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Iran's former President Akhbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has spoken out about the country's recent disputed election in a sermon at Teheran University. Newshour reports.

Iran tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-07-16:988040 988040 2009-07-16T12:30:01+00:00 2009-07-16T08:29:49+00:00 restricted

Would man have reached the moon so quickly without the Cold War?

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Banishing the memories of the past. Dub Colossus are taking Ethiopian music to the world.

tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-07-14:967336 967336 2009-07-14T15:09:42+00:00 2009-07-14T10:21:52+00:00 restricted

The BBC's Sunita Nahar talks to Ahmed Shah, who has just returned to his home in the troubled Swat Valley in Pakistan.

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Dr Clyde Snow is widely considered to be the father of forensic anthropology. At 81 he has had a long career exhuming graves around the world.

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A discussion by Lindsey German from Stop the War Coalition and Patrick Mercer who's an opposition Conservative MP on whether more British troops should go to Afghanistan.

Afghanistan, war, UK troops tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-07-13:957450 957450 2009-07-13T14:33:53+00:00 2009-07-13T11:53:33+00:00 restricted

Tourism in Afghanistan is on the up. Slowly the industry is enjoying a revival from an increase in tourists, both foreign and Afghan. The BBC's Mark Whittaker investigates.

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BBC World Service looks at climate change and energy use.

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Europe Today looks at protests in Egypt over the murder of an Egyptian woman inside a court in Germany.

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One of the most iconic sights of the past few weeks in Iran has been the Freedom Monument - the focal point of many of the protests against the Iranian government. The BBC's Rebecca Kesby speaks to its architect, Hossein Amanat.

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Violence in China's western region of Xinjiang has left at least 140 people dead and more than 800 people injured, state media say.

uighurs, china, xinjiang, protests, urumchi, dillon, tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-07-06:887760 887760 2009-07-06T12:12:27+00:00 2009-07-06T10:58:52+00:00 restricted

A new report by Oxfam says that climate change is already causing widespread suffering in developing countries. The BBC's Dan Damon asks what evidence there is for directly attributing the suffering of the poor to climate change.

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The Johnston family from Texas speak to the BBC's James Coomarasamy about their son Gary, who died in Iraq in 2007, and the difficulty of moving on.

gary, johnston, iraq, withdrawal, son, texas, windthorst, memorial, coomarasamy tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-03-20:79854 79854 2009-03-20T19:21:58+00:00 2009-03-20T19:21:58+00:00 restricted

For the best guide to the day ahead

The world today, news, day tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-03-20:79851 79851 2009-03-20T19:18:01+00:00 2009-03-20T19:18:01+00:00 restricted

BBC round-up of South Asian and international news.

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The latest news from around the world.

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The Ethiopian village benefiting from solar power- on flickr

ethiopia, solar, energy tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-03-17:75717 75717 2009-03-17T15:10:00+00:00 2009-03-17T15:10:00+00:00 restricted

The latest pictures from our teams around the world

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We seem to have veered from panic, to acceptance, to signs of panic again.

World Have Your Say, Debate tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-07-16:988832 988832 2009-07-16T09:56:45+00:00 2009-07-16T09:56:36+00:00 restricted

How an energy project revitalised an Ethiopian village

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Unlikely middleman between North Korea and the US

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Greek psychiatric patients still tied to their beds

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Aboriginal cricketers repeat forefathers' 1868 England tour

tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-06-25:774379 774379 2009-06-25T16:45:00+00:00 2009-06-25T10:48:23+00:00 restricted

How the downturn has affected Chile's tall tower plans

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Old Believers sect lives on, 300 years after Russian split

russia, faith tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-06-08:621235 621235 2009-06-08T11:40:37+00:00 2009-06-08T11:40:29+00:00 restricted

The inside story of a Somali pirate attack

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Sights and sounds from the BBC train across India

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Afghanistan's only known pig is quarantined over swine flu fears

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Basra comes back to life after six years of violence

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Global cartoonists on Obama

cartoon, obama tag:www.bbcworldservice.com,2009-04-24:260367 260367 2009-04-24T14:38:44+00:00 2009-04-24T14:35:53+00:00 restricted

Top US player finds banjo's origins, in sound and images

banjo, west africa