25/06/2011
A look behind the week's news as Kate Adie hosts despatches from Somaliland in the Horn of Africa, the mountains of northern Italy, and from Zagreb, Washington and Bahrain.
The lights go out in the United States. It's only a simulation at present but Mark Mardell in Washington says it's evidence the US military is taking seriously the threat of war in cyberspace. Inside the walls of a prison in the Horn of Africa our correspondent Mary Harper is surprised by a demand for an interview ... from a Somali pirate! Misha Glenny reflects on the EU's decision to admit Croatia to full membership: proof, he believes, that a powder keg has finally been defused. Rupert Wingfield Hayes has an account from inside the Bahrain courtroom where a number of people were sentenced to life imprisonment after being found guilty of trying to overthrow the country's royal family. And Andrew Martlew's been walking in the mountains of northern Italy tracking down some rarely visited British war graves.
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Introduction
Duration: 00:25
Bahrain doctors who dared to speak out
As the Arab Spring protests continue - and the eyes of the world shift to other countries, Bahrain's doctors go on trial for speaking to the foreign media.
Duration: 05:12
US prepares for cyber wars
Mark Mardell reports on the serious threat faced by the country from attacks launched by computers.
Duration: 05:23
Croatia accession marks end of past troubles
Misha Glenny looks back on the role played by Croatia in the Balkans war, and how far the country has come, as it prepares to join the EU.
Duration: 05:52
My life as a Somali pirate
Mary Harper interviews a Somali pirate in prison, who talks openly about his life and has some questions of his own.
Duration: 05:37
Forgotten British soldiers of WWI
Andrew Martlew tells of the British soldiers who fought - and fell - alongside the Italians in the Battle of Caporetto in World War I.
Duration: 05:16
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- Sat 25 Jun 2011 11:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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