02/12/2009
Interviews, news and analysis of the day's global events.
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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
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- Wed 2 Dec 2009 14:05GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Online
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Interviews, news and analysis of the day's global events.