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

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  • 20 May 13 AM: Syria army attacks rebel town

    Sun, 19 May 13

    Duration:
    27 mins

    Available:
    30 days remaining

    Syria army says it's killed seventy rebel fighters in Qusair / Clashes agains Islamists in Tunisia and Nigeria / Gentrifying Rio's favelas / Pakistan fury over politician's death / Sniffer honey bees / Cannes / From Hay on Wye to Timbuktu

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  • 19 May 13 Pakistani politician killed in Karachi

    Sun, 19 May 13

    Duration:
    31 mins

    Available:
    30 days remaining

    Assad defiant over US peace moves / Should UK be celebrating possible economic upturn ? / The Gumball 3000 rally kicks off / Wagner's controversial legacy.

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  • 18 May 13 Afghan parliament debate ends in chaos

    Sat, 18 May 13

    Duration:
    25 mins

    Available:
    28 days remaining

    Afghan parliament debate ends in chaos / French presidents signs gay marriage into law

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  • 17 May 13 PM Nigerian military attack Boko Haram bases

    Fri, 17 May 13

    Duration:
    27 mins

    Available:
    28 days remaining

    World Bank predicts rising financial power in developing world / Jewel thieves hit Cannes film festival.

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  • 17 May 13 AM US and Turkey discuss Syria

    Fri, 17 May 13

    Duration:
    32 mins

    Available:
    27 days remaining

    President Obama rules out unilateral US intervention / EU plans to fight homophobia / Beckham on his retirement

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  • 16 May 13 PM BBC hears claims of Syria gas attack

    Thu, 16 May 13

    Duration:
    27 mins

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    27 days remaining

    Cyclone hits Bangladesh, threatens Burma / BP appeals to British PM over spill costs / Biceps and political opinions.

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  • 16 May 13 AM Scientists clone stem cells

    Wed, 15 May 13

    Duration:
    27 mins

    Available:
    26 days remaining

    Scientsists create stem cells through cloning/Wave of bomb attacks in Iraq/Masculinity in crisis in Britain? And the 26 million dollar diamond.

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  • 15 May 13 PM French economy returns to recession

    Wed, 15 May 13

    Duration:
    29 mins

    Available:
    26 days remaining

    Cyclone triggers mass evacuations in Bangladesh, Burma / Clashes erupt around Aleppo prison / Cannes Film Festival.

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  • 15 May 13 AM Nigeria state of emergency

    Wed, 15 May 13

    Duration:
    30 mins

    Available:
    25 days remaining

    Nigerian president declares state of emergency in three states; Russia arrests US diplomat; Kenya protest against MPs pay; Vatican to take part in Venice Biennale.

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  • 14 May 13 PM Angelina Jolie has double mastectomy

    Tue, 14 May 13

    Duration:
    30 mins

    Available:
    25 days remaining

    John Kerry warns Syria to attend Syria peace conference / Associated Press condemns US telephone seizure.

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  • 14 May 13 AM US doctor guilty of infanticide

    Tue, 14 May 13

    Duration:
    31 mins

    Available:
    24 days remaining

    US doctor guilty of baby murder/Libya bomb/Bieber heist/OJ Simpson

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  • 13 May 13 PM Sharif closes in on Pakistan majority

    Mon, 13 May 13

    Duration:
    28 mins

    Available:
    24 days remaining

    China probes top economy official / Chris Hadfield: Around planet Earth in 1,500 tweets.

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  • 13 May 13 AM Fallout from Turkey car bombs

    Mon, 13 May 13

    Duration:
    24 mins

    Available:
    23 days remaining

    Turkey's Erdogan attacks Syria over bombings / New Pakistan PM prepares to take office / Old Trafford bids farewell to Sir Alex

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  • 12 May 14 SUN Nawaz Sharif claims victory in Pakistan

    Sun, 12 May 13

    Duration:
    37 mins

    Available:
    22 days remaining

    A clear winner emerges in Pakistan's election/Syria denies bomb attacks in Turkey/Remembering the Sichuan earthquake in China.

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  • 11 May 13 SAT Pakistan election

    Sat, 11 May 13

    Duration:
    33 mins

    Available:
    22 days remaining

    Pakistan vote/Guatemala genocide ruling/Syrian brides/fake pilot

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  • 10 May 13 PM Woman pulled alive from Dhaka rubble

    Fri, 10 May 13

    Duration:
    26 mins

    Available:
    21 days remaining

    Secret deals 'plundering Africa' / London Zoo seeks mate for last surviving 'gorgeously ugly' fish.

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  • 10 May 13 AM More charges against Cleveland kidnapper

    Thu, 9 May 13

    Duration:
    26 mins

    Available:
    20 days remaining

    Prosecutors in Cleveland Ohio will press muder charges against Ariel Castro / Hezbollah expects game changing weapons from Syria

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  • 09 May 13 PM Cleveland kidnap accused in court

    Thu, 9 May 13

    Duration:
    23 mins

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    20 days remaining

    Son of Pakistan's former PM abducted / Israel authorises 300 settler homes / Senegal's fishermen fight crisis.

