
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
China eyes return on investments in Zambian mines.
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IMF gives vote back to Zimbabwe
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
The International Monetary Fund agrees to restore Zimbabwe's voting rights after a seven-year suspen...
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Court delays Togo ban decision
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
Togo are excluded from 2012 Africa Nations Cup football qualifying draw as court delays ban decision...
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No Kenya crisis, says president
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki says his country is not in crisis, despite fevered speculation of a bi...
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'No impunity' for Guinea massacre
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
The International Criminal Court vows "no impunity" for those suspected of massacring Guinean activi...
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Uganda gay-porn stunt 'twisted'
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
A Ugandan cleric's decision to show gay pornography in church is labelled "twisted, homophobic propa...
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Goat motive in Tanzania massacre
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
Tanzania villagers mourn 17 people hacked to death in what is believed to be a revenge attack invol...
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Fridge-free vaccine hopes raised
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
British scientists say they can now keep vaccines stable without refrigeration - a huge boost to imm...
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Extradition for Nigeria suspects
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
Malaysia is to extradite to their own countries nine foreigners arrested last month over alleged ter...
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Facts behind elephant brainpower
Wed, 17 Feb 2010
Are elephants much smarter than we thought? .
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Life as a girl soldier in Eritrea
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
'On Eritrea's battlefield, I was as merciless as a man'.
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Your pictures: Hands in Africa
Tue, 16 Feb 2010
A show of hands in your photos from around Africa.
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Tension over sex testing in sport
Mon, 15 Feb 2010
Medics push idea of 'treating' gender ambiguities in sport.
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In pictures: Ghana's market girls
Mon, 15 Feb 2010
The back-breaking work of a market girl in Ghana.
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SA economy 'to grow 2.3% in 2010'
Wed, 17 Feb 2010
The South African government expects the country's economy to grow by 2.3% this year, helped by the ...
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Mobile firm Bharti in African bid
Mon, 15 Feb 2010
Indian mobile phone company Bharti Airtel offers to buy Kuwaiti firm Zain's African assets for $10.7...
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Should parents pick spouses?
Wed, 17 Feb 2010
Is there a place for arranged marriages in modern Africa? Or should parents be excluded where matter...
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Will Darfur be an election issue?
Tue, 16 Feb 2010
Will the elections in Sudan this in April help to bring about peace in the troubled region of Darfur...
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Has your cell changed your life?
Mon, 15 Feb 2010
Has your mobile phone changed your life?.
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You the president: 'Smaller army'
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
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Viewpoint: Lucky mistakes
Wed, 17 Feb 2010
'My name is Rubbish Dump - to ward off bad luck'.
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Send us your pictures of Africa
Tue, 21 Jul 2009
Send in your shots of Africa from shadows to hats .
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Marjah 'tough but just the start'
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
Top US General David Petraeus says the "tough" fighting around the Afghan town of Marjah is just the...
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Space shuttle Endeavour returns
Mon, 22 Feb 2010
Space shuttle Endeavour lands in Florida after delivering the last major component of the Internatio...
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Falklands drilling set to start
Mon, 22 Feb 2010
A UK rig is due to begin drilling for oil in the territorial waters of the Falkland Islands, despite...
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Brazil party endorses candidate
Sat, 20 Feb 2010
Brazil's Workers' Party confirms President Lula's choice, Dilma Rousseff, as its presidential candid...
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White House veteran Haig dies
Sat, 20 Feb 2010
Former United States Secretary of State and White House insider Alexander Haig dies at the age of 85...
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Sex hormone trial for head injury
Sat, 20 Feb 2010
Progesterone - the sex hormone used in the first contraceptive pills - is to be tested on brain inju...
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Repentant Woods sorry for affairs
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
Tiger Woods apologises for cheating on his wife, saying he does not know when he will return to comp...
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US calls on Cuba to release 'spy'
Sat, 20 Feb 2010
The US calls for the immediate release of an American national held for nearly three month in Cuba a...
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Argentina seeks UK oil row talks
Sat, 20 Feb 2010
Argentina has said it wants dialogue with the UK in the row over British oil drilling around the Fal...
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Negrohead peak renamed after black pioneer
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
A California peak formerly known as Negrohead Mountain is officially renamed in honour of a 19th Cen...
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Political analysis and a British perspective on life in the US
Mon, 07 Sep 2009
Mark Mardell's take on politics and life in the US and North America.
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'Snowmageddon' blankets US capital in silence
Wed, 10 Feb 2010
'Snowmageddon' blankets US capital in silence.
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Groundhog Day: Is US politics repeating itself?
Wed, 03 Feb 2010
Matt Frei, presenter of BBC World News America, says 2010 is starting to bear an uncanny resemblance...
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Haiti resumes commercial flights
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
The first commercial passenger flight arrives in Haiti since the earthquake on 12 January that kille...
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GM chief to get $9m pay package
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
General Motors boss Ed Whitacre will get an annual salary of $1.7m, plus $7.3m in shares to be paid ...
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Brazil sea rescue for Canadians
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
More than 60 people aboard a Canadian sailing ship that sank in high winds are rescued off the coast...
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US operation in Iraq rebranded
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
The US military campaign in Iraq is to be renamed Operation New Dawn to reflect the planned withdraw...
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Dollar rises on surprise Fed move
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
The dollar rises against a basket of currencies after the US Federal Reserve increases interest rate...
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Dell hit by lower profit margins
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
Computer-maker Dell reports a 6% fall in quarterly earnings, as low profit margins offset an increas...
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Toyota boss to go before Congress
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
Toyota president says he will testify to US politicians next week about the carmaker's giant global ...
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Obama creates deficit taskforce
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
President Barack Obama sets up a commission to tackle the growing US budget deficit which grew to $1...
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Drugs war woes in Mexico
Wed, 17 Feb 2010
Economic woes amid drugs war grief of Mexican city.
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Rocky road
Wed, 17 Feb 2010
Will giant rover deliver billion dollar science?.
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Terror dilemma
Tue, 16 Feb 2010
Pressure on Obama over dealing with terror suspects.
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Golden glow
Mon, 15 Feb 2010
Canada ends its gold medal jinx at the Winter Olympics.
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Lucrative future
Mon, 22 Feb 2010
The Falklands eye oil wealth, despite Argentine pressure.
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Seeking solace
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
Voodoo faith's role in helping Haiti's quake victims .
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'Great American'
Sat, 20 Feb 2010
Accolades for late soldier-diplomat Alexander Haig.
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'Our land'
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
Argentines show no sign of changing views on Falklands.
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Oil or no oil?
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
Dreams persist of big Falklands energy find.
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Lola's legacy
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
Bolivian women's centre built in BBC reporter's name.
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Philippines rebel chief 'killed'
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
A senior Islamic militant was among six killed in an assault by Philippines troops on a rebel camp i...
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Japan ire over whale court threat
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
Japan says Australia's threat to take it to an international court if it does not stop whale hunting...
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Pope to canonise first Australian
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
Pope Benedict confirms Australia is to get its first saint - an outspoken nun, Mother Mary MacKillop...
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China anger at Dalai Lama visit
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
President Obama's talks with the Dalai Lama in Washington have "seriously undermined" US-China relat...
