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17/08/2010 (1300 GMT)

A suicide bomber kills more than 50 people queuing for work in Baghdad, why weren't they better protected? And Tracy Chapman on award winning songs that have 'Struck a Chord'.

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  • Baghdad attacks

    Hugh Sykes reports from Baghdad where a suicide bomber has killed 50 men as they queued for work.

    Duration: 03:39

  • Baghdad security

    Dr Zuhair Al-Naher, London spokesman for Prime Minister Al Maliki, reacts to the attack.

    Duration: 03:00

  • USA mid-term elections

    Matt Wells reports from Florida on the controversies starting to surface in the run up to the elections.

    Duration: 05:20

  • Striking a Chord

    American singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman discusses her music as part of a series on songs that have taken a nation or generation by storm.

    Duration: 08:33

  • Israel army photos

    Reaction to a former Israeli soldier's facebook photos of her posing with blindfolded Palestinians. A human rights activist tells us it's an inevitable fault of occupation.

    Duration: 03:20

  • Israel army photos

    Israel Defence Force spokesman Captain Arye Schalichar says the soldier's actions were a rare occurrence.

    Duration: 03:53

  • Uganda election

    The opposition leader of the Uganda Peoples Congress party accuses the government of running torture camps.

    Duration: 03:40

  • Uganda torture safe houses

    A Ugandan presidential spokesman, John Nagenda, says there is no policy of torture.

    Duration: 01:24

  • Tanzania albino

    Police in Tanzania have arrested a Kenyan who was attempting to sell a young albino man - Will Ross reports.

    Duration: 04:00

  • UK car clamping

    How one Londoner beat the wheel clamping parking hawks at their own game.

    Duration: 04:42

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  • Tue 17 Aug 2010 13:05GMT

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