World Update Episodes by date: May 2011
May 2011
Tue 31 May
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- 09:05 GMT BBC World Service
31/05/2011
Libya military defections, French diet battle, Australia suspends cow exports to Indonesia
First broadcast: 31 May 2011
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Mon 30 May
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- 09:05 GMT BBC World Service
30/05/2011
The Arab Spring and the Palestinians / Germany phases out nuclear power / Number blindness
First broadcast: 30 May 2011
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Fri 27 May
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- 09:05 GMT BBC World Service
27/05/2011
Mladic in the dock; Cheryl Cole's X Factor snub - can the US cope with the Geordie accent?
First broadcast: 27 May 2011
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Thu 26 May
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- 09:05 GMT BBC World Service
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Wed 25 May
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- 09:05 GMT BBC World Service
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Tue 24 May
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- 09:05 GMT BBC World Service
24/05/2011
Large scale NATO attack on Tripoli; Overcharging Obama for beer; The first digital G8
First broadcast: 24 May 2011
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Mon 23 May
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- 09:05 GMT BBC World Service
23/05/2011
Taliban attack Pakistan naval base / Obama in Ireland / another side of Bob Dylan
First broadcast: 23 May 2011
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Fri 20 May
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- 09:05 GMT BBC World Service
20/05/2011
Obama Mid East speech / New hope for paraplegics / Are there too many film sequels?
First broadcast: 20 May 2011
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Thu 19 May
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- 09:05 GMT BBC World Service
19/05/2011
Strauss-Kahn resigns / Obama to give Middle East speech / Bionic hand
First broadcast: 19 May 2011
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Wed 18 May
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- 09:05 GMT BBC World Service
18/05/2011
Libya defection, Canadian journalist freed, Queen visits Croke Park
First broadcast: 18 May 2011
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Tue 17 May
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- 09:05 GMT BBC World Service
17 May 11 Queen Visit Bomb Defused
Discovery of explosive device on Queen Elizabeth's visit to Ireland; does youth end at 35?
First broadcast: 17 May 2011
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Mon 16 May
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- 09:05 GMT BBC World Service
16/05/2011
IMF head charged with attempted rape / Portugal heads for bail-out / 'planking' craze
First broadcast: 16 May 2011
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Fri 13 May
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- 09:05 GMT BBC World Service
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Thu 12 May
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- 09:05 GMT BBC World Service
12/05/2011
Uganda's Museveni sworn in / Demanjuk trial / School for adventurous kids
First broadcast: 12 May 2011
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Wed 11 May
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- 09:05 GMT BBC World Service
11/05/2011
Syrian eyewitness in Homs / Mexican crime reporter / Cannes film festival opens
First broadcast: 11 May 2011
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Tue 10 May
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- 09:05 GMT BBC World Service
10/05/2011
New York Times journalist gets access to Syria, Microsoft eyes Skype, Obama Ireland
First broadcast: 10 May 2011
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Mon 9 May
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- 09:05 GMT BBC World Service
09/05/2011
Pakistan under pressure / Japanese children return to school / French football racism row
First broadcast: 09 May 2011
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Fri 6 May
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- 09:05 GMT BBC World Service
06/05/2011
Items found in Bin Laden compound, the best country to be a mum, morality of assassination
First broadcast: 06 May 2011
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Thu 5 May
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- 09:05 GMT BBC World Service
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Wed 4 May
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- 09:05 GMT BBC World Service
04/05/2011
Pakistan politician on Osama Bin Laden's death, Spotify vs iTunes, North Korean prisons
First broadcast: 04 May 2011
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Tue 3 May
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- 09:05 GMT BBC World Service
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Mon 2 May
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- 09:05 GMT BBC World Service
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Why do stories have similar narratives over and over again?