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Episodes from Asian Network Reports broadcast in 2012

May
  1. At the Leveson inquiry, former PM Tony Blair explains his relationship with Rupert Murdoch
  2. One of Britain's top Asian politicians, Baroness Warsi is caught up in an expense scandal.
  3. America cuts aid to Pakistan and more help for British parents of abducted children.
  4. More help for parents of abducted children and Pakistan fashion designers take to London.
  5. The UK's recession is worse than expected and a Shakespeare play gets an Urdu makeover.
  6. Concern over eating disorders in the Asian community and Shakespeare performed in Urdu.
  7. Shafilea Ahmed's sister appears in court for a second day to testify against her parents.
  8. Thousands of racism complaints recorded in schools, and a tribute to Kully from RDB.
  9. The latest on the murder trial of Shafelia Ahmed and protests against sex education.
  10. Protests over sex education classes in some London schools and halal wine goes on sale.
  11. A half-hour update of the news you need to hear at lunchtime with Rozina Sini.
  12. Lockerbie bomber is to be buried and the smartphone app for Sikhs going to the US.
  13. Three men sentenced for sexually abusing a Pakistani girl, plus Baroness Warsi on grooming
  14. British Asians aren't looking after pets properly, plus the latest on the Euro crisis.
  15. A half-hour update of the news you need to hear at lunchtime with Rozina Sini.
  16. David Cameron says the Euro crisis is having a big impact on the UK.
  17. Europe faces break up unless it sorts out the currency crisis; Dalglish leaves Liverpool.
  18. The trial of Ratko Mladic begins. He is accused of the massacre of thousands of Muslims.
  19. A half-hour update of the news you need to hear at lunchtime with Rozina Sini.
  20. A half-hour update of the news you need to hear at lunchtime with Rozina Sini.
  21. City celebrate their title win and a couple go on trial over the kidnapping of Sahil Saeed
  22. Manchester City celebrate the title and calls for more Muslim female sporting role models.
  23. Rebekah Brooks appears before the Leveson Inquiry, plus Anish Kapoor's Olympic sculpture.
  24. Rebekah Brooks gives evidence to the Leveson Inquiry and hear from singer Adnan Sami Khan.
  25. Public sector workers walk out on strike and the Indian baby nearly buried alive.
  26. Thousands of public sectors are striking and Amir Khan's fight is cancelled.
  27. Nine men jailed for child sex ring and the Sri Lankan Olympian who runs to work.
  28. Nine men to be sentenced for their part in a child sex ring, plus the Queen's Speech.
  29. Nine men are found guilty of grooming children for sex. And the coalition renews its vows.
  30. America foils airline bomb plot, plus the campaign for a Sikh war hero memorial.
  31. Big losses for the coalition in local elections and Aamir Khan's Indian TV debut.
  32. Big losses for the coalition in local elections and Aamir Khan's Indian TV debut.
  33. Osama Bin Laden's last words and Mohammed Asif released from jail.
  34. Pakistan cricketer is out of prison early and French government ignores UN's turban ruling
  35. Gareth Williams, a British spy working for MI6, was probably unlawfully killed.
  36. US president makes a surprise visit to Afghanistan on the anniversary of Bin Laden's death
  37. Damning report on Rupert Murdoch and an imam takes a stand against forced marriages.
  38. A new religious push against forced marriage and Manchester City beat Manchester United.
April
  1. Government crackdown on slum landlords in Ealing and Southall, and violence hits Karachi.
  2. Pakistani Taliban claim responsibility for beheading a British aid worker.
  3. Claims of PIA crew shoplifting and Madhuri Dixit to play gangster.
  4. The family of Osama Bin Laden are deported. Anil Kapoor discusses his new Bollywood film.
  5. Pakistan's prime minister will appeal against his conviction on contempt charges.
  6. Pakistan's prime minister found guilty of contempt and look ahead to Birmingham elections.
  7. The UK is in recession again and a look ahead to the the London mayoral election.
  8. UK back in recession and the efforts to restore Britain's first ever registered mosque.
  9. The row over a London council's idea to move benefit families to other cities.
  10. London council accused of trying to 'dump' benefit families in other cities.
  11. An update of the day's news you need to hear with Sonal Patel.
  12. Fresh concerns for Asian restaurants as price of spices goes up and Sonu Nigam misses out.
  13. A plane with over 120 people has crashed near Pakistani capital Islamabad.
  14. There's more pressure to call off the Bahrain Grand Prix and acid attacks rise in Pakistan
  15. Three jailed for life for Thusha shooting and Bangladesh's Pakistan cricket tour on hold.
  16. Cousin marriages up among British Pakistanis and 101-year-old Sikh to run final marathon.
  17. The government's plans to deport Abu Qatada suffer a setback, plus hear from John Abraham.
  18. A top MP is being sued over claims of torture, unemployment falls, plus John Abraham.
  19. Radical preacher Abu Qatada is arrested and Norwegian killer explains his motives.
  20. Norwegian killer speaks out against Islam and the rise in Pakistan's street children.
  21. UK peer Lord Ahmed denies offering bounty on President Obama and Bangladesh tour Pakistan.
  22. Big rise in Asian bone marrow donors and a British Asian actor makes his bollywood debut.
  23. Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan stopped at US airport and Sikh exhibition marks Vaisakhi.
  24. Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan stopped at US airport and Sikh exhibition marks Vaisakhi.
