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Fri 14 Dec 2012 12:32 GMT BBC World Service
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Simon Atkinson with news from the 9th Dubai International Film Festival which opened with a screening of Ang Lee's film Life of Pi.
Jane O'Brien reports on a move by one of the oldest scientific institutions in the US to award a seal of approval to fiction writers who make credible use of science in their books.
Can the Iranian government succeed, where so many have failed, in controlling social networking?
Picture shows Suraj Sharma, star of Ang Lee's film The Life of Pi
Photo courtesy of Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images for DIFF
Simon Atkinson with news from the 9th Dubai International Film Festival
Jane O'Brien reports from the US
Can the Iranian government succeed, where so many have failed?
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