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02/12/2009

Interviews, news and analysis of the day's global events.

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55 minutes

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Wed 2 Dec 2009 14:05GMT

Chapters

  • Obama’s new Afghan strategy

    Reaction to the US President’s decision to send an extra 30,000 troops to Afghanistan.

    Duration: 04:00

  • Afghanistan: on the ground

    Ian Pannell spends time with US forces south west of Kabul as their deployment ends.

    Duration: 10:00

  • Google news clampdown

    Google sets out plans to limit the number of free newspaper pages.

    Duration: 04:10

  • Sticking to the typewriter

    Why are some novelists still insisting on using typewriters rather than computers?

    Duration: 08:20

  • Afghan troop surge reaction

    We look at how the increase in troop numbers will be received in Afghanistan itself.

    Duration: 09:25

  • West Bank olive trees

    We report on the attacks to Palestinian olive trees that lie close to Jewish settlements.

    Duration: 03:13

  • Iran releases British yachtsmen

    Families speak of their relief as the five British men are released by Iran.

    Duration: 02:12

  • Nigeria’s president too ill?

    50 senior Nigerian politicians call on Umaru Yar'Adua to resign on grounds of ill health.

    Duration: 03:45

  • East Timor’s missing men

    New film looks at what happened to five journalists who went missing 34 years ago.

    Duration: 07:55

Broadcast

  • Wed 2 Dec 2009 14:05GMT

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