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Love through a lense
- Panda love
  
  Frances Nguyen fell in love with a panda cub called Tai Shan and her new husband while taking photos in Washington Zoo. Take a look at her collection of pictures and listen to her in conversation with presenter Owen Bennett-Jones.
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Civil rights milestone
- The Greensboro Four
  
  "The four of us sat down and asked to be served coffee and pie, and we were told we could not be served." Fifty years ago this week Joseph McNeil and his three friends led a sit-in protest which inspired many others to take action against segregation.
  - Duration: 28 minutes
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Building new toilets
- India's toilet goals
  
  More than 600 million people in India do not have access to a proper toilet and many are forced to relieve themselves in the open. Chris Morris reports from Delhi, where more have access to a mobile phone than proper sanitation.
  - Listen to Chris Morris's report
    ListenDuration: 04:02
Pain of gay secret
- Ex-BP boss admits sexuality fears
  
  "I am 62. I came up in an era where to be gay was to be very different, to be gay was to be weak." Lord Browne on the lie over a gay relationship which cost him his career.
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    ListenDuration: 10:34

News programmes

Newshour

Yanukovych is heading for victory in Ukraine; and we debate universal jurisdiction.

ListenDuration: 55 minutes
The World Today

For the best guide to the day ahead.
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Business Daily

Ex-BP head Lord Browne talks about one of the biggest business scandals in recent history.

ListenDuration: 20 minutes
World Briefing

BBC News reports from around the world.

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In pictures: Escaping Swat

Pasthun refugee children make Karachi their new home

Is sport a great healer?
Four years ago, who thought this would be happening? When 85% of the city was under water, all of its residents evacuated to places all over the country, most people were wondering if New Orleans would ever come back or if the team would ever come back. That's what we've done here for the last four years and this is the culmination of all that belief and that faith.

Drew Brees, New Orleans Saints' quarterback

News
- 44th Super Bowl
  
  New Orleans puts itself back on the map after Katrina
Documentaries
- Opposing Obama
  
  Exploring the other side of the Obama phenomenon
Science
- Banking sleep
  
  Why sleeping more ahead of time helps with tiredness
The Forum
- Power of love?
  
  The Forum asks whether love is the source of power
News
- Robots in combat
  
  Could they soon replace human soldiers in warfare?
The Interview
- Electric future
  
  Renault Nissan's head Carlos Ghosn on electric cars
Music
- Tragic beauty
  
  Songs from Lhasa de Sela who died tragically at 28
Sport
- Football racists
  
  The racist abuse suffered by football players in Italy
Arts
- Small Island
  
  Andrea Levy discusses her story of love in WWII
Arts
- Jazz legend
  
  Scott Heron's first album in 15 years
  
  ListenDuration: 06:03
Business
- Toyota's recall
  
  Why its massive vehicle recall could cost up to $2bn
Outlook
- One of the pack
  
  The man who spent almost two years living with wolves

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