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  • 09 May 13 AM Dramatic developments in Cleveland, Ohio

    Thu, 9 May 13

    Duration:
    31 mins

    Available:
    19 days remaining

    Ariel Castro is charged with kidnap and rape/ Alastair Campbell on what made Ferguson a great manager/ High drama in pre-election Pakistan

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  • 08 May 13 PM Alex Ferguson to retire as Man United manager

    Wed, 8 May 13

    Duration:
    30 mins

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    19 days remaining

    PKK rebels begin their withdrawal from Turkey / Belgian police recover some of $50million diamond heist / Gaza cookbook.

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  • 8 May 13 AM Reaction to Cleveland kidnappings.

    Wed, 8 May 13

    Duration:
    25 mins

    Available:
    18 days remaining

    Cleveland kidnappings / Nigeria attack / Irish "deserters" / Fake bat caves

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  • 07 May 13 PM Missing women found alive in Ohio

    Tue, 7 May 13

    Duration:
    40 mins

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    18 days remaining

    China rejects US cyber charge / British PM says it is vital to re-build Somalia / Is Proshek wine the same as Prosecco?

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  • 7 May 13 AM Syria chemical weapons

    Tue, 7 May 13

    Duration:
    26 mins

    Available:
    17 days remaining

    Syria sarin claims / Auschwitz man arrested / Abba museum / Health apps.

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  • 06 May 13 PM UN suspects Syria rebels 'used sarin'

    Mon, 6 May 13

    Duration:
    31 mins

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    17 days remaining

    Neo-Nazis trial opens in Germany / Ex Italian PM Giulio Andreotti dies / World's first 3D-printer gun fired.

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  • 06 May 13 AM Bangladesh clashes

    Sun, 5 May 13

    Duration:
    23 mins

    Available:
    16 days remaining

    Dhaka clashes/Malaysia election/new Libyan law/neo-Nazi trial

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  • 05 May 13 Syria blames Israel for air-strikes

    Sun, 5 May 13

    Duration:
    32 mins

    Available:
    16 days remaining

    Malaysia goes to the polls / Rising anti-Semitism in Hungary / Understanding the mind of a serial killer / Did the Beatles speed up the fall of Soviet Communism ?

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  • 04 May 13 Thousands flee Syrian town

    Sat, 4 May 13

    Duration:
    27 mins

    Available:
    15 days remaining

    Thousands flee Syrian town amid reports of massacres / Pakistan's daily power woes / How Apocalypse Now inspired Filipino surfing

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  • 03 May PM Bhutto murder prosecutor shot dead

    Fri, 3 May 13

    Duration:
    37 mins

    Available:
    14 days remaining

    'Dozens killed' in Syria village / Salvaging a rare WWII plane from the sea.

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  • 03 May 13 AM US rethinks Syria rebels support

    Fri, 3 May 13

    Duration:
    27 mins

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    13 days remaining

    Obama administration rethinks support to Syrian rebels/Syrian government accused of targetting journalists/Deadliest month in Iraq for five years

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  • 02 May 13 PM UN says Somalia famine much higher toll than thought

    Thu, 2 May 13

    Duration:
    33 mins

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    Two kindergarten girls poisoned in China / Great Gatsby has world premiere in New York.

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  • 02 May 13 AM Three more charged in Boston bombing investigation

    Thu, 2 May 13

    Duration:
    27 mins

    Available:
    12 days remaining

    Bolivia expels US-A-I-D / Survivors of the Bangladesh building collapse tell their story / Swimming for survival

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  • 01 May 13 PM Bangladesh workers demand better safety

    Wed, 1 May 13

    Duration:
    30 mins

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    12 days remaining

    Situation of children in Iraq 'a neglected crisis' / A glimpse inside Cuba's high security prisons.

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  • 01 May 13 AM Guantanamo Bay hunger strike

    Wed, 1 May 13

    Duration:
    35 mins

    Available:
    11 days remaining

    President Obama on Guantanamo Bay detention centre - and Syria's use of chemical weapons; Niger Delta militancy; Russia reinstates 'Hero of Labour' medal for 1 May; Secret war-time code broken.

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  • 30 Apr 13 PM Dutch king Willeim-Alexander sworn in

    Tue, 30 Apr 13

    Duration:
    39 mins

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    11 days remaining

    Ukraine 'violated Tymoshanko rights' / Former FIFA boss resigns over bribes.