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N Korea declares sea firing zones
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
North Korea declares a naval firing zone near its disputed sea border with South Korea, amid efforts...
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Rare Sumatra rhino expecting calf
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
A captive Sumatran rhino is due to give birth in May, raising hopes for the future of the critically...
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Anger at Tonga lashing sentence
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
Law officials and rights groups condemn a sentence of six lashes and 13 years in jail for two teenag...
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Qantas to shed first class seats
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
Qantas Airways says it is cutting first class accommodation from all but a few of its routes after p...
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Four tigers found at suburban Jakarta home
Sat, 20 Feb 2010
Indonesian conservation officials discover four fully-grown tigers at a house in Jakarta, along with...
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Australia cruise to one-day win
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
Australia wrap up a 4-0 series win over the West Indies with a comfortable 125-run victory in the fi...
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Nick Bryant's blog
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
Who does it matter to if Pauline Hanson emigrates? .
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Bubbling under
Sat, 20 Feb 2010
Malaysia struggles to keep the peace among its races .
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Life in the freezer
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
Experiences of extreme weather in Mongolia.
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Raised stakes
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
What the Anwar sodomy trial could mean for Malaysia.
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Flip-flop diplomat
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
The Dalai Lama is no ordinary White House visitor.
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Your pictures
Sun, 14 Feb 2010
People around the world welcome the Year of the Tiger.
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Malaysia extraditing 'terror' men
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
Malaysia is to extradite to their own countries nine foreigners arrested last month over alleged ter...
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Toyota faces new US inquiry
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
Toyota is facing a new US investigation, this time into complaints of steering problems in its Corol...
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Uzbeks guilty of director murder
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
Three men are found guilty of murdering Uzbekistan's most prominent theatre director over his portra...
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Judge refuses to quit Anwar trial
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
The sodomy trial of Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is delayed, mired in legal wrangling o...
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Dhaka 'cracks down' on Rohingyas
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
Aid agency MSF accuses Bangladesh of launching a crackdown against thousands of Rohingya refugees fr...
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Charges over Thailand club fire
Wed, 17 Feb 2010
Thai prosecutors charges four people over a deadly Bangkok nightclub fire which left 67 dead and sco...
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China resumes iron ore talks
Wed, 10 Feb 2010
Tense times as China resumes iron ore price talks .
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Westfield to prioritise Australia
Wed, 17 Feb 2010
Shopping centre group Westfield restarts development investment in Australia, but remains "cautious"...
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Japan sets inflation target of 1%
Tue, 16 Feb 2010
Japan reiterates its commitment to beating deflation, with the country's finance minister setting a ...
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Xinjiang's 'internet prison'
Wed, 03 Feb 2010
Blogger in China's Xinjiang describes restrictions.
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Eyewitness: Sumatra earthquake
Thu, 01 Oct 2009
Two Brits give their accounts on the devastating earthquake that struck the Indonesian island of Sum...
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Anger in China over censorship
Tue, 30 Jun 2009
Internet censorship has been one of the most widely discussed subjects in blogs, message forums and ...
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North Korea's future leaders
Sat, 13 Feb 2010
The North Koreans being groomed for future leadership .
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Fears over Malaysia Allah row
Fri, 12 Feb 2010
Recent religious rows have called into question whether faiths and races can live equally in Malaysi...
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Xinjiang's e-mail pilgrims
Thu, 11 Feb 2010
The long trek to escape internet controls in Xinjiang.
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'HIV phobia' baffles in China
Wed, 10 Feb 2010
Mystery 'paranoia' illness baffles doctors in China.
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Asia's 'living fossil' at risk
Fri, 05 Feb 2010
Asia's 'living fossil' at risk from modern world pressures .
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China's rising house prices
Tue, 02 Feb 2010
China's house prices keep on rising .
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Rescuers search flood-hit Madeira
Mon, 22 Feb 2010
Rescue workers in Madeira search mud-filled streets and houses for missing people after flash floods...
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Lufthansa four-day strike begins
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
A four-day strike by pilots at Germany's national airline Lufthansa is expected to cause widespread ...
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Eurostar breakdown sparks rescue
Mon, 22 Feb 2010
More than 700 passengers had to be rescued after a Eurostar train from Paris to London broke down in...
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Logjammed Europe court reformed
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
Plans are approved to streamline the European Court of Human Rights to help clear a backlog of 120,0...
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Greece 'not looking for bailout'
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
Greek PM George Papandreou insists his country is not looking for a bailout from the EU to help it c...
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Dutch troops 'to end Afghan tour'
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
A day after losing cabinet support, the Dutch prime minister says he expects troops to leave Afghani...
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Coma 'miracle' false, say medics
Sat, 20 Feb 2010
A Belgian who apparently began communicating after 23 years in a coma cannot in fact do so, research...
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Olympic luger buried in Georgia
Sat, 20 Feb 2010
The funeral of Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili, who died at the Winter Olympics, takes place in ...
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NepalÂ’s shortest man heads to Europe seeking world record
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
A Nepalese man who is only 56cm (22in) tall is travelling to Europe in a bid to be recognised offici...
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Austrian monastery offers chance to be a monk for a weekend
Sat, 20 Feb 2010
A monastery near Vienna, Austria, offers men the chance to be a monk for a weekend.
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What does Greek crisis say about euro weaknesses?
Mon, 28 Sep 2009
What does Greek crisis say about euro weaknesses?.
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Fischbacher wins chaotic super-G
Sat, 20 Feb 2010
Austria's Andrea Fischbacher strikes gold in a chaotic women's Super-G, while Lindsey Vonn finishes ...
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Sharapova eases to Memphis title
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
Maria Sharapova beat Sweden's Sofia Arvidsson to win her first title of the year at the Cellular Sou...
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Hunt for killers
Sat, 20 Feb 2010
Bulgarian widow hopes crackdown can bring justice.
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Ukrainian limbo
Sat, 20 Feb 2010
Tensions ahead as prime minister clings on.
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Croatia's Mr Clean
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
Pianist president pledges anti-corruption drive.
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Dati blasts veils
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
Former French minister hits out.
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Tongue-twister
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
Montenegrin - or just a dialect of Serbian?.
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UFO files
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
Secret files reveal 'close encounter' claims around UK .
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Tymoshenko drops appeal
Sat, 20 Feb 2010
Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko drops her legal challenge against her rival's victory in Ukraine's p...
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Spain to recognise civil war poet
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
Spain says it will recognise one of the country's best-known poets as a victim of General Franco's d...
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Crash still disrupting Eurostar
Sat, 20 Feb 2010
Eurostar services between the UK and Brussels will not fully resume until 2 March - more than two we...
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Russia policeman guilty of murder
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
A Russian ex-police officer who shot dead two people at random in a supermarket gets life in jail fo...
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French halal burger sparks appeal
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
A French town council lodges a complaint against a fast food chain that serves only halal meat at a ...
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Brothel remark minister resigns
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
Irish Defence Minister Willie O'Dea resigns over wrongly denying he linked a Sinn Fein councillor to...
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UN makes record Haiti aid appeal
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
The UN urges countries to rush tents to Haiti to help more than 1m earthquake survivors who may soon...
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Michelangelo drawings displayed
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
A series of drawings created by Michelangelo for a younger man he is thought to have fallen in love ...