  25. Thousands of Sikhs protest in London in support of Balwant Singh Rajoana on death row.
  26. Thousands of Sikhs protest in London in support of Balwant Singh Rajoana on death row.
  27. A half-hour update of the news you need to hear with Rozina Sini.
  28. Getting tough on the energy firms and the Muslim woman coaching football for Asian girls.
  29. Terror suspects lose extradition battle and a have-a-go hero fights off robber.
  30. Decision time for terror suspects and Amitabh Bachchan to undergo scan after more pains.
  31. British terror suspect wants UK trial and DNA tests end dispute over unwanted baby girl.
  32. The project for Asian victims of domestic violence and Akshay's hopes for Housefull 2.
  33. Indians in Belfast say they are subjected to racist attacks and Kailash Kher is in the UK.
  34. Indians in Belfast say they are subject to racist attacks and Kailash Kher is in the UK.
  35. The government wants to make big changes to A levels and Amitabh Bachchan launches IPL 5.
  36. The government wants to make big changes to A levels and Amitabh Bachchan launches IPL 5.
  37. Government help for foreign domestic violence victims and Osama Bin Laden's wives jailed.
  38. Help for foreign domestic violence victims and George Galloway speaks to Asian Network.
March
  1. A five-year-old girl is believed to be the UK's youngest victim of a forced marriage.
  2. Shock defeat for Labour in Bradford - landslide for George Galloway.
  3. A half-hour update of the news you need to hear with Rozina Sini.
  4. There is new evidence surrounding the murder of Anni Dewani.
  5. Balwant Singh is given a stay of execution in India - all the reaction from UK Sikhs.
  6. Report into England's summer riots wants help for 'forgotten families'. With Rozina Sini.
  7. Asian doctors face record complaints and the US President meets Pakistan's PM.
  8. Record complaints against Asian doctors, plus chocolate could keep you slim.
  9. How British Asian women's groups fighting domestic violence are being threatened.
  10. Women's groups face violence for the work they do. Plus Taliban fundraising in Karachi.
  11. UK Sikh protest over death penalty for Punjab man and top bravery award for Asian soldier.
  12. UK protests over death penalty for Punjab man and top bravery award for Asian soldier.
  13. Toulouse stand off ends, Pakistan win the Asian Cup and Sachin's merchandise on sale.
  14. Bangladesh v Pakistan in the Asia Cup final, plus Indian tutors help kids with maths.
  15. We find out what the Budget means for you.
  16. It's Budget day and with tax high on the agenda we are with British Asians in Bradford.
  17. Bangladesh reach Asia Cup final and the Muslim veil in court debate.
  18. Gagandeep Singh's family still look for justice and Mohammed Amir says he was led astray.
  19. Reaction to a BBC poll on honour-based violence and the Asians carrying the Olympic torch.
  20. A BBC poll shows British Asians back family honour. Plus the plans to privatise roads.
  21. A half-hour update of the news you need to hear with Rozina Sini.
  22. Celebrations for India's Sachin Tendulka after he gets his hundreth hundred.
  23. More Sri Lanka war crime claims and BBC News School Report on Birmingham riots.
  24. More Sri Lanka war crime claims and the BBC News school report.
  25. The dangers of smoking shisha and the jobless total hits 17-year high.
  26. The dangers of smoking shisha and the jobless total hits 17-year high.
  27. Latest from the Bangladesh ferry disaster and the revival of Pakistan's film industry.
  28. Dozens dead or missing after Bangladesh ferry sinks and Amir Khan's press conference.
  29. Rozina Sini looks at the fallout from a US soldier killing 16 Afghan civilians.
  30. Rozini Sina with news of the American soldier who killed civilians in Afghanistan.
  31. A half-hour update of the news you need to hear with Rozina Sini.
  32. A half-hour update of the news you need to hear at lunchtime with Rozina Sini.
  33. A half-hour update of the news you need to hear with Rozina Sini.
  34. Disruption in courts as interpreters boycott changes.
  35. A half-hour update of the news you need to hear with Rozina Sini.
