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22/12/2011

Shaun Ley presents national and international news. Listeners can share their views via email: wato@bbc.co.uk or on twitter: #wato.

We hear from Baghdad as bombs rip through the city on the bloodiest day for Iraq this year. The former EU mediator - Alastair Crooke - looks behind the Arab League mission to Syria. Retail boss Sir Stuart Rose gives his assessment of the year ahead. As physicists at the Large Hadron Collider discover a new particle, Professor Roger Jones tells us what it means. Should Margaret Thatcher be honoured with a state funeral? We have a debate between her admirers. Plus Jon Manel finds out what is happening to people who didn't fill out their census forms this year and novelist Louise Patten on why the Titanic disaster still resonates with people today.

45 minutes

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Thu 22 Dec 2011 13:00

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  • Thu 22 Dec 2011 13:00