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Opel plans 700 new jobs in Poland
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
General Motors' (GM) European car unit Opel will create up to 700 jobs this year to produce its new ...
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Coffee boss Emilio Lavazza dies
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
The intensely private Emilio Lavazza passed away on Wednesday at the age of 78, leaving behind a leg...
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Will UK hedge funds go Swiss?
Tue, 16 Feb 2010
Switzerland tempts UK hedge funds to up sticks.
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Vatican picks over Irish scandal
Tue, 16 Feb 2010
Private penance behind Vatican's closed doors.
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German rail purges English signs
Wed, 17 Feb 2010
Teutonic facelift for 'too English' German railways.
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Azeris feel Iranian pressure
Tue, 16 Feb 2010
Azeris in Iran move freely, but feel the pressure.
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Blair lifted ban on Catholic envoy
Mon, 15 Feb 2010
How PM Blair lifted a ban on Catholic envoys to Vatican .
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W Bank shrines 'Israeli heritage'
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
Israel's prime minister announces a controversial plan to add two West Bank religious sites to the c...
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Saudi women to win court access
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
Saudi Arabia plans to bring in a new law to allow women lawyers to argue cases in court for the firs...
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Israel unveils new drone aircraft
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
The Israeli Air Force introduces pilotless aircraft that can stay in the air for nearly a day and fl...
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Iran leader denies nuclear claims
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
The supreme leader of Iran denies it is developing nuclear weapons, after a new UN report sparks an ...
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Dubai chief in Mossad arrest call
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
Dubai's police chief calls for the head of Mossad to be arrested if Israel's spy agency was behind t...
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Saudi prince charged with murder
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
A Saudi Arabian prince appears in court accused of the murder of his aide in the five-star Landmark ...
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ElBaradei greeted by Egypt crowds
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
Former IAEA chief Mohammed ElBaradei is welcomed home by hundreds of people outside Cairo's airport....
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Dubai tennis: Venus beats Peer
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
Venus Williams beats Shahar Peer on the low-profile Court Two as security concerns surround the Isra...
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Swapping Slough for Tel Aviv: The Office to be remade in Israel
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
The Israeli version of David Brent was unveiled on Saturday, as the character swaps Slough for Tel A...
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Violent ways
Sat, 20 Feb 2010
Murder in Dubai awakes ghosts of assassinations past.
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Nuclear fallout
Sat, 20 Feb 2010
Egypt's ElBaradei faces questions on political ambitions.
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Five years at Bilin
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
West Bank village marks years of barrier protests.
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New management
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
Tougher IAEA line on Iran reflects leadership change.
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'It's like Beirut'
Sat, 20 Feb 2010
Why is Lebanon's capital still a byword for chaos? .
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Me and my gun
Tue, 16 Feb 2010
Why I wanted a combat role in the Israeli army.
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Deadly explosion hits Iraqi city
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
At least 11 people have been killed and more injured in a suicide attack in the western Iraqi city o...
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Saudi lashed for having six wives
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
A Saudi member of the religious police is found guilty of having six wives - two more than allowed u...
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Syria talks candid, US envoy says
Wed, 17 Feb 2010
A top US diplomat describes as "candid" his talks with Syria's leader, part of a US move to improve ...
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Tutankhamun 'died of malaria'
Tue, 16 Feb 2010
The Egyptian 'boy king' may well have died of malaria, exacerbated by a rare genetic bone disorder, ...
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ICRC condemns Israeli occupation
Wed, 17 Feb 2010
Israel is making life close to impossible for many West Bank Palsetinians, says the international Re...
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Iraq-Turkey railway link re-opens
Tue, 16 Feb 2010
The first train service in decades sets off from northern Iraq to Turkey, in a move both countries h...
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Novelist backs ElBaradei
Tue, 16 Feb 2010
A campaign on Facebook to get Mohamed ElBaradei to run for president of Egypt gets backing from best...
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Iran warns against new sanctions
Tue, 16 Feb 2010
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says any countries imposing sanctions on Iran will be made to ...
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EU deplores Libya entry visa ban
Tue, 16 Feb 2010
The EU condemns Libya's decision to suspend visas for the many Europeans whose countries are in the ...
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US hikers' mothers may visit Iran
Tue, 16 Feb 2010
The mothers of three US hikers who are being held in Iran for crossing into the country illegally co...
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Dubai market falls on debt fears
Sun, 14 Feb 2010
Dubai's stock market falls 3.5% after a report says Dubai World may offer only 60 cents on the dolla...
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Arab press: 'Mossad exposed'
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
Dubai police are praised by Middle East commentators for their investigations into the death of a se...
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Israeli press on Hamas killing
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
Israeli commentators have expressed confidence that their country will remain unscathed by the killi...
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Yemenis discuss security struggle
Fri, 15 Jan 2010
Yemenis in Sanaa tell the BBC what they think of the international focus on their country as a hotbe...
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Iran Ashura clashes: Your videos
Sun, 27 Dec 2009
A selection of video footage from Tehran as anti-government protesters clashed with security forces ...
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Voices: Gaza war one year on
Sat, 26 Dec 2009
A year after Israel launched Operation 'Cast Lead', people in Israel and Gaza give their views on th...
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Tense British-Israeli relations
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
British-Israeli ties and the killing of a Hamas leader.
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Jerusalem Diary: Man of iron
Mon, 15 Feb 2010
Jenin's strong man on staying healthy in the West Bank.
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Saddam shadow on Iraq elections
Fri, 12 Feb 2010
Ghosts of Saddam's Baathists haunt Iraq election.
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The Big Picture: Tehran rally
Fri, 12 Feb 2010
Hundreds of thousands mark revolution.
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The new cyber battlefield in Iran
Thu, 11 Feb 2010
Government and opposition battle in cyberspace.
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More sanctions on way for Iran?
Thu, 11 Feb 2010
From engagement to confrontation with Iran.
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Pakistan air strike 'kills 30'
Sat, 20 Feb 2010
At least 30 militants die in a Pakistani air strike in a restive tribal area near the border with Af...
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Jayasuriya eyes parliament seat
Sat, 20 Feb 2010
Veteran Sri Lankan batsman Sanath Jayasuriya tells the BBC he is to stand for parliament after a req...
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Sri Lankan opposition splits up
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
The Sri Lankan opposition coalition splits after parties within it announce the formation of a new a...
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Nato strike 'kills Afghan police'
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
A Nato air strike mistakenly kills seven policemen during a firefight with Taliban in the north of A...
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Thai diplomat dead in Dhaka crash
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
A senior Thai diplomat in Bangladesh is killed in a road accident near the capital, Dhaka, officials...
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Afghan police sent to war zone
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
Hundreds of Afghan police officers are sent to areas captured by Nato-led forces in an offensive aga...
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Taliban chiefs 'held in Pakistan'
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
Two senior members of the Afghan Taliban are detained in Pakistan, reports say - but there is confu...
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India row over Jesus beer image
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
The Indian state of Meghalaya confiscates textbooks showing pictures of Jesus Christ holding a cigar...
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Why India and Pakistan must talk
Thu, 26 Nov 2009
Soutik Biswas on life in India.
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India v South Africa live scorecard
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
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Big-hitting Razzaq sinks England
Sat, 20 Feb 2010
Abdul Razzaq's unbeaten 46 inspires Pakistan to a four-wicket win over England as the Twenty20 inter...
