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Last broadcast on Sun, 1 Jan 2012, 12:05 on BBC World Service.
Synopsis
Interviews, news and analysis of the day's global events.
Chapters
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Chapter 1
We speak to the head of the Medicins Sans Frontieres mission to Sudan where his staff have been forced to flee with villagers.
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Chapter 2
A former member of a doomsday cult in Japan which released nerve gas in 1995 on the Tokyo subway in has given himself into police.
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Chapter 3
The earthquake disaster in Turkey two months ago has raised questions about the quality of construction there. The BBC's Jonathan Head reports.
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Chapter 4
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Chapter 5
Reflecting on the situation in Haiti, Newshour discusses whether the international aid community can sometimes hinder rather than help.
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Chapter 6
Police in India say a 7 year old girl was the victim of human sacrifice. Newshour asks what the belief system is of those who carry out tribal sacrifice.
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Chapter 7
Pope Benedict has delivered his new year's day message, but some Vatican watchers are questioning the effectiveness of the German-born Pope's foreign policy. The BBC's David Willey reports.
Broadcast
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Sun 1 Jan 201212:05
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