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  • Assad denies ordering crackdown

    The 成人快手's Jim Muir discusses Syrian President Bashar Al Assad鈥檚 interview on US TV, during which he denied ordering the military to be brutal in its crackdown on anti-government protestors.

    Duration: 05:25

  • Moscow protests

    Steve Rosenberg reports from Moscow, where more than 500 people were arrested on Tuesday night at an unauthorised protest against the result of Sunday鈥檚 election.

    Duration: 11:04

  • Syria

    Newshour speaks to Anthony Shadid, Bureau Chief for the New York Times, who has been inside Syria over the past months to report on the situation there. He gives his reaction to the Assad interview.

    Duration: 12:49

  • Marathons can damage the heart

    Doing extreme endurance exercise, like marathons, can damage the heart, according to new research published in the European Heart Journal. Cardiologist Professor Sanjay Sharma discusses the findings.

    Duration: 17:06

  • Pearl Harbour anniversary

    Paul Adams reports on the 70th anniversary of the Pearl Harbour attacks, a profoundly traumatic event which plunged the US into World War Two.

    Duration: 22:58

  • Durban climate conference - Canada

    Canada, the world's sixth largest oil producer, appears not to be making any effort at public diplomacy at the Durban conference. Newshour hears from Elizabeth May, Canada's Green Party leader.

    Duration: 30:38

  • China climate change

    China may be willing to agree to cut its emissions, but it wants to set its own time frame. As Martin Patience reports from Beijing, economic development remains the country's top priority.

    Duration: 35:12

  • Italian mafia boss captured

    The Italian police say that one of the most wanted criminal gang leaders in the country, Michele Zagaria, has been captured. James Walston, an author of books on organised crime, discusses the arrest.

    Duration: 38:10

  • Rock economics

    Metallica have decided to move their European tour forward from 2013 to next year because they are worried about the Eurozone. Music journalist Jonathan Wingate says this is not surprising.

    Duration: 42:57

  • Loan sharks

    John Lamidey, of the Consumer Finance Association, and Peter Tutton, of the Citizen's Advice Bureau, discuss the rising number of people in the UK taking out short-term payday loans.

    Duration: 52:47

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  • Wed 7 Dec 2011 14:05GMT
    成人快手 World Service Online

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    Interviews, news and analysis of the day鈥檚 global events.