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Testing times
Mon, 22 Feb 2010
How to measure success of Nato's Afghan mission .
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Leading role
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
Taliban arrest shows Pakistan's aims in Afghanistan .
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Divisive past
Sat, 20 Feb 2010
Is it time for Indians to reassess Kipling's legacy?.
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Going bananas
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
How easy irrigation methods can help India's farmers .
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Marjah judgement
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
Afghan press on the joint assault one week on.
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Locals matter
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
Tribal elder tells the BBC of frustration in Helmand.
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Air India's bail-out plan agreed
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
India's government approves the first phase of a massive financial aid package for ailing national c...
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Bomb hits Pakistan militant group
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
A bomb kills at least 10 people in a village hashish market in Pakistan close to the Afghan border, ...
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India police beating shown on TV
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
A policeman in India is suspended after television channels broadcast images of him beating a woman....
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Pakistan avalanche buries village
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
At least 35 people are dead and 30 others missing after an avalanche buries a village in a remote ar...
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Taliban ammunition 'running low'
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
Taliban militants battling troops in southern Afghanistan, are running out of ammunition, Nato offic...
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India Scarlett delay 'outrageous'
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
The mother of a teenager raped and killed in Goa is still waiting for her body to be released two ye...
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Pakistan resolves judges row
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari ends a week-long row with the judiciary by appointing 34 new j...
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India Maoists kill 11 villagers
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
Suspected Maoist rebels kill 11 people in an attack on a village in the eastern Indian state of Biha...
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Dhaka's Rohingya 'crackdown'
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
Aid agency MSF accuses Bangladesh of launching a crackdown against thousands of Rohingya refugees fr...
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Tainted Indian alcohol kills 10
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
At least 10 people die after drinking toxic illegal alcohol in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pr...
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Taliban 'lining up human shields'
Wed, 17 Feb 2010
Taliban militants are increasingly using civilians as "human shields" as they fight allied troops, a...
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Indian factory output rises 16.8%
Fri, 12 Feb 2010
India's industrial production rises by 16.8% in December, its fastest pace in more than a decade, fi...
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Taliban defectors
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
The fighters just looking for a job and security.
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In pictures: Pakistan's Sheedi
Wed, 17 Feb 2010
Pakistan's little-known ethnic Africans, the Sheedi.
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Mending hearts in Bangalore
Tue, 16 Feb 2010
The Indian hospital treating seriously ill Pakistani patients.
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Moshtarak situation report
Mon, 15 Feb 2010
Afghan operation's success so far and challenges ahead .
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Unconvinced Afghans
Mon, 15 Feb 2010
Afghan people concerned over Helmand push.
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Singing 'rewires' damaged brain
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
Teaching stroke sufferers to sing "rewires" their brains and help them recover their speech, researc...
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Nap 'boosts' brain learning power
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
A daytime nap improves the brain's ability to absorb new information, claim US scientists.
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Cancer detection blood test hope
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
US researchers develop personalised blood tests which could track whether cancer treatment is workin...
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Fridge-free vaccine hopes raised
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
Scientists at Oxford University have found a way of keeping vaccines stable without refrigeration.
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Happiness wards off heart disease
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
Being happy and positive may help ward off heart disease, a study suggests.
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'Malaria' killed King Tutankhamun
Tue, 16 Feb 2010
Tutankhamun may well have died of malaria after the disease ravaged a body crippled by a rare bone d...
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Acupuncture 'may cut period pain'
Wed, 17 Feb 2010
Acupuncture may be an effective way of alleviating severe period pain, a review of existing studies ...
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Germans get Lidl cheese warning
Wed, 17 Feb 2010
The German supermarket chain Lidl tells Germans to avoid two types of Austrian cheese allegedly link...
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Key cancer gene 'link to poverty'
Tue, 16 Feb 2010
Experts say there is a genetic explanation for why women from poor backgrounds are less likely to be...
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Simple test can spot concussion
Tue, 16 Feb 2010
Spotting athletes who are still unfit to return to action after a blow to the head could be made sim...
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DNA test for inherited diseases
Tue, 16 Feb 2010
A fast, low cost DNA test which can determine a person's chances of developing certain inherited dis...
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Grandparents 'boost obesity risk'
Mon, 15 Feb 2010
Young children regularly looked after by their grandparents have an increased risk of being overweig...
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Herpes drug 'delays' HIV illness
Mon, 15 Feb 2010
A cheap, widely-used treatment for herpes can delay the need for HIV drugs in people with both infec...
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Lung sufferers offered sex advice
Sun, 14 Feb 2010
People with breathing problems have been offered some timely Valentine's Day advice to help them enj...
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Men 'need better-fitting condoms'
Tue, 16 Feb 2010
Badly fitted condoms not only reduce sexual pleasure, they increase the risks of infection and pregn...
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Obesity 'set' before age of two
Sat, 13 Feb 2010
The "tipping point" that sets children on the way to a life of obesity often occurs before the age o...
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Stammering genes uncovered
Thu, 11 Feb 2010
Scientists say they have identified three genes which may cause stammering in some people.
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Fertile forties pregnancy warning
Tue, 09 Feb 2010
Experts fear older women are ditching contraception in the mistaken belief that fertility inevitably...
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'Rent a date'
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
An unusual way to raise £1m for brain tumour research.
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A meaty row
Mon, 15 Feb 2010
Does too much red meat really make you ill?.
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Born to win?
Mon, 15 Feb 2010
Medics push idea of 'treating' gender ambiguities in sport.
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Cold challenge
Sat, 13 Feb 2010
Sufferer risks her health to aid disease fight.
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Not so clever?
Fri, 12 Feb 2010
Poland avoids vaccine surplus but flu fears remain.
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I love you, baby
Sun, 14 Feb 2010
The man saved by an unknown child's umbilical cord .
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Cancer: The facts
Fri, 10 Jul 2009
Information and statistics on common types of cancer.
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Heart disease and stroke
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Pregnancy timeline
Wed, 02 Sep 2009
From fertilisation to birth, an outline guide to a typical pregnancy and how the baby develops insid...
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Science 'damaged' by climate row
Sat, 20 Feb 2010
Recent controversies surrounding climate research have eroded public trust in scientists, says a lea...
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Dolphins have diabetes off switch
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
A study in dolphins has revealed genetic clues that could help medical researchers to treat type 2 d...
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LHC set to re-start after break
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
The Large Hadron Collider will be re-started next week after shutting down late last year for the ho...
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Census finds 5,000 marine species
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
A preview of the Census of Marine Life has revealed that the project has discovered over 5,000 new s...
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Japan set deadline to end whaling
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
Australia tells Japan to stop whaling in the Southern Ocean by November this year or face internatio...
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Top UN climate official resigns
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
Yvo de Boer, the UN's top climate change official has said he will resign after nearly four years in...
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Meet a European woodmouse that eats like a dinosaur
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
The European woodmouse has a unique taste for ferns, a food once eaten by long-extinct dinosaurs, sc...
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Archaeologists reveal the correct location of the Battle of Bosworth
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
The true site of one of the most decisive battles in English history is revealed after a major study...
