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The best stories, interviews and on the spot reporting from around the world including highlights from Newshour, The World Today and World Briefing. Up to 30 minutes compiled twice a day from the 24 hour News coverage from the BBC World Service.

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  • 28 May 12 PM Kofi Annan flies to Syria

    Mon, 28 May 12

    Duration:
    31 mins

    Available:
    30 days remaining

    Tony Blair appears at UK media inquiry / Is China still the "factory of the world" ? / How Greeks respond to economic crisis / Rapper makes documentary about UK's young homeless.

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  • 28 May AM UN Security Council condemns Syria attack

    Mon, 28 May 12

    Duration:
    33 mins

    Available:
    30 days remaining

    The UN condemns the use of heavy weapons by Syrian forces during a massacre in which more than 100 people were killed/ Sri Lanka: senior official says north 'no longer Tamil'/ Leveson: former British PM Tony Blair faces inquiry/ How to get ahead in business - try squatting!

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  • Global News: 27 May 12 Afghanistan deaths

    Sun, 27 May 12

    Duration:
    23 mins

    Available:
    29 days remaining

    Nato airstrike, rebels united in Mali and reaction to Syria massacre

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  • 26 May 12 UN observers in Houla

    Sat, 26 May 12

    Duration:
    19 mins

    Available:
    28 days remaining

    UN observers visit Syrian "massacre" site / Bankia explains bailout request / Azerbaijan to host Eurovision final

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  • 25 May 12 PM Super telescope

    Fri, 25 May 12

    Duration:
    29 mins

    Available:
    27 days remaining

    Super telescope for South Africa, Australia and New Zealand / Shares in Spain's troubled Bankia suspended / Scottish independence supporters launch referendum campaign.

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  • 25 May 12 AM: US Cuts Aid To Pakistan

    Fri, 25 May 12

    Duration:
    27 mins

    Available:
    27 days remaining

    US Pakistan Relations/ Al-Qaeda and Syria/ Chief Alien-Hunter Retires

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  • 24 May 12 PM European business activity low

    Thu, 24 May 12

    Duration:
    32 mins

    Available:
    26 days remaining

    European business activity falling fast / Zuma asks court to have portrait removed / Australian mining magnate declared the richest woman in the world.

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  • 24 May 12 AM: New ICC Chief "Blackmail" Claim

    Thu, 24 May 12

    Duration:
    27 mins

    Available:
    26 days remaining

    ICC Blackmail Claim/ The Return of Polio/ New Species/ The Dons of Corleone

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  • 23 May 12 PM Pakistani doctor found guilty of treason

    Wed, 23 May 12

    Duration:
    31 mins

    Available:
    25 days remaining

    Pakistani doctor guilty of treason for helping CIA / Egyptians vote in historic presidential election / Beijing toilets.

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  • 23 May 12 AM Egypt votes

    Wed, 23 May 12

    Duration:
    30 mins

    Available:
    25 days remaining

    Egyptians go to the polls / Yemen on the brink of a catastrophic food crisis / Talks on a new government for Somalia / Former Greek Prime Minister on leaving the Euro / Skydiving without a parachute

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  • 22 May 12 PM Jail sentences for Egyptian policemen

    Tue, 22 May 12

    Duration:
    36 mins

    Available:
    24 days remaining

    Five Egyptian policemen given jail sentences / OECD warns of debt vicious cycle / Robofish.

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  • 22 May 12 AM Mali interim president attacked

    Tue, 22 May 12

    Duration:
    25 mins

    Available:
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    NATO endorses timeable for Afghanistan withdrawal / A violent attack on Mali's interim president / Report says husbands are more dangerous than guns in parts of West Africa / Political debate on the streets of Cairo ahead of Egypt's presidential election

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  • 21 May 12 PM Yemen attack

    Mon, 21 May 12

    Duration:
    32 mins

    Available:
    23 days remaining

    Scores killed in Yemen suicide bomb / Lockerbie bomber buried / Chess in India.