  36. Huge UK variations in diabetic amputations and a Madhuri Dixit "In Conversation" special.
  37. Grandmother who helped gang steal homes is jailed and George Galloway wants Bradford role.
  38. A man who tackled Pakistani gunmen speaks out and a major setback for Gandhi dynasty.
  39. An ad teaches teenagers the difference between sex and rape and MPs look at child benefit.
  40. Teenagers don't know the difference between sex and rape and Chelsea punish Boas.
  41. Pakistani Christians face persecution and FIFA asked to overturn hijab ban.
  42. Pakistani Christians face persecution and FIFA asked to overturn Hijab ban.
  43. Muslim girl had her hair cut for kissing a white boy. Bradford TV programme criticised.
  44. A documentary on racial differences in Bradford and some Gujaratis want booze ban lifted.
February
  1. Three people have been jailed for killing a Sikh TV boss Gagandip Singh.
  2. Indian illegal immigrants desperate to leave UK and British companies invest in Gujarat.
  3. Some Asian landlords exploit immigrants, and still no justice for UK Gujarat riot victims.
  4. Some Asian landlords exploit immigrants, and still no justice for UK Gujarat riot victims.
  5. Protests mark 2002 Gujarat riot anniversary and Pakistan's first ever Oscar.
  6. Protests mark 2002 Gujarat riot anniversary and Pakistan's first ever Oscar.
  7. Two men found guilty of killing the boss of a Sikh TV station.
  8. How Asian offenders are turning their lives around with the help of a new project.
  9. Sex selection abortion scandal and new warnings of the dangers of chewing tobacco.
  10. Sex selection abortion claims and Saif Ali Khan speaks out over arrest.
  11. Five dead in protests in Afghanistan over the inadvertent burning of copies of the Koran.
  12. David Cameron is holding a meeting to stamp out discrimination in football.
  13. Eleven on trial for sexual offences against teenagers, and an Islamophobia hotline opens.
  14. UK's first helpline for victims of Islamophobia and Rishi Kapoor visits London university.
  15. Nitin Ganatra asks why Asian children who gamble are the most likely to become addicts.
  16. British Asian gamblers more likely to get hooked and India's success against polio.
  17. Claims a Pakistani cricketer was involved in spot fixing plus Bollywood movie news.
  18. High street decline warning and former beauty queen makes it in Bollywood.
  19. A half-hour update of the news you need to hear with Rozina Sini.
  20. Are Asians getting a raw deal from recruitment agencies? Plus Saif Ali Khan talks to us.
  21. David Cameron argues against independence in Scotland, plus Asians lose out in recruitment
  22. Police work to mend relations with young Bangladeshis in Tower Hamlets.
  23. More evidence from the Pakistani girl kept as a slave and Rangers go into administration.
  24. Baroness Warsi's controversial comments on religion and reaction to Abu Qatada's release.
  25. A girl allegedly trafficked into the UK from Pakistan was locked up and sexually abused.
  26. British Asians get into the dog fighting scene in Pakistan and more on Whitney Houston.
  27. Three British Muslim men jailed for inciting gay hatred, plus hear from Kareena Kapoor.
  28. Three British Muslim men are due to be sentenced for inciting gay hatred.
  29. The FA says it will move quickly to replace Fabio Capello as England manager.
  30. Search for a new England manager begins as Fabio Capello resigns.
  31. Harry Redknapp cleared of tax evasion, and election fever hits most populous Indian state.
  32. Jurors in Thusha case see dramatic CCTV footage and Dev Patel's latest film is premiered.
  33. A half-hour update of the news you need to hear with Rozina Sini.
  34. Why some Asian women are turning to prostitution and are Asians better at haggling?
  35. Three men are in court in connection with the shooting of a five-year-old in South London.
  36. Brits attacked in Pakistan and there are worries over pregnant women with diabetes.
  37. Police warn Leicester's Asians about EDL march and Terry is stripped of England captaincy.
  38. Hundreds demonstrate in Cairo after 74 people die in violence at an Egyptian football game