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Richard Black on what's happening to our shared environment
Wed, 09 Dec 2009
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Earth Watch
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
Climate chief's departure leaves many questions.
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Banded brothers
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
The hidden life of the banded mongoose.
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Spaceman
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
Arianespace clocks 30 years and looks to the future.
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Brain boxes
Wed, 17 Feb 2010
Are elephants much smarter than we thought?.
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Surrogate saviour
Wed, 17 Feb 2010
'Cross-fostering' aims to save marsupial species.
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Big business leaves big forest footprints
Tue, 16 Feb 2010
Consumers are not aware that they are "eating" rainforests and helping drive the vital ecosystems of...
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Thinking small on climate change
Tue, 09 Feb 2010
Copenhagen's failure has created an opportunity for individuals to fill the void left by politicians...
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Giant fish swam prehistoric seas
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
Prehistoric seas were filled with giant plankton-eating fish.
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'Heroic ants' face death alone
Mon, 15 Feb 2010
To save their relatives, sick ants abandon their nests to die alone.
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Images from Nasa sky probe
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
Nasa has published the first images from its Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or Wise, which has...
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Archbishop in genome study
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
Scientists analyse the genomes of five southern Africans, including Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
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Shuttle astronauts make last walk
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
Astronauts complete their third and final spacewalk of the current shuttle mission to the Internatio...
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Ancient giant cattle genome first
Wed, 17 Feb 2010
Scientists are publishing details of their research of the DNA of large wild cattle that died out al...
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Space rock contains organic feast
Tue, 16 Feb 2010
Scientists confirm that a meteorite that crashed to Earth 40 years ago contains millions of carbon-c...
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Indian wild cats caught on film
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
One of the world's highest number of wild cat species is recorded in India's Eastern Himalayan rainf...
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Japan to question whale activist
Wed, 17 Feb 2010
A New Zealand activist who boarded a Japanese whaling ship in protest is to be taken to Japan for qu...
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No 'extensive hunt' of rare whale
Wed, 17 Feb 2010
One of the rarest whales in the world was not a victim of extensive whaling as previously supposed, ...
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Fog decline threat to redwoods
Mon, 15 Feb 2010
Scientists in California say a drop in coastal fog could threaten the state's famed, giant redwood t...
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Ravens 'not behind' wader decline
Wed, 17 Feb 2010
A large crow considered one of Britain's smartest birds is ruled out as the reason behind declines i...
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Microsoft offers browser choice
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
Millions of Internet Explorer users in Europe will get the chance to change their web browser from 1...
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US school accused of web spying
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
Parents in the US have accused a school of spying on children by remotely activating webcams on lapt...
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Alex laptop aids computer novices
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
A laptop called Alex aimed at people who are not regular computer users is being launched in the UK....
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Bloggers silenced by network bug
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
The internet's largest blogging platform went offline for nearly two hours silencing more than 10 mi...
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Google books plan still in limbo
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
A New York judge said he will not rush to judgement over Google's plans to create a giant digital li...
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Microsoft-Yahoo tie-up approved
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
Microsoft's plans to buy Yahoo's internet search and search advertising business are cleared by Euro...
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'Rob me' site reveals empty homes
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
A Dutch website called PleaseRobMe claims to reveal the location of empty homes based on what people...
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Call 'to block' BBC iPhone apps
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
Newspaper publishers urge the BBC Trust to block the corporation's plans to launch iPhone applicatio...
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US to probe Blackberry and iPhone
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
US regulators say they will investigate Apple and Research in Motion, over technology used in their ...
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India unveils bullet-proof 'anti-terror buggy'
Wed, 17 Feb 2010
A mini armoured car, designed for use in confined spaces in the wake of the Mumbai attacks of Novem...
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Smarter phones
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
Dan Simmons on what your handset will be able to do.
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Drinking buddy
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
What happens when you mix wine and Twitter?.
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dot.Rory
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
Should computers be as simple as fridges?.
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Google Books
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
Why the search giant is going to court.
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Rocky road
Wed, 17 Feb 2010
Giant rover hopes to deliver billion dollar science.
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Geek Barbie
Tue, 16 Feb 2010
How would tech support Barbie fit in at your office?.
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Seesaw launches online TV service
Wed, 17 Feb 2010
An online TV service that offers programmes from the BBC, Channel 4 and Five is rolled out across th...
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Google Buzz 'breaks privacy laws'
Wed, 17 Feb 2010
A leading privacy watchdog files a complaint with US regulators urging them to investigate Google's ...
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BBC to offer iPhone applications
Wed, 17 Feb 2010
The BBC announces it will start offering iPhone applications for some of its news and sport content ...
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Google in court over books deal
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
Google is facing its opponents in a New York court over long-delayed plans to create the world's big...
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'Misleading' ad for Sony phone
Wed, 17 Feb 2010
Sony Ericsson has been criticised for the way it promoted its Satio smartphone.
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Facebook launch 'Zero' for mobile
Tue, 16 Feb 2010
The social network reveals details of a stripped-down, text-only version of its mobile site called F...
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Microsoft launch Windows phone
Mon, 15 Feb 2010
Microsoft shows off the latest version of its mobile phone operating system, called Windows phone 7 ...
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Open society and open systems
Tue, 02 Feb 2010
Openness must be defended, says Bill Thompson.
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The past is the future for tech
Thu, 31 Dec 2009
Bill Thompson keeps an eye on the future.
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The media and the message
Wed, 16 Dec 2009
Innovation is the key for papers says Bill Thompson.
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Keep cyberspace a public space
Sat, 28 Nov 2009
The online commons should be preserved for all, says regular commentator Bill Thompson.
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Technology impacts on education
Wed, 10 Feb 2010
How technology impacts education around the world.
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Site 'crowdsources' climate data
Fri, 05 Feb 2010
The European Environment Agency launches a web tool to encourage citizens to log air and water quali...
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Are all bits created equal?
Fri, 12 Feb 2010
The US struggles with the battle over net neutrality.
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Will tablet PCs take off?
Fri, 15 Jan 2010
Tablets were shown off at the CES tech show but some are questioning their actual purpose.
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Digital Revolution
Thu, 03 Sep 2009
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Thu, 03 Sep 2009
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Briton killed in Madeira flooding
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
A Briton is among the dead after torrential rains killed at least 42 people on the island of Maderia...
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PM staff 'called bully helpline'
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
Several people working in Gordon Brown's office have contacted National Bullying Helpline, the organ...
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Helpline enters Brown 'bully' row
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
Members of staff who work within Gordon Brown's office have contacted the National Bullying Helpline...
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Brown not a bully, says Mandelson
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
Business Secretary Lord Mandelson defends Gordon Brown amid reports he was warned over behaviour to ...
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Brown - I have never hit anybody
Sat, 20 Feb 2010
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has denied claims in a new book that he once hit a Downing Street advise...
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Mandelson denies PM bully claims
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
Business Secretary Peter Mandelson has said Gordon Brown is ''very demanding of people'' but does no...
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Rawnsley defends Brown book claims
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
Journalist Andrew Rawnsley has defended his book which claims that Gordon Brown bullied his staff at...
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Man killed in teen gang robbery
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
A shopkeeper has been killed in a robbery by a gang of teenagers at his store in Huddersfield.
