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Last broadcast on Wed, 2 Dec 2009, 14:05 on BBC World Service.
Synopsis
Interviews, news and analysis of the day's global events.
Chapters
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Chapter 1
Reaction to the US President’s decision to send an extra 30,000 troops to Afghanistan.
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Chapter 2
Ian Pannell spends time with US forces south west of Kabul as their deployment ends.
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Chapter 3
Google sets out plans to limit the number of free newspaper pages.
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Chapter 4
Why are some novelists still insisting on using typewriters rather than computers?
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Chapter 5
We look at how the increase in troop numbers will be received in Afghanistan itself.
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Chapter 6
We report on the attacks to Palestinian olive trees that lie close to Jewish settlements.
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Chapter 7
Families speak of their relief as the five British men are released by Iran.
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Chapter 8
50 senior Nigerian politicians call on Umaru Yar'Adua to resign on grounds of ill health.
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Chapter 9
New film looks at what happened to five journalists who went missing 34 years ago.
Broadcast
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Wed 2 Dec 200914:05
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