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  • 21 May 12 AM Obama and Karzai at NATO conference

    Mon, 21 May 12

    Duration:
    29 mins

    Available:
    23 days remaining

    NATO leaders lay out the path towards their withdrawal in 2014 / Libya gets ready to bury the only man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing / A look back at the life of Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees

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  • 20 May 2012 Lockerbie Bomber Dies

    Sun, 20 May 12

    Duration:
    23 mins

    Available:
    22 days remaining

    Lockerbie Bomber, Al-Megrahi dies; Italy quake; NATO discusses Afghanistan pull-out.

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  • 19 MAY 12 Aborted space launch

    Sat, 19 May 12

    Duration:
    29 mins

    Available:
    21 days remaining

    Aborted US space lauch to the International Space Station / Bomb blast in Syria / Call to Prayer / Top Hat.

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  • 18 May 12 PM The trading of Facebook shares

    Fri, 18 May 12

    Duration:
    32 mins

    Available:
    20 days remaining

    Facebook fanfare on stock market debut / European stock markets hit slump / Legendary Arab singer, Warda, dies.

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  • 18 May 12 AM Facebook sets share price in $100bn flotation

    Fri, 18 May 12

    Duration:
    34 mins

    Available:
    20 days remaining

    Social networking company set to release some 420 million shares priced at $38 each/ President Obama holds African food security talks/ The right protocol for a Diamond Jubilee lunch/ Tributes paid to disco icon Donna Summer

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  • 17 May 12 PM Mladic trial suspended

    Thu, 17 May 12

    Duration:
    30 mins

    Available:
    19 days remaining

    Cameron's warning about Eurozone / Spain auctions off bonds / Greeks' anxiety over economy / Denmark's push for renewable energy / Is Harry Potter great literature ? / Internet stardom for London's singing fish-seller.

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  • 17 May 12 AM Greece: Merkel 'playing poker with lives'

    Thu, 17 May 12

    Duration:
    34 mins

    Available:
    19 days remaining

    Greek leftist leader George Tsipras accuses the EU and Germany of 'playing poker with people's lives'/ ICC: Congo warlord Bosco Ntaganda 'will be caught'/ Robotic arm controlled by thought/ Cuba's art extravaganza

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  • 16 May PM The trial of Ratko Mladic

    Wed, 16 May 12

    Duration:
    36 mins

    Available:
    18 days remaining

    Mladic trial opens in the Hague / Witnesses coerced, says Liberia's Charles Taylor / The pliosaur who suffered painful arthritis.

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  • 16 May 12 AM Mladic Trial Begins

    Wed, 16 May 12

    Duration:
    29 mins

    Available:
    18 days remaining

    Mladic to face charges of genocide/ Truth Commission in Brazil/ New drug in Russia/ Carlos Fuentes

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  • 15 May 12 PM Greek parties fail to form coalition

    Tue, 15 May 12

    Duration:
    27 mins

    Available:
    17 days remaining

    Hollande sworn-in as French president / Charges against former Murdoch aide / Palestinians mark anniversary of "The Catastrophe" / How one native American tribe is tackling alcoholism / How a 9 year-old boy became a sensation - with cardboard.

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  • 15 May 12 AM Greek currency crisis

    Tue, 15 May 12

    Duration:
    28 mins

    Available:
    17 days remaining

    What if Greece quit the Eurozone? / Conflict minerals / Gamers celebrate Diablo's return

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  • 14 May 12 PM Did NATO kill Libyan civilians ?

    Mon, 14 May 12

    Duration:
    27 mins

    Available:
    16 days remaining

    Fresh fighting in Syrian city of al-Rastan / How Greeks respond to political stalemate / Reality TV show angers America's Iranian community / The world's longest taxi-journey.