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Shock at shopkeeper robbery death
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
A shopkeeper killed in a robbery in Huddersfield was a "gentleman" and "a lovely man to know", one o...
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Falklanders stoic despite oil row
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
As London and Buenos Aires trade blows over the UK's plans to explore for oil, people on the Falklan...
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Bafta red carpet highlights
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
Watch highlights as celebrities and royalty hit the red carpet ahead of the 2010 Bafta Awards in Lon...
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How British Army tackles IED threat
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
As a roadside bomb claims the life of another British soldier in Afghanistan, the British Army has s...
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Tories plan bank shares sell-off
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
The public could be offered discounted shares in state-owned banks under a "people's bonus" proposed...
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Aid rushed to flood-hit Madeira
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
The Portuguese military has sent rescue teams to the island of Madeira, where at least 42 people hav...
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Lufthansa four-day strike begins
Mon, 22 Feb 2010
About 4,000 pilots at German airline Lufthansa have gone on strike for four days in a dispute over j...
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Marjah 'tough but just the start'
Mon, 22 Feb 2010
The current offensive around the southern Afghan town of Marjah is the initial operation of a long c...
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Niger military promises elections
Mon, 22 Feb 2010
The leaders of the military coup in Niger have promised a "return to constitutional order", three da...
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Thousands flee Indonesia floods
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
Heavy rains in and around the city of Bandung have forced thousands of people in Indonesia to leave ...
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Dutch cabinet falls in Afghan row
Sat, 20 Feb 2010
The Dutch government collapses in a row within the governing coalition over extending troop deployme...
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Pakistan air strike 'kills 30'
Sat, 20 Feb 2010
At least 30 militants die in a Pakistani air strike in a restive tribal area near the border with Af...
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Morocco minaret fall kills dozens
Sat, 20 Feb 2010
At least 36 people die in Morocco as a minaret collapses at a mosque in the central town of Meknes, ...
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US calls on Cuba to release 'spy'
Sat, 20 Feb 2010
The US calls for the immediate release of an American national held for nearly three month in Cuba a...
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Guinea deaths 'crime against humanity'
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
The killing of opposition supporters in Guinea last year was a crime against humanity, the ICC says ...
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Argentina seeks UK oil row talks
Sat, 20 Feb 2010
Argentina has said it wants dialogue with the UK in the row over British oil drilling around the Fal...
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Spain to recognise civil war poet
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
Spain's government says it will formally recognise one of the country's best-known poets as a victim...
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Repentant Woods sorry for affairs
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
Tiger Woods apologises for extra-marital affairs and says he doesn't know when he will return to com...
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Sex hormone trial for head injury
Sat, 20 Feb 2010
Progesterone - the sex hormone used in the first contraceptive pills - is to be tested on brain inju...
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Austrian monastery offers chance to be a monk for a weekend
Sat, 20 Feb 2010
A monastery near Vienna, Austria, offers men the chance to be a monk for a weekend.
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British slider Williams wins Olympic gold
Sat, 20 Feb 2010
Amy Williams wins Britain's first solo Winter Olympics gold medal for 30 years with victory in the w...
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Golf world welcomes Woods apology
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
Tiger Woods' apology is welcomed by the golfing world but Sir Nick Faldo wants to know when the Amer...
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Betting dens
Sat, 20 Feb 2010
Russia's flourishing underground casinos.
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Putsch perfect
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
Could Niger's coup leaders turn out to be 'good soldiers'? .
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Five years at Bilin
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
West Bank village marks years of barrier protests.
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In pictures
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
Zanzibar music festival struggles with power cuts.
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'Our land'
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
Argentines show no sign of changing views on Falklands.
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It's quiz time!
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
What did King Tut inherit from his mum and dad?.
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AU suspends Niger following coup
Sat, 20 Feb 2010
The African Union suspends Niger following Thursday's military coup, while UN Secretary General Ban ...
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Several dead in Ivory Coast riots
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
Several people are killed in Ivory Coast during clashes between security forces and protesters angry...
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Ex-US Secretary of State Haig ill
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
Former US Secretary of State and aide to Richard Nixon, Alexander Haig, 85, is critically ill in hos...
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Space shuttle returning to Earth
Sat, 20 Feb 2010
Space shuttle Endeavour heads back to Earth after delivering the last major component of the Interna...
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China anger at Dalai Lama visit
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
President Obama's talks with the Dalai Lama in Washington have "seriously undermined" US-China relat...
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N Korea declares sea firing zones
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
North Korea declares a naval firing zone near its disputed sea border with South Korea, amid efforts...
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Greece 'needs European support'
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
Greece's Prime Minister says his country needs European support to cut debt levels effectively, but ...
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Logjammed Europe court reformed
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
Plans are approved to streamline the European Court of Human Rights to help clear a backlog of 120,0...
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Iran leader denies nuclear claims
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
The supreme leader of Iran denies it is developing nuclear weapons, after a new UN report sparks an ...
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ElBaradei greeted by Egypt crowds
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
Former IAEA chief Mohammed ElBaradei is welcomed home by hundreds of people outside Cairo's airport....
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Afghan police deployed to warzone
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
Hundreds of Afghan police officers are sent to areas captured by Nato-led forces in an offensive aga...
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Sri Lankan opposition splits up
Fri, 19 Feb 2010
The Sri Lankan opposition coalition splits after parties within it announce the formation of a new a...
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Nato mission control at Kandahar
Sat, 13 Feb 2010
Frank Gardner reports from Kandahar Airbase, Afghanistan on the build-up to a big allied offensive a...
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Architecture that links East and West
Sat, 13 Feb 2010
Jonathan Glancey explains how historic links between Istanbul and the West can be seen through the O...
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How serious is Falklands row?
Wed, 17 Feb 2010
Argentina has imposed stricter controls on shipping to the Falkland Islands in a growing dispute wit...
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Space shuttle Endeavour lands
Mon, 22 Feb 2010
The space shuttle Endeavour has landed at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, following its latest visi...
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Brian Cox grilled in five minutes
Sat, 20 Feb 2010
Physicist and presenter Professor Brian Cox talks to Matt Stadlen about working on the Large Hadron ...
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Using technology to sell high fashion
Sat, 20 Feb 2010
Live online streaming and social networking sites are featuring more than ever in the world of the f...
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Spacewalk to complete dome
Wed, 17 Feb 2010
Astronauts have been working hard on their third and final spacewalk of a mission to add an extensio...
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Microsoft unveils Windows Phone 7
Mon, 15 Feb 2010
Microsoft's Joe Belfiore demonstrates the new touch interface of its latest phone operating system.
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ClickBits: Tech talk with LJ Rich
Fri, 12 Feb 2010
LJ Rich takes a sideways look at the week's tech stories. This week's episode features Google Buzz, ...
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Climate e-mails inquiry under way
Thu, 11 Feb 2010
An investigation has begun into leaked e-mails that climate sceptics say reveal an attempt by resear...
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Chip and pin 'flaws' identified
Thu, 11 Feb 2010
Scientists have identified security flaws in chip and pin technology that they say are so serious as...
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Time for a clock change?
Wed, 10 Feb 2010
Keeping the country on British Summer Time all year round was "worthy of consideration", Gordon Brow...
