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• China: too old to get rich? 17 May 12

  Thu, 17 May 12

  Duration:
  29 mins

  China's natural aging process has been accelerated by the One Child Policy. Mukul Devichand asks whether Shanghai's aging population could be undermining economic growth.

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• Russia's New Energy Frontier 10 May 12

  Thu, 10 May 12

  Duration:
  28 mins

  Vladimir Putin's political survival depends on increasing oil and gas extraction in Russia's Yamal region but the area also boasts the world's biggest reindeer herding community. Lucy Ash visits Russia's Arctic where reindeer herders and gas companies compete for land.

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• A Death in Honduras 3 May 12

  Thu, 3 May 12

  Duration:
  29 mins

  Honduras has the highest murder rate in the world. Linda Pressly profiles the People's Funeral Service - a unique organisation offering succour in a sea of violence.

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• Marriage Breakers of Bangladesh 26 Apr 12

  Thu, 26 Apr 12

  Duration:
  29 mins

  In Bangladesh, 20% of girls are married before their 15th birthday. Angus Crawford joins campaigners trying to persuade rural villagers not to marry off their daughters so young.

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• CC Extra: Nigerian Crossroads 24 APR 2012

  Tue, 24 Apr 12

  Duration:
  38 mins

  Nigeria, the giant of West Africa, has the largest population of any African country. It's a country that could - perhaps, should - be a significant player on the world stage. But Nigeria's communities are torn apart by communal and religious violence and in recent years a new, radical Islamist group, Boko Haram, has emerged to challenge the power of the state across the north of the country. BBC Correspondent Mark Doyle asks whether Nigeria will grow into a confident democracy or whether it will collapse into a state of semi-permanent violence.

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• The Pink Certificate 19 Apr 12

  Thu, 19 Apr 12

  Duration:
  29 mins

  All Turkish men have to complete a period of military service, unless they are sick, disabled or homosexual. But for gay men, applying for exemption is a humiliating process.

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• CC Extra: The War Over Syria 16 Apr 12

  Mon, 16 Apr 12

  Duration:
  28 mins

  The conflict in Syria is transfixing the Middle East, but it is transforming it too. Barbara Plett, the BBC's UN Correspondent, returns to her old patch in the Middle East to examine how the future of Syria could also shape the future of the region. She charts the influence of neighbouring states over the conflict in Syria, with the Gulf States, especially Saudi Arabia and newly assertive Qatar supporting the rebels. Meanwhile Iran and its allied Lebanese force, Hezbollah, are firmly behind the Syrian regime - and there's likely to be an increasing role for the new Arab democracies.

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• Forced sterilisation in Uzbekistan 12 Apr 12

  Thu, 12 Apr 12

  Duration:
  29 mins

  Natalia Anteleva uncovers evidence that women in Uzbekistan are being sterilised by the government, often without their knowledge.

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• The Angola Two 02 Apr 2012

  Thu, 5 Apr 12

  Duration:
  29 mins

  Tim Franks looks at the case of two prison inmates who have been held in solitary confinement in Louisiana for 40 years - believed to be the longest period of time in US history.

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• Canada's prescription drug crisis 29 Mar 12

  Thu, 29 Mar 12

  Duration:
  28 mins

  On the First Nations reserves of Canada, addiction to prescription pain-killers is rife. Linda Pressly investigates the devastating impact of such widespread abuse.

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