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  • 14 May 12 AM Massacre in Monterrey

    Mon, 14 May 12

    Duration:
    28 mins

    Available:
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    Narco-gang massacre in Mexico / Nato under fire for civilian deaths / Historic victory for Manchester City football club

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  • 13 May 12 PM

    Sun, 13 May 12

    Duration:
    18 mins

    Available:
    15 days remaining

    Afghan advisor killed / Uganda LRA man caught / Austrian cat cafe

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  • 12 May 12 PM

    Sat, 12 May 12

    Duration:
    15 mins

    Available:
    14 days remaining

    New Greek vote likely / Indonesia plane recovery / Berlin train

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  • 11 May 12 PM Contraction of Eurozone economy predicted

    Fri, 11 May 12

    Duration:
    28 mins

    Available:
    13 days remaining

    Spain bolsters banks as eurozone contracts / Breivik trial disrupted by relative / London 2012's Olympic tower.

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  • 11 May 12 AM JP Morgan lost billions

    Fri, 11 May 12

    Duration:
    27 mins

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    JP Morgan lost billions//Algeria elections//Pills to prevent HIV infections//Clooney raises fund for Obama//World Chess Championship returns to Moscow

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  • 10 May 12 PM Suicide car bombs in Damascus.

    Thu, 10 May 12

    Duration:
    36 mins

    Available:
    12 days remaining

    Many killed in bombs in Syria / German chancellor says 'No change of course' / London Olympic flame lit.

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  • GlobalNews 10 May 12 AM: Obama supports gay marriage

    Thu, 10 May 12

    Duration:
    27 mins

    Available:
    12 days remaining

    Obama supports gay marriage//Alegria elections//Sukhoi Superjet missing over Indonesia//Fragile ceasefire in Homs//Universal flu vaccine//Vidal Sassoon has died

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  • 09 May 12 PM Roadside bomb explodes near UN monitors in Syria

    Wed, 9 May 12

    Duration:
    36 mins

    Available:
    11 days remaining

    Bomb explodes near UN mission chief in Syria / Breivik killing survivors tell their story / Punch and Judy.

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  • 09 May 12 AM Al-Qaeda bomber 'was double agent'

    Wed, 9 May 12

    Duration:
    33 mins

    Available:
    11 days remaining

    US officials say would-be bomber 'was working for CIA and Saudi intelligence'/ Kofi Annan warns Syria peace plan 'last chance' to avoid civil war/ US state votes on gay marriage ban/ Snakes alive! How Guam is battling a serpent infestation

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  • 08 May 12 PM Libya Prime Minister's headquarters attacked

    Tue, 8 May 12

    Duration:
    35 mins

    Available:
    10 days remaining

    US 'foils underwear-bomb airline plot' / Headquarters of Libya PM attacked / Driverless cars.

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  • 08 May 12 AM US 'foils underwear bomb plot'

    Tue, 8 May 12

    Duration:
    34 mins

    Available:
    10 days remaining

    US officials say airline bomb plot conceived by al-Qaeda in Yemen, device now in FBI possession/ Greek coalition woes following election/ Nigeria's other Islamist group/ The BBC stages the 'World's Biggest School Assembly'

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  • 07 May 2012 PM Markets react to French and Greek elections

    Mon, 7 May 12

    Duration:
    26 mins

    Available:
    9 days remaining

    Mr Hollande takes charge / Are wealthy French people leaving France? / Vladimir Putin is sworn in as President of Russia / Curry ingredient may hold the secret to bowel cancer treatment.

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  • 07 MAY 12 AM

    Mon, 7 May 12

    Duration:
    23 mins

    Available:
    9 days remaining

    A new president for France/ Greek voters turn on the establishment/ South Korea's eco-border

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  • 06 May 12: Europe Votes

    Sun, 6 May 12

    Duration:
    24 mins

    Available:
    8 days remaining

    France's presidential poll / World's oldest graduate / A magic cockerel for Putin?

