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02/08/2009
Interviews, news and analysis of the day's global events.
03/08/2009
Does Barclays' success mean credit crunch misery is over? And skateboarding for God.
Scores dead in South Sudan massacre and Cambodia bans Miss Landmine beauty pageant.
04/08/2009
Bill Clinton visits North Korea but is this only about the detained journalists?
Bill Clinton gets North Korea to free US journalists, and are theatre goers too rowdy?
05/08/2009
Newshour Early 06/08/2009
When vets die do our memories of the conflict fade too? Plus should we pay for news?
06/08/2009
07/08/2009
08/08/2009
Uncertainty over Java militant death, and in a global recession, can football carry on?
09/08/2009
The power struggle within the Taliban in Pakistan and controversial reality TV in India.
Leadership crises for three militant groups around the world
10/08/2009
The trials of being a woman MP in Afghanistan. Plus, what is a 'lady' in the 21st century?
11/08/2009
Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to 18 months house arrest. Plus how to turn nettles into pants.
14/08/2009
16/08/2009
Has the U.S. got it right on Burma? And Usain Bolt sets a new world record.
15/08/2009
A US Senator says he's bringing John Yettaw back from Burma. And the legacy of Woodstock.
A bomb in a protected area of Kabul ahead of elections and what's the legacy of Woodstock?
13/08/2009
17/08/2009
Russian warning of Islamic militancy in North Caucusus. And the greatest jazz record ever.
An American jailed for visiting Aung San Suu Kyi is freed and parmesan for loans in Italy.
12/08/2009
Is the key to change in Burma engagement or isolation? Plus new sports for the Olympics.