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  • 30 Apr 13 AM Medics for Gitmo hunger strike

    Mon, 29 Apr 13

    Duration:
    26 mins

    Available:
    10 days remaining

    Guantanamo hunger strike/NBA player comes out/bee law/Jackson trial

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  • 29 Apr 13 PM Hopes fading for Bangladeshi building victims

    Mon, 29 Apr 13

    Duration:
    32 mins

    Available:
    10 days remaining

    Syrian prime minister escapes assassination bid /Parasite 'resistant to malaria drug' / Punchup on Mount Everest.

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  • 29 Apr 13 AM: Greece votes for job cuts

    Sun, 28 Apr 13

    Duration:
    23 mins

    Available:
    9 days remaining

    150,000 Greek civil servants to lose their jobs / Fire engulfs Bangladesh collapsed factory / Sri Lanka peace march / US Venezuala relations / Mothers and babies in South African prisons / Apple i-Tunes is 10 years old

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  • 28 Apr 13: Dhaka Building Owner Arrested

    Sun, 28 Apr 13

    Duration:
    25 mins

    Available:
    9 days remaining

    Bangladesh factory search continues / Jamaica's toxic mud / Obama teases the press.

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  • 27 Apr 13 Arrests over Bangladesh building collapse

    Sat, 27 Apr 13

    Duration:
    23 mins

    Available:
    8 days remaining

    Dhaka factory bosses and engineers questioned as search for survivors continues; Canadian government attacks Sri Lankan rights; Troubled Dreamliner 787 returns to skies

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  • 26 Apr 13 PM UK says Syria chemical evidence growing

    Fri, 26 Apr 13

    Duration:
    29 mins

    Available:
    7 days remaining

    South Korea 'to pull staff' from joint complex with North / Churchill to feature on new banknote.

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  • 26 Apr 13 AM Syria chemical claim by US

    Fri, 26 Apr 13

    Duration:
    31 mins

    Available:
    6 days remaining

    Mother of Boston bombing suspects speaks out / Online teacher attracts millions of students / Brazil's answer to the vuvuzela ?

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  • 25 Apr 13 PM Spain jobless hits new six million high

    Thu, 25 Apr 13

    Duration:
    34 mins

    Available:
    6 days remaining

    Britain avoids 'triple-dip' recession / Rescuers continue to search Bangladesh building / 'Raining money': Belgians urged to return stolen cash.

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  • 25 Apr 13 AM Memorial for Boston policeman

    Thu, 25 Apr 13

    Duration:
    32 mins

    Available:
    5 days remaining

    Aunt of Boston bombing suspect speaks to BBC / Destruction of 900 year-old minaret in Syria fighting / Did US military train Syrian rebels in Jordan ? / Finnish punk band with learning disabilities.

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  • 24 Apr 13 PM Many dead in Bangladesh building collapse

    Wed, 24 Apr 13

    Duration:
    37 mins

    Available:
    5 days remaining

    Letta set to become Italy's next PM / Eye signs deter bicycle thieves.

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  • 24 Apr 13 AM: France legalises gay marriage

    Tue, 23 Apr 13

    Duration:
    26 mins

    Available:
    4 days remaining

    France adopts controversial gay marriage law / Canada "train plotters" in court / Briton guilty of selling fake bomb detectors / North Korean spy / Wimbledon prize money increase / World War One soldier is finally buried

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  • 23 Apr 13 PM Israel accuses Syria of chemical weapons use

    Tue, 23 Apr 13

    Duration:
    29 mins

    Available:
    4 days remaining

    Canada rail attack plotters in court / French deputies voting on gay marriage / Gonorrhoea 'could be untreatable by 2015'.

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  • 23 April 13 Boston suspect charged

    Mon, 22 Apr 13

    Duration:
    23 mins

    Available:
    3 days remaining

    Surviving Boston suspect charged / Candian police foil al Qaeda plot

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  • 22 Apr 13 PM: Fighting in Northern Nigeria

    Mon, 22 Apr 13

    Duration:
    23 mins

    Available:
    3 days remaining

    Government forces clash with Islamist rebels in Baga / EU to lift sanctions on Burma / China earthquake rescue operation / Man survives crocodile attack / Shakantula Devi, the human computer, dies

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  • 22 APRIL 13 Boston suspects may have planned more attacks

    Sun, 21 Apr 13

    Duration:
    25 mins

    Available:
    2 days remaining

    Boston police say marathon bomb suspects may have planned more attacks / Syrian opposition accuses government of massacre

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  • 21 Apr 13: China Earthquake

    Sun, 21 Apr 13

    Duration:
    24 mins

    Available:
    2 days remaining

    Rescue efforts in China / The London marathon / Fighting dementia with rickshaws.

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  • 20 APR 13 Boston suspect captured

    Sat, 20 Apr 13

    Duration:
    31 mins

    Available:
    1 day remaining

    Boston manhunt ends / Who are the Tsarnaev brothers? / China earthquake / Iran's nuclear capabilities / Controversy over new celebratory dutch song / Hitler's house clinic or museum.

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