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05/07/2010

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Last broadcast on Mon, 5 Jul 2010, 14:05 on BBC World Service.

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Can someone who's addicted to alcohol be a good parent? We hear the harrowing stories of children and parents. Turkey threatens to cut off all diplomatic ties with Israel.
Sweeping beggars off Cameroon's streets. And finding lost films - do you have one in your closet?

Chapters

  1. Chapter 1

    A BBC survey says a third of parents get scared by their parents drinking. Newshour asks, can an alcoholic be a good parent?

  2. Chapter 2

    Newshour speaks to the diplomatic correspondent of the Jerusalem Post, Herb Keinon, about the challenge issued to Israel by Turkey over their future relationship.

  3. Chapter 3

    BBC correspondent, Jon Donnison, reports from Gaza on how the relaxed Israeli blockade has an impact on ordinary Palestinians there.

  4. Chapter 4

    Newshour is joined by Robin Baker of the British Film Institute's national archive to discuss the BFI's new campaign to find 74 old films that have been lost over the years.

  5. Chapter 5

    A year go today, riots broke out in the western Chinese city of Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang. Newshour looks back at the events of this time.

  6. Chapter 6

    A recent study in the US found that an average white family is likely to be five times better off than an average black family. Paul Adams reports.

  7. Chapter 7

    Newshour asks if the Nigerian government is likely to back down on a two-year ban it has imposed on the national football team playing in any more international matches.

  8. Chapter 8

    The BBC's correspondent, Alastair Leithead, asks Thailand's Prime Minister, Abhisit Vejjajiva, how he hopes to restore political stability in the country.

  9. Chapter 9

    Officials in Cameroon's capital, Yaounde, have been rounding up beggars from the city streets. Newshour asks if this solution is viable.

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  1. Mon 5 Jul 2010
    14:05

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