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Internet safety for five-year-olds
Tue, 09 Feb 2010
Children as young as five are being targeted in a new online safety campaign by the UK body charged ...
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Prof Watson on climate science
Mon, 08 Feb 2010
Chief Scientist at the Department for the Environment, Professor Robert Watson on the science of cli...
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ClickBits: Tech talk with LJ Rich
Fri, 05 Feb 2010
LJ Rich takes a sideways look at the week's tech stories. This week's episode features pole-dancing ...
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How 3D rugby is filmed
Fri, 05 Feb 2010
See how the 6 Nations match between England and Wales at Twickenham on Saturday 6 February will be f...
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US pandas arrive in China
Fri, 05 Feb 2010
Two young giant pandas born in the US have completed their journey to Chengdu in China.
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Climate science robust, says IPCC chief
Fri, 05 Feb 2010
A major summit is taking place in Delhi, amid a row over climate change science which has seen scept...
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British ponds 'in terrible state'
Thu, 04 Feb 2010
Britain's ponds are in "a terrible state", according to the first national survey of them to be carr...
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Call for openness on climate change
Thu, 28 Jan 2010
Scientists should be more open about the uncertainty of predicting the rate of climate change, accor...
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Is there anyone out there?
Thu, 28 Jan 2010
Should the government be looking for life way out beyond the stars? Adam Fleming went to find out if...
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Singing 'rewires' damaged brain
Sun, 21 Feb 2010
Teaching stroke patients to sing "rewires" their brains, helping them recover their speech, say scie...
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Five-year-old overweight says NHS
Sat, 20 Feb 2010
Susan Davies, the mother of a five-year-old girl who received a letter from the NHS saying she was o...
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Ageing 'a problem for councils'
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
Councils in England must find new ways to provide care for the elderly, as people live longer and co...
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Flexible working 'good for health'
Wed, 17 Feb 2010
People who can chose their own working hours enjoy better physical and mental health, a report has s...
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Profit-led drug shortage exposed
Mon, 15 Feb 2010
British drug companies have been accused of putting profits before patients.
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How the hand-held ultrasound scanner works
Wed, 17 Feb 2010
George Sutherland, professor of cardiac imaging at St George's, London, shows how the portable hand-...
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Political row over elderly care
Sun, 14 Feb 2010
The issue of how to fund care for the elderly has erupted into bitter wrangling between the main pol...
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Parties clash over elderly care
Sun, 14 Feb 2010
Attempts to reach a cross-party deal on elderly care in England seem far fruition from after angry e...
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Archbishop: NHS 'lacks compassion'
Sat, 13 Feb 2010
The leader of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales has criticised what he sees as a lack o...
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Jamie Oliver wins US prize
Thu, 11 Feb 2010
The BBC's Peter Bowes speaks to Jamie Oliver after winning a Technology, Entertainment, Design (TED)...
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Swine flu fall sees service close
Wed, 10 Feb 2010
The National Pandemic Flu Service in England is to close because of the sharp decline in cases of th...
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Tories launch 'death tax posters'
Wed, 10 Feb 2010
Lib Dem peer Shirley Williams and Culture secretary Ben Bradshaw on the Conservative poster campaign...
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Lighting: Printed circuit
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
A way to turn out lighting by the metre.
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Polar ice shelves: Breaking waves
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
The coup de grace that shatters ice shelves is administered by ocean waves.
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Private-sector space flight: Moon dreams
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
The Americans may still go to the moon before the Chinese.
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Printing body parts: Making a bit of me
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
A machine that prints organs is coming to market.
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Correction: laser-guided bombs
Thu, 11 Feb 2010
In "The calibration of destruction" (January 30th) we stated that "during the first Gulf war, in 199...
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Noise-cancelling technology: Opting for the quiet life
Thu, 11 Feb 2010
Tiny microphones provide a new way to eliminate background noise.
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Drug-resistant bacteria: A land apart
Thu, 11 Feb 2010
Are the bugs in wild animals resistant to antibiotics?.
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Clothes as batteries: Plug-in garments
Thu, 11 Feb 2010
Clothing could become a source of electrical power.
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Network theory: Tree and leaf
Thu, 11 Feb 2010
The study of living things may shed light on urban planning.
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Rajendra Pachauri and the IPCC: A time for introspection
Thu, 04 Feb 2010
Increasing scrutiny of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and, in particular, its chairma...
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Psychiatric diagnosis: That way, madness lies
Thu, 04 Feb 2010
A new manual for diagnosing diseases of the psyche is about to be unveiled.
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The Richard Casement internship
Thu, 04 Feb 2010
We invite applications for the 2010 Richard Casement internship. We are looking for a would-be journ...
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NASA's new mission: Space to thrive
Thu, 04 Feb 2010
A long-overdue overhaul of America's space agency has been announced.
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Aerial bombardment: The calibration of destruction
Thu, 28 Jan 2010
Smaller, cleverer and more accurate munitions are changing warfare.
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Chemical pollution and fertility: Flame wars
Thu, 28 Jan 2010
Fire retardants may affect female reproduction.
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Freezing amphibian eggs: Frog preserves
Thu, 28 Jan 2010
Trying to save a frog from extinction.
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Breeding better oysters: Shelling out
Thu, 28 Jan 2010
A new breed of oyster may encourage aquaculture.
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Railways and slime moulds: A life of slime
Thu, 21 Jan 2010
Network-engineering problems can be solved by surprisingly simple creatures.
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Glaciers and the IPCC: Off-base camp
Thu, 21 Jan 2010
A mistaken claim about glaciers raises questions about the UN's climate panel.
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Mexico's murder capital: A ";dying" city protests
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
It may have come late, but the president's emergency plan to save the country's fifth-biggest city f...
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A Canadian conservative split: A wild rose blooms
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
A prairie echo of the tea party.
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Argentina and the Falklands: Oil and troubled waters
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
Drilling a vein of nationalism.
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The Dominican Republic and Haiti: Helping a neighbour in need
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
A break in a history of mistrust.
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Correction: Brazil's economy
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
In our story on Brazil's economy (";Joining in the carnival spirit", February 13th), we quoted econo...
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Haiti a month on: Tarpaulin cities
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
Shelter is now the pressing need.
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Venezuela and Cuba: ";Venecuba", a single nation
Thu, 11 Feb 2010
Hugo Chavez, as he drafts in ever more Cuban aides to shore up his regime, is fulfilling a longstand...
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Costa Rica's new president: Thriller for Chinchilla
Thu, 11 Feb 2010
Another woman president.
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Peru's flood-hit tourism: Ruined
Thu, 11 Feb 2010
Making do without Machu Picchu.
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Brazil's possible next president: Serra waits, a bit too patiently, for the presidency
Thu, 04 Feb 2010
The front-runner in Brazil's coming presidential contest has done a decent job running its biggest s...
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Colombia's health reforms: Shock treatment
Thu, 04 Feb 2010
President Uribe tries to push through some much-needed changes.
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Haiti two weeks after the earthquake: Scrabbling for survival
Thu, 28 Jan 2010
As international aid reaches a devastated people, their leaders wonder how to rebuild a country in r...
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Liberalism in Brazil: The almost-lost cause of freedom
Thu, 28 Jan 2010
Why is economic liberalism so taboo in socially liberal Brazil?.