  39. Over 70 people have been killed after a football match in Egypt.
  40. Four admit Stock Exchange bomb plot and the takeaway with a plane inside.
  41. Pakistan rejects claims that it's helping the Taliban in Afghanistan after a leaked report
January
  1. Man accused of killing a Birmingham couple hangs himself in jail, plus water prices go up.
  2. Calls to stamp out extremism on the web, plus we speak to Rohit 'The Rocket' Rabadia.
  3. SRK slap claims, Premier League soccer auction and Gary Speed inquest.
  4. RBS boss turns down bonus and the Indian Premier League Soccer auction.
  5. In India a battered two-year-old with human bite marks fights for her life.
  6. Oldham man tells Asian Network he wants the death penalty for his family's killers.
  7. Police to carry out a new investigation into the unsolved murder of Surjit Singh Chhokar.
  8. Plans for the UK's first military style school and the world's first exhibition on Hajj.
  9. Scottish Asians 'likely to want independence', and shopkeeper fights off armed robbers.
  10. Scottish Asians 'more likely' to favour independence, plus Michael Chopra wins top award.
  11. Children are falling ill due to vitamin D deficiency, a big problem among British Asians.
  12. Children are falling ill due to vitamin D deficiency, a big problem among British Asians.
  13. Pakistan drone death and 66-year-old cricketer's tips for Indian bowlers.
  14. British man killed in Pakistan and US TV host Jay Leno in trouble over Golden Temple joke.
  15. Three Muslim men guilty of stirring up hatred on the grounds of sexual orientation.
  16. New figures on the foreign migrants claming benefits and a dating service for Asian men.
  17. A half-hour update of the news you need to hear with Rozina Sini.
  18. Man charged with Kolar murders and Kabbadi more popular thanks to England Women's team.
  19. Jobless total hits a new high and an Indian searches for his brother on the sunk liner.
  20. Baroness Warsi on the situation in Pakistan and the UK pod cars serving the Golden Temple.
  21. Family of Asian man killed 13 years ago want justice and Pakistan dominate in Dubai.
  22. Calls for new trial in Surjit Chhokar murder and Pakistan put England batsmen in a spin.
  23. Use of Sharia law in Britain is soaring, but a women's group wants it banned.
  24. Big rise in use of Sharia law in Britain and Pakistan PM accused over corruption charges.
  25. Pakistan political problems and Mehndi Hassan's son about false health reports.
  26. Pakistan's political problems and the Kent mayor in a bhangra video.
  27. Family of murdered couple in Birmingham appeal, plus Top Gear India complaints.
  28. Latest on murder of couple in Handsworth and bhangra star Garry Sandhu's deportation.
  29. Pakistan's defence secretary sacking and the curry house donating food to the needy.
  30. Making Ends Meet week - the curry house helping the needy and a boxer turned businessman.
  31. The Asian head of England's top ranked school and Tower Hamlets worst for child poverty.
  32. The Asian head of England's top-ranked school and the theatre trying to beat the pinch.
  33. We hear why Asian firms are better at surviving the recession.
  34. How the Asian community is leading the fight against these difficult financial times.
  35. The parents of an Indian student shot dead in Manchester visit the scene of the murder.
  36. The family of a murdered Indian student say prayers at the spot where he died.
  37. The family of an Indian student murdered in Manchester pay tributes to their son.
  38. The family of an Indian student killed in Manchester come to England to take his body back
  39. A half-hour update of the news you need to hear with Rozina Sini.
  40. The killers of Stephen Lawrence are sentenced - but have race relations improved?
  41. Two men found guilty of Stephen Lawrence murder, plus interview with family of 7/7 bomber.
  42. Including coverage of vigils for the Indian student murdered in Salford.
  43. British Asian's have a higher death rate when it comes to certain diseases, we ask why?

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