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  • 9/11 Trial Begins

    Sat, 5 May 12

    Duration:
    30 mins

    Available:
    7 days remaining

    Khalid Sheikh Mohammed trial / Japan's nuclear shutdown / French political satire.

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  • 4 May 12 PM China says Chen can leave

    Fri, 4 May 12

    Duration:
    33 mins

    Available:
    6 days remaining

    New protests in Cairo / UK government suffers setback in local elections / Indian women campaign against sexual harassment / Plight of Nuba refugees in Sudan / Was Hitler mad ? / Why Afghan children are looking to the stars.

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  • 4 May 12 AM Chinese activist's plea

    Fri, 4 May 12

    Duration:
    32 mins

    Available:
    6 days remaining

    Chinese activist's plea / Microchip eye implants / Japan's last nuclear reactor

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  • 3 May 12 PM Dissident's wish to leave China

    Thu, 3 May 12

    Duration:
    30 mins

    Available:
    5 days remaining

    Dutch ministers boycott Euro 2012 over treatment of Tymoshenko / Sailors who brave seas roamed by Somali pirates / Bin Laden documents made public / Are men suffering discrimination ?

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  • 3 May 2012 AM The Chinese activist's story

    Thu, 3 May 12

    Duration:
    30 mins

    Available:
    5 days remaining

    Details of Chinese activist's release / France's presidential debate / The world's most expensive painting

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  • 2 May 12 PM Controversy over Chinese activist

    Wed, 2 May 12

    Duration:
    30 mins

    Available:
    4 days remaining

    11 killed as Cairo protestors are attacked / Aung San Suu Kyi takes her seat in Burmese parliament / Tensions between ISAF troops and Afghan army / Rodney King looks back on LA riots / The battle to be mayor of London.

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  • 2 May 12 PM Obama's surprise visit to Afghanistan

    Wed, 2 May 12

    Duration:
    31 mins

    Available:
    4 days remaining

    Barack Obama makes a surprise trip to Afghanistan / One year on since the death of Osama Bin Laden...is Al Qaeda still the threat it once was? / Aung San Suu Kyi and her party take their seats in the new Burmese parliament / Why life is just a case of monkeying about

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  • 1 May 12 PM Murdoch condemned by UK committee

    Tue, 1 May 12

    Duration:
    30 mins

    Available:
    3 days remaining

    A meeting with jailed Baihraini dissident / Marine le Pen addresses her supporters / Libyans enjoy new-found freedoms / Has an effective test for breast-cancer been found ? / A warm reception for Pakistani artists in India / Christian Louboutin on why his shoes mix pain with pleasure.

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  • 01 May 12 AM Fighting in Mali

    Tue, 1 May 12

    Duration:
    29 mins

    Available:
    3 days remaining

    Fighting breaks out once again in Mali's capital Bamako / Ahead of next weeks elections, we hear from Greece's far right / Ukraine about to co-host Europe's top soccer event...but not every top European will be going

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  • 30 Apr 12 PM Bahraini activists to be retried

    Mon, 30 Apr 12

    Duration:
    32 mins

    Available:
    2 days remaining

    What impact are UN monitors having in Syria ? / How US created alert-system for use when children disappear / Why Nobel Prize-winning novelist created "Museum of Innocence" / Manchester's excitement as crucial football match draws near.

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  • 30 Apr 12 AM Ban Ki Moon to address Burmese parliament

    Mon, 30 Apr 12

    Duration:
    30 mins

    Available:
    2 days remaining

    Ban Ki Moon to address Burmese parliament/Impact of Chinese dissident's escape on US-China relations/The hunt for Joesph Kony goes on/Universal Studios at 100

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  • 29 Apr 12:Nigeria attacks

    Sun, 29 Apr 12

    Duration:
    19 mins

    Available:
    1 day remaining

    Deadly attack on Kano university / Supporters of disqualified Egyptian candidate attacked / Is Kate Middleton a good role model for women?

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