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Venezuela's drift to authoritarianism: Wolf sheds fleece
Thu, 28 Jan 2010
Hugo Chavez worries ever less about maintaining a semblance of democracy.
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Lessons from the tsunami: Too much of a good thing?
Thu, 21 Jan 2010
Quality counts as much as quantity in disaster relief.
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Honduras's new president: Lobo alone
Thu, 21 Jan 2010
Picking up the post-coup pieces.
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Brazil's presidential biopic: Lula, sanitised
Thu, 21 Jan 2010
A film for the campaign trail.
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Missile defence in Europe: The next salvo
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
America's reconfigured anti-missile shield still irks Russia.
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Charlemagne: Shrinking the job to fit the woman?
Thu, 11 Feb 2010
The European Union's new foreign-policy chief is causing grumbles.
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Charlemagne: Rompuying along
Thu, 04 Feb 2010
Europe's voters are the biggest obstacle to ambitions to become more dynamic and successful.
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Greece's troubles: In search of credibility
Thu, 04 Feb 2010
The government wins support from Brussels—but its ability to stick to austerity will soon be severel...
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Poland's strong economy: Horse power to horsepower
Thu, 28 Jan 2010
Economic growth and a strong, stable government to boot: time to rethink old notions about Poland.
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Europe's co-operative banks: Mutual respect
Thu, 21 Jan 2010
Taking stock of Europe's islands of socialist banking.
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The European Union: What is it for?
Thu, 21 Jan 2010
How Europe should come to terms with the powers of the future.
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Charlemagne : Europe and an inscrutable China
Thu, 21 Jan 2010
The European Union gets more realistic about China—and China gets more realistic about the EU.
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Europe.view: The centre cannot hold
Thu, 21 Jan 2010
The borderlands of Europe should not be left behind.
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Charlemagne: Allons, citoyens de l'Europe
Thu, 14 Jan 2010
Yet another dubious provision in the Lisbon treaty: citizens' initiatives.
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The European Commission: Under scrutiny
Thu, 14 Jan 2010
The European Parliament may kick out one or two nominated commissioners.
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Charlemagne: Old Spanish practices
Thu, 07 Jan 2010
Spain now leads the European Union, but not by example.
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Bulgaria's new leadership: Foot in mouth
Thu, 07 Jan 2010
A new prime minister enchants Bulgarians with his forceful ways.
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The Balkans and the European Union: Lightening gloom?
Wed, 30 Dec 2009
A somewhat more optimistic start to the new year in the western Balkans.
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Charlemagne: Too many cooks
Thu, 17 Dec 2009
Many people are trying to stick their hands into the new foreign-policy pot.
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Greece's budget crisis: Papandreou tries to prop up the pillars
Thu, 17 Dec 2009
The prime minister's promises of fiscal austerity have not convinced the markets.
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Microsoft and antitrust: The end, sort of
Wed, 16 Dec 2009
Microsoft settles a long-running antitrust case with Europe's competition commissioner.
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Charlemagne: Lessons from ";The Leopard"
Thu, 10 Dec 2009
Is Europe becoming too accustomed to genteel decline?.
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The new European Commission: The battle of Barroso
Thu, 03 Dec 2009
France claims victory, but so does the commission's president.
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Towards a socialised state
Thu, 28 Jan 2010
The joy of unlimited communication.
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Privacy 2.0
Thu, 28 Jan 2010
Give a little, take a little.
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Social contracts
Thu, 28 Jan 2010
The smart way to hire workers.
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Yammering away at the office
Thu, 28 Jan 2010
A distraction or a bonus?.
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A peach of an opportunity
Thu, 28 Jan 2010
Small businesses are using networks to become bigger.
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Profiting from friendship
Thu, 28 Jan 2010
Social networks have a better chance of making money than their critics think.
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Twitter's transmitters
Thu, 28 Jan 2010
The magic of 140 characters.
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Global swap shops
Thu, 28 Jan 2010
Why social networks have grown so fast—and how Facebook has become so dominant.
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A world of connections
Thu, 28 Jan 2010
Online social networks are changing the way people communicate, work and play, and mostly for the be...
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A Canadian misunderstanding: Just history
Thu, 21 Jan 2010
A magazine's Scunthorpe problem.
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France and the internet: Helicopters at the ready
Thu, 14 Jan 2010
A proposed new tax typifies France's ambivalent attitude to the internet.
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Google and China: Flowers for a funeral
Thu, 14 Jan 2010
Censorship and hacker attacks provide the epitaph.
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China's battered image: Bears in a China shop
Thu, 14 Jan 2010
The ";peaceful rise" hits some turbulence; but China's economy is not about to crash.
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Hollywood and the internet: Coming soon
Thu, 07 Jan 2010
The film business tries to learn from others' mistakes.
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New strategies at AOL and Yahoo!: Back into the fray
Thu, 10 Dec 2009
Two fallen internet titans are trying to regain their footing.
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Climate change e-mails: Reply all
Fri, 04 Dec 2009
A row over climate change e-mails grows louder.
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Newspapers online: The promiscuity problem
Thu, 03 Dec 2009
More bad news for the embattled newspaper business.
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Politics in Texas: The survivor
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
Rick Perry is poised to win Texas's Republican primary for the governorship—for the third time. Wher...
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Denver's transport woes: Back to the drawing board
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
A model transit project hits trouble.
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State-level pensions: Promises to keep
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
States face a looming pensions crisis.
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Cabling America: Fibre in paradise
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
How a small city in Virginia is replacing coal mines with tech jobs.
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Religion and unemployment: God help the jobless
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
Churches are helping the victims of recession.
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The jobs bill: Bogged down
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
The latest victim of Senate in-fighting.
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America's drug laws: A fine too far
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
State stamp laws for drugs make a mockery of the tax code.
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Evan Bayh retires: Another one bites the dust
Thu, 18 Feb 2010
The Indiana senator's decision is a blow to Barack Obama.
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California's prisons: Jailhouse blues
Thu, 11 Feb 2010
California must reduce its prisons' overcrowding and cost.
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Jack Murtha dies: War hero and porker, RIP
Thu, 11 Feb 2010
A colourful congressman passes away.
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Keeping snakes: Constricting the pet supply
Thu, 11 Feb 2010
Snake-owners may soon find their pets regulated by the government.
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Cyber-security: Good for some
Thu, 11 Feb 2010
A growing threat and a growing opportunity.
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New Orleans: Back in the game
Thu, 11 Feb 2010
Two sorts of good news from an unhappy city.
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The Republicans' economic plans: Ryan to the rescue?
Thu, 11 Feb 2010
A Congressman with a brave vision.
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The tea-party convention: Scenes from a counter-revolution
Thu, 11 Feb 2010
The growing power of the tea-party movement will make it hard for Republican politicians to compromi...
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Lexington: Labour pains
Thu, 11 Feb 2010
Barack Obama will never satisfy his union backers.
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North Dakota's Senate race: On the frontier
Thu, 11 Feb 2010
The state's quirks are the Democrats' nightmare.
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Gays in the armed forces: The long march
Thu, 04 Feb 2010
The first steps to repeal a controversial discriminatory policy.
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The defence budget: The Pentagon dodges the bullet
Thu, 04 Feb 2010
Barack Obama is spending more on defence than his predecessors.
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