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Newshour 1200GMT

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Last broadcast on Wed, 18 Aug 2010, 14:05 on BBC World Service.

Synopsis

Amid Pakistan's new flood warnings, tens of thousands of people are still waiting for help. And should you change your online identity?

Chapters

  1. Chapter 1

    Lyse Doucet reports from Pakistan three weeks on from the first rains aid yet more floods are expected.

  2. Chapter 2

    Pakistani cricketer turned politician Imran Khan discusses the appeal he has started in response to poor aid donations.

  3. Chapter 3

    The UN’s Zubair Murshed on whether Pakistan could have been better prepared for a heavy monsoon season.

  4. Chapter 4

    Legendary Nigerian singer Femi Kuti reveals why he thinks his music has resonated with so many people.

  5. Chapter 5

    Jonah Fisher reports from Johannesburg on the indefinite public sector strike being threatened by unions in a pay dispute.

  6. Chapter 6

    In John Lee Anderson's rare interview with the Iranian President he reveals details about the man behind the rhetoric.

  7. Chapter 7

    Liberal Democrat MP Tom Brake discusses his party’s poor poll ratings after just 100 days in office as the junior partner in the coalition.

  8. Chapter 8

    Michael Voss in Havana reports on the dancers set to perform at the Havana international Ballet Festival in November for the 1st time since 1960's

  9. Chapter 9

    Sanjoy Majumder in Delhi reports on the bug thought to be tracable back to heavy antibiotic usage in India.

  10. Chapter 10

    Andrew Orlowski from The Register Online news site on the potential perils of putting personal data online.

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  1. Wed 18 Aug 